US20180201656A1 - Proteins and nucleic acids useful in vaccines targeting Pseudomonas Aeruginosa - Google Patents

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US20180201656A1 US15/741,881 US201615741881A US2018201656A1 US 20180201656 A1 US20180201656 A1 US 20180201656A1 US 201615741881 A US201615741881 A US 201615741881A US 2018201656 A1 US2018201656 A1 US 2018201656A1
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  • the present invention relates to the field of antimicrobial prophylaxis and therapy.
  • the present invention relates to novel proteins and polynucleotides derived from Pseudomonoas aeruginosa .
  • the invention further relates to vectors comprising the polynucleotides, transformed host organisms expressing the polynucleotides, antibodies (mono- or polyclonal) specific for the polypeptides as well as diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic uses and methods. Finally, also methods of preparation are part of the invention.
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic gram-negative pathogen. It represents a major course of hospital-aquired infections, especially in burnt and other immuno-compromised patients, including transplant or cancer patients. Therefore, it is regarded as a “problem microbe” in human medicine.
  • Vaccination is considered to be a very effective method of preventing infectious diseases in human and veterinary health care.
  • Vaccination is the administration of immieuxically effective amounts of antigenic material (the vaccine) to produce immunity to a disease/disease-causing pathogenic agent.
  • Vaccines have contributed to the eradication of smallpox, the near eradication of polio, and the control of a variety of diseases, including rubella, measles, mumps, chickenpox, typhoid fever.
  • vaccines were based on killed or live attenuated, microorganisms, or parts purified from them.
  • Subunit vaccines are considered as a modern upgrade of these types of vaccine, as the subunit vaccines contain one or more protective antigens, which are more or less the weak spot of the pathogen.
  • protective antigens which are more or less the weak spot of the pathogen.
  • An antigen is said to be protective if it is able to induce protection from subsequent challenge by a disease-causing infectious agent in an appropriate animal model following immunization.
  • the empirical approach to subunit vaccine development begins with pathogen cultivation, followed by purification into components, and then testing of antigens for protection. Apart from being time and labour consuming, this approach has several limitations that can lead to failure. It is not possible to develop vaccines using this approach for microorganisms, which cannot easily be cultured and only allows for the identification of the antigens, which can be obtained in sufficient quantities.
  • the empirical approach has a tendency to focus on the most abundant proteins, which in some cases are not immuno-protective. In other cases, the antigen expressed during in vivo infection is not expressed during in vitro cultivation.
  • antigen discovery by use of the empirical approach demands an extreme amount of proteins in order to discover the protective antigens, which are like finding needles in the haystack. This renders it a very expensive approach, and it limits the vaccine development around diseases, which is caused by pathogens with a large genome or disease areas, which perform badly in a cost-effective perspective.
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa expresses a number of hitherto unknown putatively surface exposed proteins which are candidates as vaccine targets as well as candidates as immunizing agents for preparation of antibodies that target Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
  • the present invention relates to a polypeptide comprising
  • the invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment, which comprises
  • nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of the invention, or ii) a nucleotide sequence consisting of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 31-90.
  • iii) a nucleotide sequence consisting of at least 10 consecutive nucleotides in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 31-90,
  • iv) a nucleotide sequence having a sequence identity of at least 60% with the nucleotide sequence in i) or ii),
  • the invention relates to a vector comprising the nucleic acid of the invention, such as a cloning vector or an expression vector.
  • the invention relates to a cell which is transformed so as to carry the vector of the invention.
  • the invention in a fifth aspect, relates to a pharmaceutical composition
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising a polypeptide of the invention, a nucleic acid fragment of the invention, a vector of the invention, or a transformed cell of the invention, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, vehicle or diluent.
  • the invention in a sixth aspect, relates to a method for inducing immunity in an animal by administering at least once an immunogenically effective amount of a polypeptide of the invention, a nucleic acid fragment of the invention, a vector of the invention, a transformed cell of the invention, or a pharmaceutical composition of the fifth aspect of the invention so as to induce adaptive immunity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the animal.
  • the invention relatas to 1) a polyclonal antibody in which the antibodies specifically bind to at least one polypeptide of the invention, and which is essentially free from antibodies binding specifically to other Pseudomonas aeruginosa polypeptides, and to 2) an isolated monoclonal antibody or antibody analogue which binds specifically to a polypeptide of the invention.
  • the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a polyclonal or monoclona antibody and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, vehicle or diluent.
  • the invention relates to a method for prophylaxis, treatment or amelioration of infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa , comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody of the 7 th or 8 th aspect of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition of the eighth aspect to an individual in need thereof.
  • the invention relates to a method for determining, quantitatively or qualitatively, the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa , in a sample, the method comprising contacting the sample with an antibody of aspects 8 or 9 of the invention and detecting the presence of antibody bound to material in the sample.
  • an 12 th aspect of the invention a method for determining, quantitatively or qualitatively, the presence of antibodies specific for Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a sample, the method comprising contacting the sample with a polypeptide of the invention and detecting the presence of antibody that specifically bind said polypeptide.
  • the invention relates to a method for determining, quantitatively or qualitatively, the presence of a nucleic acid characteristic of Pseudomonas aeruginosa , in particular the presence of a nucleic acid characteristic of Pseudomonas aeruginosa , in a sample, the method comprising contacting the sample with a nucleic acid fragment of the invention and detecting the presence of nucleic acid in the sample that hybridizes to said nucleic acid fragment.
  • the invention relates to a method for the preparation of the polypeptide of the invention, comprising
  • the invention relates to a method for determining whether a substance, such as an antibody, is potentially useful for treating infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa , the method comprising contacting the polypeptide of the invention with the substance and subsequently establishing whether the substance has at least one of the following characteristics:
  • the invention relates to a method for determining whether a substance, such as a nucleic acid, is potentially useful for treating infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa , the method comprising contacting the substance with the nucleic acid fragment of claim of the invention and subsequently establishing whether the substance has either the ability to
  • nucleic acid fragment 1) bind specifically to the nucleic acid fragment, or 2) bind specifically to a nucleic acid that hybridizes specifically with the nucleic acid fragment.
  • FIG. 1 Graph of clinical score four days post-infection, Example 1.
  • mice immunized with the 7-valent combination vaccine had a significantly lower clinical score 96 hours post-infection compared to the control group immunized with adjuvant.
  • FIG. 2 Graph of body temperature four days post-infection, Example 1.
  • FIG. 3 Weight loss 96 hours post-infection, Example 1.
  • mice immunized with the 7-valent combination vaccine had a significantly smaller weight loss than the control group.
  • FIG. 4 Lung bacteriology, Example 1.
  • the number of colony forming units was significantly smaller in lung homogenates from mice immunized with the 7-valent combination vaccine compared to the control group. Note that in this figure the CFU values equaled 0 are altered to 1, this is purely for illustrative purposes as a value of 0 cannot be shown on a logarithmic scale.
  • FIG. 5 Mean antibody responses to the seven antigens tested in Example 1.
  • the Y-axis represents the absorbance measured at 490 nm-650 nm (reference), and the X-axis shows the serum dilution.
  • the antibody response to five of the seven antigens was high, while the antibody response to PA2976-1-480 and PA0041-34-550 was quite low.
  • FIG. 6 Clinical score four days post-infection, Example 2.
  • mice immunized with the 7-valent combination vaccine had a significantly lower clinical score 96 hours post-infection compared to the control group immunized with adjuvant.
  • the data were analysed using a two-tailed t-test, P ⁇ 0.0001.
  • FIG. 7 Body temperature four days post-infection, Example 2.
  • mice immunized with the 7-valent combination vaccine had a significantly higher body temperature compared to controls.
  • FIG. 8 Weight loss 96 hours post-infection, Example 2.
  • mice immunized with the 7-valent combination vaccine had a significantly smaller weight loss than the control group.
  • FIG. 4 Lung bacteriology, Example 2.
  • FIG. 10 Lung bacteriology—combined results from Examples 1 and 2.
  • mice immunized with the 7-valent vaccine exhibit a significantly lower lung CFU compared to controls.
  • the CFU values equaled 0 are altered to 1, this is purely for illustrative purposes as a value of 0 cannot be shown on a logarithmic scale.
  • FIG. 11 Mean antibody responses to the seven antigens.
  • the Y-axis represents the absorbance measured at 490 nm-650 nm (reference), and the X-axis shows the serum dilution.
  • the antibody responses to five of the seven antigens were high, while the antibody responses to PA2976-1-480 and PA0041-34-550 were quite low.
  • polypeptide is in the present context intended to mean both short peptides of from 2 to 10 amino acid residues, oligopeptides of from 11 to 100 amino acid residues, and polypeptides of more than 100 amino acid residues. Further-more, the term is also intended to include proteins, i.e. functional biomolecules comprising at least one polypeptide; when comprising at least two polypeptides, these may form complexes, be covalently linked, or may be non-covalently linked.
  • the polypeptide (s) in a protein can be glycosylated and/or lipidated and/or comprise prosthetic groups.
  • sequence means any consecutive stretch of at least 3 amino acids or, when relevant, of at least 3 nucleotides, derived directly from a naturally occurring amino acid sequence or nucleic acid sequence, respectively
  • amino acid sequence s the order in which amino acid residues, connected by peptide bonds, lie in the chain in peptides and proteins.
  • adjuvant has its usual meaning in the art of vaccine technology, i.e. a substance or a composition of matter which is 1) not in itself capable of mounting a specific immune response against the immunogen of the vaccine, but which is 2) nevertheless capable of enhancing the immune response against the immunogen.
  • vaccination with the adjuvant alone does not provide an immune response against the immunogen
  • vaccination with the immunogen may or may not give rise to an immune response against the immunogen, but the combined vaccination with immunogen and adjuvant induces an immune response against the immunogen which is stronger than that induced by the immunogen alone.
  • An “assembly of amino acids” means two or more amino acids bound together by physical or chemical means.
  • the “3D conformation” is the 3 dimensional structure of a biomolecule such as a protein.
  • the 3D conformation is also termed “the tertiary structure” and denotes the relative locations in 3 dimensional space of the amino acid residues forming the polypeptide.
  • An immunogenic carrier is a molecule or moiety to which an immunogen or a hapten can be coupled in order to enhance or enable the elicitation of an immune response against the immunogen/hapten.
  • Immunogenic carriers are in classical cases relatively large molecules (such as tetanus toxoid, KLH, diphtheria toxoid etc.) which can be fused or conjugated to an immunogen/hapten, which is not sufficiently immunogenic in its own right—typically, the immunogenic carrier is capable of eliciting a strong T-helper lymphocyte response against the combined substance constituted by the immunogen and the immunogenic carrier, and this in turn provides for improved responses against the immungon by B-lymphocytes and cytotoxic lymphocytes.
  • the large carrier molecules have to a certain extent been substituted by so-called promiscuous T-helper epitopes, i.e. shorter peptides that are recognized by a large fraction of HLA haplotypes in a population, and which elicit T-helper lymphocyte responses.
  • T-helper lymphocyte response is an immune response elicited on the basis of a peptide, which is able to bind to an MHC class II molecule (e.g. an HLA class II molecule) in an antigen-presenting cell and which stimulates T-helper lymphocytes in an animal species as a consequence of T-cell receptor recognition of the complex between the peptide and the MHC Class II molecule prese
  • MHC class II molecule e.g. an HLA class II molecule
  • immunogen is a substance of matter which is capable of inducing an adaptive immune response in a host, whose immune system is confronted with the immunogen.
  • immunogens are a subset of the larger genus “antigens”, which are substances that can be recognized specifically by the immune system (e.g. when bound by antibodies or, alternatively, when fragments of the are antigens bound to MHC molecules are being recognized by T-cell receptors) but which are not necessarily capable of inducing immunity—an antigen is, however, always capable of eliciting immunity, meaning that a host that has an established memory immunity against the antigen will mount a specific immune response against the antigen.
  • a “hapten” is a small molecule, which can neither induce or elicit an immune response, but if conjugated to an immunogenic carrier, antibodies or TCRs that recognize the hapten can be induced upon confrontation of the immune system with the hapten carrier conjugate.
  • adaptive immune response is an immune response in response to confrontation with an antigen or immunogen, where the immune response is specific for antigenc determinants of the antigen/immunogen—examples of adaptive immune responses are induction of antigen specific antibody production or antigen specific induction/activation of T helper lymphocytes or cytotoxic lymphocytes.
  • a “protective, adaptive immune response” is an antigen-specific immune response induced in a subject as a reaction to immunization (artificial or natural) with an antigen, where the immune response is capable of protecting the subject against subsequent challenges with the antigen or a pathology-related agent that includes the antigen.
  • prophylactic vaccination aims at establishing a protective adaptive immune response against one or several pathogens.
  • “Stimulation of the immune system” means that a substance or composition of matter exhibits a general, non-specific immunostimulatory effect. A number of adjuvants and putative adjuvants (such as certain cytokines) share the ability to stimulate the immune system. The result of using an immunostimulating agent is an increased “alertness” of the immune system meaning that simultaneous or subsequent immunization with an immunogen induces a significantly more effective immune response compared to isolated use of the immunogen.
  • Hybridization under “stringent conditions” is herein defined as hybridization performed under conditions by which a probe will hybridize to its target sequence, to a detectably greater degree than to other sequences.
  • Stringent conditions are target-sequence-dependent and will differ depending on the structure of the polynucleotide. By controlling the stringency of the hybridization and/or washing conditions, target sequences can be identified which are 100% complementary to a probe (homologous probing). Alternatively, stringency conditions can be adjusted to allow some mismatching in sequences so that lower degrees of similarity are detected (heterologous probing). Specificity is typically the function of post-hybridization washes, the critical factors being the ionic strength and temperature of the final wash solution.
  • stringent wash temperature conditions are selected to be about 5° C. to about 2° C. lower than the melting point (Tm) for the specific sequence at a defined ionic strength and pH.
  • Tm melting point
  • the melting point, or denaturation, of DNA occurs over a narrow temperature range and represents the disruption of the double helix into its complementary single strands. The process is described by the temperature of the midpoint of transition, Tm, which is also called the melting temperature. Formulas are available in the art for the determination of melting temperatures.
  • animal is in the present context in general intended to denote an animal species (preferably mammalian), such as Homo sapiens, Canis domesticus , etc. and not just one single animal. However, the term also denotes a population of such an animal species, since it is important that the individuals immunized according to the method of the invention substantially all will mount an immune response against the immunogen of the present invention.
  • antibody refers to a polypeptide or group of polypeptides composed of at least one antibody combining site.
  • An “antibody combining site” is the three-dimensional binding space with an internal surface shape and charge distribution complementary to the features of an epitope of an antigen, which allows a binding of the antibody with the antigen.
  • Antibody includes, for example, vertebrate antibodies, hybrid antibodies, chimeric antibodies, humanised antibodies, altered antibodies, univalent antibodies, Fab proteins, and single domain antibodies.
  • Specific binding denotes binding between two substances which goes beyond binding of either substance to randomly chosen substances and also goes beyond simple association between substances that tend to aggregate because they share the same overall hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity. As such, specific binding usually involves a combination of electrostatic and other interactions between two conformationally complementary areas on the two substances, meaning that the substances can “recognize” each other in a complex mixture.
  • vector is used to refer to a carrier nucleic acid molecule into which a heterologous nucleic acid sequence can be inserted for introduction into a cell where it can be replicated and expressed.
  • the term further denotes certain biological vehicles useful for the same purpose, e.g. viral vectors and phage—both these infectious agents are capable of introducing a heterelogous nucleic acid sequence
  • expression vector refers to a vector containing a nucleic acid sequence coding for at least part of a gene product capable of being transcribed. In some cases, when the transcription product is an mRNA molecule, this is in trun translated into a protein, polypeptide, or peptide.
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention constitute at least or exactly or at most 6, such as at least or exactly or at most 7, at least or exactly or at most 8, at least or exactly or at most 9, at least or exactly or at most 10, at least or exactly or at most 11, at least or exactly or at most 12, at least or exactly or at most 13, at least or exactly or at most 14, at least or exactly or at most 15, at least or exactly or at most 16, at least or exactly or at most 17, at least or exactly or at most 18, at least or exactly or at most 19, at least or exactly or at most 20, at least or exactly or at most 21, at least or exactly or at most 22, at least or exactly or at most 23, at least or exactly or at most 24, at least or exactly or at most 25, at least or exactly or at most 26, at least or exactly or at most 27 at least or exactly or at most 28, at least or exactly or at most 29, at least or exactly or at most 30, at least or exactly or at most 31, at least or exactly or at most 32, at least or exactly or at most
  • the number of contiguous amino acids in option b) can be higher, for all of SEQ ID NOs. 2-30. Another way to phrase this is that for each of SEQ ID NOs: 1-30, the number of the contiguous amino acid residues is at least or exactly or at most N-n, where N is the length of the sequence ID in question and n is any integer between 1 and N-5; that is, the at least or exactly 5 contiguous amino acids can be at least any number between 5 and the length of the reference sequence minus one, in increments of one.
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 66, at least or exactly or at most 67, at least or exactly or at most 68, at least or exactly or at most 69, at least or exactly or at most 70, at least or exactly or at most 71, at least or exactly or at most 72, at least or exactly or at most 73, at least or exactly or at most 74, at least or exactly or at most 75, at least or exactly or at most 76, or at least or exactly or at most 77 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 78, at least or exactly or at most 79, at least or exactly or at most 80, at least or exactly or at most 81, at least or exactly or at most 82, at least or exactly or at most 83, at least or exactly or at most 84, at least or exactly or at most 85, at least or exactly or at most 86, at least or exactly or at most 87, at least or exactly or at most 88, at least or exactly or at most 89, at least or exactly or at most 90, at least or exactly or at most 91, at least or exactly or at most 92, at least or exactly or at most 93, at least or exactly or at most 94, at least or exactly or at most 95, at least or exactly or at most 96, at least or exactly or at most 97, at least or exactly or at most 98
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 104, at least or exactly or at most 105, at least or exactly or at most 106, at least or exactly or at most 107, at least or exactly or at most 108, at least or exactly or at most 109, at least or exactly or at most 110, at least or exactly or at most 111, at least or exactly or at most 112, at least or exactly or at most 113, at least or exactly or at most 114, at least or exactly or at most 115, at least or exactly or at most 116, at least or exactly or at most 117, at least or exactly or at most 118, at least or exactly or at most 119, at least or exactly or at most 120, at least or exactly or at most 121, at least or exactly or at most 122, at least or exactly or at most 123, at least or exactly or at most
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 155, at least or exactly or at most 156, at least or exactly or at most 157, at least or exactly or at most 158, at least or exactly or at most 159, at least or exactly or at most 160, at least or exactly or at most 161, at least or exactly or at most 162, at least or exactly or at most 163, at least or exactly or at most 164, at least or exactly or at most 165, at least or exactly or at most 166, at least or exactly or at most 167, at least or exactly or at most 168, at least or exactly or at most 169, at least or exactly or at most 170, at least or exactly or at most 171, at least or exactly or at most 172, at least or exactly or at most 173, at least or exactly or at most 174, at least or exactly or at most 175, at least or exactly or at most 155, at least or exactly or at most 156, at
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 179, at least or exactly or at most 180, at least or exactly or at most 181, at least or exactly or at most 182, at least or exactly or at most 183, at least or exactly or at most 184, at least or exactly or at most 185, at least or exactly or at most 186, at least or exactly or at most 187, at least or exactly or at most 188, at least or exactly or at most 189, at least or exactly or at most 190, at least or exactly or at most 191, at least or exactly or at most 192, at least or exactly or at most 193, at least or exactly or at most 194, at least or exactly or at most 195, at least or exactly or at most 196, at least or exactly or at most 197, at least or exactly or at most 198, at least or exactly or at most 199, at
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 304, at least or exactly or at most 305, at least or exactly or at most 306, at least or exactly or at most 307, or at least or exactly or at most 308 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 309, at least or exactly or at most 310, at least or exactly or at most 311, at least or exactly or at most 312, at least or exactly or at most 313, at least or exactly or at most 314, at least or exactly or at most 315, at least or exactly or at most 316, at least or exactly or at most 317, at least or exactly or at most 318, at least or exactly or at most 319, at least or exactly or at most 320, at least or exactly or at most 321, at least or exactly or at most 322, at least or exactly or at most 323, at least or exactly or at most 324, at least or exactly or at most 325, at least or exactly or at most 326, at least or exactly or at most 327, at least or exactly or at most 328, at least or exactly or at most 329, at least
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 340, at least or exactly or at most 341, at least or exactly or at most 342, at least or exactly or at most 343, at least or exactly or at most 344, at least or exactly or at most 345, or at least or exactly or at most 346 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 347, at least or exactly or at most 348, at least or exactly or at most 349, at least or exactly or at most 350, or at least or exactly or at most 351 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 352, at least or exactly or at most 353, at least or exactly or at most 354, at least or exactly or at most 355, at least or exactly or at most 356, at least or exactly or at most 357, at least or exactly or at most 358, at least or exactly or at most 359, at least or exactly or at most 360, at least or exactly or at most 361, at least or exactly or at most 362, at least or exactly or at most 363, at least or exactly or at most 364, at least or exactly or at most 365, at least or exactly or at most 366, at least or exactly or at most 367, at least or exactly or at most 368, at least or exactly or at most 369, at least or exactly or at most 370, at least or exactly or at most 371, at least or exactly or at most 372, at least or exactly or at most
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 420, at least or exactly or at most 421, at least or exactly or at most 422, at least or exactly or at most 423, at least or exactly or at most 424, at least or exactly or at most 425, or at least or exactly or at most 426 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 427 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 428, at least or exactly or at most 429, at least or exactly or at most 430, at least or exactly or at most 431, at least or exactly or at most 432, at least or exactly or at most 433, at least or exactly or at most 434, at least or exactly or at most 435, at least or exactly or at most 436, at least or exactly or at most 437, at least or exactly or at most 438, at least or exactly or at most 439, at least or exactly or at most 440, at least or exactly or at most 441, at least or exactly or at most 442, at least or exactly or at most 443, at least or exactly or at most 444, at least or exactly or at most 445, at least or exactly or at most 446, at least or exactly or at most 447, at least or exactly or at most 448,
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 568, at least or exactly or at most 569, at least or exactly or at most 570, at least or exactly or at most 571, at least or exactly or at most 572, at least or exactly or at most 573, at least or exactly or at most 574, at least or exactly or at most 575, at least or exactly or at most 576, at least or exactly or at most 577, or at least or exactly or at most 578 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 579, at least or exactly or at most 580, at least or exactly or at most 581, at least or exactly or at most 582, at least or exactly or at most 583, at least or exactly or at most 584, at least or exactly or at most 585, at least or exactly or at most 586, at least or exactly or at most 587, at least or exactly or at most 588, at least or exactly or at most 589, at least or exactly or at most 590, at least or exactly or at most 591, at least or exactly or at most 592, at least or exactly or at most 593, at least or exactly or at most 594, at least or exactly or at most 595, at least or exactly or at most 596, at least or exactly or at most 597, at least or exactly or at most 598, at least or exactly or
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 621, at least or exactly or at most 622, at least or exactly or at most 623, at least or exactly or at most 624, at least or exactly or at most 625, at least or exactly or at most 626, at least or exactly or at most 627, at least or exactly or at most 628, at least or exactly or at most 629, at least or exactly or at most 630, at least or exactly or at most 631, at least or exactly or at most 632, at least or exactly or at most 633, at least or exactly or at most 634, at least or exactly or at most 635, at least or exactly or at most 636, at least or exactly or at most 637, at least or exactly or at most 638, at least or exactly or at most 639, at least or exactly or at most 640, at least or exactly or exactly or
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 688, at least or exactly or at most 689, at least or exactly or at most 690, at least or exactly or at most 691, at least or exactly or at most 692, at least or exactly or at most 693, at least or exactly or at most 694, at least or exactly or at most 695, at least or exactly or at most 696, at least or exactly or at most 697, at least or exactly or at most 698, at least or exactly or at most 699, at least or exactly or at most 700, at least or exactly or at most 701, at least or exactly or at most 702, at least or exactly or at most 703, at least or exactly or at most 704, at least or exactly or at most 705, at least or exactly or at most 706, at least or exactly or at most 707, at least or exactly or at most 708, at least or
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 742, at least or exactly or at most 743, at least or exactly or at most 744, or at least or exactly or at most 745 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 746, at least or exactly or at most 747, at least or exactly or at most 748, at least or exactly or at most 749, at least or exactly or at most 750, at least or exactly or at most 751, at least or exactly or at most 752, at least or exactly or at most 753, at least or exactly or at most 754, at least or exactly or at most 755, at least or exactly or at most 756, at least or exactly or at most 757, at least or exactly or at most 758, at least or exactly or at most 759, at least or exactly or at most 760, at least or exactly or at most 761, at least or exactly or at most 762, at least or exactly or at most 763, at least or exactly or at most 764, at least or exactly or at most 765, at least or exactly or at most 766, at
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 784, at least or exactly or at most 785, at least or exactly or at most 786, at least or exactly or at most 787, at least or exactly or at most 788, at least or exactly or at most 789, at least or exactly or at most 790, at least or exactly or at most 791, at least or exactly or at most 792, at least or exactly or at most 793, at least or exactly or at most 794, at least or exactly or at most 795, at least or exactly or at most 796, at least or exactly or at most 797, at least or exactly or at most 798, at least or exactly or at most 799, at least or exactly or at most 800, at least or exactly or at most 801, at least or exactly or at most 802, at least or exactly or at most 803, at least or exactly or at most 804,
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 851, at least or exactly or at most 852, at least or exactly or at most 853, at least or exactly or at most 854, at least or exactly or at most 855, at least or exactly or at most 856, at least or exactly or at most 857, at least or exactly or at most 858, at least or exactly or at most 859, at least or exactly or at most 860, at least or exactly or at most 861, at least or exactly or at most 862, at least or exactly or at most 863, at least or exactly or at most 864, at least or exactly or at most 865, at least or exactly or at most 866, at least or exactly or at most 867, at least or exactly or at most 868, at least or exactly or at most 869, at least or exactly or at most 870, at least or exactly or at most 871
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 880, at least or exactly or at most 881, at least or exactly or at most 882, at least or exactly or at most 883, at least or exactly or at most 884, at least or exactly or at most 885, at least or exactly or at most 886, at least or exactly or at most 887, at least or exactly or at most 888, at least or exactly or at most 889, at least or exactly or at most 890, at least or exactly or at most 891, at least or exactly or at most 892, at least or exactly or at most 893, at least or exactly or at most 894, at least or exactly or at most 895, at least or exactly or at most 896, at least or exactly or at most 897, at least or exactly or at most 898, at least or exactly or at most 899, at least or exactly or
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 919, at least or exactly or at most 920, at least or exactly or at most 921, at least or exactly or at most 922, at least or exactly or at most 923, at least or exactly or at most 924, at least or exactly or at most 925, at least or exactly or at most 926, at least or exactly or at most 927, at least or exactly or at most 928, at least or exactly or at most 929, at least or exactly or at most 930, at least or exactly or at most 931, at least or exactly or at most 932, at least or exactly or at most 933, at least or exactly or at most 934, at least or exactly or at most 935, at least or exactly or at most 936, at least or exactly or at most 937, at least or exactly or at most 938, at least or exactly or
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 995, at least or exactly or at most 996, at least or exactly or at most 997, at least or exactly or at most 998, at least or exactly or at most 999, at least or exactly or at most 1000, at least or exactly or at most 1001, at least or exactly or at most 1002, at least or exactly or at most 1003, at least or exactly or at most 1004, at least or exactly or at most 1005, at least or exactly or at most 1006, at least or exactly or at most 1007, at least or exactly or at most 1008, at least or exactly or at most 1009, at least or exactly or at most 1010, at least or exactly or at most 1011, at least or exactly or at most 1012, at least or exactly or at most 1013, at least or exactly or at most 1014, at least or exactly or at most 1015, at least or or
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 1057, at least or exactly or at most 1058, at least or exactly or at most 1059, at least or exactly or at most 1060, at least or exactly or at most 1061, at least or exactly or at most 1062, at least or exactly or at most 1063, at least or exactly or at most 1064, at least or exactly or at most 1065, at least or exactly or at most 1066, at least or exactly or at most 1067, at least or exactly or at most 1068, at least or exactly or at most 1069, at least or exactly or at most 1070, at least or exactly or at most 1071, at least or exactly or at most 1072, at least or exactly or at most 1073, at least or exactly or at most 1074, at least or exactly or at most 1075, at least or exactly or at most 1076, at least or exactly or exactly or
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 1161, at least or exactly or at most 1162, at least or exactly or at most 1163, at least or exactly or at most 1164, at least or exactly or at most 1165, at least or exactly or at most 1166, at least or exactly or at most 1167, at least or exactly or at most 1168, at least or exactly or at most 1169, at least or exactly or at most 1170, at least or exactly or at most 1171, at least or exactly or at most 1172, at least or exactly or at most 1173, at least or exactly or at most 1174, at least or exactly or at most 1175, at least or exactly or at most 1176, at least or exactly or at most 1177, at least or exactly or at most 1178, at least or exactly or at most 1179, at least or exactly or at most 1180, at least or exactly or
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 1211, at least or exactly or at most 1212, at least or exactly or at most 1213, at least or exactly or at most 1214, at least or exactly or at most 1215, at least or exactly or at most 1216, at least or exactly or at most 1217, at least or exactly or at most 1218, at least or exactly or at most 1219, at least or exactly or at most 1220, at least or exactly or at most 1221, at least or exactly or at most 1222, at least or exactly or at most 1223, at least or exactly or at most 1224, at least or exactly or at most 1225, at least or exactly or at most 1226, at least or exactly or at most 1227, at least or exactly or at most 1228, at least or exactly or at most 1229, at least or exactly or at most 1230, at least or exactly or exactly or
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 2468, at least or exactly or at most 2469, at least or exactly or at most 2470, at least or exactly or at most 2471, at least or exactly or at most 2472, at least or exactly or at most 2473, at least or exactly or at most 2474, at least or exactly or at most 2475, at least or exactly or at most 2476, at least or exactly or at most 2477, at least or exactly or at most 2478, at least or exactly or at most 2479, at least or exactly or at most 2480, at least or exactly or at most 2481, at least or exactly or at most 2482, at least or exactly or at most 2483, at least or exactly or at most 2484, at least or exactly or at most 2485, at least or exactly or at most 2486, at least or exactly or at most 2487, at least or exactly or
  • the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 3535, at least or exactly or at most 3536, at least or exactly or at most 3537, at least or exactly or at most 3538, at least or exactly or at most 3539, at least or exactly or at most 3540, at least or exactly or at most 3541, at least or exactly or at most 3542, at least or exactly or at most 3543, at least or exactly or at most 3544, at least or exactly or at most 3545, at least or exactly or at most 3546, at least or exactly or at most 3547, at least or exactly or at most 3548, at least or exactly or at most 3549, at least or exactly or at most 3550, at least or exactly or at most 3551, at least or exactly or at most 3552, at least or exactly or at most 3553, at least or exactly or at most 3554, at least or exactly or at most 3
  • the polypeptide of the invention also has a sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of a) defined above of at least 65%, such as at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, and at least 99%.
  • polypeptide of the invention in some embodiments also has a sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of b) defined above of at least 60%, such as at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, and at least 99%.
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 and 62 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73 and 74 in any on of SEQ ID NOs: 2-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 and 100 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 3-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150 and 151 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 4-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal amino acid residues 101, 102, 103
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 171, 172, 173, 174 and 175 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 5-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, patronizing, a polypeptide of the invention.
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 301, 302, 303, 304 and 305 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 7-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335 and 336 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 8-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342 and 343 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 9-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 344, 345, 346, 347 and 348 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 10-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415 and 416 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 11-30, if the
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422 and 423 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 12-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to amino acid residue 424 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 13-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 4
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 563, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574 and 575 in SEQ ID NOs: 15-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616 and 617 in SEQ ID NOs: 16-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 618, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 668, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680, 681, 682, 683 and 684 in SEQ
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698, 699, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737 and 738 in SEQ ID NOs: 18-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 739, 740, 741, and 742 in SEQ ID NOs: 19-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 764, 765, 766, 767, 768, 769, 770, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777, 778, 779 and 780 in SEQ ID NOs: 20-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791, 792, 793, 794, 795, 796, 797, 798, 799, 800, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, 819, 820, 821, 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 846 and 847 in
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 848, 849, 850, 851, 852, 853, 854, 855, 856, 857, 858, 859, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, 866, 867, 868, 869, 870, 871, 872, 873, 874, 875 and 876 in SEQ ID NOs: 22-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 877, 878, 879, 880, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 888, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899, 900, 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914 and 915 in SEQ ID NOs: 23-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921, 922, 923, 924, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939, 940, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 948, 949, 950, 951, 952, 953, 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963, 964, 965, 966, 967, 968, 969, 970, 971, 972, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, 978, 979, 980, 981,
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 992, 993, 994, 995, 996, 997, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052 and 1053 in SEQ ID NOs: 25-30, if the length of the at least 5
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 11
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 1158, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1168, 1169, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1173, 1174, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179, 1180, 1181, 1182, 1183, 1184, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1190, 1191, 1192, 1193, 1194, 1195, 1196, 1197, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1206, and 1207 in SEQ ID NOs: 27-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 1208, 1209, 1210, 1211, 1212, 1213, 1214, 1215, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219, 1220, 1221, 1222, 1223, 1224, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1230, 1231, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1235, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1239, 1240, 1241, 1242, 1243, 1244, 1245, 1246, 1247, 1248, 1249, 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255, 1256, 1257, 1258, 1259, 1260, 1261, 1262, 1263, 1264, 1265, 1266, 1267, 1268, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 2465, 2466, 2467, 2468, 2469, 2470, 2471, 2472, 2473, 2474, 2475, 2476, 2477, 2478, 2479, 2480, 2481, 2482, 2483, 2484, 2485, 2486, 2487, 2488, 2489, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2514, 2515, 2516, 2517, 2518, 2519, 2520, 2521, 2522, 2523, 2524, 2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2529, 2530, 2531
  • the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 3532, 3533, 3534, 3535, 3536, 3537, 3538, 3539, 3540, 3541, 3542, 3543, 3544, 3545, 3546, 3547, 3548, 3549, 3550, 3551, 3552, 3553, 3554, 3555, 3556, 3557, 3558, 3559, 3560, 3561, 3562, 3563, 3564, 3565, 3566, 3567, 3568, 3569, 3570, 3571, 3572, 3573, 3574, 3575, 3576, 3577, 3578, 3579, 3580, 3581, 3582, 3583, 3584, 3585, 3586, 3587, 3588, 3589, 3590, 3591, 3592, 3593, 3594, 3595, 3580, 3581, 3582, 3583,
  • the polypeptide of the invention is in certain embodiments also fused or conjugated to an immunogenic carrier molecule; or, phrased otherwise, the polypeptide of the invention also includes such an immunogenic carrier molecule in addition to the material derived from SEQ ID NOs. 1-30.
  • the immunogenic carrier molecule is a typically polypeptide that induces T-helper lymphocyte responses in a majority of humans, such as immunogenic carrier proteins selected from the group consisting of keyhole limpet hemocyanino or a fragment thereof, tetanus toxoid or a fragment thereof, dipththeria toxoid or a fragment thereof. Other suitable carrier molecules are discussed infra.
  • the polypeptide of the invention is capable of inducing an adaptive immune response against the polypeptide in a mammal, in particular in a human being.
  • the adaptive immune response is a protective adaptive immune response against infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa .
  • the polypeptide may in these cases induce a humeral and/or a cellular immune response.
  • a particularly preferred polypeptide of the invention is derived from SEQ ID NO: 17 and is otherwise as defined above.
  • SEQ ID NOs: 1-30 include antigenic determinants (epitopes) that are as such recognized by antibodies and/or when bound to MHC molecules by T-cell receptors.
  • B-cell epitopes i.e. antibody binding epitopes
  • mutated versions of the polypeptides of the invention e.g. version where each single non-alanine residue in SEQ ID NOs.: 1-30 are point mutated to alanine—this method also assists in identifying complex assembled B-cell epitopes; this is the case when binding of the same antibody is modified by exchanging amino acids in different areas of the full-length polypeptide.
  • the nucleic acid fragment of the invention referred to above is preferably is a DNA fragment (such as SEQ ID NOs: 31-60) or an RNA fragment (such as SEQ ID NOs 61-90).
  • the nucleic acid fragment of the invention typically consists of at least 11, such as at least 12, at least 13, at least 14, at least 15, at least 16, at least 17 at least 18, at least 19, at least 20, at least 21, at least 22, at least 23, at least 24, at least 25, at least 26, at least 27, at least 28, at least 29, at least 30, at least 31, at least 32, at least 33, at least 34, at least 35, at least 36, at least 37, at least 38, at least 39, at least 40, at least 41, at least 42, at least 43, at least 44, at least 45, at least 46, at least 47, at least 48, at least 49, at least 50, at least 51, at least 52, at least 53, at least 54, at least 55, at least 56, at least 57, at least 58, at least 59, at least 60, at least 61, at least 62, at least 63, at least 64, at least 65, at least 66, at least 67, at least 68, at least 69, at least 70, at least 71, at least 72, at
  • fragments having at least 200, at least 300 at least 400, at least 500, at least 600, at least 700, at least 800, at least 900, at least 1000, at least 1500, at least 2000, at least 2500, at least 3000, at least 3500, and at least 4000 nucleotides from those of SEQ ID NOs: 31-90 that encompass fragments of such lengths.
  • the nucleic acid fragment of the invention discussed above typically has a sequence identity with the nucleotide sequence defined for i) or ii) above, which is at least 65%, such as at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, and at least 99%.
  • nucleic acid fragment of the invention discussed above may also have a sequence identity with the nucleotide sequence defined for iii) above, which is at least 65%, such as at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, and at least 99%.
  • Vectors of the invention fall into several categories discussed infra.
  • One preferred vector of the invention comprises in operable linkage and in the 5′-3′ direction, an expression control region comprising an enhancer/promoter for driving expression of the nucleic acid fragment defined for option i) above, optionally a signal peptide coding sequence, a nucleotide sequence defined for option i), and optionally a terminator.
  • an expression control region comprising an enhancer/promoter for driving expression of the nucleic acid fragment defined for option i) above, optionally a signal peptide coding sequence, a nucleotide sequence defined for option i), and optionally a terminator.
  • the expression control region drives expression in prokaryotic cell such as a bacterium, e.g. in E coli .
  • the expression control region should be adapted to this particular use.
  • certain vectors of the invention are capable of autonomous replication.
  • the vector of the invention may be one that is capable of being integrated into the genome of a host cell—this is particularly useful if the vector is use in the production of stably transformed cells, where the progeny will also include the genetic information introduced via the vector.
  • vectors incapable of being integrated into the genome of a mammalian host cell are useful in e.g. DNA vaccination.
  • the vector of the invention is selected from the group consisting of a virus, such as a attenuated virus (which may in itself be useful as a vaccine agent), a bacteriophage, a plasmid, a minichromosome, and a cosmid.
  • a virus such as a attenuated virus (which may in itself be useful as a vaccine agent)
  • a bacteriophage such as a bacteriophage, a plasmid, a minichromosome, and a cosmid.
  • Polypeptides of the invention may be encoded by a nucleic acid molecule comprised in a vector.
  • a nucleic acid sequence can be “heterologous,” which means that it is in a context foreign to the cell in which the vector is being introduced, which includes a sequence homologous to a sequence in the cell but in a position within the host cell where it is ordinarily not found.
  • Vectors include naked DNAs, RNAs, plasmids, cosmids, viruses (bacteriophage, animal viruses, and plant viruses), and artificial chromosomes (e.g., YACs).
  • a vector of the present invention may encode polypeptide sequences such as a tag or immunogenicity enhancing peptide (e.g. an immunogenic carrier or a fusion partner that stimulates the immune system, such as a cytokine or active fragment thereof).
  • a tag or immunogenicity enhancing peptide e.g. an immunogenic carrier or a fusion partner that stimulates the immune system, such as a cytokine or active fragment thereof.
  • Useful vectors encoding such fusion proteins include pIN vectors (Inouye et al, 1985), vectors encoding a stretch of histidines, and pGEX vectors, for use in generating glutathione S-transferase (GST) soluble fusion proteins for later purification and separation or cleavage.
  • GST glutathione S-transferase
  • Vectors of the invention may be used in a host cell to produce a polypeptide of the invention that may subsequently be purified for administration to a subject or the vector may be purified for direct administration to a subject for expression of the protein in the subject (as is the case when administering a nucleic acid vaccine).
  • Expression vectors can contain a variety of “control sequences,” which refer to nucleic acid sequences necessary for the transcription and possibly translation of an operably linked coding sequence in a particular host organism.
  • control sequences refer to nucleic acid sequences necessary for the transcription and possibly translation of an operably linked coding sequence in a particular host organism.
  • vectors and expression vectors may contain nucleic acid sequences that serve other functions as well and are described infra.
  • a “promoter” is a control sequence.
  • the promoter is typically a region of a nucleic acid sequence at which initiation and rate of transcription are controlled. It may contain genetic elements at which regulatory proteins and molecules may bind such as RNA polymerase and other transcription factors.
  • the phrases “operatively positioned,” “operatively linked,” “under control,” and “under transcriptional control” mean that a promoter is in a correct functional location and/or orientation in relation to a nucleic acid sequence to control transcriptional initiation and expression of that sequence.
  • a promoter may or may not be used in conjunction with an “enhancer,” which refers to a cis-acting regulatory sequence involved in the transcriptional activation of a nucleic acid sequence.
  • a promoter may be one naturally associated with a gene or sequence, as may be obtained by isolating the 5′ non-coding sequences located upstream of the coding segment or exon. Such a promoter can be referred to as “endogenous.”
  • an enhancer may be one naturally associated with a nucleic acid sequence, located either downstream or upstream of that sequence.
  • certain advantages will be gained by positioning the coding nucleic acid segment under the control of a recombinant or heterologous promoter, which refers to a promoter that is not normally associated with a nucleic acid sequence in its natural environment.
  • a recombinant or heterologous enhancer refers also to an enhancer not normally associated with a nucleic acid sequence in its natural state.
  • promoters or enhancers may include promoters or enhancers of other genes, and promoters or enhancers isolated from any other prokaryotic, viral, or eukaryotic cell, and promoters or enhancers not “naturally occurring,” i.e., containing different elements of different transcriptional regulatory regions, and/or mutations that alter expression.
  • sequences may be produced using recombinant cloning and/or nucleic acid amplification technology, including PCRTM, in connection with the compositions disclosed herein (see U.S. Pat. No. 4,683,202, U.S. Pat. No. 5,928,906, each incorporated herein by reference).
  • promoter and/or enhancer that effectively direct(s) the expression of the DNA segment in the cell type or organism chosen for expression.
  • Those of skill in the art of molecular biology generally know the use of promoters, enhancers, and cell type combinations for protein expression (see Sambrook et al, 2001, incorporated herein by reference).
  • the promoters employed may be constitutive, tissue-specific, or inducible and in certain embodiments may direct high level expression of the introduced DNA segment under specified conditions, such as large-scale production of recombinant proteins or peptides.
  • inducible elements which are regions of a nucleic acid sequence that can be activated in response to a specific stimulus, include but are not limited to Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain, Immunoglobulin Light Chain, T Cell Receptor, HLA DQa and/or DQ ⁇ , ⁇ -Interferon, Interleukin-2, Interleukin-2 Receptor, MHC Class II 5, MHC Class II HLA-DRa, ⁇ -Actin, Muscle Creatine Kinase (MCK), Prealbumin (Transthyretin), Elastase I, Metallothionein (MTII), Collagenase, Albumin, ⁇ -Fetoprotein, ⁇ -Globin, ⁇ -Globin, c-fos, c-HA-ras, Insulin, Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule (NCAM), al-Antitrypain, H2B (TH2B) Histone, Mouse and/or Type I Collagen, Glucose-Regulated Protein
  • Inducible Elements include MT II—Phorbol Ester (TFA)/Heavy metals; MMTV (mouse mammary tumor virus)—Glucocorticoids; ⁇ -Interferon—poly(rl)x/poly(rc); Adenovirus 5 E2—EIA; Collagenase—Phorbol Ester (TPA); Stromelysin—Phorbol Ester (TPA); SV40—Phorbol Ester (TPA); Murine MX Gene—Interferon, Newcastle Disease Virus; GRP78 Gene—A23187; ⁇ -2-Macroglobulin—IL-6; Vimentin—Serum; MHC Class I Gene H-2 ⁇ b—Interferon; HSP70—E1A/SV40 Large T Antigen; Proliferin—Phorbol Ester/TPA; Tumor Necrosis Factor—PMA; and Thyroid Stimulating Hormonea Gene—Thyroid Hormone.
  • T2 E2—EI
  • dectin-1 and dectin-2 promoters are also contemplated as useful in the present invention. Additionally any promoter/enhancer combination (as per the Eukaryotic Promoter Data Base EPDB) could also be used to drive expression of structural genes encoding oligosaccharide processing enzymes, protein folding accessory proteins, selectable marker proteins or a heterologous protein of interest.
  • the particular promoter that is employed to control the expression of peptide or protein encoding polynucleotide of the invention is not believed to be critical, so long as it is capable of expressing the polynucleotide in a targeted cell, preferably a bacterial cell. Where a human cell is targeted, it is preferable to position the polynucleotide coding region adjacent to and under the control of a promoter that is capable of being expressed in a human cell. Generally speaking, such a promoter might include either a bacterial, human or viral promoter.
  • the human cytomegalovirus (CMV) immediate early gene promoter, the SV40 early promoter, and the Rous sarcoma virus long terminal repeat can be used to obtain high level expression of a related polynucleotide to this invention.
