Patent Application: US-30905399-A

Abstract:
disclosed is a novel mammalian protein designated repressor kruppel - like factor . rklf is a zinc finger protein that binds to a caccc element in dna , thereby repressing gene transcription . an isolated dna encoding rklf , vectors and cells containing the dna , and rklf - specific antibodies are also disclosed . the rklf dna or protein can be introduced into the tissues of a mammal to inhibit neoplasia or hyperplasia . also disclosed is an in vitro screening method for identifying a compound that induces rklf gene expression .

Description:
the rklf dna of this invention can be used in a form of therapy to inhibit neoplasia or hyperplasia in a mammal , or to produce recombinant rklf protein . for such uses , the rklf dna is typically cloned into an expression vector , i . e ., a vector wherein rklf dna is operably linked to expression control sequences . the need for , and identity of , expression control sequences will vary according to the type of cell in which the rklf dna is to be expressed . generally , expression control sequences include a transcriptional promoter , enhancer , suitable mrna ribosomal binding sites , and sequences that terminate transcription and translation . suitable expression control sequences can be selected by one of ordinary skill in the art . standard methods can be used by the skilled person to construct expression vectors . see generally , sambrook et al ., 1989 , molecular cloning : a laboratory manual ( 2nd edition ), cold spring harbor press , n . y . vectors useful in this invention include plasmid vectors and viral vectors . preferred viral vectors are those derived from retroviruses , adenovirus , adeno - associated virus , sv40 virus , or herpes viruses . in some embodiments of the invention , rklf dna is introduced into , and expressed in , a prokaryotic cell . a preferred prokaryotic cell is escherichia coli . for expression in a prokaryotic cell , rklf dna can be integrated into a bacterial chromosome or expressed from an extrachromosomal dna . in other embodiments of the invention , the rklf dna is introduced into , and expressed in , a eukaryotic cell in vitro . eukaryotic cells useful for expressing rklf dna in vitro include , but are not limited to , cos , cho , and sf9 cells . transfection of the eukaryotic cell can be transient or stable . the rklf dna can be , but is not necessarily , integrated into a chromosome of the eukaryotic cell . when rklf dna is used to inhibit neoplasia or hyperplasia in a mammal , the rklf dna is introduced into cells or tissues of the mammal in vivo . in preferred embodiments of the invention , rklf dna is used to inhibit neointimal hyperplasia in an artery of a mammal . in such preferred embodiments , the rklf dna typically is introduced into cells lining the an artery of a mammal , e . g ., before or after surgery or angioplasty . various methods for introducing dna into mammalian tissues are known and can be used by a skilled person in the practice of this invention . cells in intact tissue take up naked dna . for example , mammalian muscle cells have been shown to take up naked dna dissolved in aqueous solution and injected into muscle tissue . preferably , however , rklf dna is introduced into mammalian tissues by means of a vector , ( e . g ., a retrovirus ) or vehicle ( e . g ., liposomes ) to improve uptake efficiency . the selection and use of a suitable vector or vehicle for introducing rklf dna into mammalian tissues is within ordinary skill in the art . examples of dna uptake vectors and vehicles that car be used in this invention include those described below . direct transfer of rklf dna into intact mammalian tissues , e . g ., vascular tissue , can be carried out by means of cationic lipids ( lim et al ., 1991 , circulation 83 : 2007 - 2011 ; lynch et al ., 1992 , proc . natl . acad . sci . usa 89 : 1138 - 1142 ; flugelman et al ., 1992 , circ . res . 