Novel human proteins, polynucleotides encoding them and methods of using the same

Abstract

Disclosed are polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding same. Also disclosed are vectors, host cells, antibodies and recombinant methods for producing the polypeptides and polynucleotides, as well as methods for using same.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention is based in part on nucleic acids encoding proteins that are new members of the following protein families: Troponin T-like Homo sapiens proteins, ACF7-interacting proteins, DEOXYURIDINE 5′-TRIPHOSPHATE NUCLEOTIDOHYDROLASE PRECURSOR-like Homo sapiens proteins, Mitosis-associated-like Homo sapiens proteins, Progesterone Receptor-associated p48-like Homo sapiens proteins, Rho GEF-like Homo sapiens proteins, DELTEX3-like Homo sapiens proteins, PALLIDIN proteins, CAM-KINASE II INHIBITOR ALPHA proteins, Intracellular Proteins, D9 Splice Variant 2 proteins, Ribosomal Protein L39-like Homo sapiens proteins, CLATHRIN COAT ASSEMBLY PROTEIN AP17-like Homo sapiens proteins, Nuclear Proteins, Intracellular Protein-like Homo sapiens proteins, Syncoilin proteins, Von Ebner's Gland protein precursor-like Homo sapiens proteins, Q9H5Z6 Hypothetical Cytoplasmic Proteins, Clathrin Coat Associated Protein-like Homo sapiens proteins, Leucine Zipper Motif Containing Proteins, HYDROXYPROLINE-RICH GLYCOPROTEIN-like Homo sapiens proteins, HIC1 proteins, METALLOTHIONEIN-IK-like Homo sapiens proteins, Benzodiazepine Receptor Related-like Proteins, Hypothetical-like Homo sapiens proteins, Cytoplasmic Proteins, 40S Ribosomal Proteins, FIP-2 proteins, Myosin Light Chain 2 TRAP proteins, Helix-loop-Helix-like Homo sapiens proteins, SNRNP-like Homo sapiens proteins, PEROXISOME ASSEMBLY PROTEIN PEX10 (PEROXIN-10)-like Homo sapiens proteins, and gene containing NUDIX hydrolase domain-like Homo sapiens proteins.

[0003] The invention relates to polynucleotides and the polypeptides encoded by such polynucleotides, as well as vectors, host cells, antibodies and recombinant methods for producing the polypeptides and polynucleotides, as well as methods for using the same.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0004] The invention generally relates to nucleic acids and polypeptides encoded therefrom. More specifically, the invention relates to nucleic acids encoding cytoplasmic, nuclear, membrane bound, and secreted polypeptides, as well as vectors, host cells, antibodies, and recombinant methods for producing these nucleic acids and polypeptides.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0005] The present invention is based in part on nucleic acids encoding proteins that are members of the following protein families: Troponin T-like Homo sapiens proteins, ACF7-interacting proteins, DEOXYURIDINE 5′-TRIPHOSPHATE NUCLEOTIDOHYDROLASE PRECURSOR-like Homo sapiens proteins, Mitosis-associated-like Homo sapiens proteins, Progesterone Receptor-associated p48-like Homo sapiens proteins, Rho GEF-like Homo sapiens proteins, DELTEX3-like Homo sapiens proteins, PALLIDIN proteins, CAM-KINASE II INHIBITOR ALPHA proteins, Intracellular Proteins, D9 Splice Variant 2 proteins, Ribosomal Protein L39-like Homo sapiens proteins, CLATHRIN COAT ASSEMBLY PROTEIN AP17-like Homo sapiens proteins, Nuclear Proteins, Intracellular Protein-like Homo sapiens proteins, Syncoilin proteins, Von Ebner's Gland protein precursor-like Homo sapiens proteins, Q9H5Z6 Hypothetical Cytoplasmic Proteins, Cathrin Coat Associated Protein-like Homo sapiens proteins, Leucine Zipper Motif Containing Proteins, HYDROXYPROLINE-RICH GLYCOPROTEIN-like Homo sapiens proteins, HIC1 proteins, METALLOTHIONEIN-IK-like Homo sapiens proteins, Benzodiazepine Receptor Related-like Proteins, Hypothetical-like Homo sapiens proteins, Cytoplasmic Proteins, 40S Ribosomal Proteins, FIP-2 proteins, Myosin Light Chain 2 TRAP proteins, Helix-loop-Helix-like Homo sapiens proteins, SNRNP-like Homo sapiens proteins, PEROXISOME ASSEMBLY PROTEIN PEX10 (PEROXIN-10)-like Homo sapiens proteins, and gene containing NUDIX hydrolase domain-like Homo sapiens proteins. The novel polynucleotides and polypeptides are referred to herein as NOV1a, NOV1b, NOV2a, NOV3a, NOV3b, NOV4a, NOV5a, NOV6a, NOV7a, NOV8a, NOV9a, NOV10a, NOV11a, NOV12a, NOV13a, NOV 14a, NOV15a, NOV 16a, NOV16b, NOV17a, NOV17b, NOV18a, NOV19a, NOV20a, NOV21a, NOV22a, NOV23a, NOV24a, NOV25a, NOV26a, NOV27a, NOV28a, NOV29a, NOV29b, NOV30a, NOV30b, NOV31a, NOV32a, NOV33a, NOV34a, NOV35a, and NOV36a. These nucleic acids and polypeptides, as well as derivatives, homologs, analogs and fragments thereof, will hereinafter be collectively designated as “NOVX” nucleic acid or polypeptide sequences.

[0006] In one aspect, the invention provides an isolated NOVX nucleic acid molecule encoding a NOVX polypeptide that includes a nucleic acid sequence that has identity to the nucleic acids disclosed in SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42. In some embodiments, the NOVX nucleic acid molecule will hybridize under stringent conditions to a nucleic acid sequence complementary to a nucleic acid molecule that includes a protein-coding sequence of a NOVX nucleic acid sequence. The invention also includes an isolated nucleic acid that encodes a NOVX polypeptide, or a fragment, homolog, analog or derivative thereof. For example, the nucleic acid can encode a polypeptide at least 80% identical to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42. The nucleic acid can be, for example, a genomic DNA fragment or a cDNA molecule that includes the nucleic acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42.

[0007] Also included in the invention is an oligonucleotide, e.g., an oligonucleotide which includes at least 6 contiguous nucleotides of a NOVX nucleic acid (e.g., SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42) or a complement of said oligonucleotide. Also included in the invention are substantially purified NOVX polypeptides (SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42). In certain embodiments, the NOVX polypeptides include an amino acid sequence that is substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of a human NOVX polypeptide.

[0008] The invention also features antibodies that immunoselectively bind to NOVX polypeptides, or fragments, homologs, analogs or derivatives thereof.

[0009] In another aspect, the invention includes pharmaceutical compositions that include therapeutically- or prophylactically-effective amounts of a therapeutic and a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier. The therapeutic can be, e.g., a NOVX nucleic acid, a NOVX polypeptide, or an antibody specific for a NOVX polypeptide. In a further aspect, the invention includes, in one or more containers, a therapeutically- or prophylactically-effective amount of this pharmaceutical composition.

[0010] In a further aspect, the invention includes a method of producing a polypeptide by culturing a cell that includes a NOVX nucleic acid, under conditions allowing for expression of the NOVX polypeptide encoded by the DNA. If desired, the NOVX polypeptide can then be recovered.

[0011] In another aspect, the invention includes a method of detecting the presence of a NOVX polypeptide in a sample. In the method, a sample is contacted with a compound that selectively binds to the polypeptide under conditions allowing for formation of a complex between the polypeptide and the compound. The complex is detected, if present, thereby identifying the NOVX polypeptide within the sample.

[0012] The invention also includes methods to identify specific cell or tissue types based on their expression of a NOVX.

[0013] Also included in the invention is a method of detecting the presence of a NOVX nucleic acid molecule in a sample by contacting the sample with a NOVX nucleic acid probe or primer, and detecting whether the nucleic acid probe or primer bound to a NOVX nucleic acid molecule in the sample.

[0014] In a further aspect, the invention provides a method for modulating the activity of a NOVX polypeptide by contacting a cell sample that includes the NOVX polypeptide with a compound that binds to the NOVX polypeptide in an amount sufficient to modulate the activity of said polypeptide. The compound can be, e.g., a small molecule, such as a nucleic acid, peptide, polypeptide, peptidomimetic, carbohydrate, lipid or other organic (carbon containing) or inorganic molecule, as further described herein.

[0015] In another embodiment, the invention involves a method for identifying a potential therapeutic agent for use in treatment of a pathology, wherein the pathology is related to aberrant expression or aberrant physiological interactions of a polypeptide with an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, the method including providing a cell expressing the polypeptide of the invention and having a property or function ascribable to the polypeptide; contacting the cell with a composition comprising a candidate substance; and determining whether the substance alters the property or function ascribable to the polypeptide; whereby, if an alteration observed in the presence of the substance is not observed when the cell is contacted with a composition devoid of the substance, the substance is identified as a potential therapeutic agent.

[0016] Also within the scope of the invention is the use of a therapeutic in the manufacture of a medicament for treating or preventing disorders or syndromes including, e.g., adrenoleukodystrophy, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, hemophilia, hypercoagulation, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, autoimmune disease, allergies, immunodeficiencies, transplantation, Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, tuberous sclerosis, hypercalcemia, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, multiple sclerosis, ataxia-telangiectasia, leukodystrophies, behavioral disorders, addiction, anxiety, pain, neuroprotection, diabetes, renal artery stenosis, interstitial nephritis, glomerulonephritis, polycystic kidney disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, renal tubular acidosis, IgA nephropathy, hypercalcemia, cirrhosis, transplantation, systemic lupus erythematosus, autoimmune disease, asthma, emphysema, scleroderma, allergy, adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), lymphedema, allergies, hemophilia, hypercoagulation, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, autoimmune disease, allergies, immunodeficiencies, transplantation, graft versus host disease (GVHD), lymphedema, fertility, diabetes, pancreatitis, obesity, hemophilia, hypercoagulation, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, immunodeficiencies, graft versus host, hypercalcemia, ulcers, anemia, ataxia-telangiectasia, cancer, trauma, regeneration (in vitro and in vivo), viral infections, bacterial infections, parasitic infections and/or other pathologies and disorders of the like.

[0017] The therapeutic can be, e.g., a NOVX nucleic acid, a NOVX polypeptide, or a NOVX-specific antibody, or biologically-active derivatives or fragments thereof.

[0018] For example, the compositions of the present invention will have efficacy for treatment of patients suffering from the diseases and disorders disclosed above and/or other pathologies and disorders of the like. The polypeptides can be used as immunogens to produce antibodies specific for the invention, and as vaccines. They can also be used to screen for potential agonist and antagonist compounds. For example, a cDNA encoding NOVX may be useful in gene therapy, and NOVX may be useful when administered to a subject in need thereof. By way of non-limiting example, the compositions of the present invention will have efficacy for treatment of patients suffering from the diseases and disorders disclosed above and/or other pathologies and disorders of the like.

[0019] The invention further includes a method for screening for a modulator of disorders or syndromes including, e.g., the diseases and disorders disclosed above and/or other pathologies and disorders of the like. The method includes contacting a test compound with a NOVX polypeptide and determining if the test compound binds to said NOVX polypeptide. Binding of the test compound to the NOVX polypeptide indicates the test compound is a modulator of activity, or of latency or predisposition to the aforementioned disorders or syndromes.

[0020] Also within the scope of the invention is a method for screening for a modulator of activity, or of latency or predisposition to disorders or syndromes including, e.g., the diseases and disorders disclosed above and/or other pathologies and disorders of the like by administering a test compound to a test animal at increased risk for the aforementioned disorders or syndromes. The test animal expresses a recombinant polypeptide encoded by a NOVX nucleic acid. Expression or activity of NOVX polypeptide is then measured in the test animal, as is expression or activity of the protein in a control animal which recombinantly-expresses NOVX polypeptide and is not at increased risk for the disorder or syndrome. Next, the expression of NOVX polypeptide in both the test animal and the control animal is compared. A change in the activity of NOVX polypeptide in the test animal relative to the control animal indicates the test compound is a modulator of latency of the disorder or syndrome.

[0021] In yet another aspect, the invention includes a method for determining the presence of or predisposition to a disease associated with altered levels of a NOVX polypeptide, a NOVX nucleic acid, or both, in a subject (e.g., a human subject). The method includes measuring the amount of the NOVX polypeptide in a test sample from the subject and comparing the amount of the polypeptide in the test sample to the amount of the NOVX polypeptide present in a control sample. An alteration in the level of the NOVX polypeptide in the test sample as compared to the control sample indicates the presence of or predisposition to a disease in the subject. Preferably, the predisposition includes, e.g., the diseases and disorders disclosed above and/or other pathologies and disorders of the like. Also, the expression levels of the new polypeptides of the invention can be used in a method to screen for various cancers as well as to determine the stage of cancers.

[0022] In a further aspect, the invention includes a method of treating or preventing a pathological condition associated with a disorder in a mammal by administering to the subject a NOVX polypeptide, a NOVX nucleic acid, or a NOVX-specific antibody to a subject (e.g., a human subject), in an amount sufficient to alleviate or prevent the pathological condition. In preferred embodiments, the disorder, includes, e.g., the diseases and disorders disclosed above and/or other pathologies and disorders of the like.

[0023] In yet another aspect, the invention can be used in a method to identity the cellular receptors and downstream effectors of the invention by any one of a number of techniques commonly employed in the art. These include but are not limited to the two-hybrid system, affinity purification, co-precipitation with antibodies or other specific-interacting molecules.

[0024] NOVX nucleic acids and polypeptides are further useful in the generation of antibodies that bind immuno-specifically to the novel NOVX substances for use in therapeutic or diagnostic methods. These NOVX antibodies may be generated according to methods known in the art, using prediction from hydrophobicity charts, as described in the “Anti-NOVX Antibodies” section below. The disclosed NOVX proteins have multiple hydrophilic regions, each of which can be used as an immunogen. These NOVX proteins can be used in assay systems for functional analysis of various human disorders, which will help in understanding of pathology of the disease and development of new drug targets for various disorders.

[0025] The NOVX nucleic acids and proteins identified here may be useful in potential therapeutic applications implicated in (but not limited to) various pathologies and disorders as indicated below. The potential therapeutic applications for this invention include, but are not limited to: protein therapeutic, small molecule drug target, antibody target (therapeutic, diagnostic, drug targeting/cytotoxic antibody), diagnostic and/or prognostic marker, gene therapy (gene delivery/gene ablation), research tools, tissue regeneration in vivo and in vitro of all tissues and cell types composing (but not limited to) those defined here.

[0026] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Although methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of the present invention, suitable methods and materials are described below. All publications, patent applications, patents, and other references mentioned herein are incorporated by reference in their entirety. In the case of conflict, the present specification, including definitions, will control. In addition, the materials, methods, and examples are illustrative only and not intended to be limiting.

[0027] Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed description and claims.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0028] The present invention provides novel nucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby. Included in the invention are the novel nucleic acid sequences, their encoded polypeptides, antibodies, and other related compounds. The sequences are collectively referred to herein as “NOVX nucleic acids” or “NOVX polynucleotides” and the corresponding encoded polypeptides are referred to as “NOVX polypeptides” or “NOVX proteins.” Unless indicated otherwise, “NOVX” is meant to refer to any of the novel sequences disclosed herein. Table A. provides a summary of the NOVX nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides.

TABLE A
Sequences and Corresponding SEQ ID Numbers
		SEQ ID
		NO
NOVX	Internal	(nucleic	SEQ ID NO
Assignment	Identification	acid)	(polypeptide)	Homology
1a	CG127269-02	1	2	Troponin T-like Homo sapiens
1b	CG127269-04	3	4	Troponin T-like Homo sapiens
2a	CG134069-01	5	6	ACF7-interacting protein
3a	CG134632-01	7	8	DEOXYURIDINE 5′-
				TRIPHOSPHATE
				NUCLEOTIDOHYDROLASE
				PRECURSOR-like Homo sapiens
3b	CG134632-02	9	10	DEOXYURIDINE 5′-
				TRIPHOSPHATE
				NUCLEOTIDOHYDROLASE
				PRECURSOR-like Homo sapiens
4a	CG139186-01	11	12	Mitosis-associated-like Homo
				sapiens
5a	CG94620-01	13	14	Progesterone Receptor-associated
				p48-like Homo sapiens
6a	CG94882-01	15	16	Rho GEF-like Homo sapiens
7a	CG94915-01	17	18	DELTEX3-like Homo sapiens
8a	CG94966-01	19	20	PALLIDIN
9a	CG95053-01	21	22	CAM-KINASE II INHIBITOR
				ALPHA
10a	CG95063-01	23	24	Intracellular Protein
11a	CG95072-01	25	26	D9 Splice Variant 2
12a	CG95217-01	27	28	Ribosomal Protein L39-like Homo
				sapiens
13a	CG95261-01	29	30	CLATHRIN COAT ASSEMBLY
				PROTEIN AP17-like Homo sapiens
14a	CG95292-01	31	32	Nuclear Protein
15a	CG95452-01	33	34	Intracellular Protein-like Homo
				sapiens
16a	CG95504-01	35	36	Syncoilin
16b	CG95504-02	37	38	Syncoilin
17a	CG95589-01	39	40	Intracellular Protein-like Homo
				sapiens
17b	CG95589-02	41	42	Intracellular Protein-like Homo
				sapiens
18a	CG95598-01	43	44	Intracellular Protein
19a	CG95639-01	45	46	Von Ebner's Gland protein precursor-
				like Homo sapiens
20a	CG95649-01	47	48	Q9H5Z6 Hypothetical Cytoplasmic
				Protein
21a	CG95775-01	49	50	Clathrin Coat Associated Protein-like
				Homo sapiens
22a	CG95942-01	51	52	Leucine Zipper Motif Containing
				Protein
23a	CG96211-01	53	54	Intracellular Protein
24a	CG96221-01	55	56	HYDROXYPROLINE-RICH
				GLYCOPROTEIN-like Homo
				sapiens
25a	CG96394-01	57	58	HIC1
26a	CG96470-01	59	60	METALLOTHIONEIN-IK-like
				Homo sapiens
27a	CG96650-01	61	62	Benzodiazepine Receptor Related
				Proteins
28a	CG96682-01	63	64	Cytoplasmic Protein
29a	CG96704-01	65	66	40S Ribosomal Protein
29b	CG96704-02	67	68	40S Ribosomal Protein
30a	CG97090-01	69	70	FIP-2
30b	CG97090-02	71	72	FIP-2
31a	CG97134-01	73	74	Myosin Light Chain 2
32a	CG97219-01	75	76	TRAP
33a	CG97358-01	77	78	Helix-loop-Helix-like Homo sapiens
34a	CG97378-01	79	80	SNRNP-like Homo sapiens
35a	CG97966-01	81	82	PEROXISOME ASSEMBLY
				PROTEIN PEX10 (PEROXIN-10)-
				like Homo sapiens
36a	CG99852-01	83	84	gene containing NUDIX hydrolase
				domain-like Homo sapiens

[0029] Table A indicates homology of NOVX nucleic acids to known protein families. Thus, the nucleic acids and polypeptides, antibodies and related compounds according to the invention corresponding to a NOVX as identified in column 1 of Table A will be useful in therapeutic and diagnostic applications implicated in, for example, pathologies and disorders associated with the known protein families identified in column 5 of Table A.

[0030] NOVX nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides are useful in a variety of applications and contexts. The various NOVX nucleic acids and polypeptides according to the invention are useful as novel members of the protein families according to the presence of domains and sequence relatedness to previously described proteins. Additionally, NOVX nucleic acids and polypeptides can also be used to identify proteins that are members of the family to which the NOVX polypeptides belong.

[0031] Consistent with other known members of the family of proteins, identified in column 5 of Table A, the NOVX polypeptides of the present invention show homology to, and contain domains that are characteristic of, other members of such protein families. Details of the sequence relatedness and domain analysis for each NOVX are presented in Example A.

[0032] The NOVX nucleic acids and polypeptides can also be used to screen for molecules, which inhibit or enhance NOVX activity or function. Specifically, the nucleic acids and polypeptides according to the invention may be used as targets for the identification of small molecules that modulate or inhibit diseases associated with the protein families listed in Table A.

[0033] The NOVX nucleic acids and polypeptides are also useful for detecting specific cell types. Details of the expression analysis for each NOVX are presented in Example C. Accordingly, the NOVX nucleic acids, polypeptides, antibodies and related compounds according to the invention will have diagnostic and therapeutic applications in the detection of a variety of diseases with differential expression in normal versus diseased tissues, e.g., a variety of cancers.

[0034] Additional utilities for NOVX nucleic acids and polypeptides according to the invention are disclosed herein.

NOVX Clones

[0035] NOVX nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides are useful in a variety of applications and contexts. The various NOVX nucleic acids and polypeptides according to the invention are useful as novel members of the protein families according to the presence of domains and sequence relatedness to previously described proteins. Additionally, NOVX nucleic acids and polypeptides can also be used to identify proteins that are members of the family to which the NOVX polypeptides belong.

[0036] The NOVX genes and their corresponding encoded proteins are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating medical conditions, e.g., by protein or gene therapy. Pathological conditions can be diagnosed by determining the amount of the new protein in a sample or by determining the presence of mutations in the new genes. Specific uses are described for each of the NOVX genes, based on the tissues in which they are most highly expressed. Uses include developing products for the diagnosis or treatment of a variety of diseases and disorders.

[0037] The NOVX nucleic acids and proteins of the invention are useful in potential diagnostic and therapeutic applications and as a research tool. These include serving as a specific or selective nucleic acid or protein diagnostic and/or prognostic marker, wherein the presence or amount of the nucleic acid or the protein are to be assessed, as well as potential therapeutic applications such as the following: (i) a protein therapeutic, (ii) a small molecule drug target, (iii) an antibody target (therapeutic, diagnostic, drug targeting/cytotoxic antibody), (iv) a nucleic acid useful in gene therapy (gene delivery/gene ablation), and (v) a composition promoting tissue regeneration in vitro and in vivo (vi) biological defense weapon.

[0038] In one specific embodiment, the invention includes an isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) a mature form of the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42; (b) a variant of a mature form of the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, wherein any amino acid in the mature form is changed to a different amino acid, provided that no more than 15% of the amino acid residues in the sequence of the mature form are so changed; (c) an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42; (d) a variant of the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, wherein any amino acid specified in the chosen sequence is changed to a different amino acid, provided that no more than 15% of the amino acid residues in the sequence are so changed; and (e) a fragment of any of (a) through (d).

[0039] In another specific embodiment, the invention includes an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) a mature form of the amino acid sequence given SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42; (b) a variant of a mature form of the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, wherein any amino acid in the mature form of the chosen sequence is changed to a different amino acid, provided that no more than 15% of the amino acid residues in the sequence of the mature form are so changed; (c) the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42; (d) a variant of the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, in which any amino acid specified in the chosen sequence is changed to a different amino acid, provided that no more than 15% of the amino acid residues in the sequence are so changed; (e) a nucleic acid fragment encoding at least a portion of a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, or any variant of said polypeptide wherein any amino acid of the chosen sequence is changed to a different amino acid, provided that no more than 10% of the amino acid residues in the sequence are so changed; and (f) the complement of any of said nucleic acid molecules.

[0040] In yet another specific embodiment, the invention includes an isolated nucleic acid molecule, wherein said nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) the nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42; (b) a nucleotide sequence wherein one or more nucleotides in the nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, is changed from that selected from the group consisting of the chosen sequence to a different nucleotide provided that no more than 15% of the nucleotides are so changed; (c) a nucleic acid fragment of the sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42; and (d) a nucleic acid fragment wherein one or more nucleotides in the nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, is changed from that selected from the group consisting of the chosen sequence to a different nucleotide provided that no more than 15% of the nucleotides are so changed.

NOVX Nucleic Acids and Polypeptides

[0041] One aspect of the invention pertains to isolated nucleic acid molecules that encode NOVX polypeptides or biologically active portions thereof. Also included in the invention are nucleic acid fragments sufficient for use as hybridization probes to identify NOVX-encoding nucleic acids (e.g., NOVX mRNAs) and fragments for use as PCR primers for the amplification and/or mutation of NOVX nucleic acid molecules. As used herein, the term “nucleic acid molecule” is intended to include DNA molecules (e.g., cDNA or genomic DNA), RNA molecules (e.g., mRNA), analogs of the DNA or RNA generated using nucleotide analogs, and derivatives, fragments and homologs thereof. The nucleic acid molecule may be single-stranded or double-stranded, but preferably is comprised double-stranded DNA.

[0042] An NOVX nucleic acid can encode a mature NOVX polypeptide. As used herein, a “mature” form of a polypeptide or protein disclosed in the present invention is the product of a naturally occurring polypeptide or precursor form or proprotein. The naturally occurring polypeptide, precursor or proprotein includes, by way of nonlimiting example, the full-length gene product, encoded by the corresponding gene. Alternatively, it may be defined as the polypeptide, precursor or proprotein encoded by an ORF described herein. The product “mature” form arises, again by way of nonlimiting example, as a result of one or more naturally occurring processing steps as they may take place within the cell, or host cell, in which the gene product arises. Examples of such processing steps leading to a “mature” form of a polypeptide or protein include the cleavage of the N-terminal methionine residue encoded by the initiation codon of an ORF, or the proteolytic cleavage of a signal peptide or leader sequence. Thus a mature form arising from a precursor polypeptide or protein that has residues 1 to N, where residue 1 is the N-terminal methionine, would have residues 2 through N remaining after removal of the N-terminal methionine. Alternatively, a mature form arising from a precursor polypeptide or protein having residues 1 to N, in which an N-terminal signal sequence from residue 1 to residue M is cleaved, would have the residues from residue M+1 to residue N remaining. Further as used herein, a “mature” form of a polypeptide or protein may arise from a step of post-translational modification other than a proteolytic cleavage event. Such additional processes include, by way of non-limiting example, glycosylation, myristoylation or phosphorylation. In general, a mature polypeptide or protein may result from the operation of only one of these processes, or a combination of any of them.

[0043] The term “probes”, as utilized herein, refers to nucleic acid sequences of variable length, preferably between at least about 10 nucleotides (nt), 100 nt, or as many as approximately, e.g., 6,000 nt, depending upon the specific use. Probes are used in the detection of identical, similar, or complementary nucleic acid sequences. Longer length probes are generally obtained from a natural or recombinant source, are highly specific, and much slower to hybridize than shorter-length oligomer probes. Probes may be single- or double-stranded and designed to have specificity in PCR, membrane-based hybridization technologies, or ELISA-like technologies.

[0044] The term “isolated” nucleic acid molecule, as utilized herein, is one, which is separated from other nucleic acid molecules which are present in the natural source of the nucleic acid. Preferably, an “isolated” nucleic acid is free of sequences which naturally flank the nucleic acid (i.e., sequences located at the 5′- and 3′-termini of the nucleic acid) in the genomic DNA of the organism from which the nucleic acid is derived. For example, in various embodiments, the isolated NOVX nucleic acid molecules can contain less than about kb, 4 kb, 3 kb, 2 kb, 1 kb, 0.5 kb or 0.1 kb of nucleotide sequences which naturally flank the nucleic acid molecule in genomic DNA of the cell/tissue from which the nucleic acid is derived (e.g., brain, heart, liver, spleen, etc.). Moreover, an “isolated” nucleic acid molecule, such as a cDNA molecule, can be substantially free of other cellular material or culture medium when produced by recombinant techniques, or of chemical precursors or other chemicals when chemically synthesized.

[0045] A nucleic acid molecule of the invention, e.g., a nucleic acid molecule having the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, or a complement of this aforementioned nucleotide sequence, can be isolated using standard molecular biology techniques and the sequence information provided herein. Using all or a portion of the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, as a hybridization probe, NOVX molecules can be isolated using standard hybridization and cloning techniques (e.g., as described in Sambrook, et al., (eds.), MOLECULAR CLONING: A LABORATORY MANUAL 2 nd Ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 1989; and Ausubel, et al., (eds.), CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, John Wiley & Sons, New York, N.Y., 1993.) A nucleic acid of the invention can be amplified using cDNA, mRNA or alternatively, genomic DNA, as a template and appropriate oligonucleotide primers according to standard PCR amplification techniques. The nucleic acid so amplified can be cloned into an appropriate vector and characterized by DNA sequence analysis. Furthermore, oligonucleotides corresponding to NOVX nucleotide sequences can be prepared by standard synthetic techniques, e.g., using an automated DNA synthesizer.

[0046] As used herein, the term “oligonucleotide” refers to a series of linked nucleotide residues, which oligonucleotide has a sufficient number of nucleotide bases to be used in a PCR reaction. A short oligonucleotide sequence may be based on, or designed from, a genomic or cDNA sequence and is used to amplify, confirm, or reveal the presence of an identical, similar or complementary DNA or RNA in a particular cell or tissue. Oligonucleotides comprise portions of a nucleic acid sequence having about 10 nt, 50 nt, or 100 nt in length, preferably about 15 nt to 30 nt in length. In one embodiment of the invention, an oligonucleotide comprising a nucleic acid molecule less than 100 nt in length would further comprise at least 6 contiguous nucleotides SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, or a complement thereof. Oligonucleotides may be chemically synthesized and may also be used as probes.

[0047] In another embodiment, an isolated nucleic acid molecule of the invention comprises a nucleic acid molecule that is a complement of the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, or a portion of this nucleotide sequence (e.g., a fragment that can be used as a probe or primer or a fragment encoding a biologically-active portion of an NOVX polypeptide). A nucleic acid molecule that is complementary to the nucleotide sequence shown SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42 is one that is sufficiently complementary to the nucleotide sequence shown SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, that it can hydrogen bond with little or no mismatches to the nucleotide sequence shown SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, thereby forming a stable duplex.

[0048] As used herein, the term “complementary” refers to Watson-Crick or Hoogsteen base pairing between nucleotides units of a nucleic acid molecule, and the term “binding” means the physical or chemical interaction between two polypeptides or compounds or associated polypeptides or compounds or combinations thereof. Binding includes ionic, non-ionic, van der Waals, hydrophobic interactions, and the like. A physical interaction can be either direct or indirect. Indirect interactions may be through or due to the effects of another polypeptide or compound. Direct binding refers to interactions that do not take place through, or due to, the effect of another polypeptide or compound, but instead are without other substantial chemical intermediates.

[0049] Fragments provided herein are defined as sequences of at least 6 (contiguous) nucleic acids or at least 4 (contiguous) amino acids, a length sufficient to allow for specific hybridization in the case of nucleic acids or for specific recognition of an epitope in the case of amino acids, respectively, and are at most some portion less than a full length sequence. Fragments may be derived from any contiguous portion of a nucleic acid or amino acid sequence of choice. Derivatives are nucleic acid sequences or amino acid sequences formed from the native compounds either directly or by modification or partial substitution. Analogs are nucleic acid sequences or amino acid sequences that have a structure similar to, but not identical to, the native compound but differs from it in respect to certain components or side chains. Analogs may be synthetic or from a different evolutionary origin,and may have a similar or opposite metabolic activity compared to wild type. Homologs are nucleic acid sequences or amino acid sequences of a particular gene that are derived from different species.

[0050] A full-length NOVX clone is identified as containing an ATG translation start codon and an in-frame stop codon. Any disclosed NOVX nucleotide sequence lacking an ATG start codon therefore encodes a truncated C-terminal fragment of the respective NOVX polypeptide, and requires that the corresponding full-length cDNA extend in the 5′ direction of the disclosed sequence. Any disclosed NOVX nucleotide sequence lacking an in-frame stop codon similarly encodes a truncated N-terminal fragment of the respective NOVX polypeptide, and requires that the corresponding full-length cDNA extend in the 3′ direction of the disclosed sequence.

[0051] Derivatives and analogs may be full length or other than full length, if the derivative or analog contains a modified nucleic acid or amino acid, as described below. Derivatives or analogs of the nucleic acids or proteins of the invention include, but are not limited to, molecules comprising regions that are substantially homologous to the nucleic acids or proteins of the invention, in various embodiments, by at least about 70%, 80%, or 95% identity (with a preferred identity of 80-95%) over a nucleic acid or amino acid sequence of identical size or when compared to an aligned sequence in which the alignment is done by a computer homology program known in the art, or whose encoding nucleic acid is capable of hybridizing to the complement of a sequence encoding the aforementioned proteins under stringent, moderately stringent, or low stringent conditions. See e.g. Ausubel, et al., CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, John Wiley & Sons, New York, N.Y., 1993, and below.

[0052] A “homologous nucleic acid sequence” or “homologous amino acid sequence,” or variations thereof, refer to sequences characterized by a homology at the nucleotide level or amino acid level as discussed above. Homologous nucleotide sequences encode those sequences coding for isoforms of NOVX polypeptides. Isoforms can be expressed in different tissues of the same organism as a result of, for example, alternative splicing of RNA. Alternatively, isoforms can be encoded by different genes. In the invention, homologous nucleotide sequences include nucleotide sequences encoding for an NOVX polypeptide of species other than humans, including, but not limited to: vertebrates, and thus can include, e.g., frog, mouse, rat, rabbit, dog, cat cow, horse, and other organisms. Homologous nucleotide sequences also include, but are not limited to, naturally occurring allelic variations and mutations of the nucleotide sequences set forth herein. A homologous nucleotide sequence does not, however, include the exact nucleotide sequence encoding human NOVX protein. Homologous nucleic acid sequences include those nucleic acid sequences that encode conservative amino acid substitutions (see below) in SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, as well as a polypeptide possessing NOVX biological activity. Various biological activities of the NOVX proteins are described below.

[0053] An NOVX polypeptide is encoded by the open reading frame (“ORF”) of an NOVX nucleic acid. An ORF corresponds to a nucleotide sequence that could potentially be translated into a polypeptide. A stretch of nucleic acids comprising an ORF is uninterrupted by a stop codon. An ORF that represents the coding sequence for a full protein begins with an ATG “start” codon and terminates with one of the three “stop” codons, namely, TAA, TAG, or TGA. For the purposes of this invention, an ORF may be any part of a coding sequence, with or without a start codon, a stop codon, or both. For an ORF to be considered as a good candidate for coding for a bonafide cellular protein, a minimum size requirement is often set, e.g., a stretch of DNA that would encode a protein of 50 amino acids or more.

[0054] The nucleotide sequences determined from the cloning of the human NOVX genes allows for the generation of probes and primers designed for use in identifying and/or cloning NOVX homologues in other cell types, e.g. from other tissues, as well as NOVX homologues from other vertebrates. The probe/primer typically comprises substantially purified oligonucleotide. The oligonucleotide typically comprises a region of nucleotide sequence that hybridizes under stringent conditions to at least about 12, 25, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350 or 400 consecutive sense strand nucleotide sequence SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42; or an anti-sense strand nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42; or of a naturally occurring mutant of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42.

[0055] Probes based on the human NOVX nucleotide sequences can be used to detect transcripts or genomic sequences encoding the same or homologous proteins. In various embodiments, the probe further comprises a label group attached thereto, e.g. the label group can be a radioisotope, a fluorescent compound, an enzyme, or an enzyme co-factor. Such probes can be used as a part of a diagnostic test kit for identifying cells or tissues which mis-express an NOVX protein, such as by measuring a level of an NOVX-encoding nucleic acid in a sample of cells from a subject e.g., detecting NOVX mRNA levels or determining whether a genomic NOVX gene has been mutated or deleted.

[0056] “A polypeptide having a biologically-active portion of an NOVX polypeptide” refers to polypeptides exhibiting activity similar, but not necessarily identical to, an activity of a polypeptide of the invention, including mature forms, as measured in a particular biological assay, with or without dose dependency. A nucleic acid fragment encoding a “biologically-active portion of NOVX” can be prepared by isolating a portion SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, that encodes a polypeptide having an NOVX biological activity (the biological activities of the NOVX proteins are described below), expressing the encoded portion of NOVX protein (e.g., by recombinant expression in vitro) and assessing the activity of the encoded portion of NOVX.

NOVX Nucleic Acid and Polypeptide Variants

[0057] The invention further encompasses nucleic acid molecules that differ from the nucleotide sequences shown in SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, due to degeneracy of the genetic code and thus encode the same NOVX proteins as that encoded by the nucleotide sequences shown in SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42. In another embodiment, an isolated nucleic acid molecule of the invention has a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein having an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42.

[0058] In addition to the human NOVX nucleotide sequences shown in SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that DNA sequence polymorphisms that lead to changes in the amino acid sequences of the NOVX polypeptides may exist within a population (e.g., the human population). Such genetic polymorphism in the NOVX genes may exist among individuals within a population due to natural allelic variation. As used herein, the terms “gene” and “recombinant gene” refer to nucleic acid molecules comprising an open reading frame (ORF) encoding an NOVX protein, preferably a vertebrate NOVX protein. Such natural allelic variations can typically result in 1-5% variance in the nucleotide sequence of the NOVX genes. Any and all such nucleotide variations and resulting amino acid polymorphisms in the NOVX polypeptides, which are the result of natural allelic variation and that do not alter the functional activity of the NOVX polypeptides, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

[0059] Moreover, nucleic acid molecules encoding NOVX proteins from other species, and thus that have a nucleotide sequence that differs from the human SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, are intended to be within the scope of the invention. Nucleic acid molecules corresponding to natural allelic variants and homologues of the NOVX cDNAs of the invention can be isolated based on their homology to the human NOVX nucleic acids disclosed herein using the human cDNAs, or a portion thereof, as a hybridization probe according to standard hybridization techniques under stringent hybridization conditions.

[0060] Accordingly, in another embodiment, an isolated nucleic acid molecule of the invention is at least 6 nucleotides in length and hybridizes under stringent conditions to the nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42. In another embodiment, the nucleic acid is at least 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 750, 1000, 1500, or 2000 or more nucleotides in length. In yet another embodiment, an isolated nucleic acid molecule of the invention hybridizes to the coding region. As used herein, the term “hybridizes under stringent conditions” is intended to describe conditions for hybridization and washing under which nucleotide sequences at least 60% homologous to each other typically remain hybridized to each other.

[0061] Homologs (i.e., nucleic acids encoding NOVX proteins derived from species other than human) or other related sequences (e.g., paralogs) can be obtained by low, moderate or high stringency hybridization with all or a portion of the particular human sequence as a probe using methods well known in the art for nucleic acid hybridization and cloning.

[0062] As used herein, the phrase “stringent hybridization conditions” refers to conditions under which a probe, primer or oligonucleotide will hybridize to its target sequence, but to no other sequences. Stringent conditions are sequence-dependent and will be different in different circumstances. Longer sequences hybridize specifically at higher temperatures than shorter sequences. Generally, stringent conditions are selected to be about 5° C. lower than the thermal melting point (Tm) for the specific sequence at a defined ionic strength and pH. The Tm is the temperature (under defined ionic strength, pH and nucleic acid concentration) at which 50% of the probes complementary to the target sequence hybridize to the target sequence at equilibrium. Since the target sequences are generally present at excess, at Tm, 50% of the probes are occupied at equilibrium. Typically, stringent conditions will be those in which the salt concentration is less than about 1.0 M sodium ion, typically about 0.01 to 1.0 M sodium ion (or other salts) at pH 7.0 to 8.3 and the temperature is at least about 30° C. for short probes, primers or oligonucleotides (e.g., 10 nt to 50 nt) and at least about 60° C. for longer probes, primers and oligonucleotides. Stringent conditions may also be achieved with the addition of destabilizing agents, such as formamide.

[0063] Stringent conditions are known to those skilled in the art and can be found in Ausubel, et al., (eds.), CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, John Wiley & Sons, N.Y. (1989), 6.3.1-6.3.6. Preferably, the conditions are such that sequences at least about 65%, 70%, 75%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98%, or 99% homologous to each other typically remain hybridized to each other. A non-limiting example of stringent hybridization conditions are hybridization in a high salt buffer comprising 6×SSC, 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 1 mM EDTA, 0.02% PVP, 0.02% Ficoll, 0.02% BSA, and 500 mg/ml denatured salmon sperm DNA at 65° C., followed by one or more washes in 0.2×SSC, 0.01% BSA at 50° C. An isolated nucleic acid molecule of the invention that hybridizes under stringent conditions to the sequences SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, corresponds to a naturally-occurring nucleic acid molecule. As used herein, a “naturally-occurring” nucleic acid molecule refers to an RNA or DNA molecule having a nucleotide sequence that occurs in nature (e.g., encodes a natural protein).

[0064] In a second embodiment, a nucleic acid sequence that is hybridizable to the nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, or fragments, analogs or derivatives thereof, under conditions of moderate stringency is provided. A non-limiting example of moderate stringency hybridization conditions are hybridization in 6×SSC, 5×Denhardt's solution, 0.5% SDS and 100 mg/ml denatured salmon sperm DNA at 55° C., followed by one or more washes in 1×SSC, 0.1% SDS at 37° C. Other conditions of moderate stringency that may be used are well-known within the art. See, e.g., Ausubel, et al. (eds.), 1993, CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, John Wiley & Sons, N.Y., and Kriegler, 1990; GENE TRANSFER AND EXPRESSION, A LABORATORY MANUAL, Stockton Press, N.Y.

[0065] In a third embodiment, a nucleic acid that is hybridizable to the nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequences SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, or fragments, analogs or derivatives thereof, under conditions of low stringency, is provided. A non-limiting example of low stringency hybridization conditions are hybridization in 35% formamide, 5×SSC, 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 5 mM EDTA, 0.02% PVP, 0.02% Ficoll, 0.2% BSA, 100 mg/ml denatured salmon sperm DNA, 10% (wt/vol) dextran sulfate at 40° C., followed by one or more washes in 2×SSC, 25 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.4), 5 mM EDTA, and 0.1% SDS at 50° C. Other conditions of low stringency that may be used are well known in the art (e.g., as employed for cross-species hybridizations). See, e.g., Ausubel, et al. (eds.), 1993, CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, John Wiley & Sons, N.Y., and Kriegler, 1990, GENE TRANSFER AND EXPRESSION, A LABORATORY MANUAL, Stockton Press, N.Y.; Shilo and Weinberg, 1981. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 78: 6789-6792.

Conservative Mutations

[0066] In addition to naturally-occurring allelic variants of NOVX sequences that may exist in the population, the skilled artisan will further appreciate that changes can be introduced by mutation into the nucleotide sequences SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, thereby leading to changes in the amino acid sequences of the encoded NOVX proteins, without altering the functional ability of said NOVX proteins. For example, nucleotide substitutions leading to amino acid substitutions at “non-essential” amino acid residues can be made in the sequence SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42. A “non-essential” amino acid residue is a residue that can be altered from the wild-type sequences of the NOVX proteins without altering their biological activity, whereas an “essential” amino acid residue is required for such biological activity. For example, amino acid residues that are conserved among the NOVX proteins of the invention are predicted to be particularly non-amenable to alteration. Amino acids for which conservative substitutions can be made are well-known within the art.

[0067] Another aspect of the invention pertains to nucleic acid molecules encoding NOVX proteins that contain changes in amino acid residues that are not essential for activity. Such NOVX proteins differ in amino acid sequence from SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, yet retain biological activity. In one embodiment, the isolated nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein, wherein the protein comprises an amino acid sequence at least about 45% homologous to the amino acid sequences SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42. Preferably, the protein encoded by the nucleic acid molecule is at least about 60% homologous to SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42; more preferably at least about 70% homologous SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42; still more preferably at least about 80% homologous to SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42; even more preferably at least about 90% homologous to SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42; and most preferably at least about 95% homologous to SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42.

[0068] An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding an NOVX protein homologous to the protein of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, can be created by introducing one or more nucleotide substitutions, additions or deletions into the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, such that one or more amino acid substitutions, additions or deletions are introduced into the encoded protein.

[0069] Mutations can be introduced into SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, by standard techniques, such as site-directed mutagenesis and PCR-mediated mutagenesis. Preferably, conservative amino acid substitutions are made at one or more predicted, non-essential amino acid residues. A “conservative amino acid substitution” is one in which the amino acid residue is replaced with an amino acid residue having a similar side chain. Families of amino acid residues having similar side chains have been defined within the art. These families include amino acids with basic side chains (e.g., lysine, arginine, histidine), acidic side chains (e.g., aspartic acid, glutamic acid), uncharged polar side chains (e.g., glycine, asparagine, glutamine, serine, threonine, tyrosine, cysteine), nonpolar side chains (e.g., alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, phenylalanine, methionine, tryptophan), beta-branched side chains (e.g., threonine, valine, isoleucine) and aromatic side chains (e.g., tyrosine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, histidine). Thus, a predicted non-essential amino acid residue in the NOVX protein is replaced with another amino acid residue from the same side chain family. Alternatively, in another embodiment, mutations can be introduced randomly along all or part of an NOVX coding sequence, such as by saturation mutagenesis, and the resultant mutants can be screened for NOVX biological activity to identify mutants that retain activity. Following mutagenesis of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, the encoded protein can be expressed by any recombinant technology known in the art and the activity of the protein can be determined.

[0070] The relatedness of amino acid families may also be determined based on side chain interactions. Substituted amino acids may be fully conserved “strong” residues or fully conserved “weak” residues. The “strong” group of conserved amino acid residues may be any one of the following groups: STA, NEQK, NHQK, NDEQ, QHRK, MILV, MILF, HY, FYW, wherein the single letter amino acid codes are grouped by those amino acids that may be substituted for each other. Likewise, the “weak” group of conserved residues may be any one of the following: CSA, ATV, SAG, STNK, STPA, SGND, SNDEQK, NDEQHK, NEQHRK, HFY, wherein the letters within each group represent the single letter amino acid code.

[0071] In one embodiment, a mutant NOVX protein can be assayed for (i) the ability to form protein:protein interactions with other NOVX proteins, other cell-surface proteins, or biologically-active portions thereof, (ii) complex formation between a mutant NOVX protein and an NOVX ligand; or (iii) the ability of a mutant NOVX protein to bind to an intracellular target protein or biologically-active portion thereof; (e.g. avidin proteins).

[0072] In yet another embodiment, a mutant NOVX protein can be assayed for the ability to regulate a specific biological function (e.g., regulation of insulin release).

Antisense Nucleic Acids

[0073] Another aspect of the invention pertains to isolated antisense nucleic acid molecules that are hybridizable to or complementary to the nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, or fragments, analogs or derivatives thereof. An “antisense” nucleic acid comprises a nucleotide sequence that is complementary to a “sense” nucleic acid encoding a protein (e.g., complementary to the coding strand of a double-stranded cDNA molecule or complementary to an mRNA sequence). In specific aspects, antisense nucleic acid molecules are provided that comprise a sequence complementary to at least about 10, 25, 50, 100, 250 or 500 nucleotides or an entire NOVX coding strand, or to only a portion thereof. Nucleic acid molecules encoding fragments, homologs, derivatives and analogs of an NOVX protein of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, or antisense nucleic acids complementary to an NOVX nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, are additionally provided.

[0074] In one embodiment, an antisense nucleic acid molecule is antisense to a “coding region” of the coding strand of a nucleotide sequence encoding an NOVX protein. The term “coding region” refers to the region of the nucleotide sequence comprising codons which are translated into amino acid residues. In another embodiment, the antisense nucleic acid molecule is antisense to a “noncoding region” of the coding strand of a nucleotide sequence encoding the NOVX protein. The term “noncoding region” refers to 5′ and 3′ sequences which flank the coding region that are not translated into amino acids (i.e., also referred to as 5′ and 3′ untranslated regions).

[0075] Given the coding strand sequences encoding the NOVX protein disclosed herein, antisense nucleic acids of the invention can be designed according to the rules of Watson and Crick or Hoogsteen base pairing. The antisense nucleic acid molecule can be complementary to the entire coding region of NOVX mRNA, but more preferably is an oligonucleotide that is antisense to only a portion of the coding or noncoding region of NOVX mRNA. For example, the antisense oligonucleotide can be complementary to the region surrounding the translation start site of NOVX mRNA. An antisense oligonucleotide can be, for example, about 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 or 50 nucleotides in length. An antisense nucleic acid of the invention can be constructed using chemical synthesis or enzymatic ligation reactions using procedures known in the art. For example, an antisense nucleic acid (e.g., an antisense oligonucleotide) can be chemically synthesized using naturally-occurring nucleotides or variously modified nucleotides designed to increase the biological stability of the molecules or to increase the physical stability of the duplex formed between the antisense and sense nucleic acids (e.g., phosphorothioate derivatives and acridine substituted nucleotides can be used).

[0076] Examples of modified nucleotides that can be used to generate the antisense nucleic acid include: 5-fluorouracil, 5-bromouracil, 5-chlorouracil, 5-iodouracil, hypoxanthine, xanthine, 4-acetylcytosine, 5-(carboxyhydroxylmethyl) uracil, 5-carboxymethylaminomethyl-2-thiouridine, 5-carboxymethylaminomethyluracil, dihydrouracil, beta-D-galactosylqueosine, inosine, N6-isopentenyladenine, 1-methylguanine, 1-methylinosine, 2,2-dimethylguanine, 2-methyladenine, 2-methylguanine, 3-methylcytosine, 5-methylcytosine, N6-adenine, 7-methylguanine, 5-methylaminomethyluracil, 5-methoxyaminomethyl-2-thiouracil, beta-D-mannosylqueosine, 5′-methoxycarboxymethyluracil, 5-methoxyuracil, 2-methylthio-N6-isopentenyladenine, uracil-5-oxyacetic acid (v), wybutoxosine, pseudouracil, queosine, 2-thiocytosine, 5-methyl-2-thiouracil, 2-thiouracil, 4-thiouracil, 5-methyluracil, uracil-5-oxyacetic acid methylester, uracil-5-oxyacetic acid (v), 5-methyl-2-thiouracil, 3-(3-amino-3-N-2-carboxypropyl) uracil, (acp3)w, and 2,6-diaminopurine. Alternatively, the antisense nucleic acid can be produced biologically using an expression vector into which a nucleic acid has been subcloned in an antisense orientation (i.e., RNA transcribed from the inserted nucleic acid will be of an antisense orientation to a target nucleic acid of interest, described further in the following subsection).

[0077] The antisense nucleic acid molecules of the invention are typically administered to a subject or generated in situ such that they hybridize with or bind to cellular mRNA and/or genomic DNA encoding an NOVX protein to thereby inhibit expression of the protein (e.g., by inhibiting transcription and/or translation). The hybridization can be by conventional nucleotide complementarity to form a stable duplex, or, for example, in the case of an antisense nucleic acid molecule that binds to DNA duplexes, through specific interactions in the major groove of the double helix. An example of a route of administration of antisense nucleic acid molecules of the invention includes direct injection at a tissue site. Alternatively, antisense nucleic acid molecules can be modified to target selected cells and then administered systemically. For example, for systemic administration, antisense molecules can be modified such that they specifically bind to receptors or antigens expressed on a selected cell surface (e.g., by linking the antisense nucleic acid molecules to peptides or antibodies that bind to cell surface receptors or antigens). The antisense nucleic acid molecules can also be delivered to cells using the vectors described herein. To achieve sufficient nucleic acid molecules, vector constructs in which the antisense nucleic acid molecule is placed under the control of a strong pol II or pol III promoter are preferred.

[0078] In yet another embodiment, the antisense nucleic acid molecule of the invention is an α-anomeric nucleic acid molecule. An α-anomeric nucleic acid molecule forms specific double-stranded hybrids with complementary RNA in which, contrary to the usual β-units, the strands run parallel to each other. See, e.g., Gaultier, et al., 1987. Nucl. Acids Res. 15: 6625-6641. The antisense nucleic acid molecule can also comprise a 2′-o-methylribonucleotide (See, e.g., Inoue, et al. 1987. Nucl. Acids Res. 15: 6131-6148) or a chimeric RNA-DNA analogue (See, e.g., Inoue, et al., 1987. FEBS Lett. 215: 327-330.

Ribozymes and PNA Moieties

[0079] Nucleic acid modifications include, by way of non-limiting example, modified bases, and nucleic acids whose sugar phosphate backbones are modified or derivatized. These modifications are carried out at least in part to enhance the chemical stability of the modified nucleic acid, such that they may be used, for example, as antisense binding nucleic acids in therapeutic applications in a subject.

[0080] In one embodiment, an antisense nucleic acid of the invention is a ribozyme. Ribozymes are catalytic RNA molecules with ribonuclease activity that are capable of cleaving a single-stranded nucleic acid, such as an mRNA, to which they have a complementary region. Thus, ribozymes (e.g., hammerhead ribozymes as described in Haselhoff and Gerlach 1988. Nature 334: 585-591) can be used to catalytically cleave NOVX mRNA transcripts to thereby inhibit translation of NOVX mRNA. A ribozyme having specificity for an NOVX-encoding nucleic acid can be designed based upon the nucleotide sequence of an NOVX cDNA disclosed herein (i.e., SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42). For example, a derivative of a Tetrahymena L-19 IVS RNA can be constructed in which the nucleotide sequence of the active site is complementary to the nucleotide sequence to be cleaved in an NOVX-encoding mRNA. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,987,071 to Cech, et al. and U.S. Pat. No. 5,116,742 to Cech, et al. NOVX mRNA can also be used to select a catalytic RNA having a specific ribonuclease activity from a pool of RNA molecules. See, e.g., Bartel et al., (1993) Science 261:1411-1418.

[0081] Alternatively, NOVX gene expression can be inhibited by targeting nucleotide sequences complementary to the regulatory region of the NOVX nucleic acid (e.g., the NOVX promoter and/or enhancers) to form triple helical structures that prevent transcription of the NOVX gene in target cells. See, e.g., Helene, 1991. Anticancer Drug Des. 6: 569-84; Helene, et al. 1992. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 660:27-36; Maher, 1992. Bioassays 14: 807-15.

[0082] In various embodiments, the NOVX nucleic acids can be modified at the base moiety, sugar moiety or phosphate backbone to improve, e.g., the stability, hybridization, or solubility of the molecule. For example, the deoxyribose phosphate backbone of the nucleic acids can be modified to generate peptide nucleic acids. See, e.g., Hyrup, et al., 1996. Bioorg Med Chem 4: 5-23. As used herein, the terms “peptide nucleic acids” or “PNAs” refer to nucleic acid mimics (e.g., DNA mimics) in which the deoxyribose phosphate backbone is replaced by a pseudopeptide backbone and only the four natural nucleobases are retained. The neutral backbone of PNAs has been shown to allow for specific hybridization to DNA and RNA under conditions of low ionic strength. The synthesis of PNA oligomers can be performed using standard solid phase peptide synthesis protocols as described in Hyrup, et al., 1996. supra; Perry-O'Keefe, et al., 1996. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93: 14670-14675.

[0083] PNAs of NOVX can be used in therapeutic and diagnostic applications. For example, PNAs can be used as antisense or antigene agents for sequence-specific modulation of gene expression by, e.g., inducing transcription or translation arrest or inhibiting replication. PNAs of NOVX can also be used, for example, in the analysis of single base pair mutations in a gene (e.g., PNA directed PCR clamping; as artificial restriction enzymes when used in combination with other enzymes, e.g., S1 nucleases (See, Hyrup, et al., 1996.supra); or as probes or primers for DNA sequence and hybridization (See, Hyrup, et al., 1996, supra; Perry-O'Keefe, et al., 1996. supra).

[0084] In another embodiment, PNAs of NOVX can be modified, e.g., to enhance their stability or cellular uptake, by attaching lipophilic or other helper groups to PNA, by the formation of PNA-DNA chimeras, or by the use of liposomes or other techniques of drug delivery known in the art. For example, PNA-DNA chimeras of NOVX can be generated that may combine the advantageous properties of PNA and DNA. Such chimeras allow DNA recognition enzymes (e.g., RNase H and DNA polymerases) to interact with the DNA portion while the PNA portion would provide high binding affinity and specificity. PNA-DNA chimeras can be linked using linkers of appropriate lengths selected in terms of base stacking, number of bonds between the nucleobases, and orientation (see, Hyrup, et al., 1996. supra). The synthesis of PNA-DNA chimeras can be performed as described in Hyrup, et al., 1996. supra and Finn, et al., 1996. Nucl Acids Res 24: 3357-3363. For example, a DNA chain can be synthesized on a solid support using standard phosphoramidite coupling chemistry, and modified nucleoside analogs, e.g., 5′-(4-methoxytrityl)amino-5′-deoxy-thymidine phosphoramidite, can be used between the PNA and the 5′ end of DNA. See, e.g., Mag, et al., 1989. Nucl Acid Res 17: 5973-5988. PNA monomers are then coupled in a stepwise manner to produce a chimeric molecule with a 5′ PNA segment and a 3′ DNA segment. See, e.g., Finn, et al., 1996. supra. Alternatively, chimeric molecules can be synthesized with a 5′ DNA segment and a 3′ PNA segment. See, e.g., Petersen, et al., 1975. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 5: 1119-11124.

[0085] In other embodiments, the oligonucleotide may include other appended groups such as peptides (e.g., for targeting host cell receptors in vivo), or agents facilitating transport across the cell membrane (see, e.g., Letsinger, et al., 1989. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 86: 6553-6556; Lemaitre, et al., 1987. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 84: 648-652; PCT Publication No. W088/09810) or the blood-brain barrier (see, e.g., PCT Publication No. WO 89/10134). In addition, oligonucleotides can be modified with hybridization triggered cleavage agents (see, e.g., Krol, et al., 1988. BioTechniques 6:958-976) or intercalating agents (see, e.g., Zon, 1988. Pharm. Res. 5: 539-549). To this end, the oligonucleotide may be conjugated to another molecule, e.g., a peptide, a hybridization triggered cross-linking agent, a transport agent, a hybridization-triggered cleavage agent, and the like.

NOVX Polypeptides

[0086] A polypeptide according to the invention includes a polypeptide including the amino acid sequence of NOVX polypeptides whose sequences are provided in SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42. The invention also includes a mutant or variant protein any of whose residues may be changed from the corresponding residues shown in SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, while still encoding a protein that maintains its NOVX activities and physiological functions, or a functional fragment thereof.

[0087] In general, an NOVX variant that preserves NOVX-like function includes any variant in which residues at a particular position in the sequence have been substituted by other amino acids, and further include the possibility of inserting an additional residue or residues between two residues of the parent protein as well as the possibility of deleting one or more residues from the parent sequence. Any amino acid substitution, insertion, or deletion is encompassed by the invention. In favorable circumstances, the substitution is a conservative substitution as defined above.

[0088] One aspect of the invention pertains to isolated NOVX proteins, and biologically-active portions thereof, or derivatives, fragments, analogs or homologs thereof. Also provided are polypeptide fragments suitable for use as immunogens to raise anti-NOVX antibodies. In one embodiment, native NOVX proteins can be isolated from cells or tissue sources by an appropriate purification scheme using standard protein purification techniques. In another embodiment, NOVX proteins are produced by recombinant DNA techniques. Alternative to recombinant expression, an NOVX protein or polypeptide can be synthesized chemically using standard peptide synthesis techniques.

[0089] An “isolated” or “purified” polypeptide or protein or biologically-active portion thereof is substantially free of cellular material or other contaminating proteins from the cell or tissue source from which the NOVX protein is derived, or substantially free from chemical precursors or other chemicals when chemically synthesized. The language “substantially free of cellular material” includes preparations of NOVX proteins in which the protein is separated from cellular components of the cells from which it is isolated or recombinantly-produced. In one embodiment, the language “substantially free of cellular material” includes preparations of NOVX proteins having less than about 30% (by dry weight) of non-NOVX proteins (also referred to herein as a “contaminating protein”), more preferably less than about 20% of non-NOVX proteins, still more preferably less than about 10% of non-NOVX proteins, and most preferably less than about 5% of non-NOVX proteins. When the NOVX protein or biologically-active portion thereof is recombinantly-produced, it is also preferably substantially free of culture medium, i.e., culture medium represents less than about 20%, more preferably less than about 10%, and most preferably less than about 5% of the volume of the NOVX protein preparation.

[0090] The language “substantially free of chemical precursors or other chemicals” includes preparations of NOVX proteins in which the protein is separated from chemical precursors or other chemicals that are involved in the synthesis of the protein. In one embodiment, the language “substantially free of chemical precursors or other chemicals” includes preparations of NOVX proteins having less than about 30% (by dry weight) of chemical precursors or non-NOVX chemicals, more preferably less than about 20% chemical precursors or non-NOVX chemicals, still more preferably less than about 10% chemical precursors or non-NOVX chemicals, and most preferably less than about 5% chemical precursors or non-NOVX chemicals.

[0091] Biologically-active portions of NOVX proteins include peptides comprising amino acid sequences sufficiently homologous to or derived from the amino acid sequences of the NOVX proteins (e.g., the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42) that include fewer amino acids than the full-length NOVX proteins, and exhibit at least one activity of an NOVX protein. Typically, biologically-active portions comprise a domain or motif with at least one activity of the NOVX protein. A biologically-active portion of an NOVX protein can be a polypeptide which is, for example, 10, 25, 50, 100 or more amino acid residues in length.

[0092] Moreover, other biologically-active portions, in which other regions of the protein are deleted, can be prepared by recombinant techniques and evaluated for one or more of the functional activities of a native NOVX protein.

[0093] In an embodiment, the NOVX protein has an amino acid sequence shown SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42. In other embodiments, the NOVX protein is substantially homologous to SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, and retains the functional activity of the protein of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, yet differs in amino acid sequence due to natural allelic variation or mutagenesis, as described in detail, below. Accordingly, in another embodiment, the NOVX protein is a protein that comprises an amino acid sequence at least about 45% homologous to the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, and retains the functional activity of the NOVX proteins of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42.

Determining Homology Between Two or More Sequences

[0094] To determine the percent homology of two amino acid sequences or of two nucleic acids, the sequences are aligned for optimal comparison purposes (e.g., gaps can be introduced in the sequence of a first amino acid or nucleic acid sequence for optimal alignment with a second amino or nucleic acid sequence). The amino acid residues or nucleotides at corresponding amino acid positions or nucleotide positions are then compared. When a position in the first sequence is occupied by the same amino acid residue or nucleotide as the corresponding position in the second sequence, then the molecules are homologous at that position (i.e., as used herein amino acid or nucleic acid “homology” is equivalent to amino acid or nucleic acid “identity”).

[0095] The nucleic acid sequence homology may be determined as the degree of identity between two sequences. The homology may be determined using computer programs known in the art, such as GAP software provided in the GCG program package. See, Needleman and Wunsch, 1970. J Mol Biol 48: 443-453. Using GCG GAP software with the following settings for nucleic acid sequence comparison: GAP creation penalty of 5.0 and GAP extension penalty of 0.3, the coding region of the analogous nucleic acid sequences referred to above exhibits a degree of identity preferably of at least 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 98%, or 99%, with the CDS (encoding) part of the DNA sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42.

[0096] The term “sequence identity” refers to the degree to which two polynucleotide or polypeptide sequences are identical on a residue-by-residue basis over a particular region of comparison. The term “percentage of sequence identity” is calculated by comparing two optimally aligned sequences over that region of comparison, determining the number of positions at which the identical nucleic acid base (e.g., A, T, C, G, U, or I, in the case of nucleic acids) occurs in both sequences to yield the number of matched positions, dividing the number of matched positions by the total number of positions in the region of comparison (i.e., the window size), and multiplying the result by 100 to yield the percentage of sequence identity. The term “substantial identity” as used herein denotes a characteristic of a polynucleotide sequence, wherein the polynucleotide comprises a sequence that has at least 80 percent sequence identity, preferably at least 85 percent identity and often 90 to 95 percent sequence identity, more usually at least 99 percent sequence identity as compared to a reference sequence over a comparison region.

Chimeric and Fusion Proteins

[0097] The invention also provides NOVX chimeric or fusion proteins. As used herein, an NOVX “chimeric protein” or “fusion protein” comprises an NOVX polypeptide operatively-linked to a non-NOVX polypeptide. An “NOVX polypeptide” refers to a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence corresponding to an NOVX protein SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42), whereas a “non-NOVX polypeptide” refers to a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence corresponding to a protein that is not substantially homologous to the NOVX protein, e.g., a protein that is different from the NOVX protein and that is derived from the same or a different organism. Within an NOVX fusion protein the NOVX polypeptide can correspond to all or a portion of an NOVX protein. In one embodiment, an NOVX fusion protein comprises at least one biologically-active portion of an NOVX protein. In another embodiment, an NOVX fusion protein comprises at least two biologically-active portions of an NOVX protein. In yet another embodiment, an NOVX fusion protein comprises at least three biologically-active portions of an NOVX protein. Within the fusion protein, the term “operatively-linked” is intended to indicate that the NOVX polypeptide and the non-NOVX polypeptide are fused in-frame with one another. The non-NOVX polypeptide can be fused to the N-terminus or C-terminus of the NOVX polypeptide.

[0098] In one embodiment, the fusion protein is a GST-NOVX fusion protein in which the NOVX sequences are fused to the C-terminus of the GST (glutathione S-transferase) sequences. Such fusion proteins can facilitate the purification of recombinant NOVX polypeptides.

[0099] In another embodiment, the fusion protein is an NOVX protein containing a heterologous signal sequence at its N-terminus. In certain host cells (e.g., mammalian host cells), expression and/or secretion of NOVX can be increased through use of a heterologous signal sequence.

[0100] In yet another embodiment, the fusion protein is an NOVX-immunoglobulin fusion protein in which the NOVX sequences are fused to sequences derived from a member of the immunoglobulin protein family. The NOVX-immunoglobulin fusion proteins of the invention can be incorporated into pharmaceutical compositions and administered to a subject to inhibit an interaction between an NOVX ligand and an NOVX protein on the surface of a cell, to thereby suppress NOVX-mediated signal transduction in vivo. The NOVX-immunoglobulin fusion proteins can be used to affect the bioavailability of an NOVX cognate ligand. Inhibition of the NOVX ligand/NOVX interaction may be useful therapeutically for both the treatment of proliferative and differentiative disorders, as well as modulating (e.g. promoting or inhibiting) cell survival. Moreover, the NOVX-immunoglobulin fusion proteins of the invention can be used as immunogens to produce anti-NOVX antibodies in a subject, to purify NOVX ligands, and in screening assays to identify molecules that inhibit the interaction of NOVX with an NOVX ligand.

[0101] An NOVX chimeric or fusion protein of the invention can be produced by standard recombinant DNA techniques. For example, DNA fragments coding for the different polypeptide sequences are ligated together in-frame in accordance with conventional techniques, e.g., by employing blunt-ended or stagger-ended termini for ligation, restriction enzyme digestion to provide for appropriate termini, filling-in of cohesive ends as appropriate, alkaline phosphatase treatment to avoid undesirable joining, and enzymatic ligation. In another embodiment, the fusion gene can be synthesized by conventional techniques including automated DNA synthesizers. Alternatively, PCR amplification of gene fragments can be carried out using anchor primers that give rise to complementary overhangs between two consecutive gene fragments that can subsequently be annealed and reamplified to generate a chimeric gene sequence (see, e.g., Ausubel, et al. (eds.) CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, John Wiley & Sons, 1992). Moreover, many expression vectors are commercially available that already encode a fusion moiety (e.g., a GST polypeptide). An NOVX-encoding nucleic acid can be cloned into such an expression vector such that the fusion moiety is linked in-frame to the NOVX protein.

NOVX Agonists and Antagonists

[0102] The invention also pertains to variants of the NOVX proteins that function as either NOVX agonists (i.e., mimetics) or as NOVX antagonists. Variants of the NOVX protein can be generated by mutagenesis (e.g., discrete point mutation or truncation of the NOVX protein). An agonist of the NOVX protein can retain substantially the same, or a subset of, the biological activities of the naturally occurring form of the NOVX protein. An antagonist of the NOVX protein can inhibit one or more of the activities of the naturally occurring form of the NOVX protein by, for example, competitively binding to a downstream or upstream member of a cellular signaling cascade which includes the NOVX protein. Thus, specific biological effects can be elicited by treatment with a variant of limited function. In one embodiment, treatment of a subject with a variant having a subset of the biological activities of the naturally occurring form of the protein has fewer side effects in a subject relative to treatment with the naturally occurring form of the NOVX proteins.

[0103] Variants of the NOVX proteins that function as either NOVX agonists (i.e., mimetics) or as NOVX antagonists can be identified by screening combinatorial libraries of mutants (e.g., truncation mutants) of the NOVX proteins for NOVX protein agonist or antagonist activity. In one embodiment, a variegated library of NOVX variants is generated by combinatorial mutagenesis at the nucleic acid level and is encoded by a variegated gene library. A variegated library of NOVX variants can be produced by, for example, enzymatically ligating a mixture of synthetic oligonucleotides into gene sequences such that a degenerate set of potential NOVX sequences is expressible as individual polypeptides, or alternatively, as a set of larger fusion proteins (e.g., for phage display) containing the set of NOVX sequences therein. There are a variety of methods which can be used to produce libraries of potential NOVX variants from a degenerate oligonucleotide sequence. Chemical synthesis of a degenerate gene sequence can be performed in an automatic DNA synthesizer, and the synthetic gene then ligated into an appropriate expression vector. Use of a degenerate set of genes allows for the provision, in one mixture, of all of the sequences encoding the desired set of potential NOVX sequences. Methods for synthesizing degenerate oligonucleotides are well-known within the art. See, e.g., Narang, 1983. Tetrahedron 39: 3; Itakura, et al., 1984. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 53: 323; Itakura, et al., 1984. Science 198: 1056; Ike, et al., 1983. Nucl. Acids Res. 11: 477.

Polypeptide Libraries

[0104] In addition, libraries of fragments of the NOVX protein coding sequences can be used to generate a variegated population of NOVX fragments for screening and subsequent selection of variants of an NOVX protein. In one embodiment, a library of coding sequence fragments can be generated by treating a double stranded PCR fragment of an NOVX coding sequence with a nuclease under conditions wherein nicking occurs only about once per molecule, denaturing the double stranded DNA, renaturing the DNA to form double-stranded DNA that can include sense/antisense pairs from different nicked products, removing single stranded portions from reformed duplexes by treatment with S1 nuclease, and ligating the resulting fragment library into an expression vector. By this method, expression libraries can be derived which encodes N-terminal and internal fragments of various sizes of the NOVX proteins.

[0105] Various techniques are known in the art for screening gene products of combinatorial libraries made by point mutations or truncation, and for screening cDNA libraries for gene products having a selected property. Such techniques are adaptable for rapid screening of the gene libraries generated by the combinatorial mutagenesis of NOVX proteins. The most widely used techniques, which are amenable to high throughput analysis, for screening large gene libraries typically include cloning the gene library into replicable expression vectors, transforming appropriate cells with the resulting library of vectors, and expressing the combinatorial genes under conditions in which detection of a desired activity facilitates isolation of the vector encoding the gene whose product was detected. Recursive ensemble mutagenesis (REM), a new technique that enhances the frequency of functional mutants in the libraries, can be used in combination with the screening assays to identify NOVX variants. See, e.g., Arkin and Yourvan, 1992. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89: 7811-7815; Delgrave, et al., 1993. Protein Engineering 6:327-331.

