US2007232788A1PendingUtilityA1

Factor viii compositions and methods

Assignee: UNIV MARYLANDPriority: Oct 31, 2003Filed: Mar 19, 2007Published: Oct 4, 2007
Est. expiryOct 31, 2023(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
A61K 38/00C07K 14/755
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Abstract

The present invention provides methods of increasing the half-life and/or specific activity of factor VIII. More specifically, the invention provides methods of increasing the half-life and/or specific activity of factor VIII by substituting one or more amino acids in the A2 domain. It further provides methods for producing such factor VIII mutants. The invention also provides polynucleotides encoding the mutant factor VIII, and methods of treating hemophilia using the polypeptides and polynucleotides of the invention.

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1 . A mutant factor VIII comprising an amino acid substitution at position Lys(466) and/or position Arg(471) and optionally at one or more positions selected from the group consisting of Lys(380), Arg(484), Tyr(487), Ser(488), Arg(489), Arg(490), His(497), His(499), Lys(523) and Lys(556), wherein the mutant factor VIII has procoagulant activity.  
     
     
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