LIGANDS FOR PHOSPHATASE BINDING ASSAY

Abstract: Disclosed are new ligands for use in a binding assay for proteases and phosphatases, which contain cysteine in their binding sites or as a necessary structural component for enzymatic binding. The sulfhydryl group of cysteine is the nucleophilic group in the enzyme's mechanistic proteolytic and hydrolytic properties. The assay can be used to determine the ability of new, unknown ligands and mixtures of compounds to competitively bind with the enzyme versus a known binding agent for the enzyme, e.g., a known enzyme inhibitor. By the use of a mutant form of the natural or native wild-type enzyme, in which serine, or another amino acid, e.g., alanine, replaces cysteine, the problem of interference from extraneous oxidizing and alkylating agents in the assay procedure is overcome. The interference arises because of oxidation or alkylation of the sulfhydryl, -SH (or -S<->), in the cysteine, which then adversely affects the binding ability of the enzyme. Specifically disclosed is an assay for tyrosine phosphatases and cysteine proteases, including capsases and cathepsins, e.g., Cathepsin K(O2), utilizing scintillation proximity assay (SPA) technology. The assay has important applications in the discovery of compounds for the treatment and study of, for example, diabetes, immunosuppression, cancer, Alzheimer's disease and osteoporosis. The novel feature of the use of a mutant enzyme can be extended to its use in a wide variety of conventional colorimetric, photometric, spectrophotometric, radioimmunoassay and ligand-binding competitive assays.

Description: TITLE OF THE INVENTION LIGANDS FOR PHOSPHATASE BINDING ASSAY FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to the use of mutant phosphatase and protease enzymes in a competitive binding assay. Specific examples are the enzymes, tyrosine phosphatase and cysteine protease, e.g. Cathepsin K, and the assay specifically described is a scintillation proximity assay using a radioactive inhibitor to induce scintillation. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The use of the scintillation proximity assay (SPA) to study enzyme binding and interactions is a new type of radioimmunoassay and is well known in the art. The advantage of SPA technology over more conventional radioimmunoassay or ligand-binding assays, is that it eliminates the need to separate unbound ligand from bound ligand prior to ligand measurement. See for example, Nature, Vol, 341, pp. 167-178 entitled "Scintillation Proximity Assay " by N. Bosworth and P. Towers, Anal. Biochem. Vol. 217, pp. 139-147 (1994) entitled "Biotinylated and Cysteine- Modified, Peptides as Useful Reagents For Studying the Inhibition of Cathepsin G" by A.M. Brown, et al., Anal. Biochem. Vol. 223, pp. 259- 265 (1994) entitled "Direct Measurement of the Binding of RAS to Neurofibromin Using Scintillation Proximity Assay" by R. H. Skinner et al. and Anal. Biochem. Vol. 230, pp. 101-107(1995) entitled "Scintillation Proximity Assay to Measure Binding of Soluble Fibronectin to Antibody-Captured al haδBi Integrin" by J. A. Pachter et al. The basic principle of the assay lies in the use of a solid support containing a scintillation agent, wherein a target enzyme is attached to the support through, e.g., a second enzyme-antienzyme linkage. A known tritiated or ll25 iodinated binding agent, i.e., radioligand inhibitor ligand for the target enzyme is utilized as a control, which when bound to the active site in the target enzyme, is in close proximity to the scintillation agent to induce a scintillation signal, e.g., photon emission, which can be measured by conventional scintillation/radiographic techniques. The unbound tritiated (hot) ligand is too far removed from the scintillation agent to cause an interfering measurable scintillation signal and therefore does not need to be separated, e.g., filtration, as in conventional ligand-binding assays. The binding of an unknown or potential new ligand (cold, being non-radioactive) can then be determined in a competitive assay versus the known radioligand, by measuring the resulting change in the scintillation signal which will significantly decrease when the unknown ligand also possesses good binding properties. However, a problem arises when utilizing a target enzyme containing a cysteine group, having a free thiol linkage, - SH,(or present as -S" ) which is in the active site region or is closely associated with the active site and is important for enzyme-ligand binding. If the unknown ligand or mixture, e.g. natural product extracts, human body fluids, cellular fluids, etc. contain reagents which can alkylate, oxidize or chemically interfere with the cysteine thiol group such that normal enzyme-ligand binding is disrupted, then false readings will occur in the assay. What is needed in the art is a method to circumvent and avoid the problem of cysteine interference in the scintillation proximity assay (SPA) procedure in enzyme binding studies. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION We have discovered that by substituting serine for cysteine in a target enzyme, where the cysteine plays an active role in the wild-type enzyme-natural ligand binding process, usually as the catalytic nucleophile in the active binding site, a mutant is formed which can be successfully employed in a scintillation proximity assay without any active site cysteine interference. This discovery can be utilized for any enzyme which contains cysteine groups important or essential for binding and/or catalytic activity as proteases or hydrolases and includes phosphatases, e.g., tyrosine phosphatases and proteases, e.g. cysteine proteases, including the cathepsins, i.e., Cathepsin K (02) and the capsases. Further, use of the mutant enzyme is not limited to the scintillation proximity assay, but can be used in a wide variety of known assays including colorimetric, spectrophotometric, ligand- binding assays, radioimmunoassays and the like. We have furthermore discovered a new method of amplifying the effect of a binding agent ligand, e.g., radioactive inhibitor, useful in the assay by replacing two or more phosphotyrosine residues with 4-phosphono(difluoromethyl) phenylalanine (F2Pmp) moieties. The resulting inhibitor exhibits a greater and more hydrolytically stable binding affinity for the target enzyme and a stronger scintillation signal. By this invention there is provided a process for determining the binding ability of a ligand to a cysteine- containing wild-type enzyme comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a complex with the ligand, the complex comprising a mutant form of the wild-type enzyme, in which cysteine, at the active site, is replaced with serine, in the presence of a known binding agent for the mutant enzyme, wherein the binding agent is capable of binding with the mutant enzyme to produce a measurable signal. Further provided is a process for determining the binding ability of a ligand, preferably a non-radioactive (cold) ligand, to an active site cysteine-containing wild-type tyrosine phosphatase comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a complex with the ligand, the complex comprising a mutant form of the wild-type enzyme, the mutant enzyme being PTP1B, containing the same amino acid sequence 1-320 as the wild type enzyme,except at position 215, in which cysteine is replaced with serine in the mutant enzyme, in the presence of a known radioligand binding agent for the mutant enzyme, wherein the binding agent is capable of binding with the mutant enzyme to produce a measurable beta radiation-induced scintillation signal. Also provided is a new class of peptide binding agents selected from the group consisting of: N-Benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanineamide (BzN-EJJ-CONH2), where E is glutamic acid and J is 4-phosphono(difluoro-methyl)]-L-phenylalanyl; N-Benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide; N-Acetyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide; L-Glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono- (difluoromethyl)] -L-phenylalanine amide; L-Lysinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono- (difluoromethyl)] -L-phenylalanine amide; L-Serinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono- (difluoromethyl)] -L-phenylalanine amide; L-Prolinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono- (difluoromethyl)] -L-phenylalanine amide; and L-Isoleucinyl- [4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)] -L-phenylalanyl- [4-phosphono- (difluoromethyl)] -L-phenylalanine amide; and their tritiated and 1125 iodinated derivatives. Further provided is a novel tritiated peptide, tritiated BzN-EJJ-CONH2, being N-(3,5-Ditritio)benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono- (difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanineamide, wherein E as used herein is glutamic acid and J, as used herein, is the (F2Pmp) moiety, (4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)-phenylalanyl). Furthermore there is provided a process for increasing the binding affinity of a ligand for a tyrosine phosphatase or cysteine protease comprising introducing into the ligand two or more 4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)-phenylalanine groups; also provided is the resulting disubstituted ligand. In addition there is provided a complex comprised of: (a) a mutant form of a wild-type enzyme, in which cysteine, necessary for activity in the active site, is replaced with serine and is attached to: (b) a solid support. