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Method of identifying a compound for treating a hypoxic or ischemic related disorder

US9766240B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 2014
Grant dateSep 19, 2017
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2500/20
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Light-generating fusion proteins having a ligand binding site and a light-generating polypeptide moiety and their use as diagnostics, in drug screening and discovery, and as therapeutics, are disclosed. The light-generating fusion protein has a feature where the bioluminescence of the polypeptide moiety changes upon binding of a ligand at the ligand binding site. The ligand may be, for example, an enzyme present in an environment only under certain conditions, e.g., ubiquitin ligase in a hypoxic state, such that the light-generating fusion protein is “turned on” only under such conditions.

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