Anti-NOVX Antibodies

[0106] Also included in the invention are antibodies to NOVX proteins, or fragments of NOVX proteins. The term “antibody” as used herein refers to immunoglobulin molecules and immunologically active portions of immunoglobulin (Ig) molecules, i.e., molecules that contain an antigen binding site that specifically binds (immunoreacts with) an antigen. Such antibodies include, but are not limited to, polyclonal, monoclonal, chimeric, single chain, Fab, Fab, and F(ab′)2 fragments, and an Fab expression library. In general, an antibody molecule obtained from humans relates to any of the classes IgG, IgM, IgA, IgE and IgD, which differ from one another by the nature of the heavy chain present in the molecule. Certain classes have subclasses as well, such as IgG1, IgG2, and others. Furthermore, in humans, the light chain may be a kappa chain or a lambda chain. Reference herein to antibodies includes a reference to all such classes, subclasses and types of human antibody species.

[0107] An isolated NOVX-related protein of the invention may be intended to serve as an antigen, or a portion or fragment thereof, and additionally can be used as an immunogen to generate antibodies that immunospecifically bind the antigen, using standard techniques for polyclonal and monoclonal antibody preparation. The full-length protein can be used or, alternatively, the invention provides antigenic peptide fragments of the antigen for use as immunogens. An antigenic peptide fragment comprises at least 6 amino acid residues of the amino acid sequence of the full length protein and encompasses an epitope thereof such that an antibody raised against the peptide forms a specific immune complex with the full length protein or with any fragment that contains the epitope. Preferably, the antigenic peptide comprises at least 10 amino acid residues, or at least 15 amino acid residues, or at least 20 amino acid residues, or at least 30 amino acid residues. Preferred epitopes encompassed by the antigenic peptide are regions of the protein that are located on its surface; commonly these are hydrophilic regions.

[0108] In certain embodiments of the invention, at least one epitope encompassed by the antigenic peptide is a region of NOVX-related protein that is located on the surface of the protein, e.g., a hydrophilic region. A hydrophobicity analysis of the human NOVX-related protein sequence will indicate which regions of a NOVX-related protein are particularly hydrophilic and, therefore, are likely to encode surface residues useful for targeting antibody production. As a means for targeting antibody production, hydropathy plots showing regions of hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity may be generated by any method well known in the art, including, for example, the Kyte Doolittle or the Hopp Woods methods, either with or without Fourier transformation. See, e.g., Hopp and Woods, 1981, Proc. hat. Acad. Sci. USA 78: 3824-3828; Kyte and Doolittle 1982, J. Mol. Biol. 157: 105-142, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Antibodies that are specific for one or more domains within an antigenic protein, or derivatives, fragments, analogs or homologs thereof, are also provided herein.

[0109] A protein of the invention, or a derivative, fragment, analog, homolog or ortholog thereof, may be utilized as an immunogen in the generation of antibodies that immunospecifically bind these protein components.

[0110] Various procedures known within the art may be used for the production of polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies directed against a protein of the invention, or against derivatives, fragments, analogs homologs or orthologs thereof (see, for example, Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Harlow and Lane, 1988, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., incorporated herein by reference). Some of these antibodies are discussed below.

Polyclonal Antibodies

[0111] For the production of polyclonal antibodies, various suitable host animals (e.g., rabbit, goat, mouse or other mammal) may be immunized by one or more injections with the native protein, a synthetic variant thereof, or a derivative of the foregoing. An appropriate immunogenic preparation can contain, for example, the naturally occurring immunogenic protein, a chemically synthesized polypeptide representing the immunogenic protein, or a recombinantly expressed immunogenic protein. Furthermore, the protein may be conjugated to a second protein known to be immunogenic in the mammal being immunized. Examples of such immunogenic proteins include but are not limited to keyhole limpet hemocyanin, serum albumin, bovine thyroglobulin, and soybean trypsin inhibitor. The preparation can further include an adjuvant. Various adjuvants used to increase the immunological response include, but are not limited to, Freund's (complete and incomplete), mineral gels (e.g., aluminum hydroxide), surface active substances (e.g., lysolecithin, pluronic polyols, polyanions, peptides, oil emulsions, dinitrophenol, etc.), adjuvants usable in humans such as Bacille Calmette-Guerin and Corynebacterium parvum, or similar immunostimulatory agents. Additional examples of adjuvants which can be employed include MPL-TDM adjuvant (monophosphoryl Lipid A, synthetic trehalose dicorynomycolate).

[0112] The polyclonal antibody molecules directed against the immunogenic protein can be isolated from the mammal (e.g., from the blood) and further purified by well known techniques, such as affinity chromatography using protein A or protein G, which provide primarily the IgG fraction of immune serum. Subsequently, or alternatively, the specific antigen which is the target of the immunoglobulin sought, or an epitope thereof, may be immobilized on a column to purify the immune specific antibody by immunoaffinity chromatography. Purification of immunoglobulins is discussed, for example, by D. Wilkinson (The Scientist, published by The Scientist, Inc., Philadelphia Pa., Vol. 14, No. 8 (Apr. 17, 2000), pp. 25-28).

Monoclonal Antibodies

[0113] The term “monoclonal antibody” (MAb) or “monoclonal antibody composition”, as used herein, refers to a population of antibody molecules that contain only one molecular species of antibody molecule consisting of a unique light chain gene product and a unique heavy chain gene product. In particular, the complementarity determining regions (CDRs) of the monoclonal antibody are identical in all the molecules of the population. MAbs thus contain an antigen binding site capable of immunoreacting with a particular epitope of the antigen characterized by a unique binding affinity for it.

[0114] Monoclonal antibodies can be prepared using hybridoma methods, such as those described by Kohler and Milstein, Nature, 256:495 (1975). In a hybridoma method, a mouse, hamster, or other appropriate host animal, is typically immunized with an immunizing agent to elicit lymphocytes that produce or are capable of producing antibodies that will specifically bind to the immunizing agent. Alternatively, the lymphocytes can be immunized in vitro.

[0115] The immunizing agent will typically include the protein antigen, a fragment thereof or a fusion protein thereof. Generally, either peripheral blood lymphocytes are used if cells of human origin are desired, or spleen cells or lymph node cells are used if non-human mammalian sources are desired. The lymphocytes are then fused with an immortalized cell line using a suitable fusing agent, such as polyethylene glycol, to form a hybridoma cell (Goding, MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE, Academic Press, (1986) pp. 59-103). Immortalized cell lines are usually transformed mammalian cells, particularly myeloma cells of rodent, bovine and human origin. Usually, rat or mouse myeloma cell lines are employed. The hybridoma cells can be cultured in a suitable culture medium that preferably contains one or more substances that inhibit the growth or survival of the unfused, immortalized cells. For example, if the parental cells lack the enzyme hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HGPRT or HPRT), the culture medium for the hybridomas typically will include hypoxanthine, aminopterin, and thymidine (“HAT medium”), which substances prevent the growth of HGPRT-deficient cells.

[0116] Preferred immortalized cell lines are those that fuse efficiently, support stable high level expression of antibody by the selected antibody-producing cells, and are sensitive to a medium such as HAT medium. More preferred immortalized cell lines are murine myeloma lines, which can be obtained, for instance, from the Salk Institute Cell Distribution Center, San Diego, Calif. and the American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, Va. Human myeloma and mouse-human heteromyeloma cell lines also have been described for the production of human monoclonal antibodies (Kozbor, J. Immunol., 133:3001 (1984); Brodeur et al., MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, (1987) pp.51-63).

[0117] The culture medium in which the hybridoma cells are cultured can then be assayed for the presence of monoclonal antibodies directed against the antigen. Preferably, the binding specificity of monoclonal antibodies produced by the hybridoma cells is determined by immunoprecipitation or by an in vitro binding assay, such as radioimmunoassay (RIA) or enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA). Such techniques and assays are known in the art. The binding affinity of the monoclonal antibody can, for example, be determined by the Scatchard analysis of Munson and Pollard, Anal. Biochem., 107:220 (1980). Preferably, antibodies having a high degree of specificity and a high binding affinity for the target antigen are isolated.

[0118] After the desired hybridoma cells are identified, the clones can be subcloned by limiting dilution procedures and grown by standard methods. Suitable culture media for this purpose include, for example, Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium and RPMI-1640 medium. Alternatively, the hybridoma cells can be grown in vivo as ascites in a mammal.

[0119] The monoclonal antibodies secreted by the subclones can be isolated or purified from the culture medium or ascites fluid by conventional immunoglobulin purification procedures such as, for example, protein A-Sepharose, hydroxylapatite chromatography, gel electrophoresis, dialysis, or affinity chromatography.

[0120] The monoclonal antibodies can also be made by recombinant DNA methods, such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,567. DNA encoding the monoclonal antibodies of the invention can be readily isolated and sequenced using conventional procedures (e.g., by using oligonucleotide probes that are capable of binding specifically to genes encoding the heavy and light chains of murine antibodies). The hybridoma cells of the invention serve as a preferred source of such DNA. Once isolated, the DNA can be placed into expression vectors, which are then transfected into host cells such as simian COS cells, Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, or myeloma cells that do not otherwise produce immunoglobulin protein, to obtain the synthesis of monoclonal antibodies in the recombinant host cells. The DNA also can be modified, for example, by substituting the coding sequence for human heavy and light chain constant domains in place of the homologous murine sequences (U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,567; Morrison, Nature 368, 812-13 (1994)) or by covalently joining to the immunoglobulin coding sequence all or part of the coding sequence for a non-immunoglobulin polypeptide. Such a non-immunoglobulin polypeptide can be substituted for the constant domains of an antibody of the invention, or can be substituted for the variable domains of one antigen-combining site of an antibody of the invention to create a chimeric bivalent antibody.

Humanized Antibodies

[0121] The antibodies directed against the protein antigens of the invention can further comprise humanized antibodies or human antibodies. These antibodies are suitable for administration to humans without engendering an immune response by the human against the administered immunoglobulin. Humanized forms of antibodies are chimeric immunoglobulins, immunoglobulin chains or fragments thereof (such as Fv, Fab, Fab′, F(ab′)2 or other antigen-binding subsequences of antibodies) that are principally comprised of the sequence of a human immunoglobulin, and contain minimal sequence derived from a non-human immunoglobulin. Humanization can be performed following the method of Winter and co-workers (Jones et al., Nature, 321:522-525 (1986); Riechmann et al., Nature, 332:323-327 (1988); Verhoeyen et al., Science, 239:1534-1536 (1988)), by substituting rodent CDRs or CDR sequences for the corresponding sequences of a human antibody. (See also U.S. Pat. No. 5,225,539.) In some instances, Fv framework residues of the human immunoglobulin are replaced by corresponding non-human residues. Humanized antibodies can also comprise residues which are found neither in the recipient antibody nor in the imported CDR or framework sequences. In general, the humanized antibody will comprise substantially all of at least one, and typically two, variable domains, in which all or substantially all of the CDR regions correspond to those of a non-human immunoglobulin and all or substantially all of the framework regions are those of a human immunoglobulin consensus sequence. The humanized antibody optimally also will comprise at least a portion of an immunoglobulin constant region (Fc), typically that of a human immunoglobulin (Jones et al., 1986; Riechmann et al., 1988; and Presta, Curr. Op. Struct. Biol., 2:593-596 (1992)).

Human Antibodies

[0122] Fully human antibodies relate to antibody molecules in which essentially the entire sequences of both the light chain and the heavy chain, including the CDRs, arise from human genes. Such antibodies are termed “human antibodies”, or “fully human antibodies” herein. Human monoclonal antibodies can be prepared by the trioma technique; the human B-cell hybridoma technique (see Kozbor, et al., 1983 Immunol Today 4: 72) and the EBV hybridoma technique to produce human monoclonal antibodies (see Cole, et al., 1985 In: MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND CANCER THERAPY, Alan R. Liss, Inc., pp. 77-96). Human monoclonal antibodies may be utilized in the practice of the present invention and may be produced by using human hybridomas (see Cote, et al., 1983. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 80:2026-2030) or by transforming human B-cells with Epstein Barr Virus in vitro (see Cole, et al., 1985 In: MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND CANCER THERAPY, Alan R. Liss, Inc., pp. 77-96).

[0123] In addition, human antibodies can also be produced using additional techniques, including phage display libraries (Hoogenboom and Winter, J. Mol. Biol., 227:381 (1991); Marks et al., J. Mol. Biol., 222:581 (1991)). Similarly, human antibodies can be made by introducing human immunoglobulin loci into transgenic animals, e.g., mice in which the endogenous immunoglobulin genes have been partially or completely inactivated. Upon challenge, human antibody production is observed, which closely resembles that seen in humans in all respects, including gene rearrangement, assembly, and antibody repertoire. This approach is described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,545,807; 5,545,806; 5,569,825; 5,625,126; 5,633,425; 5,661,016, and in Marks et al. (Bio/Technology 10, 779-783 (1992)); Lonberg et al. (Nature 368 856-859 (1994)); Morrison (Nature 368, 812-13 (1994)); Fishwild et al,(Nature Biotechnology 14, 845-51 (1996)); Neuberger (Nature Biotechnology 14, 826 (1996)); and Lonberg and Huszar (Intern. Rev. Immunol. 13 65-93 (1995)).

[0124] Human antibodies may additionally be produced using transgenic nonhuman animals which are modified so as to produce fully human antibodies rather than the animal's endogenous antibodies in response to challenge by an antigen. (See PCT publication WO94/02602). The endogenous genes encoding the heavy and light immunoglobulin chains in the nonhuman host have been incapacitated, and active loci encoding human heavy and light chain immunoglobulins are inserted into the host's genome. The human genes are incorporated, for example, using yeast artificial chromosomes containing the requisite human DNA segments. An animal which provides all the desired modifications is then obtained as progeny by crossbreeding intermediate transgenic animals containing fewer than the full complement of the modifications. The preferred embodiment of such a nonhuman animal is a mouse, and is termed the Xenomouse™ as disclosed in PCT publications WO 96/33735 and WO 96/34096. This animal produces B cells which secrete fully human immunoglobulins. The antibodies can be obtained directly from the animal after immunization with an immunogen of interest, as, for example, a preparation of a polyclonal antibody, or alternatively from immortalized B cells derived from the animal, such as hybridomas producing monoclonal antibodies. Additionally, the genes encoding the immunoglobulins with human variable regions can be recovered and expressed to obtain the antibodies directly, or can be further modified to obtain analogs of antibodies such as, for example, single chain Fv molecules.

[0125] An example of a method of producing a nonhuman host, exemplified as a mouse, lacking expression of an endogenous immunoglobulin heavy chain is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,939,598. It can be obtained by a method including deleting the J segment genes from at least one endogenous heavy chain locus in an embryonic stem cell to prevent rearrangement of the locus and to prevent formation of a transcript of a rearranged immunoglobulin heavy chain locus, the deletion being effected by a targeting vector containing a gene encoding a selectable marker; and producing from the embryonic stem cell a transgenic mouse whose somatic and germ cells contain the gene encoding the selectable marker.

[0126] A method for producing an antibody of interest, such as a human antibody, is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,916,771. It includes introducing an expression vector that contains a nucleotide sequence encoding a heavy chain into one mammalian host cell in culture, introducing an expression vector containing a nucleotide sequence encoding a light chain into another mammalian host cell, and fusing the two cells to form a hybrid cell. The hybrid cell expresses an antibody containing the heavy chain and the light chain.

[0127] In a further improvement on this procedure, a method for identifying a clinically relevant epitope on an immunogen, and a correlative method for selecting an antibody that binds immunospecifically to the relevant epitope with high affinity, are disclosed in PCT publication WO 99/53049.

Fab Fragments and Single Chain Antibodies

[0128] According to the invention, techniques can be adapted for the production of single-chain antibodies specific to an antigenic protein of the invention (see e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,946,778). In addition, methods can be adapted for the construction of Fab expression libraries (see e.g., Huse, et al., 1989 Science 246: 1275-1281) to allow rapid and effective identification of monoclonal Fab fragments with the desired specificity for a protein or derivatives, fragments, analogs or homologs thereof. Antibody fragments that contain the idiotypes to a protein antigen may be produced by techniques known in the art including, but not limited to: (i) an F(ab′)2 fragment produced by pepsin digestion of an antibody molecule; (ii) an Fab fragment generated by reducing the disulfide bridges of an F(ab′)2 fragment; (iii) an Fab fragment generated by the treatment of the antibody molecule with papain and a reducing agent and (iv) Fv fragments.

Bispecific Antibodies

[0129] Bispecific antibodies are monoclonal, preferably human or humanized, antibodies that have binding specificities for at least two different antigens. In the present case, one of the binding specificities is for an antigenic protein of the invention. The second binding target is any other antigen, and advantageously is a cell-surface protein or receptor or receptor subunit.

[0130] Methods for making bispecific antibodies are known in the art. Traditionally, the recombinant production of bispecific antibodies is based on the co-expression of two immunoglobulin heavy-chain/light-chain pairs, where the two heavy chains have different specificities (Milstein and Cuello, Nature, 305:537-539 (1983)). Because of the random assortment of immunoglobulin heavy and light chains, these hybridomas (quadromas) produce a potential mixture of ten different antibody molecules, of which only one has the correct bispecific structure. The purification of the correct molecule is usually accomplished by affinity chromatography steps. Similar procedures are disclosed in WO 93/08829, published 13 May 1993, and in Traunecker et al., 1991 EMBO J., 10:3655-3659.

[0131] Antibody variable domains with the desired binding specificities (antibody-antigen combining sites) can be fused to immunoglobulin constant domain sequences. The fusion preferably is with an immunoglobulin heavy-chain constant domain, comprising at least part of the hinge, CH2, and CH3 regions. It is preferred to have the first heavy-chain constant region (CH1) containing the site necessary for light-chain binding present in at least one of the fusions. DNAs encoding the immunoglobulin heavy-chain fusions and, if desired, the immunoglobulin light chain, are inserted into separate expression vectors, and are co-transfected into a suitable host organism. For further details of generating bispecific antibodies see, for example, Suresh et al., Methods in Enzymology, 121:210 (1986).

[0132] According to another approach described in WO 96/27011, the interface between a pair of antibody molecules can be engineered to maximize the percentage of heterodimers which are recovered from recombinant cell culture. The preferred interface comprises at least a part of the CH3 region of an antibody constant domain. In this method, one or more small amino acid side chains from the interface of the first antibody molecule are replaced with larger side chains (e.g. tyrosine or tryptophan). Compensatory “cavities” of identical or similar size to the large side chain(s) are created on the interface of the second antibody molecule by replacing large amino acid side chains with smaller ones (e.g. alanine or threonine). This provides a mechanism for increasing the yield of the heterodimer over other unwanted end-products such as homodimers.

[0133] Bispecific antibodies can be prepared as full length antibodies or antibody fragments (e.g. F(ab′)2 bispecific antibodies). Techniques for generating bispecific antibodies from antibody fragments have been described in the literature. For example, bispecific antibodies can be prepared using chemical linkage. Brennan et al., Science 229:81 (1985) describe a procedure wherein intact antibodies are proteolytically cleaved to generate F(ab′)2 fragments. These fragments are reduced in the presence of the dithiol complexing agent sodium arsenite to stabilize vicinal dithiols and prevent intermolecular disulfide formation. The Fab′ fragments generated are then converted to thionitrobenzoate (TNB) derivatives. One of the Fab′-TNB derivatives is then reconverted to the Fab′-thiol by reduction with mercaptoethylamine and is mixed with an equimolar amount of the other Fab′-TNB derivative to form the bispecific antibody. The bispecific antibodies produced can be used as agents for the selective immobilization of enzymes.

[0134] Additionally, Fab′ fragments can be directly recovered from E. coli and chemically coupled to form bispecific antibodies. Shalaby et al., J. Exp. Med. 175:217-225 (1992) describe the production of a fully humanized bispecific antibody F(ab′)2 molecule. Each Fab′ fragment was separately secreted from E. coli and subjected to directed chemical coupling in vitro to form the bispecific antibody. The bispecific antibody thus formed was able to bind to cells overexpressing the ErbB2 receptor and normal human T cells, as well as trigger the lytic activity of human cytotoxic lymphocytes against human breast tumor targets.

[0135] Various techniques for making and isolating bispecific antibody fragments directly from recombinant cell culture have also been described. For example, bispecific antibodies have been produced using leucine zippers. Kostelny et al., J. Immunol. 148(5):1547-1553 (1992). The leucine zipper peptides from the Fos and Jun proteins were linked to the Fab′ portions of two different antibodies by gene fusion. The antibody homodimers were reduced at the hinge region to form monomers and then re-oxidized to form the antibody heterodimers. This method can also be utilized for the production of antibody homodimers. The “diabody” technology described by Hollinger et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:6444-6448 (1993) has provided an alternative mechanism for making bispecific antibody fragments. The fragments comprise a heavy-chain variable domain (VH) connected to a light-chain variable domain (VL) by a linker which is too short to allow pairing between the two domains on the same chain. Accordingly, the VH and VL domains of one fragment are forced to pair with the complementary VL and VH domains of another fragment, thereby forming two antigen-binding sites. Another strategy for making bispecific antibody fragments by the use of single-chain Fv (sFv) dimers has also been reported. See, Gruber et al., J. Immunol 152:5368 (1994).

[0136] Antibodies with more than two valencies are contemplated. For example, trispecific antibodies can be prepared. Tutt et al., J. Immunol. 147:60 (1991).

[0137] Exemplary bispecific antibodies can bind to two different epitopes, at least one of which originates in the protein antigen of the invention. Alternatively, an anti-antigenic arm of an immunoglobulin molecule can be combined with an arm which binds to a triggering molecule on a leukocyte such as a T-cell receptor molecule (e.g. CD2, CD3, CD28, or B7), or Fc receptors for IgG (FcγR), such as FcγRI (CD64), FcγRII (CD32) and FcγRIII (CD16) so as to focus cellular defense mechanisms to the cell expressing the particular antigen. Bispecific antibodies can also be used to direct cytotoxic agents to cells which express a particular antigen. These antibodies possess an antigen-binding arm and an arm which binds a cytotoxic agent or a radionuclide chelator, such as EOTUBE, DPTA, DOTA, or TETA. Another bispecific antibody of interest binds the protein antigen described herein and further binds tissue factor (TF).

Heteroconjugate Antibodies

[0138] Heteroconjugate antibodies are also within the scope of the present invention. Heteroconjugate antibodies are composed of two covalently joined antibodies. Such antibodies have, for example, been proposed to target immune system cells to unwanted cells (U.S. Pat. No. 4,676,980), and for treatment of HIV infection (WO 91/00360; WO 92/200373; EP 03089). It is contemplated that the antibodies can be prepared in vitro using known methods in synthetic protein chemistry, including those involving crosslinking agents. For example, immunotoxins can be constructed using a disulfide exchange reaction or by forming a thioether bond. Examples of suitable reagents for this purpose include iminothiolate and methyl-4-mercaptobutyrimidate and those disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,676,980.

Effector Function Engineering

[0139] It can be desirable to modify the antibody of the invention with respect to effector function, so as to enhance, e.g., the effectiveness of the antibody in treating cancer. For example, cysteine residue(s) can be introduced into the Fc region, thereby allowing interchain disulfide bond formation in this region. The homodimeric antibody thus generated can have improved internalization capability and/or increased complement-mediated cell killing and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). See Caron et al., J. Exp Med., 176: 1191-1195 (1992) and Shopes, J. Immunol., 148:2918-2922 (1992). Homodimeric antibodies with enhanced anti-tumor activity can also be prepared using heterobifunctional cross-linkers as described in Wolff et al. Cancer Research, 53:2560-2565 (1993). Alternatively, an antibody can be engineered that has dual Fc regions and can thereby have enhanced complement lysis and ADCC capabilities. See Stevenson et al., Anti-Cancer Drug Design, 3:219-230 (1989).

Immunoconjugates

[0140] The invention also pertains to immunoconjugates comprising an antibody conjugated to a cytotoxic agent such as a chemotherapeutic agent, toxin (e.g., an enzymatically active toxin of bacterial, fungal, plant, or animal origin, or fragments thereof), or a radioactive isotope (i.e., a radioconjugate).

[0141] Chemotherapeutic agents useful in the generation of such immunoconjugates have been described above. Enzymatically active toxins and fragments thereof that can be used include diphtheria A chain, nonbinding active fragments of diphtheria toxin, exotoxin A chain (from Pseudomonas aeruginosa), ricin A chain, abrin A chain, modeccin A chain, alpha-sarcin, Aleurites fordii proteins, dianthin proteins, Phytolaca americana proteins (PAPI, PAPII, and PAP-S), momordica charantia inhibitor, curcin, crotin, sapaonaria officinalis inhibitor, gelonin, mitogellin, restrictocin, phenomycin, enomycin, and the tricothecenes. A variety of radionuclides are available for the production of radioconjugated antibodies. Examples include 212Bi, 131I, 131In, 90Y, and 186Re.

[0142] Conjugates of the antibody and cytotoxic agent are made using a variety of bifunctional protein-coupling agents such as N-succinimidyl-3-(2-pyridyldithiol) propionate (SPDP), iminothiolane (IT), bifunctional derivatives of imidoesters (such as dimethyl adipimidate HCL), active esters (such as disuccinimidyl suberate), aldehydes (such as glutareldehyde), bis-azido compounds (such as bis (p-azidobenzoyl) hexanediamine), bis-diazonium derivatives (such as bis-(p-diazoniumbenzoyl)-ethylenediamine), diisocyanates (such as tolyene 2,6-diisocyanate), and bis-active fluorine compounds (such as 1,5-difluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene). For example, a ricin immunotoxin can be prepared as described in Vitetta et al., Science, 238: 1098 (1987). Carbon-14-labeled 1-isothiocyanatobenzyl-3-methyldiethylene triaminepentaacetic acid (MX-DTPA) is an exemplary chelating agent for conjugation of radionucleotide to the antibody. See WO94/11026.

[0143] In another embodiment, the antibody can be conjugated to a “receptor” (such streptavidin) for utilization in tumor pretargeting wherein the antibody-receptor conjugate is administered to the patient, followed by removal of unbound conjugate from the circulation using a clearing agent and then administration of a “ligand” (e.g., avidin) that is in turn conjugated to a cytotoxic agent.

[0144] In one embodiment, methods for the screening of antibodies that possess the desired specificity include, but are not limited to, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and other immunologically-mediated techniques known within the art. In a specific embodiment, selection of antibodies that are specific to a particular domain of an NOVX protein is facilitated by generation of hybridomas that bind to the fragment of an NOVX protein possessing such a domain. Thus, antibodies that are specific for a desired domain within an NOVX protein, or derivatives, fragments, analogs or homologs thereof, are also provided herein.

[0145] Anti-NOVX antibodies may be used in methods known within the art relating to the localization and/or quantitation of an NOVX protein (e.g., for use in measuring levels of the NOVX protein within appropriate physiological samples, for use in diagnostic methods, for use in imaging the protein, and the like). In a given embodiment, antibodies for NOVX proteins, or derivatives, fragments, analogs or homologs thereof, that contain the antibody derived binding domain, are utilized as pharmacologically-active compounds (hereinafter “Therapeutics”).

[0146] An anti-NOVX antibody (e.g., monoclonal antibody) can be used to isolate an NOVX polypeptide by standard techniques, such as affinity chromatography or immunoprecipitation. An anti-NOVX antibody can facilitate the purification of natural NOVX polypeptide from cells and of recombinantly-produced NOVX polypeptide expressed in host cells. Moreover, an anti-NOVX antibody can be used to detect NOVX protein (e.g., in a cellular lysate or cell supernatant) in order to evaluate the abundance and pattern of expression of the NOVX protein. Anti-NOVX antibodies can be used diagnostically to monitor protein levels in tissue as part of a clinical testing procedure, e.g., to, for example, determine the efficacy of a given treatment regimen. Detection can be facilitated by coupling (i.e., physically linking) the antibody to a detectable substance. Examples of detectable substances include various enzymes, prosthetic groups, fluorescent materials, luminescent materials, bioluminescent materials, and radioactive materials. Examples of suitable enzymes include horseradish peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase, β-galactosidase, or acetylcholinesterase; examples of suitable prosthetic group complexes include streptavidin/biotin and avidin/biotin; examples of suitable fluorescent materials include umbelliferone, fluorescein, fluorescein isothiocyanate, rhodamine, dichlorotriazinylamine fluorescein, dansyl chloride or phycoerythrin; an example of a luminescent material includes luminol; examples of bioluminescent materials include luciferase, luciferin, and aequorin, and examples of suitable radioactive material include 125I, 131I, 35S or 3H.

NOVX Recombinant Expression Vectors and Host Cells

[0147] Another aspect of the invention pertains to vectors, preferably expression vectors, containing a nucleic acid encoding an NOVX protein, or derivatives, fragments, analogs or homologs thereof. As used herein, the term “vector” refers to a nucleic acid molecule capable of transporting another nucleic acid to which it has been linked. One type of vector is a “plasmid”, which refers to a circular double stranded DNA loop into which additional DNA segments can be ligated. Another type of vector is a viral vector, wherein additional DNA segments can be ligated into the viral genome. Certain vectors are capable of autonomous replication in a host cell into which they are introduced (e.g., bacterial vectors having a bacterial origin of replication and episomal mammalian vectors). Other vectors (e.g., non-episomal mammalian vectors) are integrated into the genome of a host cell upon introduction into the host cell, and thereby are replicated along with the host genome. Moreover, certain vectors are capable of directing the expression of genes to which they are operatively-linked. Such vectors are referred to herein as “expression vectors”. In general, expression vectors of utility in recombinant DNA techniques are often in the form of plasmids. In the present specification, “plasmid” and “vector” can be used interchangeably as the plasmid is the most commonly used form of vector. However, the invention is intended to include such other forms of expression vectors, such as viral vectors (e.g., replication defective retroviruses, adenoviruses and adeno-associated viruses), which serve equivalent functions.

[0148] The recombinant expression vectors of the invention comprise a nucleic acid of the invention in a form suitable for expression of the nucleic acid in a host cell, which means that the recombinant expression vectors include one or more regulatory sequences, selected on the basis of the host cells to be used for expression, that is operatively-linked to the nucleic acid sequence to be expressed. Within a recombinant expression vector, “operably-linked” is intended to mean that the nucleotide sequence of interest is linked to the regulatory sequence(s) in a manner that allows for expression of the nucleotide sequence (e.g., in an in vitro transcription/translation system or in a host cell when the vector is introduced into the host cell).

[0149] The term “regulatory sequence” is intended to includes promoters, enhancers and other expression control elements (e.g., polyadenylation signals). Such regulatory sequences are described, for example, in Goeddel, GENE EXPRESSION TECHNOLOGY: METHODS IN ENZYMOLOGY 185, Academic Press, San Diego, Calif. (1990). Regulatory sequences include those that direct constitutive expression of a nucleotide sequence in many types of host cell and those that direct expression of the nucleotide sequence only in certain host cells (e.g., tissue-specific regulatory sequences). It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the design of the expression vector can depend on such factors as the choice of the host cell to be transformed, the level of expression of protein desired, etc. The expression vectors of the invention can be introduced into host cells to thereby produce proteins or peptides, including fusion proteins or peptides, encoded by nucleic acids as described herein (e.g., NOVX proteins, mutant forms of NOVX proteins, fusion proteins, etc.).

[0150] The recombinant expression vectors of the invention can be designed for expression of NOVX proteins in prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells. For example, NOVX proteins can be expressed in bacterial cells such as Escherichia coli, insect cells (using baculovirus expression vectors) yeast cells or mammalian cells. Suitable host cells are discussed further in Goeddel, GENE EXPRESSION TECHNOLOGY: METHODS IN ENZYMOLOGY 185, Academic Press, San Diego, Calif. (1990). Alternatively, the recombinant expression vector can be transcribed and translated in vitro, for example using T7 promoter regulatory sequences and T7 polymerase.

[0151] Expression of proteins in prokaryotes is most often carried out in Escherichia coli with vectors containing constitutive or inducible promoters directing the expression of either fusion or non-fusion proteins. Fusion vectors add a number of amino acids to a protein encoded therein, usually to the amino terminus of the recombinant protein. Such fusion vectors typically serve three purposes: (i) to increase expression of recombinant protein; (ii) to increase the solubility of the recombinant protein; and (iii) to aid in the purification of the recombinant protein by acting as a ligand in affinity purification. Often, in fusion expression vectors, a proteolytic cleavage site is introduced at the junction of the fusion moiety and the recombinant protein to enable separation of the recombinant protein from the fusion moiety subsequent to purification of the fusion protein. Such enzymes, and their cognate recognition sequences, include Factor Xa, thrombin and enterokinase. Typical fusion expression vectors include pGEX (Pharmacia Biotech Inc; Smith and Johnson, 1988. Gene 67: 31-40), pMAL (New England Biolabs, Beverly, Mass.) and pRIT5 (Pharmacia, Piscataway, N.J.) that fuse glutathione S-transferase (GST), maltose E binding protein, or protein A, respectively, to the target recombinant protein.

[0152] Examples of suitable inducible non-fusion E. coli expression vectors include pTrc (Amrann et al., (1988) Gene 69:301-315) and pET 11 d (Studier et al., GENE EXPRESSION TECHNOLOGY: METHODS IN ENZYMOLOGY 185, Academic Press, San Diego, Calif. (1990) 60-89).

[0153] One strategy to maximize recombinant protein expression in E. coli is to express the protein in a host bacteria with an impaired capacity to proteolytically cleave the recombinant protein. See, e.g., Gottesman, GENE EXPRESSION TECHNOLOGY: METHODS IN ENZYMOLOGY 185, Academic Press, San Diego, Calif. (1990) 119-128. Another strategy is to alter the nucleic acid sequence of the nucleic acid to be inserted into an expression vector so that the individual codons for each amino acid are those preferentially utilized in E. coli (see, e.g., Wada, et al., 1992. Nucl. Acids Res. 20:2111-2118). Such alteration of nucleic acid sequences of the invention can be carried out by standard DNA synthesis techniques.

[0154] In another embodiment, the NOVX expression vector is a yeast expression vector. Examples of vectors for expression in yeast Saccharomyces cerivisae include pYepSec1 (Baldari, et al., 1987. EMBO J. 6:229-234), pMFa (Kurjan and Herskowitz, 1982. Cell 30: 933-943), pJRY88 (Schultz et al., 1987. Gene 54: 113-123), pYES2 (Invitrogen Corporation, San Diego, Calif.), and picZ (InVitrogen Corp, San Diego, Calif.).

[0155] Alternatively, NOVX can be expressed in insect cells using baculovirus expression vectors. Baculovirus vectors available for expression of proteins in cultured insect cells (e.g., SF9 cells) include the pAc series (Smith, et al., 1983. Mol. Cell. Biol. 3:2156-2165) and the pVL series (Lucklow and Summers, 1989. Virology 170: 31-39).

[0156] In yet another embodiment, a nucleic acid of the invention is expressed in mammalian cells using a mammalian expression vector. Examples of mammalian expression vectors include pCDM8 (Seed, 1987. Nature 329: 840) and pMT2PC (Kaufman, et al., 1987. EMBO J. 6: 187-195). When used in mammalian cells, the expression vector's control functions are often provided by viral regulatory elements. For example, commonly used promoters are derived from polyoma, adenovirus 2, cytomegalovirus, and simian virus 40. For other suitable expression systems for both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells see, e.g., Chapters 16 and 17 of Sambrook, et al., MOLECULAR CLONING: A LABORATORY MANUAL. 2nd ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 1989.

[0157] In another embodiment, the recombinant mammalian expression vector is capable of directing expression of the nucleic acid preferentially in a particular cell type (e.g., tissue-specific regulatory elements are used to express the nucleic acid). Tissue-specific regulatory elements are known in the art. Non-limiting examples of suitable tissue-specific promoters include the albumin promoter (liver-specific; Pinkert, et al., 1987. Genes Dev. 1:268-277), lymphoid-specific promoters (Calame and Eaton, 1988. Adv. Immunol. 43:235-275), in particular promoters of T cell receptors (Winoto and Baltimore, 1989. EMBO J. 8: 729-733) and immunoglobulins (Banerji, et al., 1983. Cell 33: 729-740; Queen and Baltimore, 1983. Cell 33: 741-748), neuron-specific promoters (e.g., the neurofilament promoter; Byme and Ruddle, 1989. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86: 5473-5477), pancreas-specific promoters (Edlund, et al., 1985. Science 230: 912-916), and mammary gland-specific promoters (e.g., milk whey promoter; U.S. Pat. No. 4,873,316 and European Application Publication No. 264,166). Developmentally-regulated promoters are also encompassed, e.g., the murine hox promoters (Kessel and Gruss, 1990. Science 249: 374-379) and the α-fetoprotein promoter (Campes and Tilghman, 1989. Genes Dev. 3: 537-546).

[0158] The invention further provides a recombinant expression vector comprising a DNA molecule of the invention cloned into the expression vector in an antisense orientation. That is, the DNA molecule is operatively-linked to a regulatory sequence in a manner that allows for expression (by transcription of the DNA molecule) of an RNA molecule that is antisense to NOVX mRNA. Regulatory sequences operatively linked to a nucleic acid cloned in the antisense orientation can be chosen that direct the continuous expression of the antisense RNA molecule in a variety of cell types, for instance viral promoters and/or enhancers, or regulatory sequences can be chosen that direct constitutive, tissue specific or cell type specific expression of antisense RNA. The antisense expression vector can be in the form of a recombinant plasmid, phagemid or attenuated virus in which antisense nucleic acids are produced under the control of a high efficiency regulatory region, the activity of which can be determined by the cell type into which the vector is introduced. For a discussion of the regulation of gene expression using antisense genes see, e.g., Weintraub, et al., “Antisense RNA as a molecular tool for genetic analysis,” Reviews-Trendy in Genetics, Vol. 1(1) 1986.

[0159] Another aspect of the invention pertains to host cells into which a recombinant expression vector of the invention has been introduced. The terms “host cell” and “recombinant host cell” are used interchangeably herein. It is understood that such terms refer not only to the particular subject cell but also to the progeny or potential progeny of such a cell. Because certain modifications may occur in succeeding generations due to either mutation or environmental influences, such progeny may not, in fact, be identical to the parent cell, but are still included within the scope of the term as used herein.

[0160] A host cell can be any prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell. For example, NOVX protein can be expressed in bacterial cells such as E. coli, insect cells, yeast or mammalian cells (such as Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO) or COS cells). Other suitable host cells are known to those skilled in the art.

[0161] Vector DNA can be introduced into prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells via conventional transformation or transfection techniques. As used herein, the terms “transformation” and “transfection” are intended to refer to a variety of art-recognized techniques for introducing foreign nucleic acid (e.g., DNA) into a host cell, including calcium phosphate or calcium chloride co-precipitation, DEAE-dextran-mediated transfection, lipofection, or electroporation. Suitable methods for transforming or transfecting host cells can be found in Sambrook, et al. (MOLECULAR CLONING: A LABORATORY MANUAL. 2nd ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 1989), and other laboratory manuals.

[0162] For stable transfection of mammalian cells, it is known that, depending upon the expression vector and transfection technique used, only a small fraction of cells may integrate the foreign DNA into their genome. In order to identify and select these integrants, a gene that encodes a selectable marker (e.g., resistance to antibiotics) is generally introduced into the host cells along with the gene of interest. Various selectable markers include those that confer resistance to drugs, such as G418, hygromycin and methotrexate. Nucleic acid encoding a selectable marker can be introduced into a host cell on the same vector as that encoding NOVX or can be introduced on a separate vector. Cells stably transfected with the introduced nucleic acid can be identified by drug selection (e.g., cells that have incorporated the selectable marker gene will survive, while the other cells die).

[0163] A host cell of the invention, such as a prokaryotic or eukaryotic host cell in culture, can be used to produce (i.e., express) NOVX protein. Accordingly, the invention further provides methods for producing NOVX protein using the host cells of the invention. In one embodiment, the method comprises culturing the host cell of invention (into which a recombinant expression vector encoding NOVX protein has been introduced) in a suitable medium such that NOVX protein is produced. In another embodiment, the method further comprises isolating NOVX protein from the medium or the host cell.

Transgenic NOVX Animals

[0164] The host cells of the invention can also be used to produce non-human transgenic animals. For example, in one embodiment, a host cell of the invention is a fertilized oocyte or an embryonic stem cell into which NOVX protein-coding sequences have been introduced. Such host cells can then be used to create non-human transgenic animals in which exogenous NOVX sequences have been introduced into their genome or homologous recombinant animals in which endogenous NOVX sequences have been altered. Such animals are useful for studying the function and/or activity of NOVX protein and for identifying and/or evaluating modulators of NOVX protein activity. As used herein, a “transgenic animal” is a non-human animal, preferably a mammal, more preferably a rodent such as a rat or mouse, in which one or more of the cells of the animal includes a transgene. Other examples of transgenic animals include non-human primates, sheep, dogs, cows, goats, chickens, amphibians, etc. A transgene is exogenous DNA that is integrated into the genome of a cell from which a transgenic animal develops and that remains in the genome of the mature animal, thereby directing the expression of an encoded gene product in one or more cell types or tissues of the transgenic animal. As used herein, a “homologous recombinant animal” is a non-human animal, preferably a mammal, more preferably a mouse, in which an endogenous NOVX gene has been altered by homologous recombination between the endogenous gene and an exogenous DNA molecule introduced into a cell of the animal, e.g., an embryonic cell of the animal, prior to development of the animal.

[0165] A transgenic animal of the invention can be created by introducing NOVX-encoding nucleic acid into the male pronuclei of a fertilized oocyte (e.g., by microinjection, retroviral infection) and allowing the oocyte to develop in a pseudopregnant female foster animal. The human NOVX cDNA sequences SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, can be introduced as a transgene into the genome of a non-human animal. Alternatively, a non-human homologue of the human NOVX gene, such as a mouse NOVX gene, can be isolated based on hybridization to the human NOVX cDNA (described further supra) and used as a transgene. Intronic sequences and polyadenylation signals can also be included in the transgene to increase the efficiency of expression of the transgene. A tissue-specific regulatory sequence(s) can be operably-linked to the NOVX transgene to direct expression of NOVX protein to particular cells. Methods for generating transgenic animals via embryo manipulation and microinjection, particularly animals such as mice, have become conventional in the art and are described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,736,866; 4,870,009; and 4,873,191; and Hogan, 1986. In: MANIPULATING THE MOUSE EMBRYO, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. Similar methods are used for production of other transgenic animals. A transgenic founder animal can be identified based upon the presence of the NOVX transgene in its genome and/or expression of NOVX mRNA in tissues or cells of the animals. A transgenic founder animal can then be used to breed additional animals carrying the transgene. Moreover, transgenic animals carrying a transgene-encoding NOVX protein can further be bred to other transgenic animals carrying other transgenes.

[0166] To create a homologous recombinant animal, a vector is prepared which contains at least a portion of an NOVX gene into which a deletion, addition or substitution has been introduced to thereby alter, e.g., functionally disrupt, the NOVX gene. The NOVX gene can be a human gene (e.g., the cDNA of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42), but more preferably, is a non-human homologue of a human NOVX gene. For example, a mouse homologue of human NOVX gene of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, can be used to construct a homologous recombination vector suitable for altering an endogenous NOVX gene in the mouse genome. In one embodiment, the vector is designed such that, upon homologous recombination, the endogenous NOVX gene is functionally disrupted (i.e., no longer encodes a functional protein; also referred to as a “knock out” vector).

[0167] Alternatively, the vector can be designed such that, upon homologous recombination, the endogenous NOVX gene is mutated or otherwise altered but still encodes functional protein (e.g., the upstream regulatory region can be altered to thereby alter the expression of the endogenous NOVX protein). In the homologous recombination vector, the altered portion of the NOVX gene is flanked at its 5′- and 3′-termini by additional nucleic acid of the NOVX gene to allow for homologous recombination to occur between the exogenous NOVX gene carried by the vector and an endogenous NOVX gene in an embryonic stem cell. The additional flanking NOVX nucleic acid is of sufficient length for successful homologous recombination with the endogenous gene. Typically, several kilobases of flanking DNA (both at the 5′- and 3′-termini) are included in the vector. See, e.g., Thomas, et al., 1987. Cell 51: 503 for a description of homologous recombination vectors. The vector is ten introduced into an embryonic stem cell line (e.g., by electroporation) and cells in which the introduced NOVX gene has homologously-recombined with the endogenous NOVX gene are selected. See, e.g., Li, et al., 1992. Cell 69: 915.

[0168] The selected cells are then injected into a blastocyst of an animal (e.g., a mouse) to form aggregation chimeras. See, e.g., Bradley, 1987. In: TERATOCARCINOMAS AND EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS: A PRACTICAL APPROACH, Robertson, ed. IRL, Oxford, pp. 113-152. A chimeric embryo can then be implanted into a suitable pseudopregnant female foster animal and the embryo brought to term. Progeny harboring the homologously-recombined DNA in their germ cells can be used to breed animals in which all cells of the animal contain the homologously-recombined DNA by germline transmission of the transgene. Methods for constructing homologous recombination vectors and homologous recombinant animals are described further in Bradley, 1991. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 2: 823-829; PCT International Publication Nos.: WO 90/11354; WO 91/01140; WO 92/0968; and WO 93/04169.

[0169] In another embodiment, transgenic non-humans animals can be produced that contain selected systems that allow for regulated expression of the transgene. One example of such a system is the cre/loxP recombinase system of bacteriophage P1. For a description of the cre/loxP recombinase system, See, e.g., Lakso, et al., 1992. Proc. Nail. Acad Sci. USA 89: 6232-6236. Another example of a recombinase system is the FLP recombinase system of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. See, O'Gorman, et al., 1991. Science 251:1351-1355. If a cre/loxP recombinase system is used to regulate expression of the transgene, animals containing transgenes encoding both the Cre recombinase and a selected protein are required. Such animals can be provided through the construction of “double” transgenic animals, e.g., by mating two transgenic animals, one containing a transgene encoding a selected protein and the other containing a transgene encoding a recombinase.

[0170] Clones of the non-human transgenic animals described herein can also be produced according to the methods described in Wilmut, et al., 1997. Nature 385: 810-813. In brief, a cell (e.g., a somatic cell) from the transgenic animal can be isolated and induced to exit the growth cycle and enter G0 phase. The quiescent cell can then be fused, e.g., through the use of electrical pulses, to an enucleated oocyte from an animal of the same species from which the quiescent cell is isolated. The reconstructed oocyte is then cultured such that it develops to morula or blastocyte and then transferred to pseudopregnant female foster animal. The offspring borne of this female foster animal will be a clone of the animal from which the cell (e.g., the somatic cell) is isolated.

Pharmaceutical Compositions

[0171] The NOVX nucleic acid molecules, NOVX proteins, and anti-NOVX antibodies (also referred to herein as “active compounds”) of the invention, and derivatives, fragments, analogs and homologs thereof, can be incorporated into pharmaceutical compositions suitable for administration. Such compositions typically comprise the nucleic acid molecule, protein, or antibody and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. As used herein, “pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” is intended to include any and all solvents, dispersion media, coatings, antibacterial and antifungal agents, isotonic and absorption delaying agents, and the like, compatible with pharmaceutical administration. Suitable carriers are described in the most recent edition of Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, a standard reference text in the field, which is incorporated herein by reference. Preferred examples of such carriers or diluents include, but are not limited to, water, saline, finger's solutions, dextrose solution, and 5% human serum albumin. Liposomes and non-aqueous vehicles such as fixed oils may also be used. The use of such media and agents for pharmaceutically active substances is well known in the art. Except insofar as any conventional media or agent is incompatible with the active compound, use thereof in the compositions is contemplated. Supplementary active compounds can also be incorporated into the compositions.

[0172] A pharmaceutical composition of the invention is formulated to be compatible with its intended route of administration. Examples of routes of administration include parenteral, e.g., intravenous, intradermal, subcutaneous, oral (e.g., inhalation), transdermal (i.e., topical), transmucosal, and rectal administration. Solutions or suspensions used for parenteral, intradermal, or subcutaneous application can include the following components: a sterile diluent such as water for injection, saline solution, fixed oils, polyethylene glycols, glycerine, propylene glycol or other synthetic solvents; antibacterial agents such as benzyl alcohol or methyl parabens; antioxidants such as ascorbic acid or sodium bisulfite; chelating agents such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA); buffers such as acetates, citrates or phosphates, and agents for the adjustment of tonicity such as sodium chloride or dextrose. The pH can be adjusted with acids or bases, such as hydrochloric acid or sodium hydroxide. The parenteral preparation can be enclosed in ampoules, disposable syringes or multiple dose vials made of glass or plastic.

[0173] Pharmaceutical compositions suitable for injectable use include sterile aqueous solutions (where water soluble) or dispersions and sterile powders for the extemporaneous preparation of sterile injectable solutions or dispersion. For intravenous administration, suitable carriers include physiological saline, bacteriostatic water, Cremophor EL™ (BASF, Parsippany, N.J.) or phosphate buffered saline (PBS). In all cases, the composition must be sterile and should be fluid to the extent that easy syringeability exists. It must be stable under the conditions of manufacture and storage and must be preserved against the contaminating action of microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi. The carrier can be a solvent or dispersion medium containing, for example, water, ethanol, polyol (for example, glycerol, propylene glycol, and liquid polyethylene glycol, and the like), and suitable mixtures thereof. The proper fluidity can be maintained, for example, by the use of a coating such as lecithin, by the maintenance of the required particle size in the case of dispersion and by the use of surfactants. Prevention of the action of microorganisms can be achieved by various antibacterial and antifungal agents, for example, parabens, chlorobutanol, phenol, ascorbic acid, thimerosal, and the like. In many cases, it will be preferable to include isotonic agents, for example, sugars, polyalcohols such as manitol, sorbitol, sodium chloride in the composition. Prolonged absorption of the injectable compositions can be brought about by including in the composition an agent which delays absorption, for example, aluminum monostearate and gelatin.

[0174] Sterile injectable solutions can be prepared by incorporating the active compound (e.g., an NOVX protein or anti-NOVX antibody) in the required amount in an appropriate solvent with one or a combination of ingredients enumerated above, as required, followed by filtered sterilization. Generally, dispersions are prepared by incorporating the active compound into a sterile vehicle that contains a basic dispersion medium and the required other ingredients from those enumerated above. In the case of sterile powders for the preparation of sterile injectable solutions, methods of preparation are vacuum drying and freeze-drying that yields a powder of the active ingredient plus any additional desired ingredient from a previously sterile-filtered solution thereof.

[0175] Oral compositions generally include an inert diluent or an edible carrier. They can be enclosed in gelatin capsules or compressed into tablets. For the purpose of oral therapeutic administration, the active compound can be incorporated with excipients and used in the form of tablets, troches, or capsules. Oral compositions can also be prepared using a fluid carrier for use as a mouthwash, wherein the compound in the fluid carrier is applied orally and swished and expectorated or swallowed. Pharmaceutically compatible binding agents, and/or adjuvant materials can be included as part of the composition. The tablets, pills, capsules, troches and the like can contain any of the following ingredients, or compounds of a similar nature: a binder such as microcrystalline cellulose, gum tragacanth or gelatin; an excipient such as starch or lactose, a disintegrating agent such as alginic,acid, Primogel, or corn starch; a lubricant such as magnesium stearate or Sterotes; a glidant such as colloidal silicon dioxide; a sweetening agent such as sucrose or saccharin; or a flavoring agent such as peppermint, methyl salicylate, or orange flavoring.

[0176] For administration by inhalation, the compounds are delivered in the form of an aerosol spray from pressured container or dispenser which contains a suitable propellant, e.g., a gas such as carbon dioxide, or a nebulizer.

[0177] Systemic administration can also be by transmucosal or transdermal means. For transmucosal or transdermal administration, penetrants appropriate to the barrier to be permeated are used in the formulation. Such penetrants are generally known in the art, and include, for example, for transmucosal administration, detergents, bile salts, and fusidic acid derivatives. Transmucosal administration can be accomplished through the use of nasal sprays or suppositories. For transdermal administration, the active compounds are formulated into ointments, salves, gels, or creams as generally known in the art.

[0178] The compounds can also be prepared in the form of suppositories (e.g., with conventional suppository bases such as cocoa butter and other glycerides) or retention enemas for rectal delivery.

[0179] In one embodiment, the active compounds are prepared with carriers that will protect the compound against rapid elimination from the body, such as a controlled release formulation, including implants and microencapsulated delivery systems. Biodegradable, biocompatible polymers can be used, such as ethylene vinyl acetate, polyanhydrides, polyglycolic acid, collagen, polyorthoesters, and polylactic acid. Methods for preparation of such formulations will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The materials can also be obtained commercially from Alza Corporation and Nova Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Liposomal suspensions (including liposomes targeted to infected cells with monoclonal antibodies to viral antigens) can also be used as pharmaceutically acceptable carriers. These can be prepared according to methods known to those skilled in the art, for example, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,522,811.

[0180] It is especially advantageous to formulate oral or parenteral compositions in dosage unit form for ease of administration and uniformity of dosage. Dosage unit form as used herein refers to physically discrete units suited as unitary dosages for the subject to be treated; each unit containing a predetermined quantity of active compound calculated to produce the desired therapeutic effect in association with the required pharmaceutical carrier. The specification for the dosage unit forms of the invention are dictated by and directly dependent on the unique characteristics of the active compound and the particular therapeutic effect to be achieved, and the limitations inherent in the art of compounding such an active compound for the treatment of individuals.

[0181] The nucleic acid molecules of the invention can be inserted into vectors and used as gene therapy vectors. Gene therapy vectors can be delivered to a subject by, for example, intravenous injection, local administration (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,328,470) or by stereotactic injection (see, e.g., Chen, et al., 1994. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91: 3054-3057). The pharmaceutical preparation of the gene therapy vector can include the gene therapy vector in an acceptable diluent, or can comprise a slow release matrix in which the gene delivery vehicle is imbedded. Alternatively, where the complete gene delivery vector can be produced intact from recombinant cells, e.g., retroviral vectors, the pharmaceutical preparation can include one or more cells that produce the gene delivery system.

[0182] The pharmaceutical compositions can be included in a container, pack, or dispenser together with instructions for administration.

Screening and Detection Methods

[0183] The isolated nucleic acid molecules of the invention can be used to express NOVX protein (e.g., via a recombinant expression vector in a host cell in gene therapy applications), to detect NOVX mRNA (e.g., in a biological sample) or a genetic lesion in an NOVX gene, and to modulate NOVX activity, as described further, below. In addition, the NOVX proteins can be used to screen drugs or compounds that modulate the NOVX protein activity or expression as well as to treat disorders characterized by insufficient or excessive production of NOVX protein or production of NOVX protein forms that have decreased or aberrant activity compared to NOVX wild-type protein (e.g.; diabetes (regulates insulin release); obesity (binds and transport lipids); metabolic disturbances associated with obesity, the metabolic syndrome X as well as anorexia and wasting disorders associated with chronic diseases and various cancers, and infectious disease(possesses anti-microbial activity) and the various dyslipidemias. In addition, the anti-NOVX antibodies of the invention can be used to detect and isolate NOVX proteins and modulate NOVX activity. In yet a further aspect, the invention can be used in methods to influence appetite, absorption of nutrients and the disposition of metabolic substrates in both a positive and negative fashion.

[0184] The invention further pertains to novel agents identified by the screening assays described herein and uses thereof for treatments as described, supra.

Screening Assays

[0185] The invention provides a method (also referred to herein as a “screening assay”) for identifying modulators, i.e., candidate or test compounds or agents (e.g., peptides, peptidomimetics, small molecules or other drugs) that bind to NOVX proteins or have a stimulatory or inhibitory effect on, e.g., NOVX protein expression or NOVX protein activity. The invention also includes compounds identified in the screening assays described herein.

[0186] In one embodiment, the invention provides assays for screening candidate or test compounds which bind to or modulate the activity of the membrane-bound form of an NOVX protein or polypeptide or biologically-active portion thereof. The test compounds of the invention can be obtained using any of the numerous approaches in combinatorial library methods known in the art, including: biological libraries; spatially addressable parallel solid phase or solution phase libraries; synthetic library methods requiring deconvolution; the “one-bead one-compound” library method; and synthetic library methods using affinity chromatography selection. The biological library approach is limited to peptide libraries, while the other four approaches are applicable to peptide, non-peptide oligomer or small molecule libraries of compounds. See, e.g., Lam, 1997. Anticancer Drug Design 12: 145.

[0187] A “small molecule” as used herein, is meant to refer to a composition that has a molecular weight of less than about 5 kD and most preferably less than about 4 kD. Small molecules can be, e.g., nucleic acids, peptides, polypeptides, peptidomimetics, carbohydrates, lipids or other organic or inorganic molecules. Libraries of chemical and/or biological mixtures, such as fungal, bacterial, or algal extracts, are known in the art and can be screened with any of the assays of the invention.

[0188] Examples of methods for the synthesis of molecular libraries can be found in the art, for example in: DeWitt, et al., 1993. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 90: 6909; Erb, et al., 1994. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91: 11422; Zuckermann, et al., 1994. J. Med. Chem. 37:2678; Cho, et al., 1993. Science 261: 1303; Carrell, et al., 1994. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 33:2059; Carell, et al., 1994. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 33:2061; and Gallop, et al., 1994. J. Med. Chem. 37: 1233.

[0189] Libraries of compounds may be presented in solution (e.g., Houghten, 1992. Biotechniques 13: 412-421), or on beads (Lam, 1991. Nature 354: 82-84), on chips (Fodor, 1993. Nature 364: 555-556), bacteria (Ladner, U.S. Pat. No. 5,223,409), spores (Ladner, U.S. Pat. No. 5,233,409), plasmids (Cull, et al., 1992. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89: 1865-1869) or on phage (Scott and Smith, 1990. Science 249: 386-390; Devlin, 1990. Science 249: 404-406; Cwirla, et al., 1990. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 87: 6378-6382; Felici, 1991. J. Mol. Biol. 222: 301-310; Ladner, U.S. Pat. No. 5,233,409.).

[0190] In one embodiment, an assay is a cell-based assay in which a cell which expresses a membrane-bound form of NOVX protein, or a biologically-active portion thereof, on the cell surface is contacted with a test compound and the ability of the test compound to bind to an NOVX protein determined. The cell, for example, can of mammalian origin or a yeast cell. Determining the ability of the test compound to bind to the NOVX protein can be accomplished, for example, by coupling the test compound with a radioisotope or enzymatic label such that binding of the test compound to the NOVX protein or biologically-active portion thereof can be determined by detecting the labeled compound in a complex. For example, test compounds can be labeled with 125I, 35S, 14C, or 3H, either directly or indirectly, and the radioisotope detected by direct counting of radioemission or by scintillation counting. Alternatively, test compounds can be enzymatically-labeled with, for example, horseradish peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase, or luciferase, and the enzymatic label detected by determination of conversion of an appropriate substrate to product. In one embodiment, the assay comprises contacting a cell which expresses a membrane-bound form of NOVX protein, or a biologically-active portion thereof, on the cell surface with a known compound which binds NOVX to form an assay mixture, contacting the assay mixture with a test compound, and determining the ability of the test compound to interact with an NOVX protein, wherein determining the ability of the test compound to interact with an NOVX protein comprises determining the ability of the test compound to preferentially bind to NOVX protein or a biologically-active portion thereof as compared to the known compound.

[0191] In another embodiment, an assay is a cell-based assay comprising contacting a cell expressing a membrane-bound form of NOVX protein, or a biologically-active portion thereof, on the cell surface with a test compound and determining the ability of the test compound to modulate (e.g., stimulate or inhibit) the activity of the NOVX protein or biologically-active portion thereof. Determining the ability of the test compound to modulate the activity of NOVX or a biologically-active portion thereof can be accomplished, for example, by determining the ability of the NOVX protein to bind to or interact with an NOVX target molecule. As used herein, a “target molecule” is a molecule with which an NOVX protein binds or interacts in nature, for example, a molecule on the surface of a cell which expresses an NOVX interacting protein, a molecule on the surface of a second cell, a molecule in the extracellular milieu, a molecule associated with the internal surface of a cell membrane or a cytoplasmic molecule. An NOVX target molecule can be a non-NOVX molecule or an NOVX protein or polypeptide of the invention. In one embodiment, an NOVX target molecule is a component of a signal transduction pathway that facilitates transduction of an extracellular signal (e.g. a signal generated by binding of a compound to a membrane-bound NOVX molecule) through the cell membrane and into the cell. The target, for example, can be a second intercellular protein that has catalytic activity or a protein that facilitates the association of downstream signaling molecules with NOVX.

[0192] Determining the ability of the NOVX protein to bind to or interact with an NOVX target molecule can be accomplished by one of the methods described above for determining direct binding. In one embodiment, determining the ability of the NOVX protein to bind to or interact with an NOVX target molecule can be accomplished by determining the activity of the target molecule. For example, the activity of the target molecule can be determined by detecting induction of a cellular second messenger of the target (i.e. intracellular Ca2+, diacylglycerol, IP3, etc.), detecting catalytic/enzymatic activity of the target an appropriate substrate, detecting the induction of a reporter gene (comprising an NOVX-responsive regulatory element operatively linked to a nucleic acid encoding a detectable marker, e.g., luciferase), or detecting a cellular response, for example, cell survival, cellular differentiation, or cell proliferation.

[0193] In yet another embodiment, an assay of the invention is a cell-free assay comprising contacting an NOVX protein or biologically-active portion thereof with a test compound and determining the ability of the test compound to bind to the NOVX protein or biologically-active portion thereof. Binding of the test compound to the NOVX protein can be determined either directly or indirectly as described above. In one such embodiment, the assay comprises contacting the NOVX protein or biologically-active portion thereof with a known compound which binds NOVX to form an assay mixture, contacting the assay mixture with a test compound, and determining the ability of the test compound to interact with an NOVX protein, wherein determining the ability of the test compound to interact with an NOVX protein comprises determining the ability of the test compound to preferentially bind to NOVX or biologically-active portion thereof as compared to the known compound.

[0194] In still another embodiment, an assay is a cell-free assay comprising contacting NOVX protein or biologically-active portion thereof with a test compound and determining the ability of the test compound to modulate (e.g. stimulate or inhibit) the activity of the NOVX protein or biologically-active portion thereof. Determining the ability of the test compound to modulate the activity of NOVX can be accomplished, for example, by determining the ability of the NOVX protein to bind to an NOVX target molecule by one of the methods described above for determining direct binding. In an alternative embodiment, determining the ability of the test compound to modulate the activity of NOVX protein can be accomplished by determining the ability of the NOVX protein further modulate an NOVX target molecule. For example, the catalytic/enzymatic activity of the target molecule on an appropriate substrate can be determined as described, supra.

[0195] In yet another embodiment, the cell-free assay comprises contacting the NOVX protein or biologically-active portion thereof with a known compound which binds NOVX protein to form an assay mixture, contacting the assay mixture with a test compound, and determining the ability of the test compound to interact with an NOVX protein, wherein determining the ability of the test compound to interact with an NOVX protein comprises determining the ability of the NOVX protein to preferentially bind to or modulate the activity of an NOVX target molecule.

[0196] The cell-free assays of the invention are amenable to use of both the soluble form or the membrane-bound form of NOVX protein. In the case of cell-free assays comprising the membrane-bound form of NOVX protein, it may be desirable to utilize a solubilizing agent such that the membrane-bound form of NOVX protein is maintained in solution. Examples of such solubilizing agents include non-ionic detergents such as n-octylglucoside, n-dodecylglucoside, n-dodecylmaltoside, octanoyl-N-methylglucamide, Triton® X-114, Thesit®, decanoyl-N-methylglucamide, Triton® X-100, Isotridecypoly(ethylene glycol ether)n, N-dodecyl-N,N-dimethyl-3-ammonio-1-propane sulfonate, 3-(3-cholamidopropyl) dimethylamminiol-1-propane sulfonate (CHAPS), or 3-(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylamminiol-2-hydroxy-1-propane sulfonate (CHAPSO).

[0197] In more than one embodiment of the above assay methods of the invention, it may be desirable to immobilize either NOVX protein or its target molecule to facilitate separation of complexed from uncomplexed forms of one or both of the proteins, as well as to accommodate automation of the assay. Binding of a test compound to NOVX protein, or interaction of NOVX protein with a target molecule in the presence and absence of a candidate compound, can be accomplished in any vessel suitable for containing the reactants. Examples of such vessels include microtiter plates, test tubes, and micro-centrifuge tubes. In one embodiment, a fusion protein can be provided that adds a domain that allows one or both of the proteins to be bound to a matrix. For example, GST-NOVX fusion proteins or GST-target fusion proteins can be adsorbed onto glutathione sepharose beads (Sigma Chemical, St. Louis, Mo.) or glutathione derivatized microtiter plates, that are then combined with the test compound or the test compound and either the non-adsorbed target protein or NOVX protein, and the mixture is incubated under conditions conducive to complex formation (e.g., at physiological conditions for salt and pH). Following incubation, the beads or microtiter plate wells are washed to remove any unbound components, the matrix immobilized in the case of beads, complex determined either directly or indirectly, for example, as described, supra. Alternatively, the complexes can be dissociated from the matrix, and the level of NOVX protein binding or activity determined using standard techniques.

[0198] Other techniques for immobilizing proteins on matrices can also be used in the screening assays of the invention. For example, either the NOVX protein or its target molecule can be immobilized utilizing conjugation of biotin and streptavidin. Biotinylated NOVX protein or target molecules can be prepared from biotin-NHS (N-hydroxy-succinimide) using techniques well-known within the art (e.g., biotinylation kit, Pierce Chemicals, Rockford, Ill.), and immobilized in the wells of streptavidin-coated 96 well plates (Pierce Chemical). Alternatively, antibodies reactive with NOVX protein or target molecules, but which do not interfere with binding of the NOVX protein to its target molecule, can be derivatized to the wells of the plate, and unbound target or NOVX protein trapped in the wells by antibody conjugation. Methods for detecting such complexes, in addition to those described above for the GST-immobilized complexes, include immunodetection of complexes using antibodies reactive with the NOVX protein or target molecule, as well as enzyme-linked assays that rely on detecting an enzymatic activity associated with the NOVX protein or target molecule.

[0199] In another embodiment, modulators of NOVX protein expression are identified in a method wherein a cell is contacted with a candidate compound and the expression of NOVX mRNA or protein in the cell is determined. The level of expression of NOVX mRNA or protein in the presence of the candidate compound is compared to the level of expression of NOVX mRNA or protein in the absence of the candidate compound. The candidate compound can then be identified as a modulator of NOVX mRNA or protein expression based upon this comparison. For example, when expression of NOVX mRNA or protein is greater (i.e., statistically significantly greater) in the presence of the candidate compound than in its absence, the candidate compound is identified as a stimulator of NOVX mRNA or protein expression. Alternatively, when expression of NOVX mRNA or protein is less (statistically significantly less) in the presence of the candidate compound than in its absence, the candidate compound is identified as an inhibitor of NOVX mRNA or protein expression. The level of NOVX mRNA or protein expression in the cells can be determined by methods described herein for detecting NOVX mRNA or protein.

[0200] In yet another aspect of the invention, the NOVX proteins can be used as “bait proteins” in a two-hybrid assay or three hybrid assay (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,283,317; Zervos, et al., 1993. Cell 72:223-232; Madura, et al., 1993. J. Biol. Chem. 268: 12046-12054; Bartel, et al., 1993. Biotechniques 14: 920-924; Iwabuchi, et al., 1993. Oncogene 8: 1693-1696; and Brent WO 94/10300), to identify other proteins that bind to or interact with NOVX (“NOVX-binding proteins” or “NOVX-bp”) and modulate NOVX activity. Such NOVX-binding proteins are also likely to be involved in the propagation of signals by the NOVX proteins as, for example, upstream or downstream elements of the NOVX pathway.

[0201] The two-hybrid system is based on the modular nature of most transcription factors, which consist of separable DNA-binding and activation domains. Briefly, the assay utilizes two different DNA constructs. In one construct, the gene that codes for NOVX is fused to a gene encoding the DNA binding domain of a known transcription factor (e.g., GAL-4). In the other construct, a DNA sequence, from a library of DNA sequences, that encodes an unidentified protein (“prey” or “sample”) is fused to a gene that codes for the activation domain of the known transcription factor. If the “bait” and the “prey” proteins are able to interact, in vivo, forming an NOVX-dependent complex, the DNA-binding and activation domains of the transcription factor are brought into close proximity. This proximity allows transcription of a reporter gene (e.g., LacZ) that is operably linked to a transcriptional regulatory site responsive to the transcription factor. Expression of the reporter gene can be detected and cell colonies containing the functional transcription factor can be isolated and used to obtain the cloned gene that encodes the protein which interacts with NOVX.

[0202] The invention further pertains to novel agents identified by the aforementioned screening assays and uses thereof for treatments as described herein.

Detection Assays

[0203] Portions or fragments of the cDNA sequences identified herein (and the corresponding complete gene sequences) can be used in numerous ways as polynucleotide reagents. By way of example, and not of limitation, these sequences can be used to: (i) map their respective genes on a chromosome; and, thus, locate gene regions associated with genetic disease; (ii) identify an individual from a minute biological sample (tissue typing); and (iii) aid in forensic identification of a biological sample. Some of these applications are described in the subsections, below.

Chromosome Mapping

[0204] Once the sequence (or a portion of the sequence) of a gene has been isolated, this sequence can be used to map the location of the gene on a chromosome. This process is called chromosome mapping. Accordingly, portions or fragments of the NOVX sequences, SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, or fragments or derivatives thereof, can be used to map the location of the NOVX genes, respectively, on a chromosome. The mapping of the NOVX sequences to chromosomes is an important first step in correlating these sequences with genes associated with disease.

[0205] Briefly, NOVX genes can be mapped to chromosomes by preparing PCR primers (preferably 15-25 bp in length) from the NOVX sequences. Computer analysis of the NOVX, sequences can be used to rapidly select primers that do not span more than one exon in the genomic DNA, thus complicating the amplification process. These primers can then be used for PCR screening of somatic cell hybrids containing individual human chromosomes. Only those hybrids containing the human gene corresponding to the NOVX sequences will yield an amplified fragment.

[0206] Somatic cell hybrids are prepared by fusing somatic cells from different mammals (e.g., human and mouse cells). As hybrids of human and mouse cells grow and divide, they gradually lose human chromosomes in random order, but retain the mouse chromosomes. By using media in which mouse cells cannot grow, because they lack a particular enzyme, but in which human cells can, the one human chromosome that contains the gene encoding the needed enzyme will be retained. By using various media, panels of hybrid cell lines can be established. Each cell line in a panel contains either a single human chromosome or a small number of human chromosomes, and a full set of mouse chromosomes, allowing easy mapping of individual genes to specific human chromosomes. See, e.g., D'Eustachio, et al., 1983. Science 220: 919-924. Somatic cell hybrids containing only fragments of human chromosomes can also be produced by using human chromosomes with translocations and deletions.

