Patent ID: 8188224
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: A61K,A61P,C12N,C12Y

Abstract:
1. An isolated truncated mammalian uricase comprising a mammalian uricase amino acid sequence truncated at the amino terminus or the carboxy terminus or both the amino and carboxy termini by 1-6 amino acids and further comprising an amino acid substitution with threonine at position 7 (D7T), an amino acid substitution with threonine at position 46 (S46T), an amino acid substitution with lysine at position 291 (R291K) and an amino acid substitution with serine at position 301 (T301S), said truncation and amino acid substitution being relative to a naturally occurring pig uricase having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11.