Patent Application: US-96430897-A

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 sulfihydryl group of cysteine is the nucleophilic group in the enzyme &# 39 ; 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 sulfihydryl , -- sh , 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 , utilizing scintillation proximity assay technology . the assay has important applications in the discovery of compounds for the treatment and study of , for example , diabetes , immunosuppression , cancer , alzheimer &# 39 ; 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:
the theory underlying the main embodiment of the invention can be readily seen and understood by reference to fig1 . scintillation agent 1 is incorporated into small ( yttrium silicate or pvt fluomicro - spheres , amersham ) beads 5 that contain on their surface immunosorbent protein a 10 . the protein a coated bead 5 binds the gst fused enzyme construct 20 , containing gst enzyme 25 and ptp1b 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 i 125 ) 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 3 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 %( ic 50 ) 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 &# 34 ; complex &# 34 ; 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 fig1 the complex can further comprise a bead ( fluopolymer ), anti - enzyme gst / enzyme gst - mutant enzyme - ptp1 linking construct , immunosorbent protein a , and scintillation agent . in general , the complex requires a solid support ( beads , immunoassay column of e . g ., al 2 o 3 , 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 &# 34 ; cysteine - containing wild - type enzyme &# 34 ;, 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 &# 34 ; binding agent &# 34 ; 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 &# 34 ; measurable signal &# 34 ; 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 ptp1b 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 . ptp1b 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 ptp1b with subsequently cloned drosophila and mammalian tyrosine phosphatases pointed to the conservation of a cysteine residue {( m . strueli et al . proc . nat &# 39 ; l acad usa , vol . 86 , pp . 8698 - 7602 ( 1989 )} which when mutated to ser inactivated the catalytic activity of the enzymes . guan et al . ( 1991 ) { j . b . c . vol . 266 , 17926 - 17030 , 1991 } cloned the rat homologue of ptp1b , 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 215 to ser 215 resulted in loss of catalytic activity . human ptp1b was cloned by chernoffet al . proc . natl . acad . sci . usa 87 , 2735 - 2739 ( 1990 ). work leading up to the development of the substrate analog bzn - ejj - conh 2 for ptp1b 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 f 2 pmp . we have incorporated the ( f 2 pmp ) moiety ( 4 - phosphono -( difluoromethyl ) phenylalanyl ) into various peptides that led to the discovery of bzn - ejj - conh 2 , ( where e is glutamic acid and j as used herein is the f 2 pmp moiety ) an active ( 5 nm ) inhibitor of ptp1b . 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 fig2 ), has been demonstrated to bind the substrate analog bz - nejj - conh 2 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 fig1 . 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 215 to ser 215 described in the below - cited reference by m . strueli et al ., for ptp1b 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 : ptp1b , lca , lar , dlar , dptp ( see strueli et al ., below ). ligands discovered by this assay using , for example , ptp1b can be useful , for example , in the treatment of diabetes and immunosuppression . a useful species is ptp1b , described in proc . nat &# 39 ; l acad usa , vol . 86 , pp . 8698 - 7602 by m . strueli et al . and proc . nat &# 39 ; l acad sci . usa , vol 87 , pp . 2735 - 2739 by j . chemoff 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 o2 , see biol . chem . hoppe - seyzer , 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 u . s . pat . no . 5 , 501 , 969 ( 1996 ) to human genome sciences for the sequence , cloning and isolation of cathepsin k ( o2 ). 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 . bromine et al ., supra . examples of the cathepsins include cathepsin b , cathepsin g , cathepsin j , cathepsin k ( o2 ), 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 - 1 ( ice ), capsase - 2 ( ich - 1 ), capsase - 3 ( cpp32 , human apopain , yama ), capsase - 4 ( ice rel - 11 , tx , ich - 2 ), capsase - 5 ( ice rel - 111 , 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 , i 125 , which 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 ( f 2 pmp ) 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 f 2 pmp 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 ptp1b . these include : a useful ligand in the series is bz - nejj - conh 2 , 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 . 1 . preparation of ptp1b truncate ( amino acid sequence from 1 - 320 and fused gst - ptp1b construct an e . coli culture carrying a pet plasmid expressing the full length ptp1b protein was disclosed in j . chernoff et al . proc natl . acad . sci . usa , 87 , pp . 2735 - 2739 , ( 1990 ). this was modified to a truncated ptp1b 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 &# 39 ; primer used for the amplification included a barn hi site at the 5 &# 39 ; end and the 3 &# 39 ; primer had an eco ri site at the 3 &# 39 ; 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 kienow and blunt - end ligating into the blunted eco ri site of pflag2 . site - directed mutagenesis was performed on pflag2 - ptp - 1b 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 gdt - ptp - 1b cys 215 ser mutant was made using the mutated cys 215 ser 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 &# 39 ; 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 &# 39 ; ptp - 1b cdna fragment which is released and contains the mutated active site was recovered . the pgex - 2t - ptp - 1b plasmid was digested with eco ri ( 3 &# 39 ; 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 &# 39 ; ptp - 1b cdna fragment that contains the active site and a 5 . 5 kb fragment containing the pgex - 2t vector plus the 5 &# 39 ; end of ptp - 1b . the 5 . 5 kb pgex - 2t 5 &# 39 ; ptp - 1b fragment was recovered and ligated with the 500 bp bgl ii / 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 215 ser mutant was overexpressed , purified and found not to have any phosphatase activity . this compound can be prepared as outlined in scheme 1 , below , and by following the procedures : 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 × 10 ml ) and ch 2 cl 2 ( 10 ml ) and air dried . a solution of dmf ( 5 ml ), n 28 - fmoc - 4 -[ diethylphosphono -( difluoromethyl )]- l - phenylalanine ( 350 mg ), where fmoc is 9 - fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl , and o -( 7 - azabenzotriazol - 1 - yl )- 1 , 1 , 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 ( 3 × 10 ml ) and ch 2 cl 2 ( 10 ml ) and air dried . the sequence was repeated two times , first using n . sup .