METHODS AND MATERIALS RELATING TO G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR-LIKE POLYPEPTIDES AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES

摘要

The invention provides novel polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded by such polynucleotides and mutants or variants thereof that correspond to a novel human secreted GPCR-like polypeptide. These polynucleotides comprise nucleic acid sequences isolated from cDNA libraries from human leukocyte mRNA (GIBCO Laboratories) (SEQ ID NO: 1), from human adult liver mRNA (GIBCO) (SEQ ID NO: 10); from human adult kidney mRNA (GIBCO) (SEQ ID NO: 17); from human adult brain mRNA (GIBCO) (SEQ ID NO: 26) and from human adult kidney mRNA (Invitrogen) (SEQ ID NO: 33). Other aspects of the invention include vectors containing processes for producing novel human secreted GPCR-like polypeptides, and antibodies specific for such polypeptides.