Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING FACTOR XA AND DERIVATIVES

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to protein sequences which can be used to generate factor Xa proteins and derivatives thereof. The protein sequences include a factor Xa light chain portion, a heavy chain catalytic domain portion, and an activation peptide C-terminal to the heavy chain catalytic domain portion. It is discovered that when an activation peptide (AP) is fused to the C-terminal end of the heavy chain of the factor Xa protein or derivative, the resulting protein can be more efficiently expressed, and the attachment of the activation peptide (AP) to the heavy chain does not affect the activity of the protein.