NOVEL GENE AND PROTEIN OSBH ENCODED THEREBY

摘要

To provide a novel protein having an activity of binding to oxysterol. A gene osbh which encodes a novel protein OSBH having an activity of binding to oxysterol is obtained by cloning from a human brain-derived cDNA library. By culturing a transformant constructed by using an expression vector containing the above gene, OSBH can be obtained. This protein is usable as an OS-binding protein in drugs or for developing drugs.