US Patent:
20090048147, Feb 19, 2009
Inventors:
Christopher P. Holmes - Saratoga CA, US
Anjan Chakrabarti - Gurgaon, IN
Brian T. Frederick - Ben Lomond CA, US
Yijun Pan - Union City CA, US
Yaohua S. Dong - San Francisco CA, US
Ashok Bhandari - Cupertino CA, US
Assignee:
Affymax, Inc. - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
C07C 233/05
C07C 229/04
C07K 7/02
A61K 38/02
US Classification:
514 2, 564192, 562567, 530323
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a compound comprising a peptide moiety, a linker moiety and a water-soluble polymer moiety such as a poly(ethylene glycol) moiety. The linker moiety is between the peptide moiety and the water-soluble polymer moiety. In certain embodiments, the linker moiety has the structure:wherein α, β, and γ are each integers whose values are independently selected. In other embodiments the linker moiety has the following structure:wherein κ, ρ, and τ are each integers whose values are independently selected. In other embodiments the linker moiety has the following structure:wherein χ, φ, γ, and η are each integers whose values are independently selected. Alternatively, the linker structure may have the following structure:wherein λ and μ are each integers whose values are independently selected.