∞ - fmoc - 4 -[ diethylphosphono -( difluoromethyl )]- l - phenylalamine and then using n - fmoc - l - glutamic acid gamma - t - butyl ester . after the final coupling , the resin bound tripeptide was treated with a mixture of piperidine ( 3 ml ) in dmf ( 5 ml ) for 30 min . and was then washed successively with dmf ( 3 × 10 ml ) and ch 2 cl 2 ( 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 × 10 ml ) and ch 2 cl 2 ( 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 × 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 lyophylized to yield the title compound as a white foam . the above procedure described for the preparation of bzn - ejj - conh 2 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 . ## str1 ## by following the above described procedure for bzn - ejj - conh 2 , the following other peptide inhibitors were also similarly prepared : dmh -- n , n &# 39 ;- dimethyl - n , n &# 39 ;- 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 &# 39 ;, 2 &# 34 ;- nitrilotriethanol -( sigma ) triton x - 100 -- octylphenolpoly ( ethyleneglycolether ) 10 ( pierce ) enzyme : human recombinant ptp1b , 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 - conh 2 , mwt . 808 , empirical formula , c 32 h 32 t 2 o 12 p 2 f 4 ______________________________________stock solutions ( 10x ) assay buffer 500 mm bistris ( sigma ); ph 6 . 2 , mw = 209 . 2 20 mm edta ( gibco / brl ) store at 4 ° c . prepare fresh daily : assay buffer ( 1x ) 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 mmdmh 20 % glycerol ( sigma ) 0 . 01 mg / ml triton x - 100 ( pierce ) antibody dilution buffer ( keep on ice ) 50 mm bistris 2 mm edta______________________________________ 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 : 2 . 10 μl . of 50 nm tritiated bzn - ejj - conh 2 in assay buffer ( 1x ) @ 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 . 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 . 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 . 13 . ic 50 value is approximated from the non - linear regression fit with the 4 - parameter / multiple sites equation ( described in : &# 34 ; robust statistics &# 34 ;, 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 . __________________________________________________________________________examples of known compounds which competitively inhibit the binding ofl - 783 , 016 typical assay results gst - ptp1b spa binding assay with non - mutated ( cys215 ) and mutatedenzyme ( ser215 ) __________________________________________________________________________ non - compound l - number structure mutated mutated__________________________________________________________________________ control : tripeptide ( f2pmp ) 2 l - 783016 - 000p001 14 nm 8 nmdade ( f2pmp ) l hexapeptide ( t . burke et al , biochem . biophys . res . comm . 204 , 129 , ( 1994 ) ## str3 ## 400 nm 100 nm - sh - specific binding : - vanadate ## st 2 # μm & gt ; 100 μm - insulin receptor peptide l - 791352 - 000d001 ## str5 ## 17 μm 70 μm - potential oxidizing agents : hydrogen peroxide h2o2 90 % at 83 μm 0 % at 83 μm - quinone l - 289196 - 000p001 ## st 4 # μm & gt ; 100 μm - potential alkylating agents : - imine l - 280684 - 000c001 67 % at 2 μm 10 % at 2 μm__________________________________________________________________________ conc . l - 783016 - 000p nmno antibody (- control ) antibody (+ control ) 250 125 62 . 5 31 . 25 15 . 625 7 . 813 3 . 906 1 . 953 0 . 977 0 . 488__________________________________________________________________________raw data , counts ( dpm ) ( duplicates ) dyne 252 5652 288 873 757 1550 2775 3367 4743 5220 5454 5384 dpm 304 6380 273 588 1109 1337 2525 4165 4838 5581 5781 6211__________________________________________________________________________ % inhibition ( 1 -( dpm - average no antibody )/( average antibody - average noantibody )) * 100 % inh 100 5 100 90 92 78 56 45 21 12 8 9 % inh 100 - 8 100 95 85 81 60 30 19 6 2 - 5__________________________________________________________________________ ## str8 ## - preparation of cathepsin k ( o2 ) 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 16 - arg 114 ) must be removed for full catalytic activity . the mature form of the protease ( ala 115 - met 329 ) 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 115 - met 329 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 - p 2 - p 1 , ac - p 2 - p 1 - aldehydes , ac - p 2 - p 1 - ketones ; where p1 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 . 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 ( p17 ) and 12 kda ( p12 ) 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 &# 39 ; s disease . the method used for production of apopain involves folding of active enzyme from its constituent p17 and p12 subunits which are expressed separately in e . coli . the apopain p17 subunit ( ser 29 - asp 175 ) and p12 subunit ( ser 176 - his 277 ) are engineered for expression as metser 29 - asp 175 and metser 176 - his 277 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 ( p17 ) is replaced with a ser residue by site - directed mutagenesis . this large subunit is then re - folded with the recombinant p12 subunit to generate the mature form of the enzyme except with the active site cys mutated to a ser . in the latter case , the same cys 163 to ser 163 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 p17 subunit , the small p12 subunit and the entire p17 : p12 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 . seq id no . 1 is the top sense dna strand of fig2 a and 2b for the ptp1b tyrosine phosphatase enzyme . seq id no . 2 is the amino acid sequence of fig2 a and 2b for the ptp1b tyrosine phosphatase enzyme . seq id no . 3 is the top sense cdna strand of fig3 a , 3b and 3c for the cathepsin k preproenzyme . seq id no . 4 is the amino acid sequence of fig3 a , 3b and 3c for the cathepsin k preproenzyme . seq id no . 5 is the top sense cdna strand of fig4 a and 4b for the cpp32 apopain proenzyme . seq id no . 6 is the amino acid sequence of fig4 a and 4b for the cpp32 apopain proenzyme . seq id no . 7 is the cdna sequence of the human ptp - 1b 1 - 320 ser mutant . seq id no . 8 is the amino acid sequence of the human ptp - 1b 1 - 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 . __________________________________________________________________________seq id no . 