申请人:Maynard D. Heather
公开号:US20070276088A1
公开(公告)日:2007-11-29
Chemical polymerization procedures initiated by, and proceeding from, a biomolecule, particularly a protein, for the formation of biomolecule-polymer conjugates, particularly protein-polymer conjugates, which have therapeutic uses, are intermediates for forming other materials or are usable in diagnostic sensors are disclosed. Polymerization can be initiated by a protein in the absence of additional initiation agents to form the protein-polymer conjugate. Alternatively, polymerization is initiated in the presence of an additional initiation agent that does not interact with the protein. Amino acids existing in the protein can serve as the sites for initiation of the polymerization or the protein can be modified to contain site(s) for initiation or protein with active sites can be prepared by recombinant methods, chemical ligation, solid-phase synthesis, or other techniques to generate site(s) for initiation.
本发明揭示了由生物分子,特别是蛋白质,引发和进行的化学聚合程序,用于形成生物分子-聚合物共轭物,特别是蛋白质-聚合物共轭物,这些共轭物具有治疗用途,是形成其他材料的中间体或可用于诊断传感器。聚合可以在无需额外引发剂的情况下由蛋白质引发,形成蛋白质-聚合物共轭物。或者,在引发剂存在的情况下,可以引发聚合,该引发剂不与蛋白质相互作用。蛋白质中存在的氨基酸可以作为聚合的起始位点,或者可以修改蛋白质以包含起始位点,或者可以通过重组方法、化学连接、固相合成或其他技术制备具有活性位点的蛋白质,以生成起始位点。