70 : 348 - 354 ). an exemplary cationic lipid is commercially available as lipofectin ™ ( gibco / brl ). another commercial lipid for introduction of dna into cells is liposin ™. rklf dna - containing liposomes or vectors can be introduced into an artery by means such as a double balloon catheter ( nabel et al ., 1990 , science 244 : 1285 - 1288 ). endothelial cells transfected with rklf dna in a retroviral construct can be used to introduce dna into vascular tissue of a mammal ( nabel et al ., 1989 , science 244 : 1342 - 1344 ). vascular grafts seeded with endothelial cells transfected with rklf dna inserted into a retrovirus can be used to transfer dna into vascular walls ( wilson et al ., 1989 , science 244 : 1344 - 1346 ). hemagglutinating virus of japan ( hvj ; also called sendai virus ) can be used to deliver an rklf dna into a mammalian vascular tissue in vivo ( dzau et al ., 1993 , tibtech 11 : 205 - 210 ; morishita et al ., 1993 , proc . natl . acad . sci . usa 90 : 8474 - 8478 ). a method for topical delivery of rklf dna , e . g ., to the adventitial layer of an artery in a mammal , is the pluronic gel method ( simons et al ., 1992 , nature 359 : 67 - 70 ). the foregoing methods for introducing rklf dna into mammalian cells or tissues in vivo to inhibit hyperplasia can also be used to introduce rklf dna into mammalian cells in vivo , to inhibit neoplasia . the rklf - specific antibody of the invention can be polyclonal or monoclonal . standard protocols for monoclonal and polyclonal antibody production are known and can be carried out by one of ordinary skill in the art , to obtain antibodies useful in this invention . preferably , the rklf antibody binds to an rklf epitope that is not part of the rklf zinc finger domain . the antibody can be used , for example , to purify the rklf protein . the invention encompasses not only an intact monoclonal antibody , but also an immunologically active antibody fragment . examples of such a fragment include a fab or ( fab ) 2 fragment , an engineered single chain fv molecule , and a chimeric antibody ( such as a &# 34 ; humanized &# 34 ; antibody ). typically , a chimeric antibody includes a variable region of a non - human antibody , e . g ., a murine variable region , and a constant region of a human antibody . in some embodiments of the invention , an antibody or antibody fragment is linked to a detectable label . examples of detectable labels include a radioactive label , a non - radioactive isotopic label , a fluorescent label , an enzyme label , and a colorimetric label . a cdna probe encoding the c - terminal zinc finger region of eklf ( bp 895 - 1146 ) was generated by reverse transcription pcr ( lee et al ., 1991 , j . biol . chem . 266 : 16188 - 92 ; sambrook et al ., supra . the forward primer had the following sequence : 5 &# 39 ; gaactttgc acctaagacg cag 3 &# 39 ; ( seq id no : 3 ), and the sequence of the reverse primer was : 5 &# 39 ; acgcttcatg tgcagagcta agtg 3 &# 39 ; ( seq id no : 4 ). these primers were designed according to the published sequence of eklf ( miller et al ., 1993 , mol . cell biol . 13 : 2776 - 86 ). the resulting dna fragment was labeled by random priming and used as a probe to screen a human fetal heart library in λgt11 ( clontech , palo alto , calif .). approximately 1 . 6 million phage particles were plated , transferred to nitrocellulose , and screened according to standard techniques . the filters were washed initially with 0 . 5 × ssc , 0 . 1 % sds at 37 ° c . and then more stringently with 0 . 2 × ssc , 0 . 1 % sds at 65 ° c . more than 40 clones were obtained . six clones were isolated , and three were sequenced . one of those included the entire human rklf coding sequence . the cdnas were mapped by restriction digestion and sequenced from both orientations at least once , by the dideoxy chain termination method or by using an automated dna sequencer ( licor , lincoln , nebr .) according to the manufacturer &# 39 ; s instructions . sequence analysis was performed using the gcg software package ( genetics computer group , madison , wis .). the cdna containing the entire human rklf coding sequence was cloned into the eukaryotic expression vector pcdna3 ( invitrogen , san diego ). in vitro transcription and translation were carried out using the tnt - coupled reticulocyte extract system ( promega , madison , wis .) according to the manufacturer &# 39 ; s instructions . the transcribed and translated products were resolved on a 10 % sds - page gel and