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIGURE 1 illustrates the main elements of the invention including the scintillation agent 1, the supporting (fluomicrosphere) bead 5, the surface binding Protein A ID, the linking anti-GST enzyme 15, the fused enzyme construct 20, the GST enzyme 25, the mutant enzyme 30, the tritiated peptide inhibitor 3J5, the beta radiation emission 4^ from the radioactive peptide inhibitor 35 and the emitted light 45 from the induced scintillation. FIGURE 2 (A and B) illustrates the DNA and amino acid sequences for PTP1B tyrosine phosphatase enzyme, truncated to amino acid positions 1-320. (Active site cysteine at position 215 is in bold and underlined). FIGURE 3 (A, B and C) illustrates the DNA and amino acid sequences for Cathepsin K. The upper nucleotide sequence represents the cathepsin K cDNA sequence which encodes the cathepsin K preproenzyme (indicated by the corresponding three letter amino acid codes). Numbering indicates the cDNA nucleotide position. The underlined amino acid is the active site Cys 39 residue that was mutated to either Ser or Ala. FIGURE 4 (A and B) illustrates the DNA and amino acid sequences for the capsase, apopain. The upper nucleotide sequence represents the apopain (CPP32) cDNA sequence which encodes the apopain proenzyme (indicated by the corresponding three letter amino acid codes). Numbering indicates the cDNA nucleotide 1 fi3 position. The underlined amino acid is the active site Cys residue that was mutated to Ser. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The theory underlying the main embodiment of the invention can be readily seen and understood by reference to FIGURE 1. Scintillation agent 1 is incorporated into small (yttrium silicate or PVT fluomicro-spheres, AMERSHAM) beads 5 that contain on their surface immunosorbent protein A ID. The protein A coated bead 5 binds the GST fused enzyme construct 20, containing GST enzyme 25 and PTPIB mutant enzyme 30, via anti-GST enzyme antibody 15. When the radioactive e.g., tritiated, peptide 35 is bound to the mutant phosphatase enzyme 30, it is in close enough proximity to the bead 5_ for its beta emission 40 (or Auger electron emission in the case of ll25) to stimulate the scintillation agent 1 to emit light (photon emission) 45. This light 45 is measured as counts in a beta plate counter. When the tritiated peptide 35 is unbound it is too distant from the scintillation agent 1 and the energy is dissipated before reaching the bead 5, resulting in low measured counts. Non- radioactive ligands which compete with the tritiated peptide 35 for the same binding site on the mutant phosphatase enzyme 30 will remove and/or replace the tritiated peptide 35 from the mutant enzyme 30 resulting in lower counts from the uncompeted peptide control. By varying the concentration of the unknown ligand and measuring the resulting lower counts, the inhibition at 50%(IC5θ) for ligand binding to the mutant enzyme 30_ can be obtained. This then is a measure of the binding ability of the ligand to the mutant enzyme and the wild- type enzyme. The term "complex" as used herein refers to the assembly containing the mutant enzyme. In its simplest embodiment, the complex is a solid support with the mutant enzyme attached to the surface of the support. A linker can also be employed. As illustrated in FIGURE 1, the complex can further comprise a bead (fluopolymer), anti-enzyme GST/enzyme GST-mutant enzyme-PTPl linking construct, immunosorbent protein A, and scintillation agent. In general, the complex requires a solid support (beads, immunoassay column of e.g., AI2O3, or silica gel) to which the mutant enzyme can be anchored or tethered by attachment through a suitable linker, e.g., an immunosorbent (e.g, Protein A, Protein G, anti-mouse, anti-rabbit, anti-sheep) and a linking assembly, including an enzyme/anti-enzyme construct attached to the solid support. The term "cysteine-containing wild-type enzyme", as used herein, includes all native or natural enzymes, e.g., phosphatases, cysteine proteases, which contain cysteine in the active site as the active nucleophile, or contain cysteine clearly associated with the active site that is important in binding activity. The term "binding agent" as used herein includes all ligands (compounds) which are known to be able to bind with the wild- type enzyme and usually act as enzyme inhibitors. The binding agent carries a signal producing agent , e.g., radionuclide, to initiate the measurable signal. In the SPA assay the binding agent is a radioligand. The term "measurable signal" as used herein includes any type of generated signal, e.g., radioactive, colorimetric, photometric, spectrophotometric, scintillation, which is produced when binding of the radioligand binding agent to the mutant enzyme. The present invention assay further overcomes problems encountered in the past, where compounds were evaluated by their ability to affect the reaction rate of the enzyme in the phosphatase activity assay. However this did not give direct evidence that compounds were actually binding at the active site of the enzyme. The herein described invention binding assay using a substrate analog can determine directly whether the mixtures of natural products can irreversibly modify the active site cysteine in the target enzyme resulting in inhibition of the enzymatic activity. To overcome inhibition by these contaminates in the phosphatase assay, a mutated Cys(215) to Ser(215) form of the tyrosine phosphatase PTPIB was cloned and expressed resulting in a catalytically inactive enzyme. In general, replacement of cysteine by serine will lead to a catalytically inactive or substantially reduced activity mutant enzyme. PTPIB is the first protein tyrosine phosphatase to be purified to near homogeneity {Tonks et al. JBC 263, 6731-6737 (1988)} and sequenced by Charbonneau et al. PNAS 85, 7182-7186 (1988). The sequence of the enzyme showed substantial homology to a duplicated domain of an abundant protein present in hematopoietic cells variously referred to as LCA or CD45. This protein was shown to possess tyrosine phosphatase activity {Tonks et al. Biochemistry 27, 8695-8701 (1988)}. Protein tyrosine phosphatases have been known to be sensitive to thiol oxidizing agents and alignment of the sequence of PTPIB with subsequently cloned Drosophila and mammalian tyrosine phosphatases pointed to the conservation of a Cysteine residue {(M. Strueli et al. Proc. Nat'l Acad USA, Vol. 86, pp. 8698-7602 (1989)} which when mutated to Ser inactivated the catalytic activity of the enzymes. Guan et αZ.(1991) {J.B.C. Vol. 266, 17926-17030, 1991} cloned the rat homologue of PTPIB, expressed a truncated version of the protein in bacteria, purified and showed the Cys at position 215 is the active site residue. Mutation of the Cys^lδ to Ser215 resulted in loss of catalytic activity. Human PTPIB was cloned by Chernoff et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87, 2735-2739 (1990). Work leading up to the development of the substrate analog BzN-EJJ-CONH2 for PTPIB was published by T. Burke et al. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 205, pp. 129-134 (1994) with the synthesis of the hexamer peptide containing the phosphotyrosyl mimetic F2Pmp. We have incorporated the (F2Pmp) moiety (4- phosphono-(difluoromethyl)phenylalanyl) into various peptides that led to the discovery of BzN-EJJ-CONH2, (where E is glutamic acid and J as used herein is the F2Pmp moiety) an active (5 nM) inhibitor of PTPIB. This was subsequently tritiated giving the radioactive substrate analog required for the binding assay. The mutated enzyme, as the truncated version, containing amino acids 1-320 (see FIGURE 2), has been demonstrated to bind the substrate analog Bz-NEJJ-CONH2 with high affinity for the first time. The mutated enzyme is less sensitive to oxidizing agents than the wild-type enzyme and provides an opportunity to identify novel inhibitors for this family of enzymes. The use of a mutated enzyme to eliminate interfering contaminates during drug screening is not restricted to the tyrosine phosphatases and can be used for other enzyme binding assays as well. Other binding assays exist in the art in which the basic principle of this invention can be utilized, namely, using a mutant enzyme in which an important and reactive cysteine important for activity can modified to serine (or a less reactive amino acid) and render the enzyme more stable to cysteine modifying reagents, such as alkylating and oxidizing agents. These other ligand-binding assays include, for example, colorimetric and spectrophotometric assays, e.g. measurement of produced color or fluorescence, phosphorescence (e.g. ELISA, solid absorbant assays) and other radioimmunoassays in which short or long wave light radiation is produced, including ultraviolet and gamma radiation). Further, the scintillation proximity assay can also be practiced without the fluopolymer support beads (AMERSHAM) as illustrated in FIGURE 1. For example, Scintistrips® are commercially available (Wallac Oy, Finland) and can also be employed as the scintillant- containing solid support for the mutant enzyme complex as well as other solid supports which are conventional in the art. The invention assay described herein is applicable to a variety of cysteine-containing enzymes including protein phosphatases, proteases, lipases, hydrolases, and the like. The cysteine to serine transformation in the target enzyme can readily be accomplished by analogous use of the molecular cloning technique for Cys^lδ to Ser^lδ described in the below-cited reference by M. Strueli et al., for PTPIB and is hereby incorporated by reference for this particular purpose. A particularly useful class of phosphatases is the tyrosine phosphatases since they are important in cell function. Examples of this class are: PTPIB, LCA, LAR, DLAR, DPTP(See Strueli et al., below). Ligands discovered by this assay using, for example, PTPIB can be useful, for example, in the treatment of diabetes and immunosuppression. A useful species is PTPIB, described in Proc. Nat'l Acad USA, Vol. 86, pp. 8698-7602 by M. Strueli et al. and Proc. Nat'l Acad Sci. USA, Vol 87, pp. 2735-2739 by J. Chernof et al. Another useful class of enzymes is the proteases, including cysteine proteases (thiol proteases), cathepsins and capsases. The cathepsin class of cysteine proteases is important since Cathepsin K (also termed Cathepsin 02, see Biol. Chem. Hoppe- Seyler, Vol. 376 pp. 379-384, June 1995 by D. Bromme et al.) is primarily expressed in human osteoclasts and therefore this invention assay is useful in the study and treatment of osteoporosis. See US Patent 5,501,969 (1996) to Human Genome Sciences for the sequence, cloning and isolation of Cathepsin K (02). See also J. Biol. Chem. Vol. 271, No. 21, pp. 12511-12516 (1996) by F. Drake et al. and Biol. Chem. Hoppe-Seyler, Vol. 376, pp. 379-384(1985) by D. Bromme et al., supra. Examples of the cathepsins include Cathepsin B, Cathepsin G, Cathepsin J, Cathepsin K(02), Cathesin L, Cathepsin M, Cathepsin S. The capsase family of cysteine proteases are other examples where the SPA technology and the use of mutated enzymes can be used to determine the ability of unknown compounds and mixtures of compounds to compete with a radioactive inhibitor of the enzyme. An active site mutant of Human Apopain CPP32 (capsase-3) has been prepared. The active site thiol mutated enzymes are less sensitive to oxidizing agents and provide an opportunity to identify novel inhibitors for this family of enzymes. Examples of the capsase family include: capsase- l(ICE), capsase-2 (ICH-1), capsase-3 (CPP32, human apopain, Yama), capsase-4(ICE re l-ll, TX, ICH-2), capsase-5(ICE re l-lll, TY), capsase- 6(Mch2), capsase-7(Mch3, ICE-LAP3, CMH-1), capsase-8(FLICE, MACH, Mch5), capsase-9 (ICE-LAP6, Mch6) and capsase- 10(Mch4). Substitution of the cysteine by serine (or by any other amino acid which lowers the activity to oxidizing and alkylating agents, e.g., alanine) does not alter the binding ability of the mutant enzyme to natural ligands. The degree of binding, i.e., binding constant, may be increased or decreased. The catalytic activity of the mutant enzyme will, however, be substantially decreased or even completely eliminated. Thus, natural and synthetic ligands which bind to the natural wild-type enzyme will also bind to the mutant enzyme. Substitution by serine for cysteine also leads to the mutant enzyme which has the same qualititative binding ability as the natural enzyme but is significantly reduced in catalytically activity. Thus, this invention assay is actually measuring the true binding ability of the test ligand. The test ligand described herein is a new ligand potentially useful in drug screening purposes and its mode of action is to generally function as an inhibitor for the enzyme. The binding agent usually is a known ligand used as a control and is capable of binding to the natural wild-type enzyme and the mutant enzyme employed in the assay and is usually chosen as a known peptide inhibitor for the enzyme. The binding agent also contains a known signal- producing agent to cause or induce the signal in the assay and can be an agent inducing e.g., phosphorescence or fluorescence (ELISA), color reaction or a scintillation signal. In the instant embodiment, where the assay is a scintillation assay, the signal agent is a radionuclide, i.e., tritium, 1125, w hich induces the scintillant in the solid support to emit measurable light radiation, i.e., photon emission, which can be measured by using conventional scintillation and beta radiation counters. We have also discovered that introducing two or more 4- phosphonodifluoromethyl phenylalanine (F2Pmp) groups into a known binding agent greatly enhances the binding affinity of the binding agent to the enzyme and improves its stability by rendering the resulting complex less susceptible to hydrolytic cleavage. A method for introducing one F2Pmp moiety into a ligand is known in the art and is described in detail in Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. Vol. 204. pp. 129-134 (1994) hereby incorporated by reference for this particular purpose. As a result of this technology we discovered a new class of ligands having extremely good binding affinity for PTPIB. These include: N-Benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenyl- alanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide, N-Acetyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl- [4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide, L-Glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)] -L-phenylalanine amide, L-Lysinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide, L-Serinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide, L-Prolinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide, and L-Isoleucinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide. A useful ligand in the series is Bz-NEJJ-CONH2, whose chemical name is: N-Benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoro-methyl)]-L- phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenyl-alanineamide, and its tritiated form, N-(3,5-Ditritio)benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono- (dilfuoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanineamide. Synthesis of both cold and hot ligands is described in the Examples. The following Examples are illustrative of carrying out the invention and should not be construed as being limitations on the scope or spirit of the instant invention. EXAMPLES 1. Preparation of PTPIB Truncate (Amino Acid Sequence from 1-320 and Fused GST-PTP1B Construct An E. coli culture carrying a PET plasmid expressing the full length PTPIB protein was disclosed in J. Chernoff et al. Proc Natl. Acad. Sci. USA , 87, pp. 2735-2739, (1990). This was modified to a truncated PTPIB enzyme complex containing the active site with amino acids 1-320 inclusive, by the following procedure: The full length human PTP-1B cDNA sequence (published in J. Chernoff et al., PNAS, USA, supra) cloned into a PET vector was obtained from Dr. Raymond Erickson (Harvard University). The PTP-1B cDNA sequence encoding amino acids 