1__________________________________________________________________________ atggagatggaaaaggagttcgagcagatcgacaagtccgggagctgggcggccatttac 1 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 60 - caggatatccgacatcaagccagtcacttcccatctagagtggccaagcttcctaagaac 61 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 120 - aaaaaccgaaataggtacagagacgtcagtccctttgaccatagtcggattaaactacat 121 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 180 - caagaagataatcactatatcaacgctagtrtcataaaaatggaagaagcccaaaggagt 181 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 240 - tacattcttacccagggccctttgcctaacacatccggtcacttttgggagatggtctgg 241 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 300 - gagcagaaaagcacgcgtctcgtcatcctcaacagagtcatggagaaaggttcgttaaaa 301 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 360 - tgcgcacaatactggccacaaaaagaagaaaaagagatgatctttgaagacacaaatttg 361 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 420 - aaattaacattgatctctcaagatatcaagtcatattatacagtgcgacagctagaattg 421 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 480 - gaaaaccttacaacccaagaaactcgagagatcttacatttccactataccacatcgcct 481 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 540 - gactttcgagtccctgaatcaccagcctcattcttgaactttcttttcaaagtccgagag 541 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 600 - tcacggtcactcagcccggagcacgggcccgttgtggtgcactgcagtgcaggcatcggc 601 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 660 - aggtctggaaccttctgtctggctgatacctgcctcctgctgatggacaagaggaaagac 661 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 720 - ccttcttccgttgatatcaagaaagtgctgttagaaatgaggaagtttcggatggggttg 721 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 780 - atccagacagccgaccagctgcgcttctcctacctggctgtgatcgaaggtgccaaattc 781 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 840 - atcatgggggactcttccgtgcaggatcagtggaaggagctttgccacgaggacctggag 841 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 900 - cccccacccgagcatatccccccacctccccggccacccaaacgaatcctggagccacactga 901 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+--- __________________________________________________________________________960 __________________________________________________________________________seq id no . 2__________________________________________________________________________ 1 metglumetglulysgluphegluglnileasplysserglysertrpalaalailetyr 20 - 21 glnaspilearghisglualaserasppheprocysargvalalalysleuprolysasn 40 - 41 lysasnargasnargtyrargaspvalserpropheasphisserargilelysleuhis 60 - 61 glngluaspasnasptyrileasnalaserleuilelysmetgluglualaglnargser 80 - 81 tyrileleuthrglnglyproleuproasnthrcysglyhisphetrpglumetvaltrp 100 - 101 gluglnlysserargglyvalvalmetleuasnargvalmetglulysglyserleulys 120 - 121 cysalaglntyrtrpproglnlysgluglulysglumetilephegluaspthrasnleu 140 - 141 lysleuthrleuilesergluaspilelyssertyrtyrthrvalargglnleugluleu 160 - 161 gluasnleuthrthrglngluthrarggluileleuhisphehistyrthrthrtrppro 180 - 181 asppheglyvalprogluserproalaserpheleuasnpheleuphelysvalargglu 200 - 201 serglyserleuserprogluhisglyprovalvalvalhiscysseralaglyilegly 220 - 221 argserglythrphecysleualaaspthrcysleuleuleumetasplysarglysasp 240 - 241 proserservalaspilelyslysvalleuleuglumetarglyspheargmetglyleu 260 - 261 ileglnthralaaspglnleuargphesertyrleualavalilegluglyalalysphe 280 - 281 ilemetglyaspserservalglnaspglntrplysgluleuserhisgluaspleuglu 300 - 301 proproprogluhisileproproproproargproprolysargileleugluprohisend320__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________seq id no . 3__________________________________________________________________________gaaacaagcactggattccatatcccactgccaaaaccgcatggttcagattatcgctat 1 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 60 - tgcagctttcatcataatacacacctttgctgccgaaacgaagccagacaacagatttcc 61 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 120 - atcagcaggatgtgggggctcaaggttctgctgctacctgtggtgagctttgctctgtac 121 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 180 - cctgaggagatactggacacccactgggagctatggaagaagacccacaggaagcaatat 181 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 240 - aacaacaaggtggatgaaatctctcggcgtttaatttgggaaaaaaacctgaagtatatt 241 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 300 - tccatccataaccttgaggcttctcttggtgtccatacatatgaactggctatgaaccac 301 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 360 - ctgggggacatgaccagtgaagaggtggttcagaagatgactggactcaaagtacccctg 361 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 420 - tctcattcccgcagtaatgacaccctttatatcccagaatgggaaggtagagccccagac 421 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 480 - tctgtcgactatcgaaagaaaggatatgttactcctgtcaaaaatcagggtcagtgtggt 481 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 540 - tcctgttgggcttttagctctgtgggtgccctggagggccaactcaagaagaaaactggc 541 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 600 - aaactcttaaatctgagtccccagaacctagtggattgtgtgtctgagaatgatggctgt 601 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 660 - ggagggggctacatgaccaatgccttccaatatgtgcagaagaaccggggtattgactct 661 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 720 - gaagatgcctacccatatgtgggacaggaagagagttgtatgtacaacccaacaggcaag 721 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 780 - gcagctaaatgcagagggtacagagagatccccgaggggaatgagaaagccctgaagagg 781 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 840 - gcagtggcccgagtgggacctgtctctgtggccattgatgcaagcctgacctccttccag 841 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 900 - ttttacagcaaaggtgtgtattatgatgaaagctgcaatagcgataatctgaaccatgcg 901 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 960 - gttttggcagtgggatatggaatccagaagggaaacaagcactggataattaaaaacagc 961 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1020 - tggggagaaaactggggaaacaaaggatatatcctcatggctcgaaataagaacaacgcc 1021 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1080 - tgtggcattgccaacctggccagcttccccaagatgtgactccagccagccaaatccatc 1081 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1140 - ctgctcttccatttcttccacgatggtgcagtgtaacgatgcactttggaagggagttgg 1141 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1200 - tgtgctatttttgaagcagatgtggtgatactgagattgtctgttcagtttccccatttg 1201 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1260 - tttgtgcttcaaatgatccttcctactttgcttctctccacccatgacctttttcactgt 1261 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1320 - ggccatcaggactttccctgacagctgtgtactcttaggctaagagatgtgactacagcc 1321 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1380 - tgcccctgactgtgttgtcccagggctgatgctgtacaggtacaggctggagattttcac 1381 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1440 - ataggttagattctcattcacgggactagttagctttaagcaccctagaggactagggta 1441 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1500 - atctgacttctcacttcctaagttcccttctatatcctcaaggtagaaatgtctatgttt 1501 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1560 - tctactccaattcataaatctattcataagtctttggtacaagtttacatgataaaaaga 1561 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1620 - aatgtgatttgtcttcccttctttgcacttttgaaataaagtatttatc 1621 ---------+---------+---------+---------+--------- 1669__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________seq id no . 