Isolated human kinase proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human kinase proteins, and uses thereof
View Patent ↗The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the kinase peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the kinase peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the kinase peptides.
1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule, wherein the nucleotide sequence of said nucleic acid molecule consists of a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of:
(a) a nucleotide sequence that encodes a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence comprising SEQ ID NO:5;
(b) SEQ ID NO:4; and
(c) a nucleotide sequence that is completely complementary to the nucleotide sequence of (a) or (b).
2. An isolated nucleic acid molecule, wherein the nucleotide sequence of said nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of:
(a) a transcript or cDNA sequence that encodes a polypeptide having a amino acid sequence comprising SEQ ID NO:5;
(b) SEQ ID NO:4; and
(c) a nucleotide sequence that is completely complementary to the nucleotide sequence of (a) or (b).
3. A nucleic acid construct comprising the nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 fused to a heterologous nucleotide sequence.
4. A nucleic acid construct comprising the nucleic acid molecule of claim 2 fused to a heterologous nucleotide sequence.
5. The nucleic acid construct of claim 3 , wherein the heterologous nucleotide sequence encodes a heterologous amino acid sequence.
6. The nucleic acid construct of claim 4 , wherein the heterologous nucleotide sequence encodes a heterologous amino acid sequence.
7. A vector comprising the nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 .
8. An isolated host cell containing the vector of claim 7 .
9. A process for producing a polypeptide, the process comprising culturing the host cell of claim 8 under conditions sufficient for the production of said polypeptide, and recovering said polypeptide.
10. The vector of claim 7 , wherein said vector is selected from the group consisting of a plasmid, a virus, and a bacteriophage.
11. The vector of claim 7 , wherein said nucleic acid molecule is inserted into said vector in proper orientation and correct reading frame such that a polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO:5 is expressed by a cell transformed with said vector.
12. The vector of claim 11 , wherein said isolated nucleic acid molecule is operatively linked to a promoter sequence.
13. A vector comprising the nucleic acid molecule of claim 2 .
14. An isolated host cell containing the vector of claim 13 .
15. A process for producing a polypeptide, the process comprising culturing the host cell of claim 14 under conditions sufficient for the production of said polypeptide, and recovering said polypeptide.
16. The vector of claim 13 , wherein said vector is selected from the group consisting of a plasmid, a virus, and a bacteriophage.
17. The vector of claim 13 , wherein said nucleic acid molecule is inserted into said vector in proper orientation and correct reading frame such that a polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO:5 is expressed by a cell transformed with said vector.
18. The vector of claim 17 , wherein said isolated nucleic acid molecule is operatively linked to a promoter sequence.