1-320 (Seq. ID No. 1) was amplified by PCR using the full length sequence as template. The 5' primer used for the amplification included a Bam HI site at the 5' end and the 3' primer had an Eco RI site at the 3' end. The amplified fragment was cloned into pCR2 (Invitrogen) and sequenced to insure that no sequence errors had been introduced by Taq polymerase during the amplification. This sequence was released from pCR2 by a Bam HI/Eco RI digest and the PTP-1B cDNA fragment ligated into the GST fusion vector pGEX-2T (Pharmacia) that had been digested with the same enzymes. The GST-PTP-1B fusion protein expressed in E. Coli has an active protein tyrosine phosphatase activity. This same 1-320 PTP-1B sequence (Seq. ID No. 1) was then cloned into the expression vector pFLAG-2, where FLAG is the octa-peptide AspTyrLysAspAspAspAspLys. This was done by releasing the PTP-1B sequence from the pGEX-2T vector by Nco I/Eco RI digest, filling in the ends of this fragment by Klenow and blunt- end fixating into the blunted Eco RI site of pFLAG2. Site-directed mutagenesis was performed on pFLAG2-PTP-lB plasmid using the Chameleon (Stratagene) double-stranded mutagenesis kit from Stratagene, to replaced the active-site Cys-215 with serine. The mutagenesis was carried out essentially as described by the manufacturer and mutants identifed by DNA sequencing. The FLAG-PTP-1B Cys215Ser mutant (Seq. ID No. 7) was expressed, purified and found not to have any phosphatase activity. The GST- PTP-1B Cys215g er mutant was made using the mutated Cys215g er sequence of PTP-1B already cloned into pFLAG2, as follows. The pFLAG2- PTP-1B Cys 215 Ser plasmid (Seq. ID No. 7) was digested with Sal I (3' end of PTP-1B sequence), filled in using Klenow polymerase (New England Biolabs), the enzymes were heat inactivated and the DNA redigested with Bgl II. The 500 bp 3' PTP-1B cDNA fragment which is released and contains the mutated active site was recovered. The pGEX-2T-PTP-lB plasmid was digested with Eco RI (3' end of PTP-1B sequence), filled in by Klenow, phenol/chloroform extracted and ethanol precipitated. This DNA was then digested with Bgl II, producing two DNA fragments a 500 bp 3' PTP-1B cDNA fragment that contains the active site and a 5.5 Kb fragment containing the pGEX-2T vector plus the 5' end of PTP-1B. The 5.5 Kb pGEX-2T 5' PTP-1B fragment was recovered and ligated with the 500 bp Bgl H/Sal I fragment containing the mutated active site. The ligation was transformed into bacteria (type DH5α, G) and clones containing the mutated active site sequence identified by sequencing. The GST-PTP-1B Cys^l^Ser mutant was overexpressed, purified and found not to have any phosphatase activity. 2. Preparation of Tritiated Bz-NEJJ-CONHg This compound can be prepared as outlined in Scheme 1, below, and by following the procedures: Synthesis of N-Benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L- phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanineamide (BzN-EJJ-CONHg) 1.0 g of TentaGel® S RAM resin (RAPP polymer, ~ 0.2 mmol/g) as represented by the shaded bead in Scheme 1, was treated with piperidine (3 mL) in DMF (5 mL) for 30 min. The resin (symbolized by the circular P, containing the remainder of the organic molecule except the amino group) was washed successively with DMF (3 x 10 mL) and CH2CI2 (10 mL) and air dried. A solution of DMF (5 mL), N°°-Fmoc-4-[diethylphosphono-(difluoromethyl)]-L- phenylalanine (350 mg) , where Fmoc is 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl, and 0-(7-azabenzotriazol-l-yl)-l,l,3,3-tetramethyluranium hexafluorphosphate, (acronym being HATU, 228 mg) was treated with diisopropyl-ethylamine (0.21 mL) and, after 15 min., was added to the resin in 3 mL of DMF. After 1 h, the resin was washed successively with DMF (3x10 mL) and CH2CI2 (10 mL) and air dried. The sequence was repeated two times, first using N°°-Fmoc-4- [diethylphosphono-(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalamine and then using N-Fmoc-L-glutamic acid gamma- -butyl ester. After the final coupling, the resin bound tripeptide was treated with a mixture of piperidine (3 mL) in DMF (5mL) for 30 min. and was then washed successively with DMF (3x10 mL) and CH2CI2 (10 mL) and air dried. To a solution of benzoic acid (61 mg) and HATU (190 mg) in DMF (1 mL) was added diisopropylethylamine (0.17 mL) and, after 15 min. the mixture was added to a portion of the resin prepared above (290 mg) in 1 mL DMF. After 90 min. the resin was washed successively with DMF (3 x 10 mL) and CH2CI2 (10 mL) and air dried. The resin was treated with 2 mL of a mixture of TFA: water (9:1) and 0.05 mL of triisopropylsilane (TIPS-H) for 1 h. The resin was filtered off and the filtrate was diluted with water (2 mL) and concentrated in vacuo at 35°C. The residue was treated with 2.5 mL of a mixture of TFA:DMS:TMSOTf (5:3:1) and 0.05 mL of TIPS-H, and stirred at 25°C for 15 h. (TFA is trifluoroacetic acid, DMS is dimethyl sulfate, TMSOTf is trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate). The desired tripeptide, the title compound, was purified by reverse phase HPLC (C18 column, 25 x 100 mm) using a mobile phase gradient from 0.2% TFA in water to 50/50 acetonitrile/0.2% TFA in water over 40 min. and monitoring at 230 nm. The fraction eluting at approximately 14.3 min. was collected, concentrated and lyophyfized to yield the title compound as a white foam. Synthesis of N-(3,5-Ditritio)benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoro- methyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(dilfuoromethyl)]-L-phenyl- alanineamide The above procedure described for the preparation of BzN-EJJ-CONH2 was repeated, but substituting 3,5-dibromobenzoic acid for benzoic acid. After HPLC purification as before, except using a gradient over 30 min. and collecting the fraction at approximately 18.3 min., the dibromo containing tripeptide was obtained as a white foam. A portion of this material (2 mg) was dissolved in methanol/triethylamine (0.5 mL, 4/1), 10% Pd-C (2 mg) was added, and the mixture stirred under an atmosphere of tritium gas for 24 h. The mixture was filtered through celite, washing with methanol and the filtrate was concentrated. The title compound was obtained after purification by semi-preparative HPLC using a C18 column and an isocratic mobile phase of acetonitrile/0.2% TFA in water (15:100). The fraction eluting at approximately 5 min. was collected and concentrated in vacuo. The title compound was dissolved in 10 mL of methanol/water (9:1) to provide a 0.1 mg/mL solution of specific activity 39.4 Ci/mmol. TentaGe Ir® S RAM polymer HATU, (/-Pr) 2 NEt, DMF 2. piperidine, DMF SCHEME 1 CONT'D HATU, (/-Pr) 2 NEt, DMF 2. piperidine, DMF SCHEME 1 CONT'D 1. TFA-H 2 0 (9:1 ) 2. TFA-DMS-TMSOTf-TIPSH 3. HPLC purification 4. for X = Br: T 2 (g), 10% Pd-C MeOH, EtβN; HPLC purification By following the above described procedure for BzN-EJJ- CONH2, the following other peptide inhibitors were also similarly prepared: N-Benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenyl- alanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide, N-Acetyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl- [4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide, L-Glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)] -L-phenylalanine amide, L-Lysinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide, L-Serinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide, L-Prolinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide, and L-Isoleucinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide. 4. Phosphatase Assay Protocol Materials: EDTA - ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (Sigma) DMH - N,N'-dimethyl-N,N'-bis(mercaptoacetyl)- hydrazine (synthesis published in J. Org. Chem. 56, pp. 2332- 2337,(1991) by R. Singh and G.M. Whitesides and can be substituted with DTT - dithiothreitol Bistris - 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)2,2',2"- nitrilotriethanol-(Sigma) Triton X-100 - octylphenolpoly(ethylene- glycolether) 10 (Pierce) Antibody: Anti-glutathione S-transferase rabbit (H and L) fraction (Molecular Probes) Enzyme: Human recombinant PTPIB, containing amino acids 1-320, (Seq. ID No. 1) fused to GST enzyme (glutathione S-transferase) purified by affinity chromatography. Wild type (Seq. ID No. 1) contains active site cysteine(215), whereas mutant (Seq. ID No. 7) contains active site serine(215). Tritiated peptide: Bz-NEJJ-CONH2, Mwt. 808, empirical formula, C32H32T2O12P2F4 Stock Solutions (10X) Assay Buffer 500 mM Bistris (Sigma), pH 6.2, MW=209.2 20mM EDTA (GIBCO/BRL) Store at 4° C. Prepare fresh daily: Assay Buffer (IX) 50 mM Bistris (room temp.) 2 mM EDTA 5 mM DMH (MW=208) Enzyme Dilution Buffer (keep on ice) 50 mM Bistris 2 mM EDTA 5 mM DMH 20% Glycerol (Sigma) 0.01 mg/ml Triton X-100 (Pierce) Antibody Dilution Buffer (keep on ice) 50 mM Bistris 2 mM EDTA I C50 Binding Assay Protocol: Compounds (ligands) which potentially inhibit the binding of a radioactive ligand to the specific phosphatase are screened in a 96- well plate format as follows: To each well is added the following solutions @ 25 °C in the following chronological order: 1. 