STABILIZED PROTEINS WITH ENGINEERED DISULFIDE BONDS

摘要

The present invention relates to methods of introducing one or more cysteine residues into a polypeptide which permit the stabilization of the polypeptid e by formation of at least one bond, preferably a disulfide bond, between different domains of the polypeptide. The invention also relates to polypeptides containing such introduced cysteine residue(s), nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such polypeptides or nucleic acids. The invention also relates to vectors, viral particles and host cells containing such nucleic acids, and methods 0f using them to produce the polypeptides of the invention. Exemplified polypeptides include plasma proteins, including hepatocyte growth factor activator and plasma hyaluronin binding protein, as well as blood coagulation factors, suc h as Factor VIII, Factor V, Factor XII and prothrombin.