4__________________________________________________________________________mettrpglyleulysvalleuleuleuprovalvalserphealaleutyrproglugluileleuaspthrhistrpgluleutrplyslysthrhisarglysglntyr - asnasnlysvalaspgluileserargargleuiletrpglulysasnleulystyrile - serilehisasnleuglualaserleuglyvalhisthrtyrgluleualametasnhis - leuglyaspmetthrserglugluvalvalglnlysmetthrglyleulysvalproleu - serhisserargserasnaspthrleutyrileproglutrpgluglyargalaproasp - servalasptyrarglyslysglytyrvalthrprovallysasnglnglyglncysgly - sercystrpalapheserservalglyalaleugluglyglnleulyslyslysthrgly 139 - lysleuleuasnleuserproglnasnleuvalaspcysvalsergluasnaspglycys - glyglyglytyrmetthrasnalapheglntyrvalglnlysasnargglyileaspser - gluaspalatyrprotyrvalglyglngluglusercysmettyrasnprothrglylys - alaalalyscysargglytyrarggluileprogluglyasnglulysalaleulysarg - alavalalaargvalglyprovalservalalaileaspalaserleuthrserphegln - phetyrserlysglyvaltyrtyraspglusercysasnseraspasnleuasnhisala - valleualavalglytyrglyileglnlysglyasnlyshistrpileilelysasnser - trpglygluasntrpglyasnlysglytyrileleumetalaargasnlysasnasnala - cysglyilealaasnleualaserpheprolysmetend__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________seq id no . 5__________________________________________________________________________ctgcaggaattcggcacgaggggtgctattgtgaggcggttgtagaagttaataaaggta 1 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 60 - tccatggagaacactgaaaactcagtggattcaaaatccattaaaaatttggaaccaaag 61 ----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 120 - atcatacatggaagcgaatcaatggactctggaatatccctggacaacagttataaaatg 121 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 180 - gattatcctgagatgggtttatgtataataattaataataagaattttcataagagcact 181 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 240 - ggaatgacatctcggtctggtacagatgtcgatgcagcaaacctcagggaaacattcaga 241 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 300 - aacttgaaatatgaagtcaggaataaaaatgatcttacacgtgaagaaattgtggaattg 301 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 360 - atgcgtgatgtttctaaagaagatcacagcaaaaggagcagttttgtttgtgtgcttctg 361 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 420 - agccatggtgaagaaggaataatttttggaacaaatggacctgttgacctgaaaaaaata 421 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 480 - acaaactttttcagaggggatcgttgtagaagtctaactggaaaacccaaacttttcatt 481 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 540 - attcaggcctgccgtggtacagaactggactgtggcattgagacagacagtggtgttgat 541 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 600 - gatgacatggcgtgtcataaaataccagtggaggccgacttcttgtatgcatactccaca 601 ---------+---------+---------+ --------+---------+---------+ 660 - gcacctggttattattcttggcgaaattcaaaggatggctcctggttcatccagtcgctt 661 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 720 - tgtgccatgctgaaacagtatgccgacaagcttgaatttatgcacattcttacccgggtt 721 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 780 - aaccgaaaggtggcaacagaatttgagtccttttcctttgacgctacttttcatgcaaag 781 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 840 - aaacagattccatgtattgtttccatgctcacaaaagaactctatttttatcactaaaga 841 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 900 - aatggttggttggtggttttttttagtttgtatgccaagtgagaagatggtatatttggt 901 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 960 - actgtatttccctctcattttgacctactctcatgctgcag 961 ---------+---------+---------+---------+- 1001__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________seq id no . 6__________________________________________________________________________metgluasnthrgluasnservalaspserlysserilelysasnleugluprolysileilehisglyserglusermetaspserglyileserleuaspasnsertyrlysmet - asptyrproglumetglyleucysileileileasnasnlysasnphehislysserthr - glymetthrserargserglythraspvalaspalaalaasnleuarggluthrphearg - asnleulystyrgluvalargasnlysasnaspleuthrargglugluilevalgluleu - metargaspvalserlysgluasphisserlysargserserphevalcysvalleuleu - serhisglyglugluglyileilepheglythrasnglyprovalaspleulyslysile - thrasnphepheargglyaspargcysargserleuthrglylysprolysleupheile - ileglnalacysargglythrgluleuaspcysglyilegluthraspserglyvalasp 163 - aspaspmetalacyshislysileprovalglualaasppheleutyralatyrserthr - alaproglytyrtyrsertrpargasnserlysaspglysertrppheileglnserleu - cysalametleulysglntyralaasplysleugluphemethisileleuthrargval - asnarglysvalalathrgluphegluserpheserpheaspalathrphehisalalys - lysglnileprocysilevalsermetleuthrlysgluleutyrphetyrhisend__________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________seq id no . 7______________________________________atggagatggaaaaggagttcgagcagatcgacaagtccgggagctgggcg gccatttac 1 --------+---------+---------+---------+--+----------+ 60 - caggatatccgacatgaagccagtgacttcccatgtagagtggccaagctt cctaagaac 61 --------+---------+---------+---------+--+----------+ 120 - aaaaaccgaaataggtacagagacgtcagtccctttgaccatagtcggatt aaactacat121 --------+---------+---------+---------+--+----------+ 180 - caagaagataatgactatatcaacgctagtttgataaaaatggaagaagcc caaaggagt181 --------+---------+---------+---------+--+----------+ 240 - tacattcttacccagggccctttgcctaacacatgcggtcacttttgggag atggtgtgg241 --------+---------+---------+---------+--+----------+ 300 - gagcagaaaagcaggggtgtcgtcatgctcaacagagtgatggagaaaggt tcgttaaaa301 --------+---------+---------+---------+--+----------+ 360 - tgcgcacaatactggccacaaaaagaagaaaaagagatgatctttgaagac acaaatttg361 --------+---------+---------+---------+--+----------+ 420 - aaattaacattgatctctgaagatatcaagtcatattatacagtgcgacag ctagaattg421 --------+---------+---------+---------+--+----------+ 480 - gaaaaccttacaacccaagaaactcgagagatcttacatttccactatacc acatggcct481 --------+---------+---------+---------+--+----------+ 540 - gactttggagtccctgaatcaccagcctcattcttgaactttcttttcaaa gtccgagag541 --------+---------+---------+---------+--+----------+ 600 - tcagggtcactcagcccggagcacgggcccgttgtggtgcactgcagtgca ggcatcggc601 --------+---------+---------+---------+--+----------+ 660 - aggtctggaaccttctgtctggctgatacctgcctcctgctgatggacaag aggaaagac661 --------+---------+---------+---------+--+----------+ 720 - ccttcttccgttgatatcaagaaagtgctgttagaaatgaggaagtttcgg atggggttg721 --------+---------+---------+---------+--+----------+ 780 - atccagacagccgaccagctgcgcttctcctacctggctgtgatcgaaggt gccaaattc781 --------+---------+---------+---------+--+----------+ 840 - atcatgggggactcttccgtgcaggatcagtggaaggagctttcccacgag gacctggag841 --------+---------+---------+---------+--+----------+ 900 - cccccacccgagcatatccccccacctccccggccacccaaacgaatcctg gagccacactga901 --------+---------+---------+---------+--+----------+--- 960______________________________________ ______________________________________seq id no . 