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Patent: 6,309,859


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Summary for Patent: 6,309,859
Title: Method for removing N-terminal methionine
Abstract:The present invention provides a method for chemically removing a N-terminal methionine residue selectively, specifically and efficiently from a peptide or a salt thereof having an optionally oxidized methinine residue at its N-terminal. The method reacts a peptide or a salt thereof having an optionally oxidized methinine residue at its N-terminal with an .alpha.-diketone derivative, followed by hydrolysis.
Inventor(s): Nishimura; Osamu (Hyogo, JP), Suenaga; Masato (Hyogo, JP), Ohmae; Hiroaki (Nara, JP), Tsuji; Shinji (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Osaka, JP)
Application Number:09/436,518
Patent Claims:see list of patent claims

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