IL216680A

Growth hormone fusion protein comprising human growth hormone linked to an extended polypeptide

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41 claims: 5 independent, 36 dependent

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    216680/5 CLAIMS:1. A fusion protein, comprising a growth hormone (GH) sequence selected from human growth hormone of SEQ ID NO: 1 and an agonist thereof that is at least 90% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein said GH is linked to an extended recombinant polypeptide (XTEN) of at least 200 amino acid residues, wherein the XTEN is characterized in that: (a) the XTEN sequence comprises at least 200 contiguous amino acids that exhibits at least 90% sequence identity to a comparable length of an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs 59-79;(b) the XTEN sequence lacks a predicted T-cell epitope when analyzed by TEPITOPE algorithm, wherein the TEPITOPE algorithm prediction for epitopes within the XTEN sequence is based on a score of -6 or greater;(c) it has a subsequence score of less than 10;(d) the sum of glycine (G), alanine (A), serine (S), threonine (T), glutamate (E) and proline (P) residues constitutes more than 90% of the total amino acid residues of the XTEN;and (e) the XTEN sequence is substantially non-repetitive such that (i) at least 80% of the XTEN sequence consists of non-overlapping sequence motifs wherein each of the sequence motifs has at least 9 to 14 amino acid residues and wherein the sequence of any two contiguous amino acid residues does not occur more than twice in each of the sequence motifs;or (ii) the XTEN sequence contains no three contiguous amino acids that are identical unless the amino acids are serine residues.
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    A nucleic acid comprising a nucleic acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to a sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs 669-796.
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    A method of producing a fusion protein comprising GH fused to one or more extended recombinant polypeptides (XTEN), comprising:(a) providing a host cell comprising a recombinant polynucleotide molecule of any one of claims 18-21;(b) culturing the host cell under conditions permitting the expression of the fusion protein;and (c) recovering the fusion protein.
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    An expression vector comprising the nucleic acid of any one of claims 18 21 and 30.
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    An isolated host cell comprising the nucleic acid of any one of claims 18 21 and 30, wherein the host cell is a prokaryotic host cell.