Patent ID: 6011012
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: A61K,C07K

Abstract:
An isolated polypeptide having cysteine protease inhibiting activity comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of:(a) the amino acid sequence no of SEQ ID NO:2 wherein n is any integer 1-35 and c is any integer 143-149;(b) amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence of (a) as determined by the Bestfit computer program using default parameters;(c) the amino acid sequence of a fragment of SEQ ID NO:2;(d) an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence of (c) as determined by the Bestfit computer program using default parameters;(e) the amino acid sequence of a fragment of the polypeptide encoded by the human cDNA contained in ATCC Deposit No. 97156; and(f) an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence of (e) as determined by the Bestfit computer program using default parameters.