  • CMV cytomegalovirus
  • the use of other viral or mammalian cellular or bacterial phage promoters, which are well known in the art, to achieve expression of polynucleotides is contemplated as well.
  • a desirable promoter for use with the vector is one that is not down-regulated by cytokines or one that is strong enough that even if down-regulated, it produces an effective amount of the protein/polypeptide of the current invention in a subject to elicit an immune response.
  • cytokines Non-limiting examples of these are CMV IE and RSV LTR.
  • a promoter that is up-regulated in the presence of cytokines is employed.
  • the MHC I promoter increases expression in the presence of IFN- ⁇ .
  • Tissue specific promoters can be used, particularly if expression is in cells in which expression of an antigen is desirable, such as dendritic cells or macrophages.
  • the mammalian MHC I and MHC II promoters are examples of such tissue-specific promoters. 2. Initiation Signals and Internal Ribosome Binding Sites (IRES)
  • a specific initiation signal also may be required for efficient translation of coding sequences. These signals include the ATG initiation codon or adjacent sequences. Exogenous translational control signals, including the ATG initiation codon, may need to be provided. One of ordinary skill in the art would readily be capable of determining this and providing the necessary signals. It is well known that the initiation codon must be “in-frame” with the reading frame of the desired coding sequence to ensure translation of the entire insert.
  • the exogenous translational control signals and initiation codons can be either natural or synthetic and may be operable in bacteria or mammalian cells. The efficiency of expression may be enhanced by the inclusion of appropriate transcription enhancer elements.
  • IRES elements are used to create multigene, or polycistronic, messages.
  • IRES elements are able to bypass the ribosome scanning model of 5′ methylated Cap dependent translation and begin translation at internal sites.
  • IRES elements from two members of the picornavirus family polio and encephalomyocarditis
  • IRES elements can be linked to heterologous open reading frames. Multiple open reading frames can be transcribed together, each separated by an IRES, creating polycistronic messages.
  • each open reading frame is accessible to ribosomes for efficient translation. Multiple genes can be efficiently expressed using a single promoter/enhancer to transcribe a single message (see U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,925,565 and 5,935,819, herein incorporated by reference).
  • Vectors can include a multiple cloning site (MCS), which is a nucleic acid region that contains multiple restriction enzyme sites, any of which can be used in conjunction with standard recombinant technology to digest the vector.
  • MCS multiple cloning site
  • a vector is linearized or fragmented using a restriction enzyme that cuts within the MCS to enable exogenous sequences to be ligated to the vector.
  • Techniques involving restriction enzymes and ligation reactions are well known to those of skill in the art of recombinant technology.
  • vectors containing genomic eukaryotic sequences may require donor and/or acceptor splicing sites to ensure proper processing of the transcript for protein expression.
  • the vectors or constructs of the present invention will generally comprise at least one termination signal.
  • a “termination signal” or “terminator” is comprised of the DNA sequences involved in specific termination of an RNA transcript by an RNA polymerase. Thus, in certain embodiments a termination signal that ends the production of an RNA transcript is contemplated. A terminator may be necessary in vivo to achieve desirable message levels.
  • the terminator region may also comprise specific DNA sequences that permit site-specific cleavage of the new transcript so as to expose a polyadenylation site. This signals a specialized endogenous polymerase to add a stretch of about 200 A residues (poly A) to the 3′ end of the transcript. RNA molecules modified with this polyA tail appear to more stable and are translated more efficiently.
  • terminator comprises a signal for the cleavage of the RNA, and it is more preferred that the terminator signal promotes polyadenylation of the message.
  • Terminators contemplated for use in the invention include any known terminator of transcription described herein or known to one of ordinary skill in the art, including but not limited to, for example, the bovine growth hormone terminator or viral termination sequences, such as the SV40 terminator.
  • the termination signal may be a lack of transcribable or translatable sequence, such as due to a sequence truncation.
  • polyadenylation signal In expression, particularly eukaryotic expression (as is relevant in nucleic acid vaccination), one will typically include a polyadenylation signal to effect proper polyadenylation of the transcript.
  • the nature of the polyadenylation signal is not believed to be crucial to the successful practice of the invention, and/or any such sequence may be employed.
  • Preferred embodiments include the SV40 polyadenylation signal and/or the bovine growth hormone polyadenylation signal, convenient and/or known to function well in various target cells. Polyadenylation may increase the stability of the transcript or may facilitate cytoplasmic transport.
  • a vector in a host cell may contain one or more origins of replication sites (often termed “on”), which is a specific nucleic acid sequence at which replication is initiated.
  • an autonomously replicating sequence can be employed if the host cell is yeast.
  • cells containing a nucleic acid construct of the present invention may be identified in vitro or in vivo by encoding a screenable or selectable marker in the expression vector.
  • a marker When transcribed and translated, a marker confers an identifiable change to the cell permitting easy identification of cells containing the expression vector.
  • a selectable marker is one that confers a property that allows for selection.
  • a positive selectable marker is one in which the presence of the marker allows for its selection, while a negative selectable marker is one in which its presence prevents its selection.
  • An example of a positive selectable marker is a drug resistance marker.
  • a drug selection marker aids in the cloning and identification of transformants
  • markers that confer resistance to neomycin, puromycin, hygromycin, DHFR, GPT, zeocin or histidinol are useful selectable markers.
  • markers conferring a phenotype that allows for the discrimination of transformants based on the implementation of conditions other types of markers including screenable markers such as GFP for colorimetric analysis.
  • screenable enzymes such as herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (tk) or chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) may be utilized.
  • Transformed cells of the invention are useful as organisms for producing the polypeptide of the invention, but also as simple “containers” of nucleic acids and vectors of the invention.
  • Certain transformed cells of the invention are capable of replicating the nucleic acid fragment defined for option i) of the second aspect of the invention.
  • Preferred transformed cells of the invention are capable of expressing the nucleic acid fragment defined for option i).
  • the transformed cell according is prokaryotic, such as a bacterium, but generally both prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells may be used.
  • Suitable prokaryotic cells are bacterial cells selected from the group consisting of Escherichia (such as E. coli .), Bacillus [e.g. Bacillus subtilis], Salmonella , and Mycobacterium [preferably non-pathogenic, e.g. M. bovis BCG].
  • Eukaryotic cells can be in the form of yeasts (such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae ) and protozoans.
  • the transformed eukaryotic cells are derived from a multicellular organism such as a fungus, an insect cell, a plant cell, or a mammalian cell.
  • the transformed cell of the invention is is stably transformed by having the nucleic acid defined above for option i) stably integrated into its genome, and in certain embodiments it is also preferred that the transformed cell secretes or carries on its surface the polypeptide of the invention, since this facilitates recovery of the polypeptides produced.
  • a particular version of this embodiment is one where the transformed cell is a bacterium and secretion of the polypeptide of the invention is into the periplasmic space.
  • proteins can be produced at low cost in plants using an Agrobacterium transfection system to genetically modify plants to express genes that encode the protein of interest.
  • Agrobacterium transfection system to genetically modify plants to express genes that encode the protein of interest.
  • One commercially available platform are those provided by iBio CMO LLC (8800 HSC Pkwy, Bryan, Tex. 77807, USA) and iBio, Inc (9 Innovatoin Way, Suite 100, Newark, Del. 19711, USA) and disclosed in e.g. EP 2 853 599, EP 1 769 068, and EP 2 192 172.
  • the vector is an Agrobacterium vector or other vector suitable for transfection of plants.
  • stably transformed cells are preferred—these i.a. allows that cell lines comprised of transformed cells as defined herein may be established—such cell lines are partilucarly preferred aspects of the invention.
  • Suitable cells for recombinant nucleic acid expression of the nucleic acid fragments of the present invention are prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
  • prokaryotic cells include E. coli ; members of the Staphylococcus genus, such as S. epidermidis ; members of the Lactobacillus genus, such as L. plantarum ; members of the Lactococcus genus, such as L. lactis ; members of the Bacillus genus, such as B. subtilis ; members of the Corynebacterium genus such as C. glutamicum ; and members of the Pseudomonas genus such as Ps. fluorescens .
  • Examples of eukaryotic cells include mammalian cells; insect cells; yeast cells such as members of the Saccharomyces genus (e.g. S. cerevisiae ), members of the Pichia genus (e.g. P. pastoris ), members of the Hansenula genus (e.g. H. polymorpha ), members of the Kluyveromyces genus (e.g. K. lactis or K. fragilis ) and members of the Schizosaccharomyces genus (e.g. S. pombe ).
  • Saccharomyces genus e.g. S. cerevisiae
  • members of the Pichia genus e.g. P. pastoris
  • members of the Hansenula genus e.g. H. polymorpha
  • members of the Kluyveromyces genus e.g. K. lactis or K. fragilis
  • Schizosaccharomyces genus e.
  • the terms “cell,” “cell line,” and “cell culture” may be used interchangeably. All of these terms also include their progeny, which is any and all subsequent generations. It is understood that all progeny may not be identical due to deliberate or inadvertent mutations.
  • “host cell” refers to a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell, and it includes any transformable organism that is capable of replicating a vector or expressing a heterologous gene encoded by a vector. A host cell can, and has been, used as a recipient for vectors or viruses.
  • a host cell may be “transfected” or “transformed,” which refers to a process by which exogenous nucleic acid, such as a recombinant protein-encoding sequence, is transferred or introduced into the host cell.
  • a transformed cell includes the primary subject cell and its progeny.
  • Host cells may be derived from prokaryotes or eukaryotes, including bacteria, yeast cells, insect cells, and mammalian cells for replication of the vector or expression of part or all of the nucleic acid sequence(s).
  • ATCC American Type Culture Collection
  • DSM Deutsche Sammlung vor Micrroorganismen and Zellkulturen
  • a plasmid or cosmid can be introduced into a prokaryote host cell for replication of many vectors or expression of encoded proteins.
  • Bacterial cells used as host cells for vector replication and/or expression include Staphylococcus strains, DH5a, JMI 09, and KC8, as well as a number of commercially available bacterial hosts such as SURE® Competent Cells and SOLOP ACKTM Gold Cells (STRATAGENE®, La Jolla, Calif.).
  • bacterial cells such as E. coli LE392 could be used as host cells for phage viruses.
  • Appropriate yeast cells include Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces pombe , and Pichia pastoris.
  • eukaryotic host cells for replication and/or expression of a vector examples include HeLa, NIH3T3, Jurkat, 293, Cos, CHO, Saos, and PC12. Many host cells from various cell types and organisms are available and would be known to one of skill in the art. Similarly, a viral vector may be used in conjunction with either a eukaryotic or prokaryotic host cell, particularly one that is permissive for replication or expression of the vector.
  • Some vectors may employ control sequences that allow it to be replicated and/or expressed in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
  • control sequences that allow it to be replicated and/or expressed in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
  • One of skill in the art would further understand the conditions under which to incubate all of the above described host cells to maintain them and to permit replication of a vector. Also understood and known are techniques and conditions that would allow large-scale production of vectors, as well as production of the nucleic acids encoded by vectors and their cognate polypeptides, proteins, or peptides.
  • Prokaryote- and/or eukaryote-based systems can be employed for use with the present invention to produce nucleic acid sequences, or their cognate polypeptides, proteins and peptides. Many such systems are commercially and widely available.
  • the insect cell/baculovirus system can produce a high level of protein expression of a heterologous nucleic acid segment, such as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,871,986, 4,879,236, both herein incorporated by reference, and which can be bought, for example, under the name MAXBAC® 2.0 from INVITROGEN® and BACPACKTM Baculovirus expression system from CLONTECH®
  • expression systems include STRATAGENE®'s COMPLETE CONTROLTM Inducible Mammalian Expression System, which involves a synthetic ecdysone-inducible receptor, or its pET Expression System, an E. coli expression system.
  • INVITROGEN® which carries the T-REXTM (tetracycline-regulated expression) System, an inducible mammalian expression system that uses the full-length CMV promoter.
  • INVITROGEN® also provides a yeast expression system called the Pichia methanolica Expression System, which is designed for high-level production of recombinant proteins in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia methanolica .
  • a vector such as an expression construct, to produce a nucleic acid sequence or its cognate polypeptide, protein, or peptide.
  • Nucleic acids used as a template for amplification may be isolated from cells, tissues or other samples according to standard methodologies (Sambrook et al, 2001). In certain embodiments, analysis is performed on whole cell or tissue homogenates or biological fluid samples without substantial purification of the template nucleic acid.
  • the nucleic acid may be genomic DNA or fractionated or whole cell RNA. Where RNA is used, it may be desired to first convert the RNA to a complementary DNA.
  • primer is meant to encompass any nucleic acid that is capable of priming the synthesis of a nascent nucleic acid in a template-dependent process.
  • primers are oligonucleotides from ten to twenty and/or thirty base pairs in length, but longer sequences can be employed.
  • Primers may be provided in double-stranded and/or single-stranded form, although the single-stranded form is preferred.
  • Pairs of primers designed to selectively hybridize to nucleic acids corresponding to sequences of genes identified herein are contacted with the template nucleic acid under conditions that permit selective hybridization.
  • high stringency hybridization conditions may be selected that will only allow hybridization to sequences that are completely complementary to the primers.
  • hybridization may occur under reduced stringency to allow for amplification of nucleic acids containing one or more mismatches with the primer sequences.
  • the template-primer complex is contacted with one or more enzymes that facilitate template-dependent nucleic acid synthesis. Multiple rounds of amplification, also referred to as “cycles,” are conducted until a sufficient amount of amplification product is produced.
  • the amplification product may be detected or quantified.
  • the detection may be performed by visual means.
  • the detection may involve indirect identification of the product via chemiluminescence, radioactive scintigraphy of incorporated radiolabel or fluorescent label or even via a system using electrical and/or thermal impulse signals (Bellus, 1994).
  • PCRTM polymerase chain reaction
  • nucleic acid delivery to effect expression of compositions of the present invention are believed to include virtually any method by which a nucleic acid (e.g., DNA, including viral and nonviral vectors) can be introduced into a cell, a tissue or an organism, as described herein or as would be known to one of ordinary skill in the art.
  • a nucleic acid e.g., DNA, including viral and nonviral vectors
  • Such methods include, but are not limited to, direct delivery of DNA such as by injection (U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,994,624, 5,981,274, 5,945,100, 5,780,448, 5,736,524, 5,702,932, 5,656,610, 5,589,466 and 5,580,859), including microinjection (U.S. Pat. No. 5,789,215); by electroporation (U.S.
  • Antibodies directed against the proteins of the invention are useful for affinity chromatography, immunoassays, and for distinguishing/identifying Pseudomonas proteins as well as for passive immunisation and therapy.
  • Antibodies to the proteins of the invention may be prepared by conventional methods.
  • the protein is first used to immunize a suitable animal, preferably a mouse, rat, rabbit or goat. Rabbits and goats are preferred for the preparation of polyclonal sera due to the volume of serum obtainable, and the availability of labeled anti-rabbit and anti-goat antibodies.
  • Immunization is generally performed by mixing or emulsifying the protein in saline, preferably in an adjuvant such as Freund's complete adjuvant, and injecting the mixture or emulsion parenterally (generally subcutaneously or intramuscularly). A dose of 10-200 ⁇ g/injection is typically sufficient.
  • Immunization is generally boosted 2-6 weeks later with one or more injections of the protein in saline, preferably using Freund's incomplete adjuvant.
  • Polyclonal antiserum is obtained by bleeding the immunized animal into a glass or plastic container, incubating the blood at 25 C for one hour, followed by incubating at 4 C for 2-18 hours. The serum is recovered by centrifugation (eg. 1,000 g for 10 minutes). About 20-50 ml per bleed may be obtained from rabbits.
  • Monoclonal antibodies are prepared using the standard method of Kohler & Milstein [Nature (1975) 256: 495-96], or a modification thereof.
  • a mouse or rat is immunized as described above.
  • the spleen (and optionally several large lymph nodes) is removed and dissociated into single cells.
  • the spleen cells may be screened (after removal of nonspecifically adherent cells) by applying a cell suspension to a plate or well coated with the protein antigen.
  • B-cells expressing membrane-bound immunoglobulin specific for the antigen bind to the plate, and are not rinsed away with the rest of the suspension.
  • Resulting B-cells, or all dissociated spleen cells are then induced to fuse with myeloma cells to form hybridomas, and are cultured in a selective I aedium (elg. hypexanthine, aminopterin, thymidine medium, “HAT”).
  • the resulting hybridomas are plated by limiting dilution, and are assayed for production of antibodies, which bind specifically to the immunizing antigen (and which do not bind to unrelated antigens).
  • the selected MAb-secreting hybridomas are then cultured either in vitro (eg. in tissue culture bottles or hollow fiber reactors), or in vivo (as ascites in mice).
  • the antibodies may be labeled using conventional techniques. Suitable labels include fluorophores, chromophores, radioactive atoms (particularly 32p and 1251), electron-dense reagents, enzymes, and ligands having specific binding partners. Enzymes are typically detected by their activity. For example, horseradish peroxidase is usually detected by its ability to convert 3,3′, 5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) to a blue pigment, quantifiable with a spectrophotometer. “Specific binding partner” refers to a protein capable of binding a ligand molecule with high specificity, as for example in the case of an antigen and a monoclonal antibody specific therefor.
  • the isolated monoclonal antibody or antibody analogue is preferably a monoclonal antibody selected from a multi-domain antibody such as a murine antibody, a chimeric antibody such as a humanized antibody, a fully human antibody, and single-domain antibody of a llama or a camel, or which is an antibody analogue selected from a fragment of an antibody such as an Fab or an F(ab′) 2 , an scFV; cf. also the definition of the term “antibody” presented above.
  • a monoclonal antibody selected from a multi-domain antibody such as a murine antibody, a chimeric antibody such as a humanized antibody, a fully human antibody, and single-domain antibody of a llama or a camel, or which is an antibody analogue selected from a fragment of an antibody such as an Fab or an F(ab′) 2 , an scFV; cf. also the definition of the term “antibody” presented above.
  • compositions of the Invention comprising: Compositions of the Invention; Vaccines
  • compositions, in particular vaccines, according to the invention may either be prophylactic (ie. to prevent infection) or therapeutic (ie, to treat disease after infection).
  • the pharmaceutical compositions such as vaccines include merely one single antigen, immunogen, polypeptide, protein, nucleic acid or vector of the invention, but in other embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions comprise “cocktails” of the antigens or of the immunogens or of the polypeptides or of the protein or of the nucleic acids or of the vectors of the invention.
  • the pharmaceutical composition is an MVA vector mentioned herein, which encodes and can effect expression of at least 2 nucleic acid fragments of the invention.
  • An embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises exactly Y or at least Y distinct (i.e. having non-identical primary structure) polypeptides of the invention described above, where each of said Y or at least Y distinct polypeptides comprises an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-30 and wherein said Y or at least Y distinct polypeptides together comprise immunogenic amino acid sequences present in or derived from Y or at least Y of SEQ ID NOs. 1-30, wherein Y is an integer selected from 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30.
  • a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 1 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 2-30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 2 in combination with at least one P.
  • aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1, and 3-30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 3 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2, and 4-30.
  • a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 4 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-3, and 5-30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 5 in combination with at least one P.
  • aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-4, and 6-30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 6 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-5, and 7-30.
  • a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 7 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-6, and 8-30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 8 in combination with at least one P.
  • aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-7, and 9-30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 9 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-8, and 10-30.
  • a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 10 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-9, and 11-30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 11 in combination with at least one P.
  • aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-10, and 12-30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 12 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-11, and 13-30.
  • a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 13 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-12, and 14-30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 14 in combination with at least one P.
  • aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-13, and 15-30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 15 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-14, and 16-30.
  • a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 16 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-15, and 17-30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 17 in combination with at least one P.
  • aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-16, and 18-30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 18 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-17, and 19-30.
  • a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 19 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-18, and 20-30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 20 in combination with at least one P.
  • aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-19, and 21-30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 21 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-20, and 22-30.
  • a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 22 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-21, and 23-30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 23 in combination with at least one P.
  • aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-22, and 24-30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 24 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-23, and 25-30.
  • a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 25 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-24, and 26-30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 26 in combination with at least one P.
  • aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-25, and 27-30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 27 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-26, and 28-30.
  • a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 28 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-27, 29, and 30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 29 in combination with at least one P.
  • aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-28, and 30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 30 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29.
  • inventions entail combinations of peptides/polypeptides which are admixed with each other.
  • the same combinations of peptides/polypeptides can be constructed as fusion polypeptides.
  • Another alternative entails compositions where the immunogens are nucleic acids encoding the peptide combinations or, preferably, encoding such fusion polypeptides.
  • composition of the invention comprises Z or at least Z distinct nucleic acid molecules each encoding a polypeptide of the invention, where each of said Z or at least Z distinct nucleic acid molecules encodes an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-30 and wherein said at Z or least Z distinct nucleic acid molecules together encode immunogenic amino acid sequences present in or derived from at Z or least Z of SEQ ID NOs. 1-30, wherein Z is an integer selected from 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30.
  • such a pharmaceutical composition may include nucleic acid that encode several immunogenic amino acid sequences disclosed herein, either as separate encoded species or as peptides fused to each other.
  • Vaccines of the invention typically comprise immunising antigen(s), immunogen(s), polypeptide(s), protein(s) or nucleic acid(s), usually in combination with “pharmaceutically acceptable carriers”, which include any carrier that does not itself induce the production of antibodies harmful to the individual receiving the composition or targeting the protein/pathogen.
  • Suitable carriers are typically large, slowly metabolized macromolecules such as proteins, polysaccharides, polylactic acids, polyglycolic acids, polymeric amino acids, amino acid copolymers, lipid aggregates (such as oil droplets or liposomes), and inactive virus particles.
  • Such carriers are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art. Additionally, these carriers may function as immunostimulating agents (“adjuvants”). Furthermore, the antigen or immunogen may be conjugated to a bacterial toxoid, such as a toxoid from diphtheria, tetanus, cholera, H. pylori , etc. pathogen, cf. the description of immunogenic carriers supra.
  • compositions of the invention thus typically contain an immunological adjuvant, which is commonly an aluminium based adjuvant or one of the other adjuvants described in the following:
  • Preferred adjuvants to enhance effectiveness of the composition include, but are not limited to: (1) aluminum salts (alum), such as aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, aluminum sulfate, etc; (2) oil-in-water emulsion formulations (with or without other specific immunostimulating agents such as muramyl peptides (see below) or bacterial cell wall components), such as for example (a) MF59 (WO 90/14837; Chapter 10 in Vaccine design: the subunit and adjuvant approach, eds.
  • aluminum salts alum
  • oil-in-water emulsion formulations with or without other specific immunostimulating agents such as muramyl peptides (see below) or bacterial cell wall components
  • MF59 WO 90/14837
  • Chapter 10 in Vaccine design the subunit and adjuvant approach, eds.
  • Span 85 containing various amounts of MTP-PE (see below), although not required) formulated into submicron particles using a microfluidizer such as Model 110Y microfluidizer (Microfluidics, Newton, Mass.), (b) SAF, containing 10% Squalane, 0.4% Tween 80, 5% pluronic-blocked polymer L121, and thr-MDP (see below) either microfluidized into a submicron emulsion or vortexed to generate a larger particle size emulsion, and (c) Ribi adjuvant system (RAS), (Ribi Immunochem, Hamilton, Mont.) containing 2% Squalene, 0.2% Tween 80, and one or more bacterial cell wall components from the group consisting of monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL), trehalose dimycolate (TDM), and cell wall skeleton (MPL), trehalose dimycolate (TDM), and cell wall skeleton (MPL), trehalose dimycol
  • interferons eg. gamma interferon
  • M-CSF macrophage colony stimulating factor
  • TNF tumor necrosis factor
  • Alum and MF59TM adjuvants are preferred.
  • muramyl peptides include, but are not limited to, N-acetyl-muramyl-L-threonyl-D-isoglutamine (thr-MDP), N-acetyl-normuramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine (nor-MDP), N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutaminyl-L-alanine-2′′-2′-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-hydroxyphosphoryloxy)-ethylamine (MTP-PE), etc.
  • the immunogenic compositions typically will contain diluents, such as water, saline, glycerol, ethanol, etc. Additionally, auxiliary substances, such as wetting or emulsifying agents, pH buffering substances, and the like, may be present in such vehicles.
  • the immunogenic compositions are prepared as injectables, either as liquid solutions or suspensions; solid forms suitable for solution in, or suspension in, liquid vehicles prior to injection may also be prepared.
  • the preparation also may be emulsified or encapsulated in liposomes for enhanced adjuvant effect, as discussed above under pharmaceutically acceptable carriers.
  • Immunogenic compositions used as vaccines comprise an immunologically effective amount of the antigenic or immunogenic polypeptides, as well as any other of the above-mentioned components, as needed.
  • immunologically effective amount it is meant that the administration of that amount to an individual, either in a single dose or as part of a series, is effective for treatment or prevention. This amount varies depending upon the health and physical condition of the individual to be treated, the taxonomic group of individual to be treated (eg. nonhuman primate, primate, etc.), the capacity of the individual's immune system to synthesize antibodies or generally mount an immune response, the degree of protection desired, the formulation of the vaccine, the treating doctor's assessment of the medical situation, and other relevant factors.
  • the amount administered per immunization is typically in the range between 0.5 ⁇ g and 500 mg (however, often not higher than 5,000 ⁇ g), and very often in the range between 10 and 200 ⁇ g.
  • the immunogenic compositions are conventionally administered parenterally, eg, by injection, either subcutaneously, intramuscularly, or transdermally/transcutaneously (eg. WO98/20734). Additional formulations suitable for other modes of administration include oral, pulmonary and nasal formulations, suppositories, and transdermal applications. In the case of nucleic acid vaccination and antibody treatment, also the intravenous or intraarterial routes may be applicable.
  • Dosage treatment may be a single dose schedule or a multiple dose schedule.
  • the vaccine may be administered in conjunction with other immunoregulatory agents.
  • DNA vaccination also termed nucleic acid vaccination or gene vaccination
  • DNA vaccination may be used [eg. Robinson & Torres (1997) Seminars in ImIllunol 9: 271-283; Donnelly et al. (1997) Avnu Rev Innnunol 15: 617-648; later herein].
  • the method of the sixth aspect of the invention generally relates to induction of immunity and as such also entails method that relate to treatment, prophylaxis and amelioration of disease.
  • immunization methods entail that a polypeptide of the invention or a composition comprising such a polypeptide is administered the animal (e.g. the human) typically receives between 0.5 and 5,000 ⁇ g of the polypeptide of the invention per administration.
  • the immunization scheme includes that the animal (e.g. the human) receives a priming administration and one or more booster administrations.
  • Preferred embodiments of the 6 th aspect of the invention comprise that the administration is for the purpose of inducing protective immunity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa .
  • the protective immunity is effective in reducing the risk of attracting infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa or is effective in treating or ameliorating infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
  • the preferred vaccines of the invention induce humoral immunity, so it is preferred that the administration is for the purpose of inducing antibodies specific for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and wherein said antibodies or B-lymphocytes producing said antibodies are subsequently recovered from the animal.
  • the method of the 6 th aspect may also be useful in antibody production, so in other embodiments the administration is for the purpose of inducing antibodies specific for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and wherein B-lymphocytes producing said antibodies are subsequently recovered from the animal and used for preparation of monoclonal antibodies.
  • compositions can as mentioned above comprise polypeptides, antibodies, or nucleic acids of the invention.
  • the pharmaceutical compositions will comprise a therapeutically effective amount thereof.
  • therapeutically effective amount refers to an amount of a therapeutic agent to treat, ameliorate, or prevent a desired disease or condition, or to exhibit a detectable therapeutic or preventative effect.
  • the effect can be detected by, for example, chemical markers or antigen levels.
  • Therapeutic effects also include reduction in physical symptoms, such as decreased body temperature.
  • the precise effective amount for a subject will depend upon the subject's size and health, the nature and extent of the condition, and the therapeutics or combination of therapeutics selected for administration. Thus, it is not useful to specify an exact effective amount in advance.
  • the effective amount for a given situation can be determined by routine experimentation and is within the judgement of the clinician.
  • an effective dose will be from about 0.01 mg/kg to 50 mg/kg or 0.05 mg/kg to about 10 mg/kg of the DNA constructs in the individual to which it is administered.
  • a pharmaceutical composition can also contain a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • pharmaceutically acceptable carrier refers to a carrier for administration of a therapeutic agent, such as antibodies or a polypeptide, genes, and other therapeutic agents.
  • the term refers to any pharmaceutical carrier that does not itself induce the production of antibodies harmful to the individual receiving the composition, and which may be administered without undue toxicity.
  • Suitable carriers may be large, slowly metabolized macromolecules such as proteins, polysaccharides, polylactic acids, polyglycolic acids, polymeric amino acids, amino acid copolymers, and inactive virus particles. Such carriers are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
  • Pharmaceutically acceptable salts can be used therein, for example, mineral acid salts such as hydrochlorides, hydrobromides, phosphates, sulfates, and the like; and the salts of organic acids such as acetates, propionates, malonates, benzoates, and the like.
  • mineral acid salts such as hydrochlorides, hydrobromides, phosphates, sulfates, and the like
  • organic acids such as acetates, propionates, malonates, benzoates, and the like.
  • compositions may contain liquids such as water, saline, glycerol and ethanol. Additionally, auxiliary substances, such as wetting or emulsifying agents, pH buffering substances, and the like, may be present in such vehicles.
  • the therapeutic compositions are prepared as injectables, either as liquid solutions or suspensions; solid forms suitable for solution in, or suspension in, liquid vehicles prior to injection may also be prepared. Liposomes are included within the definition of a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • the invention also relates to related embodiments to the treatment and prophylaxis disclosed herein: the invention also includes embodiments where
  • PA1302-31-851, PA0931-29-742, PA2070-29-880, PA2070-173-880, PA2976-1-480, PA3901-33-784 and PA0041-34-550 in a murine model of pneumonia
  • the purpose of the experiment was to test the potentially protective effect of a combination of seven antigensof the invention in a well-characterized animal model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa -induced pneumonia.
  • the primary parameter of comparison for this model is lung bacteriology, and secondly clinical symptoms, body temperature and weight loss.
  • a group of 21 female NMRI mice were immunized with seven recombinant proteins in combination with adjuvant.
  • the 7-valent combination vaccine consisted of PA1302-31-851, PA0931-29-742, PA2070-29-880, PA2070-173-880, PA2976-1-480, PA3901-33-784 and PA0041-34-550.
  • a second group made up the negative control group, which was immunized only with adjuvant. The amount of adjuvant used for immunization of the control group was the same as the amount used when immunizing the vaccine group.
  • Each mouse was immunized subcutaneously three times at approximately two week intervals (Table 1). At all three immunizations the mice in the vaccine group received 15 ⁇ g of each protein.
  • the proteins were mixed with aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH) 3 ) and Freund's incomplete adjuvant, whereas only Al(OH) 3 was used for the subsequent immunizations. Due to restrictions on injection volume in mice the seven protein antigens were split into two separate volumes; three proteins, in combination with adjuvant, were injected on the left side of the mouse and the other four proteins were injected on the right side. This immunization routine was the same in all three rounds of immunization.
  • Al(OH) 3 aluminum hydroxide
  • Freund's incomplete adjuvant whereas only Al(OH) 3 was used for the subsequent immunizations. Due to restrictions on injection volume in mice the seven protein antigens were split into two separate volumes; three proteins, in combination with adjuvant, were injected on the left side of the mouse and the other four proteins were injected on the right side. This immunization routine was the same in all three rounds of immunization.
  • BMDS inoculation temperature transponders
  • BMDS Smart Probe BMDS, cat. no. DAS-7007s
  • body temperature could be registered when placing the scanner close to the transponders underneath the skin of the mouse.
  • a small amount of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 Iglewski was extracted from a freeze stock (stored at ⁇ 80° C.) and streaked out on a Luria broth agar plate. The plate was place at 37° C. over night. The following day a single colony was used to inoculate 100 ml sterile Luria broth medium. The culture was left to incubate at 37° C., with constant shaking, for 18 hours. After the 18 hours of incubation 50 ml of the bacterial culture was centrifuged at 5000 ⁇ g for 10 minutes at 20° C. The pellet was resuspended in 5 ml Luria broth medium.
  • the bacterial suspension was mixed with seaweed alginate in a ratio of 0.5 ml bacterial suspension to 12 ml seaweed alginate, and small alginate beads were created as described in Bjarnsholt et al. (2014).
  • the number of colony forming units (CFU) per ml alginate bead solution was determined by dissolving the alginate beads in saline.
  • mice were housed at the Biocenter at the University of Copenhagen. The animals were kept in an environment characterized by a 12 hours light-dark cycle and temperature and humidity control. They had access to food and water ad libitum. The experimental procedures were carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the Danish National Animal Ethics Committee (license number 2013-15-2934-00857).
  • mice Before inoculation the mice were anaesthetized with an intraperitoneal injection of ketamine (100 mg/kg) and xylazine (10 mg/kg). Once sedated each mouse was inoculated intranasally with 1.0 ⁇ 10 7 CFU of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 Iglewski embedded in seaweed alginate beads. To ensure that the mice did not die from dehydration during the four day challenge, the mice received 1 ml of physiological saline subcutaneously once a day.
  • mice were assessed daily to register symptoms and development of disease over the course of the four day challenge. To ensure a consistent evaluation of all animals each animal was scored individually following the scale of clinical symptoms given in table 2. Before the start of the challenge, the mouse cages were “blinded”, leaving the scientist involved unaware of which treatment had been given to which animals. This ensured an unbiased scoring of the animals' clinical symptoms.
  • mice were individually assessed on their physical appearance and behavior, specifically registering details of fur, posture, movement, eyes and breathing for each animal. The sum of the scores was used in the overall evaluation of animal welfare, and in relation to humane endpoints.
  • mice Following registration of weight, temperature and clinical symptoms on day four after inoculation, the mice were euthanized by intraperitoneal injection of pentobarbital. Subsequently, the lungs were extracted aseptically, and placed in a tubes containing 4 ml sterile saline. Blood was collected after cardiac puncture and transferred to Microtainer tubes, in order to save serum for later ELISA analysis.
  • the lungs were homogenized, serially diluted and 100 ⁇ l of each dilution was plated on Pseudomonas Isolation agar-plates. The plates were incubated at 37° C. over night, and the number of colony forming units was quantified the following day.
  • the animals were scored daily to register disease progression. The results of the clinical scoring are given in FIG. 1 .
  • Results are shown in FIG. 4 .
  • FIG. 5 shows the mean antibody response to the seven protein antigens—each curve is the mean of eight separate ELISA curves.
  • mice immunized with the combination vaccine protecteds mice from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 Iglewski-induced pneumonia.
  • the mice immunized with the combination vaccine had a significantly lower lung CFU compared to the negative controls.
  • the clinical symptoms were significantly lower for mice immunized with the combination vaccine, hence these animals appeared less ill to an unbiased observer.
  • the animals immunized with the combination vaccine had a significantly smaller weight loss over the four days following inoculation, which is another indicator of a greater well-being. There was no significant difference in body temperature, when comparing the data from the two groups.
  • mice immunized with the 7-valent combination vaccine had a relatively high antibody response to five of the seven protein antigens.
  • the purpose of the experiment was to verify the results of claim 1 , i.e. that a 7-valent combination vaccine protected mice against a Pseudomonas aeruginosa -induced pneumonia.
  • the primary parameter of comparison for this model is lung bacteriology, and secondly clinical symptoms, body temperature and weight loss.
  • a group of 32 female NMRI mice were immunized with seven recombinant proteins in combination with adjuvant.
  • the 7-valent combination vaccine consisted of PA1302-31-851, PA0931-29-742, PA2070-29-880, PA2070-173-880, PA2976-1-480, PA3901-33-784 and PA0041-34-550.
  • a second group made up the negative control group, which was immunized only with adjuvant.
  • the amount of adjuvant used for immunization of the control group was the same as the amount used when immunizing the vaccine group.
  • Each mouse was immunized subcutaneously three times at approximately two week intervals (Table 3). At all three immunizations the mice in the vaccine group received 15 ⁇ g of each protein.
  • the proteins were mixed with aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH) 3 ) and Freund's incomplete adjuvant, whereas only Al(OH) 3 was used for the subsequent immunizations (see appendix 5).
  • mice Due to restrictions on injection volume in mice the seven protein antigens were split into two separate volumes; three proteins, in combination with adjuvant, were injected on the left side of the mouse and the other four proteins were injected on the right side. This immunization routine was the same at all three rounds of immunization.
  • BMDS inoculation temperature transponders
  • BMDS Smart Probe BMDS, cat. no. DAS-7007s
  • body temperature could be registered when placing the scanner close to the transponders underneath the skin of the mouse.
  • a small amount of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 Iglewski was extracted from a freeze stock (stored at ⁇ 80° C.) and streaked out on a Luria broth agar plate. The plate was place at 37° C. over night. The following day a single colony was used to inoculate 100 ml sterile Luria broth medium. The culture was left to incubate at 37° C., with constant shaking, for 18 hours. After the 18 hours of incubation 50 ml of the bacterial culture was centrifuged at 5000 ⁇ g for 10 minutes at 20° C. The pellet was resuspended in 5 ml Luria broth medium.
  • the bacterial suspension was mixed with seaweed alginate in a ratio of 0.5 ml bacterial suspension to 12 ml seaweed alginate, and small alginate beads were created as described in Bjarnsholt et al (2014).
  • the number of colony forming units (CFU) per ml alginate bead solution was determined by dissolving the alginate beads in saline.
  • mice were housed at the Biocenter at the University of Copenhagen. The animals were kept in an environment characterized by a 12 hours light-dark cycle and temperature and humidity control. They had access to food and water ad libitum. The experimental procedures were carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the Danish National Animal Ethics Committee (license number 2013-15-2934-00857).
  • mice Before inoculation the mice were anaesthetized with an intraperitoneal injection of ketamine (100 mg/kg) and xylazine (10 mg/kg). Once sedated each mouse was inoculated intranasally with 1.0 ⁇ 10 7 CFU of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 Iglewski embedded in seaweed alginate beads. To ensure that the mice did not die from dehydration during the four day challenge, the mice received 1 ml of physiological saline subcutaneously once a day.
  • mice were assessed daily to register symptoms and development of disease over the course of the four day challenge. To ensure a consistent evaluation of all animals each animal was scored individually following the scale of clinical symptoms given in table 2 in Example 1. Before the start of the challenge, the mouse cages were “blinded”, leaving the scientist involved unaware of which treatment had been given to which animals. This ensured an unbiased scoring of the animals' clinical symptoms.
  • mice Following registration of weight, temperature and clinical symptoms on day four after inoculation, the mice were euthanized by intraperitoneal injection of pentobarbital. Subsequently, the lungs were extracted aseptically, and placed in a tubes containing 4 ml sterile saline. Blood was collected after cardiac puncture and transferred to Microtainer tubes, in order to save serum for later ELISA analysis.
  • the lungs were homogenized, serially diluted and 100 ⁇ l of each dilution was plated on Pseudomonas Isolation agar-plates. The plates were incubated at 37° C. over night, and the number of colony forming units was quantified the following day.
  • the animals were scored daily to register disease progression. The results of the clinical scoring are given in FIG. 6 .
  • Body weight and body temperature were registered daily, as part of the overall assessment of animal welfare. The results of the registration of weight and temperature are given in FIGS. 7 and 8 , respectively.
  • Results are shown in FIG. 9 , and the pooled results with those of Example 1 are shown in FIG. 10 .
  • FIG. 6 shows the mean antibody response to the seven protein antigens—each curve is the mean of 26 separate ELISA curves.
  • the 7-valent combination vaccine protects mice from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 Iglewski-induced pneumonia—results also found in Example 1.
  • the other parameters of interest collectively suggest that the protein-immunized mice had a better recovery from infection.
  • the vaccinated group had significantly lower clinical scores in addition to a significantly higher body temperature and a significantly lower weight loss.
  • Analysis of the serum samples show that the mice immunized with the 7-valent combination vaccine had a relatively high antibody response to five of the seven protein antigens.
  • PA1034 Polypeptide name 1 PA1034 2 PA1592 3 PA3284 4 PA4107 5 PA0912 6 PA0070 7 PA5060 8 PA1954 9 PA0971 10 PA5253 11 PA0724 12 PA1441 13 PA5133 14 PA3716 15 PA4016 16 PA1805 17 PA3729 18 PA0931 19 PA2688 20 PA3901 21 PA1302 22 PA2070 23 PA3115 24 PA3535 25 PA2976 26 PA4554 27 PA4282 28 PA1874 29 PA0041 30 PA2462
  • a number of the polypeptides of the invention are fragments of the full-length, native polypeptides. Such fragments as follows: PAXXXX-Y-Z, where XXXX is the number in the polypeptide name, X is the number of the N-terminal amino acid residue in the fragment and Z is the number of the C-terminal amino acid residue.
  • PA2070-29-880 is the polypeptide having the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 22, residues 29-880.
  • polypeptides of the present invention have the following amino acid sequences:
  • nucleic acid sequences (DNA in SEQ ID NOs. 31-60 and RNA in SEQ ID NOs: 61-90) are set forth in the electronic sequence listing that forms part of the present application.

Abstract

Disclosed are immunogenic proteins from Pseudomonas aeruginosa as well as nucleic acids, vectors and transformed cells useful for expression of the proteins. Also disclosed are methods for prophylaxis of infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa using the proteins, nucleic acids, vectors or transformed cells.

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    FIELD OF THE INVENTION
  • The present invention relates to the field of antimicrobial prophylaxis and therapy. In particular the present invention relates to novel proteins and polynucleotides derived from Pseudomonoas aeruginosa. The invention further relates to vectors comprising the polynucleotides, transformed host organisms expressing the polynucleotides, antibodies (mono- or polyclonal) specific for the polypeptides as well as diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic uses and methods. Finally, also methods of preparation are part of the invention.
  • BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic gram-negative pathogen. It represents a major course of hospital-aquired infections, especially in burnt and other immuno-compromised patients, including transplant or cancer patients. Therefore, it is regarded as a “problem microbe” in human medicine.
  • Many efforts have been made so far in order to develop a vaccine against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. For example, in the EP-0 297 291 the complete amino acid-sequence of the outer membrane protein F, as well as the nucleotide sequence coding for OprF is disclosed. In the EP-0 357 024 the complete amino acid sequence of the outer membrane protein I and, additionally, the nucleotide sequence coding for Oprl is shown. Furthermore, with both proteins it was shown that they may be useful for conferring immunoprotection against Pseudomonas aeruginosa to an animal or human proband. However, improvement of procedures of vaccination against and treatment of a lethal Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is still an object.
  • Vaccination is considered to be a very effective method of preventing infectious diseases in human and veterinary health care. Vaccination is the administration of immungenically effective amounts of antigenic material (the vaccine) to produce immunity to a disease/disease-causing pathogenic agent. Vaccines have contributed to the eradication of smallpox, the near eradication of polio, and the control of a variety of diseases, including rubella, measles, mumps, chickenpox, typhoid fever.
  • Before “the genomic era”, vaccines were based on killed or live attenuated, microorganisms, or parts purified from them. Subunit vaccines are considered as a modern upgrade of these types of vaccine, as the subunit vaccines contain one or more protective antigens, which are more or less the weak spot of the pathogen. Hence, in order to develop subunit vaccines, it is critical to identify the proteins, which are important for inducing protection and to eliminate others.
  • An antigen is said to be protective if it is able to induce protection from subsequent challenge by a disease-causing infectious agent in an appropriate animal model following immunization.
  • The empirical approach to subunit vaccine development, which includes several steps, begins with pathogen cultivation, followed by purification into components, and then testing of antigens for protection. Apart from being time and labour consuming, this approach has several limitations that can lead to failure. It is not possible to develop vaccines using this approach for microorganisms, which cannot easily be cultured and only allows for the identification of the antigens, which can be obtained in sufficient quantities. The empirical approach has a tendency to focus on the most abundant proteins, which in some cases are not immuno-protective. In other cases, the antigen expressed during in vivo infection is not expressed during in vitro cultivation. Furthermore, antigen discovery by use of the empirical approach demands an extreme amount of proteins in order to discover the protective antigens, which are like finding needles in the haystack. This renders it a very expensive approach, and it limits the vaccine development around diseases, which is caused by pathogens with a large genome or disease areas, which perform badly in a cost-effective perspective.
  • OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
  • It is an object of embodiments of the invention to provide Pseudomonas aeruginosa derived antigenic polypeptides that may serve as constituents in vaccines against Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections and in diagnosis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. It is also an object to provide nucleic acids, vectors, transformed cells, vaccine compositions, and other useful means for molecular cloning as well as for therapy and diagnosis with relevance for Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
  • SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • It has been found by the present inventor(s) that Pseudomonas aeruginosa expresses a number of hitherto unknown putatively surface exposed proteins which are candidates as vaccine targets as well as candidates as immunizing agents for preparation of antibodies that target Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
  • So, in a first aspect the present invention relates to a polypeptide comprising
  • a) an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-30, or
    b) an amino acid sequence consisting of at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-30, or
    c) an amino acid sequence having a sequence identity of at least 60% with the amino acid sequence of a),
    d) an amino acid sequence having a sequence identity of at least 60% with the amino acid sequence of b), or
    e) an assembly of amino acids derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-30 which has essentially the same 3D conformation as in the protein from whicht said assembly is derived so as to constitute a B-cell epitope, said polypeptide being antigenic in a mammal.