8______________________________________metglumetglulysgluphegluglnileasplysserglysertrpala alailetyr 20 - glnaspilearghisglualaserasppheprocysargvalalalysleu prolysasn 40 - lysasnargasnargtyrargaspvalserpropheasphisserargile lysleuhis 60 - glngluaspasnasptyrileasnalaserleuilelysmetglugluala glnargser 80 - tyrileleuthrglnglyproleuproasnthrcysglyhisphetrpglu - metvaltrp 100 - gluglnlysserargglyvalvalmetleuasnargvalmetglulysgly serleulys 120 - cysalaglntyrtrpproglnlysgluglulysglumetilephegluasp thrasnleu 140 - lysleuthrleuilesergluaspilelyssertyrtyrthrvalarggln leugluleu 160 - gluasnleuthrthrglngluthrarggluileleuhisphehistyrthr thrtrppro 180 - asppheglyvalprogluserproalaserpheleuasnpheleuphelys valargglu 200 - serglyserleuserprogluhisglyprovalvalvalhiscysserala glyilegly 220 { tcg } - argserglythrphecysleualaaspthrcysleuleuleumetasplys arglysasp 240 - proserservalaspilelyslysvalleuleuglumetarglysphearg metglyleu 260 - ileglnthralaaspglnleuargphesertyrleualavalileglugly alalysphe 280 - ilemetglyaspserservalglnaspglntrplysgluleuserhisglu aspleuglu 300 - proproprogluhisileproproproproargproprolysargileleu gluprohisend 320______________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________seq id no . 9__________________________________________________________________________ 1 ctgcaggaat tcggcacgag gggtgctatt gtgaggcggt tgtagaagtt - 51 aataaaggta tccatggaga acactgaaaa ctcagtggat tcaaaatcca - 101 ttaaaaattt ggaaccaaag atcatacatg gaagcgaatc aatggactct - 151 ggaatatccc tggacaacag ttataaaatg gattatcctg agatgggttt - 201 atgtataata attaataata agaattttca taagagcact ggaatgacat - 251 ctcggtctgg tacagatgtc gatgcagcaa acctcaggga aacattcaga - 301 aacttgaaat atgaagtcag gaataaaaat gatcttacac gtgaagaaat - 351 tgtggaattg atgcgtgatg tttctaaaga agatcacagc aaaaggagca - 401 gttttgtttg tgtgcttctg agccatggtg aagaaggaat aatttttgga - 451 acaaatggac ctgttgacct gaaaaaaata acaaactttt tcagagggga - 501 tcgttgtaga agtctaactg gaaaacccaa acttttcatt attcaggcct - 551 cccgtggtac agaactggac tgtggcattg agacagacag tggtgttgat - 601 gatgacatgg cgtgtcataa aataccagtg gaggccgact tcttgtatgc - 651 atactccaca gcacctggtt attattcttg gcgaaattca aaggatggct - 701 cctggttcat ccagtcgctt tgtgccatgc tgaaacagta tgccgacaag - 751 cttgaattta tgcacattct tacccgggtt aaccgaaagg tggcaacaga - 801 atttgagtcc ttttcctttg acgctacttt tcatgcaaag aaacagattc - 851 catgtattgt ttccatgctc acaaaagaac tctattttta tcactaaaga - 901 aatggttggt tggtggtttt ttttagtttg tatgccaagt gagaagatgg - 951 tatatttggt actgtatttc cctctcattt tgacctactc tcatgctgca - 1001 g__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________seq id no . 10__________________________________________________________________________ 1 mentensvds ksiknlepki ihgsesmdsg isldnsykmd ypemglciii - 51 nkknfhkstg mtsrsgtdvd aanlretfrn lkyevdnknd ltreeivelm - 101 rdvskedhsk rssfvcvlls hgeegiifgt ngpvdlkkit nffrgdrcrs - 151 ltgkpklfii qasrgteldc gietdsgvdd dmachkipve adflyaysta - 201 pgyyswrnsk dgswfiqslc amlkqyadkl efmhiltrvn rkvatefesf - 251 sfdatfhakk qipcivsmlt kelyfyh__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________seq id no . 11__________________________________________________________________________ 1 msg isldnsykmd ypemglciii - 51 nnknfhkstg mtsrsgtdvd aanlretfrn lkyevrnknd ltreeivelm - 101 rdvskedhsk rssfvcvlls hgeegiifgt ngpvdlkkit nffrgdrcrs - 151 ltgkpklfii qasrgteldc gietd__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________seq id no . 12__________________________________________________________________________ 1 atgtgggggc tcaaggttct gctgctacct gtggtgagct ttgctctgta - 51 ccctgaggag atactggaca cccactggga gctatggaag aagacccaca - 101 ggaagcaata taacaacaag gtggatgaaa tctctcggcg tttaatttgg - 151 gaaaaaaacc tgaagtatat ttccatccat aaccttgagg cttctcttgg - 201 tgtccataca tatgaactgg ctatgaacca cctcggggac atgaccagtg - 251 aagaggtggt tcagaagatg actggactca aagtacccct gtctcattcc - 301 cgcagtaatg acacccttta tatcccagaa tgggaaggta gagccccaga - 351 ctctgtcgac tatcgaaaga aaggatatgt tactcctgtc aaaaatcagg - 401 gtcagtgtgg ttcctcttgg gcttttagct ctgtgggtgc cctggagggc - 451 caactcaaga agaaaactgg caaactctta aatctgagtc cccagaacct - 501 agtggattgt gtgtctgaga atgatggctg tggagggggc tacatgacca - 551 atgccttcca atatgtgcag aagaaccggg gtattgactc tgaagatgcc - 601 tacccatatg tgggacagga agagagttgt atgtacaacc caacaggcaa - 651 ggcagctaaa tgcagagggt acagagagat ccccgagggg aatgagaaag - 701 ccctgaagag ggcagtggcc cgagtgggac ctgtctctgt ggccattgat - 751 gcaagcctga cctccttcca gttttacagc aaaggtgtgt attatgatga - 801 aagctgcaat agcgataatc tgaaccatgc ggttttggca gtgggatatg - 851 gaatccagaa gggaaacaag cactggataa ttaaaaacag ctggggagaa - 901 aactggggaa acaaaggata tatcctcatg gctcgaaata agaacaacgc - 951 ctgtggcatt gccaacctgg ccagcttccc caagatgtga__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________seq id no . 13__________________________________________________________________________ 1 atgtgggggc tcaaggttct gctgctacct gtggtgagct ttgctctgta - 51 ccctgaggag atactggaca cccactggga gctatggaag aagacccaca - 101 ggaagcaata taacaacaag gtggatgaaa tctctcggcg tttaatttgg - 151 gaaaaaaacc tgaagtatat ttccatccat aaccttgagg cttctcttgg - 201 tgtccataca tatgaactgg ctatgaacca cctgcgggac atgaccagtg - 251 aagaggtggt tcagaagatg actggactca aagtacccct gtctcattcc - 301 cgcagtaatg acacccttta tatcccagaa tgggaaggta gagccccaga - 351 ctctgtcgac tatcgaaaga aaggatatgt tactcctgtc aaaaatcagg - 401 gtcagtgtgg ttccgcttgg gcttttagct ctgtgggtgc cctggagggc - 451 caactcaaga agaaaactgg caaactctta aatctgagtc cccagaacct - 501 agtggattgt gtgtctgaga atgatggctg tggagggggc tacatgacca - 551 atgccttcca atatgtgcag aagaaccggg gtattgactc tgaagatgcc - 601 tacccatatg tgggacagga agagagttgt atgtacaacc caacaggcaa - 651 ggcagctaaa tgcagagggt acagagagat ccccgagggg aatgagaaag - 701 ccctgaagag ggcagtggcc cgagtgggac ctgtctctgt ggccattgat - 751 gcaagcctga cctccttcca gttttacagc aaaggtgtgt attatgatga - 801 aagctgcaat agcgataatc tgaaccatgc ggttttggca gtgggatatg - 851 gaatccagaa gggaaacaag cactggataa ttaaaaacag ctggggagaa - 901 aactggggaa acaaaggata tatcctcatg gctcgaaata agaacaacgc - 951 ctgtggcatt gccaacctgg ccagcttccc caagatgtga__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________seq id no . 14__________________________________________________________________________ 1 mwglkvlllp vvsfalypee ildthwelwk kthrkqynnk vdeisrrliw - 51 eknlkyisih nleaslgvht yelamnhlgd mtseevvqkm tglkvplshs - 101 rsndtlyipe wegrapdsvd yrkkgyvtpv knqgqcgssw afssvgaleg - 151 qlkkktgkll nlspqnlvdc vsendgcggg ymtnafqyvq knrgidseda - 201 ypyvgqeesc mynptgkaak crgyreipeg nekalkrava rvgpvsvaid - 251 asltsfqfys kgvyydescn sdnlnhavla vgygiqkgnk hwiiknswge - 301 nwgnkgyilm arnknnacgi anlasfpkm__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________seq id no . 