visualized by autoradiography , using kodak bmr film at room temperature . rat tissues were obtained from adult male sprague - dawley rats ( charles river , wilmington , mass .). total rna from rat tissue was purified by a standard guanidinium / cscl ultracentrifugation technique ( sambrook et al ., supra ). total rna from the skeletal muscle and ventricles of a 21 - week - old human fetus was prepared by guanidinium / cscl ultracentrifugation . ( the use of this tissue was approved by the human research committee of the brigham and women &# 39 ; s hospital , boston .) total rna from adult human tissue was obtained commercially ( clontech , palo alto , calif .). rna was fractionated on a 1 . 3 % formaldehyde - agarose gel and transferred to nitrocellulose filters . the filters were hybridized with a [ 32 p ] dctp - labeled , random - primed rat or human rklf cdna probe ( hsieh et al ., 1996 , j . biol . chem . 271 : 17354 - 59 ; jain et al ., 1996 , j . biol . chem . 271 : 10194 - 10199 ). the rat rklf probe was generated by reverse transcription pcr , using rat colon rna and primers designed according to the sequence of the human rklf cdna ( seq id no : 1 ). the 5 &# 39 ; primer was based on nucleotides 416 - 435 of seq id no : 1 . the 3 &# 39 ; primer was based on the complement of nucleotides 1028 - 1048 of seq id no : 1 . following the hybridization reaction , filters were washed in 0 . 2 × ssc ( 30 mm sodium chloride , 3 mm sodium citrate , and 0 . 1 % sds ) at 55 ° c . they were then exposed to kodak xar film at - 80 ° c . to correct for differences in rna loading , the blots were hybridized with an 18s rrna oligonucleotide probe . the filters were also exposed to phosphor screens . radioactivity was measured with a phosphorimager ™ using the imagequant ™ software ( molecular dynamics , sunnyvale , calif .). rat rklf mrna was detected in situ essentially as described by lee et al . ( 1993 , endocrinology 132 : 2136 - 2140 ). a 633 bp rat rklf cdna fragment ( used for northern analysis ) was cloned into the pcrii vector . labeled ( 35 s - utp ) antisense and sense crna were synthesized with t7 and sp6 polymerase , respectively . in situ hybridization was carried out with [ 32 p ] utp labeled sense or antisense crna probes on tissue sections at 50 ° c . after hybridization , the tissue sections were washed under moderately stringent conditions . dried tissue sections were subjected to autoradiography , using kodak ntb2 emulsion ( eastman kodak ., rochester , n . y .) for 6 to 9 days at 4 ° c . specific rklf signal was observed in the slides hybridized with antisense riboprobe . hybridization with rklf sense riboprobe was performed to control for nonspecific hybridization background . counterstaining was performed with hematoxylin and eosin . a cdna fragment containing the coding region of rklf , except the first 10 amino acids ( bp 437 - 1889 of seq id no : 1 ), was amplified by pcr . the fragment was inserted into the bamh1 and ecor1 sites of the gst - fusion vector pgex - 2t ( pharmacia biotech inc ., piscataway , n . j .). the gst - rklf fusion protein was produced in e . coli and purified with glutathione sepharose 4b according to the manufacturer &# 39 ; s instructions . the protein was analyzed by a 10 % sds - page gel before use in the gel - shift assay . the assay was performed with purified gst - rklf fusion protein and radiolabeled probes . the probes were made from double stranded oligonucleotides synthesized according to the sequence of the caccc site of the β - globin promoter ( 5 &# 39 ; agctagccac accctgaagct 3 &# 39 ;; seq id no : 5 ) and radiolabeled ( yoshizumi et al ., 1995 , mol . cell . biol . 15 : 3266 - 3272 ). binding conditions were essentially as described for eklf ( feng et al ., 1994 , j . biol . chem . 269 : 1493 - 1500 ; miller et al ., 1993 , mol . cell biol . 13 : 2776 - 2786 ). a typical binding reaction mixture contained 20 , 000 cpm of probe , 0 . 5 μg of gst - rklf , 1 μg of poly ( di - dc )• poly ( di - dc ), 25 μm hepes , ph 7 . 5 , 16 mm kcl , 50 mm nacl , 2 μm zncl 2 , 0 . 6 mm β - mercaptoethanol , and 8 % glycerol . the probe and protein were incubated on ice for 20 minutes and analyzed by a 5 % polyacrylamide gel in 0 . 