  • In another aspect, the invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment, which comprises
  • i) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of the invention, or
    ii) a nucleotide sequence consisting of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 31-90.
    iii) a nucleotide sequence consisting of at least 10 consecutive nucleotides in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 31-90,
    iv) a nucleotide sequence having a sequence identity of at least 60% with the nucleotide sequence in i) or ii),
    v) a nucleotide sequence having a sequence identity of at least 60% with the nucleotide sequence in iii),
    vi) a nucleotide sequence complementary to the nucleotide sequence in i)-v), or
    vii) a nucleotide sequence which hybridizes under stringent conditions with the nucleotide sequence in i)-vi).
  • In a third aspect, the invention relates to a vector comprising the nucleic acid of the invention, such as a cloning vector or an expression vector.
  • In fourth aspect, the invention relates to a cell which is transformed so as to carry the vector of the invention.
  • In a fifth aspect, the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a polypeptide of the invention, a nucleic acid fragment of the invention, a vector of the invention, or a transformed cell of the invention, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, vehicle or diluent.
  • In a sixth aspect, the invention relates to a method for inducing immunity in an animal by administering at least once an immunogenically effective amount of a polypeptide of the invention, a nucleic acid fragment of the invention, a vector of the invention, a transformed cell of the invention, or a pharmaceutical composition of the fifth aspect of the invention so as to induce adaptive immunity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the animal.
  • In a seventh and eighth aspect, the invention relatas to 1) a polyclonal antibody in which the antibodies specifically bind to at least one polypeptide of the invention, and which is essentially free from antibodies binding specifically to other Pseudomonas aeruginosa polypeptides, and to 2) an isolated monoclonal antibody or antibody analogue which binds specifically to a polypeptide of the invention. In a related ninth aspect, the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a polyclonal or monoclona antibody and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, vehicle or diluent.
  • In a 10th aspect, the invention relates to a method for prophylaxis, treatment or amelioration of infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody of the 7th or 8th aspect of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition of the eighth aspect to an individual in need thereof.
  • In an 11th aspect, the invention relates to a method for determining, quantitatively or qualitatively, the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, in a sample, the method comprising contacting the sample with an antibody of aspects 8 or 9 of the invention and detecting the presence of antibody bound to material in the sample.
  • In an 12th aspect of the invention is provided a method for determining, quantitatively or qualitatively, the presence of antibodies specific for Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a sample, the method comprising contacting the sample with a polypeptide of the invention and detecting the presence of antibody that specifically bind said polypeptide.
  • In a 13th aspect, the invention relates to a method for determining, quantitatively or qualitatively, the presence of a nucleic acid characteristic of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, in particular the presence of a nucleic acid characteristic of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, in a sample, the method comprising contacting the sample with a nucleic acid fragment of the invention and detecting the presence of nucleic acid in the sample that hybridizes to said nucleic acid fragment.
  • In a 14th aspect, the invention relates to a method for the preparation of the polypeptide of the invention, comprising
      • culturing a transformed cell of the present invention, which is capable of expressing the nucleic acid of the invention, under condiditions that facilitate that the transformed cell expresses the nucleic acid fragment of the invention, which encodes a polypeptide of the invention, and subsequently recovering said polypeptide, or
      • preparing said polypeptide by means of solid or liquid phase peptide synthesis.
  • In a 15th aspect, the invention relates to a method for determining whether a substance, such as an antibody, is potentially useful for treating infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the method comprising contacting the polypeptide of the invention with the substance and subsequently establishing whether the substance has at least one of the following characteristics:
  • 1) the ability to bind specifically to said polypeptide,
    2) the ability to compeed with said polypeptide for specific binding to a ligand/receptor, and 3) the ability to specifically inactivate said polypeptide.
  • Finally, in a 16th aspect, the invention relates to a method for determining whether a substance, such as a nucleic acid, is potentially useful for treating infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the method comprising contacting the substance with the nucleic acid fragment of claim of the invention and subsequently establishing whether the substance has either the ability to
  • 1) bind specifically to the nucleic acid fragment, or
    2) bind specifically to a nucleic acid that hybridizes specifically with the nucleic acid fragment.
  • LEGENDS TO THE FIGURE
  • FIG. 1. Graph of clinical score four days post-infection, Example 1.
  • Mice immunized with the 7-valent combination vaccine had a significantly lower clinical score 96 hours post-infection compared to the control group immunized with adjuvant. The data were analysed using Student's t-test, P=0.0109.
  • FIG. 2. Graph of body temperature four days post-infection, Example 1.
  • Comparison of body temperature, measured in the two groups of mice four days post-infection, showed that there was no significant difference in body temperature. The data were analyzed using the Mann Whitney test, P=0.8814.
  • FIG. 3. Weight loss 96 hours post-infection, Example 1.
  • The group of mice immunized with the 7-valent combination vaccine had a significantly smaller weight loss than the control group. The data were analyzed using the Mann Whitney test, P=0.0081.
  • FIG. 4. Lung bacteriology, Example 1.
  • The number of colony forming units was significantly smaller in lung homogenates from mice immunized with the 7-valent combination vaccine compared to the control group. Note that in this figure the CFU values equaled 0 are altered to 1, this is purely for illustrative purposes as a value of 0 cannot be shown on a logarithmic scale. The CFU data are given in appendix 4. The data were analyzed using the Mann Whitney test, P=0.0176.
  • FIG. 5. Mean antibody responses to the seven antigens tested in Example 1.
  • The Y-axis represents the absorbance measured at 490 nm-650 nm (reference), and the X-axis shows the serum dilution. In general, the antibody response to five of the seven antigens was high, while the antibody response to PA2976-1-480 and PA0041-34-550 was quite low.
  • FIG. 6. Clinical score four days post-infection, Example 2.
  • The mice immunized with the 7-valent combination vaccine had a significantly lower clinical score 96 hours post-infection compared to the control group immunized with adjuvant. The data were analysed using a two-tailed t-test, P<0.0001.
  • FIG. 7. Body temperature four days post-infection, Example 2.
  • Comparison of body temperature, measured in the two groups of mice four days post-infection, showed that mice immunized with the 7-valent combination vaccine had a significantly higher body temperature compared to controls. The data were analyzed using the Mann Whitney test, P=0.0085.
  • FIG. 8. Weight loss 96 hours post-infection, Example 2.
  • The group of mice immunized with the 7-valent combination vaccine had a significantly smaller weight loss than the control group. The data were analyzed using a two-tailed t-test, P=0.0262.
  • FIG. 4. Lung bacteriology, Example 2.
  • There was no significant difference when comparing CFU in lung homogenates from mice immunized with the 7-valent combination vaccine and the control group. Note that in this figure the CFU values equaled 0 are altered to 1, this is purely for illustrative purposes as a value of 0 cannot be shown on a logarithmic scale. The CFU data are given in appendix 4. The data were analyzed using the Mann Whitney test, P=0.0888. In relation to this note that the high number of animals having complete clearance complicates statistical test of bacterial load, hence no significant p-value<0.05. However, a higher number of animals in the vaccinated group (11/26) experienced total clearance of bacteria in the kidneys compared to control (6/27).
  • FIG. 10. Lung bacteriology—combined results from Examples 1 and 2.
  • When pooling the CFU results obtained in ER_0039 and ER_0040, two completely identical experiments, the mice immunized with the 7-valent vaccine exhibit a significantly lower lung CFU compared to controls. Note that in this figure, the CFU values equaled 0 are altered to 1, this is purely for illustrative purposes as a value of 0 cannot be shown on a logarithmic scale. The data were analyzed using the Mann Whitney test, P=0.0044.
  • FIG. 11. Mean antibody responses to the seven antigens. The Y-axis represents the absorbance measured at 490 nm-650 nm (reference), and the X-axis shows the serum dilution. In general, the antibody responses to five of the seven antigens were high, while the antibody responses to PA2976-1-480 and PA0041-34-550 were quite low.
  • DETAILED DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Definitions
  • The term “polypeptide” is in the present context intended to mean both short peptides of from 2 to 10 amino acid residues, oligopeptides of from 11 to 100 amino acid residues, and polypeptides of more than 100 amino acid residues. Further-more, the term is also intended to include proteins, i.e. functional biomolecules comprising at least one polypeptide; when comprising at least two polypeptides, these may form complexes, be covalently linked, or may be non-covalently linked. The polypeptide (s) in a protein can be glycosylated and/or lipidated and/or comprise prosthetic groups.
  • The term “subsequence” means any consecutive stretch of at least 3 amino acids or, when relevant, of at least 3 nucleotides, derived directly from a naturally occurring amino acid sequence or nucleic acid sequence, respectively
  • The term “amino acid sequence” s the order in which amino acid residues, connected by peptide bonds, lie in the chain in peptides and proteins.
  • The term “adjuvant” has its usual meaning in the art of vaccine technology, i.e. a substance or a composition of matter which is 1) not in itself capable of mounting a specific immune response against the immunogen of the vaccine, but which is 2) nevertheless capable of enhancing the immune response against the immunogen. Or, in other words, vaccination with the adjuvant alone does not provide an immune response against the immunogen, vaccination with the immunogen may or may not give rise to an immune response against the immunogen, but the combined vaccination with immunogen and adjuvant induces an immune response against the immunogen which is stronger than that induced by the immunogen alone.
  • “Sequence identity” is in the context of the present invention determined by comparing 2 optimally aligned sequences of equal length (e.g. DNA, RNA or amino acid) according to the following formula: (Nref−Ndif)·100/Nref, wherein Nref is the number of residues in one of the 2 sequences and Ndif is the number of residues which are non-identical in the two sequences when they are aligned over their entire lengths and in the same direction. So, two sequences 5′-ATTCGGAAC-3′ and 5′-ATACGGGAC-3′ will provide the sequence identity 77.8% (Nref=9 and Ndif=2). It will be understood that such a sequence identity determination requires that the two aligned sequences are aligned so that there are no overhangs between the two sequences: each amino acid in each sequence will have to be matched with a counterpart in the other sequence.
  • An “assembly of amino acids” means two or more amino acids bound together by physical or chemical means.
  • The “3D conformation” is the 3 dimensional structure of a biomolecule such as a protein. In monomeric polypeptides/proteins, the 3D conformation is also termed “the tertiary structure” and denotes the relative locations in 3 dimensional space of the amino acid residues forming the polypeptide.
  • “An immunogenic carrier” is a molecule or moiety to which an immunogen or a hapten can be coupled in order to enhance or enable the elicitation of an immune response against the immunogen/hapten. Immunogenic carriers are in classical cases relatively large molecules (such as tetanus toxoid, KLH, diphtheria toxoid etc.) which can be fused or conjugated to an immunogen/hapten, which is not sufficiently immunogenic in its own right—typically, the immunogenic carrier is capable of eliciting a strong T-helper lymphocyte response against the combined substance constituted by the immunogen and the immunogenic carrier, and this in turn provides for improved responses against the immungon by B-lymphocytes and cytotoxic lymphocytes. More recently, the large carrier molecules have to a certain extent been substituted by so-called promiscuous T-helper epitopes, i.e. shorter peptides that are recognized by a large fraction of HLA haplotypes in a population, and which elicit T-helper lymphocyte responses.
  • A “T-helper lymphocyte response” is an immune response elicited on the basis of a peptide, which is able to bind to an MHC class II molecule (e.g. an HLA class II molecule) in an antigen-presenting cell and which stimulates T-helper lymphocytes in an animal species as a consequence of T-cell receptor recognition of the complex between the peptide and the MHC Class II molecule prese
  • An “immunogen” is a substance of matter which is capable of inducing an adaptive immune response in a host, whose immune system is confronted with the immunogen. As such, immunogens are a subset of the larger genus “antigens”, which are substances that can be recognized specifically by the immune system (e.g. when bound by antibodies or, alternatively, when fragments of the are antigens bound to MHC molecules are being recognized by T-cell receptors) but which are not necessarily capable of inducing immunity—an antigen is, however, always capable of eliciting immunity, meaning that a host that has an established memory immunity against the antigen will mount a specific immune response against the antigen.
  • A “hapten” is a small molecule, which can neither induce or elicit an immune response, but if conjugated to an immunogenic carrier, antibodies or TCRs that recognize the hapten can be induced upon confrontation of the immune system with the hapten carrier conjugate.
  • An “adaptive immune response” is an immune response in response to confrontation with an antigen or immunogen, where the immune response is specific for antigenc determinants of the antigen/immunogen—examples of adaptive immune responses are induction of antigen specific antibody production or antigen specific induction/activation of T helper lymphocytes or cytotoxic lymphocytes.
  • A “protective, adaptive immune response” is an antigen-specific immune response induced in a subject as a reaction to immunization (artificial or natural) with an antigen, where the immune response is capable of protecting the subject against subsequent challenges with the antigen or a pathology-related agent that includes the antigen. Typically, prophylactic vaccination aims at establishing a protective adaptive immune response against one or several pathogens.
  • “Stimulation of the immune system” means that a substance or composition of matter exhibits a general, non-specific immunostimulatory effect. A number of adjuvants and putative adjuvants (such as certain cytokines) share the ability to stimulate the immune system. The result of using an immunostimulating agent is an increased “alertness” of the immune system meaning that simultaneous or subsequent immunization with an immunogen induces a significantly more effective immune response compared to isolated use of the immunogen.
  • Hybridization under “stringent conditions” is herein defined as hybridization performed under conditions by which a probe will hybridize to its target sequence, to a detectably greater degree than to other sequences. Stringent conditions are target-sequence-dependent and will differ depending on the structure of the polynucleotide. By controlling the stringency of the hybridization and/or washing conditions, target sequences can be identified which are 100% complementary to a probe (homologous probing). Alternatively, stringency conditions can be adjusted to allow some mismatching in sequences so that lower degrees of similarity are detected (heterologous probing). Specificity is typically the function of post-hybridization washes, the critical factors being the ionic strength and temperature of the final wash solution. Generally, stringent wash temperature conditions are selected to be about 5° C. to about 2° C. lower than the melting point (Tm) for the specific sequence at a defined ionic strength and pH. The melting point, or denaturation, of DNA occurs over a narrow temperature range and represents the disruption of the double helix into its complementary single strands. The process is described by the temperature of the midpoint of transition, Tm, which is also called the melting temperature. Formulas are available in the art for the determination of melting temperatures.
  • The term “animal” is in the present context in general intended to denote an animal species (preferably mammalian), such as Homo sapiens, Canis domesticus, etc. and not just one single animal. However, the term also denotes a population of such an animal species, since it is important that the individuals immunized according to the method of the invention substantially all will mount an immune response against the immunogen of the present invention.
  • As used herein, the term “antibody” refers to a polypeptide or group of polypeptides composed of at least one antibody combining site. An “antibody combining site” is the three-dimensional binding space with an internal surface shape and charge distribution complementary to the features of an epitope of an antigen, which allows a binding of the antibody with the antigen. “Antibody” includes, for example, vertebrate antibodies, hybrid antibodies, chimeric antibodies, humanised antibodies, altered antibodies, univalent antibodies, Fab proteins, and single domain antibodies.
  • “Specific binding” denotes binding between two substances which goes beyond binding of either substance to randomly chosen substances and also goes beyond simple association between substances that tend to aggregate because they share the same overall hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity. As such, specific binding usually involves a combination of electrostatic and other interactions between two conformationally complementary areas on the two substances, meaning that the substances can “recognize” each other in a complex mixture.
  • The term “vector” is used to refer to a carrier nucleic acid molecule into which a heterologous nucleic acid sequence can be inserted for introduction into a cell where it can be replicated and expressed. The term further denotes certain biological vehicles useful for the same purpose, e.g. viral vectors and phage—both these infectious agents are capable of introducing a heterelogous nucleic acid sequence
  • The term “expression vector” refers to a vector containing a nucleic acid sequence coding for at least part of a gene product capable of being transcribed. In some cases, when the transcription product is an mRNA molecule, this is in trun translated into a protein, polypeptide, or peptide.
  • Specific Embodiments of the Invention The Polypeptides of the Invention
  • In some embodiments the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention constitute at least or exactly or at most 6, such as at least or exactly or at most 7, at least or exactly or at most 8, at least or exactly or at most 9, at least or exactly or at most 10, at least or exactly or at most 11, at least or exactly or at most 12, at least or exactly or at most 13, at least or exactly or at most 14, at least or exactly or at most 15, at least or exactly or at most 16, at least or exactly or at most 17, at least or exactly or at most 18, at least or exactly or at most 19, at least or exactly or at most 20, at least or exactly or at most 21, at least or exactly or at most 22, at least or exactly or at most 23, at least or exactly or at most 24, at least or exactly or at most 25, at least or exactly or at most 26, at least or exactly or at most 27 at least or exactly or at most 28, at least or exactly or at most 29, at least or exactly or at most 30, at least or exactly or at most 31, at least or exactly or at most 32, at least or exactly or at most 33, at least or exactly or at most 34, at least or exactly or at most 35, at least or exactly or at most 36, at least or exactly or at most 37, at least or exactly or at most 38, at least or exactly or at most 39, at least or exactly or at most 40, at least or exactly or at most 41, at least or exactly or at most 42, at least or exactly or at most 43, at least or exactly or at most 44, at least or exactly or at most 45, at least or exactly or at most 46, at least or exactly or at most 47, at least or exactly or at most 48, at least or exactly or at most 49, at least or exactly or at most 50, at least or exactly or at most 51, at least or exactly or at most 52, at least or exactly or at most 53, at least or exactly or at most 54, at least or exactly or at most 55, at least or exactly or at most 56, at least or exactly or at most 57, at least or exactly or at most 58, at least or exactly or at most 59, at least or exactly or at most 60, at least or exactly or at most 61, at least or exactly or at most 62, at least or exactly or at most 63, at least or exactly or at most 64 and at least or exactly or at most 65 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • The number of contiguous amino acids in option b) can be higher, for all of SEQ ID NOs. 2-30. Another way to phrase this is that for each of SEQ ID NOs: 1-30, the number of the contiguous amino acid residues is at least or exactly or at most N-n, where N is the length of the sequence ID in question and n is any integer between 1 and N-5; that is, the at least or exactly 5 contiguous amino acids can be at least any number between 5 and the length of the reference sequence minus one, in increments of one.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 2-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 66, at least or exactly or at most 67, at least or exactly or at most 68, at least or exactly or at most 69, at least or exactly or at most 70, at least or exactly or at most 71, at least or exactly or at most 72, at least or exactly or at most 73, at least or exactly or at most 74, at least or exactly or at most 75, at least or exactly or at most 76, or at least or exactly or at most 77 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 3-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 78, at least or exactly or at most 79, at least or exactly or at most 80, at least or exactly or at most 81, at least or exactly or at most 82, at least or exactly or at most 83, at least or exactly or at most 84, at least or exactly or at most 85, at least or exactly or at most 86, at least or exactly or at most 87, at least or exactly or at most 88, at least or exactly or at most 89, at least or exactly or at most 90, at least or exactly or at most 91, at least or exactly or at most 92, at least or exactly or at most 93, at least or exactly or at most 94, at least or exactly or at most 95, at least or exactly or at most 96, at least or exactly or at most 97, at least or exactly or at most 98, at least or exactly or at most 99, at least or exactly or at most 100, at least or exactly or at most 101, at least or exactly or at most 102, or at least or exactly or at most 103 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 4-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 104, at least or exactly or at most 105, at least or exactly or at most 106, at least or exactly or at most 107, at least or exactly or at most 108, at least or exactly or at most 109, at least or exactly or at most 110, at least or exactly or at most 111, at least or exactly or at most 112, at least or exactly or at most 113, at least or exactly or at most 114, at least or exactly or at most 115, at least or exactly or at most 116, at least or exactly or at most 117, at least or exactly or at most 118, at least or exactly or at most 119, at least or exactly or at most 120, at least or exactly or at most 121, at least or exactly or at most 122, at least or exactly or at most 123, at least or exactly or at most 124, at least or exactly or at most 125, at least or exactly or at most 126, at least or exactly or at most 127, at least or exactly or at most 128, at least or exactly or at most 129, at least or exactly or at most 130, at least or exactly or at most 131, at least or exactly or at most 132, at least or exactly or at most 133, at least or exactly or at most 134, at least or exactly or at most 135, at least or exactly or at most 136, at least or exactly or at most 137, at least or exactly or at most 138, at least or exactly or at most 139, at least or exactly or at most 140, at least or exactly or at most 141, at least or exactly or at most 142, at least or exactly or at most 143, at least or exactly or at most 144, at least or exactly or at most 145, at least or exactly or at most 146, at least or exactly or at most 147, at least or exactly or at most 148, at least or exactly or at most 149, at least or exactly or at most 150, at least or exactly or at most 151, at least or exactly or at most 152, at least or exactly or at most 153, or at least or exactly or at most 154 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 5-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 155, at least or exactly or at most 156, at least or exactly or at most 157, at least or exactly or at most 158, at least or exactly or at most 159, at least or exactly or at most 160, at least or exactly or at most 161, at least or exactly or at most 162, at least or exactly or at most 163, at least or exactly or at most 164, at least or exactly or at most 165, at least or exactly or at most 166, at least or exactly or at most 167, at least or exactly or at most 168, at least or exactly or at most 169, at least or exactly or at most 170, at least or exactly or at most 171, at least or exactly or at most 172, at least or exactly or at most 173, at least or exactly or at most 174, at least or exactly or at most 175, at least or exactly or at most 176, at least or exactly or at most 177, or at least or exactly or at most 178 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 6-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 179, at least or exactly or at most 180, at least or exactly or at most 181, at least or exactly or at most 182, at least or exactly or at most 183, at least or exactly or at most 184, at least or exactly or at most 185, at least or exactly or at most 186, at least or exactly or at most 187, at least or exactly or at most 188, at least or exactly or at most 189, at least or exactly or at most 190, at least or exactly or at most 191, at least or exactly or at most 192, at least or exactly or at most 193, at least or exactly or at most 194, at least or exactly or at most 195, at least or exactly or at most 196, at least or exactly or at most 197, at least or exactly or at most 198, at least or exactly or at most 199, at least or exactly or at most 200, at least or exactly or at most 201, at least or exactly or at most 202, at least or exactly or at most 203, at least or exactly or at most 204, at least or exactly or at most 205, at least or exactly or at most 206, at least or exactly or at most 207, at least or exactly or at most 208, at least or exactly or at most 209, at least or exactly or at most 210, at least or exactly or at most 211, at least or exactly or at most 212, at least or exactly or at most 213, at least or exactly or at most 214, at least or exactly or at most 215, at least or exactly or at most 216, at least or exactly or at most 217, at least or exactly or at most 218, at least or exactly or at most 219, at least or exactly or at most 220, at least or exactly or at most 221, at least or exactly or at most 222, at least or exactly or at most 223, at least or exactly or at most 224, at least or exactly or at most 225, at least or exactly or at most 226, at least or exactly or at most 227, at least or exactly or at most 228, at least or exactly or at most 229, at least or exactly or at most 230, at least or exactly or at most 231, at least or exactly or at most 232, at least or exactly or at most 233, at least or exactly or at most 234, at least or exactly or at most 235, at least or exactly or at most 236, at least or exactly or at most 237, at least or exactly or at most 238, at least or exactly or at most 239, at least or exactly or at most 240, at least or exactly or at most 241, at least or exactly or at most 242, at least or exactly or at most 243, at least or exactly or at most 244, at least or exactly or at most 245, at least or exactly or at most 246, at least or exactly or at most 247, at least or exactly or at most 248, at least or exactly or at most 249, at least or exactly or at most 250, at least or exactly or at most 251, at least or exactly or at most 252, at least or exactly or at most 253, at least or exactly or at most 254, at least or exactly or at most 255, at least or exactly or at most 256, at least or exactly or at most 257, at least or exactly or at most 258, at least or exactly or at most 259, at least or exactly or at most 260, at least or exactly or at most 261, at least or exactly or at most 262, at least or exactly or at most 263, at least or exactly or at most 264, at least or exactly or at most 265, at least or exactly or at most 266, at least or exactly or at most 267, at least or exactly or at most 268, at least or exactly or at most 269, at least or exactly or at most 270, at least or exactly or at most 271, at least or exactly or at most 272, at least or exactly or at most 273, at least or exactly or at most 274, at least or exactly or at most 275, at least or exactly or at most 276, at least or exactly or at most 277, at least or exactly or at most 278, at least or exactly or at most 279, at least or exactly or at most 280, at least or exactly or at most 281, at least or exactly or at most 282, at least or exactly or at most 283, at least or exactly or at most 284, at least or exactly or at most 285, at least or exactly or at most 286, at least or exactly or at most 287, at least or exactly or at most 288, at least or exactly or at most 289, at least or exactly or at most 290, at least or exactly or at most 291, at least or exactly or at most 292, at least or exactly or at most 293, at least or exactly or at most 294, at least or exactly or at most 295, at least or exactly or at most 296, at least or exactly or at most 297, at least or exactly or at most 298, at least or exactly or at most 299, at least or exactly or at most 300, at least or exactly or at most 301, at least or exactly or at most 302, or at least or exactly or at most 303 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 7-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 304, at least or exactly or at most 305, at least or exactly or at most 306, at least or exactly or at most 307, or at least or exactly or at most 308 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 8-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 309, at least or exactly or at most 310, at least or exactly or at most 311, at least or exactly or at most 312, at least or exactly or at most 313, at least or exactly or at most 314, at least or exactly or at most 315, at least or exactly or at most 316, at least or exactly or at most 317, at least or exactly or at most 318, at least or exactly or at most 319, at least or exactly or at most 320, at least or exactly or at most 321, at least or exactly or at most 322, at least or exactly or at most 323, at least or exactly or at most 324, at least or exactly or at most 325, at least or exactly or at most 326, at least or exactly or at most 327, at least or exactly or at most 328, at least or exactly or at most 329, at least or exactly or at most 330, at least or exactly or at most 331, at least or exactly or at most 332, at least or exactly or at most 333, at least or exactly or at most 334, at least or exactly or at most 335, at least or exactly or at most 336, at least or exactly or at most 337, at least or exactly or at most 338, or at least or exactly or at most 339 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 9-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 340, at least or exactly or at most 341, at least or exactly or at most 342, at least or exactly or at most 343, at least or exactly or at most 344, at least or exactly or at most 345, or at least or exactly or at most 346 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 10-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 347, at least or exactly or at most 348, at least or exactly or at most 349, at least or exactly or at most 350, or at least or exactly or at most 351 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 11-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 352, at least or exactly or at most 353, at least or exactly or at most 354, at least or exactly or at most 355, at least or exactly or at most 356, at least or exactly or at most 357, at least or exactly or at most 358, at least or exactly or at most 359, at least or exactly or at most 360, at least or exactly or at most 361, at least or exactly or at most 362, at least or exactly or at most 363, at least or exactly or at most 364, at least or exactly or at most 365, at least or exactly or at most 366, at least or exactly or at most 367, at least or exactly or at most 368, at least or exactly or at most 369, at least or exactly or at most 370, at least or exactly or at most 371, at least or exactly or at most 372, at least or exactly or at most 373, at least or exactly or at most 374, at least or exactly or at most 375, at least or exactly or at most 376, at least or exactly or at most 377, at least or exactly or at most 378, at least or exactly or at most 379, at least or exactly or at most 380, at least or exactly or at most 381, at least or exactly or at most 382, at least or exactly or at most 383, at least or exactly or at most 384, at least or exactly or at most 385, at least or exactly or at most 386, at least or exactly or at most 387, at least or exactly or at most 388, at least or exactly or at most 389, at least or exactly or at most 390, at least or exactly or at most 391, at least or exactly or at most 392, at least or exactly or at most 393, at least or exactly or at most 394, at least or exactly or at most 395, at least or exactly or at most 396, at least or exactly or at most 397, at least or exactly or at most 398, at least or exactly or at most 399, at least or exactly or at most 400, at least or exactly or at most 401, at least or exactly or at most 402, at least or exactly or at most 403, at least or exactly or at most 404, at least or exactly or at most 405, at least or exactly or at most 406, at least or exactly or at most 407, at least or exactly or at most 408, at least or exactly or at most 409, at least or exactly or at most 410, at least or exactly or at most 411, at least or exactly or at most 412, at least or exactly or at most 413, at least or exactly or at most 414, at least or exactly or at most 415, at least or exactly or at most 416, at least or exactly or at most 417, at least or exactly or at most 418, or at least or exactly or at most 419 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 12-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 420, at least or exactly or at most 421, at least or exactly or at most 422, at least or exactly or at most 423, at least or exactly or at most 424, at least or exactly or at most 425, or at least or exactly or at most 426 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 13-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 427 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 14-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 428, at least or exactly or at most 429, at least or exactly or at most 430, at least or exactly or at most 431, at least or exactly or at most 432, at least or exactly or at most 433, at least or exactly or at most 434, at least or exactly or at most 435, at least or exactly or at most 436, at least or exactly or at most 437, at least or exactly or at most 438, at least or exactly or at most 439, at least or exactly or at most 440, at least or exactly or at most 441, at least or exactly or at most 442, at least or exactly or at most 443, at least or exactly or at most 444, at least or exactly or at most 445, at least or exactly or at most 446, at least or exactly or at most 447, at least or exactly or at most 448, at least or exactly or at most 449, at least or 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at most 533, at least or exactly or at most 534, at least or exactly or at most 535, at least or exactly or at most 536, at least or exactly or at most 537, at least or exactly or at most 538, at least or exactly or at most 539, at least or exactly or at most 540, at least or exactly or at most 541, at least or exactly or at most 542, at least or exactly or at most 543, at least or exactly or at most 544, at least or exactly or at most 545, at least or exactly or at most 546, at least or exactly or at most 547, at least or exactly or at most 548, at least or exactly or at most 549, at least or exactly or at most 550, at least or exactly or at most 551, at least or exactly or at most 552, at least or exactly or at most 553, at least or exactly or at most 554, at least or exactly or at most 555, at least or exactly or at most 556, at least or exactly or at most 557, at least or exactly or at most 558, at least or exactly or at most 559, at least or exactly or at most 560, at least or exactly or at most 561, at least or exactly or at most 562, at least or exactly or at most 563, at least or exactly or at most 564, at least or exactly or at most 565, at least or exactly or at most 566, or at least or exactly or at most 567 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 15-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 568, at least or exactly or at most 569, at least or exactly or at most 570, at least or exactly or at most 571, at least or exactly or at most 572, at least or exactly or at most 573, at least or exactly or at most 574, at least or exactly or at most 575, at least or exactly or at most 576, at least or exactly or at most 577, or at least or exactly or at most 578 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 16-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 579, at least or exactly or at most 580, at least or exactly or at most 581, at least or exactly or at most 582, at least or exactly or at most 583, at least or exactly or at most 584, at least or exactly or at most 585, at least or exactly or at most 586, at least or exactly or at most 587, at least or exactly or at most 588, at least or exactly or at most 589, at least or exactly or at most 590, at least or exactly or at most 591, at least or exactly or at most 592, at least or exactly or at most 593, at least or exactly or at most 594, at least or exactly or at most 595, at least or exactly or at most 596, at least or exactly or at most 597, at least or exactly or at most 598, at least or exactly or at most 599, at least or exactly or at most 600, at least or exactly or at most 601, at least or exactly or at most 602, at least or exactly or at most 603, at least or exactly or at most 604, at least or exactly or at most 605, at least or exactly or at most 606, at least or exactly or at most 607, at least or exactly or at most 608, at least or exactly or at most 609, at least or exactly or at most 610, at least or exactly or at most 611, at least or exactly or at most 612, at least or exactly or at most 613, at least or exactly or at most 614, at least or exactly or at most 615, at least or exactly or at most 616, at least or exactly or at most 617, at least or exactly or at most 618, at least or exactly or at most 619, or at least or exactly or at most 620 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 17-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 621, at least or exactly or at most 622, at least or exactly or at most 623, at least or exactly or at most 624, at least or exactly or at most 625, at least or exactly or at most 626, at least or exactly or at most 627, at least or exactly or at most 628, at least or exactly or at most 629, at least or exactly or at most 630, at least or exactly or at most 631, at least or exactly or at most 632, at least or exactly or at most 633, at least or exactly or at most 634, at least or exactly or at most 635, at least or exactly or at most 636, at least or exactly or at most 637, at least or exactly or at most 638, at least or exactly or at most 639, at least or exactly or at most 640, at least or exactly or at most 641, at least or exactly or at most 642, at least or exactly or at most 643, at least or exactly or at most 644, at least or exactly or at most 645, at least or exactly or at most 646, at least or exactly or at most 647, at least or exactly or at most 648, at least or exactly or at most 649, at least or exactly or at most 650, at least or exactly or at most 651, at least or exactly or at most 652, at least or exactly or at most 653, at least or exactly or at most 654, at least or exactly or at most 655, at least or exactly or at most 656, at least or exactly or at most 657, at least or exactly or at most 658, at least or exactly or at most 659, at least or exactly or at most 660, at least or exactly or at most 661, at least or exactly or at most 662, at least or exactly or at most 663, at least or exactly or at most 664, at least or exactly or at most 665, at least or exactly or at most 666, at least or exactly or at most 667, at least or exactly or at most 668, at least or exactly or at most 669, at least or exactly or at most 670, at least or exactly or at most 671, at least or exactly or at most 672, at least or exactly or at most 673, at least or exactly or at most 674, at least or exactly or at most 675, at least or exactly or at most 676, at least or exactly or at most 677, at least or exactly or at most 678, at least or exactly or at most 679, at least or exactly or at most 680, at least or exactly or at most 681, at least or exactly or at most 682, at least or exactly or at most 683, at least or exactly or at most 684, at least or exactly or at most 685, at least or exactly or at most 686, or at least or exactly or at most 687 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 18-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 688, at least or exactly or at most 689, at least or exactly or at most 690, at least or exactly or at most 691, at least or exactly or at most 692, at least or exactly or at most 693, at least or exactly or at most 694, at least or exactly or at most 695, at least or exactly or at most 696, at least or exactly or at most 697, at least or exactly or at most 698, at least or exactly or at most 699, at least or exactly or at most 700, at least or exactly or at most 701, at least or exactly or at most 702, at least or exactly or at most 703, at least or exactly or at most 704, at least or exactly or at most 705, at least or exactly or at most 706, at least or exactly or at most 707, at least or exactly or at most 708, at least or exactly or at most 709, at least or exactly or at most 710, at least or exactly or at most 711, at least or exactly or at most 712, at least or exactly or at most 713, at least or exactly or at most 714, at least or exactly or at most 715, at least or exactly or at most 716, at least or exactly or at most 717, at least or exactly or at most 718, at least or exactly or at most 719, at least or exactly or at most 720, at least or exactly or at most 721, at least or exactly or at most 722, at least or exactly or at most 723, at least or exactly or at most 724, at least or exactly or at most 725, at least or exactly or at most 726, at least or exactly or at most 727, at least or exactly or at most 728, at least or exactly or at most 729, at least or exactly or at most 730, at least or exactly or at most 731, at least or exactly or at most 732, at least or exactly or at most 733, at least or exactly or at most 734, at least or exactly or at most 735, at least or exactly or at most 736, at least or exactly or at most 737, at least or exactly or at most 738, at least or exactly or at most 739, at least or exactly or at most 740, or at least or exactly or at most 741 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 19-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 742, at least or exactly or at most 743, at least or exactly or at most 744, or at least or exactly or at most 745 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 20-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 746, at least or exactly or at most 747, at least or exactly or at most 748, at least or exactly or at most 749, at least or exactly or at most 750, at least or exactly or at most 751, at least or exactly or at most 752, at least or exactly or at most 753, at least or exactly or at most 754, at least or exactly or at most 755, at least or exactly or at most 756, at least or exactly or at most 757, at least or exactly or at most 758, at least or exactly or at most 759, at least or exactly or at most 760, at least or exactly or at most 761, at least or exactly or at most 762, at least or exactly or at most 763, at least or exactly or at most 764, at least or exactly or at most 765, at least or exactly or at most 766, at least or exactly or at most 767, at least or exactly or at most 768, at least or exactly or at most 769, at least or exactly or at most 770, at least or exactly or at most 771, at least or exactly or at most 772, at least or exactly or at most 773, at least or exactly or at most 774, at least or exactly or at most 775, at least or exactly or at most 776, at least or exactly or at most 777, at least or exactly or at most 778, at least or exactly or at most 779, at least or exactly or at most 780, at least or exactly or at most 781, at least or exactly or at most 782, or at least or exactly or at most 783 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 21-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 784, at least or exactly or at most 785, at least or exactly or at most 786, at least or exactly or at most 787, at least or exactly or at most 788, at least or exactly or at most 789, at least or exactly or at most 790, at least or exactly or at most 791, at least or exactly or at most 792, at least or exactly or at most 793, at least or exactly or at most 794, at least or exactly or at most 795, at least or exactly or at most 796, at least or exactly or at most 797, at least or exactly or at most 798, at least or exactly or at most 799, at least or exactly or at most 800, at least or exactly or at most 801, at least or exactly or at most 802, at least or exactly or at most 803, at least or exactly or at most 804, at least or exactly or at most 805, at least or exactly or at most 806, at least or exactly or at most 807, at least or exactly or at most 808, at least or exactly or at most 809, at least or exactly or at most 810, at least or exactly or at most 811, at least or exactly or at most 812, at least or exactly or at most 813, at least or exactly or at most 814, at least or exactly or at most 815, at least or exactly or at most 816, at least or exactly or at most 817, at least or exactly or at most 818, at least or exactly or at most 819, at least or exactly or at most 820, at least or exactly or at most 821, at least or exactly or at most 822, at least or exactly or at most 823, at least or exactly or at most 824, at least or exactly or at most 825, at least or exactly or at most 826, at least or exactly or at most 827, at least or exactly or at most 828, at least or exactly or at most 829, at least or exactly or at most 830, at least or exactly or at most 831, at least or exactly or at most 832, at least or exactly or at most 833, at least or exactly or at most 834, at least or exactly or at most 835, at least or exactly or at most 836, at least or exactly or at most 837, at least or exactly or at most 838, at least or exactly or at most 839, at least or exactly or at most 840, at least or exactly or at most 841, at least or exactly or at most 842, at least or exactly or at most 843, at least or exactly or at most 844, at least or exactly or at most 845, at least or exactly or at most 846, at least or exactly or at most 847, at least or exactly or at most 848, at least or exactly or at most 849, or at least or exactly or at most 850 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 22-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 851, at least or exactly or at most 852, at least or exactly or at most 853, at least or exactly or at most 854, at least or exactly or at most 855, at least or exactly or at most 856, at least or exactly or at most 857, at least or exactly or at most 858, at least or exactly or at most 859, at least or exactly or at most 860, at least or exactly or at most 861, at least or exactly or at most 862, at least or exactly or at most 863, at least or exactly or at most 864, at least or exactly or at most 865, at least or exactly or at most 866, at least or exactly or at most 867, at least or exactly or at most 868, at least or exactly or at most 869, at least or exactly or at most 870, at least or exactly or at most 871, at least or exactly or at most 872, at least or exactly or at most 873, at least or exactly or at most 874, at least or exactly or at most 875, at least or exactly or at most 876, at least or exactly or at most 877, at least or exactly or at most 878, or at least or exactly or at most 879 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 23-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 880, at least or exactly or at most 881, at least or exactly or at most 882, at least or exactly or at most 883, at least or exactly or at most 884, at least or exactly or at most 885, at least or exactly or at most 886, at least or exactly or at most 887, at least or exactly or at most 888, at least or exactly or at most 889, at least or exactly or at most 890, at least or exactly or at most 891, at least or exactly or at most 892, at least or exactly or at most 893, at least or exactly or at most 894, at least or exactly or at most 895, at least or exactly or at most 896, at least or exactly or at most 897, at least or exactly or at most 898, at least or exactly or at most 899, at least or exactly or at most 900, at least or exactly or at most 901, at least or exactly or at most 902, at least or exactly or at most 903, at least or exactly or at most 904, at least or exactly or at most 905, at least or exactly or at most 906, at least or exactly or at most 907, at least or exactly or at most 908, at least or exactly or at most 909, at least or exactly or at most 910, at least or exactly or at most 911, at least or exactly or at most 912, at least or exactly or at most 913, at least or exactly or at most 914, at least or exactly or at most 915, at least or exactly or at most 916, at least or exactly or at most 917, or at least or exactly or at most 918 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 24-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 919, at least or exactly or at most 920, at least or exactly or at most 921, at least or exactly or at most 922, at least or exactly or at most 923, at least or exactly or at most 924, at least or exactly or at most 925, at least or exactly or at most 926, at least or exactly or at most 927, at least or exactly or at most 928, at least or exactly or at most 929, at least or exactly or at most 930, at least or exactly or at most 931, at least or exactly or at most 932, at least or exactly or at most 933, at least or exactly or at most 934, at least or exactly or at most 935, at least or exactly or at most 936, at least or exactly or at most 937, at least or exactly or at most 938, at least or exactly or at most 939, at least or exactly or at most 940, at least or exactly or at most 941, at least or exactly or at most 942, at least or exactly or at most 943, at least or exactly or at most 944, at least or exactly or at most 945, at least or exactly or at most 946, at least or exactly or at most 947, at least or exactly or at most 948, at least or exactly or at most 949, at least or exactly or at most 950, at least or exactly or at most 951, at least or exactly or at most 952, at least or exactly or at most 953, at least or exactly or at most 954, at least or exactly or at most 955, at least or exactly or at most 956, at least or exactly or at most 957, at least or exactly or at most 958, at least or exactly or at most 959, at least or exactly or at most 960, at least or exactly or at most 961, at least or exactly or at most 962, at least or exactly or at most 963, at least or exactly or at most 964, at least or exactly or at most 965, at least or exactly or at most 966, at least or exactly or at most 967, at least or exactly or at most 968, at least or exactly or at most 969, at least or exactly or at most 970, at least or exactly or at most 971, at least or exactly or at most 972, at least or exactly or at most 973, at least or exactly or at most 974, at least or exactly or at most 975, at least or exactly or at most 976, at least or exactly or at most 977, at least or exactly or at most 978, at least or exactly or at most 979, at least or exactly or at most 980, at least or exactly or at most 981, at least or exactly or at most 982, at least or exactly or at most 983, at least or exactly or at most 984, at least or exactly or at most 985, at least or exactly or at most 986, at least or exactly or at most 987, at least or exactly or at most 988, at least or exactly or at most 989, at least or exactly or at most 990, at least or exactly or at most 991, at least or exactly or at most 992, at least or exactly or at most 993, or at least or exactly or at most 994 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 25-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 995, at least or exactly or at most 996, at least or exactly or at most 997, at least or exactly or at most 998, at least or exactly or at most 999, at least or exactly or at most 1000, at least or exactly or at most 1001, at least or exactly or at most 1002, at least or exactly or at most 1003, at least or exactly