15__________________________________________________________________________ 1 mwglkvlllp vvsfalypee ildthwelwk kthrkqynnk vdeisrrliw - 51 eknlkyisih nleaslgvht yelamnhlgd mtseevvqkm tglkvplshs - 101 rsndtlyipe wegrapdsvd yrkkgyvtpv knqgqcgsaw afssvgaleg - 151 qlkkktgkll nlspqnlvdc vsendgcggg ymtnafqyvq knrgidseda - 201 ypyvgqeesc mynptgkaak crgyreipeg nekalkrava rvgpvsvaid - 251 asltsfqfys kgvyydescn sdnlnhavla vgygiqkgnk hwiiknswge - 301 nwgnkgyilm arnknnacgi anlasfpkm__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ # sequence listing - - - - ( 1 ) general information : - - ( iii ) number of sequences : 15 - - - - ( 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 gg -# ccatttac 60 - - caggatatcc gacatgaagc cagtgacttc ccatgtagag tggccaagct tc -# ctaagaac 120 - - aaaaaccgaa ataggtacag agacgtcagt ccctttgacc atagtcggat ta -# aactacat 180 - - caagaagata atgactatat caacgctagt ttgataaaaa tggaagaagc cc -# aaaggagt 240 - - tacattctta cccagggccc tttgcctaac acatgcggtc acttttggga ga -# tggtgtgg 300 - - gagcagaaaa gcaggggtgt cgtcatgctc aacagagtga tggagaaagg tt -# cgttaaaa 360 - - tgcgcacaat actggccaca aaaagaagaa aaagagatga tctttgaaga ca -# caaatttg 420 - - aaattaacat tgatctctga agatatcaag tcatattata cagtgcgaca gc -# tagaattg 480 - - gaaaacctta caacccaaga aactcgagag atcttacatt tccactatac ca -# catggcct 540 - - gactttggag tccctgaatc accagcctca ttcttgaact ttcttttcaa ag -# tccgagag 600 - - tcagggtcac tcagcccgga gcacgggccc gttgtggtgc actgcagtgc ag -# gcatcggc 660 - - aggtctggaa ccttctgtct ggctgatacc tgcctcctgc tgatggacaa ga -# ggaaagac 720 - - ccttcttccg ttgatatcaa gaaagtgctg ttagaaatga ggaagtttcg ga -# tggggttg 780 - - atccagacag ccgaccagct gcgcttctcc tacctggctg tgatcgaagg tg -# ccaaattc 840 - - atcatggggg actcttccgt gcaggatcag tggaaggagc tttcccacga gg -# acctggag 900 - - cccccacccg agcatatccc cccacctccc cggccaccca aacgaatcct gg -# agccacac 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 gln ile as - # p lys ser gly ser trp 1 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - ala ala ile tyr gln asp ile arg his glu al - # a ser asp phe pro cys 20 - # 25 - # 30 - - arg val ala lys leu pro lys asn lys asn ar - # g asn arg tyr arg asp 35 - # 40 - # 45 - - val ser pro phe asp his ser arg ile lys le - # u his gln glu asp asn50 - # 55 - # 60 - - asp tyr ile asn ala ser leu ile lys met gl - # u glu ala gln arg ser 65 - # 70 - # 75 - # 80 - - tyr ile leu thr gln gly pro leu pro asn th - # r cys gly his phe trp 85 - # 90 - # 95 - - glu met val trp glu gln lys ser arg gly va - # l val met leu asn arg 100 - # 105 - # 110 - - val met glu lys gly ser leu lys cys ala gl - # n tyr trp pro gln lys 115 - # 120 - # 125 - - glu glu lys glu met ile phe glu asp thr as - # n leu lys leu thr leu130 - # 135 - # 140 - - ile ser glu asp ile lys ser tyr tyr thr va - # l arg gln leu glu leu 145 1 - # 50 1 - # 55 1 -# 60 - - glu asn leu thr thr gln glu thr arg glu il - # e leu his phe histyr 165 - # 170 - # 175 - - thr thr trp pro asp phe gly val pro glu se - # r pro ala ser phe leu 180 - # 185 - # 190 - - asn phe leu phe lys val arg glu ser gly se - # r leu ser pro glu his 195 - # 200 - # 205 - - gly pro val val val his cys ser ala gly il - # e gly arg ser gly thr210 - # 215 - # 220 - - phe cys leu ala asp thr cys leu leu leu me - # t asp lys arg lys asp 225 2 - # 30 2 - # 35 2 -# 40 - - pro ser ser val asp ile lys lys val leu le - # u glu met arg lysphe 245 - # 250 - # 255 - - arg met gly leu ile gln thr ala asp gln le - # u arg phe ser tyr leu 260 - # 265 - # 270 - - ala val ile glu gly ala lys phe ile met gl - # y asp ser ser val gln 275 - # 280 - # 285 - - asp gln trp lys glu leu ser his glu asp le - # u glu pro pro pro glu290 - # 295 - # 300 - - his ile pro pro pro pro arg pro pro lys ar - # g ile leu glu pro his 305 3 - # 10 3 - # 15 3 -# 20 - - - - ( 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 tt -# atcgctat 60 - - tgcagctttc atcataatac acacctttgc tgccgaaacg aagccagaca ac -# agatttcc 120 - - atcagcagga tgtgggggct caaggttctg ctgctacctg tggtgagctt tg -# ctctgtac 180 - - cctgaggaga tactggacac ccactgggag ctatggaaga agacccacag ga -# agcaatat 240 - - aacaacaagg tggatgaaat ctctcggcgt ttaatttggg aaaaaaacct ga -# agtatatt 300 - - tccatccata accttgaggc ttctcttggt gtccatacat atgaactggc ta -# tgaaccac 360 - - ctgggggaca tgaccagtga agaggtggtt cagaagatga ctggactcaa ag -# tacccctg 420 - - tctcattccc gcagtaatga caccctttat atcccagaat gggaaggtag ag -# ccccagac 480 - - tctgtcgact atcgaaagaa aggatatgtt actcctgtca aaaatcaggg tc -# agtgtggt 540 - - tcctgttggg cttttagctc tgtgggtgcc ctggagggcc aactcaagaa ga -# aaactggc 600 - - aaactcttaa atctgagtcc ccagaaccta gtggattgtg tgtctgagaa tg -# atggctgt 660 - - ggagggggct acatgaccaa tgccttccaa tatgtgcaga agaaccgggg ta -# ttgactct 720 - - gaagatgcct acccatatgt gggacaggaa gagagttgta tgtacaaccc aa -# caggcaag 780 - - gcagctaaat gcagagggta cagagagatc cccgagggga atgagaaagc cc -# tgaagagg 840 - - gcagtggccc gagtgggacc tgtctctgtg gccattgatg caagcctgac ct -# ccttccag 900 - - ttttacagca aaggtgtgta ttatgatgaa agctgcaata gcgataatct ga -# accatgcg 960 - - gttttggcag tgggatatgg aatccagaag ggaaacaagc actggataat ta -# aaaacagc 1020 - - tggggagaaa actggggaaa caaaggatat atcctcatgg ctcgaaataa ga -# acaacgcc 1080 - - tgtggcattg ccaacctggc cagcttcccc aagatgtgac tccagccagc ca -# aatccatc 1140 - - ctgctcttcc atttcttcca cgatggtgca gtgtaacgat gcactttgga ag -# ggagttgg 1200 - - tgtgctattt ttgaagcaga tgtggtgata ctgagattgt ctgttcagtt tc -# cccatttg 1260 - - tttgtgcttc aaatgatcct tcctactttg cttctctcca cccatgacct tt -# ttcactgt 1320 - - ggccatcagg actttccctg acagctgtgt actcttaggc taagagatgt ga -# ctacagcc 1380 - - tgcccctgac tgtgttgtcc cagggctgat gctgtacagg tacaggctgg ag -# attttcac 1440 - - ataggttaga ttctcattca cgggactagt tagctttaag caccctagag ga -# ctagggta 1500 - - atctgacttc tcacttccta agttcccttc tatatcctca aggtagaaat gt -# ctatgttt 1560 - - tctactccaa ttcataaatc tattcataag tctttggtac aagtttacat ga -# taaaaaga 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 va - # l val ser phe ala leu 1 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - tyr pro glu glu ile leu asp thr his trp gl - # u leu trp lys lys thr 20 - # 25 - # 30 - - his arg lys gln tyr asn asn lys val asp gl - # u ile ser arg arg leu 35 - # 40 - # 45 - - ile trp glu lys asn leu lys tyr ile ser il - # e his asn leu glu ala50 - # 55 - # 60 - - ser leu gly val his thr tyr glu leu ala me - # t asn his leu gly asp 65 - # 70 - # 75 - # 80 - - met thr ser glu glu val val gln lys met th - # r gly leu lys val pro 85 - # 90 - # 95 - - leu ser his ser arg ser asn asp thr leu ty - # r ile pro glu trp glu 100 - # 105 - # 110 - - gly arg ala pro asp ser val asp tyr arg ly - # s lys gly tyr val thr 115 - # 120 - # 125 - - pro val lys asn gln gly gln cys gly ser cy - # s trp ala phe ser ser130 - # 135 - # 140 - - val gly ala leu glu gly gln leu lys lys ly - # s thr gly lys leu leu 145 1 - # 50 1 - # 55 1 -# 60 - - asn leu ser pro