110 μl of assay buffer. 2. 10 μl. of 50 nM tritiated BzN-E JJ-CONH2 in assay buffer (IX) @ 25°C. 3. 10 μl. of testing compound in DMSO at 10 different concentrations in serial dilution (final DMSO, about 5% v/v) in duplicate @ 25°C. 4. 10 μl. of 3.75 μg/ml purified human recombinant GST-PTP1B in enzyme dilution buffer. 5. The plate is shaken for 2 minutes. 6. 10 μl. of 0.3 μg/ml anti-glutathione S-transferase (anti-GST) rabbit IgG (Molecular Probes) diluted in antibody dilution buffer @ 25°C. 7. The plate is shaken for 2 minutes. 8. 50 μl. of protein A-PVT SPA beads (Amersham) @ 25°C. 9. The plate is shaken for 5 minutes. The binding signal is quantified on a Microbeta 96-well plate counter. 10. The non-specific signal is defined as the enzyme- ligand binding in the absence of anti-GST antibody. 11. 100% binding activity is defined as the enzyme- ligand binding in the presence of anti-GST antibody, but in the absence of the testing ligands with the non-specific binding subtracted. 12. Percentage of inhibition is calculated accordingly. 13. IC50 value is approximated from the non-linear regression fit with the 4-parameter/multiple sites equation (described in: "Robust Statistics", New York, Wiley, by P.J. Huber (1981) and reported in nM units. 14. Test ligands (compounds) with larger than 90% inhibition at 10 μM are defined as actives. The following Table I illustrates typical assay results of examples of known compounds which competitively inhibit the binding of the binding agent, BzN-EJJ-CONH2. TABLE I GST-PTPIB SPA Binding Assay with Non-Mutated (Cys215) and Mutated enzyme (Ser215) TABLE I (Cont'd.) TABLE π Raw Data^Counts (dpm) (duplicates) 0 9 A dpm dpm O ' - TABLE in %Inh Inh Tripeptide( F2PMP) 2 l.OB-01 l.OE+00 l.OE+01 1.0E+02 1.0E+03 Preparation of Cathepsin K(Q2) Mutant (CAT-K Mutant) Cathepsin K is a prominent cysteine protease in human osteoclasts and is believed to play a key role in osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. Inhibitors of cathepsin K will be useful for the treatment of bone disorders (such as osteoporosis) where excessive bone resorption occurs. Cathepsin K is synthesized as a dormant preproenzyme (Seq. ID No. 4). Both the pre-domain (Met 1 -Ala 15 ) and the prodomain (Leu -Arg ) must be removed for full catalytic activity. The mature form of the protease (Ala -Met ) contains the active site Cys residue (Cys 139 ). The mature form of cathepsin K is engineered for expression in bacteria and other recombinant systems as a Met Ala -Met construct by PCR-directed template modification of a clone that is identified. Epitope-tagged variants are also generated: (Met[FLAG]Ala 115 -Met 329 and Met Ala 115 -Met 329 [FLAG]; where FLAG is the octa-peptide AspTyrLysAspAspAspAspLys). For the purpose of establishing a binding assay, several other constructs are generated including Met[FLAG]Ala 115 -[Cys 139 to Ser 139 ]-Met 329 and Met Ala 115 -[Cys 139 to Ser 139 ]-Met 329 [FLAG] (where the active site Cys is mutated to a Ser residue), and Met[FLAG]Ala 115 -[Cys 139 to Ala 139 ]-Met 329 and Met Ala 115 -[Cys 139 to Ala 139 ]-Met 329 [FLAG] (where the active site Cys is mutated to an Ala residue). In all cases, the resulting re-engineered polypeptides can be used in a binding assay by tethering the mutated enzymes to SPA beads via specific anti-FLAG antibodies that are commercially available (IDI-KODAK). Other epitope tags, GST and other fusions can also be used for this purpose and binding assay formats other than SPA can also be used. Ligands based on the prefered substrate for cathepsin K (e.g. Ac-P2- Pl, Ac-P2-Pl-aldehydes, Ac-P2-Pl-ketones; where PI is an amino acid with a hydrophilic side chain, preferably Arg or Lys, and P2 is an amino acid with a small hydrophobic side chain, preferably Leu, Val or Phe) are suitable in their radiolabeled (tritiated) forms for SPA-based binding assays. Similar binding assays can also be established for other cathepsin family members. Preparation of Apopain (capsase-3) Mutant Apopain is the active form of a cysteine protease belonging to the capsase superfamily of ICE/CED-3 like enzymes. It is derived from a catalytically dormant proenzyme that contains both the 17 kDa large subunit (pl7) and 12 kDa (pl2) small subunit of the catalytically active enzyme within a 32 kDa proenzyme polypeptide (p32). Apopain is a key mediator in the effector mechanism of apoptotic cell death and modulators of the activity of this enzyme, or structurally-related isoforms, will be useful for the therapeutic treatment of diseases where inappropriate apoptosis is prominent, e.g., Alzheimer's disease. The method used for production of apopain involves folding of active enzyme from its constituent pl7 and pl2 subunits which are expressed separately in E. coli. The apopain pl7 subunit (Ser 29 -Asp 175 ) and pl2 subunit (Ser 176 -His 277 ) are engineered for 9Q 1 7*ϊ 1 7fi 277 expression as MetSer -Asp and MetSer -His constructs, respectively, by PCR-directed template modification. For the purpose of establishing a binding assay, several other constructs are generated, including a MetSer 29 -[Cys 163 to Ser 163 ]-Asp 175 large subunit and a Met 1 -[Cys 163 to Ser 163 ]-His 277 proenzyme. In the former case, the active site Cys residue in the large subunit (pl7) is replaced with a Ser residue by site-directed mutagenesis. This large subunit is then re-folded with the recombinant pl2 subunit to generate the mature form of the enzyme except with the active site I CQ 1 f? Cys mutated to a Ser. In the latter case, the same Cys to Ser mutation is made, except that the entire proenzyme is expressed. In both cases, the resulting re-engineered polypeptides can be used in a binding assay by tethering the mutated enzymes to SPA beads via specific antibodies that are generated to recognize apopain (antibodies against the prodomain, the large pl7 subunit, the small pl2 subunit and the entire pl7:pl2 active enzyme have been generated). Epitope tags or GST and other fusions could also be used for this purpose and binding assay formats other than SPA can also be used. Ligands based on the prefered substrate for apopain (varients of AspGluValAsp), such as Ac- AspGluValAsp, Ac-AspGluValAsp- aldehydes, Ac-AspGluValAsp-ketones are suitable in their radiolabeled forms for SPA-based binding assays. Similar binding assays can also be established for other capsase family members. DESCRIPTION OF THE SEQUENCE LISTINGS SEQ ID NO. 1 is the top sense DNA strand of Figures 2 A and 2B for the PTPIB tyrosine phosphatase enzyme. SEQ ID NO. 2 is the amino acid sequence of Figures 2 A and 2B for the PTPIB tyrosine phosphatase enzyme. SEQ ID NO. 3 is the top sense cDNA strand of Figures 3 A, 3B and 3C for the Cathepsin K preproenzyme. SEQ ID NO. 4 is the amino acid sequence of Figures 3A, 3B and 3C for the Cathepsin K preproenzyme. SEQ ID NO. 5 is the top sense cDNA strand of Figures 4A and 4B for the CPP32 apopain proenzyme. SEQ ID NO. 6 is the amino acid sequence of Figures 4A and 4B for the CPP32 apopain proenzyme. SEQ ID NO. 7 is the cDNA sequence of the human PTP- IB 1.320 Ser mutant. SEQ ID NO. 8 is the amino acid sequence of the human PTP-IB1-320 Ser mutant. SEQ ID NO. 9 is the cDNA sequence for apopain C163S mutant. SEQ ID NO. 10 is the amino acid sequence for the apopain C163S mutant. SEQ ID NO. 11 is the large subunit of the heterodimeric amino acid sequence for the apopain C163S mutant. SEQ ID NO. 12 is the cDNA sequence for the Cathepsin K C139S mutant. SEQ ID NO. 13 is the cDNA sequence for the Cathepsin K C139A mutant. SEQ ID NO. 14 is the amino acid sequence for the Cathepsin K C139S mutant. SEQ ID NO. 15 is the amino acid sequence for the Cathepsin K C139A mutant. SEQUENCE LISTING (1) GENERAL INFORMATION: (i) APPLICANT: Desmarais, Sylvie Friesen, Richard Zamboni, Richard (ii) TITLE OF INVENTION: NEW LIGANDS FOR PHOSPHATASE BINDING ASSAY (iii) NUMBER OF SEQUENCES: 15 (iv) CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS: (A) ADDRESSEE: ROBERT J. NORTH - MERCK & CO . , INC. (B) STREET: 126 EAST LINCOLN AVENUE - P.O. BOX 2000 (C) CITY: RAHWAY (D) STATE: NEW JERSEY (E) COUNTRY: USA (F) ZIP: 07065 (v) COMPUTER READABLE FORM: (A) MEDIUM TYPE: Floppy disk (B) COMPUTER: IBM PC compatible (C) OPERATING SYSTEM: PC-DOS/MS-DOS (D) SOFTWARE: FastSEQ for Windows Version 2.0 (vi) CURRENT APPLICATION DATA: (A) APPLICATION NUMBER: US unknown (B) FILING DATE: 04-NOV-1996 (C) CLASSIFICATION: (viii) ATTORNEY/AGENT INFORMATION: (A) NAME: North, Robert J. (B) REGISTRATION NUMBER: 27,366 (C) REFERENCE/DOCKET NUMBER: 19840 PCT (ix) TELECOMMUNICATION INFORMATION: (A) TELEPHONE: 732-594-7262 (B) TELEFAX: 732-594-4720 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO : 1 : (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 963 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO : 1 : ATGGAGATGG AAAAGGAGTT CGAGCAGATC GACAAGTCCG GGAGCTGGGC GGCCATTTAC 60 CAGGATATCC GACATGAAGC CAGTGACTTC CCATGTAGAG TGGCCAAGCT TCCTAAGAAC 120 AAAAACCGAA ATAGGTACAG AGACGTCAGT CCCTTTGACC ATAGTCGGAT TAAACTACAT 180 CAAGAAGATA ATGACTATAT CAACGCTAGT TTGATAAAAA TGGAAGAAGC CCAAAGGAGT 240 TACATTCTTA CCCAGGGCCC TTTGCCTAAC ACATGCGGTC ACTTTTGGGA GATGGTGTGG 300 GAGCAGAAAA GCAGGGGTGT CGTCATGCTC AACAGAGTGA TGGAGAAAGG TTCGTTAAAA 360 TGCGCACAAT ACTGGCCACA AAAAGAAGAA AAAGAGATGA TCTTTGAAGA CACAAATTTG 420 AAATTAACAT TGATCTCTGA AGATATCAAG TCATATTATA CAGTGCGACA GCTAGAATTG 480 GAAAACCTTA CAACCCAAGA AACTCGAGAG ATCTTACATT TCCACTATAC CACATGGCCT 540 GACTTTGGAG TCCCTGAATC ACCAGCCTCA TTCTTGAACT TTCTTTTCAA AGTCCGAGAG 600 TCAGGGTCAC TCAGCCCGGA GCACGGGCCC GTTGTGGTGC ACTGCAGTGC AGGCATCGGC 660 AGGTCTGGAA CCTTCTGTCT GGCTGATACC TGCCTCCTGC TGATGGACAA GAGGAAAGAC 720 CCTTCTTCCG TTGATATCAA GAAAGTGCTG TTAGAAATGA GGAAGTTTCG GATGGGGTTG 780 ATCCAGACAG CCGACCAGCT GCGCTTCTCC TACCTGGCTG TGATCGAAGG TGCCAAATTC 840 ATCATGGGGG ACTCTTCCGT GCAGGATCAG TGGAAGGAGC TTTCCCACGA GGACCTGGAG 900 CCCCCACCCG AGCATATCCC CCCACCTCCC CGGCCACCCA AACGAATCCT GGAGCCACAC 960 TGA 963 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO : 2 : (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 320 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO : 2 : Met Glu Met Glu Lys Glu Phe Glu Gin lie Asp Lys Ser Gly Ser Trp 1 5 10 15 Ala Ala lie Tyr Gin Asp lie Arg His Glu Ala Ser Asp Phe Pro Cys 20 25 30 Arg Val Ala Lys Leu Pro Lys Asn Lys Asn Arg Asn Arg Tyr Arg Asp 35 40 45 Val Ser Pro Phe Asp His Ser Arg lie Lys Leu His Gin Glu Asp Asn 50 55 60 Asp Tyr lie Asn Ala Ser Leu lie Lys Met Glu Glu Ala Gin Arg Ser 65 70 75 80 Tyr lie Leu Thr Gin Gly Pro Leu Pro Asn Thr Cys Gly His Phe Trp 85 90 95 Glu Met Val Trp Glu Gin Lys Ser Arg Gly Val Val Met Leu Asn Arg 100 105 110 Val Met Glu Lys Gly Ser Leu Lys Cys Ala Gin Tyr Trp Pro Gin Lys 115 120 125 Glu Glu Lys Glu Met lie Phe Glu Asp Thr Asn Leu Lys Leu Thr Leu 130 135 140 lie Ser Glu Asp lie Lys Ser Tyr Tyr Thr Val Arg Gin Leu Glu Leu 145 150 155 160 Glu Asn Leu Thr Thr Gin Glu Thr Arg Glu lie Leu His Phe His Tyr 165 170 175 Thr Thr Trp Pro Asp Phe Gly Val Pro Glu Ser Pro Ala Ser Phe Leu 180 185 190 Asn Phe Leu Phe Lys Val Arg Glu Ser Gly Ser Leu Ser Pro Glu His 195 200 205 Gly Pro Val Val Val His Cys Ser Ala Gly lie Gly Arg Ser Gly Thr 210 215 220 Phe Cys Leu Ala Asp Thr Cys Leu Leu Leu Met Asp Lys Arg Lys Asp 225 230 235 240 Pro Ser Ser Val Asp lie Lys Lys Val Leu Leu Glu Met Arg Lys Phe 245 250 255 Arg Met Gly Leu lie Gin Thr Ala Asp Gin Leu Arg Phe Ser Tyr Leu 260 265 270 Ala Val He Glu Gly Ala Lys Phe He Met Gly Asp Ser Ser Val Gin 275 280 285 Asp Gin Trp Lys Glu Leu Ser His Glu Asp Leu Glu Pro Pro Pro Glu 290 295 300 His He Pro Pro Pro Pro Arg Pro Pro Lys Arg He Leu Glu Pro His 305 310 315 320 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO : 3 : (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 1669 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO : 3 : GAAACAAGCA CTGGATTCCA TATCCCACTG CCAAAACCGC ATGGTTCAGA TTATCGCTAT 60 TGCAGCTTTC ATCATAATAC ACACCTTTGC TGCCGAAACG AAGCCAGACA ACAGATTTCC 120 ATCAGCAGGA TGTGGGGGCT CAAGGTTCTG CTGCTACCTG TGGTGAGCTT TGCTCTGTAC 180 CCTGAGGAGA TACTGGACAC CCACTGGGAG CTATGGAAGA AGACCCACAG GAAGCAATAT 240 AACAACAAGG TGGATGAAAT CTCTCGGCGT TTAATTTGGG AAAAAAACCT GAAGTATATT 300 TCCATCCATA ACCTTGAGGC TTCTCTTGGT GTCCATACAT ATGAACTGGC TATGAACCAC 360 CTGGGGGACA TGACCAGTGA AGAGGTGGTT CAGAAGATGA CTGGACTCAA AGTACCCCTG 420 TCTCATTCCC GCAGTAATGA CACCCTTTAT ATCCCAGAAT GGGAAGGTAG AGCCCCAGAC 480 TCTGTCGACT ATCGAAAGAA AGGATATGTT ACTCCTGTCA AAAATCAGGG TCAGTGTGGT 540 TCCTGTTGGG CTTTTAGCTC TGTGGGTGCC CTGGAGGGCC AACTCAAGAA GAAAACTGGC 600 AAACTCTTAA ATCTGAGTCC CCAGAACCTA GTGGATTGTG TGTCTGAGAA TGATGGCTGT 660 GGAGGGGGCT ACATGACCAA TGCCTTCCAA TATGTGCAGA AGAACCGGGG TATTGACTCT 720 GAAGATGCCT ACCCATATGT GGGACAGGAA GAGAGTTGTA TGTACAACCC AACAGGCAAG 780 GCAGCTAAAT GCAGAGGGTA CAGAGAGATC CCCGAGGGGA ATGAGAAAGC CCTGAAGAGG 840 GCAGTGGCCC GAGTGGGACC TGTCTCTGTG GCCATTGATG CAAGCCTGAC CTCCTTCCAG 900 TTTTACAGCA AAGGTGTGTA TTATGATGAA AGCTGCAATA GCGATAATCT GAACCATGCG 960 GTTTTGGCAG TGGGATATGG AATCCAGAAG GGAAACAAGC ACTGGATAAT TAAAAACAGC 1020 TGGGGAGAAA ACTGGGGAAA CAAAGGATAT ATCCTCATGG CTCGAAATAA GAACAACGCC 1080 TGTGGCATTG CCAACCTGGC CAGCTTCCCC AAGATGTGAC TCCAGCCAGC CAAATCCATC 1140 CTGCTCTTCC ATTTCTTCCA CGATGGTGCA GTGTAACGAT GCACTTTGGA AGGGAGTTGG 1200 TGTGCTATTT TTGAAGCAGA TGTGGTGATA CTGAGATTGT CTGTTCAGTT TCCCCATTTG 1260 TTTGTGCTTC AAATGATCCT TCCTACTTTG CTTCTCTCCA CCCATGACCT TTTTCACTGT 1320 GGCCATCAGG ACTTTCCCTG ACAGCTGTGT ACTCTTAGGC TAAGAGATGT GACTACAGCC 1380 TGCCCCTGAC TGTGTTGTCC CAGGGCTGAT GCTGTACAGG TACAGGCTGG AGATTTTCAC 1440 ATAGGTTAGA TTCTCATTCA CGGGACTAGT TAGCTTTAAG CACCCTAGAG GACTAGGGTA 1500 ATCTGACTTC TCACTTCCTA AGTTCCCTTC TATATCCTCA AGGTAGAAAT GTCTATGTTT 1560 TCTACTCCAA TTCATAAATC TATTCATAAG TCTTTGGTAC AAGTTTAC T GATAAAAAGA 1620 AATGTGATTT GTCTTCCCTT CTTTGCACTT TTGAAATAAA GTATTTATC 1669 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO : 4 : (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 329 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO : 4 : Met Trp Gly Leu Lys Val Leu Leu Leu Pro Val Val Ser Phe Ala Leu 1 5 10 15 Tyr Pro Glu Glu He Leu Asp Thr His Trp Glu Leu Trp Lys Lys Thr 20 25 30 His Arg Lys Gin Tyr Asn Asn Lys Val Asp Glu He Ser Arg Arg Leu 35 40 45 He Trp Glu Lys Asn Leu Lys Tyr He Ser He His Asn Leu Glu Ala 50 55 60 Ser Leu Gly Val His Thr Tyr Glu Leu Ala Met Asn His Leu Gly Asp 65 70 75 80 Met Thr Ser Glu Glu Val Val Gin Lys Met Thr Gly Leu Lys Val Pro 85 90 95 Leu Ser His Ser Arg Ser Asn Asp Thr Leu Tyr He Pro Glu Trp Glu 100 105 110 Gly Arg Ala Pro Asp Ser Val Asp Tyr Arg Lys Lys Gly Tyr Val Thr 115 120 125 Pro Val Lys Asn Gin Gly Gin Cys Gly Ser Cys Trp Ala Phe Ser Ser 130 135 140 Val Gly Ala Leu Glu Gly Gin Leu Lys Lys Lys Thr Gly Lys Leu Leu 145 150 155 160 Asn Leu Ser Pro Gin Asn Leu Val Asp Cys Val Ser Glu Asn Asp Gly 165 170 175 Cys Gly Gly Gly Tyr Met Thr Asn Ala Phe Gin Tyr Val Gin Lys Asn 180 185 190 Arg Gly He Asp Ser Glu Asp Ala Tyr Pro Tyr Val Gly Gin Glu Glu 195 200 205 Ser Cys Met Tyr Asn Pro Thr Gly Lys Ala Ala Lys Cys Arg Gly Tyr 210 215 220 Arg Glu He Pro Glu Gly Asn Glu Lys Ala Leu Lys Arg Ala Val Ala 225 230 235 240 Arg Val Gly Pro Val Ser Val Ala He Asp Ala Ser Leu Thr Ser Phe 245 250 255 Gin Phe Tyr Ser Lys Gly Val Tyr Tyr Asp Glu Ser Cys Asn Ser Asp 260 265 270 Asn Leu Asn His Ala Val Leu Ala Val Gly Tyr Gly He Gin Lys Gly 275 280 285 Asn Lys His Trp He He Lys Asn Ser Trp Gly Glu Asn Trp Gly Asn 290 295 300 Lys Gly Tyr He Leu Met Ala Arg Asn Lys Asn Asn Ala Cys Gly He 305 310 315 320 Ala Asn Leu Ala Ser Phe Pro Lys Met 325 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO : 5 : (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 1001 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO : 5 : CTGCAGGAAT TCGGCACGAG GGGTGCTATT GTGAGGCGGT TGTAGAAGTT AATAAAGGTA 60 TCCATGGAGA ACACTGAAAA CTCAGTGGAT TCAAAATCCA TTAAAAATTT GGAACCAAAG 120 ATCATACATG GAAGCGAATC AATGGACTCT GGAATATCCC TGGACAACAG TTATAAAATG 180 GATTATCCTG AGATGGGTTT ATGTATAATA ATTAATAATA AGAATTTTCA TAAGAGCACT 240 GGAATGACAT CTCGGTCTGG TACAGATGTC GATGCAGCAA ACCTCAGGGA AACATTCAGA 300 AACTTGAAAT ATGAAGTCAG GAATAAAAAT GATCTTACAC GTGAAGAAAT TGTGGAATTG 360 ATGCGTGATG TTTCTAAAGA AGATCACAGC AAAAGGAGCA GTTTTGTTTG TGTGCTTCTG 420 AGCCATGGTG AAGAAGGAAT AATTTTTGGA ACAAATGGAC CTGTTGACCT GAAAAAAATA 480 ACAAACTTTT TCAGAGGGGA TCGTTGTAGA AGTCTAACTG GAAAACCCAA ACTTTTCATT 540 ATTCAGGCCT GCCGTGGTAC AGAACTGGAC TGTGGCATTG AGACAGACAG TGGTGTTGAT 600 GATGACATGG CGTGTCATAA AATACCAGTG GAGGCCGACT TCTTGTATGC ATACTCCACA 660 GCACCTGGTT ATTATTCTTG GCGAAATTCA AAGGATGGCT CCTGGTTCAT CCAGTCGCTT 720 TGTGCCATGC TGAAACAGTA TGCCGACAAG CTTGAATTTA TGCACATTCT TACCCGGGTT 780 AACCGAAAGG TGGCAACAGA ATTTGAGTCC TTTTCCTTTG