[0207] PCR mapping of somatic cell hybrids is a rapid procedure for assigning a particular sequence to a particular chromosome. Three or more sequences can be assigned per day using a single thermal cycler. Using the NOVX sequences to design oligonucleotide primers, sub-localization can be achieved with panels of fragments from specific chromosomes.

[0208] Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) of a DNA sequence to a metaphase chromosomal spread can further be used to provide a precise chromosomal location in one step. Chromosome spreads can be made using cells whose division has been blocked in metaphase by a chemical like colcemid that disrupts the mitotic spindle. The chromosomes can be treated briefly with trypsin, and then stained with Giemsa. A pattern of light and dark bands develops on each chromosome, so that the chromosomes can be identified individually. The FISH technique can be used with a DNA sequence as short as 500 or 600 bases. However, clones larger than 1,000 bases have a higher likelihood of binding to a unique chromosomal location with sufficient signal intensity for simple detection. Preferably 1,000 bases, and more preferably 2,000 bases, will suffice to get good results at a reasonable amount of time. For a review of this technique, see, Verma, et al., HUMAN CHROMOSOMES: A MANUAL OF BASIC TECHNIQUES (Pergamon Press, New York 1988).

[0209] Reagents for chromosome mapping can be used individually to mark a single chromosome or a single site on that chromosome, or panels of reagents can be used for marking multiple sites and/or multiple chromosomes. Reagents corresponding to noncoding regions of the genes actually are preferred for mapping purposes. Coding sequences are more likely to be conserved within gene families, thus increasing the chance of cross hybridizations during chromosomal mapping.

[0210] Once a sequence has been mapped to a precise chromosomal location, the physical position of the sequence on the chromosome can be correlated with genetic map data. Such data are found, e.g., in McKusick, MENDELIAN INHERITANCE IN MAN, available on-line through Johns Hopkins University Welch Medical Library). The relationship between genes and disease, mapped to the same chromosomal region, can then be identified through linkage analysis (co-inheritance of physically adjacent genes), described in, e.g., Egeland, et al., 1987. Nature, 325: 783-787.

[0211] Moreover, differences in the DNA sequences between individuals affected and unaffected with a disease associated with the NOVX gene, can be determined. If a mutation is observed in some or all of the affected individuals but not in any unaffected individuals, then the mutation is likely to be the causative agent of the particular disease. Comparison of affected and unaffected individuals generally involves first looking for structural alterations in the chromosomes, such as deletions or translocations that are visible from chromosome spreads or detectable using PCR based on that DNA sequence. Ultimately, complete sequencing of genes from several individuals can be performed to confirm the presence of a mutation and to distinguish mutations from polymorphisms.

Tissue Typing

[0212] The NOVX sequences of the invention can also be used to identify individuals from minute biological samples. In this technique, an individual's genomic DNA is digested with one or more restriction enzymes, and probed on a Southern blot to yield unique bands for identification. The sequences of the invention are useful as additional DNA markers for RFLP (“restriction fragment length polymorphisms,” described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,272,057).

[0213] Furthermore, the sequences of the invention can be used to provide an alternative technique that determines the actual base-by-base DNA sequence of selected portions of an individual's genome. Thus, the NOVX sequences described herein can be used to prepare two PCR primers from the 5′- and 3′-termini of the sequences. These primers can then be used to amplify an individual's DNA and subsequently sequence it.

[0214] Panels of corresponding DNA sequences from individuals, prepared in this manner, can provide unique individual identifications, as each individual will have a unique set of such DNA sequences due to allelic differences. The sequences of the invention can be used to obtain such identification sequences from individuals and from tissue. The NOVX sequences of the invention uniquely represent portions of the human genome. Allelic variation occurs to some degree in the coding regions of these sequences, and to a greater degree in the noncoding regions. It is estimated that allelic variation between individual humans occurs with a frequency of about once per each 500 bases. Much of the allelic variation is due to single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which include restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs).

[0215] Each of the sequences described herein can, to some degree, be used as a standard against which DNA from an individual can be compared for identification purposes. Because greater numbers of polymorphisms occur in the noncoding regions, fewer sequences are necessary to differentiate individuals. The noncoding sequences can comfortably provide positive individual identification with a panel of perhaps 10 to 1,000 primers that each yield a noncoding amplified sequence of 100 bases. If predicted coding sequences, such as those in SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, are used, a more appropriate number of primers for positive individual identification would be 500-2,000.

Predictive Medicine

[0216] The invention also pertains to the field of predictive medicine in which diagnostic assays, prognostic assays, pharmacogenomics, and monitoring clinical trials are used for prognostic (predictive) purposes to thereby treat an individual prophylactically. Accordingly, one aspect of the invention relates to diagnostic assays for determining NOVX protein and/or nucleic acid expression as well as NOVX activity, in the context of a biological sample (e.g., blood, serum, cells, tissue) to thereby determine whether an individual is afflicted with a disease or disorder, or is at risk of developing a disorder, associated with aberrant NOVX expression or activity. The disorders include metabolic disorders, diabetes, obesity, infectious disease, anorexia, cancer-associated cachexia, cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disorder, immune disorders, and hematopoietic disorders, and the various dyslipidemias, metabolic disturbances associated with obesity, the metabolic syndrome X and wasting disorders associated with chronic diseases and various cancers. The invention also provides for prognostic (or predictive) assays for determining whether an individual is at risk of developing a disorder associated with NOVX protein, nucleic acid expression or activity. For example, mutations in an NOVX gene can be assayed in a biological sample. Such assays can be used for prognostic or predictive purpose to thereby prophylactically treat an individual prior to the onset of a disorder characterized by or associated with NOVX protein, nucleic acid expression, or biological activity.

[0217] Another aspect of the invention provides methods for determining NOVX protein, nucleic acid expression or activity in an individual to thereby select appropriate therapeutic or prophylactic agents for that individual (referred to herein as “pharmacogenomics”). Pharmacogenomics allows for the selection of agents (e.g., drugs) for therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of an individual based on the genotype of the individual (e.g., the genotype of the individual examined to determine the ability of the individual to respond to a particular agent.)

[0218] Yet another aspect of the invention pertains to monitoring the influence of agents (e.g., drugs, compounds) on the expression or activity of NOVX in clinical trials.

[0219] These and other agents are described in further detail in the following sections.

Diagnostic Assays

[0220] An exemplary method for detecting the presence or absence of NOVX in a biological sample involves obtaining a biological sample from a test subject and contacting the biological sample with a compound or an agent capable of detecting NOVX protein or nucleic acid (e.g., mRNA, genomic DNA) that encodes NOVX protein such that the presence of NOVX is detected in the biological sample. An agent for detecting NOVX mRNA or genomic DNA is a labeled nucleic acid probe capable of hybridizing to NOVX mRNA or genomic DNA. The nucleic acid probe can be, for example, a full-length NOVX nucleic acid, such as the nucleic acid of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, or a portion thereof, such as an oligonucleotide of at least 15, 30, 50, 100, 250 or 500 nucleotides in length and sufficient to specifically hybridize under stringent conditions to NOVX mRNA or genomic DNA. Other suitable probes for use in the diagnostic assays of the invention are described herein.

[0221] An agent for detecting NOVX protein is an antibody capable of binding to NOVX protein, preferably an antibody with a detectable label. Antibodies can be polyclonal, or more preferably, monoclonal. An intact antibody, or a fragment thereof (e.g., Fab or F(ab′)2) can be used. The term “labeled”, with regard to the probe or antibody, is intended to encompass direct labeling of the probe or antibody by coupling (i.e., physically linking) a detectable substance to the probe or antibody, as well as indirect labeling of the probe or antibody by reactivity with another reagent that is directly labeled. Examples of indirect labeling include detection of a primary antibody using a fluorescently-labeled secondary antibody and end-labeling of a DNA probe with biotin such that it can be detected with fluorescently-labeled streptavidin. The term “biological sample” is intended to include tissues, cells and biological fluids isolated from a subject, as well as tissues, cells and fluids present within a subject. That is, the detection method of the invention can be used to detect NOVX mRNA, protein, or genomic DNA in a biological sample in vitro as well as in vivo. For example, in vitro techniques for detection of NOVX mRNA include Northern hybridizations and in situ hybridizations. In vitro techniques for detection of NOVX protein include enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), Western blots, immunoprecipitations, and immunofluorescence. In vitro techniques for detection of NOVX genomic DNA include Southern hybridizations. Furthermore, in vivo techniques for detection of NOVX protein include introducing into a subject a labeled anti-NOVX antibody. For example, the antibody can be labeled with a radioactive marker whose presence and location in a subject can be detected by standard imaging techniques.

[0222] In one embodiment, the biological sample contains protein molecules from the test subject. Alternatively, the biological sample can contain mRNA molecules from the test subject or genomic DNA molecules from the test subject. A preferred biological sample is a peripheral blood leukocyte sample isolated by conventional means from a subject.

[0223] In another embodiment, the methods further involve obtaining a control biological sample from a control subject, contacting the control sample with a compound or agent capable of detecting NOVX protein, mRNA, or genomic DNA, such that the presence of NOVX protein, mRNA or genomic DNA is detected in the biological sample, and comparing the presence of NOVX protein, mRNA or genomic DNA in the control sample with the presence of NOVX protein, mRNA or genomic DNA in the test sample.

[0224] The invention also encompasses kits for detecting the presence of NOVX in a biological sample. For example, the kit can comprise: a labeled compound or agent capable of detecting NOVX protein or mRNA in a biological sample; means for determining the amount of NOVX in the sample; and means for comparing the amount of NOVX in the sample with a standard. The compound or agent can be packaged in a suitable container. The kit can further comprise instructions for using the kit to detect NOVX protein or nucleic acid.

Prognostic Assays

[0225] The diagnostic methods described herein can furthermore be utilized to identify subjects having or at risk of developing a disease or disorder associated with aberrant NOVX expression or activity. For example, the assays described herein, such as the preceding diagnostic assays or the following assays, can be utilized to identify a subject having or at risk of developing a disorder associated with NOVX protein, nucleic acid expression or activity. Alternatively, the prognostic assays can be utilized to identify a subject having or at risk for developing a disease or disorder. Thus, the invention provides a method for identifying a disease or disorder associated with aberrant NOVX expression or activity in which a test sample is obtained from a subject and NOVX protein or nucleic acid (e.g., mRNA, genomic DNA) is detected, wherein the presence of NOVX protein or nucleic acid is diagnostic for a subject having or at risk of developing a disease or disorder associated with aberrant NOVX expression or activity. As used herein, a “test sample” refers to a biological sample obtained from a subject of interest. For example, a test sample can be a biological fluid (e.g., serum), cell sample, or tissue.

[0226] Furthermore, the prognostic assays described herein can be used to determine whether a subject can be administered an agent (e.g., an agonist, antagonist, peptidomimetic, protein, peptide, nucleic acid, small molecule, or other drug candidate) to treat a disease or disorder associated with aberrant NOVX expression or activity. For example, such methods can be used to determine whether a subject can be effectively treated with an agent for a disorder. Thus, the invention provides methods for determining whether a subject can be effectively treated with an agent for a disorder associated with aberrant NOVX expression or activity in which a test sample is obtained and NOVX protein or nucleic acid is detected (e.g., wherein the presence of NOVX protein or nucleic acid is diagnostic for a subject that can be administered the agent to treat a disorder associated with aberrant NOVX expression or activity).

[0227] The methods of the invention can also be used to detect genetic lesions in an NOVX gene, thereby determining if a subject with the lesioned gene is at risk for a disorder characterized by aberrant cell proliferation and/or differentiation. In various embodiments, the methods include detecting, in a sample of cells from the subject, the presence or absence of a genetic lesion characterized by at least one of an alteration affecting the integrity of a gene encoding an NOVX-protein, or the misexpression of the NOVX gene. For example, such genetic lesions can be detected by ascertaining the existence of at least one of: (i) a deletion of one or more nucleotides from an NOVX gene; (ii) an addition of one or more nucleotides to an NOVX gene; (iii) a substitution of one or more nucleotides of an NOVX gene, (iv) a chromosomal rearrangement of an NOVX gene; (v) an alteration in the level of a messenger RNA transcript of an NOVX gene, (vi) aberrant modification of an NOVX gene, such as of the methylation pattern of the genomic DNA, (vii) the presence of a non-wild-type splicing pattern of a messenger RNA transcript of an NOVX gene, (viii) a non-wild-type level of an NOVX protein, (ix) allelic loss of an NOVX gene, and (x) inappropriate post-translational modification of an NOVX protein. As described herein, there are a large number of assay techniques known in the art which can be used for detecting lesions in an NOVX gene. A preferred biological sample is a peripheral blood leukocyte sample isolated by conventional means from a subject. However, any biological sample containing nucleated cells may be used, including, for example, buccal mucosal cells.

[0228] In certain embodiments, detection of the lesion involves the use of a probe/primer in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,683,195 and 4,683,202), such as anchor PCR or RACE PCR, or, alternatively, in a ligation chain reaction (LCR) (see, e.g., Landegran, et al., 1988. Science 241: 1077-1080; and Nakazawa, et al., 1994. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91: 360-364), the latter of which can be particularly useful for detecting point mutations in the NOVX-gene (see, Abravaya, et al., 1995. Nucl. Acids Res. 23: 675-682). This method can include the steps of collecting a sample of cells from a patient, isolating nucleic acid (e.g., genomic, mRNA or both) from the cells of the sample, contacting the nucleic acid sample with one or more primers that specifically hybridize to an NOVX gene under conditions such that hybridization and amplification of the NOVX gene (if present) occurs, and detecting the presence or absence of an amplification product, or detecting the size of the amplification product and comparing the length to a control sample. It is anticipated that PCR and/or LCR may be desirable to use as a preliminary amplification step in conjunction with any of the techniques used for detecting mutations described herein.

[0229] Alternative amplification methods include: self sustained sequence replication (see, Guatelli, et al., 1990. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87: 1874-1878), transcriptional amplification system (see, Kwoh, et al., 1989. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86: 1173-1177); Qβ Replicase (see, Lizardi, et al, 1988. BioTechnology 6: 1197), or any other nucleic acid amplification method, followed by the detection of the amplified molecules using techniques well known to those of skill in the art. These detection schemes are especially useful for the detection of nucleic acid molecules if such molecules are present in very low numbers.

[0230] In an alternative embodiment, mutations in an NOVX gene from a sample cell can be identified by alterations in restriction enzyme cleavage patterns. For example, sample and control DNA is isolated, amplified (optionally), digested with one or more restriction endonucleases, and fragment length sizes are determined by gel electrophoresis and compared. Differences in fragment length sizes between sample and control DNA indicates mutations in the sample DNA. Moreover, the use of sequence specific ribozymes (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,493,531) can be used to score for the presence of specific mutations by development or loss of a ribozyme cleavage site.

[0231] In other embodiments, genetic mutations in NOVX can be identified by hybridizing a sample and control nucleic acids, e.g., DNA or RNA, to high-density arrays containing hundreds or thousands of oligonucleotides probes. See, e.g., Cronin, et al., 1996. Human Mutation 7:244-255; Kozal, et al., 1996. Nat. Med. 2: 753-759. For example, genetic mutations in NOVX can be identified in two dimensional arrays containing light-generated DNA probes as described in Cronin, et al., supra. Briefly, a first hybridization array of probes can be used to scan through long stretches of DNA in a sample and control to identify base changes between the sequences by making linear arrays of sequential overlapping probes. This step allows the identification of point mutations. This is followed by a second hybridization array that allows the characterization of specific mutations by using smaller, specialized probe arrays complementary to all variants or mutations detected. Each mutation array is composed of parallel probe sets, one complementary to the wild-type gene and the other complementary to the mutant gene.

[0232] In yet another embodiment, any of a variety of sequencing reactions known in the art can be used to directly sequence the NOVX gene and detect mutations by comparing the sequence of the sample NOVX with the corresponding wild-type (control) sequence. Examples of sequencing reactions include those based on techniques developed by Maxim and Gilbert, 1977. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 74: 560 or Sanger, 1977. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 74: 5463. It is also contemplated that any of a variety of automated sequencing procedures can be utilized when performing the diagnostic assays (see, e.g., Naeve, et al., 1995. Biotechniques 19: 448), including sequencing by mass spectrometry (see, e.g., PCT International Publication No. WO 94/16101; Cohen, et al., 1996. Adv. Chromatography 36: 127-162; and Griffin, et al., 1993. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 38: 147-159).

[0233] Other methods for detecting mutations in the NOVX gene include methods in which protection from cleavage agents is used to detect mismatched bases in RNA/RNA or RNA/DNA heteroduplexes. See, e.g., Myers, et al., 1985. Science 230: 1242. In general, the art technique of “mismatch cleavage” starts by providing heteroduplexes of formed by hybridizing (labeled) RNA or DNA containing the wild-type NOVX sequence with potentially mutant RNA or DNA obtained from a tissue sample. The double-stranded duplexes are treated with an agent that cleaves single-stranded regions of the duplex such as which will exist due to basepair mismatches between the control and sample strands. For instance, RNA/DNA duplexes can be treated with RNase and DNA/DNA hybrids treated with S1 nuclease to enzymatically digesting the mismatched regions. In other embodiments, either DNA/DNA or RNA/DNA duplexes can be treated with hydroxylamine or osmium tetroxide and with piperidine in order to digest mismatched regions. After digestion of the mismatched regions, the resulting material is then separated by size on denaturing polyacrylamide gels to determine the site of mutation. See, e.g., Cotton, et al., 1988. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85: 4397; Saleeba, et al., 1992. Methods Enzymol. 217:286-295. In an embodiment, the control DNA or RNA can be labeled for detection.

[0234] In still another embodiment, the mismatch cleavage reaction employs one or more proteins that recognize mismatched base pairs in double-stranded DNA (so called “DNA mismatch repair” enzymes) in defined systems for detecting and mapping point mutations in NOVX cDNAs obtained from samples of cells. For example, the mutY enzyme of E. coli cleaves A at G/A mismatches and the thymidine DNA glycosylase from HeLa cells cleaves T at G/T mismatches. See, e.g., Hsu, et al., 1994. Carcinogenesis 15: 1657-1662. According to an exemplary embodiment, a probe based on an NOVX sequence, e.g., a wild-type NOVX sequence, is hybridized to a cDNA or other DNA product from a test cell(s). The duplex is treated with a DNA mismatch repair enzyme, and the cleavage products, if any, can be detected from electrophoresis protocols or the like. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,459,039.

[0235] In other embodiments, alterations in electrophoretic mobility will be used to identify mutations in NOVX genes. For example, single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) may be used to detect differences in electrophoretic mobility between mutant and wild type nucleic acids. See, e.g., Orita, et al., 1989. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA: 86:2766; Cotton, 1993. Mutat. Res. 285: 125-144; Hayashi, 1992. Genet. Anal. Tech. Appl. 9: 73-79. Single-stranded DNA fragments of sample and control NOVX nucleic acids will be denatured and allowed to renature. The secondary structure of single-stranded nucleic acids varies according to sequence, the resulting alteration in electrophoretic mobility enables the detection of even a single base change. The DNA fragments may be labeled or detected with labeled probes. The sensitivity of the assay may be enhanced by using RNA (rather than DNA), in which the secondary structure is more sensitive to a change in sequence. In one embodiment, the subject method utilizes heteroduplex analysis to separate double stranded heteroduplex molecules on the basis of changes in electrophoretic mobility. See, e.g., Keen, et al., 1991. Trends Genet. 7: 5.

[0236] In yet another embodiment, the movement of mutant or wild-type fragments in polyacrylamide gels containing a gradient of denaturant is assayed using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). See, e.g., Myers, et al., 1985. Nature 313: 495. When DGGE is used as the method of analysis, DNA will be modified to insure that it does not completely denature, for example by adding a GC clamp of approximately 40 bp of high-melting GC-rich DNA by PCR. In a further embodiment, a temperature gradient is used in place of a denaturing gradient to identify differences in the mobility of control and sample DNA. See, e.g., Rosenbaum and Reissner, 1987. Biophys. Chem. 265: 12753.

[0237] Examples of other techniques for detecting point mutations include, but are not limited to, selective oligonucleotide hybridization, selective amplification, or selective primer extension. For example, oligonucleotide primers may be prepared in which the known mutation is placed centrally and then hybridized to target DNA under conditions that permit hybridization only if a perfect match is found. See, e.g., Saiki, et al., 1986. Nature 324: 163; Saiki, et al., 1989. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86: 6230. Such allele specific oligonucleotides are hybridized to PCR amplified target DNA or a number of different mutations when the oligonucleotides are attached to the hybridizing membrane and hybridized with labeled target DNA.

[0238] Alternatively, allele specific amplification technology that depends on selective PCR amplification may be used in conjunction with the instant invention. Oligonucleotides used as primers for specific amplification may carry the mutation of interest in the center of the molecule (so that amplification depends on differential hybridization; see, e.g., Gibbs, et al., 1989. Nucl. Acids Res. 17:2437-2448) or at the extreme 3′-terminus of one primer where, under appropriate conditions, mismatch can prevent, or reduce polymerase extension (see, e.g., Prossner, 1993. Tibtech. 11:238). In addition it may be desirable to introduce a novel restriction site in the region of the mutation to create cleavage-based detection. See, e.g., Gasparini, et al., 1992. Mol. Cell Probes 6: 1. It is anticipated that in certain embodiments amplification may also be performed using Taq ligase for amplification. See, e.g., Barany, 1991. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88: 189. In such cases, ligation will occur only if there is a perfect match at the 3′-terminus of the 5′ sequence, making it possible to detect the presence of a known mutation at a specific site by looking for the presence or absence of amplification.

[0239] The methods described herein may be performed, for example, by utilizing pre-packaged diagnostic kits comprising at least one probe nucleic acid or antibody reagent described herein, which may be conveniently used, e.g., in clinical settings to diagnose patients exhibiting symptoms or family history of a disease or illness involving an NOVX gene.

[0240] Furthermore, any cell type or tissue, preferably peripheral blood leukocytes, in which NOVX is expressed may be utilized in the prognostic assays described herein. However, any biological sample containing nucleated cells may be used, including, for example, buccal mucosal cells.

Pharmacogenomics

[0241] Agents, or modulators that have a stimulatory or inhibitory effect on NOVX activity (e.g., NOVX gene expression), as identified by a screening assay described herein can be administered to individuals to treat (prophylactically or therapeutically) disorders (The disorders include metabolic disorders, diabetes, obesity, infectious disease, anorexia, cancer-associated cachexia, cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disorder, immune disorders, and hematopoietic disorders, and the various dyslipidemias, metabolic disturbances associated with obesity, the metabolic syndrome X and wasting disorders associated with chronic diseases and various cancers.) In conjunction with such treatment, the pharmacogenomics (i.e., the study of the relationship between an individual's genotype and that individual's response to a foreign compound or drug) of the individual may be considered. Differences in metabolism of therapeutics can lead to severe toxicity or therapeutic failure by altering the relation between dose and blood concentration of the pharmacologically active drug. Thus, the pharmacogenomics of the individual permits the selection of effective agents (e.g., drugs) for prophylactic or therapeutic treatments based on a consideration of the individual's genotype. Such pharmacogenomics can further be used to determine appropriate dosages and therapeutic regimens. Accordingly, the activity of NOVX protein, expression of NOVX nucleic acid, or mutation content of NOVX genes in an individual can be determined to thereby select appropriate agent(s) for therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of the individual.

[0242] Pharmacogenomics deals with clinically significant hereditary variations in the response to drugs due to altered drug disposition and abnormal action in affected persons. See e.g., Eichelbaum, 1996. Clin. Exp. Pharmacol. Physiol., 23: 983-985; Linder, 1997. Clin. Chem., 43:254-266. In general, two types of pharmacogenetic conditions can be differentiated. Genetic conditions transmitted as a single factor altering the way drugs act on the body (altered drug action) or genetic conditions transmitted as single factors altering the way the body acts on drugs (altered drug metabolism). These pharmacogenetic conditions can occur either as rare defects or as polymorphisms. For example, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is a common inherited enzymopathy in which the main clinical complication is hemolysis after ingestion of oxidant drugs (anti-malarials, sulfonamides, analgesics, nitrofurans) and consumption of fava beans.

[0243] As an illustrative embodiment, the activity of drug metabolizing enzymes is a major determinant of both the intensity and duration of drug action. The discovery of genetic polymorphisms of drug metabolizing enzymes (e.g., N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT 2) and cytochrome P450 enzymes CYP2D6 and CYP2C19) has provided an explanation as to why some patients do not obtain the expected drug effects or show exaggerated drug response and serious toxicity after taking the standard and safe dose of a drug. These polymorphisms are expressed in two phenotypes in the population, the extensive metabolizer (EM) and poor metabolizer (PM). The prevalence of PM is different among different populations. For example, the gene coding for CYP2D6 is highly polymorphic and several mutations have been identified in PM, which all lead to the absence of functional CYP2D6. Poor metabolizers of CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 quite frequently experience exaggerated drug response and side effects when they receive standard doses. If a metabolite is the active therapeutic moiety, PM show no therapeutic response, as demonstrated for the analgesic effect of codeine mediated by its CYP2D6-formed metabolite morphine. At the other extreme are the so called ultra-rapid metabolizers who do not respond to standard doses. Recently, the molecular basis of ultra-rapid metabolism has been identified to be due to CYP2D6 gene amplification.

[0244] Thus, the activity of NOVX protein, expression of NOVX nucleic acid, or mutation content of NOVX genes in an individual can be determined to thereby select appropriate agent(s) for therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of the individual. In addition, pharmacogenetic studies can be used to apply genotyping of polymorphic alleles encoding drug-metabolizing enzymes to the identification of an individual's drug responsiveness phenotype. This knowledge, when applied to dosing or drug selection, can avoid adverse reactions or therapeutic failure and thus enhance therapeutic or prophylactic efficiency when treating a subject with an NOVX modulator, such as a modulator identified by one of the exemplary screening assays described herein.

Monitoring of Effects During Clinical Trials

[0245] Monitoring the influence of agents (e.g., drugs, compounds) on the expression or activity of NOVX (e.g., the ability to modulate aberrant cell proliferation and/or differentiation) can be applied not only in basic drug screening, but also in clinical trials. For example, the effectiveness of an agent determined by a screening assay as described herein to increase NOVX gene expression, protein levels, or upregulate NOVX activity, can be monitored in clinical trails of subjects exhibiting decreased NOVX gene expression, protein levels, or downregulated NOVX activity. Alternatively, the effectiveness of an agent determined by a screening assay to decrease NOVX gene expression, protein levels, or downregulate NOVX activity, can be monitored in clinical trails of subjects exhibiting increased NOVX gene expression, protein levels, or upregulated NOVX activity. In such clinical trials, the expression or activity of NOVX and, preferably, other genes that have been implicated in, for example, a cellular proliferation or immune disorder can be used as a “read out” or markers of the immune responsiveness of a particular cell.

[0246] By way of example, and not of limitation, genes, including NOVX, that are modulated in cells by treatment with an agent (e.g., compound, drug or small molecule) that modulates NOVX activity (e.g., identified in a screening assay as described herein) can be identified. Thus, to study the effect of agents on cellular proliferation disorders, for example, in a clinical trial, cells can be isolated and RNA prepared and analyzed for the levels of expression of NOVX and other genes implicated in the disorder. The levels of gene expression (i.e., a gene expression pattern) can be quantified by Northern blot analysis or RT-PCR, as described herein, or alternatively by measuring the amount of protein produced, by one of the methods as described herein, or by measuring the levels of activity of NOVX or other genes. In this manner, the gene expression pattern can serve as a marker, indicative of the physiological response of the cells to the agent. Accordingly, this response state may be determined before, and at various points during, treatment of the individual with the agent.

[0247] In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for monitoring the effectiveness of treatment of a subject with an agent (e.g., an agonist, antagonist, protein, peptide, peptidomimetic, nucleic acid, small molecule, or other drug candidate identified by the screening assays described herein) comprising the steps of (i) obtaining a pre-administration sample from a subject prior to administration of the agent; (ii) detecting the level of expression of an NOVX protein, mRNA, or genomic DNA in the preadministration sample; (iii) obtaining one or more post-administration samples from the subject; (iv) detecting the level of expression or activity of the NOVX protein, mRNA, or genomic DNA in the post-administration samples; (v) comparing the level of expression or activity of the NOVX protein, mRNA, or genomic DNA in the pre-administration sample with the NOVX protein, mRNA, or genomic DNA in the post administration sample or samples; and (vi) altering the administration of the agent to the subject accordingly. For example, increased administration of the agent may be desirable to increase the expression or activity of NOVX to higher levels than detected, i.e., to increase the effectiveness of the agent. Alternatively, decreased administration of the agent may be desirable to decrease expression or activity of NOVX to lower levels than detected, i.e., to decrease the effectiveness of the agent.

Methods of Treatment

[0248] The invention provides for both prophylactic and therapeutic methods of treating a subject at risk of (or susceptible to) a disorder or having a disorder associated with aberrant NOVX expression or activity. The disorders include cardiomyopathy, atherosclerosis, hypertension, congenital heart defects, aortic stenosis, atrial septal defect (ASD), atrioventricular (A-V) canal defect, ductus arteriosus, pulmonary stenosis, subaortic stenosis, ventricular septal defect (VSD), valve diseases, tuberous sclerosis, scleroderma, obesity, transplantation, adrenoleukodystrophy, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, prostate cancer, neoplasm; adenocarcinoma, lymphoma, uterus cancer, fertility, hemophilia, hypercoagulation, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, immunodeficiencies, graft versus host disease, AIDS, bronchial asthma, Crohn's disease; multiple sclerosis, treatment of Albright Hereditary Ostoeodystrophy, and other diseases, disorders and conditions of the like.

[0249] These methods of treatment will be discussed more fully, below.

Disease and Disorders

[0250] Diseases and disorders that are characterized by increased (relative to a subject not suffering from the disease or disorder) levels or biological activity may be treated with Therapeutics that antagonize (i.e., reduce or inhibit) activity. Therapeutics that antagonize activity may be administered in a therapeutic or prophylactic manner. Therapeutics that may be utilized include, but are not limited to: (i) an aforementioned peptide, or analogs, derivatives, fragments or homologs thereof; (ii) antibodies to an aforementioned peptide; (iii) nucleic acids encoding an aforementioned peptide; (iv) administration of antisense nucleic acid and nucleic acids that are “dysfunctional” (i.e., due to a heterologous insertion within the coding sequences of coding sequences to an aforementioned peptide) that are utilized to “knockout” endogenous function of an aforementioned peptide by homologous recombination (see, e.g., Capecchi, 1989. Science 244: 1288-1292); or (v) modulators (i.e., inhibitors, agonists and antagonists, including additional peptide mimetic of the invention or antibodies specific to a peptide of the invention) that alter the interaction between an aforementioned peptide and its binding partner.

[0251] Diseases and disorders that are characterized by decreased (relative to a subject not suffering from the disease or disorder) levels or biological activity may be treated with Therapeutics that increase (i.e., are agonists to) activity. Therapeutics that upregulate activity may be administered in a therapeutic or prophylactic manner. Therapeutics that may be utilized include, but are not limited to, an aforementioned peptide, or analogs, derivatives, fragments or homologs thereof, or an agonist that increases bioavailability.

[0252] Increased or decreased levels can be readily detected by quantifying peptide and/or RNA, by obtaining a patient tissue sample (e.g., from biopsy tissue) and assaying it in vitro for RNA or peptide levels, structure and/or activity of the expressed peptides (or mRNAs of an aforementioned peptide). Methods that are well-known within the art include, but are not limited to, immunoassays (e.g., by Western blot analysis, immunoprecipitation followed by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, immunocytochemistry, etc.) and/or hybridization assays to detect expression of mRNAs (e.g., Northern assays, dot blots, in situ hybridization, and the like).

Prophylactic Methods

[0253] In one aspect, the invention provides a method for preventing, in a subject, a disease or condition associated with an aberrant NOVX expression or activity, by administering to the subject an agent that modulates NOVX expression or at least one NOVX activity. Subjects at risk for a disease that is caused or contributed to by aberrant NOVX expression or activity can be identified by, for example, any or a combination of diagnostic or prognostic assays as described herein. Administration of a prophylactic agent can occur prior to the manifestation of symptoms characteristic of the NOVX aberrancy, such that a disease or disorder is prevented or, alternatively, delayed in its progression. Depending upon the type of NOVX aberrancy, for example, an NOVX agonist or NOVX antagonist agent can be used for treating the subject. The appropriate agent can be determined based on screening assays described herein. The prophylactic methods of the invention are further discussed in the following subsections.

Therapeutic Methods

[0254] Another aspect of the invention pertains to methods of modulating NOVX expression or activity for therapeutic purposes. The modulatory method of the invention involves contacting a cell with an agent that modulates one or more of the activities of NOVX protein activity associated with the cell. An agent that modulates NOVX protein activity can be an agent as described herein, such as a nucleic acid or a protein, a naturally-occurring cognate ligand of an NOVX protein, a peptide, an NOVX peptidomimetic, or other small molecule. In one embodiment, the agent stimulates one or more NOVX protein activity. Examples of such stimulatory agents include active NOVX protein and a nucleic acid molecule encoding NOVX that has been introduced into the cell. In another embodiment, the agent inhibits one or more NOVX protein activity. Examples of such inhibitory agents include antisense NOVX nucleic acid molecules and anti-NOVX antibodies. These modulatory methods can be performed in vitro (e.g., by culturing the cell with the agent) or, alternatively, in vivo (e.g., by administering the agent to a subject). As such, the invention provides methods of treating an individual afflicted with a disease or disorder characterized by aberrant expression or activity of an NOVX protein or nucleic acid molecule. In one embodiment, the method involves administering an agent (e.g., an agent identified by a screening assay described herein), or combination of agents that modulates (e.g., up-regulates or down-regulates) NOVX expression or activity. In another embodiment, the method involves administering an NOVX protein or nucleic acid molecule as therapy to compensate for reduced or aberrant NOVX expression or activity.

[0255] Stimulation of NOVX activity is desirable in situations in which NOVX is abnormally downregulated and/or in which increased NOVX activity is likely to have a beneficial effect. One example of such a situation is where a subject has a disorder characterized by aberrant cell proliferation and/or differentiation (e.g., cancer or immune associated disorders). Another example of such a situation is where the subject has a gestational disease (e.g., preclampsia).

Determination of the Biological Effect of the Therapeutic

[0256] In various embodiments of the invention, suitable in vitro or in vivo assays are performed to determine the effect of a specific Therapeutic and whether its administration is indicated for treatment of the affected tissue.

[0257] In various specific embodiments, in vitro assays may be performed with representative cells of the type(s) involved in the patient's disorder, to determine if a given Therapeutic exerts the desired effect upon the cell type(s). Compounds for use in therapy may be tested in suitable animal model systems including, but not limited to rats, mice, chicken, cows, monkeys, rabbits, and the like, prior to testing in human subjects. Similarly, for in vivo testing, any of the animal model system known in the art may be used prior to administration to human subjects.

Prophylactic and Therapeutic Uses of the Compositions of the Invention

[0258] The NOVX nucleic acids and proteins of the invention are useful in potential prophylactic and therapeutic applications implicated in a variety of disorders including, but not limited to: metabolic disorders, diabetes, obesity, infectious disease, anorexia, cancer-associated cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disorder, immune disorders, hematopoietic disorders, and the various dyslipidemias, metabolic disturbances associated with obesity, the metabolic syndrome X and wasting disorders associated with chronic diseases and various cancers.

[0259] As an example, a cDNA encoding the NOVX protein of the invention may be useful in gene therapy, and the protein may be useful when administered to a subject in need thereof. By way of non-limiting example, the compositions of the invention will have efficacy for treatment of patients suffering from: metabolic disorders, diabetes, obesity, infectious disease, anorexia, cancer-associated cachexia, cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disorder, immune disorders, hematopoietic disorders, and the various dyslipidemias.

[0260] Both the novel nucleic acid encoding the NOVX protein, and the NOVX protein of the invention, or fragments thereof, may also be useful in diagnostic applications, wherein the presence or amount of the nucleic acid or the protein are to be assessed. A further use could be as an anti-bacterial molecule (i.e., some peptides have been found to possess anti-bacterial properties). These materials are further useful in the generation of antibodies, which immunospecifically-bind to the novel substances of the invention for use in therapeutic or diagnostic methods.

[0261] The invention will be further described in the following examples, which do not limit the scope of the invention described in the claims. In the following examples, a putative untranslated region upstream from the initiation codon and downstream from the termination codon are underlined, and the start and stop codons are in bold letters.

EXAMPLES

Example A

NOVX Clone Information

[0262] The NOV1 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 1A.

TABLE 1A
NOV1 Sequence Analysis
                    SEQ ID NO:1          977 bp
NOV1a,              CCCACCTTCACCATGTCTGACGAGGAAGTTGAACAGGTGGAGAGCAGTACGAAGAAG
CG127269-02 DNA     AAGAGGAAGCCCAGGAGGAAGAGGAAGTTCAAGAAGAGCAGAAACCGACACCCAAACT
Sequence            CACTGCTCCTAAGATCCCAGAAGGGGAGAAAGTCCACTTCCATGACATCCAGAAGAAG
                    CGTCACAACAAAGACCTAATGGAGCTCCAGGCCCTCATCGACAGCCACTTTGAAGCCC
                    GGAAGAAGGAGGAGGAGGAGCTGGTCGCTCTCAAAGAGAGAATCGAGAAGCGCCGTGC
                    AGAGAGAGCGGAGCAGCAGAGGATTCGTGCAGAGAAGGAGAGGGAGCGCCAGAACAGA
                    CTGGCGGAGGAAAAGGCCAGAAGGGAGGAGGAGGATGCCAAGAGGAGGGCAGAGGACG
                    ACCTGAAGAAGAAGAAAGCTCTGTCTTCCATGGGAGCCAACTACAGCAGCTACCTGGC
                    CAAGGCTGACCAGAAGAGAGGCAAGAAGCAGACAGCCCGGCAAATGAAGAAGAAGATT
                    CTGGCTGAGAGACGCAAGCCGCTCAACATCGATCACCTTGGTGAAGACAAACTGAGGG
                    ACAAGGCCAAGGAGCTCTGGGAGACCCTGCACCAGCTGGAGATTGACAAGTTCGAGTT
                    TGGGGAGAAGCTGAAACGCCACAAATATGACATCACCACGCTCAGCACCCGCATTGAC
                    CAGGCCCAGAAGCACAGCAAGAAGGCTGGGACCCCAGCCAAGCGCAAAGTCGGCGGGC
                    GCTCGAAGTAGAGAGGCCAGAAAGGCCCCTCGAGGCAGAGACCCTCCGCCCTCTTGCA
                    CACCAGGGCCGCTCGTGGGACTCCACATCCTCCAGCCCCCACAATCCTGTCAGCCGCT
                    CCCTGACAGTCCTCCGCGTGGAGAGCCCATCCCGGGGCGTCCCCCGCGTCTGTGTCCT
                    TGCTGCCTTCATCCCCTGGGGCCTGTGAATAAAGCTGCAGAACCCCCTT
                    ORF Start: ATG at 13 ORF Stop: TAG at 763
                    SEQ ID NO:2          250 aa MW at 29735.2 kD
NOV1a,              MSDEEVEQVEEQYEEEEEAQEEEEVQEEEKPRPKLTAPKIPECEKVDFDDIQKKRQNK
CG127269-02 Protein DLMELQALIDSHFEARKKEEEELVALKERIEKRRAERAEQQRIRAEKERERQNRLAEE
                    KARREEEDAKRRAEDDLKKKKALSSMGANYSSYLAKADQKRGKKQTAREMKKKILAER
Sequence            RKPLNIDHLGEDKLRDKAKELWETLHQLEIDKFEFGEKLKRQKYDITTLRSRIDQAQK
                    HSKKAGTPAKGKVGGRWK
                    SEQ ID NO:3          975 bp
NOV1b,              CCCACCTTCACCATGTCTGACGAGGAAGTTGAACAGGTCGACGAGCAGTACGAAGAAG
CG127269-04 DNA     AAGAGGAAGCCCAGGAGGAAGAGGAAGTTCAAGAAGAGGAGAACCGAGACCCAAACT
Sequence            CACTGCTCCTAAGATCCCAGAAGGGGAGAAAGTGGACTTCGATGACATCCAGAAGAAG
                    CGTCAGAACAAAGACCTAATGGAGCTCCAGGCCCTCATCCACAGCCACTTTGAAGCCC
                    GGAAGAGGAGGACGACGAGCTGGTCGCTCTCAAAGAGAGAATCGACAAGCGCCGTGC
                    AGAGAGAGCGGAGCAGCAGAGGATTCGTGCAGAGAAGGAGAGGGAGCGCCAGAACAGA
                    CTGGCGGAGGAAAAGGCCAGAAGGGAGGAGGAGGATGCCAAGAGGAGGGCAGAGGACG
                    ACCTGAAGAAGAAGAAAGCTCTGTCTTCCATGGGAGCCAACTACAGCAGCTACCTGGC
                    CAAGGCTGACCAGAAGAGAGGCAAGAAGCAGACAGCCCGGGAAATGAAGAAGAAGATT
                    CTGGCTGAGAGACGCAAGCCGCTCAACATCGATCACCTTGGTGAAGACAAACTGAGGG
                    ACAAGGCCAAGGAGCTCTGGGAGACCCTGCACCAGCTGGAGATTGACAAGTTCGAGTT
                    TGGGGACAAGCTGAAACGCCAGAAATATGACATCACCACGCTCACGAGCCGCATTGAC
                    CAGCCCCAGAAGCACAGCAAGAAGGCTGGGACCCCAGCCAAGGGCAAAGTCGGCCCGC
                    GCTGGAAGTAGAGAGGCCAGAAAGGCCCTCGAGGCAGAGACCCTCCGCCCTCTTGCAC
                    ACCAGGGCCCCTCGTGGGACTCCACATCCTCCACCCCCCACAATCCTGTCACGGGTCT
                    CCCTGACGTCCTGCGGCTGGAGAGGCCATCCCGGGCCGTCCCCCGCGTCTGTGTCCTT
                    GCTGCCTTCATCCCCTGGGGCCTGTGAATAAAGCTGCAGAACCCCCT
                    ORF Start: ATG at 13 ORF Stop: TAG at 763
                    SEQ ID NO:4          250 aa MW at 29735.2 kD
NOV1b,              MSDEEVEQVEEQYEEEEEAQEEEEVQEEEKPRPKLTAPKIPEGEKVDFDDIQKKRQNK
CG127269-04 Protein DLMELQALIDSHFEARKKEEEELVALKERIEKRRAERAEQQRIRAEKERERQNRLAEE
Sequence            KARREEEDAKRRAEDDLKKKKALSSMGANYSSYLAKADQKRGKKQTAREMKKKILAER
                    RKPLNIDHLGEDKLRDKAKELWETLHQLEIDKFEFGEKLKRQKYDITTLRSRIDQAQK
                    HSKKAGTPAKGKVGGRWK

[0263] Sequence comparison of the above protein sequences yields the following sequence relationships shown in Table 1B.

TABLE 1B
Comparison of NOV1a against NOV1b.
	NOV1a	Identities/Similarities for
Protein Sequence	Residues/Match Residues	the Matched Region
NOV1b	30 . . . 250	163/221 (73%)
	30 . . . 250	163/221 (73%)

[0264] Further analysis of the NOV1a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 1C.

TABLE 1C
Protein Sequence Properties NOV1a
PSort     0.9916 probability located in nucleus; 0.1000 probability
analysis: located in mitochondrial matrix space; 0.1000 probability
          located in lysosome (lumen); 0.0000 probability located in
          endoplasmic reticulum (membrane)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0265] A search of the NOVI a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 1D.

TABLE 1D
Geneseq Results for NOV1a
		NOV1a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAB00136	Human fast twitch skeletal muscle	1 . . . 250	250/258 (96%)	e−137
	Troponin subunit T - Homo sapiens, 258	1 . . . 258	250/258 (96%)
	aa. [WO200054770-A1, 21-SEP-2000]
AAW22599	Human fast twitch skeletal muscle	1 . . . 250	250/258 (96%)	e−137
	troponin T - Homo sapiens, 258 aa.	1 . . . 258	250/258 (96%)
	[WO9730085-A1, 21-AUG-1997]
AAY91961	Human cytoskeleton associated protein	1 . . . 250	249/269 (92%)	e−134
	16 (CYSKP-16) - Homo sapiens, 269 aa.	1 . . . 269	249/269 (92%)
	[WO200017355-A2, 30-MAR-2000]
AAW76636	Human cardiac HcTnT protein - Homo	2 . . . 250	157/257 (61%)	2e−81
	sapiens, 288 aa. [DE19815128-A1, 08-OCT-1998]	36 . . . 288	198/257 (76%)
AAW76638	Human cardiac HcTnT protein mutant	2 . . . 250	156/257 (60%)	1e−80
	F1101 - Homo sapiens, 288 aa.	36 . . . 288	197/257 (75%)
	[DE19815128-A1, 08-OCT-1998]

[0266] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV1a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 1E.

TABLE 1E
Public BLASTP Results for NOV1a
		NOV1a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
I53021	troponin T - human, 258 aa.	1 . . . 250	250/258 (96%)	e−137
		1 . . . 258	250/258 (96%)
P45378	Troponin T, fast skeletal muscle isoform	2 . . . 250	249/257 (96%)	e−136
	beta (Beta TnTF) - Homo sapiens	1 . . . 257	249/257 (96%)
	(Human), 257 aa.
Q9TS31	TROPONIN T BETA ISOFORM -	2 . . . 250	238/249 (95%)	e−132
	Oryctolagus cuniculus (Rabbit), 249 aa.	1 . . . 249	243/249 (97%)
P09739	Troponin T, fast skeletal muscle	2 . . . 250	240/258 (93%)	e−131
	isoforms beta/alpha (Beta/alpha TnTF) -	1 . . . 258	244/258 (94%)
	Rattus norvegicus (Rat), 258 aa.
A24824	troponin T, fast skeletal muscle - rat,	1 . . . 250	241/272 (88%)	e−129
	272 aa.	1 . . . 272	245/272 (89%)

[0267] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV1a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 1F.

TABLE 1F
Domain Analysis of NOV1a
Pfam	NOV1a	Identities/Similarities
Domain	Match Region	for the Matched Region	Expect Value
Troponin	54 . . . 196	56/190 (29%)	4.7e−42
		133/190 (70%)

Example 2

[0268] The NOV2 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 2A.

TABLE 2A
NOV2 Sequence Analysis
                SEQ ID NO:5          1447 bp
NOV2a,          ATTTCTTATCTGTGTCAAGAGCTGCAATATTTGTTTTAACTATCTGCAAAATGGGGAA
CG134069-01 DNA GCCACTCAGCAGACCAGACTGTTTACGTCAGAATCCCCCATGTGTAGGGAAGGGTGAA
Sequence        GAAGAGGAGGACCTAAATATCGAAGACTGTTACGTCCCACAGCGGTCAATCTATGATA
                CTGTTAGACTAAATGAACAGATAGACTCTGGTTCAAAAGGTAGTCTATCTTCCAGGCA
                TTTTACAGATCGAACTTTACCCTACAGTCACAGAACACTCGATGTTAGTTCTTTATGC
                TCTAATGGTGCCCTTACTTCTTCCAGTGTATTTGAGCTCACACCTCGGGAAGCTAACA
                AACTAGATGAAAAGATGATCTTTGATGCACTCAAACTAAATAGTGATATCATTCGAAC
                CACAGGATTACCTAAAGCCAAATCTCATGCGCAAAAGAAAGAGCATAGACGGTCATGG
                CGAATGTTTGTCCCGGCCAATTTTATGGATTATGCAAACAAAAGTGAAAGCTCTTTTG
                TTGAACCTGCTGATATGTCAGATGCTGTTACCAAGGCCAGCAAGTGCAGATCCGGTAC
                TAATTCTCTCACTTCGGAGGAGGATGACTCTGGTTTATGTAGCCCTCCAGCAGAGAGG
                GAAGAAAAACAGGGCATTTTAACTGGAGACCAGTCACGAATTAAAAGTTTGTCTTCTA
                CTGAAGATATTCTTGTAACAGACCAATACAGACCATTTTTTTCTGTTAATTCCATTAG
                CGAACAGAAAATCCCACTGCTTTCATGTCAAAGTGCCCACCCTGATGAAAATTTCAAA
                ATGATTTTACATGATGTTTCTCCACTAGAGGAAGCAAAACATGTAAATGGTCAAAGGG
                AAATCCACGATGAAAATTGTTGCCTGCAGAATAATTTGAAAGAGAGCCCTGTGAAGTG
                TGACCCATTAATTATGCCAAGAAATAGAGAAAATGAGCATATTTTTAACCTTGGAGAA
                GAGGACGAAACATACGGACCTGGAGAATCCCAAATCACAGCACAAAGTAGGGAACTCT
                TGAAGGATTCCCCTCAAGATTTAGATCTCTCTCACACAGATCTAGGGGAGAGTGATGT
                AGATTGTGGTAGCACCAGCTTAGTAGAAAATGTGACACTTTTGACACAATATGATTCA
                GGAGAATGCAACATTGCATCTAAAGAGGAAGTGGAGGCTCCTCTTTCTGCCCAGGAGA
                GCGAAATGCTCTATAAGAAGTTCTCCCTGAAATTCGTATCAGCAAGAAAGAAAGCAGC
                ACCCAGAAAAACACGGGCCCAGGCAGGAATATTGGACACAGTCTGCAATGGCTTTCAG
                TTGGTTCAGGTAATTCATGGAAATATGAAACTCTGCAGTGTCAAAAGTTTGCGGTTCT
                GCTAAAAGTTTGTGGTTCTGTTTCAGAGTGGTCACTAGTGTTTCTAATAATAATG
                ORF Start: ATG at 51 ORF Stop: TAA at 1395
                SEQ ID NO:6          448 aa MW at 50011.3 kD
NOV2a,          MGKPLSRPDCLRQNPPCVGKGEEEEDLNIEDCYVPQRSIYDTVRLNEQIDSGSKGSLS
CG134069-01     Protein SRHFTDRTLPYSHRTLDVSSLCSNGALTSSSVFELRGREANKLDEKMIFDALKLNSDI
Sequence        IRTTGLPKAKSHAEKKEHRRSWRMFVPANFD4DYANKSESSFVEPADMSDAVTKASKCR
                WGTNSLTSEEDDSGLCSPPAEREEKQGILTGDQSRIKSLSSTEDILVTDQYRPFFSVN
                SISEQKIPLLSCQSAHPDENFKMVILHDVSPLEEAKHVNGQREIHDENCCLQNNLKESP
                VKCDPLIMPRNRENEHFNLGEEDETYGPGESQITAQSRELLKDSPQDLDLSHTDLGE
                SDVDCGSTSLVENVTLLTQYDSGECNIASKEEVEAPLSAQESEMLYKKFSLKFVSARK
                KAAPRKTGAQAGILDTVCNGFQLVQVIHGNMKLCSVKSLRFC

[0269] Further analysis of the NOV2a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 2B.

TABLE 2B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV2a
PSort     0.6500 probability located in cytoplasm; 0.1000 probability
analysis: located in mitochondrial matrix space; 0.1000 probability
          located in lysosome (lumen); 0.0000 probability
          located in endoplasmic reticulum (membrane)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0270] A search of the NOV2a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 2C.

TABLE 2C
Geneseq Results for NOV2a
		NOV2a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAB18278	Plasmodium falciparum chromosome 2	153 . . . 407	53/259 (20%)	0.054
	related protein SEQ ID NO: 135 -	84 . . . 325	110/259 (42%)
	Plasmodium falciparum, 665 aa.
	[WO200025728-A2, 11-MAY-2000]
AAB01674	FIS2 protein sequence - Arabidopsis	114 . . . 224	33/118 (27%)	0.36
	thaliana, 813 aa. [WO200016609-A1, 30-MAR-2000]	262 . . . 376	49/118 (40%)
AAG06245	Arabidopsis thaliana protein fragment SEQ	303 . . . 432	33/141 (23%)	0.36
	ID NO: 2948 - Arabidopsis thaliana, 376	94 . . . 234	55/141 (38%)
	aa. [EP1033405-A2, 06-SEP-2000]
AAG06244	Arabidopsis thaliana protein fragment SEQ	303 . . . 432	33/141 (23%)	0.36
	ID NO: 2947 - Arabidopsis thaliana, 386	104 . . . 244	55/141 (38%)
	aa. [EP1033405-A2, 06-SEP-2000]
AAM41000	Human polypeptide SEQ ID NO: 5931 -	194 . . . 402	46/218 (21%)	0.47
	Homo sapiens, 1988 aa. [WO200153312-	927 . . . 1125	90/218 (41%)
	A1, 26-JUL-2001]

[0271] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV2a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 2D.

TABLE 2D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV2a
		NOV2a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
O96229	HYPOTHETICAL 78.6 KDA	153 . . . 407	53/259 (20%)	0.14
	PROTEIN - Plasmodium falciparum,	84 . . . 325	110/259 (42%)
	665 aa.
Q9FGX0	GB|AAC55944.1 - Arabidopsis	236 . . . 396	40/169 (23%)	0.24
	thaliana (Mouse-ear cress), 569 aa.	327 . . . 488	67/169 (38%)
Q93ZJ6	AT2G32240/F22D22.1 - Arabidopsis	150 . . . 390	52/256 (20%)	0.41
	thaliana (Mouse-ear cress), 568 aa.	278 . . . 528	108/256 (41%)
P08799	Myosin II heavy chain, non muscle -	292 . . . 412	34/121 (28%)	0.54
	Dictyostelium discoideum (Slime	816 . . . 927	55/121 (45%)
	mold), 2116 aa.
AAL99108	HYPOTHETICAL 35.2 KDA	77 . . . 261	40/188 (21%)	0.71
	PROTEIN - Dictyostelium discoideum	47 . . . 216	76/188 (40%)
	(Slime mold), 315 aa.

[0272] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV2a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 2E.

TABLE 2E
Domain Analysis of NOV2a
Domain	NOV2a	Identities/	Expect Value
Pfam	Match Region	Similarities
		for the Matched Region

Example 3

[0273] The NOV3 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 3A.

TABLE 3A
NOV3 Sequence Analysis
	SEQ ID NO:7	11520 bp
NOV3a,	TCACCGGCGCCGAGATGCGGTTCCGGCGCTTAGGGCGCCGCTAAACTCAGAGCCCGGG
CG134632-01 DNA	AGTCATGGCTGCGGGCGGTGCCGCCCCAGGTAAATCAGTCCAGGAGCAGGGCCCGGGC
Sequence	CTGGCGTACACTCTCGGAAAAATGGGGGCCAGAGCAAACAAGAAGAGCGAAAGCAAGA
	GGGCTAGGCAGCCAGAGGCGGCAGCAAGACTCAAGACGCCAACGGCGCCGTCTTCCTG
	GGGCCCCAGGGCCTGCGCCATCCCTGGCCTGCCGGGGCACCGCCTCTCCACGCCCCTC
	GTCCGGCGGCGGCTGCGACTGCTTCCGAGGTCATGTTCCCAGGACGGGCGCGTCTTCA
	GGGTGGAAGCCTGGCGCACGTCCGGAGGTGCCGAGGACCCAACCAGCCCAAACTCTGG
	GGGAAATGACTCCCCTCTCCCCTCGCCCCCCGCTCTGCTACCATTTCCTTACGTCTCT
	GCTTCGCTCACCGATGCAAAACGCGCGAGGCGCACGGCAGAGGGCCGAAGCCGCGGTA
	CTCTCCGGGCCAGGCCCGCCCCTCGGCCCCCCCGCGCAGCACGGGATTCCCCGGCCGC
	TGTCCACCGCTGGCCGCCTCAGCCAAGGCTCCCGCGGAGCCAGTACAGTCGGGGCCGC
	TGGCTGGAAGGGCGAGCTTCCTAAGGCGGGGGGAAGCCCGGCGCCGGGGCCGGAGACA
	CCCGCCATTTCACCCAGTAAGCGGGCCCGGCCTGCGGAGGTGGGCGGCATGCAGCTCC
	GCTTTCCCCCGCTCTCCGAGCACGCCACGGCCCCCACCCGGGGCTCCCCGCGCGCCGC
	GGGCTACGACCTGTACAGTGCCTATGATTACACAATACCACCTATGGAGAAAGCTGTT
	GTGAAAACGGACATTCAGATAGCGCTCCCTTCTCGGTGTTATGGAAGAGTCGCTCCAC
	GGTCAGGCTTGGCTGCAAAACACTTTATTGATGTAGGAGCTGGTGTCATAGATGAAGA
	TTATAGAGGAAATGTTGGTGTTGTACTGTTTAATTTTGGCAAAGAAAAGTTTGAAGTC
	AAAAAAGGTGATCGAATTGCACAGCTCATTTGCGAACGGATTTTTTATCCAGAAATAG
	AAGAAGTTCAAGCCTTGGATGACACCGAAAGGGGTTCAGGAGGTTTTGGTTCCACTGG
	AAAGAATTAAAATTTATGCCAAGAACAGAAAACAAGAAGTCATACCTTTTTCTTAAAA
	AAAAAAAAAAAGTTTTTGCTTCAAGTGTTTTGGTGTTTTGCACTTCTGTAAACTTACT
	AGCTTTACCTTCTAAAAGTACTGCATTTTTTACTTTTTTTTATGATCAAGGAAAAGAT
	CATTAAAAAAAAACACAAAGAAGTTTTTCTTTGTGTTTGGATCAAAAAGAAACTTTGT
	TTTTCCGCAATTGAAGGTTGTATGTAAATCTGCTTTGTGCTGACCTGATGTAAACAGT
	GTCTTCTTAAAATCAAATGTAAATCAATTCCCGATTAAAAAAAAAAGCCTGTATTTAA
	CTCAAAAAAAAA
	ORF Start: ATG at 412	ORF Stop: TAA at 168
	SEQ ID NO:8	252 aa MW at 26562.9 kD
NOV3a,	MTPLCPRPALCYHFLTSLLRSAMQNARGARQRAEAAVLSGPGPPLGRAAQHGIPRPLS
CG134632-01	Protein SAGRLSQCCRGASTVGAAGWKGELPKAGGSPAPGPETPAISPSKRARPAEVCGMQLRF
Sequence	ARLSEHATAPTRCSARAACYDLYSAYDYTIPPMEKAVVKTDIQIALPSGCYGRVAPRS
	GLAAKHFIDVGAGVIDEDYRGNVGVVLFNFGKEKFEVKKGDRIAQLICERIFYPEIEE
	VQALDDTERGSGGFGSTGKN
	SEQ ID NO:9	916 bp
NOV3b,	GTTCCCACGACGGCCGCGTCTTCAGCCTCGAAGCCTGGCGCACGTCCGGAGGTGCCGA
CG134632-02	DNA	GGACCCAACCAGCCCAAACTCTGGGAGAAATGACTCCCCTCTGCCCTCGCCCCGCGCT
Sequence	CTGCTACCATTTCCTTACGTCTCTGCTTCGCTCAGCGATGCAAAACGCGCGAGGCGCA
	CGGCAGAGGGCCGAAGCCGCGGTACTCTCCGGGCCAGGCCCGCCCCTCGGCCGCGCCG
	CGCAGCACGGGATTCCCCGGCCGCTGTCCAGCGCTGGCCGCCTGAGCCAAGGCTGCCG
	CGGAGCCAAGACACCCGCCATTTCACCCAGTAAGCGGGCCCGGCCTGCGGAGGTGGGC
	GGCATGCAGCTCCGCTTTGCCCGGCTCTCCGAGCACGCCACGGCCCCCACCCGGGGCT
	CCGCGCGCGCCGCGGGCTACGACCTGTACAGTGCCTATCATTACACAATACCACCTAT
	GGAGAAAGCTGTTGTGAAAACGGACATTCAGATAGCGCTCCCTTCTGGGTGTTATGGA
	AGAGTGGCTCCACGGTCAGGCTTGGCTCCAAAACACTTTATTGATCTAGGAGCTGGTG
	TCATAGATGAAGATTATAGAGGAAATCTTCGTCTTGTACTGTTTAATTTTGGCAAAGA
	AAAGTTTGAAGTCAAAAAACGTGATCGAATTGCACAGCTCATTTGCGAACGGATTTTT
	TATCCAGAAATAGAACAAGTTCAAGCCTTGGATGACACCGAAAGGGGTTCAGGAGGTT
	TTGGTTCCACTGGAAAGAATTAAAATTTATGCCAAGAACAGAAAACAAGAAGTCATAC
	CTTTTTCTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAGTTTTTGCTTCAAGTGTTTTGGTGTTTTGCACTTCT
	GTAAACTTACTAGCTTTACCTTCTAAAAGTACTGCATTTTTTACTT
	ORF Start: ATG at 88	ORF Stop: TAA at 775
	SEQ ID NO: 10	229 aa MW at 24487.7 kD
NOV3b,	MTPLCPRPALCYHFLTSLLRSANQNARGARQRAEAAVLSGPGPPLGRAAQHGIPRPLS
CG134632-02 Protein	SAGRLSQGCRGAKTPAISPSKRARPAEVGGMQLRFARLSEHATAPTRGSARAAGYDLY
Sequence	SAYDYTIPPMEKAVVKTDIQIALPSGCYGRVAPRSGLAAKHFIDVGAGVIDEDYRGNV
	GVVLFNFGKEKFEVKKGDRIAQLICERIFYPEIEEVQALDDTERGSGGFGSTGKN

[0274] Sequence comparison of the above protein sequences yields the following sequence relationships shown in Table 3B.

TABLE 3B
Comparison of NOV3a against NOV3b.
	NOV3a Residues/	Identities/Similarities
Protein Sequence	Match Residues	for the Matched Region
NOV3b	1 . . . 252	228/252	(90%)
	1 . . . 229	229/252	(90%)

[0275] Further analysis of the NOV3a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 3C.

TABLE 3C
Protein Sequence Properties NOV3a
PSort     0.4632 probability located in mitochondrial matrix space;
analysis: 0.3000 probability located in microbody (peroxisome); 0.2322
          probability located in lysosome (lumen); 0.1612 probability
          located in mitochondrial inner membrane
SignalP   Cleavage site between residues 29 and 30
analysis:

[0276] A search of the NOV3a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 3D.

TABLE 3D
Geneseq Results for NOV3a
		NOV3a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	#, Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAW30281	Human dUTPase (mitochondrial form) -	1 . . . 252	235/252	(93%)	e−134
	Homo sapiens, 252 aa. [WO9736916-A1,	1 . . . 252	236/252	(93%)
	09 OCT. 1997]
AAW30280	Human dUTPase (nuclear form) - Homo	94 . . . 252	159/159	(100%)	3e−88
	sapiens, 164 aa. [WO9736916-A1, 09	6 . . . 164	159/159	(100%)
	OCT. 1997]
AAR70144	Human dUTPase protomer - Homo	112 . . . 252	141/141	(100%)	2e−77
	sapiens, 141 aa. [CA2126001-A, 28	1 . . . 141	141/141	(100%)
	JAN. 1995]
ABB60791	Drosophila melanogaster polypeptide	104 . . . 250	96/147	(65%)	1e−50
	SEQ ID NO 9165 - Drosophila	12 . . . 158	114/147	(77%)
	melanogaster, 188 aa. [WO200171042-
	A2, 27 SEP. 2001]
AAB44003	Human cancer associated protein	94 . . . 185	91/92	(98%)	2e−46
	sequence SEQ ID NO:1448 - Homo	12 . . . 103	91/92	(98%)
	sapiens, 106 aa. [WO200055350-A1, 21
	SEP. 2000]

[0277] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV3a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 3E.

TABLE 3E
Public BLASTP Results for NOV3a
		NOV3a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
P33316	Deoxyuridine 5′-triphosphate	1 . . . 252	235/252	(93%)	e−134
	nucleotidohydrolase, mitochondrial	1 . . . 252	236/252	(93%)
	precursor (EC 3.6.1.23) (dUTPase) (dUTP
	pyrophosphatase) - Homo sapiens
	(Human), 252 aa.
Q96Q81	DUTP PYROPHOSPHATASE - Homo	94 . . . 252	159/159	(100%)	8e−88
	sapiens (Human), 164 aa.	6 . . . 164	159/159	(100%)
A46256	dUTP pyrophosphatase (EC 3.6.1.23) -	112 . . . 252	141/141	(100%)	4e−77
	human, 141 aa.	1 . . . 141	141/141	(100%)
Q9CU90	5133400F09RIK PROTEIN - Mus	31 . . . 252	154/222	(69%)	3e−76
	musculus (Mouse), 204 aa (fragment).	3 . . . 204	167/222	(74%)
Q8VCG1	SIMILAR TO DUTPASE - Mus musculus	30 . . . 252	154/225	(68%)	9e−75
	(Mouse), 200 aa.	9 . . . 200	167/225	(73%)

[0278] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV3a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 3F.

TABLE 3F
Domain Analysis of NOV3a
		Identities/
		Similarities
		for the	Expect
Pfam Domain	NOV3a Match Region	Matched Region	Value
dUTPase	121 . . . 250	71/138	(51%)	1.1e−64
		123/138	(89%)

Example 4

[0279] The NOV4 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 4A.

TABLE 4A
NOV4 Sequence Analysis
                    SEQ ID NO:11          814 bp
NOV4a,              GACTCTCCGCACTATCCTTACCCGTGACAGCCACTGACGTCCTCCGCCCCTAGAAGAG
CG139186-01 DNA     ACCCCGCTTCTCGGCGCCTGCCCTCCCCCTCGCGGCTCGGTCCCGCCCCGCCAGCACC
Sequence            GCTACCTCCGCCAGCCTCGCCACCATCAGCACCACCTCCACCGCCGCCGCCGCCGCCA
                    CCACCACCGCCGCCGGCCGCAGCAGCCATTTCATCTCCACAGACCAGACACAAAAA
                    CATGGCAGAAATGGAGAAAGAAGGGAGACCTCCCGAAAATAAACGGAGCAGGAAGCCG
                    GCTCACCCAGTGAAAAGGGAGATCAATGAGGAGATGAAGAACTTTGCAGAAAACACCA
                    TGAATGAACTCCTTGCCTGGTATGGCTATGATAAGGTTGAATTAAAAGATGGTGAGGA
                    TATTGAATTCAGGAGCTACCCTACAGATCGCGAGAGCCGGCAGCACATTTCTGTTCTC
                    AAAGAAAATTCTTTGCCAAAACCAAAATTACCCGAGGACAGTGTTATTTCACCATACA
                    ATATAAGCACAGGCTATTCACGCCTTGCCACTGGAAATGGACTCAGTGACTCACCTGC
                    AGGGTCAAAGGATCATGGCAGTGTGCCCATTATTGTACCTTTAATTCCACCACCTTTC
                    ATAAAGCCACCAGCAGAAGATGATGTGTCAAATGTACAAATAATGTGTGCCTGGTGCC
                    AGAAAGTGGGAATCAAGCGCTATTCCCTGAGTATGGGAAGTGAGGTGAAAAGCTTCTA
                    GAGCCACAACTGCTTTGACGCCTTCCCACCGGCCTCACTCAAAAGAAATATGGCTAAT
                    CA
                    ORF Start: ATG at 234 ORF Stop: TAG at 753
                    SEQ ID NO:12          173 aa MW at 19250.6 kD
NOV4a,              MAEMEKEGRPPENKRSRKPAHPVKREINEEMKNFAENTMNELLGWYGYDKVELKDGED
CG139186-01 Protein IEFRSYPTDGESRQHISVLKENSLPKPKLPEDSVISPYNISTGYSGLATGNGLSDSPA
Sequence            GSKDHGSVPIIVPLIPPPFTKPPAEDDVSNVQIMCAWCQKVGIKRYSLSMGSEVKSF

[0280] Further analysis of the NOV4a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 4B.

TABLE 4B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV4a
PSort     0.3000 probability located in nucleus; 0.1000 probability
analysis: located in mitochondrial matrix space; 0.1000 probability
          located in lysosome (lumen); 0.0000 probability located in
          endoplasmic reticulum (membrane)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0281] A search of the NOV4a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 4C.

TABLE 4C
Geneseq Results for NOV4a
		NOV4a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	#, Date]	Residues	Region	Value
ABG01994	Novel human diagnostic protein #1985 -	1 . . . 141	140/141	(99%)	1e−79
	Homo sapiens, 182aa. [WO200175067-	1 . . . 141	141/141	(99%)
	A2, 11 OCT. 2001]
ABG01994	Novel human diagnostic protein #1985 -	1 . . . 141	140/141	(99%)	1e−79
	Homo sapiens, 182 aa. [WO200175067-	1 . . . 141	141/141	(99%)
	A2, 11 OCT. 2001]
ABG27565	Novel human diagnostic protein #27556 -	10 . . . 140	115/132	(87%)	5e−62
	Homo sapiens, 791 aa.	64 . . . 195	119/132	(90%)
	[WO200175067-A2, 11 OCT. 2001]
ABG02501	Novel human diagnostic protein #2492 -	10 . . . 140	115/132	(87%)	5e−62
	Homo sapiens, 791 aa. [WO200175067-	64 . . . 195	119/132	(90%)
	A2, 11 OCT. 2001]
ABG27565	Novel human diagnostic protein #27556 -	10 . . . 140	115/132	(87%)	5e−62
	Homo sapiens, 791 aa.	64 . . . 195	119/132	(90%)
	[WO200175067-A2, 11 OCT. 2001]

[0282] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV4a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 4D.

TABLE 4D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV4a
		NOV4a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q95TY2	GH22790P - Drosophila melanogaster	23 . . . 53	18/32	(56%)	8e−04
	(Fruit fly), 813 aa.	65 . . . 96	28/32	(87%)
Q9V620	CG8991 PROTEIN - Drosophila	23 . . . 53	18/32	(56%)	8e−04
	melanogaster (Fruit fly), 774 aa.	26 . . . 57	28/32	(87%)
AAM07637	CONSERVED HYPOTHETICAL	59 . . . 119	20/61	(32%)	1.9
	PROTEIN - Methanosarcina	193 . . . 253	28/61	(45%)
	acetivorans str. C2A, 375 aa.
AAM03932	CELL SURFACE PROTEIN -	59 . . . 117	18/59	(30%)	1.9
	Methanosarcina acetivorans str. C2A,	738 . . . 796	28/59	(46%)
	923 aa.
Q9JL19	PPAR INTERACTING PROTEIN	12 . . . 145	38/143	(26%)	3.3
	PRIP - Mus musculus (Mouse), 2067	1461 . . . 1592	59/143	(40%)
	aa.

