Abstract: The present invention relates to modified angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) polypeptides and pharmaceutical and analytical uses thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to Zn2+ depleted-, Zn2+ free-, mixed metal- and metal ion substituted-ACE2 as well as methods for the manufacture of these variants and uses thereof, such as therapeutic and analytic uses of these ACE2 variants.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 13, 2014
Date of Patent:
September 12, 2017
Assignee:
Apeiron Biologicals AG
Inventors:
Hans Loibner, Bernhard Peball, Manfred Schuster, Stefan Stranner