5 × tbe buffer ( 44 mm tris base , 44 mm boric acid , 1 mm edta ). the sequences of the mutant and the non - identical competitor oligonucleotides were 5 &# 39 ; agctagccac accgtgaagct 3 &# 39 ; ( seq id no : 6 ) and 5 &# 39 ; gaccgtggca cagactggag 3 &# 39 ; ( seq id no : 7 ), respectively . plasmids psg5 - rklf and psg5 - rklf ( as ) were constructed by inserting the full - length human rklf cdna into the ecori site of the eukaryotic expression plasmid psg5 ( stratagene , la jolla , calif .) in sense and antisense orientations , respectively . to generates plasmid psg5 - rklf ( δzn ), a cdna fragment coding for bp 32 to 1554 of the human rklf cdna was amplified . this dna fragment contained most of the open reading frame except the c - terminal zinc finger region . this dna fragment was cloned into pcrii ( invitrogen , san diego , calif .) and the open reading frame of this dna fragment was confirmed by sequencing and in vitro transcription and translation . after confirmation , the dna fragment was cloned into the ecor1 site of psg5 . the reporter plasmid pcac - tkcat and the expression plasmid psg5 - eklf were provided by dr . j . j . bieker ( new york , n . y .). plasmid dna used in transient transfection assays was isolated by alkaline lysis followed by cscl equilibrium centrifugation ( sambrook et al ., supra ). transient transfection assays were performed in bovine aortic endothelial cells ( baec ) because they did not express a detectable level of rklf . baec were isolated and cultured in dulbecco &# 39 ; s modified eagle &# 39 ; s with 10 % fetal calf serum , antibiotics , and l - glutamine ( jrh biosciences , lenexa , kans .) ( lee et al ., 1990 , j . biol . chem . 265 : 10446 - 10450 ; yoshizumi et al ., 1995 , mol . cell . biol . 15 : 3266 - 3272 ). passages 5 - 6 of baec were transfected using the calcium phosphate method . six μg of reporter plasmid pcac - tkcat and 12 μg of psg5 - eklf or equimolar of psg5 - rklf or psg5 expression plasmid , were used in these transfection experiments . to correct for variability in transfection efficiency , 1 μg of pcmv - βgal ( containing the potent cmv enhancer and promoter driving the structural gene coding for β - galactosidase ) was cotransfected in all experiments . forty eight hours after transfection , cell extracts were prepared in reporter lysis buffer ( promega , madison , wis .) according to the manufacturer &# 39 ; s specifications . chloramphenicol acetyl transferase ( cat ) and β - galactosidase assays were performed . the ratio of cat activity to β - galactosidase activity in each sample served as a measure of normalized luciferase activity . each construct was transfected at least three times , and each transfection was done in triplicate . data for each construct are presented as mean ± se . the sequence in fig1 reveals potential open reading frames beginning at each of two in - frame methionine codons ( amino acids 1 and 10 ). the longest open reading frame , beginning with the first methionine , would encode a protein containing 479 amino acids ( seq id no : 9 ). however , the first methionine codon is flanked by a poor match to the kozak consensus sequence for translation initiation ( kozek , 1992 , ann . rev . cell biol . 8 : 197 - 225 ). the nucleotide sequence flanking the second methionine codon complies with the kozak consensus sequence . therefore , the major protein product apparently begins with the second methionine and contains 470 amino acids ( seq id no : 2 ). the calculated molecular weight of the major human rklf protein ( seq id no : 2 ) is 50 kda . this protein has an estimated pi of 9 . 21 . in vitro transcription and translation was used to confirm the amino terminus of the rklf expression product . the in vitro transcription and translation was performed by using an expression plasmid pcdna3 , containing the full - length rklf cdna . the major translated product had an apparent molecular weight of 60 kda , higher than the predicted molecular weight of the 470 amino acid rklf protein ( seq id no : 2 ). the difference between the predicted and actual molecular weight of rklf is explained , at least in part , by its high proline content . analysis of the amino acid sequence of human rklf ( seq id no : 2 ) revealed three cys2his2 kruppel - type fingers at the c - terminal ( fig . h . s . 