or at most 1004, at least or exactly or at most 1005, at least or exactly or at most 1006, at least or exactly or at most 1007, at least or exactly or at most 1008, at least or exactly or at most 1009, at least or exactly or at most 1010, at least or exactly or at most 1011, at least or exactly or at most 1012, at least or exactly or at most 1013, at least or exactly or at most 1014, at least or exactly or at most 1015, at least or exactly or at most 1016, at least or exactly or at most 1017, at least or exactly or at most 1018, at least or exactly or at most 1019, at least or exactly or at most 1020, at least or exactly or at most 1021, at least or exactly or at most 1022, at least or exactly or at most 1023, at least or exactly or at most 1024, at least or exactly or at most 1025, at least or exactly or at most 1026, at least or exactly or at most 1027, at least or exactly or at most 1028, at least or exactly or at most 1029, at least or exactly or at most 1030, at least or exactly or at most 1031, at least or exactly or at most 1032, at least or exactly or at most 1033, at least or exactly or at most 1034, at least or exactly or at most 1035, at least or exactly or at most 1036, at least or exactly or at most 1037, at least or exactly or at most 1038, at least or exactly or at most 1039, at least or exactly or at most 1040, at least or exactly or at most 1041, at least or exactly or at most 1042, at least or exactly or at most 1043, at least or exactly or at most 1044, at least or exactly or at most 1045, at least or exactly or at most 1046, at least or exactly or at most 1047, at least or exactly or at most 1048, at least or exactly or at most 1049, at least or exactly or at most 1050, at least or exactly or at most 1051, at least or exactly or at most 1052, at least or exactly or at most 1053, at least or exactly or at most 1054, at least or exactly or at most 1055, or at least or exactly or at most 1056 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 26-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 1057, at least or exactly or at most 1058, at least or exactly or at most 1059, at least or exactly or at most 1060, at least or exactly or at most 1061, at least or exactly or at most 1062, at least or exactly or at most 1063, at least or exactly or at most 1064, at least or exactly or at most 1065, at least or exactly or at most 1066, at least or exactly or at most 1067, at least or exactly or at most 1068, at least or exactly or at most 1069, at least or exactly or at most 1070, at least or exactly or at most 1071, at least or exactly or at most 1072, at least or exactly or at most 1073, at least or exactly or at most 1074, at least or exactly or at most 1075, at least or exactly or at most 1076, at least or exactly or at most 1077, at least or exactly or at most 1078, at least or exactly or at most 1079, at least or exactly or at most 1080, at least or exactly or at most 1081, at least or exactly or at most 1082, at least or exactly or at most 1083, at least or exactly or at most 1084, at least or exactly or at most 1085, at least or exactly or at most 1086, at least or exactly or at most 1087, at least or exactly or at most 1088, at least or exactly or at most 1089, at least or exactly or at most 1090, at least or exactly or at most 1091, at least or exactly or at most 1092, at least or exactly or at most 1093, at least or exactly or at most 1094, at least or exactly or at most 1095, at least or exactly or at most 1096, at least or exactly or at most 1097, at least or exactly or at most 1098, at least or exactly or at most 1099, at least or exactly or at most 1100, at least or exactly or at most 1101, at least or exactly or at most 1102, at least or exactly or at most 1103, at least or exactly or at most 1104, at least or exactly or at most 1105, at least or exactly or at most 1106, at least or exactly or at most 1107, at least or exactly or at most 1108, at least or exactly or at most 1109, at least or exactly or at most 1110, at least or exactly or at most 1111, at least or exactly or at most 1112, at least or exactly or at most 1113, at least or exactly or at most 1114, at least or exactly or at most 1115, at least or exactly or at most 1116, at least or exactly or at most 1117, at least or exactly or at most 1118, at least or exactly or at most 1119, at least or exactly or at most 1120, at least or exactly or at most 1121, at least or exactly or at most 1122, at least or exactly or at most 1123, at least or exactly or at most 1124, at least or exactly or at most 1125, at least or exactly or at most 1126, at least or exactly or at most 1127, at least or exactly or at most 1128, at least or exactly or at most 1129, at least or exactly or at most 1130, at least or exactly or at most 1131, at least or exactly or at most 1132, at least or exactly or at most 1133, at least or exactly or at most 1134, at least or exactly or at most 1135, at least or exactly or at most 1136, at least or exactly or at most 1137, at least or exactly or at most 1138, at least or exactly or at most 1139, at least or exactly or at most 1140, at least or exactly or at most 1141, at least or exactly or at most 1142, at least or exactly or at most 1143, at least or exactly or at most 1144, at least or exactly or at most 1145, at least or exactly or at most 1146, at least or exactly or at most 1147, at least or exactly or at most 1148, at least or exactly or at most 1149, at least or exactly or at most 1150, at least or exactly or at most 1151, at least or exactly or at most 1152, at least or exactly or at most 1153, at least or exactly or at most 1154, at least or exactly or at most 1155, at least or exactly or at most 1156, at least or exactly or at most 1157, at least or exactly or at most 1158, at least or exactly or at most 1159, or at least or exactly or at most 1160 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 27-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 1161, at least or exactly or at most 1162, at least or exactly or at most 1163, at least or exactly or at most 1164, at least or exactly or at most 1165, at least or exactly or at most 1166, at least or exactly or at most 1167, at least or exactly or at most 1168, at least or exactly or at most 1169, at least or exactly or at most 1170, at least or exactly or at most 1171, at least or exactly or at most 1172, at least or exactly or at most 1173, at least or exactly or at most 1174, at least or exactly or at most 1175, at least or exactly or at most 1176, at least or exactly or at most 1177, at least or exactly or at most 1178, at least or exactly or at most 1179, at least or exactly or at most 1180, at least or exactly or at most 1181, at least or exactly or at most 1182, at least or exactly or at most 1183, at least or exactly or at most 1184, at least or exactly or at most 1185, at least or exactly or at most 1186, at least or exactly or at most 1187, at least or exactly or at most 1188, at least or exactly or at most 1189, at least or exactly or at most 1190, at least or exactly or at most 1191, at least or exactly or at most 1192, at least or exactly or at most 1193, at least or exactly or at most 1194, at least or exactly or at most 1195, at least or exactly or at most 1196, at least or exactly or at most 1197, at least or exactly or at most 1198, at least or exactly or at most 1199, at least or exactly or at most 1200, at least or exactly or at most 1201, at least or exactly or at most 1202, at least or exactly or at most 1203, at least or exactly or at most 1204, at least or exactly or at most 1205, at least or exactly or at most 1206, at least or exactly or at most 1207, at least or exactly or at most 1208, at least or exactly or at most 1209, or at least or exactly or at most 1210 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 28-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 1211, at least or exactly or at most 1212, at least or exactly or at most 1213, at least or exactly or at most 1214, at least or exactly or at most 1215, at least or exactly or at most 1216, at least or exactly or at most 1217, at least or exactly or at most 1218, at least or exactly or at most 1219, at least or exactly or at most 1220, at least or exactly or at most 1221, at least or exactly or at most 1222, at least or exactly or at most 1223, at least or exactly or at most 1224, at least or exactly or at most 1225, at least or exactly or at most 1226, at least or exactly or at most 1227, at least or exactly or at most 1228, at least or exactly or at most 1229, at least or exactly or at most 1230, at least or exactly or at most 1231, at least or exactly or at 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  • Insofar as embodiment b relates to SEQ ID NOs: 29-30, the at least 5 contiguous amino acids referred to in option b) in the definition of the first aspect of the invention may also constitute at least or exactly or at most 2468, at least or exactly or at most 2469, at least or exactly or at most 2470, at least or exactly or at most 2471, at least or exactly or at most 2472, at least or exactly or at most 2473, at least or exactly or at most 2474, at least or exactly or at most 2475, at least or exactly or at most 2476, at least or exactly or at most 2477, at least or exactly or at most 2478, at least or exactly or at most 2479, at least or exactly or at most 2480, at least or exactly or at most 2481, at least or exactly or at most 2482, at least or exactly or at most 2483, at least or exactly or at most 2484, at least or exactly or at most 2485, at least or exactly or at most 2486, at least or exactly or at most 2487, at least or exactly or at most 2488, at least or exactly or at 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5176, at least or exactly or at most 5177, at least or exactly or at most 5178, at least or exactly or at most 5179, at least or exactly or at most 5180, at least or exactly or at most 5181, at least or exactly or at most 5182, at least or exactly or at most 5183, at least or exactly or at most 5184, at least or exactly or at most 5185, at least or exactly or at most 5186, at least or exactly or at most 5187, at least or exactly or at most 5188, at least or exactly or at most 5189, at least or exactly or at most 5190, at least or exactly or at most 5191, at least or exactly or at most 5192, at least or exactly or at most 5193, at least or exactly or at most 5194, at least or exactly or at most 5195, at least or exactly or at most 5196, at least or exactly or at most 5197, at least or exactly or at most 5198, at least or exactly or at most 5199, at least or exactly or at most 5200, at least or exactly or at most 5201, at least or exactly or at most 5202, at least or exactly or at most 5203, at least or exactly or at most 5204, at least or exactly or at most 5205, at least or exactly or at most 5206, at least or exactly or at most 5207, at least or exactly or at most 5208, at least or exactly or at most 5209, at least or exactly or at most 5210, at least or exactly or at most 5211, at least or exactly or at most 5212, at least or exactly or at most 5213, at least or exactly or at most 5214, at least or exactly or at most 5215, at least or exactly or at most 5216, at least or exactly or at most 5217, at least or exactly or at most 5218, at least or exactly or at most 5219, at least or exactly or at most 5220, at least or exactly or at most 5221, at least or exactly or at most 5222, at least or exactly or at most 5223, at least or exactly or at most 5224, at least or exactly or at most 5225, at least or exactly or at most 5226, at least or exactly or at most 5227, at least or exactly or at most 5228, at least or exactly or at most 5229, at least or exactly or at most 5230, at least or exactly or at most 5231, at least or exactly or at most 5232, at least or exactly or at most 5233, at least or exactly or at most 5234, at least or exactly or at most 5235, at least or exactly or at most 5236, at least or exactly or at most 5237, at least or exactly or at most 5238, at least or exactly or at most 5239, at least or exactly or at most 5240, at least or exactly or at most 5241, at least or exactly or at most 5242, at least or exactly or at most 5243, at least or exactly or at most 5244, at least or exactly or at most 5245, at least or exactly or at most 5246, at least or exactly or at most 5247, at least or exactly or at most 5248, at least or exactly or at most 5249, at least or exactly or at most 5250, at least or exactly or at most 5251, at least or exactly or at most 5252, at least or exactly or at most 5253, at least or exactly or at most 5254, at least or exactly or at most 5255, at least or exactly or at most 5256, at least or exactly or at most 5257, at least or exactly or at most 5258, at least or exactly or at most 5259, at least or exactly or at most 5260, at least or exactly or at most 5261, at least or exactly or at most 5262, at least or exactly or at most 5263, at least or exactly or at most 5264, at least or exactly or at most 5265, at least or exactly or at most 5266, at least or exactly or at most 5267, at least or exactly or at most 5268, at least or exactly or at most 5269, at least or exactly or at most 5270, at least or exactly or at most 5271, at least or exactly or at most 5272, at least or exactly or at most 5273, at least or exactly or at most 5274, at least or exactly or at most 5275, at least or exactly or at most 5276, at least or exactly or at most 5277, at least or exactly or at most 5278, at least or exactly or at most 5279, at least or exactly or at most 5280, at least or exactly or at most 5281, at least or exactly or at most 5282, at least or exactly or at most 5283, at least or exactly or at most 5284, at least or exactly or at most 5285, at least or exactly or at most 5286, at least or exactly or at most 5287, at least or exactly or at most 5288, at least or exactly or at most 5289, at least or exactly or at most 5290, at least or exactly or at most 5291, at least or exactly or at most 5292, at least or exactly or at most 5293, at least or exactly or at most 5294, at least or exactly or at most 5295, at least or exactly or at most 5296, at least or exactly or at most 5297, at least or exactly or at most 5298, at least or exactly or at most 5299, at least or exactly or at most 5300, at least or exactly or at most 5301, at least or exactly or at most 5302, at least or exactly or at most 5303, at least or exactly or at most 5304, at least or exactly or at most 5305, at least or exactly or at most 5306, at least or exactly or at most 5307, at least or exactly or at most 5308, at least or exactly or at most 5309, at least or exactly or at most 5310, at least or exactly or at most 5311, at least or exactly or at most 5312, at least or exactly or at most 5313, at least or exactly or at most 5314, at least or exactly or at most 5315, at least or exactly or at most 5316, at least or exactly or at most 5317, at least or exactly or at most 5318, at least or exactly or at most 5319, at least or exactly or at most 5320, at least or exactly or at most 5321, at least or exactly or at most 5322, at least or exactly or at most 5323, at least or exactly or at most 5324, at least or exactly or at most 5325, at least or exactly or at most 5326, at least or exactly or at most 5327, at least or exactly or at most 5328, at least or exactly or at most 5329, at least or exactly or at most 5330, at least or exactly or at most 5331, at least or exactly or at most 5332, at least or exactly or at most 5333, at least or exactly or at most 5334, at least or exactly or at most 5335, at least or exactly or at most 5336, at least or exactly or at most 5337, at least or exactly or at most 5338, at least or exactly or at most 5339, at least or exactly or at most 5340, at least or exactly or at most 5341, at least or exactly or at most 5342, at least or exactly or at most 5343, at least or exactly or at most 5344, at least or exactly or at most 5345, at least or exactly or at most 5346, at least or exactly or at most 5347, at least or exactly or at most 5348, at least or exactly or at most 5349, at least or exactly or at most 5350, at least or exactly or at most 5351, at least or exactly or at most 5352, at least or exactly or at most 5353, at least or exactly or at most 5354, at least or exactly or at most 5355, at least or exactly or at most 5356, at least or exactly or at most 5357, at least or exactly or at most 5358, at least or exactly or at most 5359, at least or exactly or at most 5360, at least or exactly or at most 5361, at least or exactly or at most 5362, at least or exactly or at most 5363, at least or exactly or at most 5364, at least or exactly or at most 5365, at least or exactly or at most 5366, at least or exactly or at most 5367, at least or exactly or at most 5368, at least or exactly or at most 5369, at least or exactly or at most 5370, at least or exactly or at most 5371, at least or exactly or at most 5372, at least or exactly or at most 5373, at least or exactly or at most 5374, at least or exactly or at most 5375, at least or exactly or at most 5376, at least or exactly or at most 5377, at least or exactly or at most 5378, at least or exactly or at most 5379, at least or exactly or at most 5380, at least or exactly or at most 5381, at least or exactly or at most 5382, at least or exactly or at most 5383, at least or exactly or at most 5384, at least or exactly or at most 5385, at least or exactly or at most 5386, at least or exactly or at most 5387, at least or exactly or at most 5388, at least or exactly or at most 5389, at least or exactly or at most 5390, at least or exactly or at most 5391, at least or exactly or at most 5392, at least or exactly or at most 5393, at least or exactly or at most 5394, at least or exactly or at most 5395, at least or exactly or at most 5396, at least or exactly or at most 5397, at least or exactly or at most 5398, at least or exactly or at most 5399, at least or exactly or at most 5400, at least or exactly or at most 5401, at least or exactly or at most 5402, at least or exactly or at most 5403, at least or exactly or at most 5404, at least or exactly or at most 5405, at least or exactly or at most 5406, at least or exactly or at most 5407, at least or exactly or at most 5408, at least or exactly or at most 5409, at least or exactly or at most 5410, at least or exactly or at most 5411, at least or exactly or at most 5412, at least or exactly or at most 5413, at least or exactly or at most 5414, at least or exactly or at most 5415, at least or exactly or at most 5416, at least or exactly or at most 5417, at least or exactly or at most 5418, at least or exactly or at most 5419, at least or exactly or at most 5420, at least or exactly or at most 5421, at least or exactly or at most 5422, at least or exactly or at most 5423, at least or exactly or at most 5424, at least or exactly or at most 5425, at least or exactly or at most 5426, at least or exactly or at most 5427, at least or exactly or at most 5428, at least or exactly or at most 5429, at least or exactly or at most 5430, at least or exactly or at most 5431, at least or exactly or at most 5432, at least or exactly or at most 5433, at least or exactly or at most 5434, at least or exactly or at most 5435, at least or exactly or at most 5436, at least or exactly or at most 5437, at least or exactly or at most 5438, at least or exactly or at most 5439, at least or exactly or at most 5440, at least or exactly or at most 5441, at least or exactly or at most 5442, at least or exactly or at most 5443, at least or exactly or at most 5444, at least or exactly or at most 5445, at least or exactly or at most 5446, at least or exactly or at most 5447, at least or exactly or at most 5448, at least or exactly or at most 5449, at least or exactly or at most 5450, at least or exactly or at most 5451, at least or exactly or at most 5452, at least or exactly or at most 5453, at least or exactly or at most 5454, at least or exactly or at most 5455, at least or exactly or at most 5456, at least or exactly or at most 5457, at least or exactly or at most 5458, at least or exactly or at most 5459, at least or exactly or at most 5460, at least or exactly or at most 5461, at least or exactly or at most 5462, at least or exactly or at most 5463, at least or exactly or at most 5464, at least or exactly or at most 5465, at least or exactly or at most 5466, at least or exactly or at most 5467, at least or exactly or at most 5468, at least or exactly or at most 5469, at least or exactly or at most 5470, at least or exactly or at most 5471, at least or exactly or at most 5472, at least or exactly or at most 5473, at least or exactly or at most 5474, at least or exactly or at most 5475, at least or exactly or at most 5476, at least or exactly or at most 5477, at least or exactly or at most 5478, at least or exactly or at most 5479, at least or exactly or at most 5480, at least or exactly or at most 5481, at least or exactly or at most 5482, at least or exactly or at most 5483, at least or exactly or at most 5484, at least or exactly or at most 5485, at least or exactly or at most 5486, at least or exactly or at most 5487, at least or exactly or at most 5488, at least or exactly or at most 5489, at least or exactly or at most 5490, at least or exactly or at most 5491, at least or exactly or at most 5492, at least or exactly or at most 5493, at least or exactly or at most 5494, at least or exactly or at most 5495, at least or exactly or at most 5496, at least or exactly or at most 5497, at least or exactly or at most 5498, at least or exactly or at most 5499, at least or exactly or at most 5500, at least or exactly or at most 5501, at least or exactly or at most 5502, at least or exactly or at most 5503, at least or exactly or at most 5504, at least or exactly or at most 5505, at least or exactly or at most 5506, at least or exactly or at most 5507, at least or exactly or at most 5508, at least or exactly or at most 5509, at least or exactly or at most 5510, at least or exactly or at most 5511, at least or exactly or at most 5512, at least or exactly or at most 5513, at least or exactly or at most 5514, at least or exactly or at most 5515, at least or exactly or at most 5516, at least or exactly or at most 5517, at least or exactly or at most 5518, at least or exactly or at most 5519, at least or exactly or at most 5520, at least or exactly or at most 5521, at least or exactly or at most 5522, at least or exactly or at most 5523, at least or exactly or at most 5524, at least or exactly or at most 5525, at least or exactly or at most 5526, at least or exactly or at most 5527, at least or exactly or at most 5528, at least or exactly or at most 5529, at least or exactly or at most 5530, at least or exactly or at most 5531, at least or exactly or at most 5532, at least or exactly or at most 5533, at least or exactly or at most 5534, at least or exactly or at most 5535, at least or exactly or at most 5536, at least or exactly or at most 5537, at least or exactly or at most 5538, at least or exactly or at most 5539, at least or exactly or at most 5540, at least or exactly or at most 5541, at least or exactly or at most 5542, at least or exactly or at most 5543, at least or exactly or at most 5544, at least or exactly or at most 5545, at least or exactly or at most 5546, at least or exactly or at most 5547, at least or exactly or at most 5548, at least or exactly or at most 5549, at least or exactly or at most 5550, at least or exactly or at most 5551, at least or exactly or at most 5552, at least or exactly or at most 5553, at least or exactly or at most 5554, at least or exactly or at most 5555, at least or exactly or at most 5556, at least or exactly or at most 5557, at least or exactly or at most 5558, at least or exactly or at most 5559, at least or exactly or at most 5560, at least or exactly or at most 5561, at least or exactly or at most 5562, at least or exactly or at most 5563, at least or exactly or at most 5564, at least or exactly or at most 5565, at least or exactly or at most 5566, at least or exactly or at most 5567, at least or exactly or at most 5568, at least or exactly or at most 5569, at least or exactly or at most 5570, at least or exactly or at most 5571, at least or exactly or at most 5572, at least or exactly or at most 5573, at least or exactly or at most 5574, at least or exactly or at most 5575, at least or exactly or at most 5576, at least or exactly or at most 5577, at least or exactly or at most 5578, at least or exactly or at most 5579, at least or exactly or at most 5580, at least or exactly or at most 5581, at least or exactly or at most 5582, at least or exactly or at most 5583, at least or exactly or at most 5584, at least or exactly or at most 5585, at least or exactly or at most 5586, at least or exactly or at most 5587, at least or exactly or at most 5588, at least or exactly or at most 5589, at least or exactly or at most 5590, at least or exactly or at most 5591, at least or exactly or at most 5592, at least or exactly or at most 5593, at least or exactly or at most 5594, at least or exactly or at most 5595, at least or exactly or at most 5596, at least or exactly or at most 5597, at least or exactly or at most 5598, at least or exactly or at most 5599, at least or exactly or at most 5600, at least or exactly or at most 5601, at least or exactly or at most 5602, at least or exactly or at most 5603, at least or exactly or at most 5604, at least or exactly or at most 5605, at least or exactly or at most 5606, at least or exactly or at most 5607, at least or exactly or at most 5608, at least or exactly or at most 5609, at least or exactly or at most 5610, at least or exactly or at most 5611, at least or exactly or at most 5612, at least or exactly or at most 5613, at least or exactly or at most 5614, at least or exactly or at most 5615, at least or exactly or at most 5616, at least or exactly or at most 5617, at least or exactly or at most 5618, at least or exactly or at most 5619, at least or exactly or at most 5620, at least or exactly or at most 5621, at least or exactly or at most 5622, at least or exactly or at most 5623, at least or exactly or at most 5624, at least or exactly or at most 5625, or at least or exactly or at most 5626 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • In some embodiments, the polypeptide of the invention also has a sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of a) defined above of at least 65%, such as at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, and at least 99%. Similarly, the polypeptide of the invention in some embodiments also has a sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of b) defined above of at least 60%, such as at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, and at least 99%.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 and 62 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73 and 74 in any on of SEQ ID NOs: 2-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 and 100 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 3-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150 and 151 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 4-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 171, 172, 173, 174 and 175 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 5-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299 and 300 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 6-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 301, 302, 303, 304 and 305 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 7-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335 and 336 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 8-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342 and 343 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 9-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 344, 345, 346, 347 and 348 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 10-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415 and 416 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 11-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422 and 423 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 12-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to amino acid residue 424 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 13-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563 and 564 in SEQ ID NOs: 14-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 563, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574 and 575 in SEQ ID NOs: 15-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616 and 617 in SEQ ID NOs: 16-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 618, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 668, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680, 681, 682, 683 and 684 in SEQ ID NOs: 17-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698, 699, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737 and 738 in SEQ ID NOs: 18-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 739, 740, 741, and 742 in SEQ ID NOs: 19-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 764, 765, 766, 767, 768, 769, 770, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777, 778, 779 and 780 in SEQ ID NOs: 20-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791, 792, 793, 794, 795, 796, 797, 798, 799, 800, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, 819, 820, 821, 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 846 and 847 in SEQ ID NOs: 21-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 848, 849, 850, 851, 852, 853, 854, 855, 856, 857, 858, 859, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, 866, 867, 868, 869, 870, 871, 872, 873, 874, 875 and 876 in SEQ ID NOs: 22-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 877, 878, 879, 880, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 888, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899, 900, 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914 and 915 in SEQ ID NOs: 23-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921, 922, 923, 924, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939, 940, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 948, 949, 950, 951, 952, 953, 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963, 964, 965, 966, 967, 968, 969, 970, 971, 972, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, 978, 979, 980, 981, 982, 983, 984, 985, 986, 987, 988, 989, 990 and 991 in SEQ ID NOs: 24-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 992, 993, 994, 995, 996, 997, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052 and 1053 in SEQ ID NOs: 25-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1147, 1148, 1149, 1150, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1156, and 1157 in SEQ ID NOs: 26-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 1158, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1168, 1169, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1173, 1174, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179, 1180, 1181, 1182, 1183, 1184, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1190, 1191, 1192, 1193, 1194, 1195, 1196, 1197, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1206, and 1207 in SEQ ID NOs: 27-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 1208, 1209, 1210, 1211, 1212, 1213, 1214, 1215, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219, 1220, 1221, 1222, 1223, 1224, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1230, 1231, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1235, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1239, 1240, 1241, 1242, 1243, 1244, 1245, 1246, 1247, 1248, 1249, 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255, 1256, 1257, 1258, 1259, 1260, 1261, 1262, 1263, 1264, 1265, 1266, 1267, 1268, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1327, 1328, 1329, 1330, 1331, 1332, 1333, 1334, 1335, 1336, 1337, 1338, 1339, 1340, 1341, 1342, 1343, 1344, 1345, 1346, 1347, 1348, 1349, 1350, 1351, 1352, 1353, 1354, 1355, 1356, 1357, 1358, 1359, 1360, 1361, 1362, 1363, 1364, 1365, 1366, 1367, 1368, 1369, 1370, 1371, 1372, 1373, 1374, 1375, 1376, 1377, 1378, 1379, 1380, 1381, 1382, 1383, 1384, 1385, 1386, 1387, 1388, 1389, 1390, 1391, 1392, 1393, 1394, 1395, 1396, 1397, 1398, 1399, 1400, 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1406, 1407, 1408, 1409, 1410, 1411, 1412, 1413, 1414, 1415, 1416, 1417, 1418, 1419, 1420, 1421, 1422, 1423, 1424, 1425, 1426, 1427, 1428, 1429, 1430, 1431, 1432, 1433, 1434, 1435, 1436, 1437, 1438, 1439, 1440, 1441, 1442, 1443, 1444, 1445, 1446, 1447, 1448, 1449, 1450, 1451, 1452, 1453, 1454, 1455, 1456, 1457, 1458, 1459, 1460, 1461, 1462, 1463, 1464, 1465, 1466, 1467, 1468, 1469, 1470, 1471, 1472, 1473, 1474, 1475, 1476, 1477, 1478, 1479, 1480, 1481, 1482, 1483, 1484, 1485, 1486, 1487, 1488, 1489, 1490, 1491, 1492, 1493, 1494, 1495, 1496, 1497, 1498, 1499, 1500, 1501, 1502, 1503, 1504, 1505, 1506, 1507, 1508, 1509, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513, 1514, 1515, 1516, 1517, 1518, 1519, 1520, 1521, 1522, 1523, 1524, 1525, 1526, 1527, 1528, 1529, 1530, 1531, 1532, 1533, 1534, 1535, 1536, 1537, 1538, 1539, 1540, 1541, 1542, 1543, 1544, 1545, 1546, 1547, 1548, 1549, 1550, 1551, 1552, 1553, 1554, 1555, 1556, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1560, 1561, 1562, 1563, 1564, 1565, 1566, 1567, 1568, 1569, 1570, 1571, 1572, 1573, 1574, 1575, 1576, 1577, 1578, 1579, 1580, 1581, 1582, 1583, 1584, 1585, 1586, 1587, 1588, 1589, 1590, 1591, 1592, 1593, 1594, 1595, 1596, 1597, 1598, 1599, 1600, 1601, 1602, 1603, 1604, 1605, 1606, 1607, 1608, 1609, 1610, 1611, 1612, 1613, 1614, 1615, 1616, 1617, 1618, 1619, 1620, 1621, 1622, 1623, 1624, 1625, 1626, 1627, 1628, 1629, 1630, 1631, 1632, 1633, 1634, 1635, 1636, 1637, 1638, 1639, 1640, 1641, 1642, 1643, 1644, 1645, 1646, 1647, 1648, 1649, 1650, 1651, 1652, 1653, 1654, 1655, 1656, 1657, 1658, 1659, 1660, 1661, 1662, 1663, 1664, 1665, 1666, 1667, 1668, 1669, 1670, 1671, 1672, 1673, 1674, 1675, 1676, 1677, 1678, 1679, 1680, 1681, 1682, 1683, 1684, 1685, 1686, 1687, 1688, 1689, 1690, 1691, 1692, 1693, 1694, 1695, 1696, 1697, 1698, 1699, 1700, 1701, 1702, 1703, 1704, 1705, 1706, 1707, 1708, 1709, 1710, 1711, 1712, 1713, 1714, 1715, 1716, 1717, 1718, 1719, 1720, 1721, 1722, 1723, 1724, 1725, 1726, 1727, 1728, 1729, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1738, 1739, 1740, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1744, 1745, 1746, 1747, 1748, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1752, 1753, 1754, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1758, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2121, 2122, 2123, 2124, 2125, 2126, 2127, 2128, 2129, 2130, 2131, 2132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2149, 2150, 2151, 2152, 2153, 2154, 2155, 2156, 2157, 2158, 2159, 2160, 2171, 2172, 2173, 2174, 2175, 2176, 2177, 2178, 2179, 2180, 2181, 2182, 2183, 2184, 2185, 2186, 2187, 2188, 2189, 2190, 2191, 2192, 2193, 2194, 2195, 2196, 2197, 2198, 2199, 2200, 2201, 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, 2207, 2208, 2209, 2210, 2211, 2212, 2213, 2214, 2215, 2216, 2217, 2218, 2219, 2220, 2221, 2222, 2223, 2224, 2225, 2226, 2227, 2228, 2229, 2230, 2231, 2232, 2233, 2234, 2235, 2236, 2237, 2238, 2239, 2240, 2241, 2242, 2243, 2244, 2245, 2246, 2247, 2248, 2249, 2250, 2251, 2252, 2253, 2254, 2255, 2256, 2257, 2258, 2259, 2260, 2271, 2272, 2273, 2274, 2275, 2276, 2277, 2278, 2279, 2280, 2281, 2282, 2283, 2284, 2285, 2286, 2287, 2288, 2289, 2290, 2291, 2292, 2293, 2294, 2295, 2296, 2297, 2298, 2299, 2300, 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304, 2305, 2306, 2307, 2308, 2309, 2310, 2311, 2312, 2313, 2314, 2315, 2316, 2317, 2318, 2319, 2320, 2321, 2322, 2323, 2324, 2325, 2326, 2327, 2328, 2329, 2330, 2331, 2332, 2333, 2334, 2335, 2336, 2337, 2338, 2339, 2340, 2341, 2342, 2343, 2344, 2345, 2346, 2347, 2348, 2349, 2350, 2351, 2352, 2353, 2354, 2355, 2356, 2357, 2358, 2359, 2360, 2361, 2362, 2363, 2364, 2365, 2366, 2367, 2368, 2369, 2370, 2371, 2372, 2373, 2374, 2375, 2376, 2377, 2378, 2379, 2380, 2381, 2382, 2383, 2384, 2385, 2386, 2387, 2388, 2389, 2390, 2391, 2392, 2393, 2394, 2395, 2396, 2397, 2398, 2399, 2400, 2401, 2402, 2403, 2404, 2405, 2406, 2407, 2408, 2409, 2410, 2411, 2412, 2413, 2414, 2415, 2416, 2417, 2418, 2419, 2420, 2421, 2422, 2423, 2424, 2425, 2426, 2427, 2428, 2429, 2430, 2431, 2432, 2433, 2434, 2435, 2436, 2437, 2438, 2439, 2440, 2441, 2442, 2443, 2444, 2445, 2446, 2447, 2448, 2449, 2450, 2451, 2452, 2453, 2454, 2455, 2456, 2457, 2458, 2459, 2460, 2461, 2462, 2463 and 2464 in SEQ ID NOs: 28-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 2465, 2466, 2467, 2468, 2469, 2470, 2471, 2472, 2473, 2474, 2475, 2476, 2477, 2478, 2479, 2480, 2481, 2482, 2483, 2484, 2485, 2486, 2487, 2488, 2489, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2514, 2515, 2516, 2517, 2518, 2519, 2520, 2521, 2522, 2523, 2524, 2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2529, 2530, 2531, 2532, 2533, 2534, 2535, 2536, 2537, 2538, 2539, 2540, 2541, 2542, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2546, 2547, 2548, 2549, 2550, 2551, 2552, 2553, 2554, 2555, 2556, 2557, 2558, 2559, 2560, 2561, 2562, 2563, 2564, 2565, 2566, 2567, 2568, 2569, 2570, 2571, 2572, 2573, 2574, 2575, 2576, 2577, 2578, 2579, 2580, 2581, 2582, 2583, 2584, 2585, 2586, 2587, 2588, 2589, 2590, 2591, 2592, 2593, 2594, 2595, 2596, 2597, 2598, 2599, 2600, 2601, 2602, 2603, 2604, 2605, 2606, 2607, 2608, 2609, 2610, 2611, 2612, 2613, 2614, 2615, 2616, 2617, 2618, 2619, 2620, 2621, 2622, 2623, 2624, 2625, 2626, 2627, 2628, 2629, 2630, 2631, 2632, 2633, 2634, 2635, 2636, 2637, 2638, 2639, 2640, 2641, 2642, 2643, 2644, 2645, 2646, 2647, 2648, 2649, 2650, 2651, 2652, 2653, 2654, 2655, 2656, 2657, 2658, 2659, 2660, 2661, 2662, 2663, 2664, 2665, 2666, 2667, 2668, 2669, 2670, 2671, 2672, 2673, 2674, 2675, 2676, 2677, 2678, 2679, 2680, 2681, 2682, 2683, 2684, 2685, 2686, 2687, 2688, 2689, 2690, 2691, 2692, 2693, 2694, 2695, 2696, 2697, 2698, 2699, 2700, 2701, 2702, 2703, 2704, 2705, 2706, 2707, 2708, 2709, 2710, 2711, 2712, 2713, 2714, 2715, 2716, 2717, 2718, 2719, 2720, 2721, 2722, 2723, 2724, 2725, 2726, 2727, 2728, 2729, 2730, 2731, 2732, 2733, 2734, 2735, 2736, 2737, 2738, 2739, 2740, 2741, 2742, 2743, 2744, 2745, 2746, 2747, 2748, 2749, 2750, 2751, 2752, 2753, 2754, 2755, 2756, 2757, 2758, 2759, 2760, 2761, 2762, 2763, 2764, 2765, 2766, 2767, 2768, 2769, 2770, 2771, 2772, 2773, 2774, 2775, 2776, 2777, 2778, 2779, 2780, 2781, 2782, 2783, 2784, 2785, 2786, 2787, 2788, 2789, 2790, 2791, 2792, 2793, 2794, 2795, 2796, 2797, 2798, 2799, 2800, 2801, 2802, 2803, 2804, 2805, 2806, 2807, 2808, 2809, 2810, 2811, 2812, 2813, 2814, 2815, 2816, 2817, 2818, 2819, 2820, 2821, 2822, 2823, 2824, 2825, 2826, 2827, 2828, 2829, 2830, 2831, 2832, 2833, 2834, 2835, 2836, 2837, 2838, 2839, 2840, 2841, 2842, 2843, 2844, 2845, 2846, 2847, 2848, 2849, 2850, 2851, 2852, 2853, 2854, 2855, 2856, 2857, 2858, 2859, 2860, 2861, 2862, 2863, 2864, 2865, 2866, 2867, 2868, 2869, 2870, 2871, 2872, 2873, 2874, 2875, 2876, 2877, 2878, 2879, 2880, 2881, 2882, 2883, 2884, 2885, 2886, 2887, 2888, 2889, 2890, 2891, 2892, 2893, 2894, 2895, 2896, 2897, 2898, 2899, 2900, 2901, 2902, 2903, 2904, 2905, 2906, 2907, 2908, 2909, 2910, 2911, 2912, 2913, 2914, 2915, 2916, 2917, 2918, 2919, 2920, 2921, 2922, 2923, 2924, 2925, 2926, 2927, 2928, 2929, 2930, 2931, 2932, 2933, 2934, 2935, 2936, 2937, 2938, 2939, 2940, 2941, 2942, 2943, 2944, 2945, 2946, 2947, 2948, 2949, 2950, 2951, 2952, 2953, 2954, 2955, 2956, 2957, 2958, 2959, 2960, 2961, 2962, 2963, 2964, 2965, 2966, 2967, 2968, 2969, 2970, 2971, 2972, 2973, 2974, 2975, 2976, 2977, 2978, 2979, 2980, 2981, 2982, 2983, 2984, 2985, 2986, 2987, 2988, 2989, 2990, 2991, 2992, 2993, 2994, 2995, 2996, 2997, 2998, 2999, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3040, 3042, 3043, 3044, 3045, 3046, 3047, 3048, 3049, 3050, 3051, 3052, 3053, 3054, 3055, 3056, 3057, 3058, 3059, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3063, 3064, 3065, 3066, 3067, 3068, 3069, 3070, 3071, 3072, 3073, 3074, 3075, 3076, 3077, 3078, 3079, 3080, 3081, 3082, 3083, 3084, 3085, 3086, 3087, 3088, 3089, 3090, 3091, 3092, 3093, 3094, 3095, 3096, 3097, 3098, 3099, 3100, 3101, 3102, 3103, 3104, 3105, 3106, 3107, 3108, 3109, 3110, 3110, 3111, 3112, 3113, 3114, 3115, 3116, 3117, 3118, 3119, 3120, 3121, 3122, 3123, 3124, 3125, 3126, 3127, 3128, 3129, 3130, 3131, 3132, 3133, 3134, 3135, 3136, 3137, 3138, 3139, 3140, 3141, 3142, 3143, 3144, 3145, 3146, 3147, 3148, 3149, 3150, 3151, 3152, 3153, 3154, 3155, 3156, 3157, 3158, 3159, 3160, 3171, 3172, 3173, 3174, 3175, 3176, 3177, 3178, 3179, 3180, 3181, 3182, 3183, 3184, 3185, 3186, 3187, 3188, 3189, 3190, 3191, 3192, 3193, 3194, 3195, 3196, 3197, 3198, 3199, 3200, 3201, 3202, 3203, 3204, 3205, 3206, 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3211, 3212, 3213, 3214, 3215, 3216, 3217, 3218, 3219, 3220, 3221, 3222, 3223, 3224, 3225, 3226, 3227, 3228, 3229, 3230, 3231, 3232, 3233, 3234, 3235, 3236, 3237, 3238, 3239, 3240, 3241, 3242, 3243, 3244, 3245, 3246, 3247, 3248, 3249, 3250, 3251, 3252, 3253, 3254, 3255, 3256, 3257, 3258, 3259, 3260, 3271, 3272, 3273, 3274, 3275, 3276, 3277, 3278, 3279, 3280, 3281, 3282, 3283, 3284, 3285, 3286, 3287, 3288, 3289, 3290, 3291, 3292, 3293, 3294, 3295, 3296, 3297, 3298, 3299, 3300, 3301, 3302, 3303, 3304, 3305, 3306, 3307, 3308, 3309, 3310, 3311, 3312, 3313, 3314, 3315, 3316, 3317, 3318, 3319, 3320, 3321, 3322, 3323, 3324, 3325, 3326, 3327, 3328, 3329, 3330, 3331, 3332, 3333, 3334, 3335, 3336, 3337, 3338, 3339, 3340, 3341, 3342, 3343, 3344, 3345, 3346, 3347, 3348, 3349, 3350, 3351, 3352, 3353, 3354, 3355, 3356, 3357, 3358, 3359, 3360, 3361, 3362, 3363, 3364, 3365, 3366, 3367, 3368, 3369, 3370, 3371, 3372, 3373, 3374, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3378, 3379, 3380, 3381, 3382, 3383, 3384, 3385, 3386, 3387, 3388, 3389, 3390, 3391, 3392, 3393, 3394, 3395, 3396, 3397, 3398, 3399, 3400, 3401, 3402, 3403, 3404, 3405, 3406, 3407, 3408, 3409, 3410, 3411, 3412, 3413, 3414, 3415, 3416, 3417, 3418, 3419, 3420, 3421, 3422, 3423, 3424, 3425, 3426, 3427, 3428, 3429, 3430, 3431, 3432, 3433, 3434, 3435, 3436, 3437, 3438, 3439, 3440, 3441, 3442, 3443, 3444, 3445, 3446, 3447, 3448, 3449, 3450, 3451, 3452, 3453, 3454, 3455, 3456, 3457, 3458, 3459, 3460, 3461, 3462, 3463, 3464, 3465, 3466, 3467, 3468, 3469, 3470, 3471, 3472, 3473, 3474, 3475, 3476, 3477, 3478, 3479, 3480, 3481, 3482, 3483, 3484, 3485, 3486, 3487, 3488, 3489, 3490, 3491, 3492, 3493, 3494, 3495, 3496, 3497, 3498, 3499, 3500, 3501, 3502, 3503, 3504, 3505, 3506, 3507, 3508, 3509, 3510, 3511, 3512, 3513, 3514, 3515, 3516, 3517, 3518, 3519, 3520, 3521, 3522, 3523, 3524, 3525, 3526, 3527, 3528, 3529, 3530 and 3531 in SEQ ID NOs: 29-30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • In the embodiments defined by option b) above, the polypeptide of the invention is also one that has at least 5 contiguous amino acid residues defined for option b) above and also has its N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 3532, 3533, 3534, 3535, 3536, 3537, 3538, 3539, 3540, 3541, 3542, 3543, 3544, 3545, 3546, 3547, 3548, 3549, 3550, 3551, 3552, 3553, 3554, 3555, 3556, 3557, 3558, 3559, 3560, 3561, 3562, 3563, 3564, 3565, 3566, 3567, 3568, 3569, 3570, 3571, 3572, 3573, 3574, 3575, 3576, 3577, 3578, 3579, 3580, 3581, 3582, 3583, 3584, 3585, 3586, 3587, 3588, 3589, 3590, 3591, 3592, 3593, 3594, 3595, 3596, 3597, 3598, 3599, 3600, 3601, 3602, 3603, 3604, 3605, 3606, 3607, 3608, 3609, 3610, 3611, 3612, 3613, 3614, 3615, 3616, 3617, 3618, 3619, 3620, 3621, 3622, 3623, 3624, 3625, 3626, 3627, 3628, 3629, 3630, 3631, 3632, 3633, 3634, 3635, 3636, 3637, 3638, 3639, 3640, 3641, 3642, 3643, 3644, 3645, 3646, 3647, 3648, 3649, 3650, 3651, 3652, 3653, 3654, 3655, 3656, 3657, 3658, 3659, 3660, 3661, 3662, 3663, 3664, 3665, 3666, 3667, 3668, 3669, 3670, 3671, 3672, 3673, 3674, 3675, 3676, 3677, 3678, 3679, 3680, 3681, 3682, 3683, 3684, 3685, 3686, 3687, 3688, 3689, 3690, 3691, 3692, 3693, 3694, 3695, 3696, 3697, 3698, 3699, 3700, 3701, 3702, 3703, 3704, 3705, 3706, 3707, 3708, 3709, 3710, 3711, 3712, 3713, 3714, 3715, 3716, 3717, 3718, 3719, 3720, 3721, 3722, 3723, 3724, 3725, 3726, 3727, 3728, 3729, 3730, 3731, 3732, 3733, 3734, 3735, 3736, 3737, 3738, 3739, 3740, 3741, 3742, 3743, 3744, 3745, 3746, 3747, 3748, 3749, 3750, 3751, 3752, 3753, 3754, 3755, 3756, 3757, 3758, 3759, 3760, 3761, 3762, 3763, 3764, 3765, 3766, 3767, 3768, 3769, 3770, 3771, 3772, 3773, 3774, 3775, 3776, 3777, 3778, 3779, 3780, 3781, 3782, 3783, 3784, 3785, 3786, 3787, 3788, 3789, 3790, 3791, 3792, 3793, 3794, 3795, 3796, 3797, 3798, 3799, 3800, 3801, 3802, 3803, 3804, 3805, 3806, 3807, 3808, 3809, 3810, 3811, 3812, 3813, 3814, 3815, 3816, 3817, 3818, 3819, 3820, 3821, 3822, 3823, 3824, 3825, 3826, 3827, 3828, 3829, 3830, 3831, 3832, 3833, 3834, 3835, 3836, 3837, 3838, 3839, 3840, 3841, 3842, 3843, 3844, 3845, 3846, 3847, 3848, 3849, 3850, 3851, 3852, 3853, 3854, 3855, 3856, 3857, 3858, 3859, 3860, 3861, 3862, 3863, 3864, 3865, 3866, 3867, 3868, 3869, 3870, 3871, 3872, 3873, 3874, 3875, 3876, 3877, 3878, 3879, 3880, 3881, 3882, 3883, 3884, 3885, 3886, 3887, 3888, 3889, 3890, 3891, 3892, 3893, 3894, 3895, 3896, 3897, 3898, 3899, 3900, 3901, 3902, 3903, 3904, 3905, 3906, 3907, 3908, 3909, 3910, 3911, 3912, 3913, 3914, 3915, 3916, 3917, 3918, 3919, 3920, 3921, 3922, 3923, 3924, 3925, 3926, 3927, 3928, 3929, 3930, 3931, 3932, 3933, 3934, 3935, 3936, 3937, 3938, 3939, 3940, 3941, 3942, 3943, 3944, 3945, 3946, 3947, 3948, 3949, 3950, 3951, 3952, 3953, 3954, 3955, 3956, 3957, 3958, 3959, 3960, 3961, 3962, 3963, 3964, 3965, 3966, 3967, 3968, 3969, 3970, 3971, 3972, 3973, 3974, 3975, 3976, 3977, 3978, 3979, 3980, 3981, 3982, 3983, 3984, 3985, 3986, 3987, 3988, 3989, 3990, 3991, 3992, 3993, 3994, 3995, 3996, 3997, 3998, 3999, 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4016, 4017, 4018, 4019, 4020, 4021, 4022, 4023, 4024, 4025, 4026, 4027, 4028, 4029, 4030, 4031, 4032, 4033, 4034, 4035, 4036, 4037, 4038, 4039, 4040, 4042, 4043, 4044, 4045, 4046, 4047, 4048, 4049, 4050, 4051, 4052, 4053, 4054, 4055, 4056, 4057, 4058, 4059, 4060, 4061, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4065, 4066, 4067, 4068, 4069, 4070, 4071, 4072, 4073, 4074, 4075, 4076, 4077, 4078, 4079, 4080, 4081, 4082, 4083, 4084, 4085, 4086, 4087, 4088, 4089, 4090, 4091, 4092, 4093, 4094, 4095, 4096, 4097, 4098, 4099, 4100, 4101, 4102, 4103, 4104, 4105, 4106, 4107, 4108, 4109, 4110, 4110, 4111, 4112, 4113, 4114, 4115, 4116, 4117, 4118, 4119, 4120, 4121, 4122, 4123, 4124, 4125, 4126, 4127, 4128, 4129, 4130, 4131, 4132, 4133, 4134, 4135, 4136, 4137, 4138, 4139, 4140, 4141, 4142, 4143, 4144, 4145, 4146, 4147, 4148, 4149, 4150, 4151, 4152, 4153, 4154, 4155, 4156, 4157, 4158, 4159, 4160, 4171, 4172, 4173, 4174, 4175, 4176, 4177, 4178, 4179, 4180, 4181, 4182, 4183, 4184, 4185, 4186, 4187, 4188, 4189, 4190, 4191, 4192, 4193, 4194, 4195, 4196, 4197, 4198, 4199, 4200, 4201, 4202, 4203, 4204, 4205, 4206, 4207, 4208, 4209, 4210, 4211, 4212, 4213, 4214, 4215, 4216, 4217, 4218, 4219, 4220, 4221, 4222, 4223, 4224, 4225, 4226, 4227, 4228, 4229, 4230, 4231, 4232, 4233, 4234, 4235, 4236, 4237, 4238, 4239, 4240, 4241, 4242, 4243, 4244, 4245, 4246, 4247, 4248, 4249, 4250, 4251, 4252, 4253, 4254, 4255, 4256, 4257, 4258, 4259, 4260, 4271, 4272, 4273, 4274, 4275, 4276, 4277, 4278, 4279, 4280, 4281, 4282, 4283, 4284, 4285, 4286, 4287, 4288, 4289, 4290, 4291, 4292, 4293, 4294, 4295, 4296, 4297, 4298, 4299, 4300, 4301, 4302, 4303, 4304, 4305, 4306, 4307, 4308, 4309, 4310, 4311, 4312, 4313, 4314, 4315, 4316, 4317, 4318, 4319, 4320, 4321, 4322, 4323, 4324, 4325, 4326, 4327, 4328, 4329, 4330, 4331, 4332, 4333, 4334, 4335, 4336, 4337, 4338, 4339, 4340, 4341, 4342, 4343, 4344, 4345, 4346, 4347, 4348, 4349, 4350, 4351, 4352, 4353, 4354, 4355, 4356, 4357, 4358, 4359, 4360, 4361, 4362, 4363, 4364, 4365, 4366, 4367, 4368, 4369, 4370, 4371, 4372, 4373, 4374, 4375, 4376, 4377, 4378, 4379, 4380, 4381, 4382, 4383, 4384, 4385, 4386, 4387, 4388, 4389, 4390, 4391, 4392, 4393, 4394, 4395, 4396, 4397, 4398, 4399, 4400, 4401, 4402, 4403, 4404, 4405, 4406, 4407, 4408, 4409, 4410, 4411, 4412, 4413, 4414, 4415, 4416, 4417, 4418, 4419, 4420, 4421, 4422, 4423, 4424, 4425, 4426, 4427, 4428, 4429, 4430, 4431, 4432, 4433, 4434, 4435, 4436, 4437, 4438, 4439, 4440, 4441, 4442, 4443, 4444, 4445, 4446, 4447, 4448, 4449, 4450, 4451, 4452, 4453, 4454, 4455, 4456, 4457, 4458, 4459, 4460, 4461, 4462, 4463, 4464, 4465, 4466, 4467, 4468, 4469, 4470, 4471, 4472, 4473, 4474, 4475, 4476, 4477, 4478, 4479, 4480, 4481, 4482, 4483, 4484, 4485, 4486, 4487, 4488, 4489, 4490, 4491, 4492, 4493, 4494, 4495, 4496, 4497, 4498, 4499, 4500, 4501, 4502, 4503, 4504, 4505, 4506, 4507, 4508, 4509, 4510, 4511, 4512, 4513, 4514, 4515, 4516, 4517, 4518, 4519, 4520, 4521, 4522, 4523, 4524, 4525, 4526, 4527, 4528, 4529, 4530, 4531, 4532, 4533, 4534, 4535, 4536, 4537, 4538, 4539, 4540, 4541, 4542, 4543, 4544, 4545, 4546, 4547, 4548, 4549, 4550, 4551, 4552, 4553, 4554, 4555, 4556, 4557, 4558, 4559, 4560, 4561, 4562, 4563, 4564, 4565, 4566, 4567, 4568, 4569, 4570, 4571, 4572, 4573, 4574, 4575, 4576, 4577, 4578, 4579, 4580, 4581, 4582, 4583, 4584, 4585, 4586, 4587, 4588, 4589, 4590, 4591, 4592, 4593, 4594, 4595, 4596, 4597, 4598, 4599, 4600, 4601, 4602, 4603, 4604, 4605, 4606, 4607, 4608, 4609, 4610, 4611, 4612, 4613, 4614, 4615, 4616, 4617, 4618, 4619, 4620, 4621, 4622, 4623, 4624, 4625, 4626, 4627, 4628, 4629, 4630, 4631, 4632, 4633, 4634, 4635, 4636, 4637, 4638, 4639, 4640, 4641, 4642, 4643, 4644, 4645, 4646, 4647, 4648, 4649, 4650, 4651, 4652, 4653, 4654, 4655, 4656, 4657, 4658, 4659, 4660, 4661, 4662, 4663, 4664, 4665, 4666, 4667, 4668, 4669, 4670, 4671, 4672, 4673, 4674, 4675, 4676, 4677, 4678, 4679, 4680, 4681, 4682, 4683, 4684, 4685, 4686, 4687, 4688, 4689, 4690, 4691, 4692, 4693, 4694, 4695, 4696, 4697, 4698, 4699, 4700, 4701, 4702, 4703, 4704, 4705, 4706, 4707, 4708, 4709, 4710, 4711, 4712, 4713, 4714, 4715, 4716, 4717, 4718, 4719, 4720, 4721, 4722, 4723, 4724, 4725, 4726, 4727, 4728, 4729, 4730, 4731, 4732, 4733, 4734, 4735, 4736, 4737, 4738, 4739, 4740, 4741, 4742, 4743, 4744, 4745, 4746, 4747, 4748, 4749, 4750, 4751, 4752, 4753, 4754, 4755, 4756, 4757, 4758, 4759, 4760, 4761, 4762, 4763, 4764, 4765, 4766, 4767, 4768, 4769, 4770, 4771, 4772, 4773, 4774, 4775, 4776, 4777, 4778, 4779, 4780, 4781, 4782, 4783, 4784, 4785, 4786, 4787, 4788, 4789, 4790, 4791, 4792, 4793, 4794, 4795, 4796, 4797, 4798, 4799, 4800, 4801, 4802, 4803, 4804, 4805, 4806, 4807, 4808, 4809, 4810, 4811, 4812, 4813, 4814, 4815, 4816, 4817, 4818, 4819, 4820, 4821, 4822, 4823, 4824, 4825, 4826, 4827, 4828, 4829, 4830, 4831, 4832, 4833, 4834, 4835, 4836, 4837, 4838, 4839, 4840, 4841, 4842, 4843, 4844, 4845, 4846, 4847, 4848, 4849, 4850, 4851, 4852, 4853, 4854, 4855, 4856, 4857, 4858, 4859, 4860, 4861, 4862, 4863, 4864, 4865, 4866, 4867, 4868, 4869, 4870, 4871, 4872, 4873, 4874, 4875, 4876, 4877, 4878, 4879, 4880, 4881, 4882, 4883, 4884, 4885, 4886, 4887, 4888, 4889, 4890, 4891, 4892, 4893, 4894, 4895, 4896, 4897, 4898, 4899, 4900, 4901, 4902, 4903, 4904, 4905, 4906, 4907, 4908, 4909, 4910, 4911, 4912, 4913, 4914, 4915, 4916, 4917, 4918, 4919, 4920, 4921, 4922, 4923, 4924, 4925, 4926, 4927, 4928, 4929, 4930, 4931, 4932, 4933, 4934, 4935, 4936, 4937, 4938, 4939, 4940, 4941, 4942, 4943, 4944, 4945, 4946, 4947, 4948, 4949, 4950, 4951, 4952, 4953, 4954, 4955, 4956, 4957, 4958, 4959, 4960, 4961, 4962, 4963, 4964, 4965, 4966, 4967, 4968, 4969, 4970, 4971, 4972, 4973, 4974, 4975, 4976, 4977, 4978, 4979, 4980, 4981, 4982, 4983, 4984, 4985, 4986, 4987, 4988, 4989, 4990, 4991, 4992, 4993, 4994, 4995, 4996, 4997, 4998, 4999, 5000, 5001, 5002, 5003, 5004, 5005, 5006, 5007, 5008, 5009, 5010, 5011, 5012, 5013, 5014, 5015, 5016, 5017, 5018, 5019, 5020, 5021, 5022, 5023, 5024, 5025, 5026, 5027, 5028, 5029, 5030, 5031, 5032, 5033, 5034, 5035, 5036, 5037, 5038, 5039, 5040, 5042, 5043, 5044, 5045, 5046, 5047, 5048, 5049, 5050, 5051, 5052, 5053, 5054, 5055, 5056, 5057, 5058, 5059, 5060, 5061, 5062, 5063, 5064, 5065, 5066, 5067, 5068, 5069, 5070, 5071, 5072, 5073, 5074, 5075, 5076, 5077, 5078, 5079, 5080, 5081, 5082, 5083, 5084, 5085, 5086, 5087, 5088, 5089, 5090, 5091, 5092, 5093, 5094, 5095, 5096, 5097, 5098, 5099, 5100, 5101, 5102, 5103, 5104, 5105, 5106, 5107, 5108, 5109, 5110, 5110, 5111, 5112, 5113, 5114, 5115, 5116, 5117, 5118, 5119, 5120, 5121, 5122, 5123, 5124, 5125, 5126, 5127, 5128, 5129, 5130, 5131, 5132, 5133, 5134, 5135, 5136, 5137, 5138, 5139, 5140, 5141, 5142, 5143, 5144, 5145, 5146, 5147, 5148, 5149, 5150, 5151, 5152, 5153, 5154, 5155, 5156, 5157, 5158, 5159, 5160, 5171, 5172, 5173, 5174, 5175, 5176, 5177, 5178, 5179, 5180, 5181, 5182, 5183, 5184, 5185, 5186, 5187, 5188, 5189, 5190, 5191, 5192, 5193, 5194, 5195, 5196, 5197, 5198, 5199, 5200, 5201, 5202, 5203, 5204, 5205, 5206, 5207, 5208, 5209, 5210, 5211, 5212, 5213, 5214, 5215, 5216, 5217, 5218, 5219, 5220, 5221, 5222, 5223, 5224, 5225, 5226, 5227, 5228, 5229, 5230, 5231, 5232, 5233, 5234, 5235, 5236, 5237, 5238, 5239, 5240, 5241, 5242, 5243, 5244, 5245, 5246, 5247, 5248, 5249, 5250, 5251, 5252, 5253, 5254, 5255, 5256, 5257, 5258, 5259, 5260, 5271, 5272, 5273, 5274, 5275, 5276, 5277, 5278, 5279, 5280, 5281, 5282, 5283, 5284, 5285, 5286, 5287, 5288, 5289, 5290, 5291, 5292, 5293, 5294, 5295, 5296, 5297, 5298, 5299, 5300, 5301, 5302, 5303, 5304, 5305, 5306, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5313, 5314, 5315, 5316, 5317, 5318, 5319, 5320, 5321, 5322, 5323, 5324, 5325, 5326, 5327, 5328, 5329, 5330, 5331, 5332, 5333, 5334, 5335, 5336, 5337, 5338, 5339, 5340, 5341, 5342, 5343, 5344, 5345, 5346, 5347, 5348, 5349, 5350, 5351, 5352, 5353, 5354, 5355, 5356, 5357, 5358, 5359, 5360, 5361, 5362, 5363, 5364, 5365, 5366, 5367, 5368, 5369, 5370, 5371, 5372, 5373, 5374, 5375, 5376, 5377, 5378, 5379, 5380, 5381, 5382, 5383, 5384, 5385, 5386, 5387, 5388, 5389, 5390, 5391, 5392, 5393, 5394, 5395, 5396, 5397, 5398, 5399, 5400, 5401, 5402, 5403, 5404, 5405, 5406, 5407, 5408, 5409, 5410, 5411, 5412, 5413, 5414, 5415, 5416, 5417, 5418, 5419, 5420, 5421, 5422, 5423, 5424, 5425, 5426, 5427, 5428, 5429, 5430, 5431, 5432, 5433, 5434, 5435, 5436, 5437, 5438, 5439, 5440, 5441, 5442, 5443, 5444, 5445, 5446, 5447, 5448, 5449, 5450, 5451, 5452, 5453, 5454, 5455, 5456, 5457, 5458, 5459, 5460, 5461, 5462, 5463, 5464, 5465, 5466, 5467, 5468, 5469, 5470, 5471, 5472, 5473, 5474, 5475, 5476, 5477, 5478, 5479, 5480, 5481, 5482, 5483, 5484, 5485, 5486, 5487, 5488, 5489, 5490, 5491, 5492, 5493, 5494, 5495, 5496, 5497, 5498, 5499, 5500, 5501, 5502, 5503, 5504, 5505, 5506, 5507, 5508, 5509, 5510, 5511, 5512, 5513, 5514, 5515, 5516, 5517, 5518, 5519, 5520, 5521, 5522, 5523, 5524, 5525, 5526, 5527, 5528, 5529, 5530, 5531, 5532, 5533, 5534, 5535, 5536, 5537, 5538, 5539, 5540, 5541, 5542, 5543, 5544, 5545, 5546, 5547, 5548, 5549, 5550, 5551, 5552, 5553, 5554, 5555, 5556, 5557, 5558, 5559, 5560, 5561, 5562, 5563, 5564, 5565, 5566, 5567, 5568, 5569, 5570, 5571, 5572, 5573, 5574, 5575, 5576, 5577, 5578, 5579, 5580, 5581, 5582, 5583, 5584, 5585, 5586, 5587, 5588, 5589, 5590, 5591, 5592, 5593, 5594, 5595, 5596, 5597, 5598, 5599, 5600, 5601, 5602, 5603, 5604, 5605, 5606, 5607, 5608, 5609, 5610, 5611, 5612, 5613, 5614, 5615, 5616, 5617, 5618, 5619, 5620, 5621, 5622 and 5623 in SEQ ID NO: 30, if the length of the at least 5 amino acid residues so permit—if the length of the at least 5 amino acids are higher than 5, the N-terminal first residue will not be higher numbered than N-L+1, where N is the number of amino acid residues of the reference sequence and L is the number of amino acids defined for option b.
