Patent ID: 7452966

Claim:
A heterologous fusion protein comprising: a GLP-1 analog comprising SEQ ID NO:1 His-Xaa 8 -Glu-Gly-Thr-Phe-Thr-Ser-Asp-Val-Ser-Ser-Tyr-Leu-Glu-Glu-Gln-Ala-Ala-Lys-Glu-Phe-Ile-Ala-Trp-Leu-Val-Lys-Gly-Gly-Gly wherein Xaa 8 is Gly; an Fc portion of an immunoglobulin comprising SEQ ID NO:7 Ala-Glu-Ser-Lys-Tyr-Gly-Pro-Pro-Cys-Pro-Pro-Cys-Pro-Ala-Pro-Xaa 16 -Xaa 17 -Xaa 18 -Gly-Gly-Pro-Ser-Val-Phe-Leu-Phe-Pro-Pro-Lys-Pro-Lys-Asp-Thr-Leu-Met-Ile-Ser-Arg-Thr-Pro-Glu-Val-Thr-Cys-Val-Val-Val-Asp-Val-Ser-Gln-Glu-Asp-Pro-Glu-Val-Gln-Phe-Asn-Trp-Tyr-Val-Asp-Gly-Val-Glu-Val-His-Asn-Ala-Lys-Thr-Lys-Pro-Arg-Glu-Glu-Gln-Phe-Xaa 80 -Ser-Thr-Tyr-Arg-Val-Val-Ser-Val-Leu-Thr-Val-Leu-His-Gln-Asp-Trp-Leu-Asn-Gly-Lys-Glu-Tyr-Lys-Cys-Lys-Val-Ser-Asn-Lys-Gly-Leu-Pro-Ser-Ser-Ile-Glu-Lys-Thr-Ile-Ser-Lys-Ala-Lys-Gly-Gln-Pro-Arg-Glu-Pro-Gln-Val-Tyr-Thr-Leu-Pro-Pro-Ser-Gln-Glu-Glu-Met-Thr-Lys-Asn-Gln-Val-Ser-Leu-Thr-Cys-Leu-Val-Lys-Gly-Phe-Tyr-Pro-Ser-Asp-Ile-Ala-Val-Glu-Trp-Glu-Ser-Asn-Gly-Gln-Pro-Glu-Asn-Asn-Tyr-Lys-Thr-Thr-Pro-Pro-Val-Leu-Asp-Ser-Asp-Gly-Ser-Phe-Phe-Leu-Tyr-Ser-Arg-Leu-Thr-Val-Asp-Lys-Ser-Arg-Trp-Gln-Glu-Gly-Asn-Val-Phe-Ser-Cys-Ser-Val-Met-His-Glu-Ala-Leu-His-Asn-His-Tyr-Thr-Gln-Lys-Ser-Leu-Ser-Leu-Ser-Leu-Gly-Xaa 230 wherein: Xaa at position 16 is Glu; Xaa at position 17 is Ala; Xaa at position 18 is Ala; Xaa at position 80 is Asn; and Xaa at position 230 is Lys; and a peptide linker comprising SEQ ID NO:8 Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly-Ser-Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly-Ser-Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly-Ser wherein the N-terminal glycine of the peptide linker is directly fused to the C-terminal glycine residue of the GLP-1 analog and the C-terminal serine of the peptide linker is directly fused to the N-terminal alanine of the Fc portion.