1 ). an amino acid alignment of the rklf zinc finger region with eklf , lklf , bteb2 , and sp1 is shown in fig2 . the zinc binding residues ( boxed ), the number of amino acids between the boxed residues , and the three amino acids ( marked by dots ) that have been shown to contact dna in other cys2his2 fingers ( fairall et al ., 1993 , nature 366 : 483 - 487 ; klevit , 1991 , science 253 : 1367 - 1393 ) are completely conserved . outside the zinc finger region , the amino acid sequence diverges between rklf and the rest of the eklf family . the overall identity ( including the zinc finger region ) among family members is low ( fig2 ). using reverse transcription pcr , a 633 bp rat rklf cdna fragment outside of the zinc finger coding region was amplified . the rat rklf is ˜ 90 % identical to the human homologue at the nucleotide level . total rna was extracted from 10 adult rat tissues and analyzed by northern blot analysis using the rat rklf probe . a single intense 3 . 0 kb message was detected in both colon and small intestine . rklf was also expressed highly in the lung and at a lower level in the aorta . this expression pattern is distinct from that of other members of the eklf family ( anderson et al ., 1995 , mol . cell . biol . 15 : 5957 - 5965 ; miller et al ., 1993 , mol . cell . biol . 13 : 2776 - 2786 ; sogawa et al ., 1993 , nucl . acids res . 21 : 1527 - 1532 ). in situ hybridization was used to identify the cell types expressing rklf in rat colon . for each antisense experiment with the rat rklf riboprobe , a corresponding sense ( control ) experiment was performed . compared with the background signal of the sense probe , hybridization of rat colon with the rklf antisense probe showed intense signal in the more mature epithelial cells in the apex of villi . in contrast , rklf mrna was undetectable in immature proliferating cells at the base of colonic crypts . there was no detectable expression of rklf in the visceral smooth muscle cells of the submucosa and muscularis mucosae . although in situ hybridization was not done using tissue from the lung or aorta , rklf mrna has been detected in mink lung epithelial cells and rat aortic smooth muscle cells in culture . rklf mrna was undetectable in human umbilical vein endothelial cells , human aortic endothelial cells , and bovine aortic endothelial cells . rklf was isolated from a fetal heart library . in adult rat heart , however , rklf mrna was barely detectable . to determine whether the expression of rklf is regulated developmentally in the heart , we performed northern analysis using total rna isolated from heart and skeletal muscle of a 21 - week old human fetus and a human adult . the size of the human rklf message was similar to that of the rat homologue . human rklf was expressed at a low level in terminally differentiated adult heart tissue . the level of rklf mrna was 5 - fold higher in the fetal heart . very low levels of rklf message were detected in both human fetal and adult skeletal muscle . the sequence conservation among the zinc finger regions of rklf , eklf , and lklf suggested that rklf would bind the caccc element . this was confirmed experimentally . for this experiment , a gst - rklf fusion protein containing the entire rklf protein except the first 10 amino acids was produced . gel mobility shift analysis was then performed using the gst - rklf fusion protein and an oligonucleotide probe encoding the caccc element of the β - globin gene ( miller et al ., 1993 , mol . cell . biol . 