  • The polypeptide of the invention is in certain embodiments also fused or conjugated to an immunogenic carrier molecule; or, phrased otherwise, the polypeptide of the invention also includes such an immunogenic carrier molecule in addition to the material derived from SEQ ID NOs. 1-30. The immunogenic carrier molecule is a typically polypeptide that induces T-helper lymphocyte responses in a majority of humans, such as immunogenic carrier proteins selected from the group consisting of keyhole limpet hemocyanino or a fragment thereof, tetanus toxoid or a fragment thereof, dipththeria toxoid or a fragment thereof. Other suitable carrier molecules are discussed infra.
  • In preferred embodiments, the polypeptide of the invention detailed above is capable of inducing an adaptive immune response against the polypeptide in a mammal, in particular in a human being. Preferably, the adaptive immune response is a protective adaptive immune response against infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The polypeptide may in these cases induce a humeral and/or a cellular immune response.
  • A particularly preferred polypeptide of the invention is derived from SEQ ID NO: 17 and is otherwise as defined above.
  • Epitopes
  • SEQ ID NOs: 1-30 include antigenic determinants (epitopes) that are as such recognized by antibodies and/or when bound to MHC molecules by T-cell receptors. For the purposes of the present invention, B-cell epitopes (i.e. antibody binding epitopes) are of particular relevance.
  • It is relatively uncomplicated to identify linear B-cell epitopes—one very simple approach entails that antibodies raised agains Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Pseudomonas aeruginosa derived proteins disclosed herein are tested for binding to overlapping oligomeric peptides derived from any one of SEQ ID NO: 1-30. Thereby, the regions of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa polypeptide which are responsible for or contribute to binding to the antibodies can be identified.
  • Alternatively, or additionally, one can produce mutated versions of the polypeptides of the invention, e.g. version where each single non-alanine residue in SEQ ID NOs.: 1-30 are point mutated to alanine—this method also assists in identifying complex assembled B-cell epitopes; this is the case when binding of the same antibody is modified by exchanging amino acids in different areas of the full-length polypeptide.
  • Also, in silico methods for B-cell epitope prediction can be employed: useful state-of-the-art systems for β-turn prediction is provided in Petersen B et al. (November 2010), Plos One 5(11): e15079; prediction of linear B-cell epitopes, cf: Larsen J E P et al. (April 2006), Immunome Research, 2:2; predictionof solvent exposed amino acids: Petersen B et al (July 2009), BMC Structural Biology, 9:51.
  • The Nucleic Acid Fragments of the Invention
  • The nucleic acid fragment of the invention referred to above is preferably is a DNA fragment (such as SEQ ID NOs: 31-60) or an RNA fragment (such as SEQ ID NOs 61-90).
  • The nucleic acid fragment of the invention typically consists of at least 11, such as at least 12, at least 13, at least 14, at least 15, at least 16, at least 17 at least 18, at least 19, at least 20, at least 21, at least 22, at least 23, at least 24, at least 25, at least 26, at least 27, at least 28, at least 29, at least 30, at least 31, at least 32, at least 33, at least 34, at least 35, at least 36, at least 37, at least 38, at least 39, at least 40, at least 41, at least 42, at least 43, at least 44, at least 45, at least 46, at least 47, at least 48, at least 49, at least 50, at least 51, at least 52, at least 53, at least 54, at least 55, at least 56, at least 57, at least 58, at least 59, at least 60, at least 61, at least 62, at least 63, at least 64, at least 65, at least 66, at least 67, at least 68, at least 69, at least 70, at least 71, at least 72, at least 73, at least 74, at least 75, at least 76, at least 77, at least 78, at least 79, at least 80, at least 81, at least 82, at least 83, at least 84, at least 85, at least 86, at least 87, at least 88, at least 89, at least 90, at least 91, at least 92, at least 93, at least 94, at least 95, at least 96, at least 97, at least 98, at least 99, at least 100, at least 101, at least 102, at least 103, at least 104, at least 105, at least 106, at least 107, at least 108, at least 109, at least 110, at least 111, at least 112, at least 113, at least 114, at least 115, at least 116, at least 117, at least 118, at least 119, at least 120, at least 121, at least 122, at least 123, at least 124, at least 125, at least 126, at least 127, at least 128, at least 129, at least 130, at least 131, at least 132, at least 133, at least 134, at least 135, at least 136, at least 137, at least 138, at least 139, at least 140, at least 141, at least 142, at least 143, at least 144, at least 145, at least 146, at least 147, at least 148, at least 149, at least 150, at least 151, at least 152, at least 153, at least 154, at least 155, at least 156, at least 157, at least 158, at least 159, at least 160, at least 171, at least 172, at least 173, at least 174, at least 175, at least 176, at least 177, at least 178, at least 179, at least 180, at least 181, at least 182, at least 183, at least 184, at least 185, at least 186, at least 187, at least 188, at least 189, at least 190, at least 191, at least 192, at least 193, at least 194, at least 195, at least 196, at least 197, at least 198, at least 199, at least 200 and at least 201 consecutive nucleotides in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 31-90. Longer fragments are contemplated, i.e. fragments having at least 200, at least 300 at least 400, at least 500, at least 600, at least 700, at least 800, at least 900, at least 1000, at least 1500, at least 2000, at least 2500, at least 3000, at least 3500, and at least 4000 nucleotides from those of SEQ ID NOs: 31-90 that encompass fragments of such lengths.
  • The nucleic acid fragment of the invention discussed above typically has a sequence identity with the nucleotide sequence defined for i) or ii) above, which is at least 65%, such as at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, and at least 99%.
  • The nucleic acid fragment of the invention discussed above may also have a sequence identity with the nucleotide sequence defined for iii) above, which is at least 65%, such as at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, and at least 99%.
  • The Vectors of the Invention
  • Vectors of the invention fall into several categories discussed infra. One preferred vector of the invention comprises in operable linkage and in the 5′-3′ direction, an expression control region comprising an enhancer/promoter for driving expression of the nucleic acid fragment defined for option i) above, optionally a signal peptide coding sequence, a nucleotide sequence defined for option i), and optionally a terminator. Hence, such a vector constitutes an expression vector useful for effecting production in cells of the polypeptide of the invention. Since the polypeptides of the invention are bacterial of orgin, recombinant production is conveniently effected in bacterial host cells, so here it is preferred that the expression control region drives expression in prokaryotic cell such as a bacterium, e.g. in E coli. However, if the vector is to drive expression in mammalian cell (as would be the case for a DNA vaccine vector), the expression control region should be adapted to this particular use.
  • At any rate, certain vectors of the invention are capable of autonomous replication.
  • Also, the vector of the invention may be one that is capable of being integrated into the genome of a host cell—this is particularly useful if the vector is use in the production of stably transformed cells, where the progeny will also include the genetic information introduced via the vector. Alternatively, vectors incapable of being integrated into the genome of a mammalian host cell are useful in e.g. DNA vaccination.
  • Typically, the vector of the invention is selected from the group consisting of a virus, such as a attenuated virus (which may in itself be useful as a vaccine agent), a bacteriophage, a plasmid, a minichromosome, and a cosmid.
  • A more detailed discussion of vectors of the invention is provided in the following:
  • Polypeptides of the invention may be encoded by a nucleic acid molecule comprised in a vector. A nucleic acid sequence can be “heterologous,” which means that it is in a context foreign to the cell in which the vector is being introduced, which includes a sequence homologous to a sequence in the cell but in a position within the host cell where it is ordinarily not found. Vectors include naked DNAs, RNAs, plasmids, cosmids, viruses (bacteriophage, animal viruses, and plant viruses), and artificial chromosomes (e.g., YACs). One of skill in the art would be well equipped to construct a vector through standard recombinant techniques (for example Sambrook et al, 2001; Ausubel et al, 1996, both incorporated herein by reference). In addition to encoding the polypeptides of this invention, a vector of the present invention may encode polypeptide sequences such as a tag or immunogenicity enhancing peptide (e.g. an immunogenic carrier or a fusion partner that stimulates the immune system, such as a cytokine or active fragment thereof). Useful vectors encoding such fusion proteins include pIN vectors (Inouye et al, 1985), vectors encoding a stretch of histidines, and pGEX vectors, for use in generating glutathione S-transferase (GST) soluble fusion proteins for later purification and separation or cleavage.
  • Vectors of the invention may be used in a host cell to produce a polypeptide of the invention that may subsequently be purified for administration to a subject or the vector may be purified for direct administration to a subject for expression of the protein in the subject (as is the case when administering a nucleic acid vaccine).
  • Expression vectors can contain a variety of “control sequences,” which refer to nucleic acid sequences necessary for the transcription and possibly translation of an operably linked coding sequence in a particular host organism. In addition to control sequences that govern transcription and translation, vectors and expression vectors may contain nucleic acid sequences that serve other functions as well and are described infra.
  • 1. Promoters and Enhancers
  • A “promoter” is a control sequence. The promoter is typically a region of a nucleic acid sequence at which initiation and rate of transcription are controlled. It may contain genetic elements at which regulatory proteins and molecules may bind such as RNA polymerase and other transcription factors. The phrases “operatively positioned,” “operatively linked,” “under control,” and “under transcriptional control” mean that a promoter is in a correct functional location and/or orientation in relation to a nucleic acid sequence to control transcriptional initiation and expression of that sequence. A promoter may or may not be used in conjunction with an “enhancer,” which refers to a cis-acting regulatory sequence involved in the transcriptional activation of a nucleic acid sequence.
  • A promoter may be one naturally associated with a gene or sequence, as may be obtained by isolating the 5′ non-coding sequences located upstream of the coding segment or exon. Such a promoter can be referred to as “endogenous.” Similarly, an enhancer may be one naturally associated with a nucleic acid sequence, located either downstream or upstream of that sequence. Alternatively, certain advantages will be gained by positioning the coding nucleic acid segment under the control of a recombinant or heterologous promoter, which refers to a promoter that is not normally associated with a nucleic acid sequence in its natural environment. A recombinant or heterologous enhancer refers also to an enhancer not normally associated with a nucleic acid sequence in its natural state. Such promoters or enhancers may include promoters or enhancers of other genes, and promoters or enhancers isolated from any other prokaryotic, viral, or eukaryotic cell, and promoters or enhancers not “naturally occurring,” i.e., containing different elements of different transcriptional regulatory regions, and/or mutations that alter expression. In addition to producing nucleic acid sequences of promoters and enhancers synthetically, sequences may be produced using recombinant cloning and/or nucleic acid amplification technology, including PCR™, in connection with the compositions disclosed herein (see U.S. Pat. No. 4,683,202, U.S. Pat. No. 5,928,906, each incorporated herein by reference).
  • Naturally, it may be important to employ a promoter and/or enhancer that effectively direct(s) the expression of the DNA segment in the cell type or organism chosen for expression. Those of skill in the art of molecular biology generally know the use of promoters, enhancers, and cell type combinations for protein expression (see Sambrook et al, 2001, incorporated herein by reference). The promoters employed may be constitutive, tissue-specific, or inducible and in certain embodiments may direct high level expression of the introduced DNA segment under specified conditions, such as large-scale production of recombinant proteins or peptides.
  • Examples of inducible elements, which are regions of a nucleic acid sequence that can be activated in response to a specific stimulus, include but are not limited to Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain, Immunoglobulin Light Chain, T Cell Receptor, HLA DQa and/or DQβ, β-Interferon, Interleukin-2, Interleukin-2 Receptor, MHC Class II 5, MHC Class II HLA-DRa, β-Actin, Muscle Creatine Kinase (MCK), Prealbumin (Transthyretin), Elastase I, Metallothionein (MTII), Collagenase, Albumin, α-Fetoprotein, γ-Globin, β-Globin, c-fos, c-HA-ras, Insulin, Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule (NCAM), al-Antitrypain, H2B (TH2B) Histone, Mouse and/or Type I Collagen, Glucose-Regulated Proteins (GRP94 and GRP78), Rat Growth Hormone, Human Serum Amyloid A (SAA), Troponin I (TN I), Platelet-Derived Growth Factor (PDGF), Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, SV40, Polyoma, Retroviruses, Papilloma Virus, Hepatitis B Virus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Cytomegalovirus (CMV) IE, and Gibbon Ape Leukemia Virus.
  • Inducible Elements include MT II—Phorbol Ester (TFA)/Heavy metals; MMTV (mouse mammary tumor virus)—Glucocorticoids; β-Interferon—poly(rl)x/poly(rc); Adenovirus 5 E2—EIA; Collagenase—Phorbol Ester (TPA); Stromelysin—Phorbol Ester (TPA); SV40—Phorbol Ester (TPA); Murine MX Gene—Interferon, Newcastle Disease Virus; GRP78 Gene—A23187; α-2-Macroglobulin—IL-6; Vimentin—Serum; MHC Class I Gene H-2κb—Interferon; HSP70—E1A/SV40 Large T Antigen; Proliferin—Phorbol Ester/TPA; Tumor Necrosis Factor—PMA; and Thyroid Stimulating Hormonea Gene—Thyroid Hormone.
  • Also contemplated as useful in the present invention are the dectin-1 and dectin-2 promoters. Additionally any promoter/enhancer combination (as per the Eukaryotic Promoter Data Base EPDB) could also be used to drive expression of structural genes encoding oligosaccharide processing enzymes, protein folding accessory proteins, selectable marker proteins or a heterologous protein of interest.
  • The particular promoter that is employed to control the expression of peptide or protein encoding polynucleotide of the invention is not believed to be critical, so long as it is capable of expressing the polynucleotide in a targeted cell, preferably a bacterial cell. Where a human cell is targeted, it is preferable to position the polynucleotide coding region adjacent to and under the control of a promoter that is capable of being expressed in a human cell. Generally speaking, such a promoter might include either a bacterial, human or viral promoter.
  • In various embodiments, the human cytomegalovirus (CMV) immediate early gene promoter, the SV40 early promoter, and the Rous sarcoma virus long terminal repeat can be used to obtain high level expression of a related polynucleotide to this invention. The use of other viral or mammalian cellular or bacterial phage promoters, which are well known in the art, to achieve expression of polynucleotides is contemplated as well.
  • In embodiments in which a vector is administered to a subject for expression of the protein, it is contemplated that a desirable promoter for use with the vector is one that is not down-regulated by cytokines or one that is strong enough that even if down-regulated, it produces an effective amount of the protein/polypeptide of the current invention in a subject to elicit an immune response. Non-limiting examples of these are CMV IE and RSV LTR. In other embodiments, a promoter that is up-regulated in the presence of cytokines is employed. The MHC I promoter increases expression in the presence of IFN-γ.
  • Tissue specific promoters can be used, particularly if expression is in cells in which expression of an antigen is desirable, such as dendritic cells or macrophages. The mammalian MHC I and MHC II promoters are examples of such tissue-specific promoters. 2. Initiation Signals and Internal Ribosome Binding Sites (IRES)
  • A specific initiation signal also may be required for efficient translation of coding sequences. These signals include the ATG initiation codon or adjacent sequences. Exogenous translational control signals, including the ATG initiation codon, may need to be provided. One of ordinary skill in the art would readily be capable of determining this and providing the necessary signals. It is well known that the initiation codon must be “in-frame” with the reading frame of the desired coding sequence to ensure translation of the entire insert. The exogenous translational control signals and initiation codons can be either natural or synthetic and may be operable in bacteria or mammalian cells. The efficiency of expression may be enhanced by the inclusion of appropriate transcription enhancer elements.
  • In certain embodiments of the invention, the use of internal ribosome entry sites (IRES) elements are used to create multigene, or polycistronic, messages. IRES elements are able to bypass the ribosome scanning model of 5′ methylated Cap dependent translation and begin translation at internal sites. IRES elements from two members of the picornavirus family (polio and encephalomyocarditis) have been described, as well an IRES from a mammalian message. IRES elements can be linked to heterologous open reading frames. Multiple open reading frames can be transcribed together, each separated by an IRES, creating polycistronic messages. By virtue of the IRES element, each open reading frame is accessible to ribosomes for efficient translation. Multiple genes can be efficiently expressed using a single promoter/enhancer to transcribe a single message (see U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,925,565 and 5,935,819, herein incorporated by reference).
  • 2. Multiple Cloning Sites
  • Vectors can include a multiple cloning site (MCS), which is a nucleic acid region that contains multiple restriction enzyme sites, any of which can be used in conjunction with standard recombinant technology to digest the vector. (See Carbonelli et al, 1999, Levenson et al, 1998, and Cocea, 1997, incorporated herein by reference.) Frequently, a vector is linearized or fragmented using a restriction enzyme that cuts within the MCS to enable exogenous sequences to be ligated to the vector. Techniques involving restriction enzymes and ligation reactions are well known to those of skill in the art of recombinant technology.
  • 3. Splicing Sites
  • Most transcribed eukaryotic RNA molecules will undergo RNA splicing to remove introns from the primary transcripts. If relevant in the context of vectors of the present invention, vectors containing genomic eukaryotic sequences may require donor and/or acceptor splicing sites to ensure proper processing of the transcript for protein expression. (See Chandler et al, 1997, incorporated herein by reference.)
  • 4. Termination Signals
  • The vectors or constructs of the present invention will generally comprise at least one termination signal. A “termination signal” or “terminator” is comprised of the DNA sequences involved in specific termination of an RNA transcript by an RNA polymerase. Thus, in certain embodiments a termination signal that ends the production of an RNA transcript is contemplated. A terminator may be necessary in vivo to achieve desirable message levels.
  • In eukaryotic systems, the terminator region may also comprise specific DNA sequences that permit site-specific cleavage of the new transcript so as to expose a polyadenylation site. This signals a specialized endogenous polymerase to add a stretch of about 200 A residues (poly A) to the 3′ end of the transcript. RNA molecules modified with this polyA tail appear to more stable and are translated more efficiently. Thus, in other embodiments involving eukaryotes, it is preferred that that terminator comprises a signal for the cleavage of the RNA, and it is more preferred that the terminator signal promotes polyadenylation of the message.
  • Terminators contemplated for use in the invention include any known terminator of transcription described herein or known to one of ordinary skill in the art, including but not limited to, for example, the bovine growth hormone terminator or viral termination sequences, such as the SV40 terminator. In certain embodiments, the termination signal may be a lack of transcribable or translatable sequence, such as due to a sequence truncation.
  • 5. Polyadenylation Signals
  • In expression, particularly eukaryotic expression (as is relevant in nucleic acid vaccination), one will typically include a polyadenylation signal to effect proper polyadenylation of the transcript. The nature of the polyadenylation signal is not believed to be crucial to the successful practice of the invention, and/or any such sequence may be employed. Preferred embodiments include the SV40 polyadenylation signal and/or the bovine growth hormone polyadenylation signal, convenient and/or known to function well in various target cells. Polyadenylation may increase the stability of the transcript or may facilitate cytoplasmic transport.
  • 6. Origins of Replication
  • In order to propagate a vector in a host cell, it may contain one or more origins of replication sites (often termed “on”), which is a specific nucleic acid sequence at which replication is initiated. Alternatively an autonomously replicating sequence (ARS) can be employed if the host cell is yeast.
  • 7. Selectable and Screenable Markers
  • In certain embodiments of the invention, cells containing a nucleic acid construct of the present invention may be identified in vitro or in vivo by encoding a screenable or selectable marker in the expression vector. When transcribed and translated, a marker confers an identifiable change to the cell permitting easy identification of cells containing the expression vector. Generally, a selectable marker is one that confers a property that allows for selection. A positive selectable marker is one in which the presence of the marker allows for its selection, while a negative selectable marker is one in which its presence prevents its selection. An example of a positive selectable marker is a drug resistance marker.
  • Usually the inclusion of a drug selection marker aids in the cloning and identification of transformants, for example, markers that confer resistance to neomycin, puromycin, hygromycin, DHFR, GPT, zeocin or histidinol are useful selectable markers. In addition to markers conferring a phenotype that allows for the discrimination of transformants based on the implementation of conditions, other types of markers including screenable markers such as GFP for colorimetric analysis. Alternatively, screenable enzymes such as herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (tk) or chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) may be utilized. One of skill in the art would also know how to employ immunologic markers that can be used in conjunction with FACS analysis. The marker used is not believed to be important, so long as it is capable of being expressed simultaneously with the nucleic acid encoding a protein of the invention. Further examples of selectable and screenable markers are well known to one of skill in the art.
  • The Transformed Cells of the Invention
  • Transformed cells of the invention are useful as organisms for producing the polypeptide of the invention, but also as simple “containers” of nucleic acids and vectors of the invention.
  • Certain transformed cells of the invention are capable of replicating the nucleic acid fragment defined for option i) of the second aspect of the invention. Preferred transformed cells of the invention are capable of expressing the nucleic acid fragment defined for option i).
  • For recombinant production it is convenient, but not a prerequisite that the transformed cell according is prokaryotic, such as a bacterium, but generally both prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells may be used.
  • Suitable prokaryotic cells are bacterial cells selected from the group consisting of Escherichia (such as E. coli.), Bacillus [e.g. Bacillus subtilis], Salmonella, and Mycobacterium [preferably non-pathogenic, e.g. M. bovis BCG].
  • Eukaryotic cells can be in the form of yeasts (such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and protozoans. Alternatively, the transformed eukaryotic cells are derived from a multicellular organism such as a fungus, an insect cell, a plant cell, or a mammalian cell.
  • For production purposes, it is advantageous that the transformed cell of the invention is is stably transformed by having the nucleic acid defined above for option i) stably integrated into its genome, and in certain embodiments it is also preferred that the transformed cell secretes or carries on its surface the polypeptide of the invention, since this facilitates recovery of the polypeptides produced. A particular version of this embodiment is one where the transformed cell is a bacterium and secretion of the polypeptide of the invention is into the periplasmic space.
  • An interesting production system is the use of plants. For instance, proteins can be produced at low cost in plants using an Agrobacterium transfection system to genetically modify plants to express genes that encode the protein of interest. One commercially available platform are those provided by iBio CMO LLC (8800 HSC Pkwy, Bryan, Tex. 77807, USA) and iBio, Inc (9 Innovatoin Way, Suite 100, Newark, Del. 19711, USA) and disclosed in e.g. EP 2 853 599, EP 1 769 068, and EP 2 192 172. Hence, in such systems the vector is an Agrobacterium vector or other vector suitable for transfection of plants.
  • As noted above, stably transformed cells are preferred—these i.a. allows that cell lines comprised of transformed cells as defined herein may be established—such cell lines are partilucarly preferred aspects of the invention.
  • Further details on cells and cell lines are presented in the following:
  • Suitable cells for recombinant nucleic acid expression of the nucleic acid fragments of the present invention are prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Examples of prokaryotic cells include E. coli; members of the Staphylococcus genus, such as S. epidermidis; members of the Lactobacillus genus, such as L. plantarum; members of the Lactococcus genus, such as L. lactis; members of the Bacillus genus, such as B. subtilis; members of the Corynebacterium genus such as C. glutamicum; and members of the Pseudomonas genus such as Ps. fluorescens. Examples of eukaryotic cells include mammalian cells; insect cells; yeast cells such as members of the Saccharomyces genus (e.g. S. cerevisiae), members of the Pichia genus (e.g. P. pastoris), members of the Hansenula genus (e.g. H. polymorpha), members of the Kluyveromyces genus (e.g. K. lactis or K. fragilis) and members of the Schizosaccharomyces genus (e.g. S. pombe).
  • Techniques for recombinant gene production, introduction into a cell, and recombinant gene expression are well known in the art. Examples of such techniques are provided in references such as Ausubel, Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley, 1987-2002, and Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning, A Laboratory Manual, 2 nd Edition, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1989.
  • As used herein, the terms “cell,” “cell line,” and “cell culture” may be used interchangeably. All of these terms also include their progeny, which is any and all subsequent generations. It is understood that all progeny may not be identical due to deliberate or inadvertent mutations. In the context of expressing a heterologous nucleic acid sequence, “host cell” refers to a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell, and it includes any transformable organism that is capable of replicating a vector or expressing a heterologous gene encoded by a vector. A host cell can, and has been, used as a recipient for vectors or viruses. A host cell may be “transfected” or “transformed,” which refers to a process by which exogenous nucleic acid, such as a recombinant protein-encoding sequence, is transferred or introduced into the host cell. A transformed cell includes the primary subject cell and its progeny.
  • Host cells may be derived from prokaryotes or eukaryotes, including bacteria, yeast cells, insect cells, and mammalian cells for replication of the vector or expression of part or all of the nucleic acid sequence(s). Numerous cell lines and cultures are available for use as a host cell, and they can be obtained through the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), which is an organization that serves as an archive for living cultures and genetic materials (www.atcc.org) or from other depository institutions such as Deutsche Sammlung vor Micrroorganismen and Zellkulturen (DSM). An appropriate host can be determined by one of skill in the art based on the vector backbone and the desired result. A plasmid or cosmid, for example, can be introduced into a prokaryote host cell for replication of many vectors or expression of encoded proteins. Bacterial cells used as host cells for vector replication and/or expression include Staphylococcus strains, DH5a, JMI 09, and KC8, as well as a number of commercially available bacterial hosts such as SURE® Competent Cells and SOLOP ACK™ Gold Cells (STRATAGENE®, La Jolla, Calif.). Alternatively, bacterial cells such as E. coli LE392 could be used as host cells for phage viruses. Appropriate yeast cells include Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces pombe, and Pichia pastoris.
  • Examples of eukaryotic host cells for replication and/or expression of a vector include HeLa, NIH3T3, Jurkat, 293, Cos, CHO, Saos, and PC12. Many host cells from various cell types and organisms are available and would be known to one of skill in the art. Similarly, a viral vector may be used in conjunction with either a eukaryotic or prokaryotic host cell, particularly one that is permissive for replication or expression of the vector.
  • Some vectors may employ control sequences that allow it to be replicated and/or expressed in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. One of skill in the art would further understand the conditions under which to incubate all of the above described host cells to maintain them and to permit replication of a vector. Also understood and known are techniques and conditions that would allow large-scale production of vectors, as well as production of the nucleic acids encoded by vectors and their cognate polypeptides, proteins, or peptides.
  • Expression Systems
  • Numerous expression systems exist that comprise at least a part or all of the compositions discussed above. Prokaryote- and/or eukaryote-based systems can be employed for use with the present invention to produce nucleic acid sequences, or their cognate polypeptides, proteins and peptides. Many such systems are commercially and widely available.
  • The insect cell/baculovirus system can produce a high level of protein expression of a heterologous nucleic acid segment, such as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,871,986, 4,879,236, both herein incorporated by reference, and which can be bought, for example, under the name MAXBAC® 2.0 from INVITROGEN® and BACPACK™ Baculovirus expression system from CLONTECH®
  • In addition to the disclosed expression systems of the invention, other examples of expression systems include STRATAGENE®'s COMPLETE CONTROL™ Inducible Mammalian Expression System, which involves a synthetic ecdysone-inducible receptor, or its pET Expression System, an E. coli expression system. Another example of an inducible expression system is available from INVITROGEN®, which carries the T-REX™ (tetracycline-regulated expression) System, an inducible mammalian expression system that uses the full-length CMV promoter. INVITROGEN® also provides a yeast expression system called the Pichia methanolica Expression System, which is designed for high-level production of recombinant proteins in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia methanolica. One of skill in the art would know how to express a vector, such as an expression construct, to produce a nucleic acid sequence or its cognate polypeptide, protein, or peptide.
  • Amplification of Nucleic Acids
  • Nucleic acids used as a template for amplification may be isolated from cells, tissues or other samples according to standard methodologies (Sambrook et al, 2001). In certain embodiments, analysis is performed on whole cell or tissue homogenates or biological fluid samples without substantial purification of the template nucleic acid. The nucleic acid may be genomic DNA or fractionated or whole cell RNA. Where RNA is used, it may be desired to first convert the RNA to a complementary DNA.
  • The term “primer,” as used herein, is meant to encompass any nucleic acid that is capable of priming the synthesis of a nascent nucleic acid in a template-dependent process. Typically, primers are oligonucleotides from ten to twenty and/or thirty base pairs in length, but longer sequences can be employed. Primers may be provided in double-stranded and/or single-stranded form, although the single-stranded form is preferred.
  • Pairs of primers designed to selectively hybridize to nucleic acids corresponding to sequences of genes identified herein are contacted with the template nucleic acid under conditions that permit selective hybridization. Depending upon the desired application, high stringency hybridization conditions may be selected that will only allow hybridization to sequences that are completely complementary to the primers. In other embodiments, hybridization may occur under reduced stringency to allow for amplification of nucleic acids containing one or more mismatches with the primer sequences. Once hybridized, the template-primer complex is contacted with one or more enzymes that facilitate template-dependent nucleic acid synthesis. Multiple rounds of amplification, also referred to as “cycles,” are conducted until a sufficient amount of amplification product is produced.
  • The amplification product may be detected or quantified. In certain applications, the detection may be performed by visual means. Alternatively, the detection may involve indirect identification of the product via chemiluminescence, radioactive scintigraphy of incorporated radiolabel or fluorescent label or even via a system using electrical and/or thermal impulse signals (Bellus, 1994).
  • A number of template dependent processes are available to amplify the oligonucleotide sequences present in a given template sample. One of the best known amplification methods is the polymerase chain reaction (referred to as PCR™) which is described in detail in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,683,195, 4,683,202 and 4,800,159, and in Innis et al., 1988, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
  • Alternative methods for amplification of target nucleic acid sequences that may be used in the practice of the present invention are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,843,650, 5,846,709, 5,846,783, 5,849,546, 5,849,497, 5,849,547, 5,858,652, 5,866,366, 5,916,776, 5,922,574, 5,928,905, 5,928,906, 5,932,451, 5,935,825, 5,939,291 and 5,942,391, GB Application No. 2 202 328, and in PCT Application No. PCT/US89/01025, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
  • Methods of Gene Transfer
  • Suitable methods for nucleic acid delivery to effect expression of compositions of the present invention are believed to include virtually any method by which a nucleic acid (e.g., DNA, including viral and nonviral vectors) can be introduced into a cell, a tissue or an organism, as described herein or as would be known to one of ordinary skill in the art. Such methods include, but are not limited to, direct delivery of DNA such as by injection (U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,994,624, 5,981,274, 5,945,100, 5,780,448, 5,736,524, 5,702,932, 5,656,610, 5,589,466 and 5,580,859), including microinjection (U.S. Pat. No. 5,789,215); by electroporation (U.S. Pat. No. 5,384,253); by calcium phosphate precipitation; by using DEAE dextran followed by polyethylene glycol; by direct sonic loading; by liposome mediated transfection; by microprojectile bombardment (PCT Application Nos. WO 94/09699 and 95/06128; U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,610,042; 5,322,783 5,563,055, 5,550,318, 5,538,877 and 5,538,880); by agitation with silicon carbide fibers (U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,302,523 and 5,464,765); by Agrobacterium mediated transformation (U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,591,616 and 5,563,055); or by PEG mediated transformation of protoplasts (U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,684,611 and 4,952,500); by desiccation/inhibition mediated DNA uptake. Through the application of techniques such as these, organelle(s), cell(s), tissue(s) or organism(s) may be stably or transiently transformed. See also “Fish Vaccination”, 2014, edited by Gudding R., Lillehaug A, and Evensen Ø, published by Wiley Blackwell, ISBN 978-0-470-67455-0, chapter 5, which deals specifically with DNA vaccination of fish.
  • The Antibodies of the Invention—and their Production/Isolation
  • Antibodies directed against the proteins of the invention are useful for affinity chromatography, immunoassays, and for distinguishing/identifying Pseudomonas proteins as well as for passive immunisation and therapy.
  • Antibodies to the proteins of the invention, both polyclonal and monoclonal, may be prepared by conventional methods. In general, the protein is first used to immunize a suitable animal, preferably a mouse, rat, rabbit or goat. Rabbits and goats are preferred for the preparation of polyclonal sera due to the volume of serum obtainable, and the availability of labeled anti-rabbit and anti-goat antibodies. Immunization is generally performed by mixing or emulsifying the protein in saline, preferably in an adjuvant such as Freund's complete adjuvant, and injecting the mixture or emulsion parenterally (generally subcutaneously or intramuscularly). A dose of 10-200 μg/injection is typically sufficient. Immunization is generally boosted 2-6 weeks later with one or more injections of the protein in saline, preferably using Freund's incomplete adjuvant. One may alternatively generate antibodies by in vitro immunization using methods known in the art, which for the purposes of this invention is considered equivalent to in vivo immunization. Polyclonal antiserum is obtained by bleeding the immunized animal into a glass or plastic container, incubating the blood at 25 C for one hour, followed by incubating at 4 C for 2-18 hours. The serum is recovered by centrifugation (eg. 1,000 g for 10 minutes). About 20-50 ml per bleed may be obtained from rabbits.
  • Monoclonal antibodies are prepared using the standard method of Kohler & Milstein [Nature (1975) 256: 495-96], or a modification thereof. Typically, a mouse or rat is immunized as described above. However, rather than bleeding the animal to extract serum, the spleen (and optionally several large lymph nodes) is removed and dissociated into single cells. If desired, the spleen cells may be screened (after removal of nonspecifically adherent cells) by applying a cell suspension to a plate or well coated with the protein antigen. B-cells expressing membrane-bound immunoglobulin specific for the antigen bind to the plate, and are not rinsed away with the rest of the suspension. Resulting B-cells, or all dissociated spleen cells, are then induced to fuse with myeloma cells to form hybridomas, and are cultured in a selective I aedium (elg. hypexanthine, aminopterin, thymidine medium, “HAT”). The resulting hybridomas are plated by limiting dilution, and are assayed for production of antibodies, which bind specifically to the immunizing antigen (and which do not bind to unrelated antigens). The selected MAb-secreting hybridomas are then cultured either in vitro (eg. in tissue culture bottles or hollow fiber reactors), or in vivo (as ascites in mice).
