ALBUMIN VARIANTS
The present invention relates to variants of a parent albumin having altered plasma half-life compared with the parent albumin. The present invention also relates to fusion polypeptides and conjugates comprising said variant albumin.
1 . A variant of albumin comprising a substitution in a position corresponding to position 580 in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, wherein the substitution is selected from the group consisting of Q580A,C,D,E,F,G,H,I, K, L,M,N,P,R,S,T,V,W, and Y, and wherein the variant has at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.
2 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the variant has at least 98% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.
3 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the variant consists of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 with a substitution at position 580.
4 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580A.
5 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580C.
6 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580D.
7 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580E.
8 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580F.
9 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580G.
10 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580H.
11 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580I.
12 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580K.
13 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580L.
14 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580M.
15 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580N.
16 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580P.
17 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580R.
18 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580S.
19 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580T.
20 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580V.
21 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580W.
22 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is Q580Y.