13 : 2776 - 2786 ). gst protein was used as a negative control . incubation of gst - rklf but not gst protein with the probe resulted in a dna - protein complex . this complex resulted from specific binding , because it was competed away by unlabeled identical probe in a dose dependent manner but not by probe encoding an unrelated sequence . an unlabeled probe with a mutation in the caccc site ( caccg ) failed to compete away the binding . the ability of rklf to use a single copy of the β - globin caccc site to transactivate or repress a cat reporter plasmid ( cac - tkcat ) that contains the minimal thymidine kinase promoter activity was tested . a full - length human rklf cdna was cloned into the eukaryotic expression plasmid psg5 in both orientations , to obtain the sense and antisense plasmids psg5 - rklf and psg5 - rklf ( as ), respectively . baec were chosen for transfection experiments because they do not express rklf or eklf . as a positive control , cac - tkcat , and psg5 - eklf ( eklf expression vector ) were cotransfected . cotransfection of psg5 - eklf markedly increased the cat activity , as expected ( miller et al ., supra ). in contrast , cotransfection of psg5 - rklf decreased the promoter activity of cac - tkcat by 90 % ( fig4 ). this repression was specific , because cotransfection of the antisense plasmid psg5 - rklf ( as ) had no effect . in addition , cotransfection of plasmid psg5 - rklf ( δzn ), that expressed a truncated rklf without the c - terminal zinc finger region , also failed to repress the promoter activity of cac - tkcat ( fig4 ). furthermore , psg5 - rklf did not decrease promoter activity if the caccc site was deleted in plasmid cac - tkcat . these results demonstrate that rklf is a transcriptional repressor , unlike other members of the eklf family . these results indicate that the rklf repressor activity depends on rklf binding to the caccc element . rklf was found to be preferentially expressed in rat colon , small intestine , and lung , with a lower level of expression in the aorta . in the colon , rklf was expressed in epithelial cells . by in situ hybridization , the expression of rklf mrna was detected in relatively mature cells in the apex of colonic villi , but not in the immature , proliferating cells in colonic crypt . the subject cultures have been deposited under conditions that assure that access to the cultures will be available during the pendency of the patent application disclosing them to one determined by the commissioner of patents and trademarks to be entitled thereto under 37 cfr 1 . 14 and 35 usc 122 . the date of deposit was : nov . 5 , 1996 . the atcc accession number is 98236 . the deposits are available as required by foreign patent laws in countries wherein counterparts of the subject application , or its progeny , are filed . however , it should be understood that the availability of a deposit does not constitute a license to practice the subject invention in derogation of patent rights granted by governmental action . further , the subject culture deposits will be stored and made available to the public in accord with the provisions of the budapest treaty for the deposit of microorganisms , i . e ., they will be stored with all the care necessary to keep them viable and uncontaminated for a period of at least five years after the most recent request for the furnishing of a sample of the deposits , and in any case , for a period of at least 30 ( thirty ) years after the date of deposit or for the enforceable life of any patent which may issue disclosing the cultures plus five years after the last request for a sample from the deposit . the depositor acknowledges the duty to replace the deposits should the depository be unable to furnish a sample when requested , due to the condition of the deposits . all restrictions on the availability to the public of the subject culture deposits will be irrevocably removed upon the granting of a patent disclosing them . __________________________________________________________________________ # sequence listing - - - - ( 1 ) general information : - - ( iii ) number of sequences : 13 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 1889 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : coding se - # quence ( b ) location : 434 ... 