  • If desired, the antibodies (whether polyclonal or monoclonal) may be labeled using conventional techniques. Suitable labels include fluorophores, chromophores, radioactive atoms (particularly 32p and 1251), electron-dense reagents, enzymes, and ligands having specific binding partners. Enzymes are typically detected by their activity. For example, horseradish peroxidase is usually detected by its ability to convert 3,3′, 5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) to a blue pigment, quantifiable with a spectrophotometer. “Specific binding partner” refers to a protein capable of binding a ligand molecule with high specificity, as for example in the case of an antigen and a monoclonal antibody specific therefor. Other specific binding partners include biotin and avidin or streptavidin, IgG and protein A, and the numerous receptor-ligand couples known in the art. It should be understood that the above description is not meant to categorize the various labels into distinct classes, as the same label may serve in several different modes. For example, 1151 may serve as a radioactive label or as an electron-dense reagent. HRP may serve as enzyme or as antigen for a MAb. Further, one may combine various labels for desired effect. For example, MAbs and avidin also require labels in the practice of this invention: thus, one might label a MAb with biotin, and detect its presence with avidin labeled with, 1251, or with an anti-biotin MAb labeled with HRP. Other permutations and possibilities will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art, and are considered as equivalents within the scope of the instant invention.
  • According to the invention, the isolated monoclonal antibody or antibody analogue is preferably a monoclonal antibody selected from a multi-domain antibody such as a murine antibody, a chimeric antibody such as a humanized antibody, a fully human antibody, and single-domain antibody of a llama or a camel, or which is an antibody analogue selected from a fragment of an antibody such as an Fab or an F(ab′)2, an scFV; cf. also the definition of the term “antibody” presented above.
  • Compositions of the Invention; Vaccines
  • Pharmaceutical compositions, in particular vaccines, according to the invention may either be prophylactic (ie. to prevent infection) or therapeutic (ie, to treat disease after infection).
  • In some embodiments of the invention, the pharmaceutical compositions such as vaccines include merely one single antigen, immunogen, polypeptide, protein, nucleic acid or vector of the invention, but in other embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions comprise “cocktails” of the antigens or of the immunogens or of the polypeptides or of the protein or of the nucleic acids or of the vectors of the invention.
  • In particularly interesting embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition is an MVA vector mentioned herein, which encodes and can effect expression of at least 2 nucleic acid fragments of the invention.
  • An embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises exactly Y or at least Y distinct (i.e. having non-identical primary structure) polypeptides of the invention described above, where each of said Y or at least Y distinct polypeptides comprises an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-30 and wherein said Y or at least Y distinct polypeptides together comprise immunogenic amino acid sequences present in or derived from Y or at least Y of SEQ ID NOs. 1-30, wherein Y is an integer selected from 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30.
  • Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 1 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 2-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 2 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1, and 3-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 3 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2, and 4-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 4 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-3, and 5-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 5 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-4, and 6-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 6 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-5, and 7-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 7 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-6, and 8-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 8 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-7, and 9-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 9 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-8, and 10-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 10 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-9, and 11-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 11 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-10, and 12-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 12 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-11, and 13-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 13 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-12, and 14-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 14 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-13, and 15-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 15 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-14, and 16-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 16 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-15, and 17-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 17 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-16, and 18-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 18 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-17, and 19-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 19 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-18, and 20-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 20 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-19, and 21-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 21 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-20, and 22-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 22 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-21, and 23-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 23 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-22, and 24-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 24 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-23, and 25-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 25 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-24, and 26-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 26 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-25, and 27-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 27 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-26, and 28-30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 28 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-27, 29, and 30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 29 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-28, and 30. Another embodiment of a pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from SEQ ID NO: 30 in combination with at least one P. aeruginosa peptide/polypeptide, in particular with at least one peptide/polypeptide comprising or consisting of an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-29.
  • These embodiments entail combinations of peptides/polypeptides which are admixed with each other. Alternatively, the same combinations of peptides/polypeptides can be constructed as fusion polypeptides. Another alternative entails compositions where the immunogens are nucleic acids encoding the peptide combinations or, preferably, encoding such fusion polypeptides.
  • Another embodiment of the pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises Z or at least Z distinct nucleic acid molecules each encoding a polypeptide of the invention, where each of said Z or at least Z distinct nucleic acid molecules encodes an immunogenic amino acid sequence present in or derived from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-30 and wherein said at Z or least Z distinct nucleic acid molecules together encode immunogenic amino acid sequences present in or derived from at Z or least Z of SEQ ID NOs. 1-30, wherein Z is an integer selected from 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30. Also, such a pharmaceutical composition may include nucleic acid that encode several immunogenic amino acid sequences disclosed herein, either as separate encoded species or as peptides fused to each other.
  • Vaccines of the invention typically comprise immunising antigen(s), immunogen(s), polypeptide(s), protein(s) or nucleic acid(s), usually in combination with “pharmaceutically acceptable carriers”, which include any carrier that does not itself induce the production of antibodies harmful to the individual receiving the composition or targeting the protein/pathogen. Suitable carriers are typically large, slowly metabolized macromolecules such as proteins, polysaccharides, polylactic acids, polyglycolic acids, polymeric amino acids, amino acid copolymers, lipid aggregates (such as oil droplets or liposomes), and inactive virus particles.
  • Such carriers are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art. Additionally, these carriers may function as immunostimulating agents (“adjuvants”). Furthermore, the antigen or immunogen may be conjugated to a bacterial toxoid, such as a toxoid from diphtheria, tetanus, cholera, H. pylori, etc. pathogen, cf. the description of immunogenic carriers supra.
  • The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention thus typically contain an immunological adjuvant, which is commonly an aluminium based adjuvant or one of the other adjuvants described in the following:
  • Preferred adjuvants to enhance effectiveness of the composition include, but are not limited to: (1) aluminum salts (alum), such as aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, aluminum sulfate, etc; (2) oil-in-water emulsion formulations (with or without other specific immunostimulating agents such as muramyl peptides (see below) or bacterial cell wall components), such as for example (a) MF59 (WO 90/14837; Chapter 10 in Vaccine design: the subunit and adjuvant approach, eds. Powell & Newman, Plenum Press 1995), containing 5% Squalene, 0.5% Tween 80, and 0.5% Span 85 (optionally containing various amounts of MTP-PE (see below), although not required) formulated into submicron particles using a microfluidizer such as Model 110Y microfluidizer (Microfluidics, Newton, Mass.), (b) SAF, containing 10% Squalane, 0.4% Tween 80, 5% pluronic-blocked polymer L121, and thr-MDP (see below) either microfluidized into a submicron emulsion or vortexed to generate a larger particle size emulsion, and (c) Ribi adjuvant system (RAS), (Ribi Immunochem, Hamilton, Mont.) containing 2% Squalene, 0.2% Tween 80, and one or more bacterial cell wall components from the group consisting of monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL), trehalose dimycolate (TDM), and cell wall skeleton (CWS), preferably MPL+CWS (Detox™); (3) saponin adjuvants such as Stimulon™ (Cambridge Bioscience, Worcester, Mass.) may be used or particles generated therefrom such as ISCOMs (immunostimulating complexes); (4) Complete Freund's Adjuvant (CFA) and Incomplete Freund's Adjuvant (IFA); (5) cytokines, such as interleukins (eg. IL-1, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-12, etc.), interferons (eg. gamma interferon), macrophage colony stimulating factor (M-CSF), tumor necrosis factor (TNF), etc.; and (6) other substances that act as immunostimulating agents to enhance the effectiveness of the composition. Alum and MF59™ adjuvants are preferred.
  • As mentioned above, muramyl peptides include, but are not limited to, N-acetyl-muramyl-L-threonyl-D-isoglutamine (thr-MDP), N-acetyl-normuramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine (nor-MDP), N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutaminyl-L-alanine-2″-2′-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-hydroxyphosphoryloxy)-ethylamine (MTP-PE), etc.
  • The immunogenic compositions (eg. the immunising antigen or immunogen or polypeptide or protein or nucleic acid, pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and adjuvant) typically will contain diluents, such as water, saline, glycerol, ethanol, etc. Additionally, auxiliary substances, such as wetting or emulsifying agents, pH buffering substances, and the like, may be present in such vehicles.
  • Typically, the immunogenic compositions are prepared as injectables, either as liquid solutions or suspensions; solid forms suitable for solution in, or suspension in, liquid vehicles prior to injection may also be prepared. The preparation also may be emulsified or encapsulated in liposomes for enhanced adjuvant effect, as discussed above under pharmaceutically acceptable carriers.
  • Immunogenic compositions used as vaccines comprise an immunologically effective amount of the antigenic or immunogenic polypeptides, as well as any other of the above-mentioned components, as needed. By “immunollogically effective amount”, it is meant that the administration of that amount to an individual, either in a single dose or as part of a series, is effective for treatment or prevention. This amount varies depending upon the health and physical condition of the individual to be treated, the taxonomic group of individual to be treated (eg. nonhuman primate, primate, etc.), the capacity of the individual's immune system to synthesize antibodies or generally mount an immune response, the degree of protection desired, the formulation of the vaccine, the treating doctor's assessment of the medical situation, and other relevant factors. It is expected that the amount will fall in a relatively broad range that can be determined through routine trials. However, for the purposes of protein vaccination, the amount administered per immunization is typically in the range between 0.5 μg and 500 mg (however, often not higher than 5,000 μg), and very often in the range between 10 and 200 μg.
  • The immunogenic compositions are conventionally administered parenterally, eg, by injection, either subcutaneously, intramuscularly, or transdermally/transcutaneously (eg. WO98/20734). Additional formulations suitable for other modes of administration include oral, pulmonary and nasal formulations, suppositories, and transdermal applications. In the case of nucleic acid vaccination and antibody treatment, also the intravenous or intraarterial routes may be applicable.
  • Dosage treatment may be a single dose schedule or a multiple dose schedule. The vaccine may be administered in conjunction with other immunoregulatory agents.
  • As an alternative to protein-based vaccines, DNA vaccination (also termed nucleic acid vaccination or gene vaccination) may be used [eg. Robinson & Torres (1997) Seminars in ImIllunol 9: 271-283; Donnelly et al. (1997) Avnu Rev Innnunol 15: 617-648; later herein].
  • Treatment Methods of the Invention
  • The method of the sixth aspect of the invention generally relates to induction of immunity and as such also entails method that relate to treatment, prophylaxis and amelioration of disease.
  • When immunization methods entail that a polypeptide of the invention or a composition comprising such a polypeptide is administered the animal (e.g. the human) typically receives between 0.5 and 5,000 μg of the polypeptide of the invention per administration.
  • In preferred embodiments of the sixth aspect, the immunization scheme includes that the animal (e.g. the human) receives a priming administration and one or more booster administrations.
  • Preferred embodiments of the 6th aspect of the invention comprise that the administration is for the purpose of inducing protective immunity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In this embodiment it is particularly preferred that the protective immunity is effective in reducing the risk of attracting infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa or is effective in treating or ameliorating infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
  • As mentioned herein, the preferred vaccines of the invention induce humoral immunity, so it is preferred that the administration is for the purpose of inducing antibodies specific for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and wherein said antibodies or B-lymphocytes producing said antibodies are subsequently recovered from the animal.
  • But, as also mentioned the method of the 6th aspect may also be useful in antibody production, so in other embodiments the administration is for the purpose of inducing antibodies specific for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and wherein B-lymphocytes producing said antibodies are subsequently recovered from the animal and used for preparation of monoclonal antibodies.
  • Pharmaceutical compositions can as mentioned above comprise polypeptides, antibodies, or nucleic acids of the invention. The pharmaceutical compositions will comprise a therapeutically effective amount thereof.
  • The term “therapeutically effective amount” or “prophylactically effective amount” as used herein refers to an amount of a therapeutic agent to treat, ameliorate, or prevent a desired disease or condition, or to exhibit a detectable therapeutic or preventative effect. The effect can be detected by, for example, chemical markers or antigen levels. Therapeutic effects also include reduction in physical symptoms, such as decreased body temperature. The precise effective amount for a subject will depend upon the subject's size and health, the nature and extent of the condition, and the therapeutics or combination of therapeutics selected for administration. Thus, it is not useful to specify an exact effective amount in advance.
  • Reference is however made to the ranges for dosages of immunologically effective amounts of polypeptides, cf. above.
  • However, the effective amount for a given situation can be determined by routine experimentation and is within the judgement of the clinician.
  • For purposes of the present invention, an effective dose will be from about 0.01 mg/kg to 50 mg/kg or 0.05 mg/kg to about 10 mg/kg of the DNA constructs in the individual to which it is administered.
  • A pharmaceutical composition can also contain a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The term “pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” refers to a carrier for administration of a therapeutic agent, such as antibodies or a polypeptide, genes, and other therapeutic agents. The term refers to any pharmaceutical carrier that does not itself induce the production of antibodies harmful to the individual receiving the composition, and which may be administered without undue toxicity. Suitable carriers may be large, slowly metabolized macromolecules such as proteins, polysaccharides, polylactic acids, polyglycolic acids, polymeric amino acids, amino acid copolymers, and inactive virus particles. Such carriers are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
  • Pharmaceutically acceptable salts can be used therein, for example, mineral acid salts such as hydrochlorides, hydrobromides, phosphates, sulfates, and the like; and the salts of organic acids such as acetates, propionates, malonates, benzoates, and the like. A thorough discussion of pharmaceutically acceptable excipients is available in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mack Pub. Co., N. J. 1991).
  • Pharmaceutically acceptable carriers in therapeutic compositions may contain liquids such as water, saline, glycerol and ethanol. Additionally, auxiliary substances, such as wetting or emulsifying agents, pH buffering substances, and the like, may be present in such vehicles. Typically, the therapeutic compositions are prepared as injectables, either as liquid solutions or suspensions; solid forms suitable for solution in, or suspension in, liquid vehicles prior to injection may also be prepared. Liposomes are included within the definition of a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • As is apparent from the claim, the invention also relates to related embodiments to the treatment and prophylaxis disclosed herein: the invention also includes embodiments where
      • the polypeptide of the invention is for use as a pharmaceutical, in particular for use as a pharmaceutical in the treatment, prophylaxis or amelioration of infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa;
      • the nucleic acid fragment of the invention or the vector of the invention is for use as a pharmaceutical, in particular for use as a pharmaceutical in the treatment, prophylaxis or amelioration of infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa;
      • the transformed cell of the invention is for use as a pharmaceutical, in particular for use as a pharmaceutical in the treatment, prophylaxis or amelioration of infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
      • the antibody, antibody fragment or antibody analogue of the invention is for use as a pharmaceutical, in particular for use as a pharmaceutical in the treatment, prophylaxis or amelioration of infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
    Example 1
  • The protective effect of PA1302-31-851, PA0931-29-742, PA2070-29-880, PA2070-173-880, PA2976-1-480, PA3901-33-784 and PA0041-34-550 in a murine model of pneumonia
  • The purpose of the experiment was to test the potentially protective effect of a combination of seven antigensof the invention in a well-characterized animal model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa-induced pneumonia. The primary parameter of comparison for this model is lung bacteriology, and secondly clinical symptoms, body temperature and weight loss.
  • Materials and Methods Materials
      • NMRI mice, female (Janvier, France)
      • PA1302-31-851 (in 4 M urea; produced at University of Southern Denmark)
      • PA0931-29-742 (in 4 M urea; produced at University of Southern Denmark)
      • PA2070-29-880 (in 4 M urea; produced at University of Southern Denmark)
      • PA2070-173-880 (in 4 M urea; produced at University of Southern Denmark)
      • PA2976-1-480 (in 2 M urea; produced at University of Southern Denmark)
      • PA3901-33-784 (in 2 M urea; produced at University of Southern Denmark)
      • PA0041-34-550 (in 2 M urea; produced at University of Southern Denmark)
      • Aluminum hydroxide (Alhydrogel 2.0%; Brenntag, cat. no. 21645-51-2)
      • Freund's incomplete adjuvant (Sigma, cat. no. F5506-10X10ML)
      • Isoflurane
      • Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 Iglewski
      • Luria broth agar plates
      • Luria broth medium
      • Seaweed alginate (Pronatal LF 10/60 FT sample; FMC Biopolymer)
      • Ketamine (50 mg/ml)
      • Xylazine (20 mg/ml)
      • Pentobarbital
      • Microtainer tubes with serum separator additive (BD, #365967)
      • Pseudomonas isolation agar (Sigma-Aldrich, #17208-500G)
    Immunization
  • A group of 21 female NMRI mice were immunized with seven recombinant proteins in combination with adjuvant. The 7-valent combination vaccine consisted of PA1302-31-851, PA0931-29-742, PA2070-29-880, PA2070-173-880, PA2976-1-480, PA3901-33-784 and PA0041-34-550. A second group made up the negative control group, which was immunized only with adjuvant. The amount of adjuvant used for immunization of the control group was the same as the amount used when immunizing the vaccine group. Each mouse was immunized subcutaneously three times at approximately two week intervals (Table 1). At all three immunizations the mice in the vaccine group received 15 μg of each protein. For the first immunization the proteins were mixed with aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH)3) and Freund's incomplete adjuvant, whereas only Al(OH)3 was used for the subsequent immunizations. Due to restrictions on injection volume in mice the seven protein antigens were split into two separate volumes; three proteins, in combination with adjuvant, were injected on the left side of the mouse and the other four proteins were injected on the right side. This immunization routine was the same in all three rounds of immunization.
  • TABLE 1
    Time line of experiment. The two groups of mice were immunized simultaneously at
    approximately two week intervals. The length of the challenge was four days.
    Immunization number Challenge
    1 2 3 Start End
    Date 06.17.15 06.29.15 07.10.15 07.26.15 07.30.15
    Days before challenge 39 27 16 0 +4
    start
  • Temperature Transponders
  • Four days before inoculation temperature transponders (BMDS, cat. no. IPTT-300) were inserted into each mouse. The mice were briefly anaesthetised by inhalation of isoflurane, and a temperature transponder inserted underneath the skin on the lower back or side of the mouse.
  • Using a compatible wireless scanner (BMDS Smart Probe; BMDS, cat. no. DAS-7007s) body temperature could be registered when placing the scanner close to the transponders underneath the skin of the mouse.
  • Preparation of Bacterial Inoculum
  • A small amount of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 Iglewski was extracted from a freeze stock (stored at −80° C.) and streaked out on a Luria broth agar plate. The plate was place at 37° C. over night. The following day a single colony was used to inoculate 100 ml sterile Luria broth medium. The culture was left to incubate at 37° C., with constant shaking, for 18 hours. After the 18 hours of incubation 50 ml of the bacterial culture was centrifuged at 5000×g for 10 minutes at 20° C. The pellet was resuspended in 5 ml Luria broth medium. The bacterial suspension was mixed with seaweed alginate in a ratio of 0.5 ml bacterial suspension to 12 ml seaweed alginate, and small alginate beads were created as described in Bjarnsholt et al. (2014). The number of colony forming units (CFU) per ml alginate bead solution was determined by dissolving the alginate beads in saline.
  • Challenge Setup
  • The mice were housed at the Biocenter at the University of Copenhagen. The animals were kept in an environment characterized by a 12 hours light-dark cycle and temperature and humidity control. They had access to food and water ad libitum. The experimental procedures were carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the Danish National Animal Ethics Committee (license number 2013-15-2934-00857).
  • Before inoculation the mice were anaesthetized with an intraperitoneal injection of ketamine (100 mg/kg) and xylazine (10 mg/kg). Once sedated each mouse was inoculated intranasally with 1.0×107 CFU of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 Iglewski embedded in seaweed alginate beads. To ensure that the mice did not die from dehydration during the four day challenge, the mice received 1 ml of physiological saline subcutaneously once a day.
  • The mice were assessed daily to register symptoms and development of disease over the course of the four day challenge. To ensure a consistent evaluation of all animals each animal was scored individually following the scale of clinical symptoms given in table 2. Before the start of the challenge, the mouse cages were “blinded”, leaving the scientist involved unaware of which treatment had been given to which animals. This ensured an unbiased scoring of the animals' clinical symptoms.
  • TABLE 2
    Scale of clinical symptoms. The mice were individually
    assessed on their physical appearance and behavior, specifically
    registering details of fur, posture, movement, eyes and breathing for
    each animal. The sum of the scores was used in the overall evaluation
    of animal welfare, and in relation to humane endpoints.
    Fur 0-well groomed
    1-slightly ruffled
    2-very ruffled
    Posture 0-normal
    1-slightly hunched back
    2-hunched back
    Movement 0-normal
    1-decreased activity
    2-completely immobile
    Eyes 0-normal
    1-semi-closed
    2-closed
    Breathing 0-normal
    1-affected/forced breathing
  • Humane Endpoints.
  • Animals were euthanized if the sum of clinical scores reached 9, using the scale given in table 2, or if the body temperature was below 30° C.
  • Organ Extraction and Bacteriology
  • Following registration of weight, temperature and clinical symptoms on day four after inoculation, the mice were euthanized by intraperitoneal injection of pentobarbital. Subsequently, the lungs were extracted aseptically, and placed in a tubes containing 4 ml sterile saline. Blood was collected after cardiac puncture and transferred to Microtainer tubes, in order to save serum for later ELISA analysis.
  • The lungs were homogenized, serially diluted and 100 μl of each dilution was plated on Pseudomonas Isolation agar-plates. The plates were incubated at 37° C. over night, and the number of colony forming units was quantified the following day.
  • Results Clinical Symptoms
  • The animals were scored daily to register disease progression. The results of the clinical scoring are given in FIG. 1.
  • Temperature and Weight Loss
  • Body weight and body temperature were registered daily, as part of the overall assessment of animal welfare. The results of the registration of weight and temperature are given in FIGS. 2 and 3, respectively. Note that there was a general issue of malfunctioning temperature transponders, especially in the group immunized with the 7-valent combination vaccine, hence the low number of data points.
  • Bacteriology
  • Results are shown in FIG. 4.
  • Antibody Titer
  • After challenge completion blood was collected from the mice. The serum was used for subsequent analysis of antibody titer, using ELISA. The antibody titer to the seven antigens were analysed for eight of the vaccinated mice. FIG. 5 shows the mean antibody response to the seven protein antigens—each curve is the mean of eight separate ELISA curves.
  • Conclusions
  • The results indicate that the 7-valent combination vaccine protects mice from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 Iglewski-induced pneumonia. The mice immunized with the combination vaccine had a significantly lower lung CFU compared to the negative controls. Similarly the clinical symptoms were significantly lower for mice immunized with the combination vaccine, hence these animals appeared less ill to an unbiased observer. Moreover, the animals immunized with the combination vaccine had a significantly smaller weight loss over the four days following inoculation, which is another indicator of a greater well-being. There was no significant difference in body temperature, when comparing the data from the two groups. It should, however, be noted that a great number of the animals in the vaccine group had been equipped with temperature transponders that were malfunctioning, hence the small number of data points. Analysis of the serum samples show that the mice immunized with the 7-valent combination vaccine had a relatively high antibody response to five of the seven protein antigens.
  • Example 2
  • Confirmation of the protective effect of PA1302-31-851, PA0931-29-742, PA2070-29-880, PA2070-173-880, PA2976-1-480, PA3901-33-784 and PA0041-34-550 in a murine model of pneumonia ER0040
  • The purpose of the experiment was to verify the results of claim 1, i.e. that a 7-valent combination vaccine protected mice against a Pseudomonas aeruginosa-induced pneumonia. The primary parameter of comparison for this model is lung bacteriology, and secondly clinical symptoms, body temperature and weight loss.
  • Materials and Methods Materials
      • NMRI mice, female (Janvier, France)
      • PA1302-31-851 (in 4 M urea; produced at University of Southern Denmark)
      • PA0931-29-742 (in 4 M urea; produced at University of Southern Denmark)
      • PA2070-29-880 (in 4 M urea; produced at University of Southern Denmark)
      • PA2070-173-880 (in 4 M urea; produced at University of Southern Denmark)
      • PA2976-1-480 (in 2 M urea; produced at University of Southern Denmark)
      • PA3901-33-784 (in 2 M urea; produced at University of Southern Denmark)
      • PA0041-34-550 (in 2 M urea; produced at University of Southern Denmark)
      • Aluminum hydroxide (Alhydrogel 2.0%; Brenntag, cat. no. 21645-51-2)
      • Freund's incomplete adjuvant (Sigma, cat. no. F5506-10X10ML)
      • Isoflurane
      • Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 Iglewski
      • Luria broth agar plates
      • Luria broth medium
      • Seaweed alginate (Pronatal LF 10/60 FT sample; FMC Biopolymer)
      • Ketamine (50 mg/ml)
      • Xylazine (20 mg/ml)
      • Pentobarbital
      • Microtainer tubes with serum separator additive (BD, #365967)
      • Pseudomonas isolation agar (Sigma-Aldrich, #17208-500G)
    Immunization
  • A group of 32 female NMRI mice were immunized with seven recombinant proteins in combination with adjuvant. The 7-valent combination vaccine consisted of PA1302-31-851, PA0931-29-742, PA2070-29-880, PA2070-173-880, PA2976-1-480, PA3901-33-784 and PA0041-34-550.
  • A second group made up the negative control group, which was immunized only with adjuvant. The amount of adjuvant used for immunization of the control group was the same as the amount used when immunizing the vaccine group. Each mouse was immunized subcutaneously three times at approximately two week intervals (Table 3). At all three immunizations the mice in the vaccine group received 15 μg of each protein. For the first immunization the proteins were mixed with aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH)3) and Freund's incomplete adjuvant, whereas only Al(OH)3 was used for the subsequent immunizations (see appendix 5). Due to restrictions on injection volume in mice the seven protein antigens were split into two separate volumes; three proteins, in combination with adjuvant, were injected on the left side of the mouse and the other four proteins were injected on the right side. This immunization routine was the same at all three rounds of immunization.
  • TABLE 3
    Time line of experiment. The two groups of mice were immunized simultaneously
    at approximately two week intervals. The length of the challenge was four days.
    Immunization number Challenge
    1 2 3 Start End
    Date 11.26.15 12.11.15 12.26.15 01.09.16 01.14.16
    Days before challenge 44 29 14 0 +4
    start
  • Temperature Transponders
  • Four days before inoculation temperature transponders (BMDS, cat. no. IPTT-300) were inserted into each mouse. The mice were briefly anaesthetised by inhalation of isoflurane, and a temperature transponder inserted underneath the skin on the lower back or side of the mouse.
  • Using a compatible wireless scanner (BMDS Smart Probe; BMDS, cat. no. DAS-7007s) body temperature could be registered when placing the scanner close to the transponders underneath the skin of the mouse.
  • Preparation of Bacterial Inoculum
  • A small amount of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 Iglewski was extracted from a freeze stock (stored at −80° C.) and streaked out on a Luria broth agar plate. The plate was place at 37° C. over night. The following day a single colony was used to inoculate 100 ml sterile Luria broth medium. The culture was left to incubate at 37° C., with constant shaking, for 18 hours. After the 18 hours of incubation 50 ml of the bacterial culture was centrifuged at 5000×g for 10 minutes at 20° C. The pellet was resuspended in 5 ml Luria broth medium. The bacterial suspension was mixed with seaweed alginate in a ratio of 0.5 ml bacterial suspension to 12 ml seaweed alginate, and small alginate beads were created as described in Bjarnsholt et al (2014). The number of colony forming units (CFU) per ml alginate bead solution was determined by dissolving the alginate beads in saline.
  • Challenge Setup
  • The mice were housed at the Biocenter at the University of Copenhagen. The animals were kept in an environment characterized by a 12 hours light-dark cycle and temperature and humidity control. They had access to food and water ad libitum. The experimental procedures were carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the Danish National Animal Ethics Committee (license number 2013-15-2934-00857).
  • Before inoculation the mice were anaesthetized with an intraperitoneal injection of ketamine (100 mg/kg) and xylazine (10 mg/kg). Once sedated each mouse was inoculated intranasally with 1.0×107 CFU of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 Iglewski embedded in seaweed alginate beads. To ensure that the mice did not die from dehydration during the four day challenge, the mice received 1 ml of physiological saline subcutaneously once a day.
  • The mice were assessed daily to register symptoms and development of disease over the course of the four day challenge. To ensure a consistent evaluation of all animals each animal was scored individually following the scale of clinical symptoms given in table 2 in Example 1. Before the start of the challenge, the mouse cages were “blinded”, leaving the scientist involved unaware of which treatment had been given to which animals. This ensured an unbiased scoring of the animals' clinical symptoms.
  • Humane Endpoints.
  • Animals were euthanized if the sum of clinical scores reached 9, using the scale given in table 2, or if the body temperature was below 30° C.
  • Organ Extraction and Bacteriology
  • Following registration of weight, temperature and clinical symptoms on day four after inoculation, the mice were euthanized by intraperitoneal injection of pentobarbital. Subsequently, the lungs were extracted aseptically, and placed in a tubes containing 4 ml sterile saline. Blood was collected after cardiac puncture and transferred to Microtainer tubes, in order to save serum for later ELISA analysis.
  • The lungs were homogenized, serially diluted and 100 μl of each dilution was plated on Pseudomonas Isolation agar-plates. The plates were incubated at 37° C. over night, and the number of colony forming units was quantified the following day.
  • Results Clinical Symptoms
  • The animals were scored daily to register disease progression. The results of the clinical scoring are given in FIG. 6.
  • Temperature and Weight Loss
  • Body weight and body temperature were registered daily, as part of the overall assessment of animal welfare. The results of the registration of weight and temperature are given in FIGS. 7 and 8, respectively.
  • Bacteriology
  • Results are shown in FIG. 9, and the pooled results with those of Example 1 are shown in FIG. 10.
  • Antibody Titer
  • After challenge completion blood was collected from the mice. The serum was used for subsequent analysis of antibody titer, using ELISA. The antibody titer to the seven antigens were analysed for all of the surviving vaccinated mice, i.e. 26 mice. FIG. 6 shows the mean antibody response to the seven protein antigens—each curve is the mean of 26 separate ELISA curves.
  • Conclusions
  • Generally the results indicate that the 7-valent combination vaccine protects mice from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 Iglewski-induced pneumonia—results also found in Example 1. Analysis of the primary parameter of comparison—the lung bacteriology—did not suggest a protective effect of treatment with the 7-valent vaccine, as there was no significant difference in lung CFU when comparing the two groups. Only when the CFU results from both Examples 1 and 2 were analysed together, did a significant effect of the protein vaccine appear. The other parameters of interest collectively suggest that the protein-immunized mice had a better recovery from infection. The vaccinated group had significantly lower clinical scores in addition to a significantly higher body temperature and a significantly lower weight loss. Analysis of the serum samples show that the mice immunized with the 7-valent combination vaccine had a relatively high antibody response to five of the seven protein antigens.
  • Biologic Sequence Information
  • The full-length, native polypeptides of the invention have the following designations used herein:
  • SEQ ID NO: Polypeptide name
    1 PA1034
    2 PA1592
    3 PA3284
    4 PA4107
    5 PA0912
    6 PA0070
    7 PA5060
    8 PA1954
    9 PA0971
    10 PA5253
    11 PA0724
    12 PA1441
    13 PA5133
    14 PA3716
    15 PA4016
    16 PA1805
    17 PA3729
    18 PA0931
    19 PA2688
    20 PA3901
    21 PA1302
    22 PA2070
    23 PA3115
    24 PA3535
    25 PA2976
    26 PA4554
    27 PA4282
    28 PA1874
    29 PA0041
    30 PA2462
  • A number of the polypeptides of the invention are fragments of the full-length, native polypeptides. Such fragments as follows: PAXXXX-Y-Z, where XXXX is the number in the polypeptide name, X is the number of the N-terminal amino acid residue in the fragment and Z is the number of the C-terminal amino acid residue. For instance, PA2070-29-880 is the polypeptide having the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 22, residues 29-880.