[0283] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV4a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 4E.

TABLE 4E
Domain Analysis of NOV4a
		Identities/
Pfam		Similarities	Expect
Domain	NOV4a Match Region	for the Matched Region	Value

Example 5

[0284] The NOV5 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 5A.

TABLE 5A
NOV5 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:13         1108 bp
NOV5a,             CTTCGTCCACCGCCTCCCGACCATGGACCCCCACAAAGTGAATCCACTTCGGGCTTTT
CG94620-01 DNA                          GTGAAAATGTGTAAGCAGGATCTGAGCGTTCTGCACACCAAGGAAATGCACTTCCTGA
Sequence           GGGAGTGGGTGGAGAGCATGGGGGGTAAACTATCACCTGCTACTCAGAAAGTTAAATC
                   AGAAGAAAATACCAAGGAAGAAAAACCTGATAGTAAGAAGGTGGAGGAAGACTTAAAG
                   CCAGACGAACCATCAAGTGAGGAAAGTAATCTATTAATTGATAATCAAGGTGTGATTG
                   AACCAGACCCTGATGCCCCTCAAGAAATGGGAGATGAAAATGCAGAGATAACAGAGGA
                   GATGATGGATCAGGCAAATCATAAGAAAGTGGCTCCTATTGAAGCCCTAAATGATGGT
                   GAACTGCAGAAAGCCATTGACTTATTCACAGATGCCATCAAGCTGAATCCTCAGTTGG
                   CCATTTTGTATGCCAAGAGGGCCAGTGTCTTCATCAAATTACAGAAGCCAAATGCTGC
                   CATCCGAGACTGTGACAGAGCCGTTGAAATAAATCCTGATTCAGCTCAGCCTTACAAG
                   TGGCGAGGTAAAGCACACAGACTTCTAGGCCACTGGGAAGGAGCAGCCCATGATCTTG
                   CCCTTGCCTGTAAATTGGATTATGATGAAGATGCTAGTGCAATGCTCAAACAAGTTCA
                   GCCTAGGGCACAGACAATTGCGGAACATCAGAGAAAGTATGAGCAAAAACGTGAAGAG
                   CGAGAGATCAAAGAAAGAATAGAAAGAGTTAAGAAGGCTCGAGAAGACCAAGAGAGAG
                   CCCAGAGGGAGGAAGAAGCCAGACGACAGTCAGTAGCTCAGTATGGCTCTTTTCCAGA
                   TGGACTTCCTGGGGGAATGCTTGGAATGAGAGGGGGCATGCCTGGGATGGCCGGAATA
                   ACTGCACTCAATGAAATTCTTAGTGATCCAGAGATTCTTGCAGCCGTGCAGGATCCCA
                   AAGTTATGGTGGCCTTCCAGGATGTCGCTCAAAACCCAGCAAATATGTCACAATACCA
                   GGGCAACCCAAAGGTTATGAATCTTATCAGTAAATTGTCAGCCAAATTTGGAGGTCAA
                   GAGTAA
                   ORF Start: ATG at 23 ORF Stop: TAA at 1106
                   SEQ ID NO:14         361 aa MW at 40495.4 kD
NOV5a,             MDPHKVNALRAFVKMCKQDLSVLHTKEMHFLREWVESMGGKLSPATQKVKSEENTKEE
CG94620-01 Protein KPDSKKVEEDLKADEPSSEESNLLIDNEGVIEPDPDAPQEMGDENAEITEEMMDQANH
Sequence           KKVAAIEALNDGELQKAIDLFTDAIKLNPQLAILYAKRASVFIKLQKPNAAIRDCDRA
                   VEINPDSAQPYKWRGKAHRLLGHWEGAAHDLALACKLDYDEDASAMLKEVQPRAQTIA
                   EHQRKYEQKREEREIKERIERVKKAREEQERAQREEEARRQSVAQYGSFPDGLPGGML
                   GMRGGMPGMAGITGLNEILSDPEILAAVQDPKVMVAFQDVAQNPANMSQYQGNPKVMN
                   LISKLSAKFGGQE

[0285] Further analysis of the NOV5a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 5B.

TABLE 5B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV5a
PSort     0.7600 probability located in nucleus; 0.3000 probability
analysis: located in microbody (peroxisome); 0.1000 probability located
          in mitochondrial matrix space; 0.1000 probability located in
          lysosome (lumen)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0286] A search of the NOV5a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 5C.

TABLE 5C
Geneseq Results for NOV5a
		NOV5a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
ABG13621	Novel human diagnostic protein #13612 -	1 . . . 360	327/368	(88%)	0.0
	Homo sapiens, 369 aa. [WO200175067-	1 . . . 368	340/368	(91%)
	A2, 11 OCT. 2001]
ABG13621	Novel human diagnostic protein #13612 -	1 . . . 360	327/368	(88%)	0.0
	Homo sapiens, 369 aa. [WO200175067-	1 . . . 368	340/368	(91%)
	A2, 11 OCT. 2001]
AAY07080	Renal cancer associated antigen precursor	1 . . . 360	324/368	(88%)	0.0
	sequence - Homo sapiens, 369 aa.	1 . . . 368	339/368	(92%)
	[WO9904265-A2, 28 JAN. 1999]
AAY16629	Protein encoded by the novel gene	1 . . . 360	324/368	(88%)	0.0
	HSU17714 - Homo sapiens, 369 aa.	1 . . . 368	339/368	(92%)
	[WO9931228-A1, 24 JUN. 1999]
ABG11507	Novel human diagnostic protein #11498 -	1 . . . 360	323/368	(87%)	0.0
	Homo sapiens, 379 aa. [WO200175067-	11 . . . 378	338/368	(91%)
	A2, 11 OCT. 2001]

[0287] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV5a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 5D.

TABLE 5D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV5a
		NOV5a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
P50502	Hsc70-interacting protein (Hip) (Putative	1 . . . 360	327/368	(88%)	0.0
	tumor suppressor ST13) (Progesterone	1 . . . 368	340/368	(91%)
	receptor-associated p48 protein) - Homo
	sapiens (Human), 369 aa.
Q99L47	SIMILAR TO SUPPRESSION OF	1 . . . 360	310/371	(83%)	e−174
	TUMORIGENICITY 13 (COLON	1 . . . 370	332/371	(88%)
	CARCINOMA) (HSP70-INTERACTING
	PROTEIN) - Mus musculus (Mouse), 371
	aa.
P50503	Hsc70-interacting protein (Hip) (Putative	1 . . . 359	303/367	(82%)	e−172
	tumor suppressor ST13)- Rattus	1 . . . 366	329/367	(89%)
	norvegicus (Rat), 368 aa.
O45786	T12D8.8 PROTEIN - Caenorhabditis	6 . . . 359	169/375	(45%)	2e−78
	elegans, 422 aa.	4 . . . 374	231/375	(61%)
O49648	HSP ASSOCIATED PROTEIN LIKE-	53 . . . 361	151/332	(45%)	4e−72
	Arabidopsis thaliana (Mouse−ear cress),	303 . . . 627	214/332	(63%)
	627 aa.

[0288] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV5a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 5E.

TABLE 5E
Domain Analysis of NOV5a
		Identities/
Pfam		Similarities	Expect
Domain	NOV5a Match Region	for the Matched Region	Value
TPR	148 . . . 181	11/34	(32%)	3.8e−05
		27/34	(79%)

Example 6

[0289] The NOV6 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 6A.

TABLE 6A
NOV6 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:15         4690 bp
NOV6a,             TTGGCCGCCATGGAGTATTGTTTACACCCGGAGCCGCAGTCTCAGCATGAACTTGGGA
CG94882-01 DNA                          ATGTTTTCTTIAAAATTCAAGGACAAGTTCTGCGTGTACGAGGAGTATTGCAGCAACCA
Sequence           TGAGAAAGCCCTGAGGCTGCTGGTGGAGCTGAACAAGATCCCTACCGTGCGCGCCTTC
                   CTTTTGAGCTGCATGCTTCTGGGAGGCCGGAAGACCACGGACATCCCTTTGGAAGGCT
                   ACCTGTTGTCTCCGATCCACAGGATCTGCAAGTACCCGCTCCTCCTTAAGGAGCTGGC
                   CAAGAGGACTCCCGCCAAGCACCCAGACCACCCCGCCGTCCAGAGTGCCCTGCAGGCC
                   ATGAAGACCGTTTGCTCCAACATCAATGAGACCAAGCGGCAGATGGAGAAGCTGGAAG
                   CCCTGGAGCAGCTGCAGTCCCACATCGAAGGCTGCCAGGGTTCCAACCTCACAGACAT
                   CTGCACTCAGCTCCTCCTGCAAGGGACTTTGTTAAAGATCTCTGCGGGCAACATCCAG
                   GAAAGGGCCTTCTTCCTCTTCGACAACCTTCTCGTCTACTGCAAGCGGAAATCCAGGG
                   TCACCGGGAGCAAGAAGTCCACCAAGAGGACCAAATCCATCAACGGCTCCCTCTACAT
                   CTTCAGGGGTCGAATCAACACTGAAGTCATGGAGGTGGAGAATGTGGAACATGGGACA
                   GCGGATTACCATACCAACCGCTATACCGTCACCAACGGCTGGAAGATCCACAACACGG
                   CCAAGAATAAGTGGTTTGTCTGCATGGCCAAGACGGCAGAGGAGAAGCAGAAGTGGCT
                   GGATGCCATCATCCGCGAGCGGGAGCAGCGCGAGAGCCTGAAGCTGGGCATGGAGCGT
                   GATGCCTACGTCATGATTGCGGAGAAGGGGCAGAACCTGTACCACATGATGATGAACA
                   AGAAGGTGAACCTCATCAAGGACCGCCGGAGAAAGCTGAGCACTGTCCCCAAGTGCTT
                   TCTTGGCAATGAGTTCGTTGCCTGGCTCCTAGAAATTGGTGAAATCAGCAAGACGGAA
                   GAAGGAGTCAACTTGGGCCAAGCCCTGTTGGAGAATGGCATCATCCACCATGTTTCCG
                   ACAAGCACCAGTTCAAGAATGACCAGGTGATGTATCGCTTCCCCTACCACGATGGCAC
                   CTACAAGGCCCGAAGTGAGCTGGAGGACATCATGTCCAAGGGTGTGAGGCTTTACTGC
                   CGTCTTCACAGCCTCTACACCCCGGTGATCAAAGACCGTGATTACCACCTGAAGACCT
                   ACAAGTCAGTGCTTCCCGGGAGCAAGCTGGTGGACTGGCTGCTGGCTCAGGGAGACTG
                   CCAGACTCGGGAGGAGGCAGTGGCGCTCGGCGTGGGTCTGTGCAACAATGGCTTCATG
                   CACCACGTGCTGGAGAAGACCGAGTTCACGGATGAGTCCCAGTACTTCCCCTTTCATG
                   CTGACGAGGAGATGGAGGGGACCAGCAGCAAGAACAAACAGCTTCGCAACGACTTCAA
                   GCTGGTGGAGAACATTCTGGCCAAGCGCCTGCTGATCCTGCCCCAGGAGGAGGACTAT
                   GGCTTTGACATCGAGGAGAAGAACAAGGCTGTCGTCGTGAAGTCCGTCCAGAGGGGCT
                   CGCTGGCTGAGGTGGCTGGCCTGCAGGTGGGGAGGAAGATCTACTCCATCAATGAGGA
                   CCTGGTGTTCCTGCGGCCGTTTTCAGAGGTGGAGTCCATCCTCAACCAGTCCTTCTGC
                   TCCCGCCGCCCTCTGCCCCTCCTGGTGCCCACGAAGGCCAAAGAGATCATCAAAATCC
                   CCGACCAGCCGGACACACTGTGCTTCCAGATTCGTGGAGCTGCCCCACCGTACGTCTA
                   TGCTGTGGGGAGAGGCTCTGAGGCCATGGCTGCAGGGCTCTGTGCTGGTCAGTGCATT
                   CTGAAGGTCAATGGCAGCAACGTGATGAACGATGGTGCCCCTGAGGTCCTGGAGCACT
                   TCCAGGCATTCCGGAGTCGGCGCGAAGAGGCCCTGGGCCTGTACCAGTGGATCTACCA
                   CACCCATGAGGATGCCCAGGAAGCACGAGCCAGTCAGGAGGCCTCCACTGAGGACCCC
                   AGTGGCGAGCAGGCCCAGGAGGAAGACCAGGCTGATTCAGCCTTCCCACTGCTGTCCC
                   TGGGTCCCCGGCTGAGCCTGTGTGAGGACAGCCCCATGGTCACCCTGACTGTGGACAA
                   CGTGCACCTCGAACACCGCGTGCTGTATCACTATGTGAGCACGGCAGGCGTCAGGTGC
                   CATGTGCTGGAGAAGATCCTGGAGCCCCGCGGCTGCTTCGGCCTCACCGCCAAGATCC
                   TCGAGGCCTTTGCTGCCAATGACAGCGTCTTCGTGGAGAACTGCAGGCGGCTCATGGC
                   CCTGAGCAGCGCCATCGTGACCATCCCCCACTTTGAGTTCCGCAACATCTGTGACACC
                   AAGCTGGAGAGCATTGGCCAGAGGATTGCCTGCTACCAGGAGTTTGCAGCCCAACTGA
                   AGAGCAGGGTCAGCCCACCCTTCAAACAAGCCCCCCTGGAGCCCCACCCGCTGTGTGG
                   CCTGGACTTCTGCCCCACCAATTGCCACATCAACCTCATGGAAGTGTCCTACCCCAAG
                   ACCACCCCCTCAGTGGGCAGGTCCTTCAGCATCCGCTTTGGACGCAAACCCTCCCTCA
                   TCGGCCTTGACCCGGAGCAAGGCCACCTGAACCCCATGTCGTACACCCAGCACTGCAT
                   CACCACCATGGCTCCTCCCTCCTGGAAGTGCTTGCCTGCTGCAGAGGGTGATCCCCAA
                   GGCCAGGGTCTCCATGATGGCAGCTTCGGGCCAGCCAGTGGGACCCTTGGTCAGGAAG
                   ACCGGGCCCTCAGCTTCCTACTCAAGCAGGAGGACCGTGAGATCCAGGATGCCTACCT
                   GCAGCTCTTCACCAAGCTCGATGTGGCCCTGAAGGAGATGAAGCAATATGTCACCCAG
                   ATCAACAGGCTGCTGTCCACCATCACAGAGCCCACCTCGGGTGGGTCCTGCGACGCAT
                   CCTTGGCTGAGGAGGCCTCCTCCCTGCCCCTGGTCAGTGAAGAGAGCGAGATGGACAG
                   GAGTGACCATGGGGGCATCAAGAAGGTGTGCTTCAAGGTGGCCGAGGAGGACCAGGAG
                   GACTCAGGCCACGACACCATGAGTTATCGCGACTCCTACAGCGAGTGTAACAGCAATC
                   GAGACTCGGTCCTGTCCTACACCAGCGTGAGAAGTAACAGCTCCTACTTGGGCAGCGA
                   CGAGATGGGGTCTGGAGATGAGCTGCCCTGTGACATGcGGATCCCATCTGACAAGCAG
                   GACAAGCTTCATGGCTGCCTGGAGCACCTCTTTAACCAGGTGGACTCCATCAATGCTC
                   TCCTCAAGGGGCCAGTCATGAGCCGGGCTTTCGAAGAGACCAA3CATTTCCCTATGAA
                   CCACAGCTTACAAGAGTTTAAACAGAAAGAAGAGTGTACAATCCGTGGCCGGAGCCTG
                   ATCCAGATTAGCATCCAGGAGGACCCCTGGAACCTCCCCAACTCCATCAAGACCCTGG
                   TGGACAACATTCAGAGATATGTGGAAGATGGGAAGAACCAGCTGCTCCTCGCCTTGCT
                   GAAGTGCACAGACACGGAGCTGCAGCTGCGCAGAGACGCGATCTTCTGCCAGGCCCTG
                   GTGGCCGCCGTGTGCACCTTCTCCGAGCAGCTGCTGGCGGCCCTGGGCTACCGCTACA
                   ACAACAATGGCCAGTACGAGCAGAGCACCCGCGACCCCAGCCGCAAGTGGCTGGAGCA
                   GGTGGCGCCCACGGGCGTCCTGCTGCACTGCCAGTCCCTCCTCTCGCCAGCCACAGTG
                   AAGGAGGAACGGACCATGCTGGAGGACATCTGGGTGACGCTGTCAGAGCTGGACAATG
                   TCACCTTCTCCTTTAAGCAGCTGGACGAGAACTATGTGGCCAACACCAACGTCTTCTA
                   CCACATTGAGGGCAGCCGGCAGGCGCTGAAGGTCATCTTCTACCTCGACAGCTACCAC
                   TTCTCCAAGCTGCCCTCCCGCCTGGAGGGTGGGGCCAGCCTGAGGCTGCACACAGCGC
                   TGTTCACGAAAGTGCTGGAGAACGTGGAGGGGCTGCCTTCTCCAGGCAGCCAGGCCGC
                   GGACGATTTCCAGCAGGACATCAACCCGCAGTCCCTGGAGAAAGTTCAGCAGTATTAC
                   CGCAAACTCAGGGCATTTTACCTGGACCGGTCTAACCTGCCCACGGATGCCAGCACCA
                   CGGCGGTAAAGATAGACCAGCTGATCCGCCCCATCAATGCCCTGGATGAGCTCTGCCG
                   CCTCATGAAGTCCTTTGTCCACCCAAAGCCTGGTGCTGCTGGGAGTGTGGGCGCCGGC
                   CTCATCCCCATCTCCTCGGAGCTCTGCTACCGCCTGGGGGCCTGCCAGATCGTCATGT
                   GTGGCACAGGCATGCAGAGGAGCACCCTGAGCGTGTCCCTGGAGCAGGCGGCCATCTT
                   GGCACGGAGCCACGGGTTGCTGCCCAAGTGCATCATGCAGGCCACGGACATCATGCGG
                   AAOCAGGGCCCAAGGGTGGAGATTCTGGCCAAAAACCTGCGAGTCAAGGACCAGATGC
                   CCCAGGGTGCTCCGCGCCTCTACCGCCTCTGCCAGCCGCCGGTGGATGGGGACCTCTG
                   AACACCCAAATGCCCCACGCTGGGCCGCGGCCTCTGGAGCTGGGATTTGG
                   ORF Start: ATG at 10 ORF Stop: TGA at 4639
                   SEQ ID NO:16         1543 aa MW at 173855.5 kD
NOV6a,             MEYCLHPEPQSQHELGNVFLKFKDKFCVYEEYCSNHEKALRLLVELNKIPTVRAFLLS
CG94882-01 Protein CMLLGGRKTTDIPLEGYLLSPIQRICKYPLLLKELAKRTPGKHPDHPAVQSALQAMKT
Sequence           VCSNINETKRQMEKLEALEQLQSHIEGWEGSNLTDICTQLLLQGTLLKISAGNIQERA
                   FFLFDNLLVYCKRKSRVTGSKKSTKRTKSINGSLYIFRGRINTEVMEVENVEDGTADY
                   HSNGYTVTNGWKIHNTAKNKWFVCMAKTAEEKQKWLDAIIREREQRESLKLGMERDAY
                   VMIAEKGEKLYHMMMNKKVNLIKDRRRKLSTVPKCFLGNEFVAWLLEIGEISKTEEGV
                   NLGQALLENGIIHHVSDKHQFKNEQVMYRFRYDDGTYKARSELEDIMSKGVRLYCRLH
                   SLYTPVIKDRDYHLKTYKSVLPGSKLVDWLLAQGDCQTREEAVALGVGLCNNGFMHHV
                   LEKSEFRDESQYFRFHADEEMEGTSSKNKQLRNDFKLVENILAKRLLILPQEEDYGFD
                   LEEKNKAVXTVKSVQRGSLAEVAGLQVGRKIYSINEDLVFLRPFSEVESILNQSFCSRR
                   PLRLLVATKAKEIIKIPDQPDTLCFQIRGAAPPYVYAVGRGSEAMAAGLCAGQCILKV
                   NGSNVMNDGAPEVLEHFQAFRSRREEALGLYQWIYHTHEDAQEARASQEASTEDPSGE
                   QAQEEDQADSAFPLLSLGPRLSLCEDSPMVTLTVDNVHLEHGVVYEYVSTAGVRCHVL
                   EKIVEPRGCFGLTAKILEAFAANDSVFVENCRRLMALSSAIVTMPHFEFRNICDTKLE
                   SIGQRIACYQEFAAQLKSRVSPPFKQAPLEPHPLCGLDFCPTNCHINLMEVSYPKTTP
                   SVGRSFSIRFGRKPSLIGLDPEQGHLNPMSYTQHCITTMAAPSWKCLPAAEGDPQGQG
                   LHDGSFGPASGTLGQEDRGLSFLLKQEDREIQDAYLQLFTKLDVALKEMKQYVTQINR
                   LLSTITEPTSGGSCDASLAEEASSLPLVSEESEMDRSDHGGIKKVCFKVAEEDQEDSG
                   HDTMSYRDSYSECNSNRDSVLSYTSVRSNSSYLGSDEMGSGDELPCDMRIPSDKQDKL
                   HGCLEHLFNQVDSINALLKGPVMSRAFEETKHFPMNHSLQEFKQKEECTIRGRSLIQI
                   SIQEDPWNLPNSIKTLVDNIQRYVEDGKNQLLLALLKCTDTELQLRRDAIFCQALVAA
                   VCTFSEQLLAALGYRYNNNGEYEESSRDASRKWLEQVAATGVLLHCQSLLSPATVKEE
                   RTMLEDIWVTLSELDNVTFSFKQLDENYVANTNVFYHIEGSRQALKVIFYLDSYHFSK
                   LPSRLEGGASLRLHTALFTKVLENVEGLPSPGSQAAEDLQQDINAQSLEKVQQYYRKL
                   RAFYLERSNLPTDASTTAVKIDQLIRPINALDELCRLMKSFVHPKPGAAGSVGAGLIP
                   ISSELCYRLGACQMVMCGTGMQRSTLSvSLEQAAILARSHGLLPKCIMQATDIMRKQG
                   PRVEILAKNLRVKDQMPQGAPRLYRLCQPPVDGDL

[0290] Further analysis of the NOV6a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 6B.

TABLE 6B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV6a
PSort     0.9400 probability located in nucleus; 0.3000 probability
analysis: located in microbody (peroxisome); 0.1000 probability located
          in mitochondrial matrix space; 0.1000 probability located in
          lysosome (lumen)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0291] A search of the NOV6a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 6C.

TABLE 6C
Geneseq Results for NOV6a
		NOV6a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAM38941	Human polypeptide SEQ ID NO 2086 -	591 . . . 1543	951/953	(99%)	0.0
	Homo sapiens, 956 aa. [WO200153312-	4 . . . 956	953/953	(99%)
	A1, 26 JUL. 2001]
AAU21633	Novel human neoplastic disease	1 . . . 427	426/427	(99%)	0.0
	associated polypeptide #66 - Homo	77 . . . 503	427/427	(99%)
	sapiens, 503 aa. [WO200155163-A1, 02
	AUG. 2001]
AAB94398	Human protein sequence SEQ ID	128 . . . 826	419/700	(59%)	0.0
	NO:14968 - Homo sapiens, 762 aa.	1 . . . 691	538/700	(76%)
	[EP1074617-A2, 07 FEB. 2001]
AAM40727	Human polypeptide SEQ ID NO 5658 -	1162 . . . 1543	379/382	(99%)	0.0
	Homo sapiens, 398 aa. [WO200153312-	17 . . . 398	381/382	(99%)
	A1, 26 JUL. 2001]
AAB95639	Human protein sequence SEQ ID	485 . . . 1076	275/600	(45%)	e−137
	NO:18376 - Homo sapiens, 577 aa.	1 . . . 564	379/600	(62%)
	[EP1074617-A2, 07 FEB. 2001]

[0292] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV6a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 6D.

TABLE 6D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV6a
		NOV6a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
CAC86401	P-REX1 PROTEIN - Homo sapiens	1 . . . 1543	1541/1543	(99%)	0.0
	(Human), 1659 aa.	117 . . . 1659	1542/1543	(99%)
Q9P2D2	KIAA1415 PROTEIN - Homo sapiens	5 . . . 1543	1538/1539	(99%)	0.0
	(Human), 1539 aa (fragment).	1 . . . 1539	1538/1539	(99%)
Q9UGQ4	DJ998C11.1 (KIAA1415 PROTEIN	1 . . . 985	984/985	(99%)	0.0
	(CONTAINS A RHOGEF DOMAIN)) -	44 . . . 1028	985/985	(99%)
	Homo sapiens (Human), 1028 aa
	(fragment).
Q9BQH0	HYPOTHETICAL 106.1 KDA	591 . . . 1543	950/953	(99%)	0.0
	PROTEIN - Homo sapiens (Human),	4 . . . 956	952/953	(99%)
	956 aa.
Q9H4Q6	BA269H4.1 (KIAA1415 PROTEIN) -	987 . . . 1543	556/557	(99%)	0.0
	Homo sapiens (Human), 557 aa	1 . . . 557	557/557	(99%)
	(fragment).

[0293] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV6a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 6E.

TABLE 6E
Domain Analysis of NOV6a
		Identities/
Pfam		Similarities	Expect
Domain	NOV6a Match Region	for the Matched Region	Value
RhoGEF	2 . . . 123	51/207	(25%)	0.00087
		88/207	(43%)
PH	156 . . . 276	26/121	(21%)	1.6e−10
		91/121	(75%)
DEP	305 . . . 380	22/89	(25%)	1.7e−10
		54/89	(61%)
DEP	407 . . . 481	21/89	(24%)	4.7e−05
		52/89	(5 8%)
PDZ	509 . . . 589	19/86	(22%)	0.041
		57/86	(66%)

Example 7

[0294] The NOV7 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 7A.

TABLE 7A
NOV7 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:17         4619 bp
NOV7a,             TCTCTCATACAAGGGAAGTGGGGCAGTACGAAGGAACTGGAGATGGGAAAAGCATGGG
CG94915-01 DNA     GCTGGCTCTTCCCCGCCGAGGTTGGTGGATCATTTGAGGGCAGGAGTTTGACACCAGC
Sequence           CTGGCCAACATGGCGAAACCCTGCCTCTCAGCTACTTGGGAGGCTGAGGCAGGAGAAT
                   CGCTTGAACCTGGCAGGTGCAGGCGAAGCCAAGATCGGTCGCGCCCGTCCCCCTTCTC
                   CCCGCCCACCTCGAGCCTGCAGGAGACGGGACCCCGAGGGCCCACAGGCACCGGACCT
                   ACTCACCCGGCAGGCCGCTCTCCTCGGTGCAGACAGCACAGGGAGGAGGGGGAAGCGG
                   CTCTGCCGGGAACAGGGAGGGACCTCCAGGGAAGCGAAACTGAAACTTTGCGCCCAGT
                   CCCCCCGGCCACCTCCGCTACAGCAGCCGCCGAAGCTGAACCCGGGGTGTGGAGGTTG
                   TAGTGACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCACTCAAGGGCTCTGTGAGTTCTCAGGCCTCACAACTC
                   GACAAGAAGGAAAAGGGCATCTGTGTCATCTGTATGGACACCATTAGTAACAAAAAAG
                   TGCTACCAAAGTGCAAGCATGAATTCTGCGCCCCTTGTATCAACAAAGCCATGTCATA
                   TAAGCCAATCTGTCCCACATGCCAGACTTCCTATGGTATTCAGAAAGGAAATCAGCCA
                   GAGGGAAGCATGGTTTTCACTGTTTCAAGAGACTCACTTCCAGGTTATGAGTCCTTTG
                   GCACCATTGTGATTACTTATTCTATGAAACCACGCATACAAACACAGGAAGAACACCC
                   AAACCCAGGAAAGAGATACCCTGGAATACAGCGAACTGCATACTTGCcTGATAATAAG
                   GAAGGAAGGAAGGTTTTCAAACTGCTTTATAGGGCCTTTGACCAAAAGCTGATTTTTA
                   CAGTGGGGTACTCTCGCGTATTAGGAGTCTCAGATGTCATCACTTGGAATGATATTcA
                   CCACAAAACATCCCGGTTTGGAGGACCAGAAATGTATGCCTATCCTGATCCTTCTTAC
                   CTGAAACGTGTCAAAGAGGAGCTCAAAGCCAAAGGAATTGAGGAAGACAACTGCTGCA
                   AGATGTCTTAAATCAAGCTTTCAAAAAATATATTTTAGGAGGCTGATTTAATGCCAG
                   TCTAAATCCTTATCTACAAAGGACTTTGAAATTTTTCTTCTCAAGAAATGGTTTGTAT
                   AAGAATAACAATCTGCTAGTCTGTCATTTCTGGAGTGATACTTTTTTTTTTGAGACGG
                   AGTCTCCTCTGTCGCTCGCGCTGGAGTGCAGTGGCATGATCTCGCCTCACTGCAAGCT
                   CCGCCTCCCAGGTTCATGCCATTCTCCTACCTCAGCCTCCCGAGTAGCTGGGACTACA
                   GGCGCCCACCACCATGCCCGGCTAATTTTTGTTTTTGTATTTTTAGTAGAGACAGGGT
                   TTCACTGTGTTAGCCAGGATGGTCTCGATCTCCTGACCTCGTGATCCGCCCGCCTCAG
                   CCTTCCAAAGTGTTGGGATTATAGGCGTGAGCCACCGCCCCCAGCCCTGGAGTGATAC
                   TTTTTATGGAAGACAAAAGCCCCCCAAATCTGTGTAAAATCTGCTGCAAAGGTGTCAT
                   CCCTCTTGTGTCATCACTGGGGTTAGAGGTGGCTCCCAAATAATCTTCTGTGTCCTTC
                   AGTTGGACTCTCGGCTGCCAATTGATCTCTTTTTCATTGCCATCTCTGGCCTGGTTCT
                   TTGGTTTTTTGTGTGTTTTCCCCTTCATCTCTACCTGTGAAAGTGAAATTCTATTGTA
                   AATGGGAGGAAAAAGGGTTGGTTGTGAAAAATTAAAGACCCACATTCTGCTTTCTTAC
                   TCATGGTAAGAAAAGTGGCCATGAGTAGAGATTGGGCAAGCATTGGTAATAAATGGAA
                   TAAGACTATTATTATTATTATTTGAGATGCAGTCTCACTCTGTCACCCAGGCTGGAAT
                   GCAGTGGTGTGATCTTCCCTCACTGCAACCTCCACTTCCCGGGTTCAAGCGATTCTCC
                   TGCCTCAGCCTCCTGAGTAGCTGGGATTACAGGTGTGTGCCTCCACACCCGGCTAATT
                   TTTTGTATTTTTAGTAGAGACGGGGTTTTGCCATGTTGGCCAGGCTGGTTTCAAACTC
                   CTGAGCTCAAATGATCCTCCTGCCTTGGCCTCCCAAAGTGCTGGAATTACAGGCATGA
                   GCCACCACACCCACACAAGACTATCATTTTTAATGACCAAGAGCCTAGTATATAGTTG
                   GTGCCTGTCTTACTCTGTTTGTGTTCCTATAAAAGAACACCTGAGACTGGGTAATTGA
                   TAAAGAAAAAGGTTTGTTTGGCTCACAATTTTGCTGGCTAGAAGGTTGGGCATCCGGT
                   GAAAGCCTCAGGCTGCTTCCATTCATAGCAAAGGGCAGCCAGTGTGTGCAGAAATCAA
                   ATGACAGAGAGGAAGTGAGAGAGAGACGTGTCGGGGAGGTGCCAGGCTCTTTTTAACA
                   AGCAGTTCTTCAGGAACTAAGAGTGAGTCACTCCCATGAGAACAGCACCAAGCCATTC
                   ATGGGGGAATCTCCCCCCATGACCCAGACCCCTCCCGTTAGGCTTCACCTCCAACACT
                   GAGGATCAAATTTCAACATGAGATTTGGAGCAGGTCAAACAAACTAAACTGTAGCAGT
                   GTTTCATAAAATTGTTTt~CCTGACTCAGGTTGCTAGTAAGCCAGCAGAGGGATATTTG
                   CCTCCTAAATCTTTGGCAGAGGCAGGAGTAAGGAAGCCATTTCTGGAGTCCTTGCTAC
                   TAATTTGGAAAACTGAGCTTCTTTCTTTCATTGCTTTTTCCCTTAAGAGACAAGTCCT
                   TACTATATTGCCCTGTCTCTCAAGGGAAGACATCAAGACTGGACTTGAACTCCTGGGC
                   TCAAGCCATCCCCCAACCTTGGCCTCTCGAGTAGATGGCATTATAGGCATGTGCCACG
                   GTGCCTGACTTGAGTTTCTTATTCTAGAACACTTGGAGCCTGAACTCTGACCAGGCCC
                   CTCACTTGAGCCTTTGCTTTCTGCTCCTTGTAAACTGCCATATTGGGTGCACTTGCCC
                   TGCCACAGTAATGCTATATATTTCTGAGCATTGTTTTTCTCTAGATAATTTTATATTT
                   TTGAGTATACCCCACTTCCAAGTGTTTTTTGTTTTGTTTTGCTTTGTTTTTGTTGTTG
                   TTGTTTTGAGACAGGGTCTCACTGTGTCCCCCAGGCTGGAGTGCAGTGGCACAATGAC
                   GACTCACTGCAGCCTCAACCTCCTGGGGCCAAGTGATCCACCCACCTCAGCCTCCCAA
                   GTAGCTGGGACCACAGGCACAGTGCCACCACGCCCATGCCTAAAGCATTTTTTTTTTT
                   TTTTTTGGTCGAGATGGGGTGTCCCTGTGTTGCCCAGACTGGTCTTGCCCTCCTCGAC
                   TCAAGGCATCCTCCTGTCTTGGGCTCCCAAAGTCTTGGGATTACAGGCGTGAGTGACC
                   ATGCCTAGCTCACTTCCAGGTTTAACAGACAAAATAAACTTACTCTAGTTTCCATCTC
                   TATCATTTTATAATAACCGTAGCCCACATTGTAGTAGTTTTTCACCTCTTTACTAAGT
                   CCCACCAATTCATGTTTTCACCCTTAAAATCTTTCTCACTGATACTCTCTCTGGACAG
                   AAAAAAGGTGAAATAAGCCTACTATAAGGAATATATGACATGCTAAATTTTATTTTTA
                   AACGGTTCTTCAAGTCAGATTAAAGTAATAATAGCAAATTATGTGATTATCCATGTCC
                   CAGCCTCTCTCCAAAAAAATAGTAAACAAGATGTCTTCTTCTTTTCCCAAAGATACAC
                   ATACACACATGTACAATTTTTTTATCACATAATAATAGCTAATATTTAATGAGTACT
                   TACCTTAGTTTGTCCCCTTTACAACAGCTTTACATCTGTGTCGATTGATACAGTTCAT
                   ATTCCCATTTTATAACTGAGGAAAACTGGGTGCACAGAGGAGGATAAGCAACTTGCCA
                   AACGTCACACACTTAATAAGTGGAAATGCTGGGGTATGAACCAGGTAGTCTGCCCCCA
                   TAGCTCTGCCCCCCAGACCTGTACTGTCTCCCATGAGGGTACTTCTCCATGGAGCAGC
                   CTGAGGCGATCCCTTTATTCTGGGCTTCTCTCAGAAATGGATTCCCACACAGTATTCA
                   AAGCAAATTTCCCCAGAGGAAATCCTATTGGAAGAACTTAAAAACTCAGAATCTTTTT
                   CTTTGTCCAGAGAGTTGAGGAAGCTTAAGCTAAATGATACATGTTTTTAAAAAAAAAT
                   CAGATTATAAATTTAGTTTTTGGTGATTCATTAAATTCTTTACTATTATAGTTATTTT
                   CTAGCTGTTCATCTTTTAGCTAAATTTGTTCCAAACAACCAAAAGTTTGGTTTCTACT
                   AAGTTCTGGATTCTGGATGGGAGATTGCACTGTGTGTGACATGCAAGTTTCATGGTGT
                   GGGAGATTGCAGAGCATTTGGGTTACTGCTTTTACTCTTTGGAACCTGTTATCATCTG
                   AAAAAAAGTTTTGCCTATAGTAGTCGTATTCAATTTC
                   ORF Start: ATG at 43 ORF Stop: TAA at 1111
                   SEQ ID NO:18         1356 aa MW at 39166.6 kD
NOV7a,             MGKAWGWLFPAEVCGSFEGRSLRPAWPTWGNPASQLLGRLRQENRLNLGGGGEAKIGR
CG94915-01 Protein ARPPSPRPPRACRRGDPEGPEAPDLLTRQAALLGADSTGRRGKRLCREQGGTSREAKL
Sequence           KLCAQSPRPPPLQQPPKLNPGCCGCSDPPPPPLKGSVSSEASELDKKEKGICVICMDT
                   ISNKKVLPKCKHEFCAPCINKAmSYKPICPTCQTSYGIQKGNQPEGSMVFTVSRDSLP
                   GYESFGTIVITYSMKAGIQTQEEHPNPGKRYPGIQRTAYLPDNKEGRKVLKLLYRAFD
                   QKLIFTVGYSRVLGVSDVITWNDIHHKTSRFGCPEMYGYPDPSYLKRVKEELKAKGIE
                   EDNCWKMS

[0295] Further analysis of the NOV7a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 7B.

TABLE 7B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV7a
PSort     0.4500 probability located in cytoplasm; 0.3000 probability
analysis: located in microbody (peroxisome); 0.1000 probability located
          in mitochondrial matrix space; 0.1000 probability located in
          lysosome (lumen)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0296] A search of the NOV7a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 7C.

TABLE 7C
Geneseq Results for NOV7a
		NOV7a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAM00777	Human bone marrow protein, SEQ ID	147 . . . 326	178/180	(98%)	e−102
	NO:140 - Homo sapiens, 603 aa.	425 . . . 603	178/180	(98%)
	[WO200153453-A2, 26 JUL. 2001]
AAM00890	Human bone marrow protein, SEQ ID	147 . . . 277	130/131	(99%)	9e−73
	NO:366 - Homo sapiens, 212 aa.	83 . . . 212	130/131	(99%)
	[WO200153453-A2, 26 JUL. 2001]
ABB50177	Human transcription factor TRFX-28 -	23 . . . 350	144/339	(42%)	6e−66
	Homo sapiens, 347 aa. [WO200172777-	23 . . . 347	185/339	(54%)
	A2, 04 OCT. 2001]
AAM84104	Human immune/haematopoietic antigen	249 . . . 349	95/101	(94%)	2e−50
	SEQ ID NO:11697 - Homo sapiens, 116	1 . . . 100	97/101	(95%)
	aa. [WO200157182-A2, 09 AUG. 2001]
AAB95594	Human protein sequence SEQ ID	140 . . . 350	97/237	(40%)	8e−40
	NO:18275 - Homo sapiens, 622 aa.	384 . . . 617	130/237	(53%)
	[EP1074617-A2, 07 FEB. 2001]

[0297] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV7a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 7D.

TABLE 7D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV7a
		NOV7a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
AAL90859	RHYSIN 2 - Homo sapiens (Human), 740	147 . . . 348	201/202	(99%)	e−116
	aa.	540 . . . 740	201/202	(99%)
Q9ER06	DELTEX3 - Mus musculus (Mouse), 347	11 . . . 350	150/353	(42%)	1e−66
	aa.	9 . . . 347	192/353	(53%)
Q9H890	CDNA FLJ13862 FIS, CLONE	140 . . . 350	97/237	(40%)	2e−39
	THYRO1001120, MODERATELY	384 . . . 617	130/237	(53%)
	SIMILAR TO HOMO SAPIENS DELTEX
	(DX) MRNA - Homo sapiens (Human),
	622 aa.
Q96H69	UNKNOWN (PROTEIN FOR	145 . . . 350	96/232	(41%)	8e−39
	MGC:14983) - Homo sapiens (Human),	389 . . . 617	128/232	(54%)
	622 aa.
Q9P200	KIAA1528 PROTEIN - Homo sapiens	145 . . . 350	96/232	(41%)	8e−39
	(Human), 740 aa (fragment).	507 . . . 735	128/232	(54%)

[0298] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV7a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 7E.

TABLE 7E
Domain Analysis of NOV7a
		Identities/
Pfam	NOV7a	Similarities
Domain	Match Region	for the Matched Region	Expect Value
zf-C3HC4	168 . . . 206	14/54 (26%)	4.2e−05
		27/54 (50%)

Example 8

[0299] The NOV8 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 8A.

TABLE 8A
NOV8 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:19          1321 bp
NOV8a,             ACACTGCGTCCGGGGCCAGACGACGATATCAGCGCGGGGTCCCCACAACGCCATGGGG
CG94966-01 DNA     CAGACCCAACTCTCGAGCGCGTGATCGAAGCCCGCAGTTTTTTCGCCCCCGTCACTTC
Sequence           CGGGTGCGACAATCTCTTCTGTCCGGCCAGCCGCTGGAGTCGTTAGGTGCCGCCTTGC
                   TTCTGACGAGCCACACGTTTGCTTCTTCCCTGTGTTCCCACCTGGAGGGACATGAGTC
                   TCCCTGGGCCGTCGTCTCCCGACGGGGCCCTGACACGGCCACCCTACTGCCTGGAGGC
                   CGGGGAGCCGACGCCTGGTTTAAGTGACACTTCTCCAGATGAAGGGTTAATAGAGGAC
                   TTGACTATAGAAGACAAAGCAGTGGAGCAACTGGCAGAAGGATTGCTTTCTCATTATT
                   TGCCAGATCTGCAGAGATCAAAACAAGCCCTCCAGGAACTCACCAAGAACCAAGTTGT
                   ATTGTTAGACACACTGGAACAAGAGATTTCAAAATTTAAAGAATGTCATTCTATGTTG
                   GATATTAATGCTTTGTTTGCTGAGGCTAAACACTATCATGCCAAGTTGGTGAATATAA
                   GAAAAGAGATGCTGATGCTTCATGAAAAAACATCAAAGTTAAAAAAAAGAGCACTTAA
                   ACTGCAGCAGAAGAGGCAAAAAGAAGAGTTGGAAAGGGAGCAGCAACGAGAGAAGGAG
                   TTTGAAAGAGAAAAGCAGTTAACTGCCAGACCAGCCAGGATGTGAAAAGTTGTGT
                   TTGTGTGTTTTCTTCTCCTGTCCCATATTTGGGTTATGATGACTCAAGTGTAGACTGA
                   AGTTGAGGTAGTGCCTTATGCCATTATGTCATATGTTGAAATCCTTATTCCGCTATTA
                   CTGTGTCTCCATGCCTTTTTTCCAAGTAGCAGACGTCATGTTGCATGGTTTTTGATAT
                   TTATATGTAAGTTTTTCAAATTTTGCTTAATTTTAAAATTTATTATTTTGATCTTGAA
                   TTATTTATAAACTGGAAAGTGGTTTGATTATTGTGAGTCAAAACTCTAAGTGGTTAAA
                   AATTAGTATGAATTTTTTAGCTTCTTAATGAATATGGATTTAAAACTCTCCAGTTCTT
                   ATTTTATGAAATGACTTGCCTTTCTGGTAATACAATGCTGATTTTTTAGTAATTGCCT
                   TTTCATTACTTTGTTAAGAAGAAATGCCAGCTGTTTAATCACACCTACCCCTGGAAAA
                   GAGGTAAACCTTTTGAACAGTTGAATTTCATCAGAAGCTCTATAGCTTTTTGGTCAGA
                   GGAAGTGATACTCTTTATTACAAGAAACAAGGAATTAACAAAAAT
                   ORF Start: ATG at 226 ORF Stop: TGA at 742
                   SEQ ID NO:20          172 aa MW at 19743.4 kD
NOV8a,             MSVPGPSSPDGALTRPPYCLEAGEPTPGLSDTSPDEGLIEDLTIEDKAVEQLAEGLLS
CG94966-01 Protein HYLPDLQRSKQALQELTQNQVVLLDTLEQEISKFKECHSMLDINALFAEAKHYHAKLV
Sequence           NIRKEMLMLHEKTSKLKKRALKLQQKRQKEELEREQQREKEFEREKQLTARPAKRM

[0300] Further analysis of the NOV8a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 8B.

TABLE 8B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV8a
PSort     0.8200 probability located in nucleus; 0.3000 probability
analysis: located in microbody (peroxisome);
          0.1000 probability located in mitochondrial
          matrix space; 0.1000 probability located in lysosome (lumen)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0301] A search of the NOV8a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 8C.

TABLE 8C
Geneseq Results for NOV8a
		NOV8a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAB43381	Human ORFX ORF3145 polypeptide	1 . . . 172	171/172 (99%)	2e−93
	sequence SEQ ID NO: 6290 - Homo	1 . . . 172	171/172 (99%)
	sapiens, 172 aa. [WO200058473-A2, 05-OCT-2000]
AAG01196	Human secreted protein, SEQ ID NO:	1 . . . 112	112/112 (100%)	4e−60
	5277 - Homo sapiens, 112 aa.	1 . . . 112	112/112 (100%)
	[EP1033401-A2, 06-SEP-2000]
ABB69026	Drosophila melanogaster polypeptide	48 . . . 155	36/111 (32%)	5e−07
	SEQ ID NO: 33870 - Drosophila	5 . . . 114	58/111 (51%)
	melanogaster, 120 aa. [WO200171042-
	A2, 27-SEP-2001]
ABG20431	Novel human diagnostic protein #20422 -	86 . . . 171	25/86 (29%)	0.002
	Homo sapiens, 160 aa. [WO200175067-	39 . . . 121	47/86 (54%)
	A2, 11-OCT-2001]
ABG20431	Novel human diagnostic protein #20422 -	86 . . . 171	25/86 (29%)	0.002
	Homo sapiens, 160 aa. [WO200175067-	39 . . . 121	47/86 (54%)
	A2, 11-OCT-2001]

[0302] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV8a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 8D.

TABLE 8D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV8a
		NOV8a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q9UL45	PALLID (PALLID (MOUSE)	1 . . . 172	172/172 (100%)	6e−94
	HOMOLOG, PALLIDIN) - Homo	1 . . . 172	172/172 (100%)
	sapiens (Human), 172 aa.
Q9R0C0	SYNTAXIN 13-INTERACTING	1 . . . 171	149/171 (87%)	4e−80
	PROTEIN PALLID - Mus musculus	1 . . . 171	156/171 (91%)
	(Mouse), 172 aa.
Q91VG4	SIMILAR TO PALLIDIN - Mus	1 . . . 75	57/75 (76%)	2e−25
	musculus (Mouse), 80 aa.	1 . . . 75	61/75 (81%)
Q9VTM0	CG14133 PROTEIN - Drosophila	48 . . . 155	36/111 (32%)	1e−06
	melanogaster (Fruit fly), 120 aa.	5 . . . 114	58/111 (51%)
Q967H0	EEA1 - Caenorhabditis elegans, 1205	38 . . . 162	33/125 (26%)	7e−04
	aa.	479 . . . 603	60/125 (47%)

[0303] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV8a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 8E.

TABLE 8E
Domain Analysis of NOV8a
Pfam Domain	NOV8a Match	Identities/Similarities	Expect Value
	Region	for the
		Matched Region

Example 9

[0304] The NOV9 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 9A.

TABLE 9A
NOV9 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:21         553 bp
NOV9a,             CGCTGACCCTGTCCGCCGCGCCCGGGGACGCGGGCGGAGGAGGCGCCGCGGCGGAGCC
CG95053-01 DNA     CCCGGACGCGACCATGTCGGAGGTGCTGCCCTACGGCGACGAGAAGCTGAGCCCCTAC
Sequence           GGCGACGGCGGCGACCTCCGCCAGATCTTCTCCTGCCGCCTGCAGGACACCAACAACT
                   TCTTCGGCGCCGGGCAGAACAAGCGGCCGCCCAAGCTGGGCCAGATCGGCCGGAGCAA
                   GCGGGTTCTTATTGAAGATGATAGGATTGATGACGTGCTGAAAA-ATATGACCGACAAC
                   GCACCTCCTGGTGTCTAACTCCCCCAAAGACAATGAGTTAACGCAGAGAATAACAACG
                   GCGGTAACAGTTATTGGCAAAAAGCATGAAAAGAGAAAGCACTTTGAAATTTATTACT
                   AGCTTGCTACCCACGATGAAATCAACAACCTGTATCTGGTATCAGGCCGGGAGACAGA
                   TGAGGCGAGAGGACGAGGAGGAGGAGGAGAAGGCTCTGGGGCTCCTCTGCAAAAAAAA
                   AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT
                   ORF Start: ATG at 72 ORF Stop: TAA at 306
                   SEQ ID NO:22         78 aa MW at 8552.5 kD
NOV9a,             MSEVLPYGDEKLSPYGDGGDVGQIFSCRLQDTNNFFGAGQNKRPPKLGQIGRsKRvvI
CG95053-01 Protein EDDRIDDVLKND4TDKAPPGV
Sequence

[0305] Further analysis of the NOV9a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 9B.

TABLE 9B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV9a
PSort     0.6500 probability located in cytoplasm; 0.1000 probability
analysis: located in mitochondrial matrix space; 0.1000 probability
          located in lysosome (lumen); 0.0000 probability located in
          endoplasmic reticulum (membrane)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0306] A search of the NOV9a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 9C.

TABLE 9C
Geneseq Results for NOV9a
Geneseq	Protein/	NOV9a	Identities/	Expect
Identifier	Organism/Length	Residues/	Similarities for	Value
	[Patent #, Date]	Match	the Matched
		Residues	Region

[0307] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV9a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 9D.

TABLE 9D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV9a
		NOV9a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q9JI15	CAM-KINASE II INHIBITOR ALPHA -	1 . . . 78	76/78 (97%)	1e−39
	Rattus norvegicus (Rat), 78 aa.	1 . . . 78	77/78 (98%)
Q9Z2N6	CAM-KII INHIBITORY PROTEIN	1 . . . 78	54/81 (66%)	5e−24
	(2900075A18RIK PROTEIN) - Rattus	1 . . . 79	64/81 (78%)
	norvegicus (Rat), and, 79 aa.
Q96S95	CAM-KII INHIBITORY PROTEIN -	1 . . . 78	53/81 (65%)	3e−23
	Homo sapiens (Human), 79 aa.	1 . . . 79	63/81 (77%)
O32756	Phosphoglycerate kinase (EC 2.7.2.3) -	19 . . . 61	17/43 (39%)	1.4
	Lactobacillus delbrueckii (subsp.	110 . . . 152	24/43 (55%)
	bulgaricus), 403 aa.

[0308] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV9a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 9E.

TABLE 9E
Domain Analysis of NOV9a
Pfam Domain	NOV9a	Identities/	Expect Value
	Match Region	Similarities for
		the Matched Region

Example 10

[0309] The NOV10 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 10A.

TABLE 10A
NOV10 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:23          536 bp
NOV10a,            CGTGGCAGGCTCCCTGGGTACCGGCTGTCGCTGACCCAGGAGAAGCTGCCTGTCTACA
CG95063-01 DNA     TCAGCCTGGGCTGCAGCGCGCTGCCGCCGCGGGGCCGGCAGCCATGGCCAAGGACATC
Sequence           CTGGGTGAGCAGGGCTACACTTTGATGAACTGAACAAGCTGAGGGTGTTGGACCCAG
                   AGGTTACCCAGCAGACCATAGAGCTGAAGGAAGAGTGCAAAGACTTTGTGGACAAAAT
                   TGGCCAGTTTCAGAAAATAGTTGGTGGTTTAATTGAGCTTGTTGATCAACTTGCAAAA
                   GAAGCAGAAAATGAAAAGATGAAGGCCATCGGTGCTCGGAACTTGCTCAAATCTATAG
                   CAAAGCAGAGAGAAGCTCAACAGCAGCAACTTCAAGCCCTAATAGCAGAAAAGAAAAT
                   GCAGCTAGAAAGGTATCGGGTTGAATATGAAGCTTTGTGTAAAGTAGAAGCACAACAA
                   AATGAATTTATTGACCAATTTATTTTTCAGAAATGAACTGAACTGAAAATNTCGCTTTTATAG
                   TAGGAAGGCAAAAC
                   ORF Start: ATG at 102 ORF Stop: TGA at 498
                   SEQ ID NO:24          132 aa MW at 15280.5 kD
NOV10a,            MAKDILCEAGLHFDELNKLRVLDPEVTQQTIELKEECKDFVDKIGQFQKIVGGLIELV
CG95063-01 Protein DQLAKEAENEKMKAIGARNLLKSIAKQREAQQQQLQALIAEKKMQLERYRVEYEALCK
Sequence           VEAEQNEFIDQFIFQK

[0310] Further analysis of the NOV10a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 10B.

TABLE 10B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV10a
PSort     0.6500 probability located in cytoplasm; 0.1000 probability
analysis: located in mitochondrial matrix space; 0.1000 probability
          located in lysosome (lumen); 0.0000 probability
          located in endoplasmic reticulum (membrane)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0311] A search of the NOV10a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 10C.

TABLE 10C
Geneseq Results for NOV10a
		NOV10a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	#, Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAU81505	Human interflagellar transport protein,	1 . . . 132	132/132 (100%)	5e−69
	IFT20 #1 - Homo sapiens, 132 aa.	1 . . . 132	132/132 (100%)
	[WO200190307-A2, 29-NOV-2001]
AAU27978	Human contig polypeptide sequence	1 . . . 132	132/132 (100%)	5e−69
	#131 - Homo sapiens, 171 aa.	40 . . . 171	132/132 (100%)
	[WO200164834-A2, 07-SEP-2001]
AAU27806	Human full-length polypeptide sequence	1 . . . 132	132/132 (100%)	5e−69
	#131 - Homo sapiens, 132 aa.	1 . . . 132	132/132 (100%)
	[WO200164834-A2, 07-SEP-2001]
AAW74836	Human secreted protein encoded by gene	1 . . . 132	132/132 (100%)	5e−69
	108 clone HEBEK93 - Homo sapiens,	27 . . . 158	132/132 (100%)
	159 aa. [WO9839448-A2, 11-SEP-1998]
AAG03068	Human secreted protein, SEQ ID NO:	1 . . . 75	75/75 (100%)	3e−36
	7149 - Homo sapiens, 75 aa.	1 . . . 75	75/75 (100%)
	[EP1033401-A2, 06-SEP-2000]

[0312] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV10a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 10D.

TABLE 10D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV10a
		NOV10a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q61025	HYPOTHETICAL 15.2 KDA	1 . . . 132	130/132 (98%)	7e−68
	PROTEIN (0610009H04RIK	1 . . . 132	131/132 (98%)
	PROTEIN) - Mus musculus (Mouse),
	132 aa.
Q90WZ0	INTRAFLAGELLAR TRANSPORT	1 . . . 132	114/132 (86%)	2e−60
	PROTEIN 20 - Xenopus laevis (African	1 . . . 132	124/132 (93%)
	clawed frog), 132 aa.
Q99M35	SIMILAR TO UTERINE PROTEIN -	1 . . . 106	104/106 (98%)	7e−52
	Mus musculus (Mouse), 106 aa.	1 . . . 106	105/106 (98%)
Q9BUG5	SIMILAR TO UTERINE PROTEIN -	1 . . . 73	71/73 (97%)	4e−34
	Homo sapiens (Human), 148 aa.	1 . . . 73	73/73 (99%)
AAL77186	HYPOTHETICAL 14.9 KDA	1 . . . 125	45/128 (35%)	4e−15
	PROTEIN - Caenorhabditis elegans, 129	1 . . . 123	75/128 (58%)
	aa.

[0313] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV10a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 10E.

TABLE 10E
Domain Analysis of NOV10a
Pfam	NOV10a Match	Identities/	Expect Value
Domain	Region	Similarities for the
		Matched Region

Example 11

[0314] The NOV11 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 11A.

TABLE 11A
NOV11 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:25        472 bp
NOV11a,            GGTCATGGAGGGAGCAGGAGCTGGATCAGGCTTCCCGAAGGAGCTGGTGAGCAGGCTG
CG95072-01 DNA     CTGCACCTGCACTTCAAGGATGACAAGACCAAAGTGAGCGGGGACGCGCTGCAGCTCA
Sequence           TGGTGGAGTTGCTGAAGGTCTTCGTTGTGGAAGCAGCAGTCCGCGGCGTGCGGCAGGC
                   CCAGGCAGAAGACGCGCTCCGTGTGGACGTGGACCAGCTGGAGAAGGTGCTTCCGCAG
                   CTGCTCCTGGACTTCTAGGGATCTCAGCCGTGGCTGAGGCCACCCCCAGAGGAGCCCC
                   TGGTCCACAGAAGCAGGCCTTGTGTTTCCAGCGGCCTCTGATAAGAGGCAGGGAAGGA
                   CCTGAAGGATTTGGAGTTGATTCAAACAAGATCTCTGGGAGTCTCCCTGCCTCTCCTC
                   CCTGGGACAATAGTGTGTTTGACAAACAGCAGCTGGCAGCGCTGCCTCCTGCCCACAT
                   TCCTGCCA
                   ORF Start: ATG at 5 ORF Stop: TAG at 248
                   SEQ ID NO:26        81 aa MW at 8959.3 kD
NOV11a,            MEGAGAGSGFRKELVSRLLHLHFKDDKTKVSGDALQLMVELLKVFVVEAAVRGVRQAQ
CG95072-01 Protein AEDALRVDVDQLEKVLPQLLLDF
Sequence

[0315] Further analysis of the NOV11a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 11B.

TABLE 11B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV11a
PSort     0.4500 probability located in cytoplasm;
analysis: 0.3167 probability located in microbody (peroxisome);
          0.1507 probability located in lysosome (lumen);
          0.1000 probability located in mitochondrial matrix space
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0316] A search of the NOV11 a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 11C.

TABLE 11C
Geneseq Results for NOV11a
			Identities/
		NOV11a	Similarities
		Residues/	for the
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAG89185	Human secreted protein, SEQ ID NO: 305 -	1 . . . 81	81/81 (100%)	7e−39
	Homo sapiens, 81 aa. [WO200142451-A2,	1 . . . 81	81/81 (100%)
	14-JUN-2001]
AAG73701	Human colon cancer antigen protein SEQ	1 . . . 74	74/74 (100%)	1e−34
	ID NO: 4465 - Homo sapiens, 197 aa.	10 . . . 83	74/74 (100%)
	[WO200122920-A2, 05-APR-2001]
AAB58866	Breast and ovarian cancer associated	1 . . . 74	74/74 (100%)	1e−34
	antigen protein sequence SEQ ID 574 -	10 . . . 83	74/74 (100%)
	Homo sapiens, 197 aa. [WO200055173-
	A1, 21-SEP-2000]
ABB63329	Drosophila melanogaster polypeptide SEQ	9 . . . 73	23/68 (33%)	0.25
	ID NO 16779 - Drosophila melanogaster,	815 . . . 876	34/68 (49%)
	1417 aa. [WO200171042-A2, 27-SEP-2001]
AAB03063	Maize KIN17 orthologue, ZmKINH-1 -	46 . . . 77	12/32 (37%)	3.7
	Zea mays, 424 aa. [WO200024900-A1, 04-MAY-2000]	338 . . . 369	21/32 (65%)

[0317] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV11a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 11D.

TABLE 11D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV11a
		NOV11a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
O08694	D9 SPLICE VARIANT 2 - Mus	1 . . . 81	62/81 (76%)	2e−25
	musculus (Mouse), 78 aa.	1 . . . 78	68/81 (83%)
O00281	D9 SPLICE VARIANT A - Homo	1 . . . 81	62/81 (76%)	4e−25
	sapiens (Human), 63 aa.	1 . . . 63	63/81 (77%)
Q96DD4	SIMILAR TO STIMULATED BY	1 . . . 81	62/81 (76%)	5e−25
	RETINOIC ACID 13 - Homo sapiens	1 . . . 63	62/81 (76%)
	(Human), 63 aa.
O08695	D9 SPLICE VARIANT 3 - Mus	13 . . . 81	57/69 (82%)	3e−24
	musculus (Mouse), 169 aa.	101 . . . 169	62/69 (89%)
O08693	D9 SPLICE VARIANT 1 - Mus	13 . . . 81	57/69 (82%)	3e−24
	musculus (Mouse), 111 aa.	43 . . . 111	62/69 (89%)

[0318] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV11a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 11E.

TABLE 11E
Domain Analysis of NOV11a
Pfam Domain	NOV11a Match	Identities/	Expect Value
	Region	Similarities for the
		Matched Region

Example 12

[0319] The NOV12 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 12A.

TABLE 12A
NOV12 Sequence Analysis
               SEQ ID NO:27         412 bp
NOV12a,        ATCTTTGCCTCTTTGGAGTAGGAAATTCAGACTTGAAAAAGTGGTGTGTGGTTGACTC
CG95217-01 DNA TGTTTCTCGCCATGTCTTCTCACAAGACTTTCACCATTAAGCGATTCCTGGCCAAGAA
Sequence       ACAAAAGCAAAATCGTCCCATCCCCCAGTGGATTCAGATGAAACCTGGTAGTAAAATC
               AGGTACAACTCCAAAAGGAGGCATTGGAGAAGAACCAAGCTCCGTCTATAAGGAATTG
               CACATGAGATGGCACACATATTTATGCTGTATCAAGTTCACGATCATCTTACGATATC
               AAGCTGAAAATGTCACCACTACCTGGACAGTTGCACATGTTTTACTGGGAATATTTTT
               TTTCTGTTTTTCTGTATGCTCTGTGCTAGTAGGGTGGATTCAGTAATAAATATGTGAA
               AGCTTT
               ORF Start: ATG at 70 ORF Stop: TAA at 223
               SEQ ID NO:28         51 aa MW at 6292.5 kD
NOV12a,        MSSHKTFTIKRFLAKKQKQNRPIPQWIQMKPGSKIRYNSKRRHWRRTKLGL
CG95217-01 Protein
Sequence

[0320] Further analysis of the NOV12a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 12B.

TABLE 12B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV12a
PSort     0.8400 probability located in nucleus; 0.7500 probability
analysis: located in mitochondrial intermembrane space;
          0.6400 probability located in microbody (peroxisome);
          0.3600 probability located in mitochondrial matrix space
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0321] A search of the NOV12a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 12C.

TABLE 12C
Geneseq Results for NOV12a
			Identities/
		NOV12a	Similarities
		Residues/	for the
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAE13838	Human lung tumor-specific protein L39 -	1 . . . 51	47/51 (92%)	2e−22
	Homo sapiens, 51 aa. [WO200172295-A2,	1 . . . 51	49/51 (95%)
	04-OCT-2001]
AAE13838	Human lung tumor-specific protein L39 -	1 . . . 51	47/51 (92%)	2e−22
	Homo sapiens, 51 aa. [WO200172295-A2,	1 . . . 51	49/51 (95%)
	04-OCT-2001]
AAB43896	Human cancer associated protein sequence	1 . . . 51	47/51 (92%)	2e−22
	SEQ ID NO: 1341 - Homo sapiens, 72 aa.	22 . . . 72	49/51 (95%)
	[WO200055350-A1, 21-SEP-2000]
AAB53693	Human colon cancer antigen protein	1 . . . 51	47/51 (92%)	2e−22
	sequence SEQ ID NO: 1233 - Homo	30 . . . 80	49/51 (95%)
	sapiens, 80 aa. [WO200055351-A1, 21-SEP-2000]
AAG35356	Zea mays protein fragment SEQ ID NO:	1 . . . 50	36/50 (72%)	4e−16
	43178 - Zea mays subsp. mays, 51 aa.	1 . . . 50	42/50 (84%)
	[EP1033405-A2, 06-SEP-2000]

[0322] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV12a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 12D.

TABLE 12D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV12a
		NOV12a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q96EH5	SIMILAR TO RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN	1 . . . 51	51/51 (100%)	1e−24
	L39 - Homo sapiens (Human), 51 aa.	1 . . . 51	51/51 (100%)
CAC44158	PUTATIVE RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN	1 . . . 51	47/51 (92%)	4e−22
	L39 PROTEIN - Oncorhynchus mykiss	1 . . . 51	49/51 (95%)
	(Rainbow trout) (Salmo gairdneri), 51 aa.
Q98TF5	RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L39 - Gallus	1 . . . 51	47/51 (92%)	4e−22
	gallus (Chicken), 51 aa.	1 . . . 51	49/51 (95%)
Q90YS9	RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L39 - Ictalurus	1 . . . 51	46/51 (90%)	9e−22
	punctatus (Channel catfish), 51 aa.	1 . . . 51	49/51 (95%)
Q9CQD0	4930517K11RIK PROTEIN - Mus	1 . . . 51	46/51 (90%)	1e−21
	musculus (Mouse), 51 aa.	1 . . . 51	48/51 (93%)

[0323] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV12a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 12E.

TABLE 12E
Domain Analysis of NOV12a
	NOV12a	Identities/Similarities	Expect
Pfam Domain	Match Region	for the Matched Region	Value
Ribosomal_L39	9 . . . 51	25/43 (58%)	4.5e−23
		40/43 (93%)

Example 13

[0324] The NOV13 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 13A.

TABLE 13A
NOV13 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:29        509 bp
NOV13a,            ATGGCCTTGGCCGGGGCCGCTGGGGTCTGGACGGGGGTCGCCATGATCCGCTTTATCC
CG95261-01 DNA     TCATCCAGAACCGGGCAGGCAAGACGCGCCTGGCCCACCGGTTCATGCAGTTTGATGA
Sequence           TGATGAGAAACAGAAGCTGATCGAGGAGGTGCATGCCGTGGTCACCGTCCGAGACGCC
                   AAACACACCAACTTTGTGGAGTTCCGGAACTTTAAGATCATTTACCGCCGCTATGCTG
                   GCCTCTACTTCTGCATCTGTGTGGATGTCAATGACAACAACCTGGCTTACCTGGAGGC
                   CATTCACAACTTCGTGGAGGTCTTAAACGAATATTTCCACAATGTCTGTGAACTGGAC
                   CTGGTGTTCAACTTCTACAAGGTTTACACGGTCGTGGACGACATGTTCCTGGCTGGCG
                   AAATCCGAGAGACCAGCCAGACGAAGGTGCTGAAACAGCTGCTGATGCTACAGTCCCT
                   GGAGTGAGGGCAGGCGAGCCCCACCCCGGCCCCGGCCAAGGCCAT
                   ORF Start: ATG at 1 ORF Stop: TGA at 469
                   SEQ ID NO:30        156 aa MW at 18228.0 kD
NOV13a,            MALAGAAGVWTGVAMIRFILIQNRAGKTRLAQRFMQFDDDEKQKLIEEVHAVVTVRDA
CG95261-01 Protein KHTNFVEFRNFKIIYRRYAGLYFCICVDVNDNNLAYLEAIHNFVEVLNEYFHNVCELD
Sequence           LVFNFYKVYTVVDEMFLAGEIRETSQTKVLKQLLMLQSLE

[0325] Further analysis of the NOV13a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 13B.

TABLE 13B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV13a
PSort     0.8264 probability located in mitochondrial
analysis: intermembrane space;
          0.5992 probability located in mitochondrial
          matrix space;
          0.3721 probability located in microbody (peroxisome);
          0.3057 probability located in mitochondrial
          inner membrane
SignalP   Cleavage site between residues 27 and 28
analysis:

[0326] A search of the NOV13a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 13C.

TABLE 13C
Geneseq Results for NOV13a
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length	NOV13a Residues/	Identities/Similarities
Identifier	[Patent #, Date]	Match Residues	for the Matched Region	Expect Value
AAO13498	Human polypeptide SEQ ID NO 27390 -	5 . . . 156	149/152 (98%)	2e−82
	Homo sapiens, 170 aa. [WO200164835-	19 . . . 170	151/152 (99%)
	A2, 07-SEP-2001]
ABG25383	Novel human diagnostic protein #25374 -	5 . . . 148	141/158 (89%)	2e−75
	Homo sapiens, 174 aa.	17 . . . 174	143/158 (90%)
	[WO200175067-A2, 11-OCT-2001]
ABG24012	Novel human diagnostic protein #24003 -	5 . . . 148	141/158 (89%)	2e−75
	Homo sapiens, 174 aa.	17 . . . 174	143/158 (90%)
	[WO200175067-A2, 11-OCT-2001]
ABG25383	Novel human diagnostic protein #25374 -	5 . . . 148	141/158 (89%)	2e−75
	Homo sapiens, 174 aa.	17 . . . 174	143/158 (90%)
	[WO200175067-A2, 11-OCT-2001]
ABG24012	Novel human diagnostic protein #24003 -	5 . . . 148	141/158 (89%)	2e−75
	Homo sapiens, 174 aa.	17 . . . 174	143/158 (90%)
	[WO200175067-A2, 11-OCT-2001]

[0327] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV13a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 13D.

TABLE 13D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV13a
Protein
Accession		NOV13a Residues/	Identities/Similarities
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Match Residues	for the Matched Portion	Expect Value
Q00380	Clathrin coat assembly protein AP17	15 . . . 156	139/142 (97%)	9e−76
	(Clathrin coat associated protein AP17)	1 . . . 142	141/142 (98%)
	(Plasma membrane adaptor AP-2 17 kDa
	protein) (HA2 17 kDa subunit) (Clathrin
	assembly protein 2 small chain) - Mus
	musculus (Mouse), and, 142 aa.
P53680	Clathrin coat assembly protein AP17	15 . . . 156	137/142 (96%)	1e−74
	(Clathrin coat associated protein AP17)	1 . . . 142	139/142 (97%)
	(Plasma membrane adaptor AP-2 17 kDa
	protein) (HA2 17 kDa subunit) (Clathrin
	assembly protein 2 small chain) - Homo
	sapiens (Human), 142 aa.
Q9VDC3	CG6056 PROTEIN - Drosophila	15 . . . 156	133/142 (93%)	8e−73
	melanogaster (Fruit fly), 142 aa.	1 . . . 142	137/142 (95%)
Q19123	HYPOTHETICAL 17.1 KDA PROTEIN -	15 . . . 156	132/142 (92%)	3e−72
	Caenorhabditis elegans, 142 aa.	1 . . . 142	136/142 (94%)
Q9GQM7	ADAPTOR PROTEIN COMPLEX AP-2	15 . . . 156	129/142 (90%)	6e−70
	SMALL CHAIN SIGMA2 - Drosophila	1 . . . 142	135/142 (94%)
	melanogaster (Fruit fly), 142 aa.

