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| 20080312840 | Method for Affinity Scoring of Peptide/Protein Complexes - The present invention is related to a quantitative structure-based affinity scoring method for peptide/protein complexes. More specifically, the present invention comprises a method that operates on the basis of a highly specific force field function (e.g. CHARMM) that is applied to all-atom structural representations of peptide/receptor complexes. Peptide side-chain contributions to total affinity are scored after detailed rotameric sampling followed by controlled energy refinement. The method of the invention further comprises a de novo approach to estimate dehydration energies from the simulation of individual amino acids in a solvent box filled with explicit water molecules and applying the same force field function as used to evaluate peptide/receptor complex interactions. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20100099613 | PEPTIDES FOR INDUCING A CTL AND/OR HTL RESPONSE TO HEPATITIS C VIRUS - The present invention is directed to peptides, and nucleic acids encoding them, derived from the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). The peptides are those which elicit a CTL and/or HTL response in a host. The invention is also directed to compositions and vaccines for prevention and treatment of HCV infection and diagnostic methods for detection of HCV exposure in patients. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100168398 | Method, computing routine, device for predicting properties of MHC/peptide complexes, and data and peptides produced therefrom. - The present invention relates to a method for structure-based prediction of properties of peptides and peptide analogs in complex with major histocompatibility (MHC) class I and class II molecules. The said properties mainly relate to the three-dimensional structure of an MHC/peptide complex and the binding affinity of a peptide for an MHC receptor. The invention further relates to a computer program and a device therefor. The invention further relates to data produced by a method of the invention. The invention further relates to peptides and peptide analogs predicted to bind to target-MHC molecules. The present invention thus relates to the field of immunology, with possible applications in manufacture of vaccinates, de-immunization of proteins, and manufacture of therapeutic agents, especially immunotherapeutic agents. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100305304 | NON-NATURAL PROTEINACEOUS SCAFFOLD MADE OF THREE NON-COVALENTLY ASSOCIATED PEPTIDES - The present invention is related to a non-natural, thermodynamically stable, proteinaceous scaffold consisting of three non-covalently associated peptides, wherein each peptide sequence comprises less than fifty amino acid residues and wherein at least 50% of the said residues are substitutable amino acids into at least ten different amino acid residue types. The present invention is further related to a non-natural, triple-stranded, parallel alpha-helical coiled coil scaffold wherein each of the three constituting peptide sequences comprise between 2 and 7 consecutive heptad repeats, wherein at least 50% of the core residues are isoleucines, wherein all non-core residues are alanines, and wherein the constituting peptide sequences remain associated under physical conditions that are significantly different from physiological conditions. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110137617 | METHOD FOR GENERATING INFORMATION RELATED TO THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF A BIOMOLECULE - A method for generating information related to the molecular structure of a biomolecule, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a three-dimensional representation of said molecular structure, comprising a first set of residue portions and a template; and (b) modifying the representation of step (a) by at least one optimization cycle. Each optimization cycle comprises the steps of: (b1) perturbing a first representation of the molecular structure by modifying the structure of one or more of the first set of residue portions; (b2) relaxing the perturbed representation by optimizing the structure of one or more of the non-perturbed residue portions of the first set with respect to the one or more perturbed residue portions; (b3) evaluating the perturbed and relaxed representation of the molecular structure by using an energetic cost function and replacing the first representation by the perturbed and relaxed representation if the latter's global energy is more optimal than that of the first representation; and the method further comprises the steps of (c) terminating the optimization process according to step (b) when a predetermined termination criterion is reached; and (d) outputting to a storage medium or to a consecutive method a data structure comprising information extracted from step (b). | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110245463 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STRUCTURE-BASED PREDICTION OF AMINO ACID SEQUENCES - The present invention provides methods and apparatus for analyzing a protein structure. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120020952 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING MIXTURES OF ANTIBODIES - The invention relates to a method for producing a mixture comprising two or more different antibodies in a single recombinant host cell. In one embodiment, a mixture of different monovalent antibodies is produced. In another embodiment, a mixture of monovalent and bivalent antibodies is produced. The invention also relates to mixtures of antibodies obtainable by the method of the invention and to light chain sequences that are particularly useful in the method of the invention. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120202247 | METHOD, COMPUTING ROUTINE, DEVICE FOR PREDICTING PROPERTIES OF MHC/PEPTIDE COMPLEXES, AND DATA AND PEPTIDES PRODUCED THEREFROM - The present invention relates to a method for structure-based prediction of properties of peptides and peptide analogs in complex with major histocompatibility (MHC) class I and class II molecules. The said properties mainly relate to the three-dimensional structure of an MHC/peptide complex and the binding affinity of a peptide for an MHC receptor. The invention further relates to a computer program and a device therefor. The invention further relates to data produced by a method of the invention. The invention further relates to peptides and peptide analogs predicted to bind to target-MHC molecules. The present invention thus relates to the field of immunology, with possible applications in manufacture of vaccinates, de-immunization of proteins, and manufacture of therapeutic agents, especially immuno-therapeutic agents. | 08-09-2012 |