  • The polypeptides of the present invention have the following amino acid sequences:
  • SEQ ID NO: 1
    MSQEPHVHGPNCNHDHDHHHDHGHGHVHGPHCNHSHEPVRNPLKAVGRND
    PCPCGSEKKFKKCHGA
    SEQ ID NO: 2
    MKKTVTLALLLAASLGLAACDKKEEDKAAAPAAPATETQPSAPATPPAEP
    SAPAPSSDTPATPQTPAPTPEQPQQNQQ
    SEQ ID NO: 3
    MKKISLASSVVGAALLGVASVGAHAAQNPFAVQELSSGYSVAAAEKAKEG
    SCGEAKCGADKGKREASKAGHEGSCGADRKAKEGSCGGEKKAGEGNCGAD
    KKKS
    SEQ ID NO: 4
    MSVFDSRQKTSASLLGAVLVGGMLLGGSAFAVEPLGQGLQVAAASAGEGK
    CGEGKCGSGGSAKTPAKAGAEGKCGEGKCGDASFARTDTDHDGKVSRAEF
    LAVAKDRAGEFDSIDSDHDGFISEAEAYEHLRKTYEANGKPMPAGLFSKL
    EQGQH
    SEQ ID NO: 5
    MRSLSLLLLLSLASTCEAAAVFRCEDASGHVSFTQLGCPAGQAGETVVAD
    NPPPGGRSVTPMAETKTKKASIGRKSVPLAVIGEREDRCGRRLDEKERRK
    AIVEQRIMAGMTRSDVERALGKPDRVSGNNAEVRYQYKADKRRGARSVSF
    DQEGCVKGREGTGWSESIPGAKAGPSSYR
    SEQ ID NO: 6
    MSQPSENRLITSARYALCLLTASGVLLSGCASSGVGSVAQTTRAEYYPSC
    YEPVSHLRSTDNAVRNSAITGAITGGLLGGLAGGLASDENRGRNAALAAA
    GGALAGGAAGYYMEKQKQISDDRARIGSYGTDVDRSTVEINRSVAYAKSA
    QSCYQSQFKALLDGRKNKSINEAEGRKRLAEIVSGLQETNALLVAANGRA
    GENISNYTQAYEKDLQQVGVPRAEVTKVAEAENRASTTKGGSKPKTGSNP
    KVPKEAVATEQTIRKAQDAQSEGNKVASQGQGMIREVCNSPDMGDWAPPS
    CAKA
    SEQ ID NO: 7
    MAGKKKSEKESSWIGEIEKYSRQIWLAGLGAYSKVSKDGSKLFETLVKDG
    EKAEKEAKSDVDAQVGAAKASARSAKSKVDEVRDRALGKWSELEEAFDKR
    LNSAISRLGVPSRNEVKELHSKVDTLTKQIEKLTGVSVKPAAKAAAKPAA
    KPAAKPAAKTAAAKPAAKPAAKAAAKPAAKPAAKKTAAKTAAAKPAAKPA
    AKPTAKAAAKPATKPAAKAAAKPAAKPAAAKPAAKPAAKPAAATAAKPAA
    KPAAKPAAKKPAAKKPAAKPAAAKPAAPAASSSAPAAPAATPAASAPAAN
    APATPSSQG
    SEQ ID NO: 8
    MKATMVLTPLALAMAAVLSVSAYAGNEGGWHPPKPNPQSNNKGGATALVV
    DTQQNYNNKVSNFGTLNNASVSGSIKDASGNVGVNVAAGDNNQQANAAAL
    ASADASFVFGTATASTSVLQSGYGNTLNNYSNPNTASLSNSANNVSGNLG
    VNVAAGNFNQQKNDLAAAVSNGQYSTAGSAASQTSTGNTTVNSANYAYGG
    TYVSLKLNADGSYKGTSDQIGDVYLDTWEGQTHPGGSNTGHIDVDSQAQG
    AKDLNHDGGAFAFKEKGDVDLKGTVSGFIPAIVGFKTPVTNNASLSNSLQ
    NVSGNVGVNIAAGGGNQQSNSLSIAAGCSSCPAGGESLGF
    SEQ ID NO: 9
    MKQQFERSPSESYFWPVVLAVVLHVLIFAMLFVSWAFAPELPPSKPIVQA
    TLYQLKSKSQATTOTNQKIAGEAKKTASKQYEVEQLEQKKLEQQKLEQQK
    LEQQQVAAAKAAEQKKADEARKAEAQKAAEAKKADEAKKAAEAKAAEQKK
    QADIAKKRAEDEAKKKAAEDAKKKAAEDAKKKAAEEAKKKAAAEAAKKKA
    AVEAAKKKAAAAAAAARKAAEDKKARALAELLSDTTERQQALADEVGSEV
    TGSLDDLIVNLVSQQWRRPPSARNGMSVEVLIEMLPDGTITNASVSRSSG
    DKPFDSSAVAAVRNVGRIPEMQQLPRATFDSLYRQRRIIFKPEDLSL
    SEQ ID NO: 10
    MSANKKPVTTPLHLLQQLSHSLVEHLEGACKQALVDSEKLLAKLEKQRGK
    AQEKLHKARTKLQDAAKAGKTKAQAKARETISDLEEALDTLKARQADTRT
    YIVGLKRDVQESLKLAQGVGKVKEAAGKALESRKAKPATKPAAKAAAKPA
    VKTVAAKPAAKPAAKPAAKPAAKPAAKTAAAKPAAKPTAKPAAKPAAKPA
    AKTAAAKPAAKPAAKPVAKPAAKPAAKTAAAKPAAKPAAKPVAKPTAKPA
    AKTAAAKPAAKPAAKPAAKPAAKPVAKSAAAKPAAKPAAKPAAKPAAKPA
    AKPVAAKPAATKPATAPAAKPAATPSAPAAASSAASATPAAGSNGAAPTS
    AS
    SEQ ID NO: 11
    MWGLTMKFASLILMLLFATVARAEDYYWKIQSLPERFSSPSAACAAWAKA
    TGRPGEFTFTGSMKARDQTSFWCEFTNNETGKTAAGYGPAGRYGDSCPEG
    TEYDKATGVCKSPPQECKEGELFPAKGPDSPVVTSGGRNYVGDGGAPTAC
    YQSCEYGGNPSPASCYLVKGSTTTGFCNYILKGTGQNCGADSYTFSQTGD
    SLNPPDTPNTDPSDPNDPGCPPGWSWSGTTCVKAPTDPTDPTDPTTPGSD
    GGGDGNGGGNNNGGGNDGGTGNGGDGSGGGDGNGGGDGSGDGDGSGTGGD
    GNGTCDPAKENCSTGPEGPGGELKEPTPGTWDDAIATWEKKVEDAKQELK
    TKVKANVDQMKGAFDLNLAEGGGQLPCESMTIWGKSYSLCISDYAGQLSS
    LRVALLLMAALIAALILLKD
    SEQ ID NO: 12
    MAVAPGVLLPPTPDVKPKAAAPKSQQKTPEPSNDKTSSFSDMYAKETAKK
    PAERADGPAKGSRDKPRDAGKDAAEAQPTDAVRQPAVAEDGKPLPADGQA
    KADGEDKVETPVDPLQLLGLGGAVPLLDENTQATLLPPAVPTASSAPASL
    TEASSDPTLVKLNGVPAVNMALEQGAQDAAQTAKGGPAKSADPRQANLGD
    ALAGLTSDSLTKAVDGKALEAQLQQTAEPAVASAASESLLESKAEPRGEP
    FAAKLNGLTQAMAQQALTNRPVNGTVPGQPVAMQQNGWSEAVVDRVMWMS
    SQNLKSAEIQLDPAELGRLDVRIHMTADQTQVTFASPNAGVRDALESQMH
    RLRDMFSQQGMNQLDVNVSDQSLARGWQGQQQGEGGSARGRGLAGEASGD
    EETLAGVSEIRSRPGASAARGLVDYYA
    SEQ ID NO: 13
    MLRLLPLLLSLACLAPAFADERADTQRQLEQTQKDIGELKKLLDGIQQEK
    SGVQKQLKSTETEMGDLEKQIKALQDELDKSEAELKRLDGEKKKLQDARI
    EQQRLLAIQARAAYQSGREEYLKLLLNQEHPEKFSRTLTYYDYINKARLE
    QLASFNETLRQLANVEQDISAQKAEQLSKQGELDSRREALAATRKERQQA
    LAKLNSDYRERDQKLKSRQQDQAELAKVLRTIEETLARQAREAAAAAERE
    RQRALAAERERARQQQAAPGRVTSPPREPAPGPLVSSTGAVYGGAFGSAR
    GKLPWPVNGRVVARFGSQRGDDPRAKWDGVLISASAGSTVRAVHGGRVVF
    ADWLRGAGLLVILDHGGGYLSLYGHNQSLLKDAGDTVKAGDPIATVGTSG
    GQSSPAVYFAIRFIQGRPADPTTWCRAQG
    SEQ ID NO: 14
    MQRLSRIGRNTLAVSVSTLLLSACNQGDDAPKPAAVAPQPAAPSMAALSI
    PLCLNGQCAVIDQDAKLLVPFDNDYDNIVASAYQGTLMAAREERWNLIQA
    KDGKVLRDDIGEALSLLTPNLYGFVRDGKYGVVDGQGKEVQAPRFDDIYP
    NSANEFIIYEIDGKRGILDAKGKQLTEALYDTTLVNGSVAEHGGLISAER
    GEEKWIINLATGEQKAVAYESLGDLHDGVMSASVIGKGSQLVDAKGDVVG
    DGKSYDYLGTPANGLVAFREKYDSPCGYLDYQGKVAIAAQFAGCGAFGKQ
    GGLAQQRMEDGSSGKYGLIDRSGAWKVQPQYDSADSAGLTALGYTVDVPG
    LAAVGVSTGLFSADFGIFNLDEGSEWVKPGYAQIGALGNDLFVVAKKGGP
    QKTVSFMGSESQVPVVGLMDRSGKMLLEPDELISIQSAYDGRFLEGLDGM
    DNAAHTVLLDRQGRTLVPALWQKLEVNPQQGYILGYEVSGTGDEATETLR
    ALYDLNGKPRFTVATTDCGAEQLLDGNGKAIWPQDPTPYCQSDDEQDDEG
    EPEQEPAPVEESEETSES
    SEQ ID NO: 15
    MLRPARSLSLCSALVILLAACGEGEPLLPADARLPDGARYRGELVDGRLE
    GQGRLDYDNGAWYAGRFEHGLLHGHGTWQGADGSRYSGGFAAGLFDGQGR
    LAMADGSVYQGGFRQGLFDGEGSLEQQGTRYRGGFRKGLYSGQGTLDGSD
    GSRYQGSFRQGRLEGEGSFSDSQGNQYAGTFRDGQLNGKGRWSGPDGDRY
    VGQFKDNQFHGQGRYESASGDVWIGRFSEGALNGPGELLGADGSRYRGGF
    QFWRFHGQGLLEQLDGTRYEGGFAAGAYAGQGTLDRADGSREQGLWADGK
    RIRDAAGKALPDTLEVGLLAQGRLLDEELRKIPASTPASELYALSLGGDG
    RQGVFLREADYAGDLLGQRFAARGVIRLVNHRDHFGDRPLATRESLSRAV
    RTLAERSGPEDLVFIYLTSHGSSDHQLALDMPGLNLGDLPAAELAELLAP
    LRQRDKVLVVSACYSGGFIPPLKDERTLILTAARADRVSFGCSDDADFTY
    FGRALLANALNRTDDLSKAFELAKEEVRQREKEEGFEASEPQAWLPERVL
    AHWRTLRGQQAERALASREGKTGEGAAGK
    SEQ ID NO: 16
    MLQNIRDNSQGWIAKTIIGVIIVLLSLTGFDAIIRATDHSNVAAKVNGDD
    ISLNEVQQAVDMQRRQLLQRLGKDFDPSMLDDKLLKEAALKGLIERTLLL
    QAAKDDKFAFSDQALDQLILQTPEFQVDGKFNADRFDQVIRQMNYSRMQF
    RQMLGQEMLIGQLRAGLAGTGFVTDNELQSFARLEKQTRDFATLAIKADA
    SKSSVSDDEVKAFYEGHKSEFMTPEQVVVEYVELKKSSFFDQVKVKQEDL
    EALYQKEIANLSEQRDAAHILIEVNDKVGDEQAKAKIDEIKARLAKGEDF
    AALAKEFSQDIGSAATGGDLGYAGRGVYDPAFEEALYALKQGEVSAPVKT
    PYGYHLIKLLGVQAPEVPSLESLKPKLEDELKKQMVEQRFVEATKDLESS
    AYEAADLSQPAQEMGLKVQTSQPFGRSGGDGIAANRQIVQTAFSAEVLEE
    AANSGAIELDPDTVVVLRVKEHNKPKEQPLEQVAANIRERLAAEKAAEEA
    QKRGEALIAELREGRTSSAAGESWKVVEAASRGHEGVDPKLLQAVFRMQR
    PEAKDKPSFSGVTLANGDYVVIRLNGVSEPEEAISDDEKAMYRRFLASRS
    GQADFAAFRRQLQDKAEVEKY
    SEQ ID NO: 17
    MDMTSLMPLLLGVGLVVLLVVGLLALFKAFYIKVPQGTALIVNDMSSTPK
    VHFTGALVYPVIHLKEFMRISLITLEVDRRGKDGLICRDNMRADITVAFY
    LRVNETQDDVLKVAKAIGVDRASDRSAVNELFNAKFSEALKTVGKQFDFV
    QLFENRQDFRDRIIEVIGNDLNGYVLEDVAIDYLEQTAKNSLDPSNILDA
    EGIRKITELTATQNVITNELERNEELAIKKKNVETREAALALERQQADAE
    ARQKREIETIRAREEAETARVKEEERLKAEQARIQAQQEIDVRTENHQRE
    VEVAQQNRQRAVVIEVEKVTRAKDLEIVAREREVELQKIEKEKALEEQRK
    NIANVIRERVAVEKTVAQEEERIKEVREVSEAERVKQVILLQAQAEAEQE
    LVRQVKQAEADEARSKHKAVEINTMAQAELEAASKQAEAKKRLAEGIEAE
    RAAPGLADARVLEVTAAAKEKDGLAAARVRAEQUAEARGDEERGLADARV
    LEAQAAAKEKDGLAEAKVLAEKLGAQARGEEQLGAAKAKATKDQGSAEAE
    VLLQRLNAEAEGLGKKFGALDALSDSARQHEEFRMQLEKSFEEAMAAIAA
    NKDIAKDQAEVLATALGKANIEIVGGEGDFFNSFAKSLSVGKAIEGVVGK
    SPVVQDVLARLLNGRGAAAAVMPERKSGHENEPAAEV
    SEQ ID NO: 18
    MYPQFRRGHLAAAVLFASSSLLGGQALAEDERLEELDERAESVVQLGDEV
    VLGTAEQELKQAPGVSIITAEDIRKRPPVNDLSEIIRTMPGVNLTGNSSS
    GQRGNNRQIDIRGMGPENTLILVDGKPVSSRNSVRYGWRGERDTRGDSNW
    VPPEEVERIEVLRGPAAARYGSGAAGGVVNIITKRPTDRLRGSMTVFTNI
    PESSKDGATRRANFSLSGPLTEALSFRAYGSANKTDSDDTDINLGHTVNP
    SRTVAGREGVRNRDLSGMLSWQVTPDQVVDFEAGFSRQGNIYAGDTQNNN
    GTANTQGLADDGAETNRMYRENYAITHNGTWSGTSRFVAQYDSTRNNRLE
    EGLAGSVEGQIGADRSFSASKLENYRLSGELNLPLHALFEQVLTVGAEWN
    KETLNDPSSLKQGFVGSDSLPGTPAAGSRSPKSKAEIRALYVEDNIELRP
    GTMLTPGLRLDDHSDFGLNWSPSLNASQTLGEYFTVKAGIARAFKAPNLY
    QSNPNYLLYTRGNGCPIQTSSGGCYLVGNENLDAETSVNKELGIEFRRDG
    WVAGLTYFRNDYKNKIVAPLDVMGQTGTGNNILQWSNAKKAVVEGLEGNL
    LVPLHEDLSWSTNLTYMWSKDKDTGNPLSVIPEYTLNSTLDWQASERLST
    QLTSTIYGRQEPPKHGTSRNTPVVSRKEVGTYGIWGVSAGYTFSENLSVR
    GGVSNLFDKRLYRQGNSFDAGAATYNEPGRAYYVSMTTSF
    SEQ ID NO: 19
    MSSRALPAVPFLLLSSCLLANAVHAAGQGDGSVIELGEQTVVATAQEETK
    QAPGVSIITAEDIAKRPPSNDLSQIIRTMPGVNLTGNSSSGQRGNNRQID
    IRGMGPENTLILVDGKPVSSRNSVRYGWRGERDSRGDTNWVPADQVERIE
    VIRGPAAARYGNGAAGGVVNIITKQAGAETHGNLSVYSNFPQHKAEGASE
    RMSFGLNGPLTENLSYRVYGNIAKTDSDDWDINAGHESNRTGKQAGTLPA
    GREGVRNKDIDGLLSWRLTPEQTLEFEAGFSRQGNIYTGDTQNTNSNNYV
    KQMLGHETNRMYRETYSVTHRGEWDFGSSLAYLQYEKTRNSRINEGLAGG
    TEGIFDPNNAGFYTATLRDLTAHGEVNLPLHLGYEQTLTLGSEWTEQKLD
    DPSSNTQNTEEGGSIPGLAGKNRSSSSSARIFSLFAEDNIELMPGTMLTP
    GLRWDHHDIVGDNWSPSLNLSHALTERVTLKAGIARAYKAPNLYQLNPDY
    LLYSRGQGCYGQSTSCYLRGNDGLKAETSVNKELGIEYSHDGLVAGLTYF
    RNDYKNKIESGLSPVDHASGGKGDYANAAIYQWENVPKAVVEGLEGTLTL
    PLADGLKWSNNLTYMLQSKNKETGDVLSVTPRYTLNSMLDWQATDDLSLQ
    ATVTWYGKQKPKKYDYHGDRVTGSANDQLSPYAIAGLGGTYRLSKNLSLG
    AGVDNLFDKRLFRAGNAQGVVGIDGAGAATYNEPGRTFYTSLTASF
    SEQ ID NO: 20
    MSPSRALSPLSRALLLACLGGPVLVSAGSACAAEIRTDARQYYRLPAEPL
    EQALNHLGRQAGVLIAFSPEQTAARRSQALDGEYTLEEALAALLVGSGLE
    ARARGDGAYTLEALPVEDPANLQALTVVGDWLADASAADVFEHPGARDVV
    RREQFQAQGAASTREVLERIPGVSAPLNNGTGSHDLALNFGIRGLNPRLA
    SRSTVLMDGIPVPFAPYGQPQLSLAPVSIGNMDAVDVVRGGGAVRYGPQN
    VGGIVNFVTRAIPEDFATKLDVHSELSPSSSQDGLKTTHNVLIGGTGANG
    LGGALLYSGTRGGDWREHSDTRIDDLILKGRFQPSDEHTFSAMTQYYDGE
    ADMPGGLGTAAYHDDPYQSTRPYDKFWGRRTLASASYEYTPNASQKLNVT
    GFFTKTLRSGYLDQGRNLTLSPREYWVRGLETRFSQGFELGESRHEVGIG
    HRYVNEASHELRYWTRADSGQLPSTGSRNDRDTRGSTEANAFYIDDRIDI
    GNWTITPGIRYEKIDSEQKNLLKNSKDSGRYNASLPALNVIYHLTPSWNL
    YANTEGSFGTVQYSQMGKAVRSGDIEPEKARTWELGSRYDDGILRAELGA
    FLINFDNQYESNQQTDSVTARGKTRHKGIEAAIAYDLADLDPLLSGFDVY
    ASYAYVDASIREDGPNKGNQVPFSSKHKGTLGANYRTGAWSYNLDGSFQT
    SQYADNANTESESADGSTGRIAGWMVWSARGTYDFGPQLNDLKLGLGVKN
    LFDRRYYTRSFDDNNKGLYVGQPRTLYVQASVGF
    SEQ ID NO: 21
    MTLPFTRAAWRPLCSAAVLGAALWAAGASAAERRFDLPAQPLAASLSRLA
    QQAQVQVLFDESLLRGLRAPALSGSYGVREALERLLVGSELELVEAGGGY
    VVRRRQVDAYSDNALQLDAQTIVGNGREVDASNVGRSTLTRRDIERQQAD
    NIPSLLQTLPGVTMGGSPKPGGQTTNIWGLGDAEDVPYTLDGAQKSGFER
    YQQGTVFIEPEMIKRIEVEKGPHSVFTGNGGFGGTVHMETKDAPDLLREG
    RDVGAMLKYGYHSNDQQKIYSGAVFGRSEDRRVDALLYLNGRDGRDMKLA
    DNLPLSPTDYPINPKRLPNSAQDEKTGLFKLNLHPTEEHDLGFTYLRSKS
    SRWTPFSASSYPTPPSQWTIDRYGYELGLTRLLAHRDTTDTTWTGKYNYH
    PLDNPWIDLQLSYSDARTEQLDRREDTAFYQLATGGKRMRTEYQDKVLEL
    RNTSRFDTGALQHELTLGAALHKHKRDILMHMPGKTYETPRYNYGWLQPA
    FMPAGKQDTQSFYIQDAITYGSLTVTPSMRFDSVRNDGQANLAPIYDNPK
    LGHDYRAQTYSGWSPRLSVFWTATPNLAFFADYTETWRAPVIDEQYEVQN
    SSTIGGSSRDLDAERIHAIRGGSVINLPDLLVAGDSLQIRTTLFQNRIKD
    EIFRTRSVGCRQQSIDNGSIGGSCGDMLPLSNYRNLPGLTIKGFEIESFY
    DSQRLFGSLSYSWMTGKHDGAYSNPWGPNVWARDIPPPKWVAMLGLKVPE
    WDAKLGWQGEFVRKTDRLPSDRYSGGMGTGSGDIYWDHAANDSYDTHRLF
    AEWVPAKLGLKDTRIDFTVDNLFNRSYRQPLGGDLVYSQGRNAKISVTQF
    F
    SEQ ID NO: 22
    MHRSLHTDAPLGAALLLALQLAPGSAAAAEEQAPVDPPTVQLQRIEVTGS
    AIRRVDAETAVPISVLRAEELRQQGVTSTEELIGRLSGNQGVYNSSRSVG
    SATGGASFADLRGIGANKTLVLLNGRRLANNAIDGSAVDLNTIPFAAIDR
    VEVLRDGASALYGTDAIGGVINFITRKSLNEGRFDSGYASPTHDGGGNQR
    NVSASWGFGELEEDRFNVFAVANYDKQERLGAKDRGYTYNYQPGRGLDYS
    SGTAFPGNWSQGANASNPLAAGGCKGADLIPRNGICRQSLWRYLDLVPET
    EKTSVFSRATGKLADEHNVSLEYFWSRSDNATQVGPGTLTGLQIDPGTAF
    YPGNGITPGPGGFVLDPSRPVEVNWRQSVLGPRLQSSQNTGQRLLLGFDG
    QFAGWDYDIGASYNQNKVVDHIHSGYVDDRAAALGIANGTLNPFGPQTDA
    GLAYLGSHALSGDFRTSVGRVKGLDARASREIGDWFGAGPAALALGGEFR
    KEAFHQDIQDFAGNVQSLGVDPAATVSGERNLKAQYAELNVPVLDSLELS
    AAIRHDKYSDFGSTSNPKYSFRFQPFRQLVLRGAYSEGFRAPSLYELYNP
    TFTTYTSANYDDPRLCAGGQPSQGGIANRDCAQQFYNATGGNTDLRPETA
    RNVTLGLVYQPLRDLSVGLDFWWIRIANQIAEFPEAAIFADPQAYAGRIV
    RKADGSIDHVVTGLANLGKVKTSGVDLSLDYRFPASRYGQFGLDLQGTYV
    SRYDFQQQIGGQYLDNVGDFQGVGVIARWKHVANATWSRDAWQATLSNRY
    TSGYNDYDRASHGKVGSWNLWDLAGSYRLSHALGLTLGVKNLFDREPPFS
    NQTYTFQSGYDPRYTDPYGRILFGRLSYSF
    SEQ ID NO: 23
    MVRLRTLVRAIAAASVLTSGMAHGLGLGEITLKSALNGLDAEIELLEVRD
    LGSGEVIPSLASPEEFSKAGVDRLYYLTDLKFTPVVKPNGKSVIRVTSSK
    PVQEPYLNFLVQVLWPNGRLLREYTVLLDPPLYSPQAAASAPQAPVSAPR
    ATGAPRAPQAPAPVRTTAPAGSDTYRTVSNDTLWEIAQRNRTDRVSVPQA
    MLAFQELNPGAFVDGNINRLKSGQVLRIPTEQQMLERSPREALSQVQAQN
    QSWRGSRNPAAGSAGAQLDATQRNAAGSAPSKVDATDNLRLVSGEGKASK
    GADKGGKGDSKAIADTLAVTKESLDSTRRENEELQSRMQDLQSQLDKLQK
    LIQLKDAQLAKLQGQLGAEGQGAAQPNAALPDASQPNAAAQAPAQPGTPA
    AAAPTPAPAGEAPAAPAQPPVAPPPAPAAEKPPAPAVPAPAPVQAAEQPA
    PSFLDELLANPLWLAVIGGSALLALLVLLMILSRRNAQKEKEEAQAFAAD
    TGEEQEDALDLGKDGFDDLTLDEPEPQVAAVAPQVEKTTAQTSDALGEAD
    IYIAYGRFNQAAELLQNAIYDEPQRTDLRLKLMEVYAEMGDREGFARQNE
    LREIGGAQPQVEQLKSRYPAMVAVAAVAGLAGAKLAQDELDSFSLDDLSL
    DDSGHAAKPDAAGQDLDDAFDLSLDDLGGDDVQADLKSDSGALDDLTLDS
    DLDLAASTPADKPVDDLDFGLDFAELAETPSQPKHDDLGDFSLDLDAPED
    KLSDDDFLLSLNDEVPAAAPADNEFTLDTEAAEEPALSLPDDFDLSLADE
    PTEPAAPEKGEDSFAAQLDEVSAQLDELASNLDEPKSATPSFSAEDAAVA
    SALDGDADDDFDFLSGADEAATKLDLARAYIDMGDSEGARDILDEVLAEG
    NDSQQAEARELLERLA
    SEQ ID NO: 24
    MTDDHSFRPRPTSLSAALLLGAWIAQPATAAYVEAGRPGDPASWRSAEYQ
    QDWGLERMRADQAYAAGIDGQGVKIGEMDSGFDPSHPDTPASRYQPVTAS
    GTYVDGTPFSVSGAMNGNNDSHGTHVGGTLGASRDGVGMHGVAYAAQVYV
    ANTNQNDSFLFGPTPDPNYFKAAYQALADAGVRAINNSWGSQPKVSYETL
    DGLHAAYAQHYGRSTWLDAAAGVSRQGVINVFSAGNSGYANASVRSALPY
    FQPDLEGHWLAVSGLDQQNGQRYNRCGIAKYWCITTPGRLINSTMPGGGY
    ANKSGTSMAAPHATGALALVMQRYPLNNEQALQVLLTTATQLDGTPTGAP
    TDTVGWGVPDLGRAMHGPGQLLGRFEANLPAGLRDEWSNPISDSALLQRQ
    AEDAAEHAAWQRTLKDKGWENGLPAGASQQERTDYAIGMARDQAAAQRQY
    QGSLVKAGAGSLVLSGDSTYRGPTLVDGGLLSVDGSLLSAVEVNAGGTLG
    GSGRIGGLLARSGGTVAAGNSIGTLEVAGDLRFESGSTYAVELSESASDR
    IVASGKASIAGGNVTLAMENSPDLLSQSQVESLVGRRYDILDAAGGIDGR
    FDAVLPNYLFLGGTLDYAANAIRLDIGRNGTTLASVAQTPNQAAVAGAVE
    TLGAGNPVYESLLLSENAATAQRAFQQLSGEIYPALAGLLLNDSRYLRDS
    VGERLRQTSDGEAGGEAPEGWFKALGSWGKSADGSHGSEGYRHSVGGFLL
    GVDSQVASDTRLGLVAGYSNSSLNMDSSLQSSASIDSYHLGAYLGRQLQQ
    WRLSLGAAHAWHRAEVKRDLQYGAVAGKQKAKLDAQSSQLFAEAAYALGW
    RSLELEPFAGLAYVHVASDDFRERGSAAALEGGDDNLDAAFTTLGLRAKR
    HFELDAGRRLALSGTLGWRHNLSDTTPQRHLAFASGSQPFSVESVALSRD
    AALLGVDASLAVNREVSVRLGYNGLLGSREKDHGVGLAVDWRF
    SEQ ID NO: 25
    MKRMLINATQPEELRVALVDGQRLFDLDIESGAREQKKANIYKGRITRVE
    PSLEAAFVDFGAERHGFLPLKEISREYFKKSPEGRINIKEVLSEGQEVIV
    QVEKEERGNKGAALTTFISLAGRYLVLMPNNPRAGGISRRIEGEERNELR
    EALNGLNAPADMGLIVRTAGLGRSTEELQWDLDYLLQLWSAIKEASGERG
    APFLIYQESNVIIRAIRDYLRQDIGEVLIDSIDAQEEALNFIRQVMPQYA
    SKVKLYQDSVPLFNRFQIESQIETAFQREVKLPSGGSIVIDPTEALVSID
    INSARATKGGDIEETALQTNLEAAEEIARQLRLRDIGGLIVIDFIDMTPA
    KNQRAVEERVREALEADRARVQVGRISRFGLLEMSRQRLRPSLGETSGIV
    CPRCNGQGIIRDVESLSLAILRLIEEEALKDRTAEVRARVPFQVAAFLLN
    EKRNAITKIELRTRARIFILPDDHLETPHFEVQRLRDDSPELVAGQTSYE
    MATVEHEEAQPVSSTRTLVRQEAAVKTVAPQQPAPQHTEAPVEPAKPMPE
    PSLFQGLVKSLVGLFAGKDQPAAKPAETSKPAAERQTRQDERRNGRQQNR
    RRDGRDGNRRDEERKPREERAERQPREERAERPNREERSERRREERAERP
    AREERQPREGREERAERTPREERQPREGREGREERSERRREERAERPARE
    ERQPREGREERAERPAREERQPREDRQARDAAALEAEALPNDESLEQDEQ
    DDTDGERPRRRSRGQRRRSNRRERQREVSGELEGSEATDNAAAPLNTVAA
    AAAAGIAVASEAVEANVEQAPATTSEAASETTASDETDASTSEAVETQGA
    DSEANTGETADIEAPVTVSVVRDEADQSTLLVAQATEEAPFASESVESRE
    DAESAVQPATEAAEEVAAPVPVEVAAPSEPAATEEPTPAIAAVPANATGR
    ALNDPREKRRLQREAERLAREAAAAAEAAAQAAPAVEEIPAVASEEASAQ
    EEPAAPQAEEITQADVPSQADEAQEAVQAEPEASGEGAADTEHAKKTEES
    ETSRPHA
    SEQ ID NO: 26
    MKSVLHQIGKTSLAAALSGAVLLSAQTTHAAALSVSQQPLMLIQGVAPNM
    LVTLDDSGSMAFAYAPDSISGYGNYTFFASNSFNPMYFDPNTQYKLPKKL
    TLVNGQVQIQDYPAPNFSSAWRNGFTRSGSINLSNSYKVTIEYGRGYDKE
    STIKADAAYYYDFTGSSSCNRTNQACYTRRYVSTEQRQNFANWYSFYRTR
    ALATQTAANLAFYSLPENARVSWQLLNDSNCNQMGSGSSSGNCFSNYLRD
    FTGQHRVNFFNWLEKLSVNGGTPLRQAMTRAGEFLKKTGVNGPYAYRPGT
    QTAPEYSCRGSYHILMTDGLWNNDSANVGNADSTARNLPDGKSYSSQTPY
    RDGTFDTLADQAFHYWATDARPDIDDNIKPYIPYPDQANPSAEYWNPRND
    PATWQHMVTYTLGLGLTTSLTSPRWEGSTFSGGYNDIVAGNLSWPRASNN
    DSNNVYDLWHAAVNSRGEFFSADSPDQLVAAFQDILNRISGKDLPASRPA
    ISSSLQEDDTGDKLTRFAYQTSFASDKNWAGDLTRYSLTTQDKATVQTKL
    WSAQSILDAMPNGGAGRKIMMAGSGTSGLKEFTWGSLSADQQRQLNRDPD
    RNDVADTKGQDRVAFLRGDRRKENSDNFRTRNSILGDIINSSPATVGKAQ
    YLTYLAQPIEPSGNYSTFAEAQKTRAPRVYVGANDGMLHGFDTDGNETFA
    FIPSAVFEKLHKLTARGYQGGAHQFYVDGSPVVADAFFGGAWHTVLIGSL
    RAGGKGLFALDVTDPANIKLLWEIGVDQEPDLGYSFPKPTVARLHNGKWA
    VVTGNGYSSLNDKAALLIIDLETGAITRKLEVTGRTGVPNGLSSPRLADN
    NSDGVADYAYAGDLQGNLWRFDLIAGKVNQDDPFSRANDGPAVASSFRVS
    FGGQPLYSAVDSAGAAQAITAAPSLVRHPTRKGYIVIFGTGKYFENADAR
    ADTSRAQTLYGIWDQQTKGEAAGSTPRLTRGNLQQQTLDLQADSTFASTA
    RTIRIASQNPVNWLNNDGSTKQSGWYLDFMVNGTLKGEMLIEDMIAIGQV
    VLLQTITPNDDPCADGASNWTYGLDPYTGGRTSFTVFDLARQGVVDSKSD
    YSYNKQNVAVSGTEQKGLGGLTLSTNEQGNPEVCSSGECLTVNPGPNTRG
    RQNWRPIEGKN
    SEQ ID NO: 27
    MKILAIRLKNLASLAGEQEIDFTREPLSSAGLFAITGPTGAGKSTVLDAL
    CLALFGSTPRLESTSASSKVPDGRNELSSNDERNLLRRGCASGYAEVDFV
    GIDGHRYRARWETRRSRDKADGALQKSQQSLQDLETQQMLAANKKSEFRE
    QLEQKLGLNFAQFTRAVLLAQSEFSAFLKASDNDRGALLEKLTDTGLYSQ
    LSKAAYQRASQADEQRKQLEQRLEGSLPLAEQARAGLEAALESHAQARLQ
    EQQALQRLEGQQQWFTEEQRLLQSCEHAQGQLAEARQAWDALATERETLQ
    WLERLAPVRGLIERLKQLEQELRHSEQQQRQRTEQQAAGTERLQGLQARL
    QEARERQAQADNHLRQAQAPLREAFQLESEARRLERTLAERQELHRQSNQ
    RHAQQSDAARQLDMEQQRHVAEQAQLQAALRDSQALAALGDAWVTHQGQL
    ATFVQRRQRALESQAQLPELEKSLAHAGEPLERLQAQWTALHGSEPDDLA
    ARLVELRRQTDSLERQQALHKEWQQVLDQRAGLARRLGELDQRMVEQEQA
    LLDLKRQGSQCAEEVKAAEQALQVTRELLQRQRLARSASVEQLRAGLVDG
    EACPVCGSQEHPYHHSEQLLAALGEHDDQEQVRAEQSLERLRQTLVGLRE
    GYSSQRERLNQSRQEQQELTGQLAALDRQLDQWTLPEELRLLQPSAQLEW
    LAQRLDDLAGQRQQCQRDFDRLIARQRQTQQLQQELRAAETILQQRQQAL
    TEQRQRYEHLQQQVEEDSQQLRPLLSDEHWQRWQADPLRTFQALGESIEQ
    RRQQQARLQQIEQRLQELKQRCDESSWQLKQSDEQRNEARQAEERAQAEL
    AELNGRLGAHLGQHACAQDWQLSLEHAAQAAQSAVETLQAPLDSLREEQL
    RLAEALEHLQQQRQRQQDEFQRLQADWQAWRERQDNLDDSRLDALLGLSE
    EQATQWREQLQRLQEEITRQQTLEAERQAQLLQHRRQRPETDREALEDNL
    RQQRERLAASEQAYLETYSQLQADNQRREQSQALLAELERARAEFRRWGR
    LNELIGSSSGDKFRRIAQGYNLDLLVQHSNVQLRQLARRYRLQRGGSELG
    LLVVDTEMGDELRSVYSLSGGETFLISLALALGLASMASSKLRIESLFID
    EGFGSLDPESLQLAMDALDNLQAQGRKVAVISHVQEMHERIPVQVRVQRE
    GNGMSSLKVVG
    SEQ ID NO: 28
    MSIQAKVTPIDQSISSAAAVEVPENGILKLSQSSNVALDVAPESVAGYSK
    SGSDLIVQLKTGESVRIANFYAEGQPSSQLFLADKDKLVAVDLPPVAADG
    PLMAGYIPQESLAGFESLTGAGVLGGMSAGTALLVGAAAIGAGVAISNSS
    GGGGGGGSSVPPDTTPPKAASGLKIAPDGSSISGQAEAGASVGIDTNGDG
    KPDLTVIADANGNFTAPLNPPLTNGQTVTVVVTDPAGNASPPAQVTAPDT
    TAPAPATDVQVAPDGSSVTGKAEPGSTVGVDTDGDGQPDTTVVVGPGGSF
    EVPLNPPLTNGETVTVIVTDPAGNNSTPVTVEAPDTTAPAPATDVQVAPD
    GSSVTGNAEPGATVGVDTDGDGQPDTTVVVGPGGSFEVPLNPPLTNGETV
    TVIVTDPAGNSSTPVTAEAPDFPDAPQVNASNGSVLSGTAEAGVTIVITD
    GNGNPIGQTSADANGNWSFPGSQLPDGTVVNVVARDAAGNSSPATSITVD
    GVAPNAPVVEPSNGSELSGTAEPGSSVTLTDGNGNPIGQTTADANGNWSF
    TPSTPLPDGTVVNVVARDAAGNSSPPASVTVDAVAPATPTVDPSNGTTLS
    GAEPGSSVTLTDGNGNPIGQVTADGSGNWTFTPSTPLPNGTVVNATATDP
    SGNASSPASVTVDAVAPATPVVNPSNGTTLSGTAEPGATVTLTDGNGNPI
    GQVTADGSGNWSFTPTTPLPNGTVVNATATDASGNTSAGSSVTVDSVAPA
    TPVINPSNGTTLSGTAEPGSSVTLTDGNGNPIGQVTADGSGNWSFTPSTP
    LADGTVVNATATDPAGNTSGQGSTTVDGVAPTTPTVNLSNGSSLSGTAEP
    GSTVILTDGNGNPIAEVTADGSGNWTYTPSTPIANGTVVNVVAQDAAGNS
    SPGASVTVDSQAPAAPVVNPSNGTTLSGTAEPGATVTLTDGNGNPIGQVT
    ADGSGNWSFTPGTPLANGTVVNATASDPTGNTSAPASTTVDSVAPAAPVV
    NPSNGAEISGTAEPGATVTLTDGSGNPIGQVTADGSGNWSFTPSTPLADG
    TVVNATATDPAGNTGGQGSTTVDAIAPATPTVNLSNGSSLSGTAEPGSTV
    ILTDGNGNPIAEVTADGSGNWTYTPSTPIANGTVVNVVAQDASGNSSPPA
    TVTVDSSAPPAPVINPSNGVVISGTAEAGATVTLTDAGGNPIGQVTADGS
    GNWSFTPGTPLANGTVIVATATDPTGNTGPQAATTVDAVAPPAPVIDPSN
    GTTISGTAEAGAKVILTDGNGNPIGETTADGSGNWSFTPGTPLANGTVVN
    AVAQDPAGNTGPQGSTTVDAVAPNTPVVNPSNGNLLNGTAEPGSTVTLTD
    GNGNPIGQTTADGSGNWSFTPGSQLPNGTVVNVTASDAAGNTSLPATTTV
    DSSLPSIPQVDPSNGSVISGTADAGNTIIITDGNGNPIGQVTADGSGNWS
    FTPGIPLPDGTVVNVVARSPSNVDSAPAVITVDGVAPAAPVIDPSNGTEI
    SGTAEAGATVILTDGGGNPIGQATADGSGNWTFTPSTPLANGTVINAVAQ
    DPAGNTSGPASVTVDAIAPPAPVINPSNGVVISGTAEAGATVILTDGNGN
    PIGQVTADGSGNWSFTPGTPLANGSVINALAQDAAGNNSSPTSATVDSLA
    PAAPVIDPSNGSVIAGTAEAGATVILTDGNGNPIGQVTADGSGNWSFTPG
    TPLSNGTVVNAVAQDAAGNTSGPVSTTVDAVAPATPVIDPSNGVELSGTA
    EPGVRVILTDGNGNPIGQTLADGSGNWSFTPGTPLANGTVVNAVAQDPAG
    NTSGPASTTVDTVAPATPVINPSNGSVITGTAEVGAKVILTDGNGNPIGE
    TTADGSGNWTFTPGTPLANGTVINAVAEDAAGNASGPASTTVDSVAPSAP
    LLSISADGALLTGTAEPNSQVRIVVNGDTANPITVTVDGAGNFSLPFAPP
    LITGELIAGVAVDAAGNVSGPATINAPDLAPPTISVPEAADTWINAAEIG
    DGIQVDVTVRPTMQVGQVVTVKFAGQNGYEAEVSHTLTAGDIAAGNLTLT
    LTPPGGMGPFPEGASTVTADINGGTASTPVPFTIDTIPPATPVLSLVGNI
    LTISAEPGTELTVTVDVGGVTATATVTADNSGLASLNLLTDLDIDFSWDQ
    LLNAQVSVVGRDPAGNPSNTASIGVGTSIEQPVTIGNFGLDVSLNPLNPR
    FGFSGTTEPDSSVVIRVITPALNVELLPIQADSSGNFSLNLLSPTILTQL
    GLNITDILNLGSQ1SFNLVSTDSNGNDSAAYGITLTPNGLSLNIGQIDVN
    GTSGDDVLSGANGSSEHINGGDGSDLIFNVGTGDHVVAGNGNDTIQITAT
    DFVSIDGGAGFDTLVLANGIDLDYNAVGVGTLSNLERIDLGKGDSGSVLT
    LTAAEVDAITDANNTLQITGENNDTLNVVGAVNTGTTQLINGITYDVYTF
    GSTTLLIEDNTVQVVV
    SEQ ID NO: 29
    MDIRSPLNQCIALSLAGILFLNPIVAAAAGLALDKAAGGNTGLGQAGNGV
    PIVNIATPNDAGLSNNHFRDYNVGANGLILNNATGKTQGTQLGGIILGNP
    NLKGQAAQVILNQVTGGNRSTLAGYTEVAGQSARVIVANPHGITCQGCGF
    INTPRATLTTGKPIMDGQRLERFQVDGGDIVVEGAELNVGNLEQFDLITR
    SAKLNAKLYAKNLNIVTGRNDVQADSLQATPRAADGSEKPQLAIDSSALG
    GMYAGAIRLVGTEQGVGVRLAGDMAASGGDIRIDASGKLSLAQASSQGDL
    KIAAQAVELNGKTYAGGSAEIRSAEELVNRQSLAARERIVLEAAHIDNAG
    VIEAGVEPDERRNARGDLELRSGTLRNAGSLVASRALEAKASQALDNQGG
    SLKGATVRVDAGHLDNRGGKLLAEGELRVEASSLDNRQDGLLQSRDRAVV
    KTRGDLDNRGGQVIGLNDLEVGAATLDNGQQGLLGSQQSTRVSAQALVNR
    GDGEVSGKRVEARVGSLDNRGGKLIGDDLLVVASGAIDNRLGLFSAANRL
    DLRARSLDNSGKGTLSSRGGLEVSLGGLLDNRDEGNLLSQGAQRVTVGQL
    DNRAGGLLSSRSELNVHGASLDNRGGVLVADAGLSATGGAFDNRDGGSAS
    GKAGVRVEVASLRNDQGGKLLSDGRLDLAANAVGNAGGRIAAKGDLQATL
    GSLAQQGGELVSEKTLKVAADTLDNSQSGLIAANGGIAIEARQVDNRAGE
    ISSTSKVAVNAREQLDNRGGKVIGDSGLRLTVQRLLNQAKGVLAGRDGLS
    LDGGELFNGDGGRLDSQNSLSVSLGGVLDNQGGALVSEGSLTARAARLDN
    RGGTFSSAGALALTSQAALDNQGGRLLSDAGVTLQGASLDNSRSGVISAK
    GAVDIRTGVLDNSRNGGIGSNAGITLVAARLDNGQQGRVSAKGLLDANLK
    GLDQRGGGVLISETGVTLDLNGGTLVNRDGGLIATPGALLLRQLGAVDNG
    AGGEISSDRAFTLAAASLDNRGGRLIGAANLTLRIAQALDNSLAGVISGA
    AGLDIAAARLDNSAKGTLASRAGIDLRVDGALDNHAEGTVSGARLTLASA
    SLDNSGKGLLSGNAGLSVATGALDNAEGGQLISQGVLDVSSADLDNRGGA
    LSGKQSLRLSAANLDNRGGLLTSDGELELTAGRVDSADGGEISARGDLRL
    TVERLVQRQGRLVGERGVSLDLRGGDLDNQGGLISARGPLSIERLSVLDN
    RQGGEISSQQGFELLARRIDNGQQGRIISAGKLRLDADALGNAGAGLLSG
    WQGLTVTGGSLDNSAGGTLSSKDGELAISLGGALDNHGQGALVSKGAQRI
    DAASLDNAQGIVSGESDVTLSIAGKLDNGQGGLVSAQRALSFERDDTLLN
    NAGGRINGGSLLLKGASLDNSDGQLISQGRLDAILGGALVNTGAARLASG
    GDLLLRSASVDNRGGKLVSQGLLEISAGSLDNSASGTLASQAGMSLRLGG
    GALRNQQDGLIFSQAGALDVQAGSLDNRQGTLQAQGDNRLRIGGALDNQG
    GRLDSRAGNLDLQSGSLDNGAGGVLNSAKGWLKLVTGLFDNSAGVTQAQS
    LEIRAGQGVRNQQGHLSALGGDNRIVTADFDNQGGGLYASGLLSLDGQRF
    LNQGAAAGQGGKVGAGRIDFSLAGALANRFGQLESESELHLRAAAIDNSG
    GSLRALGRSGSTRLVAGGLNNAYGVLESANQDLDLQLGSLANAGGRILHT
    GNGTFGLDSGQVIRAGGELTTNGLLDIRASEWTNSSVLQAGRLNLDIGTF
    RQTAEGKLLAVQSFTGRGGDWSNDGLLASDGSFRLDLSGGYRGNGRATSL
    GDFALNAASLDLGNAASLAGGANVTLGAGNLLVNRGRITAAGDLVASAAS
    LNNYGTLGGGGNLRLNAPALLNERGLLFSGADMTLRAGDITNLYGDVYSL
    GRLDIARDDAGNRAASLRNLSGVIESGKDFSLRASLIENRRAVLESKSGL
    YTAKMEQTACIEGVNAGDCSGKRNAIWTITQRDKTEVTASSAMGQLLAGG
    DFAIDGGTLNNLSSLIGSGGNLTANLEVLDNQGLETGELETIRVLRTARG
    GDIGGIDQKSRNFTNLYWYQSANFDPARAGEIPAALNAILSDWSFEYEFP
    SKGPTPISSGDQSYAAVIQAAGDVTVNASTRIDNGVTRPGYTFVGSGRQV
    GDSAVGGSGVSVVVPLTSQLPPDLARRQVNPVTLPGFSLPQGDNGLFRLS
    SRFAEDGNGSAALGAGADRTQGGSGVSVGQQGAGNAAGTWQGQGVRVDGL
    AGAANVQGQGGSTLGGSLPGVARVQGVPGNATPSASKYLIETNPALTELK
    QFLNSDYLLSGLGMNPDDSKKRLGDGLYEQRLIRDAVVARTGQRYIDGLS
    SDEALFRYLMDNAIAYKDQLHLQLGVGLSAEQMAALTHDIVWLEEVEVNG
    EKVLAPVVYLAQAEGRLAPNGALIQGRDVKLVSGGDLHNVGTLRARNDLS
    ATADNLDNSGLIEAGKRLDLLAGDSIRNRQGGVIAGRDSLTALTGDVINE
    RSVTRYDSALDGRTWERSFADSAARVEAANSLNVQAGRDIANLGGVLQSR
    GDLSLDAGRDVTVAAVEDRQGQTRWSTSRLQSVTQLGAEVSAGRDLNVSA
    GRDLTAVASTLEARRDIALSAGRDVTLAAAANEEHAYSKTRKVTYQEDKV
    AQQGTRVDAGGDLAINAGQDLRLIASQASAGDEAYLVAGDKLELLAANDS
    NYYLYDKKKKGDFGRKETRRDEVTDVKAVGSQISSGGDLTLLSGGDQTYQ
    GAKLESGNDLAIVSGGAVTFEAVKDLHQESHEKSKGDLAWNSAKGKGQTD
    ETLRQTQIVAQGNLAIKAVEGLKIDLKHIDQKTVSQTIDAMVQADPQLAW
    LKEAEQRGDVDWRMVQEVHDSWKYSNSGMGPATQIAVAIAAAAIGGMAAA
    GALSGAGVGASSFAMGAGVGAAGSLSGTAAVSLINNKGDLGKVLKDSFSS
    DSLKQIAIASLTGGLTAEYFDGILQTKTDPLTGKVTVDLSSLSGVGRFAA
    NQAMQNATSTVLSQALGQGGSLNEALKSALYNSFAAAGFNFVGDIGQEYS
    LKPGDPSMVTMHALMGGLAAQVSGGDFATGAAAAGANEALVAKLDQAFKS
    LSPENREAMVTMGSQLVGVLAAAVRDPDVTGKALESAAWVAKNSTQYNFL
    NHQDVADLDNALQKCKSQGNCRQVEEEFKARSDENRRRLNGCVAVGNCAE
    IRAEIDAGSTALNELVARQETANPGGSDSDIAYGFLMGRNVVDWTTAGQL
    HLEQTANLWWNGNPQWQKEVGAYLDQTGFNPFGIGVPAMGGAAGKVTAKA
    LMNALKAGELPKGEVAPGKANLPTIGALADAEAGMPYTHPVKLAAKATGT
    AGKIKIEAGAIPDANEVRAGQGLSGLGYDVTHQTTASAKGIQGQRTADLH
    VDGLGSIDVYTPKNLDPTKIVRAIEKKSNQAGGVLVQADLPSTDMSSIAA
    RMWGKTNAQSIKTIFFQKPDGSLVRFDRPAGGG
    SEQ ID NO: 30
    MDIRSPLNQCIALSLAGILFLNPIVAAAAGLALDKAAGGNTGLGQAGNGV
    PIVNIATPNGAGLSNNHFRDYNVGANGLILNNATGKTQGTQLGGIILGNP
    NLKGQAAQVILNQVTGGNRSTLAGYTEVAGQSARVIVANPHGITCQGCGF
    INTPRATLTTGKPIMDGQRLERFQVDGGDIVVEGAELNVGNLEQFDLITR
    SAKLNAKLYAKNLNIVTGRNDVQADSLQATPRAADGSEKPQLAIDSSALG
    GMYAGAIRLVGTEQGVGVKLAGDMAASGGDIRIDASGKLSLAQASSQGDL
    KIAAQAVELNGKTYAGGSAEIRSAEELVNRQSLAARERIALEAAHIDNAG
    VIEAGVEPDERRNARGDLELRSGTLRNAGSLVASRALEAKASQALDNQGG
    SLKGATVRVDGGHLDNRGGKLLAEGELRVEASSLDNRQDGLLQSRDRAVV
    KTRGDLDNRGGQVVGLNELQVQAAALDNRSAGLLSSKGDMDIEFARLDNS
    AGGKLVSERRTLLKADRLDNRSGRIVAGQDLDLSSRLIDNRAGDISSTSR
    VVASAREQLDNRGGKIVGDSGLDITTPRMLNQDKGVLASRDGLRLSATEL
    FNGAGGLLSSQKGIDVSLAGAFDNQAGSLDSRGFLTVKSAWLDNQGGTLS
    SAGALAVTSQGALNNQGGRLASDAGLSLSSASLDNSQAGAISGKGAVEIR
    TGNLNNSRKASIGSDAGLTLVAARVDNSQAGRIAAKGVIDADLQGLDQHD
    RGNLVSDTGITLDLNKGSLVNRAQGLIATPGTLLLRQLGVVDNSGGEISS
    DRAFTLATSALNNQGGRLLSGGALTLRIAQALDNSLEGIVSGAGGLDIQA
    FVLDNRSGSIGSKGAIDIGVTRLENDAGTLIAERGLKLVADEANSSKGRI
    AANGSLHAKVGTLSQKGGELTSQDSLTLDLGILNNNAGRIAGNQGVDITA
    RQVDNSVGEIASQGVVALNLTEQLDNRGGKIVGDSGLGITAPHVLNQDKG
    VLASRDGLRLSATELFNGAGGLLSSQKGIDVSLAGAFDNQAGSLDSRGFL
    TVKSAWLDNQGGTLSSAGALAVTSQGALNNQGGRLASDAGLSLSSASLDN
    SQAGAISGKGAVEIRTGNLNNSRKASIGSDAGLTLVAARVDNSQAGRIAA
    KGAIDAALQGLDQHDRGSLVSDTGITLDLNKGSLVNRAQGLIATPGTLLL
    RQLGVVDNSGGEISSDRAFTLATSALNNQGGRLLSGGALTLRIAQALDNS
    LEGIVSGAGGLDIQAFVLDNRSGSIGSKGAIDIGVTRLENDAGTLIAERG
    LKLAADEANNSKGRIVAKDELRAKLGALVQNGGELTTQGALALDADKVDN
    GAGRIAGNRGVVIDARQVDNRAGEIASQGVATLNLTEQLDNRGGKVVADS
    GLGITAPRVLNQDKGVIASRDGLRLSGTELFNGNAGLLSSQRHIEVTLDG
    VLDNQGKGALLSDGTLTVSAGRIHNQDATLSSAGALRLSSQEAVDNRGGK
    LVTDSSLRLTSASLDNSRSGIISANAAAEIHTGVLNNSQKGNLGSNDGLG
    LIATEVDNSQEGRITAKGMIDANIKGLDQQGKGRLVSNAGIILDLNEGTL
    ANGAQGLIATPGTLLLRQLGMVDNSGGEISSDRAFTLTTSALTNQGGRLR
    SGGVLTLRIAQALDNSLEGVLSGTGGLDIRALALDNRSGSIGSKGAVDID
    VSRLENDDGDLLSEGRLKLTAERANSVRGRIAARGDLHASVTAFNQAGGE
    LSSEGALMLEADSLDNRSGGLVSADGNLTVSARRIDNRAGEIASPGQVTL
    DVAEQLDNRGKAIGDSGLRLAAPRVLNQDGGVLASRDGLRLNGAELFNGN
    GGLLSSQQSIDVILDGVLGNQAGSLSSQGRLSVKSGRLDNQGGAVSSAGT
    LSLSSQGALNNQGGRVVTDAGAVLRSASLDNSQGGIVSAKGAAEIRTGSL
    NNSQKGGIGSGAGLALVADLVDNSQNGRITAKGAIDANLKGLDQQGSGRL
    VSDTAIALDLRGGELVNRAQGLIATPGALLLRQLGVVDNSGGGEISSDRS
    FTLAATALSNRGGRVISGDSLTLRIAQALDNSLQGVLSASGGLDVAALVF
    DNHSGIVASKGDTHIGVNRLENEAGRVVSEGALDLTAKQVSSAKGRIAAK
    GDLQVTVGTLEQQGGELASQGTLTLDADSLDNRNGGLVSADGGVTAEARQ
    IDNRGGEISSVAKVALAVREQLDNRGGKVIGDSELSLTVQRLLNQAKGVL
    ASRDGLHLDGAELLNGDGGLLSSQRLVDVTLSGALDNQGSGALVSEESLT
    VKADQVNNQAGTFSSAGSLLVTSRGELNNQGGRLVTDAGATLNSTGFDNS
    RAGLVSAKGAVAIRTGALNNSQKGSIGGNTGVTLVAGLVDNGREGRISTK
    GTLDANLKGLLQQGGGSLVGERGVTLDLNGGTLDNHDLGLVSTPGALLLR
    QLGMVDNSVGGEISSDRAFTLAANTLNNQGGRLISSEALTLRIAKTLDNS
    LKGQVLATDGLAIESQVLDNRAGTIGSKGDARISVTSLDNAEQGSLVSEG
    RLELVADQVSNGNQGRIAARGVLEAAVGTLLQQGGELVSQGSLDLRADTL
    DNSQSGLIAANGGIAIEARQVDNRAGEISSTSKVAVNAREQLDNRGGKVI
    GDSGLRLTVQRLLNQAKGVLAGRDGLSLDGGELFNGDGGRLDSQNSLSVS
    LGGVLDNQGGALVSEGSLTARAARLDNRGGTFSSAGALALTSQAVLDNQG
    GRLLSDAGVTLKGASLDNSRSGVISAKGAVDIRTGVLDNSRNGGIGSNAG
    ITLVAARLDNGQQGRVSAKGLLDANLKGLDQRGGGVLVSETGVTLDLNGG
    TLVNRDGGLIATPGALLLRQLGAVDNGAGGEISSDRAFTLAAASLDNRGG
    RLIGADSLTLRIAQADNSLAGVISGAAGLDIAAARLDNSAKGTLASRAGI
    DLRVDGALDNHAEGTVSGARLTLASASLDNSGKGLLSGNAGLSVATGALD
    NAEGGQLISQGVLDVSSADLDNRGGALSGKQSLRLSAANLDNRGGLLTSD
    GEELTAGRVDSADGGEISARGDLRLTVERLVQRQGRLIGERGVSLDLRGG
    DLDNQGGLISARGPLSIERLNVLDNRQGGEIYSQQGFELLARRIDNGQQG
    RIISAGKLRLDADALGNAGAGLLSGWQGLTVTGGSLDNSAGGTLSSKDGE
    LAISLGGALDNHGQGALVSKGAQRIDAASLDNAQGIVSGESDVTLSIAGK
    LDNGQGGLVSAQRALSFERDDTLLNNAGGRINGGSLLLKGASLDNSDGQL
    ISQGRLDAILGGALVNAGAARLASGGDLLLRSASVDNRGGKLVSQGLLEI
    SAGSLDNSASGTLASQADMSLRLGGGALRNQQDGLIFSQAGALEVQAGSL
    DNRQGTLQAQGDNRLRIGGALDNQAGRLDSRAGNLDLQSGSLDNGAGGVL
    NSAKGWLKLVTGLFDNSAGVTQAQSLEIRAGQGVRNQQGHLSALGGDNRI
    VTADFDNQGGGLYASGLLSLDGQRFLNQGAAAGQGGKVGAGRIDFSLAGA
    LANRFGQLESESELHLRAAAIDNSGGSLRALGRSGSTRLVAGDLNNAYGV
    LESANQDLDLQLGSLANAGGRILHTGNGTFGLDSGQVIRAGGELTTNGLL
    DIRASEWTNSSVLQAGRLNLDIGTFRQTAEGKLLAVQSFTGRGGDWSNDG
    LLASNGSLRLELSGGYRGNGRATSLGDFALNAASLDLGNAASLAGGANVT
    LGAGNLLVNRGRITAAGDLVASAASLNNYGTLGGGGNLRLNAPALLNERG
    LLFSGADMTLRAGDITNLYGDVYSLGRLDIARDDAGGWANRLENISGNLE
    STGDMRFSVSSLLNRRETLEIEGDLQNSAIGVRCTGCQLSERWGKTRSSS
    ELVWIREYKSTLGDSSAAASITAGRDLLVVGASLQNIASNISAVRDATLS
    LSNFENKGYALGEYAVRGVYSPPSKFGEELLMRILAYNAVNDPSYGEGYA
    STGGRLPNIHYFDKNFNEKVSPLEVIHGNGKNGGPGWHLYFGTLDVEYPD
    TDRWNKAIGRIPAPNYSSKKTDAIPDLLKGLAPLDELTINKGANSTVGAV
    VQAGGRVTVNAAESFNNSVLQGFQAVQETQLPHQDIAVSSTTSAVVTLKS
    QLPADLARQQINPLTLPGFSLPQGQNGLFRLASQGAQVNQASGALKSASD
    LTQSGHGVSVSAQTGSGASGWSTQARRVGDDRVTSLAGSAYQGRVAEAID
    ALRASAPISGDGGNTGRFQAGEHQATTGLGGLVEGNASGHSGNGVILADL
    RGGLPSFSSLPASDHVQGTVPGHDGNGTILANWQGAQATVQASPSTVRVE
    GVVSSPGGNGSILADLPAEQSSVQALPSAVRAQGSLPRLEERSALLAEPP
    VGQPALQTLPSVARVEGVPSNATPSNSHKYLIETNPALTELKQFLNSDYL
    LGGLGINPDDSKKRLGDGLYEQRLVREAIVQRTGQRFIAGLNSDEAMFRY
    LMDNAIASKDVLGLTPGVTLSAAQVAALTHDIVWLEEVEVNGEKVLAPVV
    YLAQAEGRLGPNGALIQGRDVNLITGGDLRNAGTLRAQNDLSATAGNIDN
    SGLIEAGNRLDLLASGSIRNDQGGIIAGREVSLSALTGDVINERTVTQHQ
    SSYRGTGTTEAFADSAARIEAAQKLTVSAGRDVANIGGVIDSKGDLALQG
    GRDVLVSAAVAERGWTAGSQAYQTQTTQMGAEVVAGRDISVSAGRDISVV
    GSRIDARRDVTFEAGRDVGLVAAANEEHAYGKTKKVTFQDDKITQQATRV
    DAGGDLAINAGQDLRLVASQASAGDEAYLVAGDKLELLAANDSSYYLYDK
    KSKGSFGSKKTRRDEITDVTAVGSQISSGGDLTLLSGGDQTYQGAKLESG
    NDLAIVSGGAVTFEAVKDLHQESHEKSKGDLAWQSSKGKGQTDETVRQSQ
    IVAQGNLAIKAVEGLKIDLKHIDQKTVSQTIDAMVQADPQLAWLKQMEQR
    GDVDWRRVQELHDSWKYSNSGLGVGAQLAIAIVVAYFTAGAASAALGSMA
    GVGAGSGSMMAAAGSTAMVQAGTAVGTAAAGWANAAGTAVAMGMASNGAI
    STINNRGNLGDVVKDVTSSDALRGYVVAGTTAGLTAGVYDKWTSTQTGTS
    TALPNTGAVAPAAGLGTWQGVGQFTSNQLLQNGTSVLLDRALGGKGSLGD
    ALQNSLANAFAAYGFKLIGDTTHGVLDDGSLGKIGLHALMGGLAAEAVGG
    DFRTGALAAGVNEALVDSLAKQYASLPIDDKKGLLIMSSQLIGVLAASTQ
    GDADAKSLQTGAWVAGNATQHNYLSHWQEEKKRQEVDGCKDKQLCKTGIE
    AKWAIISAQQDVGIVVGVGGGIGLSTAETAVGVYELVKNWRETYAALEQL
    ATSPEFRQQFGDNYLKGLEERAAFLTQAYEDAGWQGSVTAGVEGGRFAAE
    LVGVLTAVKGGAQITAKLPTAAKNLVNAIAESPVSGSMSSQLGAVGDLGR
    LGGGGKGYVDILSHEAKQHILYGDKPGSGGHLWPGQAGKTVFPQNWSADK
    IVHEVGDIATSPSTKWYAQTGTGGVYTSKGDPAKWVAYEVRDGVRMRVVY
    QPATGKVITAFPDNAPIPPYKPIK
  • The corresponding nucleic acid sequences (DNA in SEQ ID NOs. 31-60 and RNA in SEQ ID NOs: 61-90) are set forth in the electronic sequence listing that forms part of the present application.

