Polypeptide fragments comprising c terminal portion of helicobacter catalase

• Main Authors: DOIDGE CHRISTOPHER VINCENT, ROTHEL LINDA JOY, HAZELL STUART LLOYD, WEBB ELIZABETH ANN, SUTTON PHILLIP
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 31.08.2010
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PHYSICS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PROCESSES USING MICROORGANISMS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; SPIRITS; TESTING; VINEGAR; WINE

An isolated polypeptide and immunogenic fragments thereof are described together with their variants and derivatives as novel immunogenic agents for treating or preventing Helicobacter infection in a mammalian host. The polypeptide comprises a C-terminal portion of a Helicobacter catalase, which portion lacks significant amino acid sequence identity with human catalase, wherein the polypeptide is other than full-length Helicobacter catalase.