gln asn leu val asp cys va - # l ser glu asn aspgly 165 - # 170 - # 175 - - cys gly gly gly tyr met thr asn ala phe gl - # n tyr val gln lys asn 180 - # 185 - # 190 - - arg gly ile asp ser glu asp ala tyr pro ty - # r val gly gln glu glu 195 - # 200 - # 205 - - ser cys met tyr asn pro thr gly lys ala al - # a lys cys arg gly tyr210 - # 215 - # 220 - - arg glu ile pro glu gly asn glu lys ala le - # u lys arg ala val ala 225 2 - # 30 2 - # 35 2 -# 40 - - arg val gly pro val ser val ala ile asp al - # a ser leu thr serphe 245 - # 250 - # 255 - - gln phe tyr ser lys gly val tyr tyr asp gl - # u ser cys asn ser asp 260 - # 265 - # 270 - - asn leu asn his ala val leu ala val gly ty - # r gly ile gln lys gly 275 - # 280 - # 285 - - asn lys his trp ile ile lys asn ser trp gl - # y glu asn trp gly asn290 - # 295 - # 300 - - lys gly tyr ile leu met ala arg asn lys as - # n asn ala cys gly ile 305 3 - # 10 3 - # 15 3 -# 20 - - 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 aa -# taaaggta 60 - - tccatggaga acactgaaaa ctcagtggat tcaaaatcca ttaaaaattt gg -# aaccaaag 120 - - atcatacatg gaagcgaatc aatggactct ggaatatccc tggacaacag tt -# ataaaatg 180 - - gattatcctg agatgggttt atgtataata attaataata agaattttca ta -# agagcact 240 - - ggaatgacat ctcggtctgg tacagatgtc gatgcagcaa acctcaggga aa -# cattcaga 300 - - aacttgaaat atgaagtcag gaataaaaat gatcttacac gtgaagaaat tg -# tggaattg 360 - - atgcgtgatg tttctaaaga agatcacagc aaaaggagca gttttgtttg tg -# tgcttctg 420 - - agccatggtg aagaaggaat aatttttgga acaaatggac ctgttgacct ga -# aaaaaata 480 - - acaaactttt tcagagggga tcgttgtaga agtctaactg gaaaacccaa ac -# ttttcatt 540 - - attcaggcct gccgtggtac agaactggac tgtggcattg agacagacag tg -# gtgttgat 600 - - gatgacatgg cgtgtcataa aataccagtg gaggccgact tcttgtatgc at -# actccaca 660 - - gcacctggtt attattcttg gcgaaattca aaggatggct cctggttcat cc -# agtcgctt 720 - - tgtgccatgc tgaaacagta tgccgacaag cttgaattta tgcacattct ta -# cccgggtt 780 - - aaccgaaagg tggcaacaga atttgagtcc ttttcctttg acgctacttt tc -# atgcaaag 840 - - aaacagattc catgtattgt ttccatgctc acaaaagaac tctattttta tc -# actaaaga 900 - - aatggttggt tggtggtttt ttttagtttg tatgccaagt gagaagatgg ta -# tatttggt 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 ly - # s ser ile lys asn leu 1 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - glu pro lys ile ile his gly ser glu ser me - # t asp ser gly ile ser 20 - # 25 - # 30 - - leu asp asn ser tyr lys met asp tyr pro gl - # u met gly leu cys ile 35 - # 40 - # 45 - - ile ile asn asn lys asn phe his lys ser th - # r gly met thr ser arg50 - # 55 - # 60 - - ser gly thr asp val asp ala ala asn leu ar - # g glu thr phe arg asn 65 - # 70 - # 75 - # 80 - - leu lys tyr glu val arg asn lys asn asp le - # u thr arg glu glu ile 85 - # 90 - # 95 - - val glu leu met arg asp val ser lys glu as - # p his ser lys arg ser 100 - # 105 - # 110 - - ser phe val cys val leu leu ser his gly gl - # u glu gly ile ile phe 115 - # 120 - # 125 - - gly thr asn gly pro val asp leu lys lys il - # e thr asn phe phe arg130 - # 135 - # 140 - - gly asp arg cys arg ser leu thr gly lys pr - # o lys leu phe ile ile 145 1 - # 50 1 - # 55 1 -# 60 - - gln ala cys arg gly thr glu leu asp cys gl - # y ile glu thr aspser 165 - # 170 - # 175 - - gly val asp asp asp met ala cys his lys il - # e pro val glu ala asp 180 - # 185 - # 190 - - phe leu tyr ala tyr ser thr ala pro gly ty - # r tyr ser trp arg asn 195 - # 200 - # 205 - - ser lys asp gly ser trp phe ile gln ser le - # u cys ala met leu lys210 - # 215 - # 220 - - gln tyr ala asp lys leu glu phe met his il - # e leu thr arg val asn 225 2 - # 30 2 - # 35 2 -# 40 - - arg lys val ala thr glu phe glu ser phe se - # r phe asp ala thrphe 245 - # 250 - # 255 - - his ala lys lys gln ile pro cys ile val se - # r 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 gg -# ccatttac 60 - - caggatatcc gacatgaagc cagtgacttc ccatgtagag tggccaagct tc -# ctaagaac 120 - - aaaaaccgaa ataggtacag agacgtcagt ccctttgacc atagtcggat ta -# aactacat 180 - - caagaagata atgactatat caacgctagt ttgataaaaa tggaagaagc cc -# aaaggagt 240 - - tacattctta cccagggccc tttgcctaac acatgcggtc acttttggga ga -# tggtgtgg 300 - - gagcagaaaa gcaggggtgt cgtcatgctc aacagagtga tggagaaagg tt -# cgttaaaa 360 - - tgcgcacaat actggccaca aaaagaagaa aaagagatga tctttgaaga ca -# caaatttg 420 - - aaattaacat tgatctctga agatatcaag tcatattata cagtgcgaca gc -# tagaattg 480 - - gaaaacctta caacccaaga aactcgagag atcttacatt tccactatac ca -# catggcct 540 - - gactttggag tccctgaatc accagcctca ttcttgaact ttcttttcaa ag -# tccgagag 600 - - tcagggtcac tcagcccgga gcacgggccc gttgtggtgc acagcagtgc ag -# gcatcggc 660 - - aggtctggaa ccttctgtct ggctgatacc tgcctcctgc tgatggacaa ga -# ggaaagac 720 - - ccttcttccg ttgatatcaa gaaagtgctg ttagaaatga ggaagtttcg ga -# tggggttg 780 - - atccagacag ccgaccagct gcgcttctcc tacctggctg tgatcgaagg tg -# ccaaattc 840 - - atcatggggg actcttccgt gcaggatcag tggaaggagc tttcccacga gg -# acctggag 900 - - cccccacccg agcatatccc cccacctccc cggccaccca aacgaatcct gg -# agccacac 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 gln ile as - # p lys ser gly ser trp 1 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - ala ala ile tyr gln asp ile arg his glu al - # a ser asp phe pro cys 20 - # 25 - # 30 - - arg val ala lys leu pro lys asn lys asn ar - # g asn arg tyr arg asp 35 - # 40 - # 45 - - val ser pro phe asp his ser arg ile lys le - # u his gln glu asp asn50 - # 55 - # 60 - - asp tyr ile asn ala ser leu ile lys met gl - # u glu ala gln arg ser 65 - # 70 - # 75 - # 80 - - tyr ile leu thr gln gly pro leu pro asn th - # r cys gly his phe trp 85 - # 90 - # 95 - - glu met val trp glu gln lys ser arg gly va - # l val met leu asn arg 100 - # 105 - # 110 - - val met glu lys gly ser leu lys cys ala gl - # n tyr trp pro gln lys 115 - # 120 - # 125 - - glu glu lys glu met ile phe glu asp thr as - # n leu lys leu thr leu130 - # 135 - # 140 - - ile ser glu asp ile lys ser tyr tyr thr va - # l arg gln leu glu leu 145 1 - # 50 1 - # 55 1 -# 60 - - glu asn leu thr thr gln glu thr arg glu il - # e leu his phe histyr 165 - # 170 - # 175 - - thr thr trp pro asp phe gly val pro glu se - # r pro ala ser phe leu 180 - # 185 - # 190 - - asn phe leu phe lys val arg glu ser gly se - # r leu ser pro glu his 195 - # 200 - # 205 - - gly pro val val val his ser ser ala gly il - # e gly thr cys gly arg210 - # 215 - # 220 - - ser gly thr phe cys leu ala asp thr cys le - # u leu leu met asp lys 225 2 - # 30 2 - # 35 2 -# 40 - - arg lys asp pro ser ser val asp ile lys ly - # s val leu leu glumet 245 - # 250 - # 255 - - arg lys phe arg met gly leu ile gln thr al - # a asp gln leu arg phe 260 - # 265 - # 270 - - ser tyr leu ala val ile glu gly ala lys ph - # e ile met gly asp ser 275 - # 280 - # 285 - - ser val gln asp gln trp lys glu leu ser hi - # s glu asp leu glu pro290 - # 