Claims (94)

1. A polypeptide comprising
a) an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-30, or
b) an amino acid sequence consisting of at least or exactly 35 contiguous amino acid residues from any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-30, or
c) an amino acid sequence having a sequence identity of at least 60% with the amino acid sequence of a), or
d) an amino acid sequence having a sequence identity of at least 60% with the amino acid sequence of b),
said polypeptide being antigenic in a mammal.
2. (canceled)
3. The polypeptide according to claim 1, wherein the sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of a) is at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, and at least 99%.
4. The polypeptide according to claim 1, wherein the sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of b) is at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, and at least 99%.
5. The polypeptide according to claim 1, wherein the at least 35 contiguous amino acid residues have an N-terminal amino acid residue corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 and 62 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73 and 74 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 2-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 and 100 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 3-30, or corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150 and 151 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 4-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174 and 175 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 5-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299 and 300 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 6-30, or corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 301, 302, 303, 304 and 305 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 7-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335 and 336 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 8-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342 and 343 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 9-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 344, 345, 346, 347 and 348 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 10-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415 and 416 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 11-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422 and 423 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 12-30, or
corresponding to amino acid residue 424 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 13-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563 and 564 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 14-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574 and 575 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 15-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616 and 617 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 16-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 618, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 668, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680, 681, 682, 683 and 684 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 17-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698, 699, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737 and 738 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 18-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 739, 740, 741 and 742 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 19-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 764, 765, 766, 767, 768, 769, 770, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777, 778, 779 and 780 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 20-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791, 792, 793, 794, 795, 796, 797, 798, 799, 800, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, 819, 820, 821, 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 846 and 847 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 21-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 848, 849, 850, 851, 852, 853, 854, 855, 856, 857, 858, 859, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, 866, 867, 868, 869, 870, 871, 872, 873, 874, 875 and 876 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 22-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 877, 878, 879, 880, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 888, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899, 900, 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914 and 915 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 23-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921, 922, 923, 924, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939, 940, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 948, 949, 950, 951, 952, 953, 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963, 964, 965, 966, 967, 968, 969, 970, 971, 972, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, 978, 979, 980, 981, 982, 983, 984, 985, 986, 987, 988, 989, 990 and 991 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 24-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 992, 993, 994, 995, 996, 997, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052 and 1053 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 25-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1147, 1148, 1149, 1150, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1156, and 1157 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 26-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 1158, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1168, 1169, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1173, 1174, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179, 1180, 1181, 1182, 1183, 1184, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1190, 1191, 1192, 1193, 1194, 1195, 1196, 1197, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1206, and 1207 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 27-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 1208, 1209, 1210, 1211, 1212, 1213, 1214, 1215, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219, 1220, 1221, 1222, 1223, 1224, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1230, 1231, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1235, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1239, 1240, 1241, 1242, 1243, 1244, 1245, 1246, 1247, 1248, 1249, 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255, 1256, 1257, 1258, 1259, 1260, 1261, 1262, 1263, 1264, 1265, 1266, 1267, 1268, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1327, 1328, 1329, 1330, 1331, 1332, 1333, 1334, 1335, 1336, 1337, 1338, 1339, 1340, 1341, 1342, 1343, 1344, 1345, 1346, 1347, 1348, 1349, 1350, 1351, 1352, 1353, 1354, 1355, 1356, 1357, 1358, 1359, 1360, 1361, 1362, 1363, 1364, 1365, 1366, 1367, 1368, 1369, 1370, 1371, 1372, 1373, 1374, 1375, 1376, 1377, 1378, 1379, 1380, 1381, 1382, 1383, 1384, 1385, 1386, 1387, 1388, 1389, 1390, 1391, 1392, 1393, 1394, 1395, 1396, 1397, 1398, 1399, 1400, 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1406, 1407, 1408, 1409, 1410, 1411, 1412, 1413, 1414, 1415, 1416, 1417, 1418, 1419, 1420, 1421, 1422, 1423, 1424, 1425, 1426, 1427, 1428, 1429, 1430, 1431, 1432, 1433, 1434, 1435, 1436, 1437, 1438, 1439, 1440, 1441, 1442, 1443, 1444, 1445, 1446, 1447, 1448, 1449, 1450, 1451, 1452, 1453, 1454, 1455, 1456, 1457, 1458, 1459, 1460, 1461, 1462, 1463, 1464, 1465, 1466, 1467, 1468, 1469, 1470, 1471, 1472, 1473, 1474, 1475, 1476, 1477, 1478, 1479, 1480, 1481, 1482, 1483, 1484, 1485, 1486, 1487, 1488, 1489, 1490, 1491, 1492, 1493, 1494, 1495, 1496, 1497, 1498, 1499, 1500, 1501, 1502, 1503, 1504, 1505, 1506, 1507, 1508, 1509, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513, 1514, 1515, 1516, 1517, 1518, 1519, 1520, 1521, 1522, 1523, 1524, 1525, 1526, 1527, 1528, 1529, 1530, 1531, 1532, 1533, 1534, 1535, 1536, 1537, 1538, 1539, 1540, 1541, 1542, 1543, 1544, 1545, 1546, 1547, 1548, 1549, 1550, 1551, 1552, 1553, 1554, 1555, 1556, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1560, 1561, 1562, 1563, 1564, 1565, 1566, 1567, 1568, 1569, 1570, 1571, 1572, 1573, 1574, 1575, 1576, 1577, 1578, 1579, 1580, 1581, 1582, 1583, 1584, 1585, 1586, 1587, 1588, 1589, 1590, 1591, 1592, 1593, 1594, 1595, 1596, 1597, 1598, 1599, 1600, 1601, 1602, 1603, 1604, 1605, 1606, 1607, 1608, 1609, 1610, 1611, 1612, 1613, 1614, 1615, 1616, 1617, 1618, 1619, 1620, 1621, 1622, 1623, 1624, 1625, 1626, 1627, 1628, 1629, 1630, 1631, 1632, 1633, 1634, 1635, 1636, 1637, 1638, 1639, 1640, 1641, 1642, 1643, 1644, 1645, 1646, 1647, 1648, 1649, 1650, 1651, 1652, 1653, 1654, 1655, 1656, 1657, 1658, 1659, 1660, 1661, 1662, 1663, 1664, 1665, 1666, 1667, 1668, 1669, 1670, 1671, 1672, 1673, 1674, 1675, 1676, 1677, 1678, 1679, 1680, 1681, 1682, 1683, 1684, 1685, 1686, 1687, 1688, 1689, 1690, 1691, 1692, 1693, 1694, 1695, 1696, 1697, 1698, 1699, 1700, 1701, 1702, 1703, 1704, 1705, 1706, 1707, 1708, 1709, 1710, 1711, 1712, 1713, 1714, 1715, 1716, 1717, 1718, 1719, 1720, 1721, 1722, 1723, 1724, 1725, 1726, 1727, 1728, 1729, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1738, 1739, 1740, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1744, 1745, 1746, 1747, 1748, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1752, 1753, 1754, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1758, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2121, 2122, 2123, 2124, 2125, 2126, 2127, 2128, 2129, 2130, 2131, 2132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2149, 2150, 2151, 2152, 2153, 2154, 2155, 2156, 2157, 2158, 2159, 2160, 2171, 2172, 2173, 2174, 2175, 2176, 2177, 2178, 2179, 2180, 2181, 2182, 2183, 2184, 2185, 2186, 2187, 2188, 2189, 2190, 2191, 2192, 2193, 2194, 2195, 2196, 2197, 2198, 2199, 2200, 2201, 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, 2207, 2208, 2209, 2210, 2211, 2212, 2213, 2214, 2215, 2216, 2217, 2218, 2219, 2220, 2221, 2222, 2223, 2224, 2225, 2226, 2227, 2228, 2229, 2230, 2231, 2232, 2233, 2234, 2235, 2236, 2237, 2238, 2239, 2240, 2241, 2242, 2243, 2244, 2245, 2246, 2247, 2248, 2249, 2250, 2251, 2252, 2253, 2254, 2255, 2256, 2257, 2258, 2259, 2260, 2271, 2272, 2273, 2274, 2275, 2276, 2277, 2278, 2279, 2280, 2281, 2282, 2283, 2284, 2285, 2286, 2287, 2288, 2289, 2290, 2291, 2292, 2293, 2294, 2295, 2296, 2297, 2298, 2299, 2300, 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304, 2305, 2306, 2307, 2308, 2309, 2310, 2311, 2312, 2313, 2314, 2315, 2316, 2317, 2318, 2319, 2320, 2321, 2322, 2323, 2324, 2325, 2326, 2327, 2328, 2329, 2330, 2331, 2332, 2333, 2334, 2335, 2336, 2337, 2338, 2339, 2340, 2341, 2342, 2343, 2344, 2345, 2346, 2347, 2348, 2349, 2350, 2351, 2352, 2353, 2354, 2355, 2356, 2357, 2358, 2359, 2360, 2361, 2362, 2363, 2364, 2365, 2366, 2367, 2368, 2369, 2370, 2371, 2372, 2373, 2374, 2375, 2376, 2377, 2378, 2379, 2380, 2381, 2382, 2383, 2384, 2385, 2386, 2387, 2388, 2389, 2390, 2391, 2392, 2393, 2394, 2395, 2396, 2397, 2398, 2399, 2400, 2401, 2402, 2403, 2404, 2405, 2406, 2407, 2408, 2409, 2410, 2411, 2412, 2413, 2414, 2415, 2416, 2417, 2418, 2419, 2420, 2421, 2422, 2423, 2424, 2425, 2426, 2427, 2428, 2429, 2430, 2431, 2432, 2433, 2434, 2435, 2436, 2437, 2438, 2439, 2440, 2441, 2442, 2443, 2444, 2445, 2446, 2447, 2448, 2449, 2450, 2451, 2452, 2453, 2454, 2455, 2456, 2457, 2458, 2459, 2460, 2461, 2462, 2463 and 2464 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 28-30, or
corresponding to any one of amino acid residues 2465, 2466, 2467, 2468, 2469, 2470, 2471, 2472, 2473, 2474, 2475, 2476, 2477, 2478, 2479, 2480, 2481, 2482, 2483, 2484, 2485, 2486, 2487, 2488, 2489, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2514, 2515, 2516, 2517, 2518, 2519, 2520, 2521, 2522, 2523, 2524, 2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2529, 2530, 2531, 2532, 2533, 2534, 2535, 2536, 2537, 2538, 2539, 2540, 2541, 2542, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2546, 2547, 2548, 2549, 2550, 2551, 2552, 2553, 2554, 2555, 2556, 2557, 2558, 2559, 2560, 2561, 2562, 2563, 2564, 2565, 2566, 2567, 2568, 2569, 2570, 2571, 2572, 2573, 2574, 2575, 2576, 2577, 2578, 2579, 2580, 2581, 2582, 2583, 2584, 2585, 2586, 2587, 2588, 2589, 2590, 2591, 2592, 2593, 2594, 2595, 2596, 2597, 2598, 2599, 2600, 2601, 2602, 2603, 2604, 2605, 2606, 2607, 2608, 2609, 2610, 2611, 2612, 2613, 2614, 2615, 2616, 2617, 2618, 2619, 2620, 2621, 2622, 2623, 2624, 2625, 2626, 2627, 2628, 2629, 2630, 2631, 2632, 2633, 2634, 2635, 2636, 2637, 2638, 2639, 2640, 2641, 2642, 2643, 2644, 2645, 2646, 2647, 2648, 2649, 2650, 2651, 2652, 2653, 2654, 2655, 2656, 2657, 2658, 2659, 2660, 2661, 2662, 2663, 2664, 2665, 2666, 2667, 2668, 2669, 2670, 2671, 2672, 2673, 2674, 2675, 2676, 2677, 2678, 2679, 2680, 2681, 2682, 2683, 2684, 2685, 2686, 2687, 2688, 2689, 2690, 2691, 2692, 2693, 2694, 2695, 2696, 2697, 2698, 2699, 2700, 2701, 2702, 2703, 2704, 2705, 2706, 2707, 2708, 2709, 2710, 2711, 2712, 2713, 2714, 2715, 2716, 2717, 2718, 2719, 2720, 2721, 2722, 2723, 2724, 2725, 2726, 2727, 2728, 2729, 2730, 2731, 2732, 2733, 2734, 2735, 2736, 2737, 2738, 2739, 2740, 2741, 2742, 2743, 2744, 2745, 2746, 2747, 2748, 2749, 2750, 2751, 2752, 2753, 2754, 2755, 2756, 2757, 2758, 2759, 2760, 2761, 2762, 2763, 2764, 2765, 2766, 2767, 2768, 2769, 2770, 2771, 2772, 2773, 2774, 2775, 2776, 2777, 2778, 2779, 2780, 2781, 2782, 2783, 2784, 2785, 2786, 2787, 2788, 2789, 2790, 2791, 2792, 2793, 2794, 2795, 2796, 2797, 2798, 2799, 2800, 2801, 2802, 2803, 2804, 2805, 2806, 2807, 2808, 2809, 2810, 2811, 2812, 2813, 2814, 2815, 2816, 2817, 2818, 2819, 2820, 2821, 2822, 2823, 2824, 2825, 2826, 2827, 2828, 2829, 2830, 2831, 2832, 2833, 2834, 2835, 2836, 2837, 2838, 2839, 2840, 2841, 2842, 2843, 2844, 2845, 2846, 2847, 2848, 2849, 2850, 2851, 2852, 2853, 2854, 2855, 2856, 2857, 2858, 2859, 2860, 2861, 2862, 2863, 2864, 2865, 2866, 2867, 2868, 2869, 2870, 2871, 2872, 2873, 2874, 2875, 2876, 2877, 2878, 2879, 2880, 2881, 2882, 2883, 2884, 2885, 2886, 2887, 2888, 2889, 2890, 2891, 2892, 2893, 2894, 2895, 2896, 2897, 2898, 2899, 2900, 2901, 2902, 2903, 2904, 2905, 2906, 2907, 2908, 2909, 2910, 2911, 2912, 2913, 2914, 2915, 2916, 2917, 2918, 2919, 2920, 2921, 2922, 2923, 2924, 2925, 2926, 2927, 2928, 2929, 2930, 2931, 2932, 2933, 2934, 2935, 2936, 2937, 2938, 2939, 2940, 2941, 2942, 2943, 2944, 2945, 2946, 2947, 2948, 2949, 2950, 2951, 2952, 2953, 2954, 2955, 2956, 2957, 2958, 2959, 2960, 2961, 2962, 2963, 2964, 2965, 2966, 2967, 2968, 2969, 2970, 2971, 2972, 2973, 2974, 2975, 2976, 2977, 2978, 2979, 2980, 2981, 2982, 2983, 2984, 2985, 2986, 2987, 2988, 2989, 2990, 2991, 2992, 2993, 2994, 2995, 2996, 2997, 2998, 2999, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3040, 3042, 3043, 3044, 3045, 3046, 3047, 3048, 3049, 3050, 3051, 3052, 3053, 3054, 3055, 3056, 3057, 3058, 3059, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3063, 3064, 3065, 3066, 3067, 3068, 3069, 3070, 3071, 3072, 3073, 3074, 3075, 3076, 3077, 3078, 3079, 3080, 3081, 3082, 3083, 3084, 3085, 3086, 3087, 3088, 3089, 3090, 3091, 3092, 3093, 3094, 3095, 3096, 3097, 3098, 3099, 3100, 3101, 3102, 3103, 3104, 3105, 3106, 3107, 3108, 3109, 3110, 3110, 3111, 3112, 3113, 3114, 3115, 3116, 3117, 3118, 3119, 3120, 3121, 3122, 3123, 3124, 3125, 3126, 3127, 3128, 3129, 3130, 3131, 3132, 3133, 3134, 3135, 3136, 3137, 3138, 3139, 3140, 3141, 3142, 3143, 3144, 3145, 3146, 3147, 3148, 3149, 3150, 3151, 3152, 3153, 3154, 3155, 3156, 3157, 3158, 3159, 3160, 3171, 3172, 3173, 3174, 3175, 3176, 3177, 3178, 3179, 3180, 3181, 3182, 3183, 3184, 3185, 3186, 3187, 3188, 3189, 3190, 3191, 3192, 3193, 3194, 3195, 3196, 3197, 3198, 3199, 3200, 3201, 3202, 3203, 3204, 3205, 3206, 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3211, 3212, 3213, 3214, 3215, 3216, 3217, 3218, 3219, 3220, 3221, 3222, 3223, 3224, 3225, 3226, 3227, 3228, 3229, 3230, 3231, 3232, 3233, 3234, 3235, 3236, 3237, 3238, 3239, 3240, 3241, 3242, 3243, 3244, 3245, 3246, 3247, 3248, 3249, 3250, 3251, 3252, 3253, 3254, 3255, 3256, 3257, 3258, 3259, 3260, 3271, 3272, 3273, 3274, 3275, 3276, 3277, 3278, 3279, 3280, 3281, 3282, 3283, 3284, 3285, 3286, 3287, 3288, 3289, 3290, 3291, 3292, 3293, 3294, 3295, 3296, 3297, 3298, 3299, 3300, 3301, 3302, 3303, 3304, 3305, 3306, 3307, 3308, 3309, 3310, 3311, 3312, 3313, 3314, 3315, 3316, 3317, 3318, 3319, 3320, 3321, 3322, 3323, 3324, 3325, 3326, 3327, 3328, 3329, 3330, 3331, 3332, 3333, 3334, 3335, 3336, 3337, 3338, 3339, 3340, 3344, 3342, 3343, 3344, 3345, 3346, 3347, 3348, 3349, 3350, 3351, 3352, 3353, 3354, 3355, 3356, 3357, 3358, 3359, 3360, 3361, 3362, 3363, 3364, 3365, 3366, 3367, 3368, 3369, 3370, 3371, 3372, 3373, 3374, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3378, 3379, 3380, 3381, 3382, 3383, 3384, 3385, 3386, 3387, 3388, 3389, 3390, 3391, 3392, 3393, 3394, 3395, 3396, 3397, 3398, 3399, 3400, 3401, 3402, 3403, 3404, 3405, 3406, 3407, 3408, 3409, 3410, 3411, 3412, 3413, 3414, 3415, 3416, 3417, 3418, 3419, 3420, 3421, 3422, 3423, 3424, 3425, 3426, 3427, 3428, 3429, 3430, 3431, 3432, 3433, 3434, 3435, 3436, 3437, 3438, 3439, 3440, 3441, 3442, 3443, 3444, 3445, 3446, 3447, 3448, 3449, 3450, 3451, 3452, 3453, 3454, 3455, 3456, 3457, 3458, 3459, 3460, 3461, 3462, 3463, 3464, 3465, 3466, 3467, 3468, 3469, 3470, 3471, 3472, 3473, 3474, 3475, 3476, 3477, 3478, 3479, 3480, 3481, 3482, 3483, 3484, 3485, 3486, 3487, 3488, 3489, 3490, 3491, 3492, 3493, 3494, 3495, 3496, 3497, 3498, 3499, 3500, 3501, 3502, 3503, 3504, 3505, 3506, 3507, 3508, 3509, 3510, 3511, 3512, 3513, 3514, 3515, 3516, 3517, 3518, 3519, 3520, 3521, 3522, 3523, 3524, 3525, 3526, 3527, 3528, 3529, 3530 and 3531 in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 29-30, or
corresponding to anyone of amino acid residues 3532, 3533, 3534, 3535, 3536, 3537, 3538, 3539, 3540, 3541, 3542, 3543, 3544, 3545, 3546, 3547, 3548, 3549, 3550, 3551, 3552, 3553, 3554, 3555, 3556, 3557, 3558, 3559, 3560, 3561, 3562, 3563, 3564, 3565, 3566, 3567, 3568, 3569, 3570, 3571, 3572, 3573, 3574, 3575, 3576, 3577, 3578, 3579, 3580, 3581, 3582, 3583, 3584, 3585, 3586, 3587, 3588, 3589, 3590, 3591, 3592, 3593, 3594, 3595, 3596, 3597, 3598, 3599, 3600, 3601, 3602, 3603, 3604, 3605, 3606, 3607, 3608, 3609, 3610, 3611, 3612, 3613, 3614, 3615, 3616, 3617, 3618, 3619, 3620, 3621, 3622, 3623, 3624, 3625, 3626, 3627, 3628, 3629, 3630, 3631, 3632, 3633, 3634, 3635, 3636, 3637, 3638, 3639, 3640, 3641, 3642, 3643, 3644, 3645, 3646, 3647, 3648, 3649, 3650, 3651, 3652, 3653, 3654, 3655, 3656, 3657, 3658, 3659, 3660, 3661, 3662, 3663, 3664, 3665, 3666, 3667, 3668, 3669, 3670, 3671, 3672, 3673, 3674, 3675, 3676, 3677, 3678, 3679, 3680, 3681, 3682, 3683, 3684, 3685, 3686, 3687, 3688, 3689, 3690, 3691, 3692, 3693, 3694, 3695, 3696, 3697, 3698, 3699, 3700, 3701, 3702, 3703, 3704, 3705, 3706, 3707, 3708, 3709, 3710, 3711, 3712, 3713, 3714, 3715, 3716, 3717, 3718, 3719, 3720, 3721, 3722, 3723, 3724, 3725, 3726, 3727, 3728, 3729, 3730, 3731, 3732, 3733, 3734, 3735, 3736, 3737, 3738, 3739, 3740, 3741, 3742, 3743, 3744, 3745, 3746, 3747, 3748, 3749, 3750, 3751, 3752, 3753, 3754, 3755, 3756, 3757, 3758, 3759, 3760, 3761, 3762, 3763, 3764, 3765, 3766, 3767, 3768, 3769, 3770, 3771, 3772, 3773, 3774, 3775, 3776, 3777, 3778, 3779, 3780, 3781, 3782, 3783, 3784, 3785, 3786, 3787, 3788, 3789, 3790, 3791, 3792, 3793, 3794, 3795, 3796, 3797, 3798, 3799, 3800, 3801, 3802, 3803, 3804, 3805, 3806, 3807, 3808, 3809, 3810, 3811, 3812, 3813, 3814, 3815, 3816, 3817, 3818, 3819, 3820, 3821, 3822, 3823, 3824, 3825, 3826, 3827, 3828, 3829, 3830, 3831, 3832, 3833, 3834, 3835, 3836, 3837, 3838, 3839, 3840, 3841, 3842, 3843, 3844, 3845, 3846, 3847, 3848, 3849, 3850, 3851, 3852, 3853, 3854, 3855, 3856, 3857, 3858, 3859, 3860, 3861, 3862, 3863, 3864, 3865, 3866, 3867, 3868, 3869, 3870, 3871, 3872, 3873, 3874, 3875, 3876, 3877, 3878, 3879, 3880, 3881, 3882, 3883, 3884, 3885, 3886, 3887, 3888, 3889, 3890, 3891, 3892, 3893, 3894, 3895, 3896, 3897, 3898, 3899, 3900, 3901, 3902, 3903, 3904, 3905, 3906, 3907, 3908, 3909, 3910, 3911, 3912, 3913, 3914, 3915, 3916, 3917, 3918, 3919, 3920, 3921, 3922, 3923, 3924, 3925, 3926, 3927, 3928, 3929, 3930, 3931, 3932, 3933, 3934, 3935, 3936, 3937, 3938, 3939, 3940, 3941, 3942, 3943, 3944, 3945, 3946, 3947, 3948, 3949, 3950, 3951, 3952, 3953, 3954, 3955, 3956, 3957, 3958, 3959, 3960, 3961, 3962, 3963, 3964, 3965, 3966, 3967, 3968, 3969, 3970, 3971, 3972, 3973, 3974, 3975, 3976, 3977, 3978, 3979, 3980, 3981, 3982, 3983, 3984, 3985, 3986, 3987, 3988, 3989, 3990, 3991, 3992, 3993, 3994, 3995, 3996, 3997, 3998, 3999, 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4016, 4017, 4018, 4019, 4020, 4021, 4022, 4023, 4024, 4025, 4026, 4027, 4028, 4029, 4030, 4031, 4032, 4033, 4034, 4035, 4036, 4037, 4038, 4039, 4040, 4042, 4043, 4044, 4045, 4046, 4047, 4048, 4049, 4050, 4051, 4052, 4053, 4054, 4055, 4056, 4057, 4058, 4059, 4060, 4061, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4065, 4066, 4067, 4068, 4069, 4070, 4071, 4072, 4073, 4074, 4075, 4076, 4077, 4078, 4079, 4080, 4081, 4082, 4083, 4084, 4085, 4086, 4087, 4088, 4089, 4090, 4091, 4092, 4093, 4094, 4095, 4096, 4097, 4098, 4099, 4100, 4101, 4102, 4103, 4104, 4105, 4106, 4107, 4108, 4109, 4110, 4110, 4111, 4112, 4113, 4114, 4115, 4116, 4117, 4118, 4119, 4120, 4121, 4122, 4123, 4124, 4125, 4126, 4127, 4128, 4129, 4130, 4131, 4132, 4133, 4134, 4135, 4136, 4137, 4138, 4139, 4140, 4141, 4142, 4143, 4144, 4145, 4146, 4147, 4148, 4149, 4150, 4151, 4152, 4153, 4154, 4155, 4156, 4157, 4158, 4159, 4160, 4171, 4172, 4173, 4174, 4175, 4176, 4177, 4178, 4179, 4180, 4181, 4182, 4183, 4184, 4185, 4186, 4187, 4188, 4189, 4190, 4191, 4192, 4193, 4194, 4195, 4196, 4197, 4198, 4199, 4200, 4201, 4202, 4203, 4204, 4205, 4206, 4207, 4208, 4209, 4210, 4211, 4212, 4213, 4214, 4215, 4216, 4217, 4218, 4219, 4220, 4221, 4222, 4223, 4224, 4225, 4226, 4227, 4228, 4229, 4230, 4231, 4232, 4233, 4234, 4235, 4236, 4237, 4238, 4239, 4240, 4241, 4242, 4243, 4244, 4245, 4246, 4247, 4248, 4249, 4250, 4251, 4252, 4253, 4254, 4255, 4256, 4257, 4258, 4259, 4260, 4271, 4272, 4273, 4274, 4275, 4276, 4277, 4278, 4279, 4280, 4281, 4282, 4283, 4284, 4285, 4286, 4287, 4288, 4289, 4290, 4291, 4292, 4293, 4294, 4295, 4296, 4297, 4298, 4299, 4300, 4301, 4302, 4303, 4304, 4305, 4306, 4307, 4308, 4309, 4310, 4311, 4312, 4313, 4314, 4315, 4316, 4317, 4318, 4319, 4320, 4321, 4322, 4323, 4324, 4325, 4326, 4327, 4328, 4329, 4330, 4331, 4332, 4333, 4334, 4335, 4336, 4337, 4338, 4339, 4340, 4341, 4342, 4343, 4344, 4345, 4346, 4347, 4348, 4349, 4350, 4351, 4352, 4353, 4354, 4355, 4356, 4357, 4358, 4359, 4360, 4361, 4362, 4363, 4364, 4365, 4366, 4367, 4368, 4369, 4370, 4371, 4372, 4373, 4374, 4375, 4376, 4377, 4378, 4379, 4380, 4381, 4382, 4383, 4384, 4385, 4386, 4387, 4388, 4389, 4390, 4391, 4392, 4393, 4394, 4395, 4396, 4397, 4398, 4399, 4400, 4401, 4402, 4403, 4404, 4405, 4406, 4407, 4408, 4409, 4410, 4411, 4412, 4413, 4414, 4415, 4416, 4417, 4418, 4419, 4420, 4421, 4422, 4423, 4424, 4425, 4426, 4427, 4428, 4429, 4430, 4431, 4432, 4433, 4434, 4435, 4436, 4437, 4438, 4439, 4440, 4441, 4442, 4443, 4444, 4445, 4446, 4447, 4448, 4449, 4450, 4451, 4452, 4453, 4454, 4455, 4456, 4457, 4458, 4459, 4460, 4461, 4462, 4463, 4464, 4465, 4466, 4467, 4468, 4469, 4470, 4471, 4472, 4473, 4474, 4475, 4476, 4477, 4478, 4479, 4480, 4481, 4482, 4483, 4484, 4485, 4486, 4487, 4488, 4489, 4490, 4491, 4492, 4493, 4494, 4495, 4496, 4497, 4498, 4499, 4500, 4501, 4502, 4503, 4504, 4505, 4506, 4507, 4508, 4509, 4510, 4511, 4512, 4513, 4514, 4515, 4516, 4517, 4518, 4519, 4520, 4521, 4522, 4523, 4524, 4525, 4526, 4527, 4528, 4529, 4530, 4531, 4532, 4533, 4534, 4535, 4536, 4537, 4538, 4539, 4540, 4541, 4542, 4543, 4544, 4545, 4546, 4547, 4548, 4549, 4550, 4551, 4552, 4553, 4554, 4555, 4556, 4557, 4558, 4559, 4560, 4561, 4562, 4563, 4564, 4565, 4566, 4567, 4568, 4569, 4570, 4571, 4572, 4573, 4574, 4575, 4576, 4577, 4578, 4579, 4580, 4581, 4582, 4583, 4584, 4585, 4586, 4587, 4588, 4589, 4590, 4591, 4592, 4593, 4594, 4595, 4596, 4597, 4598, 4599, 4600, 4601, 4602, 4603, 4604, 4605, 4606, 4607, 4608, 4609, 4610, 4611, 4612, 4613, 4614, 4615, 4616, 4617, 4618, 4619, 4620, 4621, 4622, 4623, 4624, 4625, 4626, 4627, 4628, 4629, 4630, 4631, 4632, 4633, 4634, 4635, 4636, 4637, 4638, 4639, 4640, 4641, 4642, 4643, 4644, 4645, 4646, 4647, 4648, 4649, 4650, 4651, 4652, 4653, 4654, 4655, 4656, 4657, 4658, 4659, 4660, 4661, 4662, 4663, 4664, 4665, 4666, 4667, 4668, 4669, 4670, 4671, 4672, 4673, 4674, 4675, 4676, 4677, 4678, 4679, 4680, 4681, 4682, 4683, 4684, 4685, 4686, 4687, 4688, 4689, 4690, 4691, 4692, 4693, 4694, 4695, 4696, 4697, 4698, 4699, 4700, 4701, 4702, 4703, 4704, 4705, 4706, 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5040, 5042, 5043, 5044, 5045, 5046, 5047, 5048, 5049, 5050, 5051, 5052, 5053, 5054, 5055, 5056, 5057, 5058, 5059, 5060, 5061, 5062, 5063, 5064, 5065, 5066, 5067, 5068, 5069, 5070, 5071, 5072, 5073, 5074, 5075, 5076, 5077, 5078, 5079, 5080, 5081, 5082, 5083, 5084, 5085, 5086, 5087, 5088, 5089, 5090, 5091, 5092, 5093, 5094, 5095, 5096, 5097, 5098, 5099, 5100, 5101, 5102, 5103, 5104, 5105, 5106, 5107, 5108, 5109, 5110, 5110, 5111, 5112, 5113, 5114, 5115, 5116, 5117, 5118, 5119, 5120, 5121, 5122, 5123, 5124, 5125, 5126, 5127, 5128, 5129, 5130, 5131, 5132, 5133, 5134, 5135, 5136, 5137, 5138, 5139, 5140, 5141, 5142, 5143, 5144, 5145, 5146, 5147, 5148, 5149, 5150, 5151, 5152, 5153, 5154, 5155, 5156, 5157, 5158, 5159, 5160, 5171, 5172, 5173, 5174, 5175, 5176, 5177, 5178, 5179, 5180, 5181, 5182, 5183, 5184, 5185, 5186, 5187, 5188, 5189, 5190, 5191, 5192, 5193, 5194, 5195, 5196, 5197, 5198, 5199, 5200, 5201, 5202, 5203, 5204, 5205, 5206, 5207, 5208, 5209, 5210, 5211, 5212, 5213, 5214, 5215, 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5392, 5393, 5394, 5395, 5396, 5397, 5398, 5399, 5400, 5401, 5402, 5403, 5404, 5405, 5406, 5407, 5408, 5409, 5410, 5411, 5412, 5413, 5414, 5415, 5416, 5417, 5418, 5419, 5420, 5421, 5422, 5423, 5424, 5425, 5426, 5427, 5428, 5429, 5430, 5431, 5432, 5433, 5434, 5435, 5436, 5437, 5438, 5439, 5440, 5441, 5442, 5443, 5444, 5445, 5446, 5447, 5448, 5449, 5450, 5451, 5452, 5453, 5454, 5455, 5456, 5457, 5458, 5459, 5460, 5461, 5462, 5463, 5464, 5465, 5466, 5467, 5468, 5469, 5470, 5471, 5472, 5473, 5474, 5475, 5476, 5477, 5478, 5479, 5480, 5481, 5482, 5483, 5484, 5485, 5486, 5487, 5488, 5489, 5490, 5491, 5492, 5493, 5494, 5495, 5496, 5497, 5498, 5499, 5500, 5501, 5502, 5503, 5504, 5505, 5506, 5507, 5508, 5509, 5510, 5511, 5512, 5513, 5514, 5515, 5516, 5517, 5518, 5519, 5520, 5521, 5522, 5523, 5524, 5525, 5526, 5527, 5528, 5529, 5530, 5531, 5532, 5533, 5534, 5535, 5536, 5537, 5538, 5539, 5540, 5541, 5542, 5543, 5544, 5545, 5546, 5547, 5548, 5549, 5550, 5551, 5552, 5553, 5554, 5555, 5556, 5557, 5558, 5559, 5560, 5561, 5562, 5563, 5564, 5565, 5566, 5567, 5568, 5569, 5570, 5571, 5572, 5573, 5574, 5575, 5576, 5577, 5578, 5579, 5580, 5581, 5582, 5583, 5584, 5585, 5586, 5587, 5588, 5589, 5590, 5591, 5592, 5593, 5594, 5595, 5596, 5597, 5598, 5599, 5600, 5601, 5602, 5603, 5604, 5605, 5606, 5607, 5608, 5609, 5610, 5611, 5612, 5613, 5614, 5615, 5616, 5617, 5618, 5619, 5620, 5621, 5622 and 5623 in SEQ ID NO: 30,
with the proviso that the selected amino acid residue satisfies the formula N≤L−n+1, where N is the number of the selected residue, L is the number of amino acid residues in the sequence from which the residue is selected, and n is the number of consecutive amino acid residues.
6. (canceled)
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11. (canceled)
12. (canceled)
13. (canceled)
14. (canceled)
15. (canceled)
16. (canceled)
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32. (canceled)
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34. (canceled)
35. (canceled)
36. (canceled)
37. The polypeptide according to claim 1, which is fused or conjugated to an immunogenic carrier molecule.
38. The polypeptide according to claim 37, wherein the immunogenic carrier molecule is a polypeptide that induces T-helper lymphocyte responses in a majority of humans, such as immunogenic carrier proteins selected from the group consisting of keyhole limpet hemocyanin or a fragment thereof, tetanus toxoid or a fragment thereof, dipththeria toxoid or a fragment thereof.
39. The polypeptide according to claim 1, which is capable of inducing an adaptive immune response against the polypeptide in a mammal, in particular in a human being.
40. The polypeptide according to claim 39, which is capable of inducing, in the mammal, a protective adaptive immune response against infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
41. The polypeptide according to claim 39, which induces a humoral and/or a cellular immune response.
An isolated nucleic acid fragment, which comprises
i) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide according to claim 1, or
ii) a nucleotide sequence consisting of the amino acid encoding part of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 31-90.
43. The nucleic acid fragment according to claim 42, which is a DNA or an RNA fragment.
44. The nucleic acid fragment according to claim 42, option i), wherein the nucleotide sequence consists of at least 105, at least 106, at least 107, at least 108, at least 109, at least 110, at least 111, at least 112, at least 113, at least 114, at least 115, at least 116, at least 117, at least 118, at least 119, at least 120, at least 121, at least 122, at least 123, at least 124, at least 125, at least 126, at least 127, at least 128, at least 129, at least 130, at least 131, at least 132, at least 133, at least 134, at least 135, at least 136, at least 137, at least 138, at least 139, at least 140, at least 141, at least 142, at least 143, at least 144, at least 145, at least 146, at least 147, at least 148, at least 149, at least 150, at least 151, at least 152, at least 153, at least 154, at least 155, at least 156, at least 157, at least 158, at least 159, at least 160, at least 171, at least 172, at least 173, at least 174, at least 175, at least 176, at least 177, at least 178, at least 179, at least 180, at least 181, at least 182, at least 183, at least 184, at least 185, at least 186, at least 187, at least 188, at least 189, at least 190, at least 191, at least 192, at least 193, at least 194, at least 195, at least 196, at least 197, at least 198, at least 199, at least 200 and at least 201 consecutive nucleotides in the amino acid encoding part of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 30-90.
45. (canceled)
46. (canceled)
47. A vector comprising the nucleic acid according to claim 42 vector.
48. The vector according to claim 47, which comprises in operable linkage and in the 5′-3′ direction, an expression control region comprising an enhancer/promoter for driving expression of the nucleic acid fragment defined in claim 42, option i), optionally a signal peptide coding sequence, a nucleotide sequence defined in claim 42, option i), and optionally a terminator.
49. The vector according to claim 47, wherein the expression control region drives expression in a prokaryotic cell.
50. The vector according to claim 47, which is capable of autonomous replication.
51. The vector according to claim 47, which is capable of being integrated into the genome of a host cell.
52. The vector according to claim 47, which is incapable of being integrated into the genome of a mammalian host cell.
53. The vector according to claim 47, which is selected from the group consisting of a virus, a bacteriophage, a plasmid, a minichromosome, and a cosmid.
54. A cell which is transformed to carry the vector according to claim 47.
55. The transformed cell according to claim 54, which is capable of replicating the nucleic acid fragment defined in claim 42, option i).
56. The transformed cell according to claim 54, which is capable of expressing the nucleic acid fragment defined in claim 42, option i).
57. The transformed cell according to claim 54, which is selected from a prokaryotic cell or a eukaryotic cell.
58. The transformed cell according to claim 54, which is a bacterial cell selected from the group consisting of Escherichia, Bacillus, Salmonella, and Mycobacterium.
59. The transformed cell according to claim 54, which is stably transformed by having the nucleic acid defined in claim 42, option i), stably integrated into its genome.
60. The transformed cell according to claim 54, which secretes or carries on its surface the polypeptide according to claim 1.
61. The transformed cell according to claim 60, wherein the cell is a bacterium and secretion is into the periplasmic space.
62. A cell line derived from a transformed cell according to claim 54.
63. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a polypeptide according to claim 1, a nucleic acid fragment according to claim 42, a vector according to claim 47, or a cell according to claim 54, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, vehicle or diluent.
64. The pharmaceutical composition according to claim 63, which further comprises an immunological adjuvant.
65. The pharmaceutical composition according to claim 64, wherein the adjuvant is an aluminium based adjuvant.
66. A method for inducing immunity in an animal by administering at least once an immunogenically effective amount of a polypeptide according to claim 1, a nucleic acid fragment according to claim 42, a vector according to claim 47, a cell according to claim 54, or a pharmaceutical composition according to claim 63 so as to induce adaptive immunity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the animal.
67. The method according to claim 66, wherein, when the polypeptide according to claim 1 or a composition comprising said polypeptide is administered, the animal receives between 0.5 and 5,000 μg of the polypeptide according to claim 1 per administration.
68. The method according to claim 66, wherein the animal receives a priming administration and one or more booster administrations.
69. The method according to claim 66, wherein the animal is a human being.
70. The method according to claim 66, wherein the administration is for the purpose of inducing protective immunity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
71. The method according to claim 70, wherein the protective immunity is effective in reducing the risk of attracting infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa or is effective in treating or ameliorating infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
72. The method according to claim 66, wherein the administration is for the purpose of inducing antibodies specific for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and wherein said antibodies or B-lymphocytes producing said antibodies are subsequently recovered from the animal.
73. The method according to claim 66, wherein the administration is for the purpose of inducing antibodies specific for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and wherein B-lymphocytes producing said antibodies are subsequently recovered from the animal and used for preparation of monoclonal antibodies.
74. (canceled)
75. (canceled)
76. (canceled)
77. (canceled)
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89. (canceled)
90. (canceled)
91. (canceled)
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93. (canceled)
94. The vector according to claim 47 wherein the vector is a cloning vector or an expression vector.
95. The transformed cell according to claim 58 wherein the bacterial cell is non-pathogenic.
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