Patent ID: 7338933

Claim:
An isolated human Growth Hormone (hGH) polypeptide comprising an O-linked glycosylation site that does not exist in a wild type polypeptide corresponding to the isolated hGH polypeptide, wherein said O-linked glycosylation site comprises a formula of P 133 JXBOZUK 140 QTYS, wherein the superscript denotes the corresponding position of the amino acid in a wild type hGH amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:160), and J is selected from threonine and arginine; X is selected from alanine, glutamine, isoleucine, and threonine; B is selected from glycine, alanine, leucine, valine, asparagine, glutamine, and threonine; O is selected from tyrosine, serine, alanine, and threonine; Z is selected from isoleucine and methionine; and U is selected from phenylalanine and proline.