Abstract: The present application provides a single-chain blood coagulation factor VIII including a B region which is partially deleted to contain at least four glycosylation sites, but not a region to be cleaved by furin, or a single-chain blood coagulation factor VIII in which the A or B region has some residues pegylated. A single-chain blood coagulation factor VIII according to the present application not only retains intact therapeutic efficacy and can be easily produced on mass scale because of its single chain form, but also has an increased half-life in vivo through pegylation, thus enhancing convenience for patients as a therapeutic agent for hemophilia A and bringing about a reduction of medical expenses through reduction in production cost.

Abstract: Secretion signal peptides of inulinases derived from Kluyveromyces marxianus, which makes a heterologous protein produced in a yeast cell be secreted almost completely into the extracellular medium; nucleotide sequences encoding said secretion signal peptides; expression and secretion vectors comprising nucleotide sequences encoding said secretion signal peptides; recombinant yeast cells transformed with said expression and secretion vectors; and a process for producing heterologous proteins by culturing said recombinant yeast cells.