295 - # 300 - - pro pro glu his ile pro pro pro pro arg pr - # o pro lys arg ile leu 305 3 - # 10 3 - # 15 3 -# 20 - - 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 aa -# taaaggta 60 - - tccatggaga acactgaaaa ctcagtggat tcaaaatcca ttaaaaattt gg -# aaccaaag 120 - - atcatacatg gaagcgaatc aatggactct ggaatatccc tggacaacag tt -# ataaaatg 180 - - gattatcctg agatgggttt atgtataata attaataata agaattttca ta -# agagcact 240 - - ggaatgacat ctcggtctgg tacagatgtc gatgcagcaa acctcaggga aa -# cattcaga 300 - - aacttgaaat atgaagtcag gaataaaaat gatcttacac gtgaagaaat tg -# tggaattg 360 - - atgcgtgatg tttctaaaga agatcacagc aaaaggagca gttttgtttg tg -# tgcttctg 420 - - agccatggtg aagaaggaat aatttttgga acaaatggac ctgttgacct ga -# aaaaaata 480 - - acaaactttt tcagagggga tcgttgtaga agtctaactg gaaaacccaa ac -# ttttcatt 540 - - attcaggcct cccgtggtac agaactggac tgtggcattg agacagacag tg -# gtgttgat 600 - - gatgacatgg cgtgtcataa aataccagtg gaggccgact tcttgtatgc at -# actccaca 660 - - gcacctggtt attattcttg gcgaaattca aaggatggct cctggttcat cc -# agtcgctt 720 - - tgtgccatgc tgaaacagta tgccgacaag cttgaattta tgcacattct ta -# cccgggtt 780 - - aaccgaaagg tggcaacaga atttgagtcc ttttcctttg acgctacttt tc -# atgcaaag 840 - - aaacagattc catgtattgt ttccatgctc acaaaagaac tctattttta tc -# actaaaga 900 - - aatggttggt tggtggtttt ttttagtttg tatgccaagt gagaagatgg ta -# tatttggt 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 : - 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# 170 - # 175 - - gly val asp asp asp met ala cys his lys il - # e pro val glu ala asp 180 - # 185 - # 190 - - phe leu tyr ala tyr ser thr ala pro gly ty - # r tyr ser trp arg asn 195 - # 200 - # 205 - - ser lys asp gly ser trp phe ile gln ser le - # u cys ala met leu lys210 - # 215 - # 220 - - gln tyr ala asp lys leu glu phe met his il - # e leu thr arg val asn 225 2 - # 30 2 - # 35 2 -# 40 - - arg lys val ala thr glu phe glu ser phe se - # r phe asp ala thrphe 245 - # 250 - # 255 - - his ala lys lys gln ile pro cys ile val se - # r 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 : 148 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 11 : - - met ser gly ile ser leu asp asn ser tyr ly - # s met asp tyr pro glu 1 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - met gly leu cys ile ile ile asn asn lys as - # n phe his lys ser thr 20 - # 25 - # 30 - - gly met thr ser arg ser gly thr asp val as - # p ala ala asn leu arg 35 - # 40 - # 45 - - glu thr phe arg asn leu lys tyr glu val ar - # g asn lys asn asp leu50 - # 55 - # 60 - - thr arg glu glu ile val glu leu met arg as - # p val ser lys glu asp 65 - # 70 - # 75 - # 80 - - his ser lys arg ser ser phe val cys val le - # u leu ser his gly glu 85 - # 90 - # 95 - - glu gly ile ile phe gly thr asn gly pro va - # l asp leu lys lys ile 100 - # 105 - # 110 - - thr asn phe phe arg gly asp arg cys arg se - # r leu thr gly lys pro 115 - # 120 - # 125 - - lys leu phe ile ile gln ala ser arg gly th - # r glu leu asp cys gly130 - # 135 - # 140 - - ile glu thr asp 145 - - - - ( 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 cc -# ctgaggag 60 - - atactggaca cccactggga gctatggaag aagacccaca ggaagcaata ta -# acaacaag 120 - - gtggatgaaa tctctcggcg tttaatttgg gaaaaaaacc tgaagtatat tt -# ccatccat 180 - - aaccttgagg cttctcttgg tgtccataca tatgaactgg ctatgaacca cc -# tgggggac 240 - - atgaccagtg aagaggtggt tcagaagatg actggactca aagtacccct gt -# ctcattcc 300 - - cgcagtaatg acacccttta tatcccagaa tgggaaggta gagccccaga ct -# ctgtcgac 360 - - tatcgaaaga aaggatatgt tactcctgtc aaaaatcagg gtcagtgtgg tt -# cctcttgg 420 - - gcttttagct ctgtgggtgc cctggagggc caactcaaga agaaaactgg ca -# aactctta 480 - - aatctgagtc cccagaacct agtggattgt gtgtctgaga atgatggctg tg -# gagggggc 540 - - tacatgacca atgccttcca atatgtgcag aagaaccggg gtattgactc tg -# aagatgcc 600 - - tacccatatg tgggacagga agagagttgt atgtacaacc caacaggcaa gg -# cagctaaa 660 - - tgcagagggt acagagagat ccccgagggg aatgagaaag ccctgaagag gg -# cagtggcc 720 - - cgagtgggac ctgtctctgt ggccattgat gcaagcctga cctccttcca gt -# tttacagc 780 - - aaaggtgtgt attatgatga aagctgcaat agcgataatc tgaaccatgc gg -# ttttggca 840 - - gtgggatatg gaatccagaa gggaaacaag cactggataa ttaaaaacag ct -# ggggagaa 900 - - aactggggaa acaaaggata tatcctcatg gctcgaaata agaacaacgc ct -# gtggcatt 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 cc -# ctgaggag 60 - - atactggaca cccactggga gctatggaag aagacccaca ggaagcaata ta -# acaacaag 120 - - gtggatgaaa tctctcggcg tttaatttgg gaaaaaaacc tgaagtatat tt -# ccatccat 180 - - aaccttgagg cttctcttgg tgtccataca tatgaactgg ctatgaacca cc -# tgggggac 240 - - atgaccagtg aagaggtggt tcagaagatg actggactca aagtacccct gt -# ctcattcc 300 - - cgcagtaatg acacccttta tatcccagaa tgggaaggta gagccccaga ct -# ctgtcgac 360 - - tatcgaaaga aaggatatgt tactcctgtc aaaaatcagg gtcagtgtgg tt -# ccgcttgg 420 - - gcttttagct ctgtgggtgc cctggagggc caactcaaga agaaaactgg ca -# aactctta 480 - - aatctgagtc cccagaacct agtggattgt gtgtctgaga atgatggctg tg -# gagggggc 540 - - tacatgacca atgccttcca atatgtgcag aagaaccggg gtattgactc tg -# aagatgcc 600 - - tacccatatg tgggacagga agagagttgt atgtacaacc caacaggcaa gg -# cagctaaa 660 - - tgcagagggt acagagagat ccccgagggg aatgagaaag ccctgaagag gg -# cagtggcc 720 - - cgagtgggac ctgtctctgt ggccattgat gcaagcctga cctccttcca gt -# tttacagc 780 - - aaaggtgtgt attatgatga aagctgcaat agcgataatc tgaaccatgc gg -# ttttggca 840 - - gtgggatatg gaatccagaa gggaaacaag cactggataa ttaaaaacag ct -# ggggagaa 900 - - aactggggaa acaaaggata tatcctcatg gctcgaaata agaacaacgc ct -# gtggcatt 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 : - 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# 170 - # 175 - - cys gly gly gly tyr met thr asn ala phe gl - # n tyr val gln lys asn 180 - # 185 - # 190 - - arg gly ile asp ser glu asp ala tyr pro ty - # r val gly gln glu glu 195 - # 200 - # 205 - - ser cys met tyr asn pro thr gly lys ala al - # a lys cys arg gly tyr210 - # 215 - # 220 - - arg glu ile pro glu gly asn glu lys ala le - # u lys arg ala val ala 225 2 - # 30 2 - # 35 2 -# 40 - - arg val gly pro val ser val ala ile asp al - # a ser leu thr serphe 245 - # 250 - # 255 - - gln phe tyr ser lys gly val tyr tyr asp gl - # u ser cys asn ser asp 260 - # 265 - # 270 - - asn leu asn his ala val leu ala val gly ty - # r gly ile gln lys gly 275 - # 280 - # 285 - - asn lys his trp ile ile lys asn ser trp gl - # y glu asn trp gly asn290 - # 295 - # 300 - - lys gly tyr ile leu met ala arg asn lys as - # n asn ala cys gly ile 305 3 - # 10 3 - # 15 3 -# 20 - - ala asn leu ala ser phe pro lys met 325 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 15 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 329 amino - 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- ala asn leu ala ser phe pro lys met 325__________________________________________________________________________