Light-inducible system for regulating protein stability
US9115184B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 28, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07K2319/31
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed herein are a light-inducible system and method for rapidly and reversibly modulating protein stability and function. This system and method employs conditionally stable protein domains that regulate the degradation of a fusion protein depending upon the presence or absence of a particular light source.
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