[0328] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV13a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 13E.

TABLE 13E
Domain Analysis of NOV13a
	NOV13a	Identities/Similarities	Expect
Pfam Domain	Match Region	for the Matched Region	Value
Clat_adaptor_s	15 . . . 156	89/164 (54%)	2.5e−89
		138/164 (84%)

Example 14

[0329] The NOV14 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 14A.

TABLE 14A
NOV14 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:31         467 bp
NOV14a,            CGGCAGGCCCTCTTCGGCAGTCTCTCCGGCCCGGTTTCCCTCGGCGTGCTACTGTGCG
CG95292-01 DNA     CTCGATCCAGCACCATGGGGAAGCGGGACAATCGGGTGGCCTATATGAACCCAATAGC
Sequence           AATGGCGAGATCAAGGGGTCCAATCCAGTCTTCAGGGCCAACAATACAGGATTATCTG
                   AATCGACCAAGGCCTACCTGGGAAGAAGTAAAAGAGCAACTAGAAAAGAAAAAGAAAG
                   GCTCCAAGGCTTTGGCTGAATTTGAAGAAAAAATGAATGAGAACTGGAAGAAAGAACT
                   GGAAAAACACAGGGAGAAATTGTTAAGTGGAAGTGAGAGCTCATCCAAAAAAAGACAG
                   AGAAAGAAAAAAGAAAAGAAGAAATCTGGTAGGTATTCATCTTCTTCTTCATCAAGCT
                   CTGATTCTCCAGCAGTCTTCTGATCTGAAGATAGGATAGAAACAAGAAAACGGAAAGA
                   AAA
                   ORF Start: ATG at 73 ORF Stop: TGA at 427
                   SEQ ID NO:32         118 aa MW at 13592.3 kD
NOV14a,            MGKRDNRVAYMNPIAMARSRGPIQSSGPTIQDYLNRPRPTWEEVKEQLEKKKKGSKAL
CG95292-01 Protein AEFEEKMNENWKKELEKHREKLLSGSESSSKKRQRKKKEKKKSGRYSSSSSSSSDSPA
Sequence           VF

[0330] Further analysis of the NOV14a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 14B.

TABLE 14B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV14a
PSort     0.9571 probability located in nucleus;
analysis: 0.4977 probability located in mitochondrial
          matrix space;
          0.2152 probability located in mitochondrial
          inner membrane;
          0.2152 probability located in mitochondrial
          intermembrane space
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0331] A search of the NOV14a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 14C.

TABLE 14C
Geneseq Results for NOV14a
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length	NOV14a Residues/	Identities/Similarities
Identifier	[Patent #, Date]	Match Residues	for the Matched Region	Expect Value
AAU74347	Human cytoskeleton-associated protein	1 . . . 114	114/114 (100%)	2e−60
	(CYSKP) #18 - Homo sapiens, 247 aa.	1 . . . 114	114/114 (100%)
	[WO200185942-A2, 15-NOV-2001]
AAM39103	Human polypeptide SEQ ID NO 2248 -	1 . . . 114	114/114 (100%)	2e−60
	Homo sapiens, 269 aa. [WO200153312-	47 . . . 160	114/114 (100%)
	A1, 26-JUL-2001]
AAG04044	Human secreted protein, SEQ ID NO:	1 . . . 100	93/100 (93%)	2e−49
	8125 - Homo sapiens, 102 aa.	1 . . . 100	97/100 (97%)
	[EP1033401-A2, 06-SEP-2000]
AAU33045	Novel human secreted protein #3536 -	1 . . . 83	83/83 (100%)	2e−43
	Homo sapiens, 85 aa. [WO200179449-	1 . . . 83	83/83 (100%)
	A2, 25-OCT-2001]
AAM40889	Human polypeptide SEQ ID NO 5820 -	1 . . . 114	91/114 (79%)	8e−43
	Homo sapiens, 319 aa. [WO200153312-	21 . . . 234	96/114 (83%)
	A1, 26-JUL-2001]

[0332] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV14a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 14D.

TABLE 14D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV14a
Protein
Accession		NOV14a Residues/	Identities/Similarities
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Match Residues	for the Matched Portion	Expect Value
Q9CV12	5830415L20RIK PROTEIN - Mus	1 . . . 114	111/114 (97%)	3e−59
	musculus (Mouse), 127 aa (fragment).	1 . . . 114	114/114 (99%)
Q9D292	5830415L20RIK PROTEIN - Mus	1 . . . 107	103/107 (96%)	2e−54
	musculus (Mouse), 115 aa.	1 . . . 107	105/107 (97%)
Q19670	F21C3.6 PROTEIN - Caenorhabditis	16 . . . 101	26/96 (27%)	0.025
	elegans, 186 aa.	17 . . . 112	44/96 (45%)
CAD25369	HYPOTHETICAL 71.2 KDA	32 . . . 110	25/81 (30%)	0.032
	PROTEIN - Encephalitozoon	298 . . . 375	41/81 (49%)
	cuniculi, 606 aa.
O67287	MutS2 protein - Aquifex aeolicus,	42 . . . 99	22/62 (35%)	0.032
	762 aa.	535 . . . 596	38/62 (60%)

[0333] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV14a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 14E.

TABLE 14E
Domain Analysis of NOV14a
Pfam	NOV14a	Identities/Similarities
Domain	Match Region	for the Matched Region	Expect Value

Example 15

[0334] The NOV15 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 15A.

TABLE 15A
NOV15 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:33         483 bp
NOV15a,            AGCGAAACTCCGCGGAGCGCGCGCGGCACGATGGACGGTCGGGTGCAGCTGATGAAGG
CG95452-01 DNA     CCCTCCTGGCCGGGCCCCTCCGGCCCGCGGCGCGTCGCTGGAGGAACCCGATTCCCTT
Sequence           TCCCGAGACGTTTGACGGAGATACCGACCGACTCCCGGAGTTCATCGTGCAGACGAGC
                   TCCTACATGTTCGTGGACGAGAACACGTTCTCCAACGACGCCCTGAAGGTGACGTTCC
                   TCATCACCCGCCTCACGGGGCCAGCCCTGCAGTGGGTGATCCCCTACATCAGGAAGGA
                   GAGCCCCCTGCTCAATGATTACCGGGGCTTCCTGGCCGAGATGAAGCGGGTCTTTGGA
                   TGGGAGGAGGACGAGGACTTCTAGGCCGGGAGACCCTTGGGCCTGGGGGCGGGTGCTC
                   TGGGAAGAGTTCGCTGTGCCAGTGGCCACCGCTAGGGTCTCCACAGGCGCCCTCCCTC
                   CGCGCCTCCCTCCCCCTCN
                   ORF Start: ATG at 31 ORF Stop: TAG at 370
                   SEQ ID NO:34         113 aa MW at 13187.9 kD
NOV15a,            MDGRVQLMKALLAGPLRPAARRWRNPIPFPETFDGDTDRLPEFIVQTSSYMFVDENTF
CG95452-01 Protein SNDALKVTFLITRLTGPALQWVIPYIRKESPLLNDYRGFLAEMKRVFGWEEDEDF
Sequence

[0335] Further analysis of the NOV15a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 15B.

TABLE 15B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV15a
PSort     0.6400 probability located in microbody (peroxisome);
analysis: 0.4500 probability located in cytoplasm;
          0.2620 probability located in lysosome (lumen);
          0.1000 probability located in mitochondrial matrix space
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0336] A search of the NOV15a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 15C.

TABLE 15C
Geneseq Results for NOV15a
		NOV15a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAY59927	Human myometrium tumor EST encoded	1 . . . 113	112/113 (99%)	4e−62
	protein 7 - Homo sapiens, 144 aa.	32 . . . 144	112/113 (99%)
	[DE19817947-A1, 28-0CT-1999]
AAB60475	Human cell cycle and proliferation protein	1 . . . 113	106/113 (93%)	5e−59
	CCYPR-23, SEQ ID NO: 23 - Homo	1 . . . 113	110/113 (96%)
	sapiens, 113 aa. [WO200107471-A2, 01-FEB-2001]
ABG12205	Novel human diagnostic protein #12196 -	6 . . . 113	98/108 (90%)	3e−54
	Homo sapiens, 142 aa. [WO200175067-	35 . . . 142	104/108 (95%)
	A2, 11-OCT-2001]
ABG12205	Novel human diagnostic protein #12196 -	6 . . . 113	98/108 (90%)	3e−54
	Homo sapiens, 142 aa. [WO200175067-	35 . . . 142	104/108 (95%)
	A2, 11-OCT-2001]
AAG04029	Human secreted protein, SEQ ID NO:	1 . . . 75	67/75 (89%)	1e−33
	8110 - Homo sapiens, 106 aa.	1 . . . 75	70/75 (93%)
	[EP1033401-A2, 06-SEP-2000]

[0337] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV15a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 15D.

TABLE 15D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV15a
		NOV15a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
AAH19300	HYPOTHETICAL 13.2 KDA	1 . . . 113	112/113 (99%)	9e−62
	PROTEIN - Homo sapiens (Human),	1 . . . 113	112/113 (99%)
	113 aa.
Q9D1F0	1110012O05RIK PROTEIN (RIKEN	3 . . . 113	79/111 (71%)	1e−38
	CDNA 1110012O05 GENE) - Mus	5 . . . 113	87/111 (78%)
	musculus (Mouse), 113 aa.
Q9DCZ3	1110012O05RIK PROTEIN - Mus	21 . . . 113	73/93 (78%)	2e−37
	musculus (Mouse), 100 aa.	8 . . . 100	78/93 (83%)
Q9D6I0	2900027G03RIK PROTEIN - Mus	1 . . . 113	73/114 (64%)	9e−36
	musculus (Mouse), 112 aa.	1 . . . 112	87/114 (76%)
O95751	LDOC1 protein (Leucine zipper protein	26 . . . 112	58/87 (66%)	5e−31
	down-regulated in cancer cells) - Homo	50 . . . 136	73/87 (83%)
	sapiens (Human), 146 aa.

[0338] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV15a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 15E.

TABLE 15E
Domain Analysis of NOV15a
Pfam Domain	NOV15a Match	Identities/	Expect Value
	Region	Similarities for the
		Matched Region

Example 16

[0339] The NOV16 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 16A.

TABLE 16A
NOV16 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:35         1691 bp
NOV16a,            GTGCGGCGGGCGCGGGCGCCGGAGCGAGGGGCCCGCGGGCCCGGCTATTAATAACGCG
CG95504-01 DNA     GCCGCCAGCCCGGGGTCGCGCAGCCATGGCCAGCCCGGAGCCCCGGCGCGGCGGGGAC
Sequence           GCGCCGCCCAGGCCGCGAGGAAAACAAGAGTAGAGGCCAATTCTCCTCTTCCAAAGA
                   ACTCTGGATCCCTAAATGAGGCAGAAGCCTTGAACCCAGAAGTTACTCTATCTTCAGA
                   GGGGTCCTTAAACCTCGAAGACATTCTCTACCTGGAGGACACAGGTGACCTTOATGAC
                   ACACTCTATGTGCAAGAGACTGAGAAGGCAGAGGAGGCCCTGTATATTGAGGAGGCCA
                   TGCAGCCAGATGAGGCTCTGCATGTGGAGGAGCCTGCGAATCCAGAGGAGACAGTGTG
                   TGTGGAGGAAACCACGGAGCCAGATCGGATACAGTTTGTGGAGGGGCCCGTGGAGCCA
                   GGAAAGCCCACAAGCCCAGAGCACGTTGTTTATGAGGGAGAGACAGTCACAAGGGCGG
                   AGAAATCTAACCCTGAGGAGAGCCTCAGAGCCGAGCAGAGCCCCACCGTGGAGGAGAA
                   CCTGAGCATAGAGGACCTGGAATTGCTAGAGGGGCGTTTCCAGCAGTGTGTCCAAGCT
                   GTGGCCCAGCTGGAAGACCAGACGGATCAGCTCATCCATGAGCTTGTATTGCTCCGGG
                   AACCAGCCCTCCAGGACCTACAGCAAGTCCATCAAGACATCCTGGCTGCCTACAAGCT
                   CCATGCCCAAGCAGAGCTGGAGAGAGATGGCCTAAGGGAGGAGATCCGGCTGGTCAAG
                   CAGAAGCTTTTCAAAGTGACAAAGGAATGTGTGGCCTACCAATACCAGCTGGAGTGCC
                   GCCAGCAGGACGTGGCTCAGTTTGCCGATTTCCAGGAAGTGCTGACTACAAGCGCAAC
                   CCAGCTCTCAGAGGAACTGGCCCAGCTCCGGGATGCCTATCAGAAGCACAAGGACCAG
                   CTGCGGCAACAACTAGAAGCCCCTCCAAGCCAGAGGGATGGGCACTTTCTCCAGGAAA
                   GCCGGCGACTCTCTGCCCAGTTTGAAAATCTCATGGCAGACAGCCGCCAGGACCTGGA
                   GGAGGAGTATAAGCCTCAGTTCCTGCGGCTCCTAGAGAGGAAAGAAGCTGGGACCAAA
                   GCTCTGCAGAGAACCCAGGCTGAGATCCAGGAAATGAAGGAGGCTCTGAGACCCCTGC
                   AAGCAGAGGCCCGGCAGCTCCGCCTGCAAAACAGGAACCTGGAGGACCAGATCGCACT
                   TGTCAGGCAAAAACGAGATGAAGAGGTGCAGCAGTACAGGGAACAGCTGGAGGAAATG
                   GAAGAACGCCAGAGGCAGTTAAGAAATGGGGTGCAACTCCAGCAACAGAAGAACAAAG
                   AGATGGAACAGCTAAGGCTCAGTCTTGCTGAAGAGCTCTCTACTTATAAGCCTATGCT
                   ACTACCCAAGAGCCTGGAACAGGCTGATGCTCCCACTTCTCAGCCAGGTGGAATGGAG
                   ACACAGTCTCAAGCCGCTGTTTAGAAATATATGGCCAAATCTGTAACCCGGAAACAGC
                   AAAAAACTTCTTAGCAAAGGATCACTAAGTACCCTTTGGATGTACTCTTCCAACCAGA
                   CAAGAGTGCCAGAAACTTGGCAAGCAATTCATCCTGTGGAAGTTGCAATACTGGCTGC
                   CTGCTTAAA
                   ORF Start: ATG at 84 ORF Stop: TAG at 1530
                   SEQ ID NO:36         482 aa MW at 55237.8 kD
NOV16a,            MASPEPRRGGDGAAQAARKTRVEANSPLPKNSGSLNEAEALNPEVTLSSEGSLNLEDI
CG95504-01 Protein LYLEDTGDLDETLYVQETEKAEEALYIEEAMQPDEALHVEEPGNPEETVCVEETTEPD
Sequence           RIQFVEGPVEPGKPTSPEHVVYEGETVTRAEKSNPEESLRAEQSPSVEENLSIEDLEL
                   LEGRFQQCVQAVAQLEEERDQLIHELVLLREPALQEVQQVHQDILAAYKLHAQAELER
                   DGLREEIRLVKQKLFKVTKECVAYQYQLECRQQDVAQFADFQEVLTTRATQLSEELAQ
                   LRDAYQKQKEQLRQQLEAPPSQRDGHFLQESRRLSAQFENLMAESRQDLEEEYKPQFL
                   RLLERKEAGTKALQRTQAEIQEMKEALRPLQAEARQLRLQNRNLEDQIALVRQKRDEE
                   VQQYREQLEEMEERQRQLRNGVQLQQQKNKEMEQLRLSLAEELSTYKAMLLPKSLEQA
                   DAPTSQAGGMETQSQGAV
                   SEQ ID NO:37         1611 bp
NOV16b,            GTGCGGCGGGCGCGGGCGCCGGAGCGAGGGGCCCGCGGGCCCGGCTATTAATAACGCG
CG95504-02 DNA     GCCGCCAGCCCGGGGTCGCGCAGCCATGGCCAGCCCGGAGCCCCGGCGCGGCGGGGAC
Sequence           GGCGCCGCCCAGGCCGCGAGCAAAACAACAGTAGAGGCCAATTCTCCTCTTCCAAAGA
                   ACTCTGGATCCCTAAATGAGGCAGAAGCCTTGAACCCACAAGTTACTCTATCTTCAGA
                   GGGGTCCTTAAACCTCGAAGACATTCTCTACCTGGAGGACACAGGTGACCTTGATGAG
                   ACACTCTATGTGCAAGAGACTGAGAAGGCAGAGGAGGCCCTGTATATTGACGAGGCCA
                   TCCAGCCACATGAGGCTCTGCATGTGGAGGAGCCTGGGAATCCAGACGAGACAGTGTG
                   TGTGGAGGAAACCACGGAGCCAGATCGGATACAGTTTGTGGAGGCGCCCGTGGAGCCA
                   GGAAAGCCCACAAGCCCAGAGCACGTTGTTTATGAGGGACAGACAGTCACAAGGGCGG
                   AGAAATCTAACCCTGAGGAGAGCCTCAGAGCCGAGCAGAGCCCCAGCGTGGAGGAGAA
                   CCTGAGCATAGAGGACCTGGAATTGCTAGACGGGCGTTTCCAGCAGTGTGTCCAAGCT
                   GTGGCCCAGCTGGAAGAGGAGAGGGATCAGCTCATCCATGAGCTTGTATTGCTCCGGG
                   AACCAGCCCTGCAGGAGGTACAGCAAGTCCATCAAGACATCCTGGCTGCCTACAAGCT
                   CCATGCCCAAGCAGAGCTGGAGAGAGATGGCCTAAGOGAGGAGATCCGGCTGGTCAAG
                   CAGAAGCTTTTCAAAGTGACAAAGGAATGTGTGCCCTACCAATACCAGCTGGAGTGCC
                   GCCAGCAGGACGTGGCTCAGTTTGCCGATTTCCAGGAAGTGCTGACTACAAGGGCAAC
                   CCAGCTCTCAGAGGAACTGGCCCAGCTCCCGGATGCCTATCAGAAGCAGAAGGAGCAG
                   CTGCGGCAACAACTAGAAGCCCCTCCAAGCCAGAGGGATGGGCACTTTCTCCAGGAAA
                   GCCGGCGACTCTCTGCCCAGTTTGAAAATCTCATGGCAGAGAGCCGCCAGGACCTGGA
                   GGAGGAGTATGAGCCTCAGTTCCTGCGGCTCCTAGAGAGGAAAGAAGCTGGGACCAAA
                   GCTCTGCACAGAACCCAGGCTGAGATCCAGGAAATGAAGGAGGCTCTGAGACCCCTGC
                   AAGCAGAGGCCCGGCAGCTCCGCCTGCAAAACAGGAACCTGCAGGACCAGATCGCACT
                   TGTGAGGCAAAAACGAGATGAAGAGGTGCAGCAGTACAGGGAACAGCTGGAGGAAATG
                   GAAGAACGCCAGAGGCAGTTAAGAAATGGGGTGCAACTCCAGCAACAGAAGAACAAAG
                   AGATGGAACAGCTAAGGCTCAGTCTTGCTGAAGAGCTCTCTACTTATAAGGGCTGTTT
                   AGAAATATATGGCCAAATCTGTAACCCGGAAACAGCAAAAAACTTCTTAGCAAAGGAT
                   CACTAAGTACCCTTTGGATGTACTCTTCCAACCAGACAAGAGTGCCAGAAACTTGGCA
                   AGCAATTCATCCTGTGGAAGTTGCAATACTGGCTGCCTGCTTAAA
                   ORF Start: ATG at 84 ORF Stop: TAA at 1512
                   SEQ ID NO:38         476 aa MW at 54886.4 kD
NOV16b,            MASPEPRRGGDGAAQAARKTRVEANSPLPKNSGSLNEAEALNPEVTLSSEGSLNLEDI
CG95504-02 Protein LYLEDTGDLDETLYVQETEKAEEALYIEEAMQPDEALHVEEPGNPEETVCVEETTEPD
Sequence           RIQFVEGPVEPGKPTSPEHVVYECETVTRAEKSNPEESLRAEQSPSVEENLSIEDLEL
                   LEGRFQQCVQAVAQLEEERDQLIHELVLLREPALQEVQQVHQDILAAYKLHAQAELER
                   DGLREEIRLVKQKLFKVTKECVAYQYQLECRQQDVAQFADFQEVLTTRATQLSEELAQ
                   LRDAYQKQKEQLRQQLEAPPSQRDGHFLQESRRLSAQFENLMAESRQDLEEEYEPQFL
                   RLLERKEAGTKALQRTQAEIQEMKEALRPLQAEARQLRLQNRNLEDQIALVRQKRDEE
                   VQQYREQLEEMEERQRQLRNGVQLQQQKNKEMEQLRLSLAEELSTYKGCLEIYGQICN
                   PETAKNFLAKDH

[0340] Sequence comparison of the above protein sequences yields the following sequence relationships shown in Table 16B.

TABLE 16B
Comparison of NOV16a against NOV16b.
	NOV16a Residues/	Identities/Similarities
Protein Sequence	Match Residues	for the Matched Region
NOV16b	1 . . . 456	400/456 (87%)
	1 . . . 456	401/456 (87%)

[0341] Further analysis of the NOV16a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 16C.

TABLE 16C
Protein Sequence Properties NOV16a
PSort     0.6500 probability located in cytoplasm;
analysis: 0.1000 probability located in mitochondrial matrix space;
          0.1000 probability located in lysosome (lumen);
          0.0000 probability located in endoplasmic
          reticulum (membrane)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0342] A search of the NOV16a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 16D.

TABLE 16D
Geneseq Results for NOV16a
		NOV16a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
ABB57243	Mouse ischaemic condition related protein	154 . . . 456	77/322 (23%)	6e−20
	sequence SEQ ID NO: 650 - Mus	23 . . . 340	148/322 (45%)
	musculus, 403 aa. [WO200188188-A2,
	22-NOV-2001]
AAY20975	Human glial fibrillary acidic protein	119 . . . 456	81/358 (22%)	3e−19
	GFAP wild type fragment 1 - Homo	20 . . . 371	160/358 (44%)
	sapiens, 433 aa. [WO9845322-A2, 15-OCT-1998]
AAB66348	Human vimentin - Homo sapiens, 466 aa.	171 . . . 456	66/299 (22%)	1e−17
	[EP1067142-A1, 10-JAN-2001]	106 . . . 404	148/299 (49%)
AAY92335	Human vimentin - Homo sapiens, 466 aa.	171 . . . 456	66/299 (22%)	1e−17
	[WO200020448-A2, 13-APR-2000]	106 . . . 404	148/299 (49%)
AAB29635	Human pollinosis-associated gene 795-	171 . . . 456	66/299 (22%)	1e−17
	encoded protein, SEQ ID NO: 26 - Homo	106 . . . 404	148/299 (49%)
	sapiens, 466 aa. [WO200065050-A1, 02-NOV-2000]

[0343] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV16a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 16E.

TABLE 16E
Public BLASTP Results for NOV16a
		NOV16a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q9EPM5	SYNCOILIN - Mus musculus (Mouse),	1 . . . 482	369/483 (76%)	0.0
	470 aa.	1 . . . 470	405/483 (83%)
Q9CT88	1110057H03RIK PROTEIN - Mus	242 . . . 463	191/222 (86%)	e−102
	musculus (Mouse), 223 aa (fragment).	1 . . . 222	205/222 (92%)
Q9H7C4	CDNA: FLJ21054 FIS, CLONE	332 . . . 482	150/151 (99%)	6e−77
	CAS00538 - Homo sapiens (Human), 151	1 . . . 151	151/151 (99%)
	aa.
Q8VCW5	SIMILAR TO ALPHA INTERNEXIN	170 . . . 456	79/305 (25%)	8e−22
	NEURONAL INTERMEDIATE	96 . . . 400	150/305 (48%)
	FILAMENT PROTEIN - Mus musculus
	(Mouse), 501 aa.
P23565	Alpha-internexin (Alpha-Inx) - Rattus	170 . . . 456	79/305 (25%)	8e−22
	norvegicus (Rat), 505 aa.	96 . . . 400	150/305 (48%)

[0344] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV16a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 16F.

TABLE 16F
Domain Analysis of NOV16a
Pfam Domain	NOV16a Match	Identities/	Expect Value
	Region	Similarities for the
		Matched Region

Example 17

[0345] The NOV17 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 17A.

TABLE 17A
NOV17 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:39          897 bp
NOV17a,            GCAGGACGGAACCCGCCCTGCGCTCCACACCTGAGGCCGCTCCCTTCGCCTCTTCTCC
CG95589-01 DNA     TCAGGTGCTGTCCTTATTCCCAGCCCAGTCAAGAGCTACCGGGGCTGGCTAGTCATGG
Sequence           GGGAGCCCAGTAGAGAGGAGTATAAAATCCAGTCCTTTGATGCAGAGACCCAGCAGCT
                   GCTGAAGACAGCACTCAAAGATCCGGGTGCTGTGGACTTCGAGAAAGTGGCCAATGTG
                   ATTGTGGACCATTCTCTGCAGGACTGTGTGTTCAGCAAGGAAGCAGGACGCATGTGCT
                   ACGCCATCATTCAGGCAGAGAGTAAACAAGCAGGCCAGAGTGTCTTCCGACGTGGACT
                   CCTCAACCGGCTGCAGCAGGAGTACCAGGCTCGGGAGCAGCTGCGAGCACGCTCCCTG
                   CAGGGCTGGGTCTGCTATGTCACCTTTATCTGCAACATCTTTGACTACCTGAGGGTGA
                   ACAACATGCCCATGATGGCCCTGGTGAACCCTGTCTATGACTGCCTCTTCCGGCTGGC
                   CCAGCCAGACAGTTTGAGCAAGGAGGAGGAGGTGGACTGTTTGGTGCTGCAGCTGCAC
                   CGGGTTGGGGAGCAGCTGGAGAAAATGAATGGGCAGCGCATGGATGAGCTCTTTGTGC
                   TGATCCGGGATGGCTTCCTGCTCCCAACTGGCCTCAGCTCCCTGGCCCAGCTGCTGCT
                   GCTGGAGATCATTGAGTTCCGGGCGGCCGGCTGGAAGACAACGCCAGCTCCCCACAAG
                   TATTACTACAGCGAAGTCTCCGACTAGGCCTCCAGATCAGGGCTTCCTCACCAGCACT
                   GGCCTTTCTTCTACCCACCTCTAAAGCTGGCAGTGGAGTCTCTGCCTCACCCAAAGAC
                   TTTTCCCTTCCAGACTTTGAGTGTCTT
                   ORF Start: ATG at 113 ORF Stop: TAG at 779
                   SEQ ID NO:40          222 aa MW at 25422.9 kD
NOV17a,            MGEPSREEYKIQSFDAETQQLLKTALKDPGAVDLEKVANVIVDHSLQDCVFSKEAGRM
CG95589-01 Protein CYAIIQAESKQAGQSVFRRGLLNRLQQEYQAREQLRARSLQGWVCYVTFICNIFDYLR
Sequence           VNNMPMMALVNPVYDCLFRLAQPDSLSKEEEVDCLVLQLHRVGEQLEKMNGQRMDELF
                   VLIRDGFLLPTGLSSLAQLLLLEIIEFRAAGWKTTPAAHKYYYSEVSD
                   SEQ ID NO:41          826 bp
NOV17b,            CTCTTCTCCTCAGGTGCTGTCCTTATTCCCAGCCCATACAAGAGCTACCGGGGCTGGC
CG95589-02 DNA     TAGTCATGGGGGAGCCCAGTACAGAGGAGTATAAAATCCAGTCCTTTGATGCAGAGAC
Sequence           CCAGCAGCTGCTGAAGACAGCACTCAAAGATCCGGGTCCTCTGGACTTGGAGAAACTG
                   GCCAATGTGATTGTGGACCATTCTCTGCAGGACTGTGTGTTCAGCAAGGAAGCAGGAC
                   GCATGTCCTACGCCATCATTCAGGCAGAGAGTAAACAAGCAGGCCAGAGTGTCTTCCG
                   ACGTGGACTCCTCAACCGGCTGCAGCAGGAGTACCAGGCTCGGGAGCAGCTGCGAGCA
                   CGCTCCCTGCAGGGCTGGGTCTGCTATGTCACCTTTATCTGCAACATCTTTGACTACC
                   TGAGGGTGAACAACATGCCCATGATGGCCCTGGTCAACCCTGTCTATGACTCCCTCTT
                   CCGGCTGGCCCAGCCAGACAGTTTGAGCAAGGAGGAGGAGGTGGACTGTTTGGTGCTG
                   CAGCTGCACCGGGTTCGGGAGCAGCTGGAGAAAATGAATGGGCAGCGCATGGATGAGC
                   TCTTTGTGCTGATCCGGGATGGCTTCCTGCTCCCAACTGGCCTCAGCTCCCTGGCCCA
                   GCTGCTGCTGCTGGAGATCATTGAGTTCCGGGCGGCCGGCTCGAAGACAACCCCAGCT
                   GCCCACAAGTATTACTACAGCGAAGTCTCCGACTAGGCCTCCAGATCAGGGCTTCCTC
                   ACCAGCACTCGCCTTTCTTCTACCCACCTCTAAAGCTGGCAGTGGAGTCTCTGCCTCA
                   CCCAAAGACTTTTC
                   ORF Start: ATG at 64  ORF Stop: TAG at 730
                   SEQ ID NO:42          222 aa MW at 25367.9 kD
NOV17b,            MGEPSTEEYKIQSFDAETQQLLKTALKDPGAVDLEKVANVIVDHISLQDCVFSKEAGRM
CG95589-02 Protein CYAIIQAESKQAGQSVFRRGLLNRLQQEYQAREQLRARSLQGWVCYVTFICNIFDYLR
Sequence           VNNMPMMALVNPVYDCLFRLAQPDSLKEEEVDCLVLQLHRVGEQLEKMNGQRMDELF
                   VLTRDGFLLPTGLSSLAQLLLLEIIEFRAAGWKTTPAAHKYYYSEVSD

[0346] Sequence comparison of the above protein sequences yields the following sequence relationships shown in Table 17B.

TABLE 17B
Comparison of NOV17a against NOV17b.
	NOV17a Residues/	Identities/Similarities
Protein Sequence	Match Residues	for the Matched Region
NOV17b	1 . . . 222	206/222 (92%)
	1 . . . 222	206/222 (92%)

[0347] Further analysis of the NOV17a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 17C.

TABLE 17C
Protein Sequence Properties NOV17a
PSort     0.6500 probability located in cytoplasm;
analysis: 0.1000 probability located in mitochondrial matrix space;
          0.1000 probability located in lysosome (lumen);
          0.0000 probability located in endoplasmic
          reticulum (membrane)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0348] A search of the NOV17a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 17D.

TABLE 17D
Geneseq Results for NOV17a
		NOV17a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAB42861	Human ORFX ORF2625 polypeptide	1 . . . 191	191/191	(100%)	e−107
	sequence SEQ ID NO: 5250 - Homo	27 . . . 217	191/191	(100%)
	sapiens, 217 aa. [WO200058473-A2, 05
	Oct. 2000]
AAY00354	Fragment of human secreted protein	1 . . . 164	162/164	(98%)	4e−89
	encoded by gene 26 - Homo sapiens, 196	33 . . . 196	162/164	(98%)
	aa. [WO9906423-A1, 11 Feb. 1999]
AAM38210	Peptide #12247 encoded by probe for	148 . . . 222	75/75	(100%)	8e−37
	measuring placental gene expression -	1 . . . 75	75/75	(100%)
	Homo sapiens, 75 aa. [WO200157272-
	A2, 09 Aug. 2001]
AAM21883	Peptide #8317 encoded by probe for	148 . . . 222	75/75	(100%)	8e−37
	measuring cervical gene expression -	1 . . . 75	75/75	(100%)
	Homo sapiens, 75 aa. [WO200157278-
	A2, 09 Aug. 2001]
AAM77990	Human bone marrow expressed probe	148 . . . 222	75/75	(100%)	8e−37
	encoded protein SEQ ID NO: 38296 -	1 . . . 75	75/75	(100%)
	Homo sapiens, 75 aa. [WO200157276-
	A2, 09 Aug. 2001]

[0349] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV17a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 17E.

TABLE 17E
Public BLASTP Results for NOV17a
		NOV17a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q9D6M8	2310075G12RIK PROTEIN - Mus	1 . . . 222	207/222	(93%)	e−117
	musculus (Mouse), 222 aa.	1 . . . 222	217/222	(97%)
Q9HBL5	AD023 - Homo sapiens (Human),	1 . . . 191	162/191	(84%)	1e−84
	305 aa.	1 . . . 191	165/191	(85%)
O43310	Hypothetical protein KIAA0427 -	34 . . . 216	62/187	(33%)	2e−19
	Homo sapiens (Human), 598 aa.	410 . . . 589	97/187	(51%)
Q9VL73	CG13124 PROTEIN - Drosophila	11 . . . 222	59/232	(25%)	1e−12
	melanogaster (Fruit fly), 510 aa.	285 . . . 510	110/232	(46%)
T29786	hypothetical protein F44A2.5 -	75 . . . 222	43/150	(28%)	2e−10
	Caenorhabditis elegans, 345 aa.	200 . . . 345	81/150	(53%)

[0350] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV17a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 17F.

TABLE 17F
Domain Analysis of NOV17a
		Identities/
	NOV17a Match	Similarities	Expect
Pfam Domain	Region	for the Matched Region	Value
MIF4G	3 . . . 205	45/233 (19%)	0.0041
		127/233 (55%)

Example 18

[0351] The NOV18 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 18A.

TABLE 18A
NOV18 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:43         541 bp
NOV18a,            GAGGACAGACTGCCGTGTTGCCACCACAGGCTGGACCATGGACCCCCAAGGAATGGTC
CG95598-01 DNA     GTCAAGAACCCATATGCCCACATCAGCATCCCCCGGGCTCACCTGCGGCCTGACCTGG
Sequence           GGCAGCAGTTAGAGGTGGCTTCCACCTGTTCCTCATCCTCGGAGATGCAGCCCCTGCC
                   AGTGGGGCCCTGTGCCCCAGAGCCAACCCACCTCTTGCAGCCGACCGAGGTCCCAGGG
                   CCCAAGGGCGCCAAGGGTAACCAGGGGGCTGCCCCCATCCAGAACCACCAGGCCTGGC
                   AGCAGCCTGGCAACCCCTACAGCAGCAGTCAGCGCCAGGCCGGACTGACCTACGCTGG
                   CCCTCCGCCCGTGGGGCGCGGGGATGACATCGCCCACCACTGCTGCTGCTGCCCCTGC
                   TGCCACTGCTGCCACTGCCCCCCCTTCTGCCGCTGCCACAGCTGCTGCTGCTGTGTCA
                   TCTCCTAGCCCAGCCCACCCTGCCAGGACCAGGACCCAGACTTCAACAAATGTGGCTC
                   ACACAGTGCCGGGACATGC
                   ORF Start: ATG at 38 ORF Stop: TAG at 470
                   SEQ ID NO:44         144 aa MW at 15269.3 kD
NOV18a,            MDPQGMVVKNPYAHISIPRAHLRPDLGQQLEVASTCSSSSEMQPLPVGPCAPEPTHLL
CG95598-01 Protein QPTEVPGPKGAKGNQGAAPIQNQQAWQQPGNPYSSSQRQAGLTYAGPPPVGRGDDIAH
Sequence           HCCCCPCCHCCHCPPFCRCHSCCCCVIS

[0352] Further analysis of the NOV18a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 18B.

TABLE 18B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV18a
PSort     0.6500 probability located in plasma membrane; 0.4500
analysis: probability located in cytoplasm; 0.3000 probability located
          in microbody (peroxisome); 0.1000 probability located in
          mitochondrial matrix space
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0353] A search of the NOV18a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 18C.

TABLE 18C
Geneseq Results for NOV18a
			Identities/
		NOV18a	Similarities
		Residues/	for the
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
ABG08718	Novel human diagnostic protein #8709 -	46 . . . 122	31/83 (37%)	0.004
	Homo sapiens, 375 aa. [WO200175067-	92 . . . 167	37/83 (44%)
	A2, 11 Oct. 2001]
ABG08718	Novel human diagnostic protein #8709 -	46 . . . 122	31/83 (37%)	0.004
	Homo sapiens, 375 aa. [WO200175067-	92 . . . 167	37/83 (44%)
	A2, 11 Oct. 2001]
AAB51183	Human sulfatase protein A SEQ ID NO: 12	94 . . . 130	19/41 (46%)	0.017
	- Homo sapiens, 507 aa. [US6153188-A,	464 . . . 503	23/41 (55%)
	28 Nov. 2000]
AAE09804	Consensus human phorbol activated	37 . . . 113	24/79 (30%)	0.049
	nuclear factor-like protein (PNF1) - Homo	445 . . . 519	32/79 (40%)
	sapiens, 584 aa. [WO200162790-A2, 30
	Aug. 2001]
AAM50386	Wheat glutenin variant 1A × 2asteriskB -	23 . . . 111	29/95 (30%)	0.084
	Triticum aestivum, 434 aa.	196 . . . 290	38/95 (39%)
	[WO200179477-A2, 25 Oct. 2001]

[0354] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV18a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 18D.

TABLE 18D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV18a
		NOV18a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q9D1E4	2310002J15RIK PROTEIN - Mus	1 . . . 139	107/139	(76%)	5e−64
	musculus (Mouse), 142 aa.	1 . . . 139	110/139	(78%)
Q9D7M7	2310002J15RIK PROTEIN - Mus	1 . . . 139	106/139	(76%)	1e−63
	musculus (Mouse), 142 aa.	1 . . . 139	110/139	(78%)
Q8WZL5	SIN3 PROTEIN - Yarrowia lipolytica	16 . . . 137	41/130	(31%)	0.023
	(Candida lipolytica), 1527 aa.	149 . . . 248	49/130	(37%)
Q96CJ0	SIMILAR TO ARYLSULFATASE A -	94 . . . 130	19/41	(46%)	0.039
	Homo sapiens (Human), 509 aa.	466 . . . 505	23/41	(55%)
P15289	Arylsulfatase A precursor (EC 3.1.6.8)	94 . . . 130	19/41	(46%)	0.039
	(ASA) (Cerebroside-sulfatase) - Homo	464 . . . 503	23/41	(55%)
	sapiens (Human), 507 aa.

[0355] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV18a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 18E.

TABLE 18E
Domain Analysis of NOV18a
		Identities/
		Similarities for	Expect
Pfam Domain	NOV18a Match Region	the Matched Region	Value

Example 19

[0356] The NOV19 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 19A.

TABLE 19A
NOV19 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:45        531 bp
NOV19a,            ATGAAGCCCCTGCTCCTGGCCATCAGCCTCAGCCTCATTGCTGCCCTGCAGGCCCACC
CG95639-01 DNA     ACCTCCTGGCCTCAGACGAGGAGATTCAGGATGTGTCAGGGACGTGGTATCTGAAGGC
Sequence           CATCACGGTGGACAGGGAGCTCCCTGAGATGAATCTGGAATCGGTGACACCCATGACC
                   CTCACAATCCTGGAAGGGGGCAACCTGGAAGCTAAGGCCACCATGCTGATAAGTGGCC
                   AGTGCCAGGAGGTGAAGGTCGTCCTGGAGAAAACTGACGAGCCGGGAAAATACACGGC
                   CGACAGGGGCAAGCACGTGGCATACATCATCAGGTCGCACGTGAAGGACCACTACATC
                   TTTTACTGTGAGGGTGAGCTGCACGGGAAGCCGATCCGAGGGGCGAAGCTCGTGGGTA
                   GAGACCCCGAGAACAACCTGGAAGCCTTGGAGGACTTTGAGAAAGCTGCAGGAGCCCG
                   TGGACTCAGCACGGAGAGCATCCTCATCCCCAGGCAGAGCGAAACCTGCTCTCCAGGG
                   AGCGATTAG
                   ORF Start: ATG at 1 ORF Stop: TAG at 529
                   SEQ ID NO:46        176 aa MW at 19329.8 kD
NOV19a,            MKPLLLAISLSLIAALQAHHLLASDEEIQDVSGTWYLKAMTVDRELPEMNLESVTPMT
CG95639-01 Protein LTILEGGNLEAKATMLISGQCQEVKVVLEKTDEPGKYTADRGKHVAYIIRSHVKDHYI
Sequence           FYCEGELHGKPIRGAKLVGRDPENNLEALEDFEKAAGARGLSTESILIPRQSETCSPG
                   SD

[0357] Further analysis of the NOV19a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 19B.

TABLE 19B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV19a
PSort     0.4753 probability located in outside; 0.1000 probability
analysis: located in endoplasmic reticulum (membrane); 0.1000 prob-
          ability located in endoplasmic reticulum (lumen); 0.1000
          probability located in microbody (peroxisome)
SignalP   Cleavage site between residues 19 and 20
analysis:

[0358] A search of the NOV19a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 19C.

TABLE 19C
Geneseq Results for NOV19a
		NOV19a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAG66536	Human interferon-alpha induced	1 . . . 176	165/176 (93%)	9e−93
	polypeptide, Lipocalin 1 - Homo sapiens,	1 . . . 176	169/176 (95%)
	176 aa. [WO200159155-A2, 16 Aug.
	2001]
ABG29411	Novel human diagnostic protein #29402 -	1 . . . 170	168/170 (98%)	5e−92
	Homo sapiens, 865 aa. [WO200175067-	1 . . . 170	169/170 (98%)
	A2, 11 Oct. 2001]
ABG29411	Novel human diagnostic protein #29402 -	1 . . . 170	168/170 (98%)	5e−92
	Homo sapiens, 865 aa. [WO200175067-	1 . . . 170	169/170 (98%)
	A2, 11 Oct. 2001]
AAY25670	Dog allergen Can f 1 protein fragment -	1 . . . 174	107/174 (61%)	1e−50
	Canis sp, 174 aa. [WO9934826-A1, 15	1 . . . 172	125/174 (71%)
	Jul. 1999]
AAR59987	Can fI protein allergen - Canis familiaris,	1 . . . 174	107/174 (61%)	1e−50
	174 aa. [WO9416068-A, 21 Jul. 1994]	1 . . . 172	125/174 (71%)

[0359] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV19a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 19D.

TABLE 19D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV19a
		NOV19a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
P31025	Von Ebner's gland protein precursor	1 . . . 176	165/176 (93%)	2e−92
	(VEG protein) (Tear prealbumin) (TP)	1 . . . 176	169/176 (95%)
	(Tear lipocalin) (Lipocalin 1) - Homo
	sapiens (Human), 176 aa.
P53715	Von Ebner's gland protein precursor	1 . . . 176	105/176 (59%)	1e−52
	(VEG protein) (Tear prealbumin) (TP)	2 . . . 176	132/176 (74%)
	(Tear lipocalin) (Lipocalin-1) - Sus scrofa
	(Pig), 176 aa.
P41244	Von Ebner's gland protein 2 precursor	1 . . . 176	108/178 (60%)	2e−51
	(VEG protein 2) - Rattus norvegicus	1 . . . 177	129/178 (71%)
	(Rat), 177 aa.
O18873	Major allergen Can f 1 precursor	1 . . . 174	107/174 (61%)	3e−50
	(Allergen Dog 1) - Canis familiaris (Dog),	1 . . . 172	125/174 (71%)
	174 aa.
P20289	Von Ebner's gland protein 1 precursor	1 . . . 176	105/178 (58%)	4e−50
	(VEG protein 1) - Rattus norvegicus	1 . . . 177	127/178 (70%)
	(Rat), 177 aa.

[0360] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV19a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 19E.

TABLE 19E
Domain Analysis of NOV19a
		Identities/
Pfam		Similarities	Expect
Domain	NOV19a Match Region	for the Matched Region	Value
lipocalin	30 . . . 171	48/157	(31%)	7.2e−37
		116/157	(74%)

Example 20

[0361] The NOV20 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 20A.

TABLE 20A
NOV20 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:47          1218 bp
NOV20a,            TCCTCTGTCACGGGCTGCTGAACCCGAGCTGGTGTGAGCTTCTCTTGCCGTAAGTCCA
CG95649-01 DNA     CGGGTGGCCAGGAGCACGTGTTAGTCTGGTTAAGAGCTCTGCTCAGAAGTAGCCGCTG
Sequence           CAGCTGAAGGTTTTCAGGCGGGCTGAAGGCTGGGCCGCTTCTTCATTCATTTCAGAAA
                   CTTGAACAGTGGGCCTTCTACACACGCTGTCTTTGTCAGCCTCAGGCAGTTCCTCCAT
                   GGATGAGACACAGGGGCCTCTGGCCATGACTGTCCATCTTCTTGCCAACTCTGGGCAC
                   GGCTCCCTTCTGCAGAGGACTCTGGACCAGCTCCTGGATTGCATTTGCCCAGAGGTCC
                   GGCTCTTTCAGGTGTCTGAACGGGCCAGTCCTGTGAAATACTGTGAAAAGTCCCATTC
                   CAAGCGGTCCCGGTTTCCAGGGATGTCCGTGTTGCTCTTCCTGCACGAAAGCCCGGGA
                   GAGGATAGGCTATTTCGCGTCCTGGACTCTCTCCAGCATTCGCCATGGCAGTGCTACC
                   CCACCCACGACACTCGGGGAAGGCTGTGTCCCTACTTTTTTGCCAATCAGGAGTTCTA
                   CAGCCTGGACAGTCACCTGCCCATCTGCGGGGTGAGGCACGTGCACTGTGGCTCCGAG
                   ATCCTGAGCGTGACGCTGTACTGCAGTTTTCATAACTATGAAGACGCCATCAGACTCT
                   ACGAGATGATCCTGCAGAGAGAAGCGACCTTGCAAAAGAGCAATTTTTGTTTCTTCGT
                   GCTCTATGCCTCCAAGAGCTTTGCTCTGCAGCTCTCCCTGAAGCAGCTGCCCCCGGGA
                   ATGTCAGTGGACCCCAAAGAGTCTTCGGTGCTGCAGTTTAAGGTTCAAGAGATCCGCC
                   AGTTAGTGCCTCTGCTACCCAATCCATGCATGCCTATCAGCAGCACCAGGTGGCAGAC
                   TCAGGACTACGATGCCAACAAGATTCTGCTTCAGGTCCAGCTGAATCCAGAACTTCGT
                   GTTAAGAATGGCACCTTGGGAGCTGGCATGCTTCCCCTGGGCTCCAGGCTGACTTCTG
                   TCTCTGCAAAGAGGACCTCAGAACCCAGGAGCCAGAGGAACCAGGGCAAGAGGTCCCA
                   GGGGCATTCTCTGGACCTTCCTGAGCCCAGTGGGAGCCCCACATCAGACACGTGTGCT
                   GGCACTTCGTGGAAAAGCCCTGGCCGGTCATTCCAGGTCAGCAGCCCGTGACAGAGGA
                   ORF Start: ATG at 234 ORF Stop: TGA at 1209
                   SEQ ID NO:48          326 aa MW at 36633.4 kD
NOV20a,            MDETQGPLAMTVHLLANSGHGSLLQRTLDQLLDCICPEVRLFQVSERASPVKYCEKSH
CG95649-01 Protein SKRSRFPGMSVLLFLHESPGEDRLFRVLDSLQNSPWQCYPTQDTRCRLCPYFFANQEF
Sequence           YSLDSQLPIWGVRQVHCGSEILRVTLYCSFDNYEDAIRLYEMILQREATLQKSNFCFF
                   VLYASKSFALQLSLKQLPPGMSVDPKESSVLQFKVQEIGQLVPLLPNPCMPISSTRWQ
                   TQDYDGNKILLQVQLNPELGVKNGTLGAGMLPLGSRLTSVSAKRTSEPRSQRNQGKRS
                   QGHSLELPEPSGSPTSDRCAGTSWKSPGRSFQVSSP

[0362] Further analysis of the NOV20a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 20B.

TABLE 20B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV20a
PSort     0.4500 probability located in cytoplasm; 0.3000 probability
analysis: located in microbody (peroxisome); 0.1000 probability located
          in mitochondrial matrix space; 0.1000 probability located in
          lysosome (lumen)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0363] A search of the NOV20a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 20C.

TABLE 20C
Geneseq Results for NOV20a
		NOV20a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
ABG01087	Novel human diagnostic protein #1078 -	1 . . . 244	227/244	(93%)	e−131
	Homo sapiens, 414 aa. [WO200175067-	132 . . . 366	231/244	(94%)
	A2, 11 OCT. 2001]
ABG01087	Novel human diagnostic protein #1078 -	1 . . . 244	227/244	(93%)	e−131
	Homo sapiens, 414 aa. [WO200175067-	132 . . . 366	231/244	(94%)
	A2, 11 OCT. 2001]
AAM93553	Human polypeptide, SEQ ID NO:3317 -	262 . . . 326	65/65	(100%)	3e−31
	Homo sapiens, 194 aa. [EP1130094-A2,	1 . . . 65	65/65	(100%)
	05 SEP. 2001]
AAM02888	Peptide #1570 encoded by probe for	253 . . . 307	54/55	(98%)	1e−23
	measuring breast gene expression - Homo	1 . . . 55	54/55	(98%)
	sapiens, 55 aa. [WO200157270-A2, 09
	AUG. 2001]
AAM27604	Peptide #1641 encoded by probe for	253 . . . 307	54/55	(98%)	1e−23
	measuring placental gene expression -	1 . . . 55	54/55	(98%)
	Homo sapiens, 55 aa. [WO200157272-A2,
	09 AUG. 2001]

[0364] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV20a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 20D.

TABLE 20D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV20a
		NOV20a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q9H5Z6	CDNA: FLJ22746 FIS, CLONE	1 . . . 264	261/264	(98%)	e−153
	HUV01174 - Homo sapiens (Human),	1 . . . 264	261/264	(98%)
	268 aa.
AAH25754	SIMILAR TO HYPOTHETICAL	1 . . . 244	244/244	(100%)	e−143
	PROTEIN FLJ22746 - Homo sapiens	1 . . . 244	244/244	(100%)
	(Human), 272 aa.
Q96NJ9	CDNA FLJ30707 FIS, CLONE	1 . . . 246	103/246	(41%)	9e−58
	FCBBF2001211 - Homo sapiens	38 . . . 280	164/246	(65%)
	(Human), 546 aa.
Q9Z103	ACTIVITY-DEPENDENT	251 . . . 315	20/67	(29%)	7.6
	NEUROPROTECTIVE PROTEIN -	100 . . . 166	28/67	(40%)
	Mus musculus (Mouse), 828 aa.
O84671	(FHA DOMAIN, HOMOLOGY TO	226 . . . 306	28/99	(28%)	7.6
	ADENYLATE CYCLASE) -	186 . . . 284	37/99	(37%)
	Chlamydia trachomatis, 829 aa.

[0365] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV20a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 20E.

TABLE 20E
Domain Analysis of NOV20a
		Identities/
Pfam		Similarities	Expect
Domain	NOV20a Match Region	for the Matched Region	Value

Example 21

[0366] The NOV21 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 21A.

TABLE 21A
NOV21 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:49         2730 bp
NOV21a,            CGTTTCGTCCGGGGCCGCGGCGGCCATGGGGAATCGGCTGCAGCGAATCGGTGGCGCG
CG95775-01 DNA     CGGGGCCTGAGCGCGCTGCAGTCACCCGGGAGCCGGGTCCAGGTCGTCTTCCCGGGAC
Sequence           GCCCGGATCTGTCCTGCAGGATGGAGCCAGCACCCTCAGAGGTTCGACTCGCCGTCCG
                   GGAAGCCATTCATGCCCTCTCGTCTTCGGAGGATGGCGGCCACATCTTCTGCACCCTG
                   GACTCCCTGAAGCGGTATCTCGGTGAGATGGAGCCTCCAGCCCTCCCGAGCGAGAAGG
                   AGGAGTTTGCCTCGGCCCACTTCTCGCCTGTCCTCAAATGTCTTGCCAGCAGGCTGAG
                   CCCAGCCTGGCTGGAGCTGCTGCCCCATGGCCGCCTGGAGGAGCTGTGGGCCAGCTTC
                   TTCCTGGAGGGCCCGGCGGACCAAGCCTTCCTGGTGTTGATGGAGACCATCGAGGGTG
                   CTGCGGGCCCCAGCTTCCGGCTGATGAAGATGGCGCGGCTGCTGGCCAGATTCCTGCG
                   CGAGGGCCGJCTCGCAGTGCTGATGGAGGCGCAGTGTCGGCAGCAGACGCAGCCCGGC
                   TTCATCCTGCTCCGGGAGACGCTCCTGGGCAAGGTGGTGGCCCTGCCCGATCACCTGG
                   GCAACCGCCTGCAGCACGAGAACTTGGCCGAGTTCTTCCCCCAGAACTACTTCCGCCT
                   GCTCGGCGAGGAGCTCGTCCGGGTGCTGCAGGCGGTTGTGGACTCTCTCCAAGGTCCC
                   CTGGATTCCTCCGTCTCCTTCGTGTCTCAGGTCCTTGGGAAAGCCTGTGTCCACGGCA
                   GGCAGCAGGAGATCCTGGGCGTGCTGGTACCCCGGCTCACAGCGCTCACCCAGGGCAG
                   CTACCTGCACCAGCGCGTCTGCTGGCGCCTGGTGGAGCAAGTGCCGGACCGGGCCATG
                   GAGGCTGTGCTGACCGGGCTGGTGGAGCCCGCACTGGGGCCTGAGGTCCTTTCGAGAC
                   TGCTGGGGAACCTGGTGGTGAAGAACAAGAAGGCCCAGTTTGTGATGACCCAGAAGCT
                   TCTGTTCTTACACTCCCGGCTCACGACGCCCATGCTGCAGAGCCTGCTGGGCCATCTG
                   CCCATGGACAGCCAGCCGCGCCCGCTCCTGCTGCAGGTGCTGAAGGAGCTGTTGCAGA
                   CGTGGGGCAGCAGCAGTGCCATCCGCCACACTCCCCTGCCGCAGCAGCGCCACGTCAG
                   CAAGGCTGTCCTCATCTGCCTGGCGCAACTCGGGGAGCCGGAACTGCGGGACAGCCGG
                   GATGAACTGCTGGCCAGCATGATGGCGGGCGTGAAGTGCCGCCTGGACAGTAGCCTGC
                   CCCCCGTGCGACGCCTCGCCATGATCGTGGCAGAGGTCGTTAGTGCCCGGATCCACCC
                   CGAGGGGCCTCCCCTGAAATTCCAGTACGAAGAGGATGAACTGAGCCTCGAGCTGCTG
                   GCCTTGGCCTCCCCCCAGCCTGCGGGTGACGGCGCCTCGGAGGCGGGCACGTCCCTCG
                   TTCCAGCCACGCCAGAGCCCCCTGCAGAGACCCCCGCAGAGATCGTGGATGGCGGCGT
                   CCCCCAAGCACAGCTGGCGGGCTCTGACTCGGACCTGGACAGCGATGATGAGTTTGTC
                   CCCTACGACATGTCGGGGGACAGAGAGCTGAAGAGCAGCAAGGCTCCTGCCTACGTCC
                   GGGACTGCGTGGAAGCCCTGACCACGTCTGAGGACATAGAGCGCTGTCAGGCAGCCCT
                   GCGGGCCCTTGAGGGCCTGGTCTACAGGAGCCCCACAGCCACTCGGGAGGTGAGCGTG
                   GAGCTGGCCAAGGTGCTTCTGCATCTGGAGGAGAAGACCTGTCTGGTGGGATTTGCAG
                   GGCTGCGCCAGAGAGCCCTGGTGGCCGTCACGGTCACAGACCCGGCCCCCGTGGCCGA
                   CTATCTGACCTCACAGTTCTATGCCCTCAACTACAGCCTCCGGCAGCGCATGCACATC
                   CTGGATGTGCTGACTCTGGCTGCCCAGGAGCTGTCTAGGCCTGGGTGCCTCGGGAGGA
                   CTCCCCAACCTGGCTCCCCAAGTCCCAACACCCCGTCCCTCCCAGAGGCAGCCGTCTC
                   TCAGCCTGGCAGTGCCGTGGCGTCTGACTGGCGCCTGGTGCTGGAGGAGCCGATCAGA
                   AGCAAGACCCAGCGGCTCTCCAAGGGTGCCCCGAGGCAGGGCCCGGCAGGCAGCCCCA
                   GCAGATTCAACTCCGTGGCCGGCCACTTCTTCTTCCCCCTCCTTCAGCGCTTTGACAG
                   CCCTCTGGTGACCTTCGACCTCTTGGGAGAAGACCAGCTGGTTCTCGGAAGGCTGGCG
                   CACACCTTAGGGGCCCTGATGTGCCTGGCTGTTAACACCACGGTGGCTGTGGCCATGG
                   GCAAGGCCCTGCTGGAATTCGTGTGGGCCCTTCGCTTCCACATCGATGCCTACGTGCG
                   CCAGGGGCTGTTGTCGGCCGTCTCCTCCGTCCTGCTCAGCCTGCCTGCTGCGCGCCTG
                   CTGGAGGACCTGATGGACGAGCTGCTGCAAGCCCGGTCCTGGCTGGCGGACGTGGCTG
                   AGAAAGACCCGGACGAGGACTGCAGGACGCTGGCACTGAGGGCCCTGCTGCTTCTGCA
                   GAGACTCAAGAACAGGCTCCTCCCACCCGCGTCTCCCTAGTCCCTGGACCCCTCCCCA
                   GGACCACCCTCGCCGACAGCAAGGCAGGCGGCTGAGCAGCGGCCTCCAGCAGCAGAGC
                   CAGG
                   ORF Start: ATG at 26 ORE Stop: TAG at 2648
                   SEQ ID NO:50         874 aa MW at 95583.2 kD
NOV21a,            MGNRLQRIGGARGLSALQSPGSRVQVVFPGRPDLSCRMEPAPSEVRLAVREAIHALSS
CG95775-01 Protein SEDGGHIFCTLESLKRYLGEMEPPALPREKEEFASAHFSPVLKCLASRLSPAWLELLP
Sequence           HGRLEELWASFFLEGPADQAFLVLMETIEGAAGPSFRLMKMARLLARFLREGRLAVLM
                   EAQCRQQTQPGFILLRETLLGKVVALPDHLGNRLQQENLAEFFPQNYFRLLCEEVVRV
                   LQAVVDSLQGGLDSSVSFVSQVLGKACVHGRQQEILGVLVPRLTALTQGSYLHQRVCW
                   RLVEQVPDRAMEAVLTGLVEAALGPEVLSRLLGNLVVKNKKAQFVMTQKLLFLQSRLT
                   TPMLQSLLGHLAMDSQRRPLLLQVLKELLETWGSSSAIRHTPLPQQRHVSKAVLICLA
                   QLGEPELRDSRDELLASMMAGVKCRLDSSLPPVRRLGMIVAEVVSARIHPEGPPLKFQ
                   YEEDELSLELLALASPQPAGDGASEAGTSLVPATAEPPAETPAEIVDGGVPQAQLAGS
                   DSDLDSDDEFVPYDMSGDRELKSSKAPAYVRDCVEALTTSEDIERCQAALRALEGLVY
                   RSPTATREVSVELAKVLLHLEEKTCVVGFAGLRQRALVAVTVTDPAPVADYLTSQFYA
                   LNYSLRQRMDILDVLTLAAQELSRPCCLGRTPQPGSPSPNTPCLPEAAVSQPGSAVAS
                   DWRVVVEERIRSKTQRLSKGGPRQGPAGSPSRFNSVAGHFFFPLLQRFDRPLVTFDLL
                   GEDQLVLGRLAHTLGALMCLAVNTTVAVAMGKALLEFVWALRFHIDAYVRQGLLSAVS
                   SVLLSLPAARLLEDLMDELLEARSWLADVAEKDPDEDCRTLALRALLLLQRLKNRLLP
                   PASP

[0367] Further analysis of the NOV21a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 21B.

TABLE 21B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV21a
PSort     0.7000 probability located in plasma membrane; 0.3000
analysis: probability located in microbody (peroxisome); 0.2000
          probability located in endoplasmic reticulum (membrane);
          0.1000 probability located in mitochondrial inner membrane
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0368] A search of the NOV21a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 21C.

TABLE 21C
Geneseq Results for NOV21a
		NOV21a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	#, Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAU81754	Human clk-2 protein - Homo sapiens,	38 . . . 874	832/837	(99%)	0.0
	836 aa. [WO200198478-A2, 27 DEC.	1 . . . 836	834/837	(99%)
	2001]
AAB93337	Human protein sequence SEQ ID	643 . . . 874	226/232	(97%)	e−125
	NO:12445 - Homo sapiens, 360 aa.	129 . . . 360	229/232	(98%)
	[EP1074617-A2, 07 FEB. 2001]
AAU81758	Mouse clk-2 protein - Mus musculus,	620 . . . 860	147/241	(60%)	1e−71
	350 aa. [WO200198478-A2, 27 DEC.	140 . . . 350	166/241	(67%)
	2001]
AAU81755	Partial mouse clk-2 protein #1 - Mus	336 . . . 488	122/153	(79%)	4e−65
	musculus, 153 aa. [WO200198478-A2,	1 . . . 153	142/153	(92%)
	27 DEC. 2001]
AAU81759	Partial pig clk-2 protein - Sus scrofa, 122	547 . . . 668	107/122	(87%)	6e−52
	aa. [WO200198478-A2, 27 DEC. 2001]	1 . . . 122	111/122	(90%)

[0369] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV21a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 21D.

TABLE 21D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV21a
		NOV21a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
O75168	KIAA0683 PROTEIN - Homo sapiens	31 . . . 874	840/844	(99%)	0.0
	(Human), 844 aa (fragment).	1 . . . 844	842/844	(99%)
Q9BR21	C305C8.3.1 (DFKZP434A073)	38 . . . 874	833/837	(99%)	0.0
	(KIAA0683) - Homo sapiens (Human),	1 . . . 837	835/837	(99%)
	837 aa.
Q9Y4R8	HYPOTHETICAL 91.8 KDA	38 . . . 874	832/837	(99%)	0.0
	PROTEIN (KIAA0683 GENE	1 . . . 837	835/837	(99%)
	PRODUCT) - Homo sapiens (Human),
	837 aa.
Q91VQ3	SIMILAR TO RIKEN CDNA	38 . . . 874	627/838	(74%)	0.0
	1200003M09 GENE - Mus musculus	1 . . . 838	703/838	(83%)
	(Mouse), 840 aa.
Q9DC40	1200003M09RIK PROTEIN - Mus	38 . . . 874	626/838	(74%)	0.0
	musculus (Mouse), 840 aa.	1 . . . 838	701/838	(82%)

[0370] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV21a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 21E.

TABLE 21E
Domain Analysis of NOV21a
		Identities/
Pfam		Similarities	Expect
Domain	NOV21a Match Region	for the Matched Region	Value

Example 22

[0371] The NOV22 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 22A.

TABLE 22A
NOV22 Sequence Analysis
               SEQ ID NO:51         1199 bp
NOV22a,        ATTGATGGGCAGTGCATCTGCGTAACATGGCTACCTCTGAACTCCTTTGGGGAACACG
CG95942-01 DNA TATATCTTTGAGAATCCGATGAAAACCAGAGATTCCGCCCTTGTTTTCTTACAATTAA
Sequence       AAATATTATCCAGCAATGCAAATGAACAAACTATAACTACACACAGCTGCATGGATAA
               ATGTCAGAAACATGACGTTGAGTGTGAGAAGCCAGATGCAAACGAGGACTCACTGTGC
               AATTCTGTGCATGTACAGTGGCCAGGAGAAGGCAGCACTGGCTTTTCTTTCATCAGCC
               CAAAGATGCCTTTCTTTGCGAATACGTTCAGTCCGAAGAAGACACCTCCTCGGAAGTC
               GGCATCTCTCTCCAACCTGCATTCTTTGGATCGATCAACCCGGGAGGTGGAGCTGGGC
               TTGGAATACGGATCCCCGACTATGAACCTGGCAGGGCAAAGCCTGAAGTTTGAAAATG
               GCCAGTGGATAGCAGACACAGGGGTTAGTGGCGGTGTGGACCGGAGGGAGGTTCAGCG
               CCTTCGCAGGCGGAACCAGCAGTTGGAGGAAGAGAACAATCTCTTGCGGCTGAAAGTG
               GACATCTTATTAGACATGCTTTCAGAGTCCACTGCCGAATCCCACTTAATGGAGAAGG
               AACTGGATGAACTCAGGATCAGCCCCAACAGAATGAAGACCCCAGAGACATTTATT
               GGGGAGTAGGATGTGGCTGAGTGCTTTTTTTTTGGCCAGACTAGCGGATTCAGTCCTG
               GAAGAGAGTATCATATAATGAGACCCACACGCACTGGCACCCTTGGGTTGCAATAGA
               AGGTGACATGGAATGGAGAAAACCAAGATTCCAGATGGGGATAGTAACTAGAAGGTGC
               TTCAGATCCACTGCCTGCGGGTGCCAGTCTGAAAACCAGACCCCACACAGGCCTGGGG
               CTGCTGATGAGCTTTTCGGTGCTCTCCACACAACGCTCGCAAACACACATGTCCCAG
               AATAGCTCTGTTGGGTTGTGTTGGGAGAAGCGGCTGGAGTTCATTCTCTCACCCCCTT
               ATGTTGGTGTTTGGCGTGTGACAGCAGTTCTACAGAGCTCTGTGTTCGCGTCTTGGAT
               GAGCGGCTCTCTTGGCTCTTAAAGGCAGGCCTCTCTCTTCTTGCCTCTAAAGAATCCT
               CCTTCCTCACACCTGCCCTCCTCAGTACCTAGACTTAC
               ORF Start: ATG at 77 ORF Stop: TGA at 674
               SEQ ID NO:52         199 aa MW at 22636.3 kD
NOV22a,        MKTRDSALVFLELKILSSNANEQTITTHSCMDKCQKHDVECEKPDANEDSLCNSVHVQ
Protein        WPGEGSTCFSFIRPKMPFFGNTFSPKKTPPRKSASLSNLHSLDRSTREVELGLEYGSP
Sequence       TMNLAGQSLKFENGQWIAETGVSGGVDRREVQRLRRRNQQLEEENNLLRLKVDILLDM
               LSESTAESHLMEKELDELRISRKRK

[0372] Further analysis of the NOV22a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 22B.

TABLE 22B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV22a
PSort     0.5423 probability located in mitochondrial matrix space;
analysis: 0.3000 probability located in microbody (peroxisome); 0.2652
          probability located in mitochondrial inner membrane; 0.2652
          probability located in mitochondrial intermembrane space
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0373] A search of the NOV22a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 22C.

TABLE 22C
Geneseq Results for NOV22a
		NOV22a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAM00955	Human bone marrow protein, SEQ ID	61 . . . 199	138/139 (99%)	3e−74
	NO: 431 - Homo sapiens, 175 aa.	37 . . . 175	139/139 (99%)
	[WO200153453-A2, 26-JUL-2001]
AAY86201	Nuclear transport protein clone hfb2025	133 . . . 199	67/67 (100%)	7e−30
	protein sequence - Homo sapiens,	1 . . . 67	67/67 (100%)
	67 aa. [WO9964455-A1, 16-DEC-1999]
ABB23535	Protein #5534 encoded by probe for	74 . . . 99	26/26 (100%)	3e−08
	measuring heart cell gene expression -	1 . . . 26	26/26 (100%)
	Homo sapiens, 26 aa.
	[WO200157274-A2,
	09-AUG-2001]
AAB69070	Human male enhanced antigen-2	92 . . . 193	25/102 (24%)	1.5
	(MEA-2) protein sequence SEQ ID	768 . . . 868	45/102 (43%)
	NO: 2 - Homo sapiens,
	1374 aa. [JP2000316580-A,
	21-NOV-2000]
AAU36216	Pseudomonas aeruginosa cellular	134 . . . 193	22/67 (32%)	2.6
	proliferation protein #206 -	683 . . . 749	35/67 (51%)
	Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
	874 aa. [WO200170955-A2,
	27-SEP-2001]

[0374] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV22a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 22D.

TABLE 22D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV22a
		NOV22a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q9Y3M2	HYPOTHETICAL 14.5 KDA	74 . . . 199	126/126 (100%)	5e−66
	PROTEIN (CHROMOSOME 22	1 . . . 126	126/126 (100%)
	OPEN
	READING FRAME 2) -
	Homo sapiens (Human),
	126 aa.
AAL56062	CYTOSOLIC LEUCINE-	74 . . . 199	125/126 (99%)	1e−65
	RICH PROTEIN - Homo sapiens	1 . . . 126	126/126 (99%)
	(Human), 126
	aa.
Q9D1C2	1110014P06RIK PROTEIN (RIKEN	74 . . . 199	104/126 (82%)	2e−56
	CDNA 1110014P06 GENE)	1 . . . 126	120/126 (94%)
	(CYTOSOLIC LEUCINE-RICH
	PROTEIN) - Mus musculus
	(Mouse), 127
	aa.
Q9UIK9	HRIHFB2025 PROTEIN - Homo	133 . . . 199	67/67 (100%)	2e−29
	sapiens (Human), 67 aa	1 . . . 67	67/67 (100%)
	(fragment).
Q9CVN6	1700121K02RIK PROTEIN - Mus	77 . . . 190	45/122 (36%)	3e−15
	musculus (Mouse), 226 aa (fragment).	70 . . . 191	69/122 (55%)

[0375] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV22a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 22E.

TABLE 22E
Domain Analysis of NOV22a
Pfam Domain	NOV22a	Identities/	Expect Value
	Match Region	Similarities
		for the
		Matched Region

Example 23

[0376] The NOV23 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 23A.