1843 - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : - - ggaattccgg gcgcaggccg ggactccgcg ccacggcagc cagtctcacc tg -# gcggcacc 60 - - gcccgcccac cgccccggcc acagcccctg cgcccacggc agcactcgag gc -# gaccgcga 120 - - cagtggtggg ggacgctgct gagtggaaga gagcgcagcc ggccaccgga cc -# tacttact 180 - - cgccttgctg attgtctatt tttgcgttta caacttttct aagaactttt gt -# atacaaag 240 - - gaacttttta aaaaagacgc ttccaagtta tatttaatcc aaagaagaag ga -# tctcggcc 300 - - aatttggggt tttgggtttt ggcttcgttt cttctcttcg ttgactttgg gg -# ttcaggtg 360 - - ccccagctgc ttcgggctgc cgaggacctt ctgggccccc acattaatga gg -# cagccacc 420 - - tggcgagtct gac atg gct gtc agc gac gcg ctg ct - # c cca tct ttc tcc 469 met ala - # val ser asp ala leu leu pro ser phe ser 1 - # 5 - # 10 - - acg ttc gcg tct ggc ccg gcg gga agg gag aa - # g aca ctg cgt caa gca517 thr phe ala ser gly pro ala gly arg glu ly - # s thr leu arg gln ala 15 - # 20 - # 25 - - ggt gcc ccg aat aac cgc tgg cgg gag gag ct - # c tcc cac atg aag cga565 gly ala pro asn asn arg trp arg glu glu le - # u ser his met lys arg 30 - # 35 - # 40 - - ctt ccc cca gtg ctt ccc gcc ggc ccc tat ga - # c ctg gcg gcg gcg acc613 leu pro pro val leu pro ala gly pro tyr as - # p leu ala ala ala thr 45 - # 50 - # 55 - # 60 - - gtg gcc aca gac ctg gag agc gcc gga gcc gg - # t gcg gct tgc ggc ggt661 val ala thr asp leu glu ser ala gly ala gl - # y ala ala cys gly gly 65 - # 70 - # 75 - - agc aac ctg gcg ccc cta cct cgg aga gag ac - # c gag gag ttc aac gat709 ser asn leu ala pro leu pro arg arg glu th - # r glu glu phe asn asp 80 - # 85 - # 90 - - ctc ctg gac ctg gac ttt att ctc tcc aat tc - # g ctg acc cat cct ccg757 leu leu asp leu asp phe ile leu ser asn se - # r leu thr his pro pro 95 - # 100 - # 105 - - gag tca gtg gcc gcc acc gtg tcc tcg tca gc - # g tca gcc tcc tct tcg805 glu ser val ala ala thr val ser ser ser al - # a ser ala ser ser ser110 - # 115 - # 120 - - tcg tcg ccg tcg agc agc ggc cct gcc agc gc - # g ccc tcc acc tgc agc853 ser ser pro ser ser ser gly pro ala ser al - # a pro ser thr cys ser 125 1 - # 30 1 - # 35 1 -# 40 - - ttc acc tat ccg atc cgg gcc ggg aac gac cc - # g ggc gtg gcg ccgggc 901 phe thr tyr pro ile arg ala gly asn asp pr - # o gly val ala pro gly 145 - # 150 - # 155 - - ggc acg ggc gga ggc ctc ctc tat ggc agg ga - # g tcc gct ccc cct ccg949 gly thr gly gly gly leu leu tyr gly arg gl - # u ser ala pro pro pro 160 - # 165 - # 170 - - acg gct ccc ttc aac ctg gcg gac atc aac ga - # c gtg agc ccc tcg ggc997 thr ala pro phe asn leu ala asp ile asn as - # p val ser pro ser gly 175 - # 180 - # 185 - - ggc ttc gtg gcc gag ctc ctg cgg cca gaa tt - # g gac ccg gtg tac att 1045 gly phe val ala glu leu leu arg pro glu le - # u asp pro val tyr ile190 - # 195 - # 200 - - ccg ccg cag cag ccg cag ccg cca ggt ggc gg - # g ctg atg ggc aag ttc 1093 pro pro gln gln pro gln pro pro gly gly gl - # y leu met gly lys phe 205 2 - # 10 2 - # 15 2 -# 20 - - gtg ctg aag gcg tcg ctg agc gcc cct ggc ag - # c gag tac ggc agcccg 1141 val leu lys ala ser leu ser ala pro gly se - # r glu tyr gly ser pro 225 - # 230 - # 235 - - tcg gtc atc agc gtc acg aaa ggc agc cct ga - # c ggc agc cac ccg gtg 1189 ser val ile ser val thr lys gly ser pro as - # p gly ser his pro val 240 - # 245 - # 250 - - gtg gtg gcg ccc tac aac ggc ggg ccg ccg cg - # c acg tgc ccc aag atc 1237 val val ala pro tyr asn gly gly pro pro ar - # g thr cys pro lys ile 255 - # 260 - # 265 - - aag cag gag gcg gtc tct tcg tgc acc cac tt - # g ggc gct gga ccc cct 1285 lys gln glu ala val ser ser cys thr his le - # u gly ala gly pro pro270 - # 275 - # 280 - - ctc agc aat ggc cac cgg ccg gct gca cac ga - # c ttc ccc ctg ggg cgg 1333 leu ser asn gly his arg pro ala ala his as - # p phe pro leu gly arg 285 2 - # 90 2 - # 95 3 -# 00 - - cag ctc ccc agc agg act acc ccg acc ctg gg - # t ctt gag gaa gtgctg 1381 gln leu pro ser arg thr thr pro thr leu gl - # y leu glu glu val leu 305 - # 310 - # 315 - - agc agc agg gac tgt cac cct gcc ctg ccg ct - # t cct ccc ggc ttc cat 1429 ser ser arg asp cys his pro ala leu pro le - # u pro pro gly phe his 320 - # 325 - # 330 - - ccc cac ccg ggg ccc aat tac cca tcc ttc ct - # g ccc gat cag atg cag 1477 pro his pro gly pro asn tyr pro ser phe le - # u pro asp gln met gln 335 - # 340 - # 345 - - ccg caa gtc ccg ccg ctc cat tac caa gag ct - # c atg cca ccc ggt tcc 1525 pro gln val pro pro leu his tyr gln glu le - # u met pro pro gly ser350 - # 355 - # 360 - - tgc atg cca gag gag ccc aag cca aag agg gg - # a aga cga tcg tgg ccc 1573 cys met pro glu glu pro lys pro lys arg gl - # y arg arg ser trp pro 365 3 - # 70 3 - # 75 3 -# 80 - - cgg aaa agg acc gcc acc cac act tgt gat ta - # c gcg ggc tgc ggcaaa 1621 arg lys arg thr ala thr his thr cys asp ty - 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