ACGCTACTTT TCATGCAAAG 840 AAACAGATTC CATGTATTGT TTCCATGCTC ACAAAAGAAC TCTATTTTTA TCACTAAAGA 900 AATGGTTGGT TGGTGGTTTT TTTTAGTTTG TATGCCAAGT GAGAAGATGG TATATTTGGT 960 ACTGTATTTC CCTCTCATTT TGACCTACTC TCATGCTGCA G 1001 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO : 6 : (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 277 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO : 6 : Met Glu Asn Thr Glu Asn Ser Val Asp Ser Lys Ser He Lys Asn Leu 1 5 10 15 Glu Pro Lys He He His Gly Ser Glu Ser Met Asp Ser Gly He Ser 20 25 30 Leu Asp Asn Ser Tyr Lys Met Asp Tyr Pro Glu Met Gly Leu Cys He 35 40 45 He He Asn Asn Lys Asn Phe His Lys Ser Thr Gly Met Thr Ser Arg 50 55 60 Ser Gly Thr Asp Val Asp Ala Ala Asn Leu Arg Glu Thr Phe Arg Asn 65 70 75 80 Leu Lys Tyr Glu Val Arg Asn Lys Asn Asp Leu Thr Arg Glu Glu He 85 90 95 Val Glu Leu Met Arg Asp Val Ser Lys Glu Asp His Ser Lys Arg Ser 100 105 110 Ser Phe Val Cys Val Leu Leu Ser His Gly Glu Glu Gly He He Phe 115 120 125 Gly Thr Asn Gly Pro Val Asp Leu Lys Lys He Thr Asn Phe Phe Arg 130 135 140 Gly Asp Arg Cys Arg Ser Leu Thr Gly Lys Pro Lys Leu Phe He He 145 150 155 160 Gin Ala Cys Arg Gly Thr Glu Leu Asp Cys Gly He Glu Thr Asp Ser 165 170 175 Gly Val Asp Asp Asp Met Ala Cys His Lys He Pro Val Glu Ala Asp 180 185 190 Phe Leu Tyr Ala Tyr Ser Thr Ala Pro Gly Tyr Tyr Ser Trp Arg Asn 195 200 205 Ser Lys Asp Gly Ser Trp Phe He Gin Ser Leu Cys Ala Met Leu Lys 210 215 220 Gin Tyr Ala Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Met His He Leu Thr Arg Val Asn 225 230 235 240 Arg Lys Val Ala Thr Glu Phe Glu Ser Phe Ser Phe Asp Ala Thr Phe 245 250 255 His Ala Lys Lys Gin He Pro Cys He Val Ser Met Leu Thr Lys Glu 260 265 270 Leu Tyr Phe Tyr His 275 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO : 7 : (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 963 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:7: ATGGAGATGG AAAAGGAGTT CGAGCAGATC GACAAGTCCG GGAGCTGGGC GGCCATTTAC 60 CAGGATATCC GACATGAAGC CAGTGACTTC CCATGTAGAG TGGCCAAGCT TCCTAAGAAC 120 AAAAACCGAA ATAGGTACAG AGACGTCAGT CCCTTTGACC ATAGTCGGAT TAAACTACAT 180 CAAGAAGATA ATGACTATAT CAACGCTAGT TTGATAAAAA TGGAAGAAGC CCAAAGGAGT 240 TACATTCTTA CCCAGGGCCC TTTGCCTAAC ACATGCGGTC ACTTTTGGGA GATGGTGTGG 300 GAGCAGAAAA GCAGGGGTGT CGTCATGCTC AACAGAGTGA TGGAGAAAGG TTCGTTAAAA 360 TGCGCACAAT ACTGGCCACA AAAAGAAGAA AAAGAGATGA TCTTTGAAGA CACAAATTTG 420 AAATTAACAT TGATCTCTGA AGATATCAAG TCATATTATA CAGTGCGACA GCTAGAATTG 480 GAAAACCTTA CAACCCAAGA AACTCGAGAG ATCTTACATT TCCACTATAC CACATGGCCT 540 GACTTTGGAG TCCCTGAATC ACCAGCCTCA TTCTTGAACT TTCTTTTCAA AGTCCGAGAG 600 TCAGGGTCAC TCAGCCCGGA GCACGGGCCC GTTGTGGTGC ACAGCAGTGC AGGCATCGGC 660 AGGTCTGGAA CCTTCTGTCT GGCTGATACC TGCCTCCTGC TGATGGACAA GAGGAAAGAC 720 CCTTCTTCCG TTGATATCAA GAAAGTGCTG TTAGAAATGA GGAAGTTTCG GATGGGGTTG 780 ATCCAGACAG CCGACCAGCT GCGCTTCTCC TACCTGGCTG TGATCGAAGG TGCCAAATTC 840 ATCATGGGGG ACTCTTCCGT GCAGGATCAG TGGAAGGAGC TTTCCCACGA GGACCTGGAG 900 CCCCCACCCG AGCATATCCC CCCACCTCCC CGGCCACCCA AACGAATCCT GGAGCCACAC 960 TGA 963 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO : 8 : (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 322 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO : 8 : Met Glu Met Glu Lys Glu Phe Glu Gin He Asp Lys Ser Gly Ser Trp 1 5 10 15 Ala Ala He Tyr Gin Asp He Arg His Glu Ala Ser Asp Phe Pro Cys 20 25 30 Arg Val Ala Lys Leu Pro Lys Asn Lys Asn Arg Asn Arg Tyr Arg Asp 35 40 45 Val Ser Pro Phe Asp His Ser Arg He Lys Leu His Gin Glu Asp Asn 50 55 60 Asp Tyr He Asn Ala Ser Leu He Lys Met Glu Glu Ala Gin Arg Ser 65 70 75 80 Tyr He Leu Thr Gin Gly Pro Leu Pro Asn Thr Cys Gly His Phe Trp 85 90 95 Glu Met Val Trp Glu Gin Lys Ser Arg Gly Val Val Met Leu Asn Arg 100 105 110 Val Met Glu Lys Gly Ser Leu Lys Cys Ala Gin Tyr Trp Pro Gin Lys 115 120 125 Glu Glu Lys Glu Met He Phe Glu Asp Thr Asn Leu Lys Leu Thr Leu 130 135 140 He Ser Glu Asp He Lys Ser Tyr Tyr Thr Val Arg Gin Leu Glu Leu 145 150 155 160 Glu Asn Leu Thr Thr Gin Glu Thr Arg Glu He Leu His Phe His Tyr 165 170 175 Thr Thr Trp Pro Asp Phe Gly Val Pro Glu Ser Pro Ala Ser Phe Leu 180 185 190 Asn Phe Leu Phe Lys Val Arg Glu Ser Gly Ser Leu Ser Pro Glu His 195 200 205 Gly Pro Val Val Val His Ser Ser Ala Gly He Gly Thr Cys Gly Arg 210 215 220 Ser Gly Thr Phe Cys Leu Ala Asp Thr Cys Leu Leu Leu Met Asp Lys 225 230 235 240 Arg Lys Asp Pro Ser Ser Val Asp He Lys Lys Val Leu Leu Glu Met 245 250 255 Arg Lys Phe Arg Met Gly Leu He Gin Thr Ala Asp Gin Leu Arg Phe 260 265 270 Ser Tyr Leu Ala Val He Glu Gly Ala Lys Phe He Met Gly Asp Ser 275 280 285 Ser Val Gin Asp Gin Trp Lys Glu Leu Ser His Glu Asp Leu Glu Pro 290 295 300 Pro Pro Glu His He Pro Pro Pro Pro Arg Pro Pro Lys Arg He Leu 305 310 315 320 Glu Pro (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 9: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 1001 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO : 9 : CTGCAGGAAT TCGGCACGAG GGGTGCTATT GTGAGGCGGT TGTAGAAGTT AATAAAGGTA 60 TCCATGGAGA ACACTGAAAA CTCAGTGGAT TCAAAATCCA TTAAAAATTT GGAACCAAAG 120 ATCATACATG GAAGCGAATC AATGGACTCT GGAATATCCC TGGACAACAG TTATAAAATG 180 GATTATCCTG AGATGGGTTT ATGTATAATA ATTAATAATA AGAATTTTCA TAAGAGCACT 240 GGAATGACAT CTCGGTCTGG TACAGATGTC GATGCAGCAA ACCTCAGGGA AACATTCAGA 300 AACTTGAAAT ATGAAGTCAG GAATAAAAAT GATCTTACAC GTGAAGAAAT TGTGGAATTG 360 ATGCGTGATG TTTCTAAAGA AGATCACAGC AAAAGGAGCA GTTTTGTTTG TGTGCTTCTG 420 AGCCATGGTG AAGAAGGAAT AATTTTTGGA ACAAATGGAC CTGTTGACCT GAAAAAAATA 480 ACAAACTTTT TCAGAGGGGA TCGTTGTAGA AGTCTAACTG GAAAACCCAA ACTTTTCATT 540 ATTCAGGCCT CCCGTGGTAC AGAACTGGAC TGTGGCATTG AGACAGACAG TGGTGTTGAT 600 GATGACATGG CGTGTCATAA AATACCAGTG GAGGCCGACT TCTTGTATGC ATACTCCACA 660 GCACCTGGTT ATTATTCTTG GCGAAATTCA AAGGATGGCT CCTGGTTCAT CCAGTCGCTT 720 TGTGCCATGC TGAAACAGTA TGCCGACAAG CTTGAATTTA TGCACATTCT TACCCGGGTT 780 AACCGAAAGG TGGCAACAGA ATTTGAGTCC TTTTCCTTTG ACGCTACTTT TCATGCAAAG 840 AAACAGATTC CATGTATTGT TTCCATGCTC ACAAAAGAAC TCTATTTTTA TCACTAAAGA 900 AATGGTTGGT TGGTGGTTTT TTTTAGTTTG TATGCCAAGT GAGAAGATGG TATATTTGGT 960 ACTGTATTTC CCTCTCATTT TGACCTACTC TCATGCTGCA G 1001 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 10: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 277 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 10: Met Glu Asn Thr Glu Asn Ser Val Asp Ser Lys Ser He Lys Asn Leu 1 5 10 15 Glu Pro Lys He He His Gly Ser Glu Ser Met Asp Ser Gly He Ser 20 25 30 Leu Asp Asn Ser Tyr Lys Met Asp Tyr Pro Glu Met Gly Leu Cys He 35 40 45 He He Asn Asn Lys Asn Phe His Lys Ser Thr Gly Met Thr Ser Arg 50 55 60 Ser Gly Thr Asp Val Asp Ala Ala Asn Leu Arg Glu Thr Phe Arg Asn 65 70 75 80 Leu Lys Tyr Glu Val Arg Asn Lys Asn Asp Leu Thr Arg Glu Glu He 85 90 95 Val Glu Leu Met Arg Asp Val Ser Lys Glu Asp His Ser Lys Arg Ser 100 105 110 Ser Phe Val Cys Val Leu Leu Ser His Gly Glu Glu Gly He He Phe 115 120 125 Gly Thr Asn Gly Pro Val Asp Leu Lys Lys He Thr Asn Phe Phe Arg 130 135 140 Gly Asp Arg Cys Arg Ser Leu Thr Gly Lys Pro Lys Leu Phe He He 145 150 155 160 Gin Ala Ser Arg Gly Thr Glu Leu Asp Cys Gly He Glu Thr Asp Ser 165 170 175 Gly Val Asp Asp Asp Met Ala Cys His Lys He Pro Val Glu Ala Asp 180 185 190 Phe Leu Tyr Ala Tyr Ser Thr Ala Pro Gly Tyr Tyr Ser Trp Arg Asn 195 200 205 Ser Lys Asp Gly Ser Trp Phe He Gin Ser Leu Cys Ala Met Leu Lys 210 215 220 Gin Tyr Ala Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Met His He Leu Thr Arg Val Asn 225 230 235 240 Arg Lys Val Ala Thr Glu Phe Glu Ser Phe Ser Phe Asp Ala Thr Phe 245 250 255 His Ala Lys Lys Gin He Pro Cys He Val Ser Met Leu Thr Lys Glu 260 265 270 Leu Tyr Phe Tyr His 275 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 11: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 277 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 11: Met Glu Asn Thr Glu Asn Ser Val Asp Ser Lys Ser He Lys Asn Leu 1 5 10 15 Glu Pro Lys He He His Gly Ser Glu Ser Met Asp Ser Gly He Ser 20 25 30 Leu Asp Asn Ser Tyr Lys Met Asp Tyr Pro Glu Met Gly Leu Cys He 35 40 45 He He Asn Asn Lys Asn Phe His Lys Ser Thr Gly Met Thr Ser Arg 50 55 60 Ser Gly Thr Asp Val Asp Ala Ala Asn Leu Arg Glu Thr Phe Arg Asn 65 70 75 80 Leu Lys Tyr Glu Val Arg Asn Lys Asn Asp Leu Thr Arg Glu Glu He 85 90 95 Val Glu Leu Met Arg Asp Val Ser Lys Glu Asp His Ser Lys Arg Ser 100 105 110 Ser Phe Val Cys Val Leu Leu Ser His Gly Glu Glu Gly He He Phe 115 120 125 Gly Thr Asn Gly Pro Val Asp Leu Lys Lys He Thr Asn Phe Phe Arg 130 135 140 Gly Asp Arg Cys Arg Ser Leu Thr Gly Lys Pro Lys Leu Phe He He 145 150 155 160 Gin Ala Ser Arg Gly Thr Glu Leu Asp Cys Gly He Glu Thr Asp Ser 165 170 175 Gly Val Asp Asp Asp Met Ala Cys His Lys He Pro Val Glu Ala Asp 180 185 190 Phe Leu Tyr Ala Tyr