250 results about "Lysine residue" patented technology

A method and system are disclosed for identifying and/or locating complex patterns in an amino acid sequence stored in a computer file or database. According to an aspect of the present invention, techniques are provided to facilitate queries of protein databases. For protein descriptions received in response to the queries, embodiments of the present invention may scan the received protein descriptions to identify and locate Replikin patterns. A Replikin pattern is defined to be a sequence of 7 to about 50 amino acids that include the following three (3) characteristics, each of which may be recognized by an embodiment of the present invention: (1) the sequence has at least one lysine residue located six to ten amino acid residues from a second lysine residue; (2) the sequence has at least one histidine residue; and (3) at least 6% of the amino acids in the sequence are lysine residues.

Non-naturally occurring lytic peptides which contain a phenylalanine residue and one or more alanine, valine and lysine residues, and optionally contain chemically masked cysteine or serine residues possess an amphipathic structure which allows them to promote cell lysis in certain pathologic organisms, and particularly in prokaryotes. Peptides having a beta-pleated sheet secondary structure and lacking cysteine residues form one embodiment of these lytic peptides.

The present invention is directed to methods of diagnosing and treating a fibrotic condition in a mammalian subject. These methods involve measuring the levels of trimethylation at lysine residue 27 of histone-3 and/or measuring the expression levels of EZH2 or YY-1. Agents useful for treating fibrosis or a fibrotic condition are also disclosed.

The present invention provides a polyethylene glycol-conjugated erythropoietin (PEG-conjugated EPO) prepared by PEG conjugation on the lysine residue at position 52 of native erythropoietin (native EPO). In order to achieve more sustained efficacy without losing physiological activities of native EPO, a glycoprotein rich in sugar chains, there has been a need to develop a PEG-conjugated EPO with significantly sustained efficacy by introducing a controlled number of PEG molecules at controlled positions. This PEG-conjugated EPO addresses such a need and provides more sustained efficacy.

The present invention is related to a single-chain insulin comprising the B- and the A-chain of human insulin or analogues thereof connected by a connecting peptide having from 3-35 amino acid residues, wherein the single-chain insulin comprises at least one PEG group attached to at least one lysine residue in the single-chain insulin molecule and/or to the B1 N terminal amino acid residue. The PEGylated single-chain insulins may comprise up to 4 PEG groups which may be the same or different.

A method of forming an array of proteins selected from antigens or antibodies; said method comprising the steps of (i) expressing in a recombinant cell, a fusion protein which comprises either (a) an antigen or (b) an antibody binding protein, fused to a peptide having up to 50 amino acids, which peptide comprises amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO 1 LX₁X₂IX₃X₄X₅X₆KX₇X₈X₉X₁₀ (SEQ ID NO 1) where X₁ is a naturally occurring amino acid, X₂ is any naturally occurring amino acid other than leucine, valine, isoleucine, tryptophan, phenylalanine or tyrosine, X₃ is phenylalanine or leucine, X₄ is glutamine or asparagine, X₅ is alanine, glycine, serine or threonine, X₆ is glycine or methionine, X₇ is isoleucine, methionine or valine, X₈ is glutamine, leucine, valine, tyrosine or isoleucine, X₉ is tryptophan, tyrosine, valine, phenylalanine, leucine or isoleucine and X₁₀ is any naturally occurring amino acid other than asparagine or glutamine; where said peptide is capable of being biotinylated by a biotin ligase at the lysine residue adjacent to X₆; (ii) biotinylating said peptide of the fusion protein at the lysine residue adjacent X₆; (iii) isolating the biotinylated fusion protein; (iv) applying the biotinylated fusion protein to an avidin or streptavidin coated non-porous support; (v) forming an array of at least three different proteins on the support by either (a) where the fusion protein comprises an antigen, carrying out steps (i) to (iv) the desired number of times to form an antigen array; or (b) where the fusion protein comprises an antibody binding protein, applying to said protein, either prior to or after step (iv) a plurality of different antibodies or binding fragments thereof.

In sporadic Alzheimer's disease, neurofibrillary lesion formation is preceded by extensive post-translational modification of the microtubule associated protein tau. Immunoassays have been developed recently that detect tau in biological specimens, thus providing a means for pre-mortem diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, which has remained elusive. These assays have been improved by the analysis of relevant post-translational modifications, such as phosphorylation, however opportunity for improvement remains. The present invention addresses this issue by disclosing synthetic methylated peptides derived from the tau protein of paired helical filaments and non-diseased control brain. Alzheimer's disease specificity is provided by the presence or absence of methyl moieties on lysine residues and differences between mono-, di-, and tri-methylation. The methylated peptide is useful as an antigen and a binding partner for identifying compounds that interact with the peptide and the methylated tau protein, including antibodies that can distinguish non-diseased brain from that affected by Alzheimer's disease. The resulting antibodies are useful diagnostically and therapeutically. The compounds that specifically bind to methylated tau proteins are useful for eliminating abnormally methylated tau.

