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 550 in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, wherein the substitution is selected from the group consisting of D550A,C,E,F,G,H,I,K,L,M,N,P,Q,R,S,T,V,W, and Y, and wherein the variant has at least 90% 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 550.
4 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D550A.
5 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D550C.
6 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D550E.
7 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D550F.
8 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D550G.
9 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D550H.
10 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D5501.
11 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D550K.
12 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D550L.
13 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D550M.
14 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D550N.
15 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D550P.
16 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D550Q.
17 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D550R.
18 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D550S.
19 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D550T.
20 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D550V.
21 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D550W.
22 . The variant of claim 1 , wherein the substitution is D550Y.