Ser Thr Ala Pro Gly Tyr Tyr Ser Trp Arg Asn 195 200 205 Ser Lys Asp Gly Ser Trp Phe He Gin Ser Leu Cys Ala Met Leu Lys 210 215 220 Gin Tyr Ala Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Met His He Leu Thr Arg Val Asn 225 230 235 240 Arg Lys Val Ala Thr Glu Phe Glu Ser Phe Ser Phe Asp Ala Thr Phe 245 250 255 His Ala Lys Lys Gin He Pro Cys He Val Ser Met Leu Thr Lys Glu 260 265 270 Leu Tyr Phe Tyr His 275 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 12: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 990 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO-.12: ATGTGGGGGC TCAAGGTTCT GCTGCTACCT GTGGTGAGCT TTGCTCTGTA CCCTGAGGAG 60 ATACTGGACA CCCACTGGGA GCTATGGAAG AAGACCCACA GGAAGCAATA TAACAACAAG 120 GTGGATGAAA TCTCTCGGCG TTTAATTTGG GAAAAAAACC TGAAGTATAT TTCCATCCAT 180 AACCTTGAGG CTTCTCTTGG TGTCCATACA TATGAACTGG CTATGAACCA CCTGGGGGAC 240 ATGACCAGTG AAGAGGTGGT TCAGAAGATG ACTGGACTCA AAGTACCCCT GTCTCATTCC 300 CGCAGTAATG ACACCCTTTA TATCCCAGAA TGGGAAGGTA GAGCCCCAGA CTCTGTCGAC 360 TATCGAAAGA AAGGATATGT TACTCCTGTC AAAAATCAGG GTCAGTGTGG TTCCTCTTGG 420 GCTTTTAGCT CTGTGGGTGC CCTGGAGGGC CAACTCAAGA AGAAAACTGG CAAACTCTTA 480 AATCTGAGTC CCCAGAACCT AGTGGATTGT GTGTCTGAGA ATGATGGCTG TGGAGGGGGC 540 TACATGACCA ATGCCTTCCA ATATGTGCAG AAGAACCGGG GTATTGACTC TGAAGATGCC 600 TACCCATATG TGGGACAGGA AGAGAGTTGT ATGTACAACC CAACAGGCAA GGCAGCTAAA 660 TGCAGAGGGT ACAGAGAGAT CCCCGAGGGG AATGAGAAAG CCCTGAAGAG GGCAGTGGCC 720 CGAGTGGGAC CTGTCTCTGT GGCCATTGAT GCAAGCCTGA CCTCCTTCCA GTTTTACAGC 780 AAAGGTGTGT ATTATGATGA AAGCTGCAAT AGCGATAATC TGAACCATGC GGTTTTGGCA 840 GTGGGATATG GAATCCAGAA GGGAAACAAG CACTGGATAA TTAAAAACAG CTGGGGAGAA 900 AACTGGGGAA ACAAAGGATA TATCCTCATG GCTCGAAATA AGAACAACGC CTGTGGCATT 960 GCCAACCTGG CCAGCTTCCC CAAGATGTGA 990 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 13: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 990 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:13: ATGTGGGGGC TCAAGGTTCT GCTGCTACCT GTGGTGAGCT TTGCTCTGTA CCCTGAGGAG 60 ATACTGGACA CCCACTGGGA GCTATGGAAG AAGACCCACA GGAAGCAATA TAACAACAAG 120 GTGGATGAAA TCTCTCGGCG TTTAATTTGG GAAAAAAACC TGAAGTATAT TTCCATCCAT 180 AACCTTGAGG CTTCTCTTGG TGTCCATACA TATGAACTGG CTATGAACCA CCTGGGGGAC 240 ATGACCAGTG AAGAGGTGGT TCAGAAGATG ACTGGACTCA AAGTACCCCT GTCTCATTCC 300 CGCAGTAATG ACACCCTTTA TATCCCAGAA TGGGAAGGTA GAGCCCCAGA CTCTGTCGAC 360 TATCGAAAGA AAGGATATGT TACTCCTGTC AAAAATCAGG GTCAGTGTGG TTCCGCTTGG 420 GCTTTTAGCT CTGTGGGTGC CCTGGAGGGC CAACTCAAGA AGAAAACTGG CAAACTCTTA 480 AATCTGAGTC CCCAGAACCT AGTGGATTGT GTGTCTGAGA ATGATGGCTG TGGAGGGGGC 540 TACATGACCA ATGCCTTCCA ATATGTGCAG AAGAACCGGG GTATTGACTC TGAAGATGCC 600 TACCCATATG TGGGACAGGA AGAGAGTTGT ATGTACAACC CAACAGGCAA GGCAGCTAAA 660 TGCAGAGGGT ACAGAGAGAT CCCCGAGGGG AATGAGAAAG CCCTGAAGAG GGCAGTGGCC 720 CGAGTGGGAC CTGTCTCTGT GGCCATTGAT GCAAGCCTGA CCTCCTTCCA GTTTTACAGC 780 AAAGGTGTGT ATTATGATGA AAGCTGCAAT AGCGATAATC TGAACCATGC GGTTTTGGCA 840 GTGGGATATG GAATCCAGAA GGGAAACAAG CACTGGATAA TTAAAAACAG CTGGGGAGAA 900 AACTGGGGAA ACAAAGGATA TATCCTCATG GCTCGAAATA AGAACAACGC CTGTGGCATT 960 GCCAACCTGG CCAGCTTCCC CAAGATGTGA 990 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 14: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 329 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 14: Met Trp Gly Leu Lys Val Leu Leu Leu Pro Val Val Ser Phe Ala Leu 1 5 10 15 Tyr Pro Glu Glu He Leu Asp Thr His Trp Glu Leu Trp Lys Lys Thr 20 25 30 His Arg Lys Gin Tyr Asn Asn Lys Val Asp Glu He Ser Arg Arg Leu 35 40 45 He Trp Glu Lys Asn Leu Lys Tyr He Ser He His Asn Leu Glu Ala 50 55 60 Ser Leu Gly Val His Thr Tyr Glu Leu Ala Met Asn His Leu Gly Asp 65 70 75 80 Met Thr Ser Glu Glu Val Val Gin Lys Met Thr Gly Leu Lys Val Pro 85 90 95 Leu Ser His Ser Arg Ser Asn Asp Thr Leu Tyr He Pro Glu Trp Glu 100 105 110 Gly Arg Ala Pro Asp Ser Val Asp Tyr Arg Lys Lys Gly Tyr Val Thr 115 120 125 Pro Val Lys Asn Gin Gly Gin Cys Gly Ser Ser Trp Ala Phe Ser Ser 130 135 140 Val Gly Ala Leu Glu Gly Gin Leu Lys Lys Lys Thr Gly Lys Leu Leu 145 150 155 160 Asn Leu Ser Pro Gin Asn Leu Val Asp Cys Val Ser Glu Asn Asp Gly 165 170 175 Cys Gly Gly Gly Tyr Met Thr Asn Ala Phe Gin Tyr Val Gin Lys Asn 180 185 190 Arg Gly He Asp Ser Glu Asp Ala Tyr Pro Tyr Val Gly Gin Glu Glu 195 200 205 Ser Cys Met Tyr Asn Pro Thr Gly Lys Ala Ala Lys Cys Arg Gly Tyr 210 215 220 Arg Glu He Pro Glu Gly Asn Glu Lys Ala Leu Lys Arg Ala Val Ala 225 230 235 240 Arg Val Gly Pro Val Ser Val Ala He Asp Ala Ser Leu Thr Ser Phe 245 250 255 Gin Phe Tyr Ser Lys Gly Val Tyr Tyr Asp Glu Ser Cys Asn Ser Asp 260 265 270 Asn Leu Asn His Ala Val Leu Ala Val Gly Tyr Gly He Gin Lys Gly 275 280 285 Asn Lys His Trp He He Lys Asn Ser Trp Gly Glu Asn Trp Gly Asn 290 295 300 Lys Gly Tyr He Leu Met Ala Arg Asn Lys Asn Asn Ala Cys Gly He 305 310 315 320 Ala Asn Leu Ala Ser Phe Pro Lys Met 325 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 15: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 329 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 15: Met Trp Gly Leu Lys Val Leu Leu Leu Pro Val Val Ser Phe Ala Leu 1 5 10 15 Tyr Pro Glu Glu He Leu Asp Thr His Trp Glu Leu Trp Lys Lys Thr 20 25 30 His Arg Lys Gin Tyr Asn Asn Lys Val Asp Glu He Ser Arg Arg Leu 35 40 45 He Trp Glu Lys Asn Leu Lys Tyr He Ser He His Asn Leu Glu Ala 50 55 60 Ser Leu Gly Val His Thr Tyr Glu Leu Ala Met Asn His Leu Gly Asp 65 70 75 80 Met Thr Ser Glu Glu Val Val Gin Lys Met Thr Gly Leu Lys Val Pro 85 90 95 Leu Ser His Ser Arg Ser Asn Asp Thr Leu Tyr He Pro Glu Trp Glu 100 105 110 Gly Arg Ala Pro Asp Ser Val Asp Tyr Arg Lys Lys Gly Tyr Val Thr 115 120 125 Pro Val Lys Asn Gin Gly Gin Cys Gly Ser Ala Trp Ala Phe Ser Ser 130 135 140 Val Gly Ala Leu Glu Gly Gin Leu Lys Lys Lys Thr Gly Lys Leu Leu 145 150 155 160 Asn Leu Ser Pro Gin Asn Leu Val Asp Cys Val Ser Glu Asn Asp Gly 165 170 175 Cys Gly Gly Gly Tyr Met Thr Asn Ala Phe Gin Tyr Val Gin Lys Asn 180 185 190 Arg Gly He Asp Ser Glu Asp Ala Tyr Pro Tyr Val Gly Gin Glu Glu 195 200 205 Ser Cys Met Tyr Asn Pro Thr Gly Lys Ala Ala Lys Cys Arg Gly Tyr 210 215 220 Arg Glu He Pro Glu Gly Asn Glu Lys Ala Leu Lys Arg Ala Val Ala 225 230 235 240 Arg Val Gly Pro Val Ser Val Ala He Asp Ala Ser Leu Thr Ser Phe 245 250 255 Gin Phe Tyr Ser Lys Gly Val Tyr Tyr Asp Glu Ser Cys Asn Ser Asp 260 265 270 Asn Leu Asn His Ala Val Leu Ala Val Gly Tyr Gly He Gin Lys Gly 275 280 285 Asn Lys His Trp He He Lys Asn Ser Trp Gly Glu Asn Trp Gly Asn 290 295 300 Lys Gly Tyr He Leu Met Ala Arg Asn Lys Asn Asn Ala Cys Gly He 305 310 315 320 Ala Asn Leu Ala Ser Phe Pro Lys Met 325

Claims: WHAT IS CLAIMED: 1. A peptide comprising a ligand having binding affinity for a tyrosine phosphatase or cysteine protease, wherein said ligand contains two or more 4-phosphono(difluoromethyl) phenylalanine groups. 2. The peptide of Claim 1 wherein said ligand has a greater binding affinity than the corresponding ligand only containing one of said 4- phosphono(difluoromethyl) phenylalanine groups. 3. A peptide selected from the group consisting of: N-Benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanineamide (BzN-EJJ-CONH2), where E is glutamic acid and J is 4-phosphono(difluoro-methyl)]-L-phenylalanyl; N-Benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide; N-Acetyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide; L-Glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono— (difluoromethyl)] -L-phenylalanine amide; L-Lysinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono- (difluoromethyl)] -L-phenylalanine amide; L-Serinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono- (difluoromethyl)] -L-phenylalanine amide; L-Prolinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono- (difluoromethyl)] -L-phenylalanine amide; and L-Isoleucinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono- (difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide. 4. The peptide of Claim 3 in tritiated or 1125 iodinated form. 5. A tritiated peptide, N-(3,5-Ditritio)benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4- phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]- L-phenylalanineamide. 6. A process for increasing the binding affinity of a ligand for a tyrosine phosphatase or cysteine protease comprising introducing into the ligand two or more 4-phosphono(difluoromethyl) phenylalanine groups.

Inventors: DESMARAIS SYLVIE, FRIESEN RICHARD, ZAMBONI ROBERT, DESMARAIS, SYLVIE, FRIESEN, RICHARD, ZAMBONI, ROBERT
Applicants: DESMARAIS SYLVIE, FRIESEN RICHARD, MERCK FROSST CANADA INC, ZAMBONI ROBERT, DESMARAIS, SYLVIE, FRIESEN, RICHARD, MERCK FROSST CANADA INC., ZAMBONI, ROBERT
Application year: 1997
Main classification: C07K5
IPC codes: C07K5, C12Q1, G01N33