Abstract: The invention relates to synthetic leptin antagonists in which at least two amino acid residues of the sequence LDFI/S of the hydrophobic binding site at positions 39-42 of a leptin polypeptide sequence are substituted with different amino acid residues such that the site becomes less hydrophobic, and fragments of said leptin antagonists.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 26, 2004
Date of Patent:
December 11, 2007
Assignees:
Yissum Research and Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, Institut Nationale de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
Inventors:
Arieh Gertler, Isabelle Callebaut, Jean Djiane
Abstract: The invention relates to synthetic leptin antagonists in which at least two amino acid residues of the sequence LDFI/S of the hydrophobic binding site at positions 39-42 of a leptin polypeptide sequence are substituted with different amino acid residues such that the site becomes less hydrophobic, and fragments of said leptin antagonists.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 26, 2004
Publication date:
July 13, 2006
Applicants:
Yissum Research Development Company of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Universites Paris 6 et Paris 7, Institut Nationale de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
Inventors:
Arieh Gertler, Isabelle Callebaut, Jean Djiane