The invention is related to an acylated, single-chain insulin comprising the B- and the A-chain of human insulin or an analogue thereof connected by a connecting peptide, wherein a lysine residue being substituted for the natural amino acid residue in one of the positions A12-A23 in the human insulin A-chain has been chemically modified by acylation.

The invention discloses a method for preparing superoxide dismutase (SOD)-loaded gamma-poly glutamic acid hydrogel. The method comprises the following steps: adopting a 1-ethyl-3-[3-dimethylaminopropyl]carbodiimide hydrochloride/N-hydroxysuccinimide (EDC/NHS) activation system, and forming an SOD-gamma-polyglutamic acid (PGA) immobilized product by using lysine residues and poly glutamic acid side chain carboxyl of SOD; crosslinking the SOD-gamma-PGA obtained by the reaction by using a diamine crosslinking agent cysteamine hydrochloride, so as to form an SOD-gamma-PGA gel system. The gel system can be applied to wound dressing or mask, and can play the antioxidant damage action, and the skin wound is quickly repaired.

The invention relates to a copolymer containing a lysine residue on a side chain, a preparation method of the copolymer, and a fibrinolytic functional material prepared on the basis of the copolymer. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: synthesizing a lysine functional monomer; on the presence of an initiator, preparing the copolymer containing the lysine residue at the side chain by carrying out free radical polymerization on the functional monomer and a vinyl monomer; and blending the prepared copolymer with other commercially available medical polymer materials, and processing and molding to prepare a biological medical functional polymer material of which the surface has a fibrinolytic function. When the obtained material contacts with blood, the fibrinolytic system of a human body can be simulated and nascent thrombus on the surface of a material can be dissolved. The copolymer can be adjusted and controlled directly by changing the charging ratio of the lysine functional monomer to a comonomer, so that the process is simple; the copolymer containing the lysine residue on the side chain can be conveniently blended with various commercially available medical polymer materials, and can be subjected to various processing for molding, so that the construction of a fibrinolytic system on the surface of a material is realized while a biological material in a certain shape is prepared, and the universality is strong.

The invention discloses a carboxymethyl lysine fluorescence imprinting material and a preparing method and application thereof .According to the preparing method, thin layer nano material graphene is used as a carrier, a fluorescence nano material namely quantum dots excellent in optical performance is used as a response element, a molecularly imprinting polymer high in selectivity and specificity is used as a recognition element, an efficient, portable, fast and sensitive molecularly imprinting fluorescence sensing system is set up, carboxymethyl lysine is used as template molecules, 3-aminopropyl triethoxy silane is used as a functional monomer, tetraethoxy-silicane is used as a crosslinking agent, and ammonia water is used as a catalyst .The surface molecularly imprinting material based on graphene and quantum dots is prepared through a reversed-phase microemulsion synthesis method, and carboxymethyl lysine residues can be detected from food fast and easily .

The invention discloses oligo-polyamino acid and sodium alginate combined hybrid antibacterial hydrogel. The invention provides an amphiphilic molecule based on oligo-polyamino acid as shown by formula I or II and a preparation method of the amphiphilic molecule based on oligo-polyamino acid. In the invention, the hybrid hydrogel prepared by combining the amphiphilic molecule based on polyamino acid with sodium alginate has the characteristics of biocompatibility, biodegradability and the like. A cationic lysine residue is introduced into the polyamino acid segment and experiences static combination with carboxyl on the sodium alginate to generate crosslinking, and the mechanical strength of the hydrogel is improved; and moreover, the cationic lysine has antibacterial activity, and thus the hybrid hydrogel has excellent antibacterial property. Moreover, compared with other types of antibacterial hydrogel materials, the hybrid antibacterial hydrogel has the advantages of low preparation cost, simplicity in preparation method, short preparation cycle, easiness in large-scale production, intrinsic antibacterial activity and the like and has a remarkably broad application prospect in the field of biomedical materials.

The present invention provides compounds which are useful as multifunctional labels in proteomics studies. The labels of the present invention are both lysine specific and increase the overall sequence coverage obtained in polypeptide mapping experiments, by for example, increasing the ionization efficiencies of lysine-terminated tryptic fragments. In certain aspects, the labels of the present invention can be used to measure differential quantitation, as for example, deuterium(s) can easily be introduced during their synthesis. In one aspect, a C-terminal derivatized lysine biases the fragment ion intensities strongly toward C-terminal fragment ions, resulting in a highly simplified tandem mass spectrum. In further aspects, the number of lysine residues can be determined in a polypeptide.