TABLE 23A
NOV23 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:53          717 bp
NOV23a,            CTGTCGGCGGAGTGGGCGGAGCTGCCGGGGTCAGTTGGTCCAACTGTCCCGCCCTGAG
CG96211-01 DNA     GTGTCGCCCGGATCCCTCCTTCTCCCGGCGCCTCAAGCGGAAGACCATTCCTCAAGAA
Sequence           TTTTGTATCCAAGGCCCAAAAGTTTGTTACCCAAGATGATGAATGCTGACATGGATGC
                   AGTTGATGCTGAAAATCAAGTGGAACTGGAGGAAAAAACAAGACTTATTAATCAAGTG
                   TTGGAACTCCAACACACACTTGAAGATCTCTCTGCAAGAGTACATCCAGTTAAGGAAG
                   AAAATCTGAAGCTAAAATCAGAAAACCAAGTTCTTGGACAATATATAGAAAATCTCAT
                   GTCAGCTTCTAGTGTTTTTCAAACAACTGACACAAAAAGCAAAAGAAAGTAAGGGATT
                   GACACCCTTCTGTTTTATGGAATTCCTGCTGATCATTTTTTCTTTAAAACTTGCATAG
                   ATTCCAAAACTTACAGTACCTTTGTGGCTTCATTGAATATTTATGAAGATAATGTCAG
                   ATGTAGACAAAAATAACACAATAACAGGAGACTTCCATAAGTTTGTGTATTATGTTAG
                   TCTATGAAAACGTGCAAATGTATTGTAGAGACTTTATGATTAGAATTGCATATATTTA
                   TGAAACTTAAAGATGAATGTTTTATTGAATCTGTAGGTTTAGCACTGTCTTTTATTAT
                   AGGATTAGTAAGATATACAAG
                   ORF Start: ATG at 152 ORF Stop: TAA at 398
                   SEQ ID NO:54          82 aa MW at 9354.4 kD
NOV23a,            MMNADMDAVDAENQVELEEKTRLINQVLELQHTLEDLSARVDAVKEENLKLKSENQVL
CG96211-01 Protein GQYINLMSASSVFQTTDTKSKRK
Sequence

[0377] Further analysis of the NOV23a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 23B.

TABLE 23B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV23a
PSort     0.6500 probability located in cytoplasm;
analysis: 0.1000 probability located in mitochondrial
          matrix space; 0.1000 probability located
          in lysosome (lumen); 0.0000 probability
          located in endoplasmic reticulum (membrane)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0378] A search of the NOV23a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 23C.

TABLE 23C
Geneseq Results for NOV23a
		NOV23a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAB94677	Human protein sequence SEQ ID	1 . . . 82	82/82 (100%)	2e−39
	NO: 15626 - Homo sapiens, 122 aa.	41 . . . 122	82/82 (100%)
	[EP1074617-A2, 07-FEB-2001]
AAY86189	Nuclear transport protein clone hfb2072	1 . . . 82	82/82 (100%)	2e−39
	protein sequence - Homo sapiens, 125 aa.	44 . . . 125	82/82 (100%)
	[WO9964455-A1, 16-DEC-1999]
AAB56943	Human prostate cancer antigen protein	1 . . . 82	82/82 (100%)	2e−39
	sequence SEQ ID NO: 1521 - Homo	48 . . . 129	82/82 (100%)
	sapiens, 129 aa. [WO200055174-A1,
	21-SEP-2000]
AAG00691	Human secreted protein, SEQ ID NO:	1 . . . 81	80/81 (98%)	2e−38
	4772 - Homo sapiens, 139 aa.	41 . . . 121	80/81 (98%)
	[EP1033401-A2, 06-SEP-2000]
ABB61942	Drosophila melanogaster polypeptide	14 . . . 82	52/69 (75%)	3e−22
	SEQ ID NO 12618 -	66 . . . 134	60/69 (86%)
	Drosophila melanogaster,
	135 aa. [WO200171042-A2,
	27-SEP-2001]

[0379] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV23a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 23D.

TABLE 23D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV23a
			Identities/
		NOV23a	Similarities
Protein		Residues/	for the
Accession		Match	Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q9BZB2	SHORT COILED-COIL PROTEIN	1 . . . 82	82/82 (100%)	4e−39
	SCOCO (SHORT COILED COIL	1 . . . 82	82/82 (100%)
	PROTEIN) - Homo sapiens
	(Human), 82 aa.
Q96JY9	CDNA FLJ14891 FIS,	1 . . . 82	82/82 (100%)	4e−39
	CLONE PLACE1004256,	41 . . . 122	82/82 (100%)
	WEAKLY SIMILAR TO
	MUS MUSCULUS
	SHORT COILED COIL
	PROTEIN SCOCO (SCOC) MRNA -
	Homo sapiens (Human),
	122 aa.
Q9UIL1	HRIHFB2072 PROTEIN - Homo sapiens	1 . . . 82	82/82 (100%)	4e−39
	(Human), 125 aa (fragment).	44 . . . 125	82/82 (100%)
Q9VB51	CG5934 PROTEIN - Drosophila	14 . . . 82	52/69 (75%)	8e−22
	melanogaster (Fruit fly), 135 aa.	66 . . . 134	60/69 (86%)
Q9U377	T07C4.10B PROTEIN - Caenorhabditis	18 . . . 75	44/58 (75%)	2e−18
	elegans, 108 aa.	44 . . . 101	55/58 (93%)

[0380] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV23a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 23E.

TABLE 23E
Domain Analysis of NOV23a
		Identities/
		Similarities
	NOV23a	for the	Expect Value
Pfam Domain	Match Region	Matched Region
bZIP	31 . . . 71	12/41 (29%)	0.37
		28/41 (68%)

Example 24

[0381] The NOV24 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 24A.

TABLE 24A
NOV24 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:55        1158 bp
NOV24a,            ATGCCAGACTTCTGTGAACTTGAGTGTGACTGGAAAATCCTTCTGAGGAAAGCACAAG
CG96221-01 DNA     GACTCCTAGAAACCTCTGAGCAAGCAGAGATAGCAGCAGCAGCTCTAACTGTCCTCTT
Sequence           TGCATCTTCTCTTGTTGCCCATCAATCTTCCAGACAGCTGTTTCCAATATGCAAATCG
                   AATCATGTCACTCCTTGTTTTGAAAACCATTCAACACTTCCAACTGTGTCGACATGCC
                   TAACTAGGCCTTCAGGATCTATGTCACACACCGTCTTCCTGCCCCTTCTTCTCCAGCC
                   TTGCCTCTCACCATTCCCCAGTGCCCTTCACCATTTCCCAGTGCCTCTCACCATTCCC
                   CAGTGCCCTTCACCATTCCCCAGTGCCCCTCACCATTTCCCAGTGTCCCTCACCATTT
                   CCCAGTGCCCCTCACCATTTCCCAGTGCCCTTCACCATTCCCCAGTGCCCTTCACCAT
                   TTCCCAGTGCCCTTCACCATTTCCCAGTGCCCTTCACCATTTCCCACTGCCCTTCACC
                   ATTTCCCAGTGCCCTTCACCATTTCCCAGTGCCCTTCACCATTTCCCAGTGCCCTTCA
                   CCATTCCCCAGTGTCCCTCACCATTTCCCAGTGCCTCTCACCATTCCCCAGTGCCCTT
                   CACCATTCCCCAGTGCCTCTCACCATTCCCCACTGCCCTTCACCATTTCCCAGTGCCC
                   CTCACCATTCCCCAGTACCCTTCACCATTCCCCAGTGTCCCTCACCATTTCCCAGTGC
                   CTCTCACCATTTCCCAGTGCCCTTCACCATTTCCCACTGcccTTcACcATTTCCCAGT
                   GCCCTTCACCATTCCCCAGTGTCCCTCACCATTTCCCAGTGCCCTTCACCATTCCCCA
                   GTGCCCTTCACCATTTCCCAGTGCCCTTCACCATTCCCCAGTGTCCCTcAcCATTTCC
                   CAGTGCCTCTCACCATTCCCCAGTGCCCTTCACCATTCCCCAGTGCCTcTcAcCATTT
                   CCCAGTGCCTCTCACCATTTCCCAGTGCCCTTCACCATTTCCCAGTGCTCCTCACCAT
                   TTCCCAGTGCCCCTCACCATTTCCCAGTGCCCTTCACCATTCCCCAGTGCCCTTCACC
                   ATTCCCCAGTGCCCCTCACCATTTCCCAGTGCCTCTCACCATTCCTCAGTGCCTGA
                   ORF Start: ATG at 1 ORF Stop: TGA at 1156
                   SEQ ID NO:56        385 aa MW at 41809.8 kD
NOV24a,            MPDFCELECDWKILLRKAQGLLETSEEAEIAAAALTVLFASSLvAHQSSRELFPICKS
CG96221-01 Protein NHVTPCFENHSTLPTVSTWLTRPSCSMSHTVFLPLLLQPCLSPFPSALHHFPVPLTIP
Sequence           QCPSPFPSAPHHFPVSLTISQCPSPFPSALHHSPVPFTISQCPSPFPSALHHFPVPFT
                   ISQCPSPFPSALHHFPVPFTIPQCPSPFPSASHHSPVPFTIPQCLSPFPSALHHFPVP
                   LTIPQYPSPFPSVPHHFPVPLTISQCPSPFPSALHHFPVPFTIPQCPSPFPSALHHSP
                   VPFTISQCPSPFPSVPHHFPVPLTIPQCPSPFPSASHHFPVPLTISQCPSPFPSAPHH
                   FPVPLTISQCPSPFPSALHHSPVPLTISQCLSPFLSA

[0382] Further analysis of the NOV24a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 24B.

TABLE 24B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV24a
PSort     0.6389 probability located in microbody (peroxisome);
analysis: 0.6000 probability located in endoplasmic
          reticulum (membrane); 0.1000 probability
          located in mitochondrial inner
          membrane; 0.1000 probability located in plasma membrane
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0383] A search of the NOV24a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 24C.

TABLE 24C
Geneseq Results for NOV24a
		NOV24a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	#, Date]	Residues	Region	Value
ABG27597	Novel human diagnostic protein	101 . . . 374	89/274 (32%)	1e−30
	#27588 - Homo sapiens,	38 . . . 311	94/274 (33%)
	331 aa. [WO200175067-A2,
	11-OCT-2001]
ABG27597	Novel human diagnostic protein	101 . . . 374	89/274 (32%)	1e−30
	#27588 - Homo sapiens,	38 . . . 311	94/274 (33%)
	331 aa. [WO200175067-A2,
	11-OCT-2001]
ABG27250	Novel human diagnostic protein	94 . . . 348	95/259 (36%)	2e−15
	#27241 - Homo sapiens,	13 . . . 206	104/259 (39%)
	406 aa. [WO200175067-A2,
	11-OCT-2001]
AAM00875	Human bone marrow protein, SEQ ID	119 . . . 367	79/256 (30%)	2e−15
	NO: 351 - Homo sapiens,	5 . . . 223	109/256 (41%)
	243 aa. [WO200153453-A2,
	26-JUL-2001]
ABG27250	Novel human diagnostic protein	94 . . . 348	95/259 (36%)	2e−15
	#27241 - Homo sapiens,	13 . . . 206	104/259 (39%)
	406 aa. [WO200175067-A2,
	11-OCT-2001]

[0384] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV24a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 24D.

TABLE 24D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV24a
		NOV24a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q40692	HYDROXYPROLINE-RICH	60 . . . 362	87/324 (26%)	2e−20
	GLYCOPROTEIN - Oryza sativa	68 . . . 369	117/324 (35%)
	(Rice), 369 aa.
Q9STN0	EXTENSIN-LIKE PROTEIN -	92 . . . 383	95/327 (29%)	1e−19
	Arabidopsis thaliana (Mouse-ear cress),	8 . . . 318	133/327 (40%)
	437 aa.
Q41707	EXTENSIN CLASS 1 PROTEIN	101 . . . 372	87/272 (31%)	3e−19
	PRECURSOR (EXTENSIN-LIKE	65 . . . 291	113/272 (40%)
	PROTEIN) - Vigna unguiculata
	(Cowpea), 489 aa.
Q9T0K5	EXTENSIN-LIKE PROTEIN -	110 . . . 381	88/275 (32%)	1e−18
	Arabidopsis thaliana (Mouse-ear cress),	476 . . . 734	104/275 (37%)
	760 aa.
AAL89866	RE20756P - Drosophila melanogaster	90 . . . 332	62/249 (24%)	8e−18
	(Fruit fly), 285 aa.	46 . . . 279	107/249 (42%)

[0385] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV24a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 24E.

TABLE 24E
Domain Analysis of NOV24a
Pfam Domain	NOV24a	Identities/	Expect Value
	Match Region	Similarities
		for the
		Matched Region

Example 25

[0386] The NOV25 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 25A.

TABLE 25A
NOV25 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:57          11947 bp
NOV25a,            ATGTGCGGTCAGTTCTGAGGCCCTTTGCCTCGTCGAGCCCCACCCTGCCCCAGAGCCC
CG96394-01 DNA     TGGTCCGAGTGTGCCAGTCATCTGACGCATGCGTGCCTGTTCTTGCCCACAGGTCGTG
Sequence           CGCGTGGCCAGGGCGCGGGGACATGGGGCCCGACATGGAGCTGCCCAGCCACTCGAAG
                   CAGCTCCTGCTCCAGCTGAACCAGCAGAGGACCAAGGGCTTCCTGTGTGACGTCATCA
                   TCATGGTGGACAACTCCATCTTCCGGGCCCACAAGAACGTCCTACCCGCCAGCAGCAT
                   CTATTTCAAGTCCCTCGTCCTGCACCACAACCTCATCAACCTCGACACACACATGGTC
                   AGCTCCACAGTGTTCCAGCAGATCTTGGACTTCATCTACACAGGCAAGCTGCTGCCCA
                   GCGACCAGCCAGCCGAGCCCAACTTCAGCACCCTCCTCACTGCCGCCAGCTACCTCCA
                   GCTGCCCCAGTTGGCAGCCCTCTGCCGCCGCAAACTCAAGCGAGCCGGCAAGCCCTTT
                   GGCTCTGGGAGGGCGGGGTCCACTGGCATAGGGCGGCCCCCCCGCAGCCAGCGGCTGT
                   CCACGGCCTCTGTCATCCAAGCTCGGTATCAGGGGCTCGTGGATGGGCGCAAGGGGGC
                   CCACGCCCCCCAGGAGCTCCCCCAAGCCAAAGGCTCAGACGATGAACTCTTTCTTGGT
                   GGCTCTAACCAGGATAGCGTGCAAGGTCTGGGCCGGGCTGTCTGCCCAGCTGGCGGGG
                   AGGCGGGTCTGGGGGGCTGCAGCAGCAGCACCAACGGGAGCAGCGGGGGCTGCGAGCA
                   GGAGCTGGCCTTGGACCTGTCCAAGAAAAGCCCACCCTTGCCCCCTGCCACCCCAGGT
                   CCCCACCTCACTCCCGATGACGCAGCCCAGCTGAGCGACAGCCAACATGGCTCGCCCC
                   CTGCGGCCTCTGCCCCTCCCGTTGCCAACAGTGCCTCTTATTCTGAGCTGGGGGGCAC
                   CCCTGATGAGCCCATGGATCTGGACGGCCCCGAGGACAACCACCTGAGCCTGCTGGAG
                   GCGCCTGGTGGGCAGCCTCGGAAGAGCCTCCGGCACTCCACTCGGAAGAAGGAGTGGG
                   GCAAGAAGGAGCCTGTGGCTGGCTCCCCCTTTGAGCGGAGAGAAGCAGGGCCCAAGGG
                   TCCCTGCCCGGGAGAGGAGGGTGAGGGGGTCGGGGACAGGGTTCCCAATGGCATCCTG
                   GCTAGTGGGGCTGGCCCTAGCGGGCCCTATGGGGAGCCCCCCTACCCCTGCAAGGAGG
                   AGGAGGAGAACGGCAAGGATGCAAGTGAAGACAGTGCGCAGAGCGGGAGCGAGGGGGC
                   CAGCGGCCACGCCAGCGCCCACTACATGTACCGGCAGGAGGGCTACGAGACGGTGTCC
                   TACGGGGACAACTTGTATGTGTGCATTCCCTGCGCCAAGGGCTTCCCCAGCTCTGAGC
                   AGCTCAATCCCCACGTGGAGACTCACACGGAGGAAGAGCTGTTCATCAAGGAAGAGGG
                   GGCCTACGAGACAGGCAGTGGGGGTGCCGAGGAGGAGGCCGAGGACCTGTCAGCACCC
                   AGTGCGGCCTACACGGCTGAGCCCCGGCCCTTCAAGTGTTCGGTCTGCGAGAAGACCT
                   ACAACGACCCAGCCACGCTGCGGCAGCACGAGAAGACGCACTGGCTGACACGGCCCTT
                   CCCCTGCAACATCTGTGGCAAAATGTTCACCCACCGCGGCACCATGACGCGTCACATG
                   CGGAGCCACCTGGGCCTGAAGCCCTTCGCCTGCGATGAGTGTGGCATGCGCTTCACCC
                   GTCAGTACCGCCTCACCCACCACATGCGTGTCCACTCGCGCGAGAAACCTTACCAGTG
                   CCAGCTGTCCCCGGGCAAGTTCACCCAGCAGCGCAACCTCATCAGCCACCTGCGCATG
                   CACACCTCCCCCTCCTAGAAGCCAAAGACCCCC
                   ORF Start: ATG at 139 ORF Stop: TAG at 1930
                   SEQ ID NO: 58         597 aa MW at 64227.0 kD
NOV25a,            MGPDMELPSHSKQLLLQLNQQRTKGFLCDVILMVENSIFRAHKNVLAASSIYFKSLVL
CG96394-01 Protein HDNLINLDTDMVSSTVFQQILDFIYTGKLLPSDQPAEPNFSTLLTAASYLQLPELAAL
Sequence           CRRKLKRAGKPFGSGRAGSTGMGRPPRSQRLSTASVIQARYQGLVDGRKGAHAPQELP
                   QAKGSDDELFLGGSNQDSVQGLGRAVCPAGCEAGLGGCSSSTNGSSGGCEQELGLDLS
                   KKSPPLPPATPGPHLTPDDAAQLSDSQHGSPPAASAPPVANSASYSELGGTPDEPMDL
                   EGAEDNHLSLLEAPGGQPRKSLRHSTRKKEWGKKEPVAGSPFERREAGPKGPCPGEEG
                   EGVGDRVPNGILASGAGPSGPYGEPPYPCKEEEENGKDASEDSAQSGSEGGSGHASAH
                   YMYRQEGYETVSYGDNLYVCIPCAKGPPSSEQLNAHVETHTEEELFIKEEGAYETGSG
                   GAEEEAEDLSAPSAAYTAEPRPFKCSVCEKTYKDPATLRQHEKTHWLTRPFPCNICGK
                   MFTQRGTMTRHMRSHLGLKPFACDECGMRFTRQYRLTEHMRVHSGEKPYECQLCGGKF
                   TQQRNLISULRMHTSPS

[0387] Further analysis of the NOV25a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 25B.

TABLE 25B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV25a
PSort     0.4500 probability located in cytoplasm;
analysis: 0.3000 probability located in microbody
          (peroxisome); 0.1000 probability located
          in mitochondrial matrix space; 0.1000
          probability located in lysosome (lumen)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0388] A search of the NOV25a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 25C.

TABLE 25C
Geneseq Results for NOV25a
		NOV25a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	#, Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAR95242	HIC-1 polypeptide - Homo sapiens, 547	401 . . . 593	131/203 (64%)	3e−70
	aa. [WO9614877-A1, 23-MAY-1996]	231 . . . 428	148/203 (72%)
AAG66311	Human zinc finger protein 46 - Homo	371 . . . 594	78/224 (34%)	3e−34
	sapiens, 419 aa. [WO200155188-A1,	140 . . . 335	113/224 (49%)
	02-AUG-2001]
ABG01726	Novel human diagnostic protein #1717 -	371 . . . 594	81/225 (36%)	1e−33
	Homo sapiens, 1342 aa.	1034 . . . 1229	113/225 (50%)
	[WO200175067-A2, 11-OCT-2001]
ABG01726	Novel human diagnostic protein #1717 -	371 . . . 594	81/225 (36%)	1e−33
	Homo sapiens, 1342 aa.	1034 . . . 1229	113/225 (50%)
	[WO200175067-A2, 11-OCT-2001]
ABG07279	Novel human diagnostic protein #7270 -	373 . . . 594	74/222 (33%)	1e−33
	Homo sapiens, 792 aa. [WO200175067-	246 . . . 456	111/222 (49%)
	A2, 11-OCT-2001]

[0389] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV25a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 25D.

TABLE 25D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV25a
		NOV25a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q96JB3	HIC-3 - Homo sapiens (Human), 597	1 . . . 597	595/597 (99%)	0.0
	aa.	1 . . . 597	595/597 (99%)
Q9UPX9	KIAA1020 PROTEIN - Homo sapiens	43 . . . 597	554/555 (99%)	0.0
	(Human), 555 aa (fragment).	1 . . . 555	555/555 (99%)
Q9NSM9	HYPOTHETICAL 34.7 KDA	283 . . . 597	315/315 (100%)	0.0
	PROTEIN - Homo sapiens (Human),	1 . . . 315	315/315 (100%)
	315 aa (fragment).
Q90W33	HRG22 PROTEIN - Brachydanio rerio	5 . . . 597	348/602 (57%)	e−172
	(Zebrafish) (Zebra danio), 560 aa.	1 . . . 560	412/602 (67%)
Q9JLZ6	HYPERMETHYLATED IN CANCER	338 . . . 597	241/263 (91%)	e−147
	2 PROTEIN - Mus musculus (Mouse),	4 . . . 266	246/263 (92%)
	266 aa (fragment).

[0390] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV25a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 25E.

TABLE 25E
Domain Analysis of NOV25a
		Identities/
		Similarities
	NOV25a	for the Matched
Pfam Domain	Match Region	Region	Expect Value
K_tetra	37 . . . 122	20/115 (17%)	0.58
		52/115 (45%)
BTB	12 . . . 125	44/143 (31%)	1.6e−22
		86/143 (60%)
zf-C2H2	487 . . . 509	8/24 (33%)	1.5e−05
		21/24 (88%)
zf-C2H2	515 . . . 537	9/24 (38%)	3.9e−07
		22/24 (92%)
zf-C2H2	543 . . . 565	9/24 (38%)	1.3e−05
		19/24 (79%)
zf-C2H2	571 . . . 593	11/24 (46%)	0.00014
		19/24 (79%)

Example 26

[0391] The NOV26 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 26A.

TABLE 26A
NOV26 Sequence Analysis
               SEQ ID NO:59         365 bp
NOV26a,        CACGTGCACCCACTGCCTCTTCCCTTCTCGCTTGGGAACTCTAGTCTCGCCTCGGGTT
CG96470-01 DNA GCAATGGACCCCAACTGCTCCTGTGCCGCTGCAGGTGTCTCCTGCACCTGCGCCAGCT
Sequence       CCTGCAAGTGCAAAGAGTGCAAATGCACCTCCTGCATCTGCAAAGGGGCATCGGAGAA
               GTGCAGCTGCTCCGCCTGATGTCGCGACAGCCCTGCTCCCAAGTACAAATAGAGTGAC
               CCGTAAAATCCAGGATTTTTTGTTTTTTCCTACAATCTTGACCCCTTTGCTACATTCC
               TTTTTTTCTGTGAAATATGTGAATAATAATTAAACACTTAGACTTGAAAAAAAAAAAA
               AAAAAAAAACCAAAAAA
               ORF Start: ATG at 62 ORF Stop: TGA at 191
               SEQ ID NO:60         43 aa MW at 4279.9 kD
NOV26a,        MDPNCSCAAAGVSCTCASSCKCKECKCTSCICKGASEKCSCCA
CG96470-01 Protein
Sequence

[0392] Further analysis of the NOV26a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 26B.

TABLE 26B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV26a
PSort     0.7963 probability located in mitochondrial
analysis: intermembrane space; 0.4785 probability
          located in mitochondrial matrix space;
          0.4500 probability located in cytoplasm; 0.1852
          probability located in mitochondrial inner membrane
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0393] A search of the NOV26a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 26C.

TABLE 26C
Geneseq Results for NOV26a
			Identities/
		NOV26a	Similarities
		Residues/	for the
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAU14784	Novel bone marrow polypeptide #183 -	1 . . . 43	43/62 (69%)	2e−19
	Homo sapiens, 98 aa. [WO200157187-A2,	37 . . . 98	43/62 (69%)
	09-AUG-2001]
AAO13869	Human polypeptide SEQ ID NO 27761 -	1 . . . 42	39/61 (63%)	2e−16
	Homo sapiens, 89 aa. [WO200164835-A2,	29 . . . 88	40/61 (64%)
	07-SEP-2001]
AAB56852	Human prostate cancer antigen protein	1 . . . 42	39/61 (63%)	2e−16
	sequence SEQ ID NO: 1430 - Homo	35 . . . 94	40/61 (64%)
	sapiens, 95 aa. [WO200055174-A1,
	21-SEP-2000]
AAM78488	Human protein SEQ ID NO 1150 - Homo	1 . . . 43	38/62 (61%)	5e−16
	sapiens, 117 aa. [WO200157190-A2,	57 . . . 117	39/62 (62%)
	09-AUG-2001]
AAB57183	Human prostate cancer antigen protein	1 . . . 43	38/62 (61%)	5e−16
	sequence SEQ ID NO: 1761 - Homo	9 . . . 69	39/62 (62%)
	sapiens, 69 aa. [WO200055174-A1,
	21-SEP-2000]

[0394] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV26a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 26D.

TABLE 26D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV26a
		NOV26a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
P80296	Metallothionein-IK (MT-1K) - Homo	1 . . . 43	43/62 (69%)	4e−19
	sapiens (Human), 62 aa.	1 . . . 62	43/62 (69%)
P13640	Metallothionein-IG (MT-1G) - Homo	1 . . . 43	42/62 (67%)	3e−17
	sapiens (Human), 61 aa.	1 . . . 61	42/62 (67%)
P80295	Metallothionein-II (MT-1I) - Homo	1 . . . 43	41/62 (66%)	1e−16
	sapiens (Human), 61 aa.	1 . . . 61	41/62 (66%)
P04733	Metallothionein-IF (MT-1F)	1 . . . 42	39/61 (63%)	4e−16
	(HQP0376) - Homo sapiens (Human),	1 . . . 60	40/61 (64%)
	61 aa.
P18055	Metallothionein-IIA (MT-2A) -	1 . . . 43	38/62 (61%)	4e−16
	Oryctolagus cuniculus (Rabbit), 62 aa.	1 . . . 62	40/62 (64%)

[0395] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV26a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 26E.

TABLE 26E
Domain Analysis of NOV26a
		Identities/
		Similarities
	NOV26a	for the
Pfam Domain	Match Region	Matched Region	Expect Value
metalthio	1 . . . 43	36/68 (53%)	0.011
		41/68 (60%)

Example 27

[0396] The NOV27 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 27A.

TABLE 27A
NOV27 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:61         258 bp
NOV27a,            TTTTAGGAAATGTGTTCTAGCTGCAGTGCAGACAGTGTGGAGATACAGCAGCCCAAGG
CG96650-01 DNA     GAATGACCCACAGGAGGCTAGTGCAATTGTCTAGTGGCTGTGGGGTGGGGGGCATGTT
Sequence           GAGGGGGATGGGGCTGGCCACATGGGGTGAAGGAAGAAGGAGCTGGTCCTGGGTTCCT
                   GGCCCGTGTGACTGTGTCAGCTGGTGGCTCTGCTAATGGCACAGAGAACACAGGAGTA
                   GGCAAGCTGCTGGATGAGCAGAGCTT
                   ORF Start: ATG at 10 ORF Stop: TAA at 208
SEQ ID NO: 62      66 aa MW at 7176.2 kD
NOV27a,            MCSSCSADSVEIQQPKGMTHRRLVQLSSGCGVGGMLRGMGLATWGEGRRSWSWVPGPC
CG96650-01 Protein DCVSWWLC
Sequence

[0397] Further analysis of the NOV27a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 27B.

TABLE 27B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV27a
PSort     0.6400 probability located in microbody
analysis: (peroxisome); 0.4500 probability
          located in cytoplasm; 0.1000 probability
          located in mitochondrial matrix space;
          0.1000 probability located
          in lysosome (lumen)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0398] A search of the NOV27a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 27C.

TABLE 27C
Geneseq Results for NOV27a
			Identities/
		NOV27a	Similarities
		Residues/	for the
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAY04948	Mycobacterium species protein sequence	22 . . . 58	15/37 (40%)	2.4
	41B - Mycobacterium sp, 92 aa.	48 . . . 82	19/37 (50%)
	[WO9909186-A2, 25 Feb. 1999]
AAY32375	Mouse CNREB-2 transcription factor -	31 . . . 57	13/27 (48%)	6.9
	Mus musculus, 763 aa. [WO9955343-A1,	70 . . . 92	15/27 (55%)
	04 Nov. 1999]
ABB12321	Human carcinogenesis inhibitor	11 . . . 63	18/55 (32%)	9.1
	homologue, SEQ ID NO: 2691 - Homo	126 . . . 178	26/55 (46%)
	sapiens, 1685 aa. [WO200157188-A2, 09
	Aug. 2001]

[0399] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV27a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 27D.

TABLE 27D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV27a
		NOV27a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q9ZVQ8	PUTATIVE PHLOEM-SPECIFIC	35 . . . 57	11/24 (45%)	9.1
	LECTIN - Arabidopsis thaliana (Mouse-	132 . . . 155	14/24 (57%)
	ear cress), 305 aa.

[0400] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV27a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 27E.

TABLE 27E
Domain Analysis of NOV27a
		Identities/
		Similarities
		for the	Expect
Pfam Domain	NOV27a Match Region	Matched Region	Value

Example 28

[0401] The NOV28 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 28A.

TABLE 28A
NOV28 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:63         544 bp
NOV28a,            GAGGGGAAAGCCCAGGGGTACAGGAGGCCTCTGGGTGAAGGCAGAGGCTAACATGGGG
CG96682-01 DNA     TTCGGAGCGACCTTGGCCGTTGGCCTGACCATCTTTGTGCTGTCTGTCGTCACTATCA
Sequence           TCATCTGCTTCACCTGCTCCTGCTGCTGCCTTTACAAGACGTGCCGCCGACCACGTCC
                   GGTTGTCACCACCACCACATCCACCACTGTGGTGCATGCCCCTTATCCTCAGCCTCCA
                   AGTGTGCCGCCCAGCTACCCTGGACCAAGCTACCAGGGCTACCACACCATGCCGCCTC
                   AGCCACGGATGCCAGCAGCACCCTACCCAATGCAGTACCCACCACCTTACCCAGCCCA
                   GCCCATGGGCCCACCGGCCTACCACGAGACCCTGGCTGTTGATATGAGACTGAAACCC
                   CTGGGTTGTGGAGGGAAATTGGCTCAGAGATGGACAACCTGGCAACTGTGAGTCCCTG
                   CTTCCCGACACCAGCCTCATGGAATATGCAACAACTCCTGTACCCCAGTCCACGGTGT
                   TCTGGCAGCAGGGACCCTGGGC
                   ORF Start: ATG at 53 ORF Stop: TGA at 455
                   SEQ ID NO:64         134 aa MW at 14570.0 kD
NOV28a,            MGFGATLAVGLTIFVLSVVTIIICFTCSCCCLYKTCRRPRPVVTTTTSTTVVHAPYPQ
CG96682-01 Protein PPSVPPSYPGPSYQGYHTMPPQPGMPAAPYPMQYPPPYPAQPMGPPAYHETLAVDMRL
Sequence           KPLGCGGKLAQRWTTWQL

[0402] Further analysis of the NOV28a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 28B.

TABLE 28B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV28a
PSort     0.8200 probability located in endoplasmic reticulum (mem-
analysis: brane); 0.1900 probability located in plasma membrane;
          0.1000 probability located in endoplasmic reticulum (lumen);
          0.1000 probability located in outside
SignalP   Cleavage site between residues 32 and 33
analysis:

[0403] A search of the NOV28a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 28C.

TABLE 28C
Geneseq Results for NOV28a
		NOV28a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	#, Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAB31675	Amino acid sequence of a human protein	1 . . . 111	111/111 (100%)	5e−66
	having a hydrophobic domain - Homo	1 . . . 111	111/111 (100%)
	sapiens, 137 aa. [WO200104297-A2, 18
	Jan. 2001]
AAM39215	Human polypeptide SEQ ID NO 2360 -	1 . . . 111	111/111 (100%)	5e−66
	Homo sapiens, 137 aa. [WO200153312-	1 . . . 111	111/111 (100%)
	A1, 26 Jul. 2001]
AAY84606	A human small proline-rich molecule	1 . . . 111	111/111 (100%)	5e−66
	(HSPRM) polypeptide - Homo sapiens,	1 . . . 111	111/111 (100%)
	137 aa. [WO200018924-A1, 06 Apr.
	2000]
AAY59678	Secreted protein 108-008-5-0-E6-FL -	1 . . . 111	111/111 (100%)	5e−66
	Homo sapiens, 137 aa. [WO9940189-A2,	1 . . . 111	111/111 (100%)
	12 Aug. 1999]
AAW75087	Human secreted protein encoded by gene	1 . . . 111	111/111 (100%)	5e−66
	31 clone HTHBA79 - Homo sapiens, 155	1 . . . 111	111/111 (100%)
	aa. [WO9839446-A2, 11 Sep. 1998]

[0404] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV28a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 28D.

TABLE 28D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV28a
		NOV28a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
CAC28408	SEQUENCE 28 FROM PATENT	1 . . . 111	111/111	(100%)	1e−65
	WO0104297 - Homo sapiens (Human),	1 . . . 111	111/111	(100%)
	137 aa.
CAC39754	SEQUENCE 145 FROM PATENT	2 . . . 111	110/110	(100%)	5e−65
	EP1067182 - Homo sapiens (Human),	105 . . . 214	110/110	(100%)
	240 aa.
Q96MW8	CDNA FLJ31766 FIS, CLONE	2 . . . 111	110/110	(100%)	5e−65
	NT2RI2007879, WEAKLY SIMILAR	74 . . . 183	110/110	(100%)
	TO HOMEOBOX PROTEIN HOX-A4 -
	Homo sapiens (Human), 209 aa.
Q9CQP5	6430628I05RIK PROTEIN (RIKEN	1 . . . 111	88/113	(77%)	2e−50
	CDNA 6430628I05 GENE) - Mus	1 . . . 113	96/113	(84%)
	musculus (Mouse), 132 aa.
Q91Z37	RIKEN CDNA 2310008D10 GENE -	2 . . . 111	87/112	(77%)	9e−50
	Mus musculus (Mouse), 236 aa.	106 . . . 217	95/112	(84%)

[0405] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV28a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 28E.

TABLE 28E
Domain Analysis of NOV28a
		Identities/
		Similarities
		for the	Expect
Pfam Domain	NOV28a Match Region	Matched Region	Value

Example 29

[0406] The NOV29 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 29A.

TABLE 29A
NOV29 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:65         718 bp
NOV29a,            GGCGCGTGGTCTACGCCGAGTGACAGAGACGCTCAGGCTGTGTTCTCAGGATGACCGA
CG96704-01 DNA     GTGGGAGACAGCAGCACCAGCGGTGGCAGAGACCCCAGACATCAAGCTCTTTGGGAAG
Sequence           TGGAGCACCGATCATGTGCAGATCAATGACATTTCCCTGCAGGATTACATTGCAGTGA
                   AGGAGAAGTATGCCAAGTACCTGCCTCACAGTGCAGGGCGGTATGCCGCCAAACGCTT
                   CCGCAAAGCTCAGTGTCCCATTGTGGAGCGCCTCACTAACTCCATGATGATGCACGGC
                   CGCAACAACGGCAAGAAGCTCATGACTGTGCGCATCGTCAAGCATGCCTTCGAGATCA
                   TACACCTGCTCACAGGCGAGAACCCTCTGCAGGTCCTGGTGAACGCCATCATCAACAG
                   TGGTCCCCGGGAGGACTCCACACGCATTGGGCGCGCCGGGACTGTGAGACGACAGGCT
                   GTGGATGTGTCCCCCCTGCGCCGTGTGAACCAGGCCATCTGGCTGCTGTGCACAGGCG
                   CTCGTGAGGCTGCCTTCCGGAACATTAAGACCATTGCTGAGTGCCTGGCAGATGAGCT
                   CATCAATGCTGCCAAGGGCTCCTCGAACTCCTATGCCATTAAGAAGAAGGACGAGCTG
                   GAGCGTGTGGCCAAGTCCAACCGCTGATTTTCCAGCTGCTGCCCAATAAACCTGTCTG
                   CCCTTTGCGATCCCAGCCAAAA
                   ORF Start: ATG at 51 ORF Stop: TGA at 663
                   SEQ ID NO:66         204 aa MW at 22876.1 kD
NOV29a,            MTEWETAAPAVAETPDIKLFGKWSTDDVQINDISLQDYIAVKEKYAKYLPHSAGRYAA
CG96704-01 Protein KRFRKAQCPIVERLTNSMMMHGRNNGKKLMTVRIVKHAFEIIHLLTGENPLQVLVNAI
Sequence           INSGPREDSTRIGRAGTVRRQAVDVSPLRRVNQAIWLLCTGAREAAFRNIKTIAECLA
                   DELINAAKGSSNSYAIKKKDELERVAKSNR
                   SEQ ID NO:67         702 bp
NOV29b,            GGTCTACGCCGAGTGACAGAGACGCTCAGGCTGTGTTCTCAGGATGACCGAGTGGGAG
CG96704-02 DNA     ACAGCAGCACCAGCGGTGGCAGAGACCCCAGACATCAAGCTCTTTGGGAAGTGGAGCA
Sequence           CCGATGATGTGCAGATCAATGACATTTCCCTGCAGGATTACATTGCAGTGAAGGAGAA
                   GTATGCCAAGTACCTGCCTCACAGTGCAGGGCGGTATGCCGCCAAACGCTTCCGCAAA
                   GCTCAGTGTCCCATTGTGGAGCGCCTCACTAACTCCATGATGATGCACGGCCGCAACA
                   ACGGCAAGAAGCTCATGACTGTGCGCATCGTCAAGCATGCCTTCGAGATCATACACCT
                   GCTCACAGGCGAGAACCCTCTGCAGGTCCTGGTGAACGCCATCATCAACAGTGGTCCC
                   CGCGAGGACTCCACACGCATTGGGCGCGCCGGCACTGTGAGACGACAGGCTGTGGATG
                   TGTCCCCCCTGCGCCGTGTGAACCAGGCCATCTGGCTGCTGTGCACAGGCCCTCGTGA
                   GGCTGCCTTCCGGAACATTAAGACCATTGCTGAGTGCCTGGCAGATGAGCTCATCAAT
                   GCTGCCAAGGGCTCCTCGAACTCCTATGCCATTAAGAAGAAGGACGAGCTGGAGCGTG
                   TGGCCAAGTCCAACCGCTGATTTTCCCAGCTGCTGCCCAATAAACCTGTCTCCCCTTT
                   GGGATC
                   ORF Start: ATG at 44 ORF Stop: TGA at 656
                   SEQ ID NO:68         204 aa MW at 22876.1 kD
NOV29b,            MTEWETAAPAVAETPDIKLFGKWSTDDVQINDISLQDYIAVKEKYAKYLPHSAGRYAA
CG96704-02 Protein KRFRKAQCPIVERLTNSMMMHGRNNGKKLMTVRIVKHAFEIIHLLTCENPLQVLVNAI
Sequence           INSGPREDSTRIGRAGTVRRQAVDVSPLRRVNQAIWLLCTGAREAAFRNIKTIAECLA
                   DELINAAKGSSNSYAIKKKDELERVAKSNR

[0407] Sequence comparison of the above protein sequences yields the following sequence relationships shown in Table 29B.

TABLE 29B
Comparison of NOV29a against NOV29b.
Protein	NOV29a Residues/	Identities/
Sequence	Match Residues	Similarities for the Matched Region
NOV29b	1 . . . 204	204/204 (100%)
	1 . . . 204	204/204 (100%)

[0408] Further analysis of the NOV29a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 29C.

TABLE 29C
Protein Sequence Properties NOV29a
PSort     0.6500 probability located in cytoplasm; 0.1642 probability
analysis: located in lysosome (lumen); 0.1000 probability located in
          mitochondrial matrix space; 0.0000 probability located in
          endoplasmic reticulum (membrane)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0409] A search of the NOV29a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 29D.

TABLE 29D
Geneseq Results for NOV29a
		NOV29a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
ABB64077	Drosophila melanogaster polypeptide	5 . . . 204	177/200 (88%)	1e−98
	SEQ ID NO 19023 - Drosophila	29 . . . 228	188/200 (93%)
	melanogaster, 228 aa. [WO200171042-
	A2, 27 Sep. 2001]
ABG15625	Novel human diagnostic protein #15616 -	27 . . . 204	178/178 (100%)	2e−97
	Homo sapiens, 178 aa. [WO200175067-	1 . . . 178	178/178 (100%)
	A2, 11 Oct. 2001]
ABG15625	Novel human diagnostic protein #15616 -	27 . . . 204	178/178 (100%)	2e−97
	Homo sapiens, 178 aa. [WO200175067-	1 . . . 178	178/178 (100%)
	A2, 11 Oct. 2001]
ABB62878	Drosophila melanogaster polypeptide	8 . . . 204	171/197 (86%)	3e−96
	SEQ ID NO 15426 - Drosophila	34 . . . 230	185/197 (93%)
	melanogaster, 230 aa. [WO200171042-
	A2, 27 Sep. 2001]
AAG43178	Arabidopsis thaliana protein fragment	14 . . . 204	152/192 (79%)	2e−84
	SEQ ID NO: 53937 - Arabidopsis	16 . . . 207	174/192 (90%)
	thaliana, 207 aa. [EP1033405-A2, 06
	Sep. 2000]

[0410] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV29a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 29E.

TABLE 29E
Public BLASTP Results for NOV29a
		NOV29a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q96BN0	RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S5 - Homo sapiens	1 . . . 204	204/204 (100%)	e−113
	(Human), 204 aa.	1 . . . 204	204/204 (100%)
Q91V55	0 DAY NEONATE THYMUS CDNA,	1 . . . 204	202/204 (99%)	e−112
	RIKEN FULL-LENGTH ENRICHED	1 . . . 204	202/204 (99%)
	LIBRARY, CLONE:A430101M19, FULL
	INSERT SEQUENCE (ADULT MALE
	KIDNEY CDNA, RIKEN FULL-LENGTH
	ENRICHED LIBRARY,
	CLONE:0610006D06, FULL INSERT
	SEQUENCE) (ADULT MALE TONGUE
	CDNA, RIKEN FULL-LENGTH
	ENRICHED LIBRARY,
	CLONE:2310037J07, FULL INSERT
	SEQUENCE) (ES CELLS CDNA, RIKEN
	FULL-LENGTH ENRICHED LIBRARY,
	CLONE:2410046E20, FULL INSERT
	SEQUENCE) (11 DAYS EMBRYO CDNA,
	RIKEN FULL-LENGTH ENRICHED
	LIBRARY, CLONE:2700054J16, FULL
	INSERT SEQUENCE) (11 DAYS
	EMBRYO CDNA, RIKEN FULL-LENGTH
	ENRICHED LIBRARY,
	CLONE:2700063O13, FULL INSERT
	SEQUENCE) (12 DAYS EMBRYO
	EMBRYONIC BODY BETWEEN
	DIAPHRAGM REGION AND NECK
	CDNA, RIKEN FULL-LENGTH
	ENRICHED LIBRARY,
	CLONE:9430066A13, FULL INSERT
	SEQUENCE) - Mus musculus (Mouse), 204
	aa.
P46782	40S ribosomal protein S5 - Homo sapiens	1 . . . 204	202/204 (99%)	e−112
	(Human), 204 aa.	1 . . . 204	202/204 (99%)
P97461	40S ribosomal protein S5 - Mus musculus	1 . . . 204	201/204 (98%)	e−112
	(Mouse), 204 aa.	1 . . . 204	201/204 (98%)
P24050	40S ribosomal protein S5 - Rattus norvegicus	1 . . . 204	200/204 (98%)	e−111
	(Rat), 204 aa.	1 . . . 204	200/204 (98%)

[0411] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV29a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 29F.

TABLE 29F
Domain Analysis of NOV29a
		Identities/
	NOV29a Match	Similarities	Expect
Pfam Domain	Region	for the Matched Region	Value
Ribosomal_S7	51 . . . 204	66/165 (40%)	9.3e−71
		140/165 (85%)

Example 30

[0412] The NOV30 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 30A.

TABLE 30A
NOV30 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:69         1908 bp
NOV30a,            ACAGGTGACTTTTCCACAGGAACTTCTGCAATGTCCCATCAACCTCTCAGCTGCTGGA
CG97090-01 DNA     ATTCGCCCTTATCCTCCCACCTGGATCTCCCAAACCTGGACACATTTACCCCGGAGGA
Sequence           GCTGCTGCAGCAGATGAAAGAGCTCCTGACCGAGAACCACCAGCTGAAAGAAGCCATG
                   AAGCTAAATAATCAAGCCATGAAAGGGAGATTTGAGGAGCTTTCGGCCTGGACAGAGA
                   AACAGAAGGAAGAACGCCAGTTTTTTGAGATACAGAGCAAAGAAGCAAAAGAGCGTCT
                   AATGGCCTTGAGTCATGAGAATGAGAAATTGAAGGAAGAGCTTGGAAAACTAAAAGGG
                   AAATCAGAAAGGTCATCTGAGGACCCCACTGATGACTCCAGGCTTCCCAGGGCCGAAG
                   CGGAGCAGGAAAAGGACCAGCTCAGGACCCAGGTGGTGAGGCTACAACCACAGAAGGC
                   AGACCTGTTGGGCATCGTGTCTGAACTGCAGCTCAAGCTGAACTCCAGCGGCTCCTCA
                   GAAGATTCCTTTGTTGAAATTAGGATGGCTGAAGGAGAAGCAGAAGGGTCAGTAAAAG
                   AAATCAAGCATAGTCCTGGGCCCACGAGAACAGTCTCCACTGGCACGAGCAGATCTGC
                   AGATGGGGCCAAGAATTACTTCGAACATGAGGAGTTAACTGTGAGCCAGCTCCTGCTG
                   TGCCTAAGGGAAGGGAATCAGAAGGTGGAGAGACTTGAAGTTGCACTCAAGGAGGCCA
                   AAGAAAGAGTTTCAGATTTTGAAAAGAAAACAAGTAATCGTTCTGAGATTGAAACCCA
                   GACACAGGGGAGCACAGAGAAAGAGAATGATGAAGAGAAAGGCCCGGAGACTGTTGGA
                   AGCGAAGTGGAAGCACTGAACCTCCAGGTGACATCTCTGTTTAAGGAGCTTCAAGAGG
                   CTCATACAAAACTCAGCGAAGCTGAGCTAATGAAGAAGAGACTTCAAGAAAAGTGTCA
                   GGCCCTTGAAAGGAAAAATTCTGCAATTCCATCAGAGTTGAATGAAAAGCAAGAGCTT
                   GTTTATACTAACAAAAAGTTAGAGCTACAAGTGGAAAGCATGCTATCAGAAATCAAAA
                   TGGAACAGCCTAAAACAGAGGATGAAAAGTCCAAATTAACTGTGCTACAGATGACACA
                   CAACAAGCTTCTTCAACAACATAATAATGCATTGAAAACAATTGAGGAACTAACAAGA
                   AAAGAGTCAGAAAAAGTGGACAGGGCAGTGCTGAAGGAACTGAGTGAAAAACTGGAAC
                   TGGCAGAGAAGGCTCTGGCTTCCAAACAGCTGCAAATGGATGAAATGAAGCAAACCAT
                   TGCCAAGCAGGAAGAGGACCTGGAAACCATGACCATCCTCAGGGCTCAGATGGAAGTT
                   TACTGTTCTGATTTTCATGCTGAAAGAGCAGCGAGAGAGAAAATTCATGAGGAAAAGG
                   AGCAACTGGCATTGCAGCTGGCAGTTCTGCTGAAAGAGAATGATGCTTTCGAAGACGG
                   AGGCAGGCAGTCCTTGATGGAGATGCAGAGTCCTCATGGGGCGAGAACAAGTGACTCT
                   GACCAGCAGGCTTACCTTGTTCAAAGAGGAGCTGAGGACAGGGACTGGCGGCAACAGC
                   GGAATATTCCGATTCATTCCTGCCCCAAGTGTGGAGAGGTTCTGCCTGACATAGACAC
                   GTTACAGATTCACGTGATGGATTGCATCATTTAAGTGTTGATGTATCACCTCCCCAAA
                   ACTGTTGGTAAATGTCAGATTTTTTCCTCCAAGAGTTGTGCTTTTGTGTTATTTGTTT
                   TCACTCAAATATTTTGCCTCATTATTCTTGTTTTAAAAGAAAGAAAACAGGCCGGGCA
                   CAGTGGCTCATGCCTGTAATCCCAGCACTTTGGGAGATCCAGGTGGGAGGAT
                   ORF Start: ATG at 31 ORF Stop: TAA at 1714
                   SEQ ID NO:70         561 aa MW at 64267.6 kD
NOV30a,            MSHQPLSCWNSPLSSHLDLPNLDTFTPEELLQQMKELLTENHQLKEAMKLNNQANKGR
CG97090-01 Protein FEELSAWTEKQKEERQFFEIQSKEAKERLMALSHENEKLKEELGKLKGKSERSSEDPT
Sequence           DDSRLPRAEAEQEKDQLRTQVVRLQAEKADLLGIVSELQLKLNSSGSSEDSFVEIRMA
                   EGEAEGSVKEIKHSPGPTRTVSTGTSRSADGAKNYFEHEELTVSQLLLCLREGNQKVE
                   RLEVALKEAKERVSDFEKKTSNRSEIETQTEGSTEKENDEEKGPETVGSEVEALNLQV
                   TSLFKELQEAHTKLSEAELMKKRLQEKCQALERKNSAIPSELNEKQELVYTNKKLELQ
                   VESMLSEIKMEQAKTEDEKSKLTVLQMTHNKLLQEHNNALKTIEELTRKESEKVDRAV
                   LKELSEKLELAEKALASKQLQMDEMKQTIAKQEEDLETMTILRAQMEVYCSDFHAERA
                   AREKIHEEKEQLALQLAVLLKENDAFEDGCRQSLMEMQSRHGARTSDSDQQAYLVQRG
                   AEDRDWRQQRNIPIHSCPKCGEVLPDIDTLQINVMDCII
                   SEQ ID NO:71         1908 bp
NOV30b,            ACAGGTGACTTTTCCACAGGAACTTCTGCAATGTCCCATCAACCTCTCAGATCCTCCC
CG97090-02 DNA     ACCTGGATCTCCCAAACCTGGACACGTTTACCCCGGAGGAGCTGCTGCAGCAGATGAA
Sequence           AGAGCTCCTGACCGACAACCACCAGCTGAAAGAAGCCATGAAGCTAAATAATCAAGCC
                   ATGAAAGGGAGATTTGAGGAGCTTTCGGCCTGGACAGAGAAACAGAACGAAGAACGCC
                   AGTTTTTTGAGATACAGAGCAAAGAAGCAAAAGAGCGTCTAATGGCCTTGAGTCATGA
                   GAATGAGAAATTGAAGGAAGAGCTTGGAAAACTAAAAGGGAAATCAGAAAGGTCATCT
                   GAGGACCCCACTGATGACTCCAGGCTTCCCACGGCCGAAGCGGAGCAGGAAAAGGACC
                   AGCTCAGGACCCAGGTGGTGAGGCTACAAGCAGAGAAGGCAGACCTGTTGGGCATCGT
                   GTCTGAACTGCAGCTCAAGCTGAACTCCAGCGGCTCCTCAGAAGATTCCTTTGTTGAA
                   ATTAGGATGGCTGAAGGAGAAGCAGAAGGGTCAGTAAAAGAAATCAAGCATAGTCCTG
                   GGCCCACGAGAACAGTCTCCACTGGCACGGCATTGTCTAAATATAGGACCAGATCTGC
                   AGATGGGGCCAAGAATTACTTCGAACATGAGGAGTTAACTGTGAGCCAGCTCCTGCTG
                   TGCCTAAGGGAAGGGAATCAGAAGGTGGAGAGACTTGAAGTTGCACTCAAGGAGGCCA
                   AAGAAAGAGTTTCAGATTTTGAAAAGAAAACAAGTAATCGTTCTGAGATTGAAACCCA
                   GACAGAGGGGAGCACAGAGAAAGAGAATGATGAAGAGAAAGGCCCGGAGACTGTTGGA
                   AGCGAAGTGGAAGCACTGAACCTCCAGGTGACATCTCTGTTTAAGGAGCTTCAAGAGG
                   CTCATACAAAACTCAGCGAAGCTGAGCTAATGAAGAAGAGACTTCAAGAAAAGTGTCA
                   GGCCCTTGAAAGGAAAAATTCTGCAATTCCATCAGAGTTGAATGAAAAGCAAGAGCTT
                   GTTTATACTAACAAAAAGTTAGAGCTACAAGTGGAAAGCATGCTATCACAAATCAAAA
                   TGGAACAGGCTAAAACAGAGGATGAAAAGTCCAAATTAACTGTGCTACAGATGACACA
                   CAACAAGCTTCTTCAAGAACATAATAATGCATTGAAAACAATTGAGGAACTAACAAGA
                   AAAGAGTCACAAAAAGTGGACAGGGCAGTGCTGAAGGAACTGAGTGAAAAACTGGAAC
                   TCGCAGAGAAGGCTCTGGCTTCCAAACAGCTGCAAATGOATGAAATGAAGCAAACCAT
                   TGCCAAGCAGGAAGAGGACCTGGAAACCATGACCATCCTCAGGGCTCAGATGGAAGTT
                   TACTGTTCTGATTTTCATGCTGAAACAGCAGCGAGAGAGAAAATTCATGAGGAAAAGG
                   AGCAACTGGCATTGCAGCTGGCAGTTCTGCTGAAAGAGAATGATGCTTTCGAAGACGG
                   AGGCAGGCAGTCCTTGATGGAGATGCAGAGTCGTCATGGGGCGAGAACAAOTGACTCT
                   GACCAGCAGGCTTACCTTGTTCAAAGAGGAGCTGAGGACAGGGACTGGCGGCAACAGC
                   GGAATATTCCGATTCATTCCTGCCCCAAGTGTGCACAGCTTCTGCCTGACATAGACAC
                   GTTACAGATTCACGTGATGGATTGCATCATTTAAGTGTTAATGTATCACCTCCCCAAA
                   ACTGTTGGTAAATGTCAGATTTTTTCCTCCAAGAGTTGTGCTTTTGTGTTATTTGTTT
                   TCACTCAAATATTTTGCCTCATTATTCTTGTTTTAAAAGAAAGAAAACAGGCCGGGCA
                   CAGTGGCTCATGCCTGTAATCCCAGCACTTTGGGAGATCCAGGTGGGAGGAT
                   ORF Start: ATG at 31 ORF Stop: TAA at 1714
                   SEQ ID NO:72         561 aa MW at 64354.8 kD
NOV30b,            MSHQPLRSSHLDLPNLDTFTPEELLQQMKELLTENHQLKEAMKLNNQAMKGRFEELSA
CG97090-02 Protein WTEKQKEERQFFEIQSKEAKERLMALSHENEKLKEELGKLKGKSERSSEDPTDDSRLP
Sequence           RAEAEQEKDQLRTQVVRLQAEKADLLGIVSELQLKLMSSGSSEDSPIEIRMAEGEAEG
                   SVKEIKHSPGPTRTVSTGTALSKYRSRSADGAKNYFEHEELTVSQLLLCLREGNQKVE
                   RLEVALKEAKERVSDFEKKTSNRSEIETQTEGSTEKENDEEKGPETVGSEVEALNLQV
                   TSLFKELQEAHTKLSEAELMKKRLQEKCQALERKNSAIPSELNEKQELVYTNKKLELQ
                   VESMLSEIKMEQAKTEDEKSKLTVLQMTHNKLLQEHNNALKTIEELTRKESEKVDRAV
                   LKELSEKLELAEKALLASKQLQMDEMKQTIAKQEEDLETMTILRAQMEVYCSDFHAERA
                   AREKIHEEKEQLALQLAVLLKENDAFEDGGRQSLMEMQSRHGARTSDSDQQAYLVQRG
                   AEDRDWRQQRNIPIHSCPKCGEVLPDIDTLQIHVMDCII

[0413] Sequence comparison of the above protein sequences yields the following sequence relationships shown in Table 30B.

TABLE 30B
Comparison of NOV30a against NOV30b.
		Identities/
	NOV30a Residues/	Similarities for
Protein Sequence	Match Residues	the Matched Region
NOV30b	1 . . . 561	520/567 (91%)
	1 . . . 561	520/567 (91%)

[0414] Further analysis of the NOV30a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 30C.

TABLE 30C
Protein Sequence Properties NOV30a
PSort     0.4500 probability located in cytoplasm; 0.3000 probability located in microbody
analysis: (peroxisome); 0.1000 probability located in mitochondrial matrix space; 0.1000
          probability located in lysosome (lumen)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0415] A search of the NOV30a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 30D.

TABLE 30D
Geneseq Results for NOV30a
		NOV30a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	#, Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAY27431	Murine RIP-associated protein (RAP-2)	232 . . . 560	100/341 (29%)	3e−33
	splice variant (NEMO full) - Mus sp, 412	90 . . . 412	184/341 (53%)
	aa. [WO9947672-A1, 23 Sep. 1999]
AAY27430	Human RIP-associated protein (RAP-2) -	229 . . . 558	101/337 (29%)	6e−32
	Homo sapiens, 416 aa. [WO9947672-A1,	88 . . . 416	184/337 (53%)
	23 Sep. 1999]
ABG06505	Novel human diagnostic protein #6496 -	29 . . . 487	117/511 (22%)	2e−15
	Homo sapiens, 2633 aa. [WO200175067-	1054 . . . 1546	230/511 (44%)
	A2, 11 Oct. 2001]
ABG06505	Novel human diagnostic protein #6496 -	29 . . . 487	117/511 (22%)	2e−15
	Homo sapiens, 2633 aa. [WO200175067-	1054 . . . 1546	230/511 (44%)
	A2, 11 Oct. 2001]
AAM41000	Human polypeptide SEQ ID NO 5931-	22 . . . 502	126/563 (22%)	2e−15
	Homo sapiens, 1988 aa. [WO200153312-	983 . . . 1526	236/563 (41%)
	A1, 26 Jul. 2001]

[0416] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV30a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 30E.

TABLE 30E
Public BLASTP Results for NOV30a
			Identities/
		NOV30a	Similarities
Protein		Residues/	for the
Accession		Match	Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q96CV9	TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA-	1 . . . 561	555/577 (96%)	0.0
	INDUCIBLE CELLULAR PROTEIN	1 . . . 577	556/577 (96%)
	CONTAINING LEUCINE ZIPPER
	DOMAINS, HUNTINGTIN INTERACTING
	PROTEIN L, TRANSCRPTION FACTOR
	IIIA-INTERACTING PROTEIN - Homo
	sapiens (Human), 577 aa.
Q9Y218	FIP2 - Homo sapiens (Human), 577 aa.	1 . . . 561	552/577 (95%)	0.0
		1 . . . 577	554/577 (95%)
Q9BGR3	HYPOTHETICAL 65.1 KDA PROTEIN -	1 . . . 561	538/571 (94%)	0.0
	Macaca fascicularis (Crab eating macaque)	1 . . . 571	547/571 (95%)
	(Cynomolgus monkey), 571 aa.
Q95KA2	HYPOTHETICAL 62.9 KDA PROTEIN -	16 . . . 561	526/546 (96%)	0.0
	Macaca fascicularis (Crab eating macaque)	5 . . . 550	534/546 (97%)
	(Cynomolgus monkey), 550 aa.
Q9UET9	FIP2 - Homo sapiens (Human), 520 aa.	48 . . . 561	511/520 (98%)	0.0
		1 . . . 520	512/520 (98%)

[0417] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV30a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 30F.

TABLE 30F
Domain Analysis of NOV30a
			Identities/
		NOV30a	Similarities
	Pfam	Match	for the	Expect
	Domain	Region	Matched Region	Value
	zf-C2H2	537 . . . 559	6/24 (25%)	0.51
			17/24 (71%)

Example 31

[0418] The NOV31 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 31A.

TABLE 31A
NOV31 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:73         589 bp
NOV31a,            CTCCTTGCTTCTTTCCAGCCGGAGCCGCTGCCTTGCCCCCCGGAGACTGAAGACATGG
CG97134-01 DNA     CACCCAAGAGGGCCAAGAGAAGGACAGTAGAGGGCGGAAGCTCCAGCGTCTTCTCCAT
Sequence           GTTCGACCAGACTCAGATCCAGGAGTTCAAAGAGGCCTTCACTGTGATCGACCAGAAC
                   CGTGATGGTATTATAGACAAGGAGGACCTTCGGGACACCTTCGCAGCCATGGGCCGCC
                   TCAATGTGAAGAATGAGGAGTTGGATGCCATGATGAAGGAAGCCAGCGGTCCCATCAA
                   CTTCACCGTCTTCCTGACCATGTTCGGGGAGAAGCTCAAGGGTGCCGACCCTGAGGAT
                   GTGATCACCGGAGCCTTCAAGGTCTTGGACCCTGAGGGAAAGGGCACCATCAAGAAGA
                   AGTTCCTGGAGGAGCTGCTGACCACGCAGTGTGACCGCTTCTCCCAGGAGGAGATCAA
                   GAACATGTGGGCGGCCTTCCCCCCCGACGTGGGCGGCAACGTCGACTACAAAAACATC
                   TGCTACGTCATCACGCACGGCGACGCCAAGGACCAGGAGTAGGGGCACCCGCGGGCCT
                   CCGCTGCCG
                   ORF Start: ATG at 55 OPT Stop: TAG at 562
                   SEQ ID NO:74         169 aa MW at 19014.4 kD
NOV31a,            MAPKRAKRRTVEGGSSSVFSMFDQTQIQEFKEAFTVIDQNRDGIIDKEDLRDTFAAMG
CG97134-01 Protein RLNVKNEELDAMMKEASGPINFTVFLTMFGEKLKGADPEDVITGAFKVLDPEGKGTIK
Sequence           KKFLEELLTTQCDRFSQEEIKNMWAAFPPDVGGNVDYKNICYVITHGDAKDQE

[0419] Further analysis of the NOV31a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 31B.

TABLE 31B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV31a
PSort     0.4820 probability located in mitochondrial matrix space; 0.2723 probability located in
analysis: microbody (peroxisome); 0.1907 probability located in mitochondrial inner membrane;
          0.1907 probability located in mitochondrial intermembrane space
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0420] A search of the NOV31a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 31C.

TABLE 31C
Geneseq Results for NOV31a
		NOV31a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	#, Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAB08483	Fast skeletal muscle isoform of the	1 . . . 168	137/169 (81%)	1e−77
	myosin light chain 2 - Danio rerio, 169	1 . . . 169	156/169 (92%)
	aa. [WO200049150-A1, 24 Aug. 2000]
AAR05422	Human ventricular myosin light chain 2	1 . . . 167	119/167 (71%)	5e−66
	protein - Homo sapiens, 165 aa.	1 . . . 165	144/167 (85%)
	[EP357856-A, 14 Mar. 1990]
AAU14245	Human novel protein #116 - Homo	1 . . . 168	101/175 (57%)	4e−54
	sapiens, 173 aa. [WO200155437-A2, 02	1 . . . 173	136/175 (77%)
	Aug. 2001]
AAM78885	Human protein SEQ ID NO 1547 - Homo	1 . . . 169	96/172 (55%)	3e−46
	sapiens, 171 aa. [WO200157190-A2, 09	1 . . . 170	121/172 (69%)
	Aug. 2001]
AAO13875	Human polypeptide SEQ ID NO 27767 -	1 . . . 169	95/173 (54%)	6e−45
	Homo sapiens, 204 aa. [WO200164835-	33 . . . 203	118/173 (67%)
	A2, 07 Sep. 2001]

[0421] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV31a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 31D.

TABLE 31D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV31a
		NOV31a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q96A32	MYOSIN REGULATORY LIGHT	1 . . . 169	169/169 (100%)	1e−94
	CHAIN 2 (UNKNOWN) (PROTEIN	1 . . . 169	169/169 (100%)
	FOR MGC:13450) - Homo sapiens
	(Human), 169aa.
Q14843	MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 2 - Homo	1 . . . 169	169/170 (99%)	3e−93
	sapiens(Human), 170 aa.	1 . . . 170	169/170 (99%)
MORBLD	myosin L2 (DTNB) regulatory light	1 . . . 169	164/170 (96%)	5e−91
	chain, skeletal muscle - rabbit, 170 aa.	1 . . . 170	167/170 (97%)
MORTL2	myosin L2 (DTNB) regulatory light	1 . . . 169	162/169 (95%)	9e−91
	chain precursor, skeletal muscle - rat,	1 . . . 169	165/169 (96%)
	169aa.
Q28710	MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 2 -	1 . . . 169	163/170 (95%)	2e−90
	Oryctolagus cuniculus (Rabbit), 170 aa.	1 . . . 170	167/170 (97%)

[0422] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV31a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 31E.

TABLE 31E
Domain Analysis of NOV31a
	NOV31a	Identities/Similarities	Expect
Pfam Domain	Match Region	for the Matched Region	Value
efhand	29 . . . 57	10/29 (34%)	8.7e−05
		26/29 (90%)

Example 32

[0423] The NOV32 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 32A.

TABLE 32A
NOV32 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:75        384 bp
NOV32a,            GGGAAAATGGCTGCGTCTTCGAGTGGTGAGAAGGAGAAGGAGCGGCTGGGAGGCGGTT
CG97219-01 DNA     TGGGAGTGGCGGGTGGTAACAGCACACGAGAGCGGCTGCTGTCTGCGCTTGAGGACTT
Sequence           GGAGGTCCTGTCTAGGGAACTTATAGAAATGCTGGCAATTTCAAGAAACCAAAAGTTG
                   TTACAGGCTGGAGAGGAAAACCAGGTCCTGGAGTTGTTAATTCACCGAGATGGGGAATT
                   TTCAAGAACTAATGAAATTGGCACTTAATCAGGGAAAAATTCATCATGAAATGCAAGT
                   TTTAGAAAAAGAAGTAGAGAAGAGAGACAGTGATATTCAGTATTTGTTCTGCTTCCTT
                   TAGCTGTTTTTGTAGCTGCTGAATATCACTGTCTCT
                   ORF Start: ATG at 7 ORF Stop: TAG at 349
                   SEQ ID NO:76        114 aa MW at 12851.5 kD
NOV32a,            MAASSSGEKEKERLGGGLGVAGGNSTRERLLSALEDLEVLSRELIEMLAISRNQKLLQ
CG97219-01 Protein AGEENQVLELLTHRDGEFQELMKLALNQGKIHHEMQVLEKEVEKRDSDIQYLFCFL
Sequence

[0424] Further analysis of the NOV32a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 32B.

TABLE 32B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV32a
PSort     0.6500 probability located in cytoplasm; 0.1000 probability
analysis: located in mitochondrial matrix space; 0.1000
          probability located in lysosome (lumen);
          0.0000 probability located in endoplasmic
          reticulum (membrane)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0425] A search of the NOV32a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 32C.

TABLE 32C
Geneseq Results for NOV32a
		NOV32a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAB93477	Human protein sequence SEQ ID	1 . . . 110	109/110 (99%)	3e−54
	NO: 12759 - Homo sapiens, 270 aa.	1 . . . 110	109/110 (99%)
	[EP1074617-A2, 07-FEB-2001]
AAM40946	Human polypeptide SEQ ID NO 5877 -	1 . . . 110	109/110 (99%)	3e−54
	Homo sapiens, 249 aa. [WO200153312-	6 . . . 115	109/110 (99%)
	A1, 26-JUL-2001]
AAM39160	Human polypeptide SEQ ID NO 2305 -	1 . . . 110	109/110 (99%)	3e−54
	Homo sapiens, 270 aa. [WO200153312-	1 . . . 110	109/110 (99%)
	A1, 26-JUL-2001]
AAG01268	Human secreted protein, SEQ ID NO:	1 . . . 87	87/87 (100%)	2e−41
	5349 - Homo sapiens, 87 aa. [EP1033401-	1 . . . 87	87/87 (100%)
	A2, 06-SEP-2000]
ABB60687	Drosophila melanogaster polypeptide	25 . . . 110	33/86 (38%)	1e−08
	SEQ ID NO 8853 - Drosophila	6 . . . 86	56/86 (64%)
	melanogaster, 258 aa. [WO200171042-
	A2, 27-SEP-2001]

[0426] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV32a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 32D.

TABLE 32D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV32a
		NOV32a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q9NYR5	P36 TRAP/SMCC/PC2 SUBUNIT -	1 . . . 110	109/110 (99%)	7e−54
	Homo sapiens (Human), 270 aa.	1 . . . 110	109/110 (99%)
Q9NPJ6	VITAMIN D RECEPTOR-	1 . . . 110	109/110 (99%)	7e−54
	INTERACTING PROTEIN COMPLEX	1 . . . 110	109/110 (99%)
	COMPONENT DRIP36 - Homo sapiens
	(Human), 270 aa.
Q9BS95	HSPC126 PROTEIN - Homo sapiens	1 . . . 110	108/110 (98%)	2e−53
	(Human), 270 aa.	1 . . . 110	108/110 (98%)
Q9CQA5	2410046H15RIK PROTEIN - Mus	1 . . . 110	98/110 (89%)	3e−47
	musculus (Mouse), 270 aa.	1 . . . 110	102/110 (92%)
Q9VS38	CG8609 PROTEIN (LD46084P) -	25 . . . 110	33/86 (38%)	3e−08
	Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly), 258	6 . . . 86	56/86 (64%)
	aa.

[0427] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV32a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 32E.

TABLE 32E
Domain Analysis of NOV32a
	NOV32a	Identities/Similarities	Expect
Pfam Domain	Match Region	for the Matched Region	Value

Example 33

[0428] The NOV33 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 33A.

TABLE 33A
NOV33 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:77         2315 bp
NOV33a,            TCCGCGCGGCCCCGGCACAAGCAGCCAATGAACACGCGGCTGCGCCCGGCCTCGCGCC
CG97358-01 DNA     TCCATTGGCTGCGCCCCGCCACCCGCTGCCCCGCAGGTTCCCAAGCCGGGTTTAAAGG
Sequence           GTCCCAGGCGCGCGTGAACGCGGTCCCCGGGACCATGCTGCGGCCACAGCGGCCCGGA
                   GACTTGCAGCTCGGGGCCTCCCTCTACGAGCTGGTGGGCTACAGGCAGCCGCCCTCCT
                   CCTCCTCCTCCTCCACCTCCTCCACCTCCTCCACTTCCTCCTCCTCCACGACGGCCCC
                   CCTCCTCCCCAAGGCTGCGCGCGAGAAGCCGGAGGCGCCGGCCGAGCCTCCAGGCCCC
                   GGGCCCGGGTCAGGCGCGCACCCGGGCGGCAGCGCCCGGCCGGACGCCAAGGAGGAGC
                   AGCAGCAGCAGCTGCGGCGCAAGATCAACAGCCGCGAGCGGAAGCGCATGCAGGACCT
                   GAACCTGGCCATGGACGCCCTGCGCGAGGTCATCCTGCCCTACTCAGCGGCGCACTGC
                   CAGGGCGCGCCCGGCCGCAAGCTCTCCAAGATAGCCACGCTGCTGCTCGCCCGCAACT
                   ACATCCTACTGCTGGGCAGCTCGCTGCAGGAGCTGCGCCGCGCGCTGGGCGAGGGCGC
                   CGGGCCCGCCGCGCCGCGCCTGCTGCTGGCCGGGCTGCCCCTGCTCGCCGCCGCGCCC
                   GGCTCCGTGCTGCTGGCGCCCGGCGCCGTAGGACCCCCCGACGCGCTGCGCCCCGCCA
                   AGTACCTGTCGCTGGCGCTGGACGAGCCGCCGTGCGGCCAGTTCGCTCTCCCCGGCGG
                   CGGCGCAGGCGGCCCCGGCCTCTGCACCTGCGCCGTGTGCAAGTTCCCGCACCTGGTC
                   CCGGCCAGCCTGGGCCTGGCCGCCGTGCAGGCGCAATTCTCCAAGTGAGGGCGGGCCT
                   GGGCCTGGGGCGCGACCTCGGCCCGGCCTCCCTTCGCTCAGCTTCTCCGCGCCCCTGC
                   TCCCTGCGTCTGGGAGAGCGAGGCCGAGCAAGGAAAGCATTTCGAACCTTCCAGTCCA
                   GAGGAAGGGACTGTCGGGCACCCCCTTCCCCGCCCCCACCCCTGGGACGTTAAAGTGA
                   CCAGAGCGGATGTTCGATGGCGCCTCGGGGCAGTTTGGGGTTCTGGGTCGGTTCCAGC
                   GGCTTTAGGCAGAAAGTGCTCGCTCTCACCCAGCACATCTCTCTCCTTGTCCCTGGAG
                   TTGCGCGCTTCGCGGGGCCGATGTAGAACTTAGGGCGCCTTGCCGTGGTTGGCGCGCC
                   CCGGGTGCAGCGAGAGGCCATCCCCGAGCGCTACCTCCCCGGAGCGGAGCACGCCGGC
                   TCCCAGTACTAGGGGCTGCGCTCGAGCAGTGGCGGGGGCGGAGGGGTGGTTCTTTTCC
                   TTCTCCTCCGCCAGAGGCCACGGGCGCCCTTGTTCCCGCCGGCCAGGTCCTATCAAAG
                   GAGGCTGCCGGAACTCAAGAGGCAGAAAAAGACCAGTTAGGCGGTGCAGACGGTCTGG
                   GACGTGGCAGACGGACGGACCCTCGGCGGACAGGTGGTCGGCGTCGGGGTGCGGTGGG
                   TAGGGGCGAGGACAACGCAGGGTGCGCTGGGTTGGGACGTGGGTCCACTTTTGTAGAC
                   CAGCTGTTTGGAGAGCTGTATTTAAGACTCGCGTATCCAGTGTTTTGTCGCAGAGAGT
                   TTTCGCTCTTAAATCCTGGGGGTTTCTTAGAAAGCAACTTAGAACTCGAGATTCACCT
                   TTCGTTTCCCTTTCCCCAAAAGTAGCGTAACCAACATTTAAGCTTGCTTAAAAACGAA
                   AACCAACCGCCTTGCATCCAGTGTTCCCGATTTACTAAAATAGGTAACCAGGCGTCTC
                   ACAGTCGCCGTCCTGTCAAGAGCGCTAATGAACGTTCTCATTAACACGCAGGAGTACC
                   GGGAGCCCTGAACCGCCCGCTGCTCGGCGGATCCCAGCTGCGGTGGCGACGGCGGGAA
                   GGCGCTTTCCGCTGTTCCTCAGCGGGCCGGGCCCTTGACCAGCGCGGCCCGCAGGTCT
                   TCCTTCTCGCCGTCTTGCAGTTGAAGAGCTACATACGTAGTCAGTTTCGATTTGTTAC
                   AGACGTTAACAAATTCCTTTACCCAAGGTTATGCTATGACCTTTCCGCAGTTTACTTT
                   GATTTTCTATGTTTAAGGTTTTGGTTGTTGGTAGTAGCCGAATTTAACTGGCACTTTA
                   TTTTACTTCTAACCTTGTTTCCTGACGGTGTACAGAATCAACAAAATAAAACATTTAA
                   AGTCTGATTTTTTACATTTTTTGTCTGATTTGTTTGGTAATAAAAAAGTCCTT
                   ORF Start: ATG at 28 ORF Stop: TGA at 916
                   SEQ ID NO:78         296 aa MW at 30595.7 kD
NOV33a,            MNTRLRPASRLHWLRPATRCPAGSQAGFKGSQARVNAVPGTMLRPQRPGDLQLGASLY
CG97358-01 Protein ELVGYRQPPSSSSSSTSSTSSTSSSSTTAPLLPKAAREKPEAPAEPPGPGPGSGAHPG
Sequence           GSARPDAKEEQQQQLRRKINSRERKRMQDLNLANDALREVILPYSAAHCQGAPGRKLS
                   KIATLLLARNYILLLGSSLQELRRALGEGAGPAAPRLLLAGLPLLAAAPGSVLLAPGA
                   VGPPDALRPAKYLSLALDEPPCGQFALPGGGAGGPGLCTCAVCKFPHLVPASLGLAAV
                   QAQFSK

[0429] Further analysis of the NOV33a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 33B.

TABLE 33B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV33a
PSort     0.7163 probability located in mitochondrial inner membrane;
analysis: 0.4732 probability located in mitochondrial matrix space;
          0.4732 probability located in mitochondrial
          intermembrane space; 0.4732 probability
          located in mitochondrial outer membrane
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0430] A search of the NOV33a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 33C.

TABLE 33C
Geneseq Results for NOV33a
		NOV33a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
ABB61621	Drosophila melanogaster polypeptide	37 . . . 236	80/203 (39%)	1e−16
	SEQ ID NO 11655 - Drosophila	42 . . . 228	101/203 (49%)
	melanogaster, 232 aa. [WO200171042-
	A2, 27-SEP-2001]
AAB60357	Chicken atonal homologue ngn2/ath4a	82 . . . 260	63/192 (32%)	5e−10
	protein, SEQ ID NO: 21 - Gallus gallus,	22 . . . 206	84/192 (42%)
	213 aa. [WO200073764-A2, 07-DEC-2000]
AAY70566	Murine neurogenin-1 (NGN1) protein -	68 . . . 267	66/221 (29%)	2e−09
	Mus sp, 244 aa. [WO200009676-A2, 24-FEB-2000]	15 . . . 209	85/221 (37%)
AAW54944	Mouse neurogenin 1 protein - Mus sp,	68 . . . 267	66/221 (29%)	2e−09
	244 aa. [WO9813491-A2, 02-APR-1998]	15 . . . 209	85/221 (37%)
AAW71019	Murine neuroD3 protein, which is a	68 . . . 267	66/221 (29%)	2e−09
	bHLH protein - Mus musculus, 244 aa.	15 . . . 209	85/221 (37%)
	[US5795723-A, 18-AUG-1998]

[0431] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV33a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 33D.

TABLE 33D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV33a
		NOV33a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q9WUQ3	OLG-1 BHLH PROTEIN - Rattus	42 . . . 296	225/257 (87%)	e−118
	norvegicus (Rat), 245 aa.	1 . . . 245	230/257 (88%)
Q9JKN5	OLIGODENDROCYTE-SPECIFIC	42 . . . 296	222/257 (86%)	e−116
	BHLH TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR	1 . . . 244	228/257 (88%)
	OLIG1 (OLIG1 BHLH PROTEIN) - Mus
	musculus (Mouse), 244 aa.
Q9NZ14	BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX PROTEIN	68 . . . 278	102/297 (34%)	2e−23
	CLASS B 1 - Homo sapiens (Human), 357	60 . . . 335	124/297 (41%)
	aa (fragment).
Q13516	Protein kinase C-binding protein RACK17	68 . . . 278	102/297 (34%)	2e−23
	(Protein kinase C binding protein 2) -	37 . . . 312	124/297 (41%)
	Homo sapiens (Human), 334 aa
	(fragment).
Q90XB3	BHLH TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR	74 . . . 290	96/256 (37%)	4e−23
	OLIG2 - Gallus gallus (Chicken), 298 aa.	40 . . . 290	124/256 (47%)

[0432] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV33a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 33E.

TABLE 33E
Domain Analysis of NOV33a
	NOV33a	Identities/Similarities	Expect
Pfam Domain	Match Region	for the Matched Region	Value
HLH	131 . . . 190	23/62 (37%)	2.6e−09
		39/62 (63%)

Example 34

[0433] The NOV34 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 34A.

TABLE 34A
NOV34 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:79          3390 bp
NOV34a,            ATTCAAATAGAAATGCAAAGGGTGACACTCCTATTTGGCAGCCATTTCTCTTAAAGCT
CG97378-01 DNA     CAGTGGTTCTGGACCTGCAGTATCTGCTGAGTTAGGAGGGACAGGAGAGTAGCAGCTA
Sequence           GGTCGGTGGCAAATAGCCCGCAACATTCCCTTTAGTTACAATGAGTTTACCCCTCAAT
                   CTCAAATATTTCCTCAGTGGATTAACAGGAGAGCCAGTGATGGTGAAGCTTAAGTGGG
                   GAATGGAGTATAACGGCTACCTGGTATCTGTAGATGGCTATATGAACATGCAGCTTGC
                   AGATACAGAATTCATAAATGAGGCATTGCCTGGACATCTAGGTGAAGTTTTAATAAGG
                   TGTAATAATGTCCTTTATATCACAGATGTGCAAGAAGAGGAAATGGGGAAATGAGTGA
                   ATAGCATCTTTTGAAGAGGATTTTTTAAATATGTATTTCTAGACAATAAAGATTTGTT
                   TTTCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGCAAAGGGCCTGGAGTAACAAAAACCATTTTGAAAAAGAAC
                   AAAGTAATTTCAAGACTCACTATAAAGTTACAGTAATCAAGGCAGTGTGGTATTTATG
                   TAAGCACAGAGATACAGATCAATGAAACAGAATACAGGGTCCAGAAATAGATCCATCT
                   ACATGGTCAACTGAAATTTGAAAAATATGTCAAAATTACTCAATGGAGAAAGGATAGT
                   CTTTTCAACAATTGAATATCCATGTGCAAAAATATGAAGCTTAACCCTTGCCCTCATA
                   ACACATACAAAGGTTAACTCAGAGTCAATGACAAGACTTAAATGTCAGAGCTAAAACT
                   ACAAAACTTCTAGAAGTAAACATAAACAAAAATATTCATGACTTTGTTAGGGAAAAAC
                   TTCTAAGACCTTTGGAAAAGCATGGACCATAGAAGAAAAAATTGATAAACTGAACTTC
                   TGCAAAATTAAAAAAATTCTGCTCCCCAAATTACATAATTTAAAAAATAAAAAGGCAA
                   GCCACAGACTGGGAGAAATATTTGCAAAATATAAAGGACTTATATCTAGAATATGTTT
                   TTAAAGACACACACACATACACAAATCCATATAAATACTAACAATTTGGCTTAAAAAA
                   AAGGACAAAAGATTTGAACAGACACTTGACTGAACAAGGTATTTATCAATGCAAATAA
                   ACATGTGGAAAGATGCTCCATATCATTAAACACCAAGGAAATGCAAATTTACACCAAA
                   ATAAGATGCCACTAGAATAGCTAAACTTAAAAAGACTTACAATATCAAGTGTTGGCAA
                   GGATGTGGAGCAACTGGAGCTCATACGCTGCTGCCAAGTAGTATAGCCACTTTGGAAA
                   ACTGTTTGGGAGTTTCTTATATAATTAGATATATACTTACCATATGATCCAGCAGTCT
                   CACTCCTGGATTTATCAAAAAGCAATGAAATCATATGTCCACTCAAACGCTTGTACTC
                   AACAGTTCATACAACCTTTATTCATAATAGACACAAATTTATATGTGCTTATATATGT
                   ATATGTTTATATGTTTATATATGTAGTCATGTTTATATAACTACACATATTTATCAAA
                   ACTCATTGAATTCATACTTAAACAAGCCAACTGTTTATTATCTAGTAAATGAACAAAT
                   AGTGGTATAATTATACAATGAAATACTACTCAGCCATGAAAAGGAATGGACTACTGAT
                   ACACTCAACAGAAGGAATGGACTGCAGAGACACTCAACAGCACAGATGAATCTCAAAA
                   GCATTACAGTAAACAAGCCCACCACAGAAGGGTCCATGCTOTACATCCGATACCATTT
                   TTCTCAAATTCTAGAAGAGCTAAAAGTGTTGAAAGCAGATCAAAGGCCAGACGTGGTG
                   GCTCACACCTGCAATCCCAGCATGTTGGGAGGCCAAAACAGCCAGATCTCTTGAGCCC
                   AGAAGTTCAAGACTAGCCTGGGCAACATGCCAAAACCTTATCTCTACTAAAAATACAA
                   AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGCAAAAACAAAAACAAAAACAAAAAACAAAAAACCAGCTGGGTG
                   TGGTCGCACACAGCTGTAGTCCCAGCTACTCAGGAGGCTGAGGTGGGACCATCACCTG
                   AACCCAGGGAGATAAGGCTGCAGTGAGCCGTGATCACACCACTACACTCCAGCCTGGG
                   TGACAGTAAGACCCTGTCTGTCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGACAAAGAAAAGAAAAGCAA
                   TGGCTGCCAAAAGCTGGAGGTTCGGAAGGGGACCGAATACAAAAGAACATAAGGGAAC
                   TTTCTGGGTGATGGAAATGATCCATATTTTGATAGTGGTGGTGTTTATATGACTACAC
                   GTGTTTATCAAAACTCATTGAATTCATACTTAAAATGAGTGAAACTTATTCTAAATTA
                   TACTTTAATAAGTTAATAAAAAACAAGAAGTGGGTTGGGGAGACGTTGCTCAAAGGAT
                   ACAAACTTTCAGTGAGGAGGAATAAGTTCAAGAGATCTACTGTACAACACGGTGACCA
                   TAGTCAATAACAATGTATTATATTCTTGCAAATTGGCCAGGTGAGGTGGCTCACACCT
                   GTAATCTCAACACTTTGGGAGGCAGGAGGAACACTCAAGCCTAGGACTTCAAGACCAG
                   CCTGGGCAATATAGGGAGATCTCGCCCCTACAGATAACTTAAAAATTAGCCTGTTGTC
                   GTGGTGTGAGCCTGTGGTCCCAGCTACTCGGGAAACTGAGGCAAGAGGATTGCCTGAG
                   CCCACGAGGTTGACGCTGAAGAAAGCCATGATCATGCCACTGCACTCCAGCTTGGCAA
                   CAGAGCAAGGTTCTGTCTCAAAATAAATAAATACATAAATAAATAATAAAATAAAATA
                   AAATAAATAAATAAAAAGCCCAGGCGTGATGGCTCACCCCTGTAATCCCAGCACTTTG
                   GAAGGCCAAGGCACGCAGATCACCTCAGCTCAGGAGTACGAGACCACCCTGGGCAACA
                   TGGGGTGAAACCTGTCTCTACTAAAATACAAAAAATTAGCCGGGTGTGGTGGCACGCG
                   CCTGTAGTCCCAGCTACTTGGGAGGCTGAGACATGAGAATTGCTTGAGCCCAGGACGC
                   GGAGGTTACAGTGAGGCGAAATTGCACCACTGCACTCCAGCTTGTCTCAAATAAATAA
                   ATAAATAGAAAAAGGAAATTGCTAAGAGTAGATTTTAAGGGTTCTTACCACAAAAAAA
                   ATGCTAAGTATGTGAGGTAATACATGTTAATTAGCTTGACTTACCATTCCACAATGTA
                   CACATATTTCAAAACATCATGTTGTAGACAGTAAACATATACAATTTTTGTCAATTTA
                   AAAAACAGAAAAGTTTAAAAAACAATGTCCTCAACCATCTTAGAAAACTGGATATGAA
                   TGGTATCCTGCATAATGAAGTGCCTT
                   ORF Start: ATG at 157 ORF Stop: TGA at 400
                   SEQ ID NO:80          81 aa MW at 9245.7 kD
NOV34a,            MSLPLNLKYFLSGLTGEPVMVKLKWGMEYKGYLVSVDGYMNMQLADTEFINEALPGHL
CG97378-01 Protein GEVLIRCNNVLYIRDVEEEEMGK
Sequence

[0434] Further analysis of the NOV34a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 34B.

TABLE 34B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV34a
PSort     0.6500 probability located in cytoplasm; 0.1000 probability
analysis: located in mitochondrial matrix space; 0.1000
          probability located in lysosome (lumen); 0.0000
          probability located in endoplasmic
          reticulum (membrane)
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0435] A search of the NOV34a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 34C.

TABLE 34C
Geneseq Results for NOV34a
			Identities/
		NOV34a	Similarities
		Residues/	for the
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAU31044	Novel human secreted protein #1535 -	1 . . . 78	68/79 (86%)	3e−32
	Homo sapiens, 124 aa. [WO200179449-	39 . . . 117	73/79 (92%)
	A2, 25-OCT-2001]
ABB64039	Drosophila melanogaster polypeptide SEQ	3 . . . 78	53/77 (68%)	2e−25
	ID NO 18909 - Drosophila melanogaster,	1 . . . 77	69/77 (88%)
	84 aa. [WO200171042-A2, 27-SEP-2001]
AAG33259	Zea mays protein fragment SEQ ID NO:	2 . . . 77	50/77 (64%)	9e−24
	40271 - Zea mays subsp. mays, 86 aa.	3 . . . 79	65/77 (83%)
	[EP1033405-A2, 06-SEP-2000]
AAG12585	Zea mays protein fragment SEQ ID NO:	2 . . . 77	50/77 (64%)	9e−24
	11756 - Zea mays subsp. mays, 86 aa.	3 . . . 79	65/77 (83%)
	[EP1033405-A2, 06-SEP-2000]
AAG33239	Zea mays protein fragment SEQ ID NO:	2 . . . 77	49/77 (63%)	1e−23
	40244 - Zea mays subsp. mays, 86 aa.	3 . . . 79	65/77 (83%)
	[EP1033405-A2, 06-SEP-2000]

[0436] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV34a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 34D.

TABLE 34D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV34a
			Identities/
		NOV34a	Similarities
Protein		Residues/	for the
Accession		Match	Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q15356	Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein F (snRNP-	1 . . . 78	68/79 (86%)	8e−32
	F) (Sm protein F) (Sm-F) (SmF) - Homo	1 . . . 79	73/79 (92%)
	sapiens (Human), 86 aa.
Q9V672	DEBB PROTEIN - Drosophila	3 . . . 78	53/77 (68%)	4e−25
	melanogaster (Fruit fly), 84 aa.	1 . . . 77	69/77 (88%)
Q24297	Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein F (snRNP-	3 . . . 78	53/77 (68%)	4e−25
	F) (Sm protein F) (Sm-F) (SmF)	5 . . . 81	69/77 (88%)
	(Membrane-associated protein Deb-B) -
	Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly), 101 aa.
Q9SUM2	Probable small nuclear ribonucleoprotein F	2 . . . 78	50/78 (64%)	5e−23
	(snRNP-F) (Sm protein F) (Sm-F) (SmF) -	3 . . . 80	65/78 (83%)
	Arabidopsis thaliana (Mouse-ear cress), 88
	aa.
P34659	Probable small nuclear ribonucleoprotein F	4 . . . 77	46/75 (61%)	1e−18
	(snRNP-F) (Sm protein F) (Sm-F) (SmF) -	6 . . . 80	58/75 (77%)
	Caenorhabditis elegans, 85 aa.

[0437] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV34a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 34E.

TABLE 34E
Domain Analysis of NOV34a
	NOV34a	Identities/Similarities	Expect
Pfam Domain	Match Region	for the Matched Region	Value
Sm	9 . . . 73	28/65 (43%)	1.1e−21
		54/65 (83%)

Example 35

[0438] The NOV35 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 35A.

TABLE 35A
NOV35 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:81         750 bp
NOV35a,            GTGGCTGCTCGGGACCACCCGAACCCGCGGCCATGGCCCCGGCCGCCGCCAGCCCCCC
CG97966-01 DNA     GGAGGTGATCCGCGCGGCGCAGAAGGACGAGTACTACCGCGGTGGGCTGCGGAGCGCG
Sequence           GCGGGCGGCGCCCTGCACAGCCTGGCGGGTGCGGGGAAGTGGCTGGAGTGGAGGAAGG
                   AGGTTGAGCTGCTCTCAGATGTGGCCTACTTTGGCCTCACCACACTTGCAGGCTACCA
                   GACCCTGGGGGAGGAGTACGTCAGCATCATCCAGGTGGACCCATCGCGGATACATGTG
                   CCCTCCTCGCTGCGCCGTGGCGTGCTGGTGACGCTGCATGCCGTCCTGCCCTACCTGC
                   TGGACAAGGCCCTGCTCCCCCTGGAGCAGGACCTGCAGGCTGACCCCGACAGTGGGCG
                   ACCCTTGCAGGGGAGCCTGGGGCCAGGTGGGCGTGGCTGCTCAGGGGCGCGGCGCTGG
                   ATGCGTCACCACACGGCCACCCTGACTGAGCAGCAGAGGAGGGCGCTGCTGCGGGCGG
                   TCTTCGTCCTCAGACAGGGCCTCGCCTGCCTCCAGCGCCTACATGTTGCCTGGTTTTA
                   CATCCACCTGTTCTGCTGGGAGTGCATCACCGCCTGGTGCAGCAGCAAGGCGGAGTGT
                   CCCCTCTGCCGGGAGAACTTCCCTCCCCAGAAGCTCATCTACCTTCGGCACTACCGCT
                   GAGCCGGCGCCCGGGTGGGCCTGGACACAGATGACCTCTACGGGAGTCTGAACG
                   ORF Start: ATG at 33 ORF Stop: ATG at 696
                   SEQ ID NO:82         221 aa MW at 24759.4 kD
NOV35a,            MAPAAASPPEVIRAAQKDEYYRGGLRSAAGGALHSLAGAGKWLEWRKEVELLSDVAYF
CG97966-01 Protein GLTTLAGYQTLGEEYVSIIQVDPSRIHVPSSLRRGVLVTLHAVLPYLLDKALLPLEQE
Sequence           LQADPDSGRPLQGSLGPGGRGCSGARRWMRHHTATLTEQQRRALLRAVFVLRQGLACL
                   QRLHVAWFYIHLFCWECITAWCSSKAECPLCREKFPPQKLIYLRHYR

[0439] Further analysis of the NOV35a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 35B.

TABLE 35B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV35a
PSort     0.4500 probability located in cytoplasm; 0.3774 probability
analysis: located in microbody (peroxisome); 0.2542
          probability located in lysosome (lumen);
          0.1000 probability located in mitochondrial
          matrix space
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0440] A search of the NOV35a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 35C.

TABLE 35C
Geneseq Results for NOV35a
		NOV35a	Identities/
		Residues/	Similarities for
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	the Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAB51471	Human secreted protein BLAST search	185 . . . 221	37/37 (100%)	3e−18
	protein SEQ ID NO: 148 - Homo sapiens,	19 . . . 55	37/37 (100%)
	55 aa. [WO200058495-A1, 05-OCT-2000]
AAB51470	Human secreted protein BLAST search	185 . . . 221	37/37 (100%)	3e−18
	protein SEQ ID NO: 147 - Homo sapiens,	19 . . . 55	37/37 (100%)
	55 aa. [WO200058495-A1, 05-OCT-2000]
AAB51469	Human secreted protein BLAST search	185 . . . 221	37/37 (100%)	3e−18
	protein SEQ ID NO: 146 - Homo sapiens,	19 . . . 55	37/37 (100%)
	55 aa. [WO200058495-A1, 05-OCT-2000]
AAB51468	Human secreted protein BLAST search	185 . . . 221	37/37 (100%)	3e−18
	protein SEQ ID NO: 145 - Homo sapiens,	19 . . . 55	37/37 (100%)
	55 aa. [WO200058495-A1, 05-OCT-2000]
AAG43363	Arabidopsis thaliana protein fragment SEQ	6 . . . 108	39/103 (37%)	6e−13
	ID NO: 54191 - Arabidopsis thaliana, 381	29 . . . 131	59/103 (56%)
	aa. [EP1033405-A2, 06-SEP-2000]

[0441] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV35a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 35D.

TABLE 35D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV35a
		NOV35a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q9BW90	SIMILAR TO PEROXISOME	1 . . . 185	184/185 (99%)	e−103
	BIOGENESIS FACTOR 10 - Homo	1 . . . 185	184/185 (99%)
	sapiens (Human), 346 aa.
O60683	Peroxisome assembly protein 10	1 . . . 185	184/185 (99%)	e−103
	(Peroxin-10) - Homo sapiens (Human),	1 . . . 185	184/185 (99%)
	326 aa.
Q9M400	PEX10P - Arabidopsis thaliana (Mouse-	6 . . . 108	39/103 (37%)	1e−12
	ear cress), 381 aa.	29 . . . 131	59/103 (56%)
Q9SYU4	ZINC-BINDING PEROXISOMAL	6 . . . 108	39/103 (37%)	1e−12
	INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN -	29 . . . 131	59/103 (56%)
	Arabidopsis thaliana (Mouse-ear cress),
	381 aa.
Q94LL6	PUTATIVE ZINC-BINDING	6 . . . 108	38/103 (36%)	4e−11
	PEROXISOMAL INTEGRAL	31 . . . 133	57/103 (54%)
	MEMBRANE PROTEIN - Oryza sativa
	(Rice), 382 aa.

[0442] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV35a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 35E.

TABLE 35E
Domain Analysis of NOV35a
	NOV35a	Identities/Similarities	Expect
Pfam Domain	Match Region	for the Matched Region	Value
zf-C3HC4	185 . . . 205	9/29 (31%)	0.011
		16/29 (55%)

Example 36

[0443] The NOV36 clone was analyzed, and the nucleotide and encoded polypeptide sequences are shown in Table 36A.

TABLE 36A
NOV36 Sequence Analysis
                   SEQ ID NO:83         1929 bp
NOV36a,            CCTGTGTCCCCGGGTATGGGCTGGGGTCTGGCATGGGCCTCTGCAGCTGGCCACAGAC
CG99852-01 DNA     TGAGGGGCTCCAAACAGCACTGGGAACAGCCTCAGGGTATCTGTGGTTGGGGGCTGCA
Sequence           GACAGGGGTGGGGTCTTCTGCTTGGCCTTGACAGGTTGCAGCCACGTTGTCAGCCGCA
                   TCTGCAATCTCATGGGGGCTTGGGGTCTTCCCGGCTCACGAGGTTATGGCAGAATTCA
                   GCTCCTGGTGGCTGGGGACTGGGTCCCACCTCCCTGCTGGCTGTTGGCCCTTCCCAGC
                   ATGGCGGTTGCTTCCCCTTCAGGGCCAGCAGGACTGGCCCGAATTTCTCCCTTTCTGG
                   CGTTGAAACACCCTCTGGAGGGCTTCGTGATCGGGCCATGCCCGCCTAGGATGCTCTC
                   CCTTCTGATGAGCTCAAGTCACCGGTTAGGGTCCTTAATCACATCGACAACACCCACC
                   CCACCTGGCGAGTACAACGTGATCAGGGAAGGGATGCCCTGCTGCGGGAGGGGCCACG
                   GGCGTGCACACCAGGTGGGAATCCGGTGGGAGAGGGCATCCCAGAGTCCTGCCTACTG
                   GAGGGCTGGAGGGAGCAGAGTGGAGAGGGTGGGTTGGAGGGTGGTAGAAGGGCCAGGG
                   GGCCAGCGGGGCGACTCAGCAGACCCTGTCTCAACCCGTAGGTCTGGAGTGGGACTGA
                   CTGGCTCCAGACAGACCATGTTCTACACAGAGGTGACAGATGCCCAGCGTAGCGGTCC
                   AGGTGGGGGCCTGGTGGAGGAGGGTGAGCTCATTGAGGTGGTGCACCTGCCCCTGGAA
                   GGCGCCCAGGCCTTTGCAGACGACCCGGACATCCCCAAGACCCTCGGCGTCATCTTTG
                   GTGTCTCATGGTTCCTCAGCCAGGTGGCCCCCAACCTGGATCTCCAGTGAGACTCCAG
                   G
                   ORF Start: ATG at 33 ORF Stop: TGA at 918
                   SEQ ID NO:84         295 aa MW at 31210.5 kD
NOV36a,            MGLCSWPQTEGLQTALGTASGYLWLGAADRGGVFCLALTGCRQVVSRICNLMGAWGLP
CG99852-01 Protein GSRGYGRIQLLVAGDWVPPPCWLLALPSMAVASPSGPACLARISPFLALKHPLEGFVI
Sequence           GPCPPRMLSLLMSSSHRLGSLITSTTPTPPGEYNVIREGNPCCGRGHGRAHQVGIRWE
                   RASQSPAYWRAGGSRVERVGWRVVEGPGGQRGDSADPVSTRRSGVGLTGSRQTMFYTE
                   VTDAQRSGPGGGLVEEGELIEVVHLPLEGAQAFADDPDIPKTLGVIFGVSWFLSQVAP
                   NLDLQ

[0444] Further analysis of the NOV36a protein yielded the following properties shown in Table 36B.

TABLE 36B
Protein Sequence Properties NOV36a
PSort     0.5105 probability located in microbody (peroxisome); 0.5050
analysis: probability located in cytoplasm; 0.3026
          probability located in lysosome (lumen); 0.1000
          probability located in mitochondrial matrix space
SignalP   No Known Signal Sequence Predicted
analysis:

[0445] A search of the NOV36a protein against the Geneseq database, a proprietary database that contains sequences published in patents and patent publication, yielded several homologous proteins shown in Table 36C.

TABLE 36C
Geneseq Results for NOV36a
			Identities/
		NOV36a	Similarities
		Residues/	for the
Geneseq	Protein/Organism/Length [Patent #,	Match	Matched	Expect
Identifier	Date]	Residues	Region	Value
AAU22384	Human cardiovascular system antigen	216 . . . 295	80/80 (100%)	5e−40
	polypeptide SEQ ID No: 1158 - Homo	53 . . . 132	80/80 (100%)
	sapiens, 132 aa. [WO200155321-A2, 02-AUG-2001]
ABB61994	Drosophila melanogaster polypeptide SEQ	210 . . . 290	33/82 (40%)	2e−08
	ID NO: 12774 - Drosophila melanogaster,	1268 . . . 1347	49/82 (59%)
	1351 aa. [WO200171042-A2, 27-SEP-2001]
AAW98872	H. pylori GHPO 1732 protein -	217 . . . 287	26/71 (36%)	0.002
	Helicobacter pylori, 212 aa. [WO9843478-	140 . . . 208	36/71 (50%)
	A1, 08-OCT-1998]
ABG18063	Novel human diagnostic protein #18054 -	25 . . . 103	31/82 (37%)	1.7
	Homo sapiens, 717 aa. [WO200175067-	182 . . . 259	41/82 (49%)
	A2, 11-OCT-2001]
ABG18063	Novel human diagnostic protein #18054 -	25 . . . 103	31/82 (37%)	1.7
	Homo sapiens, 717 aa. [WO200175067-	182 . . . 259	41/82 (49%)
	A2, 11-OCT-2001]

[0446] In a BLAST search of public sequence datbases, the NOV36a protein was found to have homology to the proteins shown in the BLASTP data in Table 36D.

TABLE 36D
Public BLASTP Results for NOV36a
		NOV36a	Identities/
Protein		Residues/	Similarities for
Accession		Match	the Matched	Expect
Number	Protein/Organism/Length	Residues	Portion	Value
Q9N034	UNNAMED PROTEIN PRODUCT -	1 . . . 295	258/295 (87%)	e−147
	Macaca fascicularis (Crab eating	1 . . . 295	265/295 (89%)
	macaque) (Cynomolgus monkey), 295
	aa.
O95848	HYPOTHETICAL 31.5 KDA PROTEIN -	212 . . . 295	81/84 (96%)	1e−39
	Homo sapiens (Human), 290 aa.	207 . . . 290	82/84 (97%)
Q9D142	1110030M18RIK PROTEIN - Mus	164 . . . 295	77/132 (58%)	2e−31
	musculus (Mouse), 222 aa.	106 . . . 222	89/132 (67%)
Q9CSD2	1110030M18RIK PROTEIN - Mus	164 . . . 295	76/132 (57%)	1e−30
	musculus (Mouse), 223 aa (fragment).	107 . . . 223	88/132 (66%)
Q9VB64	CG6001 PROTEIN - Drosophila	210 . . . 290	33/82 (40%)	6e−08
	melanogaster (Fruit fly), 1351 aa.	1268 . . . 1347	49/82 (59%)

[0447] PFam analysis predicts that the NOV36a protein contains the domains shown in the Table 36E.

TABLE 36E
Domain Analysis of NOV36a
		Identities/
Pfam		Similarities	Expect
Domain	NOV36a Match Region	for the Matched Region	Value

Example B

Identification of NOVX Clones

[0448] The novel NOVX target sequences identified in the present invention may have been subjected to the exon linking process to confirm the sequence. PCR primers are designed by starting at the most upstream sequence available, for the forward primer, and at the most downstream sequence available for the reverse primer. In each case, the sequence is examined, walking inward from the respective termini toward the coding sequence, until a suitable sequence that is either unique or highly selective is encountered, or, in the case of the reverse primer, until the stop codon is reached. Such primers are designed based on in silico predictions for the full length cDNA, part (one or more exons) of the DNA or protein sequence of the target sequence, or by translated homology of the predicted exons to closely related human sequences from other species. These primers are then employed in PCR amplification based on the following pool of human cDNAs: adrenal gland, bone marrow, brain—amygdala, brain—cerebellum, brain—hippocampus, brain—substantia nigra, brain—thalamus, brain—whole, fetal brain, fetal kidney, fetal liver, fetal lung, heart, kidney, lymphoma—Raji, mammary gland, pancreas, pituitary gland, placenta, prostate, salivary gland, skeletal muscle, small intestine, spinal cord, spleen, stomach, testis, thyroid, trachea, uterus.

[0449] Usually the resulting amplicons are gel purified, cloned and sequenced to high redundancy. The PCR product derived from exon linking is cloned into the pCR2.1 vector from Invitrogen. The resulting bacterial clone has an insert covering the entire open reading frame cloned into the pCR2.1 vector. The resulting sequences from all clones are assembled with themselves, with other fragments in CuraGen Corporation's database and with public ESTs. Fragments and ESTs are included as components for an assembly when the extent of their identity with another component of the assembly is at least 95% over 50 bp. In addition, sequence traces are evaluated manually and edited for corrections if appropriate. These procedures provide the sequence reported herein.

Example C

Quantitative Expression Analysis of Clones in Various Cells and Tissues

[0450] The quantitative expression of various clones was assessed using microtiter plates containing RNA samples from a variety of normal and pathology-derived cells, cell lines and tissues using real time quantitative PCR (RTQ PCR). RTQ PCR was performed on an Applied Biosystems ABI PRISM® 7700 or an ABI PRISM® 7900 HT Sequence Detection System. Various collections of samples are assembled on the plates, and referred to as Panel 1 (containing normal tissues and cancer cell lines), Panel 2 (containing samples derived from tissues from normal and cancer sources), Panel 3 (containing cancer cell lines), Panel 4 (containing cells and cell lines from normal tissues and cells related to inflammatory conditions), Panel 5D/5I (containing human tissues and cell lines with an emphasis on metabolic diseases), AI_comprehensive_panel (containing normal tissue and samples from autoinflammatory diseases), Panel CNSD.01 (containing samples from normal and diseased brains) and CNS_neurodegeneration_panel (containing samples from normal and Alzheimer's diseased brains).

[0451] RNA integrity from all samples is controlled for quality by visual assessment of agarose gel electropherograms using 28S and 18S ribosomal RNA staining intensity ratio as a guide (2:1 to 2.5:1 28s:18s) and the absence of low molecular weight RNAs that would be indicative of degradation products. Samples are controlled against genomic DNA contamination by RTQ PCR reactions run in the absence of reverse transcriptase using probe and primer sets designed to amplify across the span of a single exon.

[0452] First, the RNA samples were normalized to reference nucleic acids such as constitutively expressed genes (for example, β-actin and GAPDH). Normalized RNA (5 ul) was converted to cDNA and analyzed by RTQ-PCR using One Step RT-PCR Master Mix Reagents (Applied Biosystems; Catalog No. 4309169) and gene-specific primers according to the manufacturer's instructions.

[0453] In other cases, non-normalized RNA samples were converted to single strand cDNA (sscDNA) using Superscript II (Invitrogen Corporation; Catalog No. 18064-147) and random hexamers according to the manufacturer's instructions. Reactions containing up to 10 μg of total RNA were performed in a volume of 20 μl and incubated for 60 minutes at 42° C. This reaction can be scaled up to 50 μg of total RNA in a final volume of 100 μl. sscDNA samples are then normalized to reference nucleic acids as described previously, using 1×TaqMan® Universal Master mix (Applied Biosystems; catalog No.4324020), following the manufacturer's instructions.

[0454] Probes and primers were designed for each assay according to Applied Biosystems Primer Express Software package (version I for Apple Computer's Macintosh Power PC) or a similar algorithm using the target sequence as input. Default settings were used for reaction conditions and the following parameters were set before selecting primers: primer concentration=250 nM, primer melting temperature (Tm) range=58°-60° C., primer optimal Tm=59° C., maximum primer difference=2° C., probe does not have 5′ G, probe Tm must be 10° C. greater than primer Tm, amplicon size 75 bp to 100 bp. The probes and primers selected (see below) were synthesized by Synthegen (Houston, Tex., USA). Probes were double purified by HPLC to remove uncoupled dye and evaluated by mass spectroscopy to verify coupling of reporter and quencher dyes to the 5′ and 3′ ends of the probe, respectively. Their final concentrations were: forward and reverse primers, 900 nM each, and probe, 200 nM.

[0455] PCR conditions: When working with RNA samples, normalized RNA from each tissue and each cell line was spotted in each well of either a 96 well or a 384-well PCR plate (Applied Biosystems). PCR cocktails included either a single gene specific probe and primers set, or two multiplexed probe and primers sets (a set specific for the target clone and another gene-specific set multiplexed with the target probe). PCR reactions were set up using TaqMan® One-Step RT-PCR Master Mix (Applied Biosystems, Catalog No. 4313803) following manufacturer's instructions. Reverse transcription was performed at 48° C. for 30 minutes followed by amplification/PCR cycles as follows: 95° C. 10 min, then 40 cycles of 95° C. for 15 seconds, 60° C. for 1 minute. Results were recorded as CT values (cycle at which a given sample crosses a threshold level of fluorescence) using a log scale, with the difference in RNA concentration between a given sample and the sample with the lowest CT value being represented as 2 to the power of delta CT. The percent relative expression is then obtained by taking the reciprocal of this RNA difference and multiplying by 100.

[0456] When working with sscDNA samples, normalized sscDNA was used as described previously for RNA samples. PCR reactions containing one or two sets of probe and primers were set up as described previously, using 1×TaqMan® Universal Master mix (Applied Biosystems; catalog No. 4324020), following the manufacturer's instructions. PCR amplification was performed as follows: 95° C. 10 min, then 40 cycles of 95° C. for 15 seconds, 60° C. for 1 minute. Results were analyzed and processed as described previously.

Panels 1, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3D

[0457] The plates for Panels 1, 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3D include 2 control wells (genomic DNA control and chemistry control) and 94 wells containing cDNA from various samples. The samples in these panels are broken into 2 classes: samples derived from cultured cell lines and samples derived from primary normal tissues. The cell lines are derived from cancers of the following types: lung cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, colon cancer, prostate cancer, CNS cancer, squamous cell carcinoma, ovarian cancer, liver cancer, renal cancer, gastric cancer and pancreatic cancer. Cell lines used in these panels are widely available through the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), a repository for cultured cell lines, and were cultured using the conditions recommended by the ATCC. The normal tissues found on these panels are comprised of samples derived from all major organ systems from single adult individuals or fetuses. These samples are derived from the following organs: adult skeletal muscle, fetal skeletal muscle, adult heart, fetal heart, adult kidney, fetal kidney, adult liver, fetal liver, adult lung, fetal lung, various regions of the brain, the spleen, bone marrow, lymph node, pancreas, salivary gland, pituitary gland, adrenal gland, spinal cord, thymus, stomach, small intestine, colon, bladder, trachea, breast, ovary, uterus, placenta, prostate, testis and adipose.

[0458] In the results for Panels 1, 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3D, the following abbreviations are used:

[0459] ca.=carcinoma,

[0460] *=established from metastasis,

[0461] met=metastasis,

[0462] s cell var=small cell variant,

[0463] non-s=non-sm=non-small,

[0464] squam=squamous,

[0465] pl. eff=pl effusion=pleural effusion,

[0466] glio=glioma,

[0467] astro=astrocytoma, and

[0468] neuro=neuroblastoma.

General_screening_panel_v1.4 and General_screening_panel_v1.5

[0469] The plates for Panels 1.4 and 1.5 include 2 control wells (genomic DNA control and chemistry control) and 94 wells containing cDNA from various samples. The samples in Panels 1.4 and 1.5 are broken into 2 classes: samples derived from cultured cell lines and samples derived from primary normal tissues. The cell lines are derived from cancers of the following types: lung cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, colon cancer, prostate cancer, CNS cancer, squamous cell carcinoma, ovarian cancer, liver cancer, renal cancer, gastric cancer and pancreatic cancer. Cell lines used in Panels 1.4 and 1.5 are widely available through the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), a repository for cultured cell lines, and were cultured using the conditions recommended by the ATCC. The normal tissues found on Panels 1.4 and 1.5 are comprised of pools of samples derived from all major organ systems from 2 to 5 different adult individuals or fetuses. These samples are derived from the following organs: adult skeletal muscle, fetal skeletal muscle, adult heart, fetal heart, adult kidney, fetal kidney, adult liver, fetal liver, adult lung, fetal lung, various regions of the brain, the spleen, bone marrow, lymph node, pancreas, salivary gland, pituitary gland, adrenal gland, spinal cord, thymus, stomach, small intestine, colon, bladder, trachea, breast, ovary, uterus, placenta, prostate, testis and adipose. Abbreviations are as described for Panels 1, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3D.

Panels 2D, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4

[0470] The plates for Panels 2D, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 generally include 2 control wells and 94 test samples composed of RNA or cDNA isolated from human tissue procured by surgeons working in close cooperation with the National Cancer Institute's Cooperative Human Tissue Network (CHTN) or the National Disease Research Initiative (NDRI) or from Ardais or Clinomics). The tissues are derived from human malignancies and in cases where indicated many malignant tissues have “matched margins” obtained from noncancerous tissue just adjacent to the tumor. These are termed normal adjacent tissues and are denoted “NAT” in the results below. The tumor tissue and the “matched margins” are evaluated by two independent pathologists (the surgical pathologists and again by a pathologist at NDRI/CHTN/Ardais/Clinomics). Unmatched RNA samples from tissues without malignancy (normal tissues) were also obtained from Ardais or Clinomics. This analysis provides a gross histopathological assessment of tumor differentiation grade. Moreover, most samples include the original surgical pathology report that provides information regarding the clinical stage of the patient. These matched margins are taken from the tissue surrounding (i.e. immediately proximal) to the zone of surgery (designated “NAT”, for normal adjacent tissue, in Table RR). In addition, RNA and cDNA samples were obtained from various human tissues derived from autopsies performed on elderly people or sudden death victims (accidents, etc.). These tissues were ascertained to be free of disease and were purchased from various commercial sources such as Clontech (Palo Alto, Calif.), Research Genetics, and Invitrogen.

HASS Panel v 1.0

[0471] The HASS panel v 1.0 plates are comprised of 93 cDNA samples and two controls.

[0472] Specifically, 81 of these samples are derived from cultured human cancer cell lines that had been subjected to serum starvation, acidosis and anoxia for different time periods as well as controls for these treatments, 3 samples of human primary cells, 9 samples of malignant brain cancer (4 medulloblastomas and 5 glioblastomas) and 2 controls. The human cancer cell lines are obtained from ATCC (American Type Culture Collection) and fall into the following tissue groups: breast cancer, prostate cancer, bladder carcinomas, pancreatic cancers and CNS cancer cell lines. These cancer cells are all cultured under standard recommended conditions. The treatments used (serum starvation, acidosis and anoxia) have been previously published in the scientific literature. The primary human cells were obtained from Clonetics (Walkersville, Md.) and were grown in the media and conditions recommended by Clonetics. The malignant brain cancer samples are obtained as part of a collaboration (Henry Ford Cancer Center) and are evaluated by a pathologist prior to CuraGen receiving the samples. RNA was prepared from these samples using the standard procedures. The genomic and chemistry control wells have been described previously.

Panel 3D

[0473] The plates of Panel 3D are comprised of 94 cDNA samples and two control samples. Specifically, 92 of these samples are derived from cultured human cancer cell lines, 2 samples of human primary cerebellar tissue and 2 controls. The human cell lines are generally obtained from ATCC (American Type Culture Collection), NCI or the German tumor cell bank and fall into the following tissue groups: Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, breast cancer, prostate cancer, melanoma, epidermoid carcinoma, sarcomas, bladder carcinomas, pancreatic cancers, kidney cancers, leukemias/lymphomas, ovarian/uterine/cervical, gastric, colon, lung and CNS cancer cell lines. In addition, there are two independent samples of cerebellum. These cells are all cultured under standard recommended conditions and RNA extracted using the standard procedures. The cell lines in panel 3D and 1.3D are of the most common cell lines used in the scientific literature.

Panels 4D, 4R, and 4.1D

[0474] Panel 4 includes samples on a 96 well plate (2 control wells, 94 test samples) composed of RNA (Panel 4R) or cDNA (Panels 4D/4.1D) isolated from various human cell lines or tissues related to inflammatory conditions. Total RNA from control normal tissues such as colon and lung (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.) and thymus and kidney (Clontech) was employed. Total RNA from liver tissue from cirrhosis patients and kidney from lupus patients was obtained from BioChain (Biochain Institute, Inc., Hayward, Calif.). Intestinal tissue for RNA preparation from patients diagnosed as having Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis was obtained from the National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI) (Philadelphia, Pa.).

[0475] Astrocytes, lung fibroblasts, dermal fibroblasts, coronary artery smooth muscle cells, small airway epithelium, bronchial epithelium, microvascular dermal endothelial cells, microvascular lung endothelial cells, human pulmonary aortic endothelial cells, human umbilical vein endothelial cells were all purchased from Clonetics (Walkersville, Md.) and grown in the media supplied for these cell types by Clonetics. These primary cell types were activated with various cytokines or combinations of cytokines for 6 and/or 12-14 hours, as indicated. The following cytokines were used; IL-1 beta at approximately 1-5 ng/ml, TNF alpha at approximately 5-10 ng/ml, IFN gamma at approximately 20-50 ng/ml, IL-4 at approximately 5-10 ng/ml, IL-9 at approximately 5-10 ng/ml, IL-13 at approximately 5-10 ng/ml. Endothelial cells were sometimes starved for various times by culture in the basal media from Clonetics with 0.1% serum.

[0476] Mononuclear cells were prepared from blood of employees at CuraGen Corporation, using Ficoll. LAK cells were prepared from these cells by culture in DMEM 5% FCS (Hyclone), 100 μM non essential amino acids (Gibco/Life Technologies, Rockville, Md.), 1 mM sodium pyruvate (Gibco), mercaptoethanol 5.5×10−5M (Gibco), and 10 mM Hepes (Gibco) and Interleukin 2 for 4-6 days. Cells were then either activated with 10-20 ng/ml PMA and 1-2 μg/ml ionomycin, IL-12 at 5-10 ng/ml, IFN gamma at 20-50 ng/ml and IL-18 at 5-10 ng/ml for 6 hours. In some cases, mononuclear cells were cultured for 4-5 days in DMEM 5% FCS (Hyclone), 100 μM non essential amino acids (Gibco), 1 mM sodium pyruvate (Gibco), mercaptoethanol 5.5×10−5M (Gibco), and 10 mM Hepes (Gibco) with PHA (phytohemagglutinin) or PWM (pokeweed mitogen) at approximately 5 μg/ml. Samples were taken at 24, 48 and 72 hours for RNA preparation. MLR (mixed lymphocyte reaction) samples were obtained by taking blood from two donors, isolating the mononuclear cells using Ficoll and mixing the isolated mononuclear cells 1:1 at a final concentration of approximately 2×106 cells/ml in DMEM 5% FCS (Hyclone), 100 μM non essential amino acids (Gibco), 1 mM sodium pyruvate (Gibco), mercaptoethanol (5.5×10−5M) (Gibco), and 10 mM Hepes (Gibco). The MLR was cultured and samples taken at various time points ranging from 1-7 days for RNA preparation.

[0477] Monocytes were isolated from mononuclear cells using CD14 Miltenyi Beads, +ve VS selection columns and a Vario Magnet according to the manufacturer's instructions. Monocytes were differentiated into dendritic cells by culture in DMEM 5% fetal calf serum (FCS) (Hyclone, Logan, Utah.), 100 μM non essential amino acids (Gibco), 1 mM sodium pyruvate (Gibco), mercaptoethanol 5.5×10−5M (Gibco), and 10 mM Hepes (Gibco), 50 ng/ml GMCSF and 5 ng/ml IL-4 for 5-7 days. Macrophages were prepared by culture of monocytes for 5-7 days in DMEM 5% FCS (Hyclone), 100 μM non essential amino acids (Gibco), 1 mM sodium pyruvate (Gibco), mercaptoethanol 5.5×10−5M (Gibco), 10 mM Hepes (Gibco) and 10% AB Human Serum or MCSF at approximately 50 ng/ml. Monocytes, macrophages and dendritic cells were stimulated for 6 and 12-14 hours with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) at 100 ng/ml. Dendritic cells were also stimulated with anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody (Pharmingen) at 10 μg/ml for 6 and 12-14 hours.

[0478] CD4 lymphocytes, CD8 lymphocytes and NK cells were also isolated from mononuclear cells using CD4, CD8 and CD56 Miltenyi beads, positive VS selection columns and a Vario Magnet according to the manufacturer's instructions. CD45RA and CD45RO CD4 lymphocytes were isolated by depleting mononuclear cells of CD8, CD56, CD14 and CD19 cells using CD8, CD56, CD14 and CD19 Miltenyi beads and positive selection. CD45RO beads were then used to isolate the CD45RO CD4 lymphocytes with the remaining cells being CD45RA CD4 lymphocytes. CD45RA CD4, CD45RO CD4 and CD8 lymphocytes were placed in DMEM 5% FCS (Hyclone), 100 μM non essential amino acids (Gibco), 1 mM sodium pyruvate (Gibco), mercaptoethanol 5.5×10−5M (Gibco), and 10 mM Hepes (Gibco) and plated at 106cells/ml onto Falcon 6 well tissue culture plates that had been coated overnight with 0.5 μg/ml anti-CD28 (Pharmingen) and 3ug/ml anti-CD3 (OKT3, ATCC) in PBS. After 6 and 24 hours, the cells were harvested for RNA preparation. To prepare chronically activated CD8 lymphocytes, we activated the isolated CD8 lymphocytes for 4 days on anti-CD28 and anti-CD3 coated plates and then harvested the cells and expanded them in DMEM 5% FCS (Hyclone), 100 μM non essential amino acids (Gibco), 1 mM sodium pyruvate (Gibco), mercaptoethanol 5.5×10−5M (Gibco), and 10 mM Hepes (Gibco) and IL-2. The expanded CD8 cells were then activated again with plate bound anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 for 4 days and expanded as before. RNA was isolated 6 and 24 hours after the second activation and after 4 days of the second expansion culture. The isolated NK cells were cultured in DMEM 5% FCS (Hyclone), 100 μM non essential amino acids (Gibco), 1 mM sodium pyruvate (Gibco), mercaptoethanol 5.5×10−5M (Gibco), and 10 mM Hepes (Gibco) and IL-2 for 4-6 days before RNA was prepared.

[0479] To obtain B cells, tonsils were procured from NDRI. The tonsil was cut up with sterile dissecting scissors and then passed through a sieve. Tonsil cells were then spun down and resupended at 106cells/ml in DMEM 5% FCS (Hyclone), 100 μM non essential amino acids (Gibco), 1 mM sodium pyruvate (Gibco), mercaptoethanol 5.5×10−5M (Gibco), and 10 mM Hepes (Gibco). To activate the cells, we used PWM at 5 μg/ml or anti-CD40 (Pharmingen) at approximately 10 μg/ml and IL-4 at 5-10 ng/ml. Cells were harvested for RNA preparation at 24,48 and 72 hours.

[0480] To prepare the primary and secondary Th1/Th2 and Tr1 cells, six-well Falcon plates were coated overnight with 10 μg/ml anti-CD28 (Pharmingen) and 2 μg/ml OKT3 (ATCC), and then washed twice with PBS. Umbilical cord blood CD4 lymphocytes (Poietic Systems, German Town, Md.) were cultured at 105-106cells/ml in DMEM 5% FCS (Hyclone), 100 μM non essential amino acids (Gibco), 1 mM sodium pyruvate (Gibco), mercaptoethanol 5.5×10−5M (Gibco), 10 mM Hepes (Gibco) and IL-2 (4 ng/ml). IL-12 (5 ng/ml) and anti-IL4 (1 μg/ml) were used to direct to Th1, while IL-4 (5 ng/ml) and anti-IFN gamma (1 μg/ml) were used to direct to Th2 and IL-10 at 5 ng/ml was used to direct to Tr1. After 4-5 days, the activated Th1, Th2 and Tr1 lymphocytes were washed once in DMEM and expanded for 4-7 days in DMEM 5% FCS (Hyclone), 100 μM non essential amino acids (Gibco), 1 mM sodium pyruvate (Gibco), mercaptoethanol 5.5×10−5M (Gibco), 10mM Hepes (Gibco) and IL-2 (1 ng/ml). Following this, the activated Th1, Th2 and Tr1 lymphocytes were re-stimulated for 5 days with anti-CD28/OKT3 and cytokines as described above, but with the addition of anti-CD95L (1 μg/ml) to prevent apoptosis. After 4-5 days, the Th1, Th2 and Tr1 lymphocytes were washed and then expanded again with IL-2 for 4-7 days. Activated Th1 and Th2 lymphocytes were maintained in this way for a maximum of three cycles. RNA was prepared from primary and secondary Th1, Th2 and Tr1 after 6 and 24 hours following the second and third activations with plate bound anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 mAbs and 4 days into the second and third expansion cultures in Interleukin 2.

[0481] The following leukocyte cells lines were obtained from the ATCC: Ramos, EOL-1, KU-812. EOL cells were further differentiated by culture in 0.1 mM dbcAMP at 5×10−5cells/ml for 8 days, changing the media every 3 days and adjusting the cell concentration to 5×10−5cells/ml. For the culture of these cells, we used DMEM or RPMI (as recommended by the ATCC), with the addition of 5% FCS (Hyclone), 100 μM non essential amino acids (Gibco), 1 mM sodium pyruvate (Gibco), mercaptoethanol 5.5×10−5M (Gibco), 10 mM Hepes (Gibco). RNA was either prepared from resting cells or cells activated with PMA at 10 ng/ml and ionomycin at 1 μg/ml for 6 and 14 hours. Keratinocyte line CCD106 and an airway epithelial tumor line NCI-H292 were also obtained from the ATCC. Both were cultured in DMEM 5% FCS (Hyclone), 100 μM non essential amino acids (Gibco), 1 mM sodium pyruvate (Gibco), mercaptoethanol 5.5×10−5M (Gibco), and 10 mM Hepes (Gibco). CCD1106 cells were activated for 6 and 14 hours with approximately 5 ng/ml TNF alpha and 1 ng/ml IL-1 beta, while NCI-H292 cells were activated for 6 and 14 hours with the following cytokines: 5 ng/ml IL-4, 5 ng/ml IL-9, 5 ng/ml IL-13 and 25 ng/ml IFN gamma.

[0482] For these cell lines and blood cells, RNA was prepared by lysing approximately 107 cells/ml using Trizol (Gibco BRL). Briefly, {fraction (1/10)} volume of bromochloropropane (Molecular Research Corporation) was added to the RNA sample, vortexed and after 10 minutes at room temperature, the tubes were spun at 14,000 rpm in a Sorvall SS34 rotor. The aqueous phase was removed and placed in a 15 ml Falcon Tube. An equal volume of isopropanol was added and left at −20° C. overnight. The precipitated RNA was spun down at 9,000 rpm for 15 min in a Sorvall SS34 rotor and washed in 70% ethanol. The pellet was redissolved in 300 μl of RNAse-free water and 35 μl buffer (Promega) 5 μl DTT, 7 μl RNAsin and 8 μl DNAse were added. The tube was incubated at 37° C. for 30 minutes to remove contaminating genomic DNA, extracted once with phenol chloroform and re-precipitated with 1/10 volume of 3M sodium acetate and 2 volumes of 100% ethanol. The RNA was spun down and placed in RNAse free water. RNA was stored at −80° C.

AI_comprehensive panel_v1.0

[0483] The plates for Al_comprehensive panel_v1.0 include two control wells and 89 test samples comprised of cDNA isolated from surgical and postmortem human tissues obtained from the Backus Hospital and Clinomics (Frederick, Md.). Total RNA was extracted from tissue samples from the Backus Hospital in the Facility at CuraGen. Total RNA from other tissues was obtained from Clinomics.

[0484] Joint tissues including synovial fluid, synovium, bone and cartilage were obtained from patients undergoing total knee or hip replacement surgery at the Backus Hospital. Tissue samples were immediately snap frozen in liquid nitrogen to ensure that isolated RNA was of optimal quality and not degraded. Additional samples of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis joint tissues were obtained from Clinomics. Normal control tissues were supplied by Clinomics and were obtained during autopsy of trauma victims.

[0485] Surgical specimens of psoriatic tissues and adjacent matched tissues were provided as total RNA by Clinomics. Two male and two female patients were selected between the ages of 25 and 47. None of the patients were taking prescription drugs at the time samples were isolated.

[0486] Surgical specimens of diseased colon from patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohns disease and adjacent matched tissues were obtained from Clinomics. Bowel tissue from three female and three male Crohn's patients between the ages of 41-69 were used. Two patients were not on prescription medication while the others were taking dexamethasone, phenobarbital, or tylenol. Ulcerative colitis tissue was from three male and four female patients. Four of the patients were taking lebvid and two were on phenobarbital.

[0487] Total RNA from post mortem lung tissue from trauma victims with no disease or with emphysema, asthma or COPD was purchased from Clinomics. Emphysema patients ranged in age from 40-70 and all were smokers, this age range was chosen to focus on patients with cigarette-linked emphysema and to avoid those patients with alpha-1anti-trypsin deficiencies. Asthma patients ranged in age from 36-75, and excluded smokers to prevent those patients that could also have COPD. COPD patients ranged in age from 35-80 and included both smokers and non-smokers. Most patients were taking corticosteroids, and bronchodilators.

[0488] In the labels employed to identify tissues in the Al_comprehensive panel_v1.0 panel, the following abbreviations are used:

[0489] AI=Autoimmunity

[0490] Syn=Synovial

[0491] Normal=No apparent disease

[0492] Rep22/Rep20=individual patients

[0493] RA=Rheumatoid arthritis

[0494] Backus=From Backus Hospital

[0495] OA=Osteoarthritis

[0496] (SS) (BA) (MF)=Individual patients

[0497] Adj=Adjacent tissue

[0498] Match control=adjacent tissues

[0499] -M=Male

[0500] -F=Female

[0501] COPD=Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Panels 5D and 5I

[0502] The plates for Panel 5D and 5I include two control wells and a variety of cDNAs isolated from human tissues and cell lines with an emphasis on metabolic diseases. Metabolic tissues were obtained from patients enrolled in the Gestational Diabetes study. Cells were obtained during different stages in the differentiation of adipocytes from human mesenchymal stem cells. Human pancreatic islets were also obtained.

[0503] In the Gestational Diabetes study subjects are young (18-40 years), otherwise healthy women with and without gestational diabetes undergoing routine (elective) Caesarean section. After delivery of the infant, when the surgical incisions were being repaired/closed, the obstetrician removed a small sample (<1 cc) of the exposed metabolic tissues during the closure of each surgical level. The biopsy material was rinsed in sterile saline, blotted and fast frozen within 5 minutes from the time of removal. The tissue was then flash frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored, individually, in sterile screw-top tubes and kept on dry ice for shipment to or to be picked up by CuraGen. The metabolic tissues of interest include uterine wall (smooth muscle), visceral adipose, skeletal muscle (rectus) and subcutaneous adipose. Patient descriptions are as follows:

[0504] Patient 2: Diabetic Hispanic, overweight, not on insulin

[0505] Patient 7-9: Nondiabetic Caucasian and obese (BMI>30)

[0506] Patient 10: Diabetic Hispanic, overweight, on insulin

[0507] Patient 11: Nondiabetic African American and overweight

[0508] Patient 12: Diabetic Hispanic on insulin

[0509] Adiocyte differentiation was induced in donor progenitor cells obtained from Osirus (a division of Clonetics/BioWhittaker) in triplicate, except for Donor 3U which had only two replicates. Scientists at Clonetics isolated, grew and differentiated human mesenchymal stem cells (HuMSCs) for CuraGen based on the published protocol found in Mark F. Pittenger, et al., Multilineage Potential of Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Science Apr. 2 1999: 143-147. Clonetics provided Trizol lysates or frozen pellets suitable for mRNA isolation and ds cDNA production. A general description of each donor is as follows:

[0510] Donor 2 and 3 U: Mesenchymal Stem cells, Undifferentiated Adipose

[0511] Donor 2 and 3 AM: Adipose, AdiposeMidway Differentiated

[0512] Donor 2 and 3 AD: Adipose, Adipose Differentiated

[0513] Human cell lines were generally obtained from ATCC (American Type Culture Collection), NCI or the German tumor cell bank and fall into the following tissue groups: kidney proximal convoluted tubule, uterine smooth muscle cells, small intestine, liver HepG2 cancer cells, heart primary stromal cells, and adrenal cortical adenoma cells. These cells are all cultured under standard recommended conditions and RNA extracted using the standard procedures. All samples were processed at CuraGen to produce single stranded cDNA.

[0514] Panel 5I contains all samples previously described with the addition of pancreatic islets from a 58 year old female patient obtained from the Diabetes Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Islet tissue was processed to total RNA at an outside source and delivered to CuraGen for addition to panel 5I.

[0515] In the labels employed to identify tissues in the 5D and 5I panels, the following abbreviations are used:

[0516] GO Adipose=Greater Omentum Adipose

[0517] SK=Skeletal Muscle

[0518] UT=Uterus

[0519] PL=Placenta

[0520] AD=Adipose Differentiated

[0521] AM=Adipose Midway Differentiated

[0522] U=Undifferentiated Stem Cells

Panel CNSD.01

[0523] The plates for Panel CNSD.01 include two control wells and 94 test samples comprised of cDNA isolated from postmortem human brain tissue obtained from the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center. Brains are removed from calvaria of donors between 4 and 24 hours after death, sectioned by neuroanatomists, and frozen at −80° C. in liquid nitrogen vapor. All brains are sectioned and examined by neuropathologists to confirm diagnoses with clear associated neuropathology.

[0524] Disease diagnoses are taken from patient records. The panel contains two brains from each of the following diagnoses: Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Progressive Supernuclear Palsy, Depression, and “Normal controls”. Within each of these brains, the following regions are represented: cingulate gyrus, temporal pole, globus palladus, substantia nigra, Brodman Area 4 (primary motor strip), Brodman Area 7 (parietal cortex), Brodman Area 9 (prefrontal cortex), and Brodman area 17 (occipital cortex). Not all brain regions are represented in all cases; e.g., Huntington's disease is characterized in part by neurodegeneration in the globus palladus, thus this region is impossible to obtain from confirmed Huntington's cases. Likewise Parkinson's disease is characterized by degeneration of the substantia nigra making this region more difficult to obtain. Normal control brains were examined for neuropathology and found to be free of any pathology consistent with neurodegeneration.

[0525] In the labels employed to identify tissues in the CNS panel, the following abbreviations are used:

[0526] PSP=Progressive supranuclear palsy

[0527] Sub Nigra=Substantia nigra

[0528] Glob Palladus=Globus palladus

[0529] Temp Pole=Temporal pole

[0530] Cing Gyr=Cingulate gyrus

[0531] BA 4=Brodman Area 4

Panel CNS_Neurodegeneration_V1.0

[0532] The plates for Panel CNS_Neurodegeneration_V1.0 include two control wells and 47 test samples comprised of cDNA isolated from postmortem human brain tissue obtained from the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center (McLean Hospital) and the Human Brain and Spinal Fluid Resource Center (VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System). Brains are removed from calvaria of donors between 4 and 24 hours after death, sectioned by neuroanatomists, and frozen at −80° C. in liquid nitrogen vapor. All brains are sectioned and examined by neuropathologists to confirm diagnoses with clear associated neuropathology.

[0533] Disease diagnoses are taken from patient records. The panel contains six brains from Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, and eight brains from “Normal controls” who showed no evidence of dementia prior to death. The eight normal control brains are divided into two categories: Controls with no dementia and no Alzheimer's like pathology (Controls) and controls with no dementia but evidence of severe Alzheimer's like pathology, (specifically senile plaque load rated as level 3 on a scale of 0-3; 0=no evidence of plaques, 3=severe AD senile plaque load). Within each of these brains, the following regions are represented: hippocampus, temporal cortex (Brodman Area 21), parietal cortex (Brodman area 7), and occipital cortex (Brodman area 17). These regions were chosen to encompass all levels of neurodegeneration in AD. The hippocampus is a region of early and severe neuronal loss in AD; the temporal cortex is known to show neurodegeneration in AD after the hippocampus; the parietal cortex shows moderate neuronal death in the late stages of the disease; the occipital cortex is spared in AD and therefore acts as a “control” region within AD patients. Not all brain regions are represented in all cases.

[0534] In the labels employed to identify tissues in the CNS_Neurodegeneration_V1.0 panel, the following abbreviations are used:

[0535] AD=Alzheimer's disease brain; patient was demented and showed AD-like pathology upon autopsy

[0536] Control=Control brains; patient not demented, showing no neuropathology

[0537] Control (Path)=Control brains; patient not demented but showing sever AD-like pathology

[0538] SupTemporal Ctx=Superior Temporal Cortex

[0539] Inf Temporal Ctx=Inferior Temporal Cortex

A. NOV5a (CG94620-01): Progesterone Receptor-associated P48 Protein

[0540] Expression of gene CG94620-01 was assessed using the primer-probe set Ag3930, described in Table AA. Results of the RTQ-PCR runs are shown in Tables AB, and AC.

TABLE AA
Probe Name Ag3930
			Start	SEQ ID
Primers	Sequences	Length	Position	No
Forward	5′-gtgcaggatcccaaagttagt-3′	21	974	85
Probe	TET-5′-tggctcaaaacccagcaaatatgtca-3′-TAMRA	26	1011	86
Reverse	5′-ctttgggttgccctggtat-3′	19	1039	87

[0541]

TABLE AB
General_screening_panel_v1.4
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag3930,		(%) Ag3930,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	219478617	Tissue Name	219478617
Adipose	6.1	Renal ca. TK-10	9.3
Melanoma*	24.5	Bladder	37.1
Hs688(A).T
Melanoma*	19.9	Gastric ca. (liver met.)	43.8
Hs688(B).T		NCI-N87
Melanoma* M14	10.6	Gastric ca. KATO III	8.1
Melanoma*	0.5	Colon ca. SW-948	6.3
LOXIMVI
Melanoma* SK-	8.9	Colon ca. SW480	29.3
MEL-5
Squamous cell	0.0	Colon ca.* (SW480	12.3
carcinoma SCC-4		met) SW620
Testis Pool	20.3	Colon ca. HT29	12.0
Prostate ca.* (bone	33.2	Colon ca. HCT-116	48.6
met) PC-3
Prostate Pool	6.2	Colon ca. CaCo-2	43.2
Placenta	5.3	Colon cancer tissue	20.0
Uterus Pool	24.5	Colon ca. SW1116	0.5
Ovarian ca.	6.7	Colon ca. Colo-205	0.7
OVCAR-3
Ovarian ca. SK-	100.0	Colon ca. SW-48	0.4
OV-3
Ovarian ca.	3.0	Colon Pool	42.6
OVCAR-4
Ovarian ca.	1.3	Small Intestine	64.2
OVCAR-5		Pool
Ovarian ca.	16.3	Stomach Pool	30.6
IGROV-1
Ovarian ca.	6.6	Bone Marrow Pool	21.3
OVCAR-8
Ovary	11.3	Fetal Heart	14.0
Breast ca. MCF-7	4.6	Heart Pool	15.3
Breast ca. MDA-	50.3	Lymph Node Pool	58.6
MB-231
Breast ca. BT 549	4.5	Fetal Skeletal Muscle	8.2
Breast ca. T47D	9.8	Skeletal Muscle Pool	2.4
Breast ca. MDA-N	0.5	Spleen Pool	29.3
Breast Pool	55.1	Thymus Pool	39.5
Trachea	37.4	CNS cancer (glio/	1.0
		astro) U87-MG
Lung	18.2	CNS cancer (glio/	2.0
		astro) U-118-MG
Fetal Lung	40.6	CNS cancer	15.1
		(neuro;met) SK-N-AS
Lung ca. NCI-N417	1.5	CNS cancer (astro)	3.0
		SF-539
Lung ca. LX-1	23.0	CNS cancer (astro)	17.3
		SNB-75
Lung ca. NCI-H146	0.9	CNS cancer (glio)	3.3
		SNB-19
Lung ca. SHP-77	10.0	CNS cancer (glio) SF-	61.6
		295
Lung ca. A549	6.7	Brain (Amygdala)	8.7
		Pool
Lung ca. NCI-H526	3.2	Brain (cerebellum)	12.1
Lung ca. NCI-H23	25.0	Brain (fetal)	25.5
Lung ca. NCI-H460	40.1	Brain (Hippocampus)	12.1
		Pool
Lung ca. HOP-62	18.3	Cerebral Cortex Pool	14.7
Lung ca. NCI-H522	14.3	Brain (Substantia	9.7
		nigra) Pool
Liver	1.2	Brain (Thalamus) Pool	17.2
Fetal Liver	4.6	Brain (whole)	4.9
Liver ca. HepG2	12.1	Spinal Cord Pool	20.6
Kidney Pool	76.3	Adrenal Gland	31.2
Fetal Kidney	18.2	Pituitary gland Pool	8.5
Renal ca. 786-0	8.1	Salivary Gland	3.2
Renal ca. A498	0.0	Thyroid (female)	1.8
Renal ca. ACHN	6.5	Pancreatic ca.	7.0
		CAPAN2
Renal ca. UO-31	4.5	Pancreas Pool	43.8

[0542]

TABLE AC
Panel 4.1D
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag3930,		(%) Ag3930,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	170701768	Tissue Name	170701768
Secondary Th1 act	12.2	HUVEC IL-1beta	3.7
Secondary Th2 act	4.5	HUVEC IFN gamma	4.3
Secondary Tr1 act	10.9	HUVEC TNF alpha +	1.1
		IFN gamma
Secondary Th1 rest	4.6	HUVEC TNF alpha +	1.1
		IL4
Secondary Th2 rest	7.3	HUVEC IL-11	4.5
Secondary Tr1 rest	7.7	Lung Microvascular	9.8
		EC none
Primary Th1 act	8.5	Lung Microvascular	4.3
		EC TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
Primary Th2 act	19.1	Microvasucular	3.7
		Dermal EC none
Primary Tr1 act	6.4	Microsvasular	1.5
		Dermal EC
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
Primary Th1 rest	7.9	Bronchial epithelium	9.4
		TNFalpha + IL1beta
Primary Th2 rest	7.0	Small airway	1.2
		epithelium none
Primary Tr1 rest	10.8	Small airway	6.8
		epithelium
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD45RA CD4	9.6	Coronery artery SMC	4.5
lymphocyte act		rest
CD45RO CD4	14.7	Coronery artery SMC	1.3
lymphocyte act		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD8 lymphocyte act	14.4	Astrocytes rest	3.2
Secondary CD8	8.9	Astrocytes INFalpha +	5.1
lymphocyte rest		IL-1beta
Secondary CD8	4.2	KU-812 (Basophil)	15.3
lymphocyte act		rest
CD4 lymphocyte	7.8	KU-812 (Basophil)	11.6
none		PMA/ionomycin
2ry Th1/Th2/	13.6	CCD1106 (Keratino-	0.5
Tr1_anti-CD95		cytes) none
CH11
LAK cells rest	10.8	CCD1106 (Keratino-	4.1
		cytes) TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
LAK cells IL-2	13.2	Liver cirrhosis	3.7
LAK cells IL-2 +	6.7	NCI-H292 none	4.7
IL-12
LAK cells IL-2 +	7.9	NCI-H292 IL-4	9.7
IFN gamma
LAK cells IL-2 +	19.5	NCI-H292 IL-9	3.1
IL-18
LAK cells	8.4	NCI-H292 IL-13	4.8
PMA/ionomycin
NK Cells IL-2 rest	21.0	NCI-H292 IFN gamma	4.9
Two Way MLR 3	17.4	HPAEC none	2.2
day
Two Way MLR 5	8.8	HPAEC TNF alpha +	7.2
day		IL-1 beta
Two Way MLR 7	9.7	Lung fibroblast none	3.7
day
PBMC rest	2.4	Lung fibroblast TNF	2.0
		alpha + IL-1 beta
PBMC PWM	7.1	Lung fibroblast IL-4	0.6
PBMC PHA-L	7.5	Lung fibroblast IL-9	2.4
Ramos (B cell) none	2.2	Lung fibroblast IL-13	1.5
Ramos (B cell)	1.2	Lung fibroblast IFN	7.3
ionomycin		gamma
B lymphocytes	7.4	Dermal fibroblast	8.4
PWM		CCD1070 rest
B lymphocytes	20.2	Dermal fibroblast	20.3
CD40L and IL-4		CCD1070 TNF alpha
EOL-1 dbcAMP	10.9	Dermal fibroblast	2.7
		CCD1070 IL-1 beta
EOL-1 dbcAMP	16.4	Dermal fibroblast IFN	0.7
PMA/ionomycin		gamma
Dendritic cells none	12.8	Dermal fibroblast IL-4	7.2
Dendritic cells LPS	7.3	Dermal Fibroblasts	1.3
		rest
Dendritic cells anti-	3.8	Neutrophils TNFa +	0.8
CD40		LPS
Monocytes rest	12.6	Neutrophils rest	12.6
Monocytes LPS	10.6	Colon	1.7
Macrophages rest	11.0	Lung	9.3
Macrophages LPS	2.0	Thymus	33.7
HUVEC none	1.6	Kidney	100.0
HUVEC starved	4.7

[0543] General_screening_panel_v1.4 Summary: Ag3930 Highest expression of the CG94620-01 gene is seen in an ovarian cancer cell line (CT=30.8), with prominent levels of expression also seen in a brain cancer cell lines when compared to expression in the normal tissue. Thus, expression of this gene could be used as a marker for these types of cancer. Furthermore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be useful in the treatment of brain and ovarian cancers.

[0544] Among tissues with metabolic function, this gene is expressed at low but significant levels in pituitary, adipose, adrenal gland, pancreas, fetal skeletal muscle and adult and fetal heart. This expression among these tissues suggests that this gene product may play a role in normal neuroendocrine and metabolic function and that disregulated expression of this gene may contribute to neuroendocrine disorders or metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes.

[0545] This gene is also expressed at low levels in the CNS, including the hippocampus, thalamus, substantia nigra, amygdala, cerebellum and cerebral cortex. Therefore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be useful in the treatment of neurologic disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, stroke and epilepsy.

[0546] Panel 4.1D Summary: Ag3930 Highest expression of the CG94620-01 gene is seen in the kidney (CT=30.7), with low but significant levels of expression seen in many of the samples on this panel. The higher levels of expression of this gene suggest that expression of this gene could be used to differentiate this sample from other samples on this panel and as a marker of kidney tissue. Furthermore, antibody or small molecule therapies designed with the protein encoded by this gene could modulate kidney function and be important in the treatment of inflammatory or autoimmune diseases that affect the kidney, including lupus and glomerulonephritis.

B. NOV6a (CG94882-01): Rho GAP

[0547] Expression of gene CG94882-01 was assessed using the primer-probe set Ag3958, described in Table BA. Results of the RTQ-PCR runs are shown in Tables BB, BC and BD.

TABLE BA
Probe Name Ag3958
			Start	SEQ ID
Primers	Sequences	Length	Postion	No
Forward	5′-cttcttcctcttcgacaacctt-3′	22	531	88
Probe	TET-5′-ctcgtctactgcaagcggaaatccag-3′-TAMRA	26	553	89
Reverse	5′-gtcctcttggtggacttcttg-3′	21	591	90

[0548]

TABLE BB
CNS_neurodegeneration_v1.0
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag3958,		(%) Ag3958,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	249265943	Tissue Name	249265943
AD 1 Hippo	35.8	Control (Path) 3	11.5
		Temporal Ctx
AD 2 Hippo	37.6	Control (Path) 4	25.5
		Temporal Ctx
AD 3 Hippo	21.8	AD 1 Occipital Ctx	32.3
AD 4 Hippo	21.2	AD 2 Occipital Ctx	0.0
		(Missing)
AD 5 hippo	55.5	AD 3 Occipital Ctx	24.0
AD 6 Hippo	99.3	AD 4 Occipital Ctx	37.9
Control 2 Hippo	37.1	AD 5 Occipital Ctx	38.7
Control 4 Hippo	34.6	AD 6 Occipital Ctx	36.9
Control (Path) 3	15.2	Control 1 Occipital	11.2
Hippo		Ctx
AD 1 Temporal Ctx	49.0	Control 2 Occipital	46.7
		Ctx
AD 2 Temporal Ctx	35.8	Control 3 Occipital	23.0
		Ctx
AD 3 Temporal Ctx	25.0	Control 4 Occipital	23.0
		Ctx
AD 4 Temporal Ctx	40.1	Control (Path) 1	71.2
		Occipital Ctx
AD 5 Inf Temporal	90.8	Control (Path) 2	13.4
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 5 SupTemporal	45.1	Control (Path) 3	15.4
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 6 Inf Temporal	100.0	Control (Path) 4	16.6
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 6 Sup Temporal	84.7	Control 1 Parietal	22.5
Ctx		Ctx
Control 1 Temporal	15.2	Control 2 Parietal	61.6
Ctx		Ctx
Control 2 Temporal	43.2	Control 3 Parietal	21.5
Ctx		Ctx
Control 3 Temporal	21.5	Control (Path) 1	64.2
Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control 4 Temporal	22.2	Control (Path) 2	27.5
Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control (Path) 1	39.0	Control (Path) 3	10.9
Temporal Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control (Path) 2	37.9	Control (Path) 4	31.2
Temporal Ctx		Parietal Ctx

[0549]

TABLE BC
General_screening_panel_v1.4
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag3958,		(%) Ag3958,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	219922886	Tissue Name	219922886
Adipose	9.2	Renal ca.TK-10	0.6
Melanoma*	2.1	Bladder	12.5
Hs688(A).T
Melanoma*	1.2	Gastric ca. (liver met.)	0.0
Hs688(B).T		NCI-N87
Melanoma* M14	6.5	Gastric ca. KATO III	0.1
Melanoma*	7.6	Colon ca. SW-948	0.0
LOXIMVI
Melanoma* SK-	11.5	Colon ca. SW480	3.2
MEL-5
Squamous cell	0.8	Colon ca.* (SW480	3.8
carcinoma SCC-4		met) SW620
Testis Pool	3.7	Colon ca. HT29	0.0
Prostate ca.* (bone	10.7	Colon ca. HCT-116	3.8
met) PC-3
Prostate Pool	2.5	Colon ca. CaCo-2	1.4
Placenta	6.0	Colon cancer tissue	8.0
Uterus Pool	1.3	Colon ca. SW1116	0.0
Ovarian ca.	3.8	Colon ca. Colo-205	0.0
OVCAR-3
Ovarian ca. SK-	18.6	Colon ca. SW-48	0.0
OV-3
Ovarian ca.	5.6	Colon Pool	5.2
OVCAR-4
Ovarian ca.	30.8	Small Intestine Pool	2.8
OVCAR-5
Ovarian ca.	2.5	Stomach Pool	3.6
IGROV-1
Ovarian ca.	2.4	Bone Marrow Pool	2.0
OVCAR-8
Ovary	2.3	Fetal Heart	6.3
Breast ca. MCF-7	84.1	Heart Pool	2.0
Breast ca. MDA-	0.0	Lymph Node Pool	4.0
MB-231
Breast ca. BT 549	0.0	Fetal Skeletal Muscle	3.5
Breast ca. T47D	100.0	Skeletal Muscle Pool	3.6
Breast ca. MDA-N	8.7	Spleen Pool	20.6
Breast Pool	4.6	Thymus Pool	8.5
Trachea	6.5	CNS cancer (glio/	69.7
		astro) U87-MG
Lung	0.5	CNS cancer (glio/	22.8
		astro) U-118-MG
Fetal Lung	31.6	CNS cancer	2.3
		(neuro;met) SK-N-AS
Lung ca. NCI-N417	6.4	CNS cancer (astro)	1.3
		SF-539
Lung ca. LX-1	1.5	CNS cancer (astro)	4.4
		SNB-75
Lung ca. NCI-H146	14.6	CNS cancer (glio)	2.5
		SNB-19
Lung ca. SHP-77	3.8	CNS cancer (glio) SF-	5.7
		295
Lung ca. A549	6.8	Brain (Amygdala)	18.9
		Pool
Lung ca. NCI-H526	7.4	Brain (cerebellum)	43.8
Lung ca. NCI-H23	2.1	Brain (fetal)	17.6
Lung ca. NCI-	0.1	Brain (Hippocampus)	21.9
H460		Pool
Lung ca. HOP-62	0.0	Cerebral Cortex Pool	25.7
Lung ca. NCI-H522	1.9	Brain (Substantia	19.1
		nigra) Pool
Liver	1.7	Brain (Thalamus) Pool	29.9
Fetal Liver	9.5	Brain (whole)	25.5
Liver ca. HepG2	0.0	Spinal Cord Pool	30.1
Kidney Pool	5.6	Adrenal Gland	11.3
Fetal Kidney	4.2	Pituitary gland Pool	2.7
Renal ca. 786-0	0.0	Salivary Gland	1.8
Renal ca. A498	2.0	Thyroid (female)	2.6
Renal ca. ACHN	6.4	Pancreatic ca.	0.1
		CAPAN2
Renal ca. UO-31	2.6	Pancreas Pool	5.3

[0550]

TABLE BD
general oncology screening panel_v_2.4
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag3958,		(%) Ag3958,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	268143866	Tissue Name	268143866
Colon cancer 1	17.2	Bladder cancer NAT 2	0.5
Colon NAT 1	18.0	Bladder cancer NAT 3	0.7
Colon cancer 2	12.3	Bladder cancer NAT 4	1.3
Colon cancer	5.3	Adenocarcinoma of the	29.9
NAT 2		prostate 1
Colon cancer 3	15.5	Adenocarcinoma of the	4.3
		prostate 2
Colon cancer	6.8	Adenocarcinoma of the	6.6
NAT 3		prostate 3
Colon malignant	34.2	Adenocarcinoma of the	10.0
cancer 4		prostate 4
Colon normal	3.5	Prostate cancer NAT 5	5.8
adjacent tissue 4
Lung cancer 1	33.0	Adenocarcinoma of the	1.8
		prostate 6
Lung NAT 1	7.3	Adenocarcinoma of the	3.4
		prostate 7
Lung cancer 2	67.4	Adenocarcinoma of the	1.0
		prostate 8
Lung NAT 2	14.0	Adenocarcinoma of the	14.6
		prostate 9
Squamous cell	31.6	Prostate cancer NAT 10	0.8
carcinoma 3
Lung NAT 3	6.3	Kidney cancer 1	72.7
metastatic	6.0	KidneyNAT 1	25.0
melanoma 1
Melanoma 2	2.4	Kidney cancer 2	100.0
Melanoma 3	2.7	Kidney NAT 2	15.9
metastatic	20.0	Kidney cancer 3	32.3
melanoma 4
metastatic	33.0	Kidney NAT 3	7.2
melanoma 5
Bladder cancer 1	1.8	Kidney cancer 4	27.5
Bladder cancer	0.0	Kidney NAT 4	7.2
NAT 1
Bladder cancer 2	5.4

[0551] CNS_neurodegeneration_v1.0 Summary: Ag3958 This panel confirms the expression of the CG94882-01 gene in the brain in an independent group of individuals. This gene is found to be upregulated in the temporal cortex of Alzheimer's disease patients. Therefore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene or gene product may decrease neuronal death and be of use in the treatment of this disease.

[0552] General_screening_panel_v1.4 Summary: Ag3958 Highest expression of the CG94882-01 gene is seen in a breast cancer cell line (CT=24.6). Significant levels of expression are also seen in a second breast cancer cell line. Thus, expression of this gene could be used to differentiate between these samples and other samples on this panel and as a marker for breast cancer. Furthermore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be useful in the treatment of breast cancer.

[0553] Among tissues with metabolic function, this gene is expressed at high to moderate levels in pituitary, adipose, adrenal gland, pancreas, thyroid, and adult and fetal skeletal muscle, heart, and liver. This widespread expression among these tissues suggests that this gene product may play a role in normal neuroendocrine and metabolic function and that disregulated expression of this gene may contribute to neuroendocrine disorders or metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes.

[0554] This gene is also expressed at high levels in the CNS, including the hippocampus, thalamus, substantia nigra, amygdala, cerebellum and cerebral cortex. Therefore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be useful in the treatment of neurologic disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, stroke and epilepsy.

[0555] general oncology screening panel_v—2.4 Summary: Ag3958 Highest expression of the CG94882-01 gene is seen in kidney cancer (CT=26.5). Significant levels of expression are also seen in kidney cancer, lung cancer and prostate cancer when compared to expression in corresponding normal adjacent tissue. Thus, expression of this gene could be used as a marker of these cancers. Furthermore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene could be effective in the treatment of lung, kidney and prostate cancers.

C. NOV7a (CG94915-01): DELTEX3

[0556] Expression of gene CG94915-01 was assessed using the primer-probe sets Ag1983 and Ag3962, described in Tables CA and CB. Results of the RTQ-PCR runs are shown in Tables CC, CD, CE, CF, CG, CH and CI.

TABLE CA
Probe Name Ag1983
			Start	SEQ
Primers	Sequences	Length	Position	ID No
Forward	5′-cagcttccaaagagtaaaagca-3′	22	4493	91
Probe	TET-5′-tctgcaatctcccacaccatgaact-3′-TAMRA	26	4454	92
Reverse	5′-gagattgcactgtgtgtgacat-3′	22	4429	92

[0557]

TABLE CB
Probe Name Ag3962
			Start	SEQ ID
Primers	Sequences	Length	Position	No
Forward	5′-caggaaagagataccctggaat-3′	22	818	94
Probe	TET-5′-cagcgaactgcatacttgcctgataa-3′-TAMRA	26	841	95
Reverse	5′-cagtttcaaaaccttccttcct-3′	22	873	96

[0558]

TABLE CC
CNS_neurodegeneration_v1.0
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag3962,		(%) Ag3962,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	212343354	Tissue Name	212343354
AD 1 Hippo	23.8	Control (Path) 3	14.5
		Temporal Ctx
AD 2 Hippo	30.1	Control (Path) 4	29.3
		Temporal Ctx
AD 3 Hippo	13.1	AD 1 Occipital Ctx	15.6
AD 4 Hippo	10.0	AD 2 Occipital Ctx	0.0
		(Missing)
AD 5 hippo	52.1	AD 3 Occipital Ctx	14.6
AD 6 Hippo	100.0	AD 4 Occipital Ctx	12.9
Control 2 Hippo	25.5	AD 5 Occipital Ctx	29.3
Control 4 Hippo	25.2	AD 6 Occipital Ctx	22.1
Control (Path) 3	19.3	Control 1 Occipital	21.2
Hippo		Ctx
AD 1 Temporal Ctx	26.1	Control 2 Occipital	28.1
		Ctx
AD 2 Temporal Ctx	24.5	Control 3 Occipital	15.7
		Ctx
AD 3 Temporal Ctx	8.1	Control 4 Occipital	15.5
		Ctx
AD 4 Temporal Ctx	17.9	Control (Path) 1	39.5
		Occipital Ctx
AD 5 Inf Temporal	54.7	Control (Path) 2	7.6
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 5 SupTemporal	90.8	Control (Path) 3	14.0
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 6 Inf Temporal	97.9	Control (Path) 4	26.6
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 6 Sup Temporal	96.6	Control 1 Parietal	20.0
Ctx		Ctx
Control 1 Temporal	13.7	Control 2 Parietal	55.9
Ctx		Ctx
Control 2 Temporal	26.6	Control 3 Parietal	9.7
Ctx		Ctx
Control 3 Temporal	14.2	Control (Path) 1	29.5
Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control 4 Temporal	11.0	Control (Path) 2	27.2
Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control (Path) 1	33.9	Control (Path) 3	17.1
Temporal Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control (Path) 2	35.8	Control (Path) 4	31.0
Temporal Ctx		Parietal Ctx

[0559]

TABLE CD
General_screening_panel_v1.4
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag3962,		(%) Ag3962,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	217333830	Tissue Name	217333830
Adipose	6.0	Renal ca. TK-10	11.3
Melanoma*	5.4	Bladder	26.8
Hs688(A).T
Melanoma*	3.8	Gastric ca. (liver met.)	100.0
Hs688(B).T		NCI-N87
Melanoma* M14	15.1	Gastric ca. KATO III	36.3
Melanoma*	3.6	Colon ca. SW-948	2.8
LOXIMVI
Melanoma* SK-	11.8	Colon ca. SW480	9.9
MEL-5
Squamous cell	13.4	Colon ca.* (SW480	5.4
carcinoma SCC-4		met) SW620
Testis Pool	1.4	Colon ca. HT29	6.5
Prostate ca.* (bone	7.1	Colon ca. HCT-116	3.8
met) PC-3
Prostate Pool	3.0	Colon ca. CaCo-2	5.0
Placenta	1.6	Colon cancer tissue	9.2
Uterus Pool	1.7	Colon ca. SW1116	1.1
Ovarian ca.	37.4	Colon ca Colo-205	5.6
OVCAR-3
Ovarian ca. SK-	12.0	Colon ca. SW-48	7.1
OV-3
Ovarian ca.	8.4	Colon Pool	5.6
OVCAR-4
Ovarian ca.	15.1	Small Intestine Pool	7.2
OVCAR-5
Ovarian ca.	6.2	Stomach Pool	4.3
IGROV-1
Ovarian ca.	6.5	Bone Marrow Pool	3.6
OVCAR-8
Ovary	6.4	Fetal Heart	1.7
Breast ca. MCF-7	6.0	Heart Pool	2.8
Breast ca. MDA-	9.3	Lymph Node Pool	6.3
MB-231
Breast ca. BT 549	54.0	Fetal Skeletal Muscle	2.1
Breast ca. T47D	24.8	Skeletal Muscle Pool	5.5
Breast ca. MDA-N	22.7	Spleen Pool	10.2
Breast Pool	5.9	Thymus Pool	6.4
Trachea	6.4	CNS cancer (glio/	7.2
		astro) U87-MG
Lung	2.9	CNS cancer (glio/	18.3
		astro) U-118-MG
Fetal Lung	12.7	CNS cancer	11.7
		(neuro;met) SK-N-AS
Lung ca. NCI-N417	0.0	CNS cancer (astro)	12.2
		SF-539
Lung ca. LX-1	6.5	CNS cancer (astro)	24.1
		SNB-75
Lung ca. NCI-H146	1.2	CNS cancer (glio)	5.0
		SNB-19
Lung ca. SHP-77	3.4	CNS cancer (glio) SF-	21.6
		295
Lung ca. A549	4.7	Brain (Amygdala)	0.8
		Pool
Lung ca. NCI-H526	1.3	Brain (cerebellum)	0.7
Lung ca. NCI-H23	5.3	Brain (fetal)	0.7
Lung ca. NCI-H460	3.1	Brain (Hippocampus)	1.1
		Pool
Lung ca. HOP-62	5.0	Cerebral Cortex Pool	0.7
Lung ca. NCI-H522	0.6	Brain (Substantia	0.6
		nigra) Pool
Liver	1.3	Brain (Thalamus) Pool	1.2
Fetal Liver	11.7	Brain (whole)	1.5
Liver ca. HepG2	1.8	Spinal Cord Pool	1.7
Kidney Pool	10.8	Adrenal Gland	3.6
Fetal Kidney	3.3	Pituitary gland Pool	0.8
Renal ca. 786-0	13.5	Salivary Gland	1.4
Renal ca. A498	4.8	Thyroid (female)	3.0
Renal ca. ACHN	6.0	Pancreatic ca.	13.0
		CAPAN2
Renal ca. UO-31	14.0	Pancreas Pool	8.9

[0560]

TABLE CE
Panel 1.3D
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag1983,		(%) Ag1983,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	147734681	Tissue Name	147734681
Liver	5.4	Kidney (fetal)	3.8
adenocarcinoma
Pancreas	2.1	Renal ca. 786-0	2.8
Pancreatic ca.	0.8	Renal ca. A498	16.4
CAPAN 2
Adrenal gland	5.5	Renal ca. RXF 393	2.0
Thyroid	5.8	Renal ca. ACHN	2.1
Salivary gland	4.9	Renal ca. UO-31	2.6
Pituitary gland	5.1	Renal ca. TK-10	2.4
Brain (fetal)	0.3	Liver	10.4
Brain (whole)	0.9	Liver (fetal)	12.9
Brain (amygdala)	2.3	Liver ca.	2.1
		(hepatoblast) HepG2
Brain (cerebellum)	0.2	Lung	12.2
Brain	3.0	Lung (fetal)	15.5
(hippocampus)
Brain (substantia	3.6	Lung ca. (small cell)	1.2
nigra)		LX-7
Brain (thalamus)	2.6	Lung ca. (small cell)	0.7
		NCI-H69
Cerebral Cortex	0.9	Lung ca. (s.cell var.)	1.7
		SHP-77
Spinal cord	4.1	Lung ca. (large	1.2
		cell)NCI-H460
glio/astro U87-MG	3.7	Lung ca. (non-sm.	1.2
		cell) A549
glio/astro	9.8	Lung ca. (non-s.cell)	0.0
U-118-MG		NCI-H23
astrocytoma	0.6	Lung ca. (non-s.cell)	2.4
SW1783		HOP-62
neuro*; met	10.0	Lung ca. (non-s.cl)	0.2
SK-N-AS		NCI-H522
astrocytoma SF-539	13.8	Lung ca. (squam.)	2.3
		SW 900
astrocytoma	21.2	Lung ca. (squam.)	0.0
SNB-75		NCI-H596
glioma SNB-19	4.5	Mammary gland	0.1
glioma U251	3.4	Breast ca.* (pl.ef)	1.2
		MCF-7
glioma SF-295	5.3	Breast ca.* (pl.ef)	11.5
		MDA-MB-231
Heart (fetal)	1.9	Breast ca.* (pl.ef)	6.3
		T47D
Heart	2.0	Breast ca. BT-549	16.7
Skeletal muscle	3.8	Breast ca. MDA-N	16.2
(fetal)
Skeletal muscle	1.4	Ovary	0.6
Bone marrow	8.5	Ovarian ca.	18.6
		OVCAR-3
Thymus	5.6	Ovarian ca.	0.5
		OVCAR-4
Spleen	19.5	Ovarian ca.	5.0
		OVCAR-5
Lymph node	12.9	Ovarian ca.	2.8
		OVCAR-8
Colorectal	1.2	Ovarian ca. IGROV-	0.9
		1
Stomach	15.6	Ovarian ca.*	2.9
		(ascites) SK-OV-3
Small intestine	14.5	Uterus	6.8
Colon ca. SW480	4.0	Placenta	15.1
Colon ca.*	1.1	Prostate	9.6
SW620(SW480
met)
Colon ca. HT29	2.7	Prostate ca.* (bone	1.3
		met)PC-3
Colon ca. HCT-116	0.9	Testis	1.5
Colon ca. CaCo-2	4.5	Melanoma	3.3
		Hs688(A).T
Colon ca.	11.2	Melanoma* (met)	8.2
tissue (ODO3866)		Hs688(B).T
Colon ca. HCC-	19.9	Melanoma UACC-	0.3
2998		62
Gastric ca.* (liver	100.0	Melanoma M14	1.7
met) NCI-N87
Bladder	3.8	Melanoma LOX	0.2
		IMVI
Trachea	17.8	Melanoma* (met)	0.0
		SK-MEL-5
Kidney	1.9	Adipose	3.5

[0561]

TABLE CF
Panel 2D
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag1983,		(%) Ag1983,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	147734710	Tissue Name	1147734710
Normal Colon	25.7	Kidney Margin	1.7
		8120608
CC Well to Mod Diff	9.4	Kidney Cancer	3.8
(ODO3866)		8120613
CC Margin	11.3	Kidney Margin	1.1
(ODO3866)		8120614
CC Gr.2 rectosigmoid	4.1	Kidney Cancer	9.8
(ODO3868)		9010320
CC Margin	4.0	Kidney Margin	5.4
(ODO3868)		9010321
CC Mod Duff	14.6	Normal Uterus	4.3
(ODO3920)
CC Margin	11.3	Uterus Cancer	14.4
(ODO3920)		064011
CC Gr.2 ascend colon	28.3	Normal Thyroid	7.4
(ODO3921)
CC Margin	8.7	Thyroid Cancer	19.2
(ODO3921)		064010
CC from Partial	32.8	Thyroid Cancer	12.8
Hepatectomy		A302152
(ODO4309) Mets
Liver Margin	27.0	Thyroid Margin	20.0
(ODO4309)		A302153
Colon mets to lung	9.0	Normal Breast	15.0
(OD04451-01)
Lung Margin	14.8	Breast Cancer	36.1
(OD04451-02)		(OD04566)
Normal Prostate	16.8	Breast Cancer	25.0
6546-1		(OD04590-01)
Prostate Cancer	21.8	Breast Cancer Mets	26.4
(OD04410)		(OD04590-03)
Prostate Margin	26.8	Breast Cancer	40.9
(OD04410)		Metastasis
		(OD04655-05)
Prostate Cancer	16.3	Breast Cancer	27.0
(OD04720-01)		064006
Prostate Margin	34.4	Breast Cancer 1024	19.8
(OD04720-02)
Normal Lung 061010	30.8	Breast Cancer	22.2
		9100266
Lung Met to Muscle	18.9	Breast Margin	4.9
(ODO4286)		9100265
Muscle Margin	10.5	Breast Cancer	18.8
(ODO4286)		A209073
Lung Malignant	20.2	Breast Margin	10.8
Cancer (OD03126)		A209073
Lung Margin	43.2	Normal Liver	13.9~
(OD03126)
Lung Cancer	43.2	Liver Cancer	7.2
(OD04404)		064003
Lung Margin	18.7	Liver Cancer 1025	7.5
(OD04404)
Lung Cancer	18.0	Liver Cancer 1026	4.4
(OD04565)
Lung Margin	15.1	Liver Cancer	7.5
(OD04565)		6004-T
Lung Cancer	59.9	Liver Tissue	4.8
(OD04237-01)		6004-N
Lung Margin	29.1	Liver Cancer	4.3
(OD04237-02)		6005-T
Ocular Mel Met to	3.3	Liver Tissue 6005-N	1.4
Liver (ODO4310)
Liver Margin	13.6	Normal Bladder	68.8
(ODO4310)
Melanoma Mets to	24.0	Bladder Cancer	1.8
Lung (OD04321)		1023
Lung Margin	32.1	Bladder Cancer	4.1
(OD04321)		A302173
Normal Kidney	11.4	Bladder Cancer	100.0
		(OD04718-01)
Kidney Ca, Nuclear	48.0	Bladder Normal	20.9
grade 2 (OD04338)		Adjacent
		(OD04718-03)
Kidney Margin	15.6	Normal Ovary	2.6
(OD04338)
Kidney Ca Nuclear	10.1	Ovarian Cancer	32.5
grade 1/2 (OD04339)		064008
Kidney Margin	13.3	Ovarian Cancer	80.1
(OD04339)		(OD04768-07)
Kidney Ca, Clear cell	52.1	Ovary Margin	6.0
type (OD04340)		(OD04768-08)
Kidney Margin	14.1	Normal Stomach	4.5
(OD04340)
Kidney Ca, Nuclear	18.6	Gastric Cancer	0.8
grade 3 (OD04348)		9060358
Kidney Margin	51.4	Stomach Margin	9.3
(OD04348)		9060359
Kidney Cancer	15.8	Gastric Cancer	15.4
(OD04622-01)		9060395
Kidney Margin	2.0	Stomach Margin	9.7
(OD04622-03)		9060394
Kidney Cancer	26.1	Gastric Cancer	23.8
(OD04450-01)		9060397
Kidney Margin	7.7	Stomach Margin	4.0
(OD04450-03)		9060396
Kidney Cancer	3.6	Gastric Cancer	31.6
8120607		064005

[0562]

TABLE CG
Panel 4.1D
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag3962,		(%) Ag3962,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	170739798	Tissue Name	170739798
Secondary Th1 act	26.1	HUVEC IL-1beta	12.2
Secondary Th2 act	100.0	HUVEC IFN gamma	68.3
Secondary Tr1 act	27.7	HUVEC TNF alpha +	50.3
		IFN gamma
Secondary Th1 rest	19.3	HUVEC TNF alpha +	22.4
		IL4
Secondary Th2 rest	22.1	HUVEC IL-11	5.4
Secondary Tr1 rest	41.5	Lung Microvascular	11.8
		EC none
Primary Th1 act	24.8	Lung Microvascular	32.5
		EC TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
Primary Th2 act	24.7	Microvascular Dermal	11.8
		EC none
Primary Tr1 act	20.4	Microsvasular Dermal	16.8
		EC TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
Primary Th1 rest	16.2	Bronchial epithelium	11.8
		TNFalpha + IL1beta
Primary Th2 rest	6.1	Small airway	4.4
		epithelium none
Primary Tr1 rest	14.8	Small airway	11.7
		epithelium
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD45RA CD4	39.0	Coronery artery SMC	3.0
lymphocyte act		rest
CD45RO CD4	52.5	Coronery artery SMC	5.8
lymphocyte act		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD8 lymphocyte act	19.3	Astrocytes rest	2.3
Secondary CD8	36.1	Astrocytes	8.3
lymphocyte rest		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
Secondary CD8	9.7	KU-812 (Basophil)	8.9
lymphocyte act		rest
CD4 lymphocyte	11.1	KU-812 (Basophil)	27.0
none		PMA/ionomycin
2ry Th1/Th2/	17.7	CCD1106 (Keratino-	13.3
Tr1_anti-CD95		cytes) none
CH11
LAK cells rest	43.2	CCD1106 (Keratino-	53.6
		cytes) TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
LAK cells IL-2	47.3	Liver cirrhosis	4.5
LAK cells IL-2 +	42.0	NCI-H292 none	12.9
IL-12
LAK cells IL-2 +	29.9	NCI-H292 IL-4	25.0
IFN gamma
LAK cells IL-2 +	37.6	NCI-H292 IL-9	26.4
IL-18
LAK cells	51.1	NCI-H292 IL-13	25.5
PMA/ionomycin
NK Cells IL-2 rest	59.9	NCI-H292 IFN	69.3
		gamma
Two Way MLR 3	78.5	HPAEC none	9.5
day
Two Way MLR 5	37.1	HPAEC TNF alpha +	37.9
day		IL-1 beta
Two Way MLR 7	16.3	Lung fibroblast none	14.3
day
PBMC rest	12.2	Lung fibroblast TNF	23.0
		alpha + IL-1 beta
PBMC PWM	32.3	Lung fibroblast IL-4	11.4
PBMC PHA-L	14.7	Lung fibroblast IL-9	11.9
Ramos (B cell) none	1.5	Lung fibroblast IL-13	13.8
Ramos (B cell)	1.7	Lung fibroblast IFN	84.1
ionomycin		gamma
B lymphocytes	23.3	Dermal fibroblast	11.6
PWM		CCD1070 rest
B lymphocytes	31.2	Dermal fibroblast	25.7
CD40L and IL-4		CCD1070 TNF alpha
EOL-1 dbcAMP	13.4	Dermal fibroblast	8.7
		CCD1070 IL-1 beta
EOL-1 dbcAMP	6.8	Dermal fibroblast IFN	49.3
PMA/ionomycin		gamma
Dendritic cells none	18.0	Dermal fibroblast IL-4	29.3
Dendritic cells LPS	34.4	Dermal Fibroblasts	11.7
		rest
Dendritic cells anti-	14.1	Neutrophils TNFa +	4.9
CD40		LPS
Monocytes rest	26.1	Neutrophils rest	18.6
Monocytes LPS	79.0	Colon	3.8
Macrophages rest	21.3	Lung	10.9
Macrophages LPS	40.3	Thymus	13.9
HUVEC none	3.9	Kidney	6.8
HUVEC starved	5.4

[0563]

TABLE CH
Panel 4D
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag1983,		(%) Ag1983,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	162350741	Tissue Name	1162350741
Secondary Th1 act	23.7	HUVEC IL-1beta	1.7
Secondary Th2 act	78.5	HUVEC IFN gamma	76.3
Secondary Tr1 act	37.6	HUVEC TNF alpha +	56.6
		IFN gamma
Secondary Th1 rest	25.9	HUVEC TNF alpha +	20.4
		IL4
Secondary Th2 rest	20.7	HUVEC IL-11	4.9
Secondary Tr1 rest	20.9	Lung Microvascular	7.9
		EC none
Primary Th1 act	13.7	Lung Microvascular	28.7
		EC TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
Primary Th2 act	15.1	Microvascular Dermal	10.3
		EC none
Primary Tr1 act	16.2	Microsvasular Dermal	27.9
		EC TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
Primary Th1 rest	60.3	Bronchial epithelium	20.7
		TNFalpha + IL1beta
Primary Th2 rest	19.6	Small airway	2.9
		epithelium none
Primary Tr1 rest	20.0	Small airway	13.6
		epithelium
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD45RA CD4	22.5	Coronery artery SMC	1.9
lymphocyte act		rest
CD45RO CD4	18.0	Coronery artery SMC	2.3
lymphocyte act		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD8 lymphocyte act	15.0	Astrocytes rest	1.8
Secondary CD8	19.9	Astrocytes	6.9
lymphocyte rest		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
Secondary CD8	9.2	KU-812 (Basophil)	7.9
lymphocyte act		rest
CD4 lymphocyte	6.0	KU-812 (Basophil)	18.7
none		PMA/ionomycin
2ry Th1/Th2/	10.7	CCD1106 (Keratino-	10.2
Tr1_anti-CD95		cytes) none
CH11
LAK cells rest	35.1	CCD1106 (Keratino-	60.7
		cytes) TNFalpha
		+ IL-1beta
LAK cells IL-2	37.9	Liver cirrhosis	4.9
LAK cells IL-2 +	41.8	Lupus kidney	2.4
IL-12
LAK cells IL-2 +	63.3	NCI-H292 none	16.2
IFN gamma
LAK cells IL-2 +	46.3	NCI-H292 IL-4	28.5
IL-18
LAK cells	35.1	NCI-H292 IL-9	23.2
PMA/ionomycin
NK Cells IL-2 rest	36.3	NCI-H292 IL-13	26.6
Two Way MLR 3	84.7	NCI-H292 IFN gamma	100.0
day
Two Way MLR 5	37.4	HPAEC none	8.2
day
Two Way MLR 7	17.3	HPAEC TNF alpha +	24.1
day		IL-1 beta
PBMC rest	9.9	Lung fibroblast none	9.6
PBMC PWM	61.1	Lung fibroblast TNF	20.0
		alpha + IL-1 beta
PBMC PHA-L	19.9	Lung fibroblast IL-4	17.0
Ramos (B cell) none	1.0	Lung fibroblast IL-9	13.2
Ramos (B cell)	1.4	Lung fibroblast IL-13	17.1
ionomycin
B lymphocytes	78.5	Lung fibroblast IFN	95.3
PWM		gamma
B lymphocytes	73.7	Dermal fibroblast	6.4
CD40L and IL-4		CCD1070 rest
EOL-1 dbcAMP	9.7	Dermal fibroblast	31.6
		CCD1070 TNF alpha
EOL-1 dbcAMP	6.2	Dermal fibroblast	11.3
PMA/ionomycin		CCD107O IL-1 beta
Dendritic cells	18.2	Dermal fibroblast IFN	70.2
none		gamma
Dendritic cells LPS	43.5	Dermal fibroblast IL-4	18.4
Dendritic cells anti-	9.8	IBD Colitis 2	3.3
CD40
Monocytes rest	20.9	IBD Crohn's	2.3
Monocytes LPS	40.3	Colon	17.9
Macrophages rest	18.6	Lung	15.5
Macrophages LPS	33.9	Thymus	7.4
HUVEC none	7.2	Kidney	17.3
HUVEC starved	4.9

[0564]

TABLE CI
general oncology screening panel_v_2.4
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag3962,		(%) Ag3962,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	268143875	Tissue Name	268143875
Colon cancer 1	18.2	Bladder cancer NAT 2	1.1
Colon NAT 1	10.7	Bladder cancer NAT 3	1.8
Colon cancer 2	42.3	Bladder cancer NAT 4	1.7
Colon cancer	11.0	Adenocarcinoma of the	41.2
NAT 2		prostate 1
Colon cancer 3	50.0	Adenocarcinoma of the	3.3
		prostate 2
Colon cancer	15.6	Adenocarcinoma of the	6.9
NAT 3		prostate 3
Colon malignant	44.1	Adenocarcinoma of the	14.4
cancer 4		prostate 4
Colon normal	8.5	Prostate cancer NAT 5	4.3
adjacent tissue 4
Lung cancer 1	12.6	Adenocarcinoma of the	7.6
		prostate 6
Lung NAT 1	2.1	Adenocarcinoma of the	6.5
		prostate 7
Lung cancer 2	29.9	Adenocarcinoma of the	2.0
		prostate 8
Lung NAT 2	3.3	Adenocarcinoma of the	29.5
		prostate 9
Squamous cell	30.6	Prostate cancer NAT 10	1.6
carcinoma 3
Lung NAT 3	2.3	Kidney cancer 1	17.6
metastatic	15.3	KidneyNAT 1	5.4
melanoma 1
Melanoma 2	2.9	Kidney cancer 2	100.0
Melanoma 3	4.0	Kidney NAT 2	6.2
metastatic	41.5	Kidney cancer 3	20.6
melanoma 4
metastatic	49.3	Kidney NAT 3	2.3
melanoma 5
Bladder cancer 1	10.0	Kidney cancer 4	8.5
Bladder cancer	0.0	Kidney NAT 4	2.9
NAT 1
Bladder cancer 2	4.6

[0565] CNS_neurodegeneration_v1.0 Summary: Ag3692 This panel confirms the expression of the CG94915-01 gene at low levels in the brain in an independent group of individuals. This gene is found to be upregulated in the temporal cortex of Alzheimer's disease patients. Therefore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may decrease neuronal death and be of use in the treatment of this disease.

[0566] General_screening_panel_v1.4 Summary: Ag3962 Expression of the CG94915-01 gene is highest in a gastric cancer cell line (CT=25). This gene is ubiquitously expressed in this panel, with significant levels of expression also detectable in a cluster of samples derived from ovarian, breast and brain cancer cell lines. Thus, expression of this gene could be used to differentiate between these samples and other samples on this panel and as a marker to detect the presence of these cancers. Furthermore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be effective in the treatment of ovarian, breast, brain, and gastric cancers.

[0567] Among tissues with metabolic function, this gene is expressed at moderate to low levels in pituitary, adipose, adrenal gland, pancreas, thyroid, and adult and fetal skeletal muscle, heart, and liver. This widespread expression among these tissues suggests that this gene product may play a role in normal neuroendocrine and metabolic function and that disregulated expression of this gene may contribute to neuroendocrine disorders or metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes.

[0568] This gene is also expressed at moderate to low levels in the CNS, including the hippocampus, thalamus, substantia nigra, amygdala, cerebellum and cerebral cortex. Therefore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be useful in the treatment of neurologic disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, stroke and epilepsy.

[0569] In addition, this gene is expressed at much higher levels in fetal liver (CT=28.2) when compared to expression in the adult counterpart (CT=31.4). Thus, expression of this gene may be used to differentiate between the fetal and adult source of this tissue.

[0570] Panel 1.3D Summary: Ag3962 Expression of the CG94915-01 gene is highest in a gastric cancer cell line (CT=28.8). Overall, expression in this panel is in agreement with expression in Panel 1.4.

[0571] Panel 2D Summary: Ag3962 Expression of the CG94915-01 gene is highest in a bladder cancer (CT=28.8). In addition, expression of this gene is higher in bladder cancer than in normal adjacent tissue. Overall, expression of this gene is widespread in this panel. Thus, expression of this gene could be used to differentiate between this sample and other samples on this panel and as a marker to detect the presence of bladder cancer. Furthermore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be effective in the treatment of bladder cancer.

[0572] Panel 4.1D Summary: Ag3962 Expression of the CG94915-01 gene is highest in chroncically activated Th2 cells (CT=26.2). In addition, this gene is expressed at high to moderate levels in a wide range of cell types of significance in the immune response in health and disease. These cells include members of the T-cell, B-cell, endothelial cell, macrophage/monocyte, and peripheral blood mononuclear cell family, as well as epithelial and fibroblast cell types from lung and skin, and normal tissues represented by colon, lung, thymus and kidney. This ubiquitous pattern of expression suggests that this gene product may be involved in homeostatic processes for these and other cell types and tissues. This pattern is in agreement with the expression profile in General_screening_panel_v1.4 and also suggests a role for the gene product in cell survival and proliferation. Therefore, modulation of the gene product with a functional therapeutic may lead to the alteration of functions associated with these cell types and lead to improvement of the symptoms of patients suffering from autoimmune and inflammatory diseases such as asthma, allergies, inflammatory bowel disease, lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis.

[0573] Panel 4D Summary: Ag1983 Expression of the CG94915-01 gene is highest in IFN-gamma activated NCI-H292 cells (CT=28.8). In addition, this gene is expressed at high to moderate levels in a wide range of cell types of significance in the immune response in health and disease. These cells include members of the T-cell, B-cell, endothelial cell, macrophage/monocyte, and peripheral blood mononuclear cell family, as well as epithelial and fibroblast cell types from lung and skin, and normal tissues represented by colon, lung, thymus and kidney. This ubiquitous pattern of expression suggests that this gene product may be involved in homeostatic processes for these and other cell types and tissues. This pattern is in agreement with the expression profile in General_screening_panel_v1.4 and also suggests a role for the gene product in cell survival and proliferation. Therefore, modulation of the gene product with a functional therapeutic may lead to the alteration of functions associated with these cell types and lead to improvement of the symptoms of patients suffering from autoimmune and inflammatory diseases such as asthma, allergies, inflammatory bowel disease, lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis.

[0574] general oncology screening panel_v—2.4 Summary: Ag3962/Ag1983 Expression of the CG94915-01 gene is highest in kidney cancer (CT=26.4). In addition, significant levels of expression are seen in kidney and colon cancers when compared to normal adjacent tissue. Thus, expression of this gene could be used to differentiate between these samples and other samples on this panel and as a marker to detect the presence of these cancers. Furthermore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be effective in the treatment of kidney and colon cancers.

D. NOV16a (CG95504-01) and NOV16b (CG95504-02): Syncoilin

[0575] Expression of the CG95504-01 and variant CG95504-02 genes were assessed using the primer-probe set Ag4016, described in Table DA. Results of the RTQ-PCR runs are shown in Tables DB, DC and DD.

TABLE DA
Probe Name Ag4016
			Start	SEQ ID
Primers	Sequences	Length Position	No
Forward	5′-aagccttgaacccagaagttac-3′	22	199	97
Probe	TET-5′-tcttcagaggggtccttaaacctcga-3′-TAMRA	26	225	98
Reverse	5′-tgtcctccaggtagagaatgtc-3′	22	252	99

[0576]

TABLE DB
CNS_neurodegeneration_v1.0
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag4016,		(%) Ag4016,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	212392779	Tissue Name	212392779
AD 1 Hippo	20.3	Control (Path) 3	14.5
		Temporal Ctx
AD 2 Hippo	55.1	Control (Path) 4	25.7
		Temporal Ctx
AD 3 Hippo	11.8	AD 1 Occipital Ctx	17.6
AD 4 Hippo	22.4	AD 2 Occipital Ctx	0.0
		(Missing)
AD 5 hippo	42.9	AD 3 Occipital Ctx	7.7
AD 6 Hippo	100.0	AD 4 Occipital Ctx	26.2
Control 2 Hippo	33.2	AD 5 Occipital ctx	22.4
Control 4 Hippo	57.8	AD 6 Occipital ctx	33.4
Control (Path) 3	17.1	Control 1 Occipital	5.5
Hippo		Ctx
AD 1 Temporal Ctx	44.4	Control 2 Occipital	31.6
		Ctx
AD 2 Temporal Ctx	44.4	Control 3 Occipital	22.7
		Ctx
AD 3 Temporal Ctx	15.0	Control 4 Occipital	16.6
		Ctx
Ad 4 Temporal Ctx	38.4	Control (Path) 1	31.6
		Occipital Ctx
AD 5 Inf Temporal	61.1	Control (Path) 2	8.5
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 5 SupTemporal	70.2	Control (Path) 3	8.0
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 6 Inf Temporal	55.1	Control (Path) 4	12.1
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 6 Sup Temporal	64.2	Control 1 Parietal	18.6
Ctx		Ctx
Control 1 Temporal	15.0	Control 2 Parietal	67.4
Ctx		Ctx
Control 2 Temporal	39.8	Control 3 Parietal	15.6
Ctx		Ctx
Control 3 Temporal	21.3	Control (Path) 1	47.6
Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control 4 Temporal	23.0	Control (Path) 2	27.5
Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control (Path) 1	56.6	Control (Path) 3	8.3
Temporal Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control (Path) 2	40.6	Control (Path) 4	33.2
Temporal Ctx		Parietal Ctx

[0577]

TABLE DC
General_screening_panel_v1.4
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag4016,		(%) Ag4016,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	218425352	Tissue Name	218425352
Adipose	1.9	Renal ca. TK-10	1.0
Melanoma*	50.3	Bladder	0.8
Hs688(A).T
Melanoma*	54.0	Gastric ca. (liver met.)	0.2
Hs688(B).T		NCI-N87
Melanoma* M14	3.0	Gastric ca. KATO III	0.3
Melanoma*	1.0	Colon ca. SW-948	0.0
LOXIMVI
Melanoma* SK-	1.1	Colon ca. SW480	0.5
MEL-5
Squamous cell	0.3	Colon ca.* (SW480	0.1
carcinoma SCC-4		met) SW620
Testis Pool	2.1	Colon ca. HT29	0.0
Prostate ca.* (bone	3.3	Colon ca. HCT-116	0.8
met) PC-3
Prostate Pool	2.3	Colon ca. CaCo-2	0.1
Placenta	0.9	Colon cancer tissue	2.2
Uterus Pool	1.3	Colon ca. SW1116	0.1
Ovarian ca.	1.5	Colon ca. Colo-205	0.0
OVCAR-3
Ovarian ca. SK-OV-	3.5	Colon ca. SW-48	0.0
3
Ovarian ca.	4.7	Colon Pool	4.5
OVCAR-4
Ovarian ca.	0.5	Small Intestine Pool	2.0
OVCAR-5
Ovarian ca.	0.8	Stomach Pool	1.2
IGROV-1
Ovarian ca.	0.7	Bone Marrow Pool	2.6
OVCAR-8
Ovary	1.6	Fetal Heart	1.0
Breast ca. MCF-7	0.1	Heart Pool	2.4
Breast ca. MDA-	2.0	Lymph Node Pool	8.2
MB-231
Breast ca. BT 549	39.0	Fetal Skeletal Muscle	6.5
Breast ca. T47D	1.7	Skeletal Muscle Pool	8.4
Breast ca. MDA-N	0.0	Spleen Pool	0.7
Breast Pool	3.5	Thymus Pool	1.2
Trachea	3.2	CNS cancer (glio/	33.0
		astro) U87-MG
Lung	0.8	CNS cancer (glio/	97.3
		astro) U-118-MG
Fetal Lung	3.3	CNS cancer	0.4
		(neuro;met) SK-N-AS
Lung ca. NCI-N417	0.2	CNS cancer (astro)	8.4
		SF-539
Lung ca. LX-1	0.3	CNS cancer (astro)	100.0
		SNB-75
Lung ca. NCI-H146	0.0	CNS cancer (glio)	0.8
		SNB-19
Lung ca. SHP-77	0.1	CNS cancer (glio)	18.6
		SF-295
Lung ca. A549	1.9	Brain (Amygdala)	0.5
		Pool
Lung ca. NCI-H526	0.0	Brain (cerebellum)	0.8
Lung ca. NCI-H23	0.5	Brain (fetal)	1.3
Lung ca. NCI-H460	0.1	Brain (Hippocampus)	0.8
		Pool
Lung ca. HOP-62	1.0	Cerebral Cortex Pool	0.6
Lung ca. NCI-H522	0.1	Brain (Substantia	0.7
		nigra) Pool
Liver	0.0	Brain (Thalamus) Pool	1.1
Fetal Liver	0.1	Brain (whole)	0.8
Liver ca. HepG2	0.2	Spinal Cord Pool	1.6
Kidney Pool	8.8	Adrenal Gland	1.1
Fetal Kidney	0.9	Pituitary gland Pool	0.2
Renal ca. 786-0	1.3	Salivary Gland	0.6
Renal ca. A498	2.9	Thyroid (female)	0.8
Renal ca. ACHN	4.2	Pancreatic ca.	0.2
		CAPAN2
Renal ca. UO-31	4.4	Pancreas Pool	3.5

[0578]

TABLE DD
Panel 4.1D
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag4016,		(%) Ag4016,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	171613750	Tissue Name	171613750
Secondary Th1 act	0.4	HUVEC IL-1beta	5.3
Secondary Th2 act	0.6	HUVEC IFN gamma	9.7
Secondary Tr1 act	0.7	HUVEC TNF alpha +	4.7
		IFN gamma
Secondary Th1	0.3	HUVEC TNF alpha +	1.9
		IL4
Secondary Th2 rest	0.3	HUVEC IL-11	5.2
Secondary Tr1 rest	0.3	Lung Microvascular	23.0
		EC none
Primary Th1 act	0.1	Lung Microvascular	8.7
		EC TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
Primary Th2 act	0.1	Microvascular Dermal	9.0
		EC none
Primary Tr1 act	0.0	Microsvasular Dermal	4.5
		EC TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
Primary Th1 rest	0.2	Bronchial epithelium	10.9
		TNFalpha + IL1beta
Primary Th2 rest	0.0	Small airway	8.0
		epithelium none
Primary Tr1 rest	0.3	Small airway	12.2
		epithelium
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD45RA CD4	24.1	Coronery artery SMC	18.2
lymphocyte act		rest
CD45RO CD4	0.9	Coronery artery SMC	17.8
lymphocyte act		TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
CD8 lymphocyte act	0.7	Astrocytes rest	45.4
Secondary CD8	0.7	Astrocytes	42.6
lymphocyte rest		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
Secondary CD8	0.4	KU-812 (Basophil)	3.7
lymphocyte act		rest
CD4 lymphocyte	0.0	KU-812 (Basophil)	6.0
none		PMA/ionomycin
2ry Th1/Th2/	0.5	CCD1106 (Keratino-	7.9
Tr1_anti-CD95		cytes) none
CH11
LAK cells rest	1.1	CCD1106 (Keratino-	13.5
		cytes) TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
LAK cells IL-2	0.0	Liver cirrhosis	3.1
LAK cells IL-2 +	0.2	NCI-H292 none	3.0
IL-12
LAK cells IL-2 +	0.3	NCI-H292 IL-4	6.2
IFN gamma
LAK cells IL-2 +	0.2	NCI-H292 IL-9	5.7
IL-18
LAK cells	1.5	NCI-H292 IL-13	4.2
PMA/ionomycin
NK Cells IL-2 rest	0.2	NCI-H292 IFN gamma	4.5
Two Way MLR 3	1.9	HPAEC none	7.7
day
Two Way MLR 5	1.8	HPAEC TNF alpha +	6.9
day		IL-1 beta
Two Way MLR 7	1.9	Lung fibroblast none	32.5
day
PBMC rest	0.3	Lung fibroblast TNF	4.1
		alpha + IL-1 beta
PBMC PWM	0.5	Lung fibroblast IL-4	12.1
PBMC PHA-L	0.0	Lung fibroblast IL-9	19.1
Ramos (B cell) none	0.0	Lung fibroblast IL-13	13.3
Ramos (B cell)	0.0	Lung fibroblast IFN	58.6
ionomycin		gamma
B lymphocytes	0.0	Dermal fibroblast	78.5
PWM		CCD1070 rest
B lymphocytes	1.7	Dermal fibroblast	51.1
CD40L and IL-4		CCD1070 TNF alpha
EOL-1 dbcAMP	0.4	Dermal fibroblast	36.3
		CCD1070 IL-1 beta
EOL-1 dbcAMP	0.4	Dermal fibroblast IFN	53.2
PMA/ionomycin		gamma
Dendritic cells none	6.0	Dermal fibroblast IL-4	100.0
Dendritic cells LPS	0.4	Dermal Fibroblasts	67.8
		rest
Dendritic cells anti-	4.3	Neutrophils TNFa +	2.6
CD40		LPS
Monocytes rest	0.4	Neutrophils rest	7.6
Monocytes LPS	0.7	Colon	4.9
Macrophages rest	2.6	Lung	5.8
Macrophages LPS	2.6	Thymus	3.6
HUVEC none	4.2	Kidney	12.8
HUVEC starved	7.8

[0579] CNS_neurodegeneration_v1.0 Summary: Ag4016 This panel does not show differential expression of the CG95504-01 gene in Alzheimer's disease. However, this expression profile confirms the presence of this gene in the brain. Please see Panel 1.4 for discussion of utility of this gene in the central nervous system.

[0580] General_screening_panel_v1.4 Summary: Ag4016 Highest expression of the CG95504-01 gene is seen in a brain cancer cell line (CT=23.6). In addition, significant levels of expression are seen in a cluster of samples derived from brain, breast and melanoma cancer cell lines. Thus, expression of this gene could be used to differentiate between these samples and other samples on this panel and as a marker to detect the presence of these cancers. Furthermore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be effective in the treatment of brain, breast and melanoma cancers.

[0581] Among tissues with metabolic function, this gene is expressed at significant levels in pituitary, adipose, adrenal gland, pancreas, thyroid, and adult and fetal skeletal muscle, heart, and liver. This widespread expression among these tissues suggests that this gene product may play a role in normal neuroendocrine and metabolic function and that disregulated expression of this gene may contribute to neuroendocrine disorders or metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes.

[0582] This gene is also expressed at moderate levels in the CNS, including the hippocampus, thalamus, substantia nigra, amygdala, cerebellum and cerebral cortex. The CG95504-01 gene codes for a homolog of mouse syncoilin. Syncoilin is a member of intermediate filament superfamily that plays a role in the maintenance of the neuromuscular junction and for maturation of the synapses (Newey et al., 2001, J Biol Chem 2001 Mar 2;276(9):6645-55, PMID: 11053421). Therefore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be useful in the treatment of neurologic disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, stroke and epilepsy.

[0583] Panel 4.1D Summary: Ag4016 Highest expression of the CG95504-01 gene is seen in IL-4 treated dermal fibroblasts (CT=27.8). Significant levels of expression are also seen in a cluster of treated and untreated dermal fibroblasts. Thus, expression of this gene could be used as a marker of this cell. Furthermore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be useful in the treatment of inflammatory lung conditions such as psoriasis.

E. NOV17a (CG95589-01) and NOV17b (CG95589-02): Intracellular Protein

[0584] Expression of gene CG95589-01 and variant CG95589-02 was assessed using the primer-probe set Ag4349, described in Table EA. Results of the RTQ-PCR runs are shown in Tables EB and EC. Please note that CG95589-02 represents a full-length physical clone of the CG95589-01 gene, validating the prediction of the gene sequence.

TABLE EA
Probe Name Ag4349
			Start	SEQ ID
Primers	Sequences	Length	Position	No
Forward	5′-caggactgtgtgttcagcaa-3′	20	251	100
Probe	TET-5′-atgtgctacgccatcattcaggcag-3′-TAMRA	25	284	101
Reverse	5′-tctggcctgcttgtttactc-3′	20	310	102

[0585]

TABLE EB
General_screening_panel_v1.4
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag4349,		(%) Ag4349,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	222523513	Tissue Name	222523513
Adipose	2.5	Renal ca. TK-10	16.6
Melanoma*	5.0	Bladder	8.3
Hs688(A).T
Melanoma*	4.5	Gastric ca. (liver met.)	18.3
Hs688(B).T		NCI-N87
Melanoma* M14	5.7	Gastric ca. KATO III	42.6
Melanoma*	2.3	Colon ca. SW-948	6.8
LOXIMVI
Melanoma* SK-	30.4	Colon ca. SW4 80	42.0
MEL-5
Squamous cell	2.8	Colon ca.* (SW480	33.0
carcinoma SCC-4		met) SW620
Testis Pool	4.4	Colon ca. HT29	10.3
Prostate ca.* (bone	38.2	Colon ca. HCT-116	19.1
met) PC-3
Prostate Pool	1.9	Colon ca. CaCo-2	11.3
Placenta	5.1	Colon cancer tissue	9.3
Uterus Pool	2.1	Colon ca. SW1116	9.6
Ovarian ca.	14.6	Colon ca. Colo-205	14.9
OVCAR-3
Ovarian ca. SK-	30.8	Colon ca. SW-48	13.8
OV-3
Ovarian ca.	8.0	Colon Pool	7.5
OVCAR-4
Ovarian ca.	50.0	Small Intestine Pool	4.5
OVCAR-5
Ovarian ca.	15.3	Stomach Pool	2.9
IGROV-1
Ovarian ca.	15.2	Bone Marrow Pool	2.9
OVCAR-8
Ovary	2.8	Fetal Heart	2.8
Breast ca. MCF-7	15.2	Heart Pool	3.5
Breast ca. MDA-	16.4	Lymph Node Pool	8.2
MB-231
Breast ca. BT 549	8.2	Fetal Skeletal Muscle	2.9
Breast ca. T47D	100.0	Skeletal Muscle Pool	4.9
Breast ca. MDA-N	4.5	Spleen Pool	3.4
Breast Pool	7.6	Thymus Pool	4.5
Trachea	6.3	CNS cancer (glio/	11.8
		astro) U87-MG
Lung	0.7	CNS cancer (glio/	18.0
		astro) U-118-MG
Fetal Lung	7.7	CNS cancer	20.7
		(neuro;met) SK-N-AS
Lung ca. NCI-N417	1.7	CNS cancer (astro)	1.0
		SF-539
Lung ca. LX-1	36.1	CNS cancer (astro)	4.5
		SNB-75
Lung ca. NCI-H146	3.7	CNS cancer (glio)	14.4
		SNB-19
Lung ca. SHP-77	18.7	CNS cancer (glio) SF-	51.8
		295
Lung ca. A549	33.4	Brain (Amygdala)	2.9
		Pool
Lung ca. NCI-H526	7.1	Brain (cerebellum)	4.1
Lung ca. NCI-H23	14.0	Brain (fetal)	3.7
Lung ca. NCI-H460	17.9	Brain (Hippocampus)	3.5
		Pool
Lung ca. HOP-62	11.8	Cerebral Cortex Pool	4.0
Lung ca. NCI-H522	77.9	Brain (Substantia	4.4
		nigra) Pool
Liver	1.6	Brain (Thalamus) Pool	4.6
Fetal Liver	5.4	Brain (whole)	4.7
Liver ca. HepG2	8.2	Spinal Cord Pool	4.2
Kidney Pool	9.9	Adrenal Gland	8.6
Fetal Kidney	4.1	Pituitary gland Pool	1.1
Renal ca. 786-0	11.5	Salivary Gland	3.2
Renal ca. A498	3.7	Thyroid (female)	3.8
Renal ca. ACHN	27.2	Pancreatic ca.	16.3
		CAPAN2
Renal ca. UO-31	9.0	Pancreas Pool	6.5

[0586]

TABLE EC
Panel 4.1D
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag4349,		(%) Ag4349,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	186362675	Tissue Name	186362675
Secondary Th1 act	57.0	HUVEC IL-1beta	15.7
Secondary Th2 act	79.6	HUVEC IFN gamma	19.9
Secondary Tr1 act	54.3	HUVEC TNF alpha +	9.4
		IFN gamma
Secondary Th1 rest	32.8	HUVEC TNF alpha +	13.6
		IL4
Secondary Th2 rest	29.7	HUVEC IL-11	12.9
Secondary Tr1 rest	38.2	Lung Microvascular	28.3
		EC none
Primary Th1 act	57.4	Lung Microvascular	18.0
		EC TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
Primary Th2 act	94.6	Microvascular Dermal	22.7
		EC none
Primary Tr1 act	77.9	Microsvasular Dermal	8.1
		EC TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
Primary Th1 rest	50.0	Bronchial epithelium	24.8
		TNFalpha + IL1beta
Primary Th2 rest	28.1	Small airway	6.4
		epithelium none
Primary Tr1 rest	41.5	Small airway	14.6
		epithelium
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD45RA CD4	51.4	Coronery artery SMC	6.0
lymphocyte act		rest
CD45RO CD4	87.1	Coronery artery SMC	9.7
lymphocyte act		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD8 lymphocyte act	79.6	Astrocytes rest	5.3
Secondary CD8	57.8	Astrocytes	7.0
lymphocyte rest		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
Secondary CD8	56.3	KU-812 (Basophil)	19.8
lymphocyte act		rest
CD4 lymphocyte	14.4	KU-812 (Basophil)	31.4
none		PMA/ionomycin
2ry Th1/Th2/	54.7	CCD1106 (Keratino-	11.9
Tr1_anti-CD95		cytes) none
CH11
LAK cells rest	71.7	CCD1106 (Keratino-	9.5
		cytes) TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
LAK cells IL-2	78.5	Liver cirrhosis	5.1
LAK cells IL-2 +	28.5	NCI-H292 none	49.3
IL-12
LAK cells IL-2 +	33.2	NCI-H292 IL-4	55.1
IFN gamma
LAK cells IL-2 +	42.3	NCI-H292 IL-9	100.0
IL-18
LAK cells	33.0	NCI-H292 IL-13	40.6
PMA/ionomycin
NK Cells IL-2 rest	99.3	NCI-H292 IFN gamma	67.8
Two Way MLR 3	49.7	HPAEC none	17.3
day
Two Way MLR 5	46.0	HPAEC TNF alpha +	14.5
day		IL-1 beta
Two Way MLR 7	55.5	Lung fibroblast none	12.8
day
PBMC rest	29.3	Lung fibroblast TNF	7.2
		alpha + IL-1 beta
PBMC PWM	45.1	Lung fibroblast IL-4	7.3
PBMC PHA-L	73.2	Lung fibroblast IL-9	11.9
Ramos (B cell) none	70.7	Lung fibroblast IL-13	7.3
Ramos (B cell)	92.7	Lung fibroblast IFN	9.0
ionomycin		gamma
B lymphocytes	52.5	Dermal fibroblast	18.7
PWM		CCD1070 rest
B lymphocytes	97.3	Dermal fibroblast	69.7
CD40L and IL-4		CCD1070 TNF alpha
EOL-1 dbcAMP	31.0	Dermal fibroblast	5.1
		CCD1070 IL-1 beta
EOL-1 dbcAMP	5.4	Dermal fibroblast IFN	6.9
PMA/ionomycin		gamma
Dendritic cells none	57.4	Dermal fibroblast IL-4	18.3
Dendritic cells LPS	38.4	Dermal Fibroblasts	10.7
		rest
Dendritic cells anti-	66.0	Neutrophils TNFa +	3.5
CD40		LPS
Monocytes rest	74.7	Neutrophils rest	5.2
Monocytes LPS	13.3	Colon	14.9
Macrophages rest	38.7	Lung	25.2
Macrophages LPS	23.2	Thymus	29.3
HUVEC none	11.3	Kidney	24.5
HUVEC starved	20.3

[0587] General_screening_panel_v1.4 Summary: Ag4349 Expression of the CG95589-01 gene is most prominent in cancer cell lines, with highest expression in a breast cancer cell line (CT=26.7). In addition significant levels of expression are seen in all the cancer cell lines on this panel. Higher levels of expression are also seen in fetal lung (CT=30.4) when compared to expression in adult lung (CT=33.8). Since cell lines and tissues are generally more proliferative than tissues, this expression profile suggests that this gene might be involved in cell proliferation. Therefore, inhibition of expression or function of this gene may be a therapeutic avenue for the treatment of cancer or other disease that involve cell proliferation. Furthermore, therapeutic targeting of this gene product with a monoclonal antibody is anticipated to limit or block the extent of tumor cell migration and invasion and tumor metastasis, particularly in melanomas, prostate cancers, pancreatic cancers, ovarian cancers, renal cell carcinomas and CNS cancers. This gene might also be an effective marker for the diagnosis and detection of a variety of cancers.

[0588] In addition, expression of this gene could be used to differentiate fetal and adult lung tissue.

[0589] Among tissues with metabolic function, this gene is expressed at moderate to low levels in pituitary, adipose, adrenal gland, pancreas, thyroid, and adult and fetal skeletal muscle, heart, and liver. This widespread expression among these tissues suggests that this gene product may play a role in normal neuroendocrine and metabolic function and that disregulated expression of this gene may contribute to neuroendocrine disorders or metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes.

[0590] This gene is also expressed at moderate levels in the CNS, including the hippocampus, thalamus, substantia nigra, amygdala, cerebellum and cerebral cortex. Therefore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be useful in the treatment of neurologic disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, stroke and epilepsy.

[0591] Panel 4.1D Summary: Ag4349 Expression of the CG95589-01 gene is ubiquitous in this panel. Highest expression is seen in IL-9 treated NCI-H292 cells (CT=29.3). Significant levels of expression are also seen in a cluster of treated and untreated NCI-H292 cells, and in lymphocytes, which is consistent with the expression profile in panel 1.3 where the transcript is expressed in the thymus and lymph node. The transcript is expressed in resting T cells and T cells, both acutely and chronically stimulated. Likewise, stimulated B cells and RAMOS cells express the transcript. Therefore, therapeutics designed with this sequence or the protein it encodes could be important in regulating T cell activation and be important for immune modulation and in treating T cell and B cell mediated diseases such as asthma, allergy, COPD, arthritis, psoriasis. lupus and IBD.

F. NOV18a (CG95598-01): Intracellular Protein

[0592] Expression of full length clone CG95598-01 was assessed using the primer-probe set Ag4050, described in Table FA. Results of the RTQ-PCR runs are shown in Tables FB, FC and FD.

TABLE FA
Probe Name Ag4050
			Start	SEQ ID
Primers	Sequences	Length	Position	No
Forward	5′-ctgctgctgtgtcatctccta-3′	21	451	103
Probe	TET-5′-ccaggaccaggacccagacttca-3′-TAMRA	23	487	104
Reverse	5′-cactgtgtgagccacatttgt-3′	21	510	105

[0593]

TABLE FB
General_screening_panel_v1.4
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag4050,		(%) Ag4050,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	218712972	Tissue Name	218712972
Adipose	0.0	Renal ca. TK-10	5.9
Melanoma*	0.5	Bladder	0.3
Hs688(A).T
Melanoma*	0.0	Gastric ca. (liver met.)	100.0
Hs688(B).T		NCI-N87
Melanoma* M14	0.6	Gastric ca. KATO III	9.8
Melanoma*	0.9	Colon ca. SW-948	7.7
LOXIMVI
Melanoma* SK-	0.6	Colon ca. SW480	12.4
MEL-5
Squamous cell	3.9	Colon ca.* (SW480	0.8
carcinoma SCC-4		met) SW620
Testis Pool	0.0	Colon ca. HT29	1.3
Prostate ca.* (bone	2.4	Colon ca. HCT-116	5.9
met) PC-3
Prostate Pool	0.5	Colon ca. CaCo-2	1.9
Placenta	0.6	Colon cancer tissue	14.8
Uterus Pool	0.3	Colon ca. SW1116	4.2
Ovarian ca.	4.3	Colon ca. Colo-205	0.2
OVCAR-3
Ovarian ca. SK-	0.9	Colon ca. SW-48	0.3
OV-3
Ovarian ca.	0.5	Colon Pool	0.5
OVCAR 4
Ovarian ca.	8.4	Small Intestine Pool	0.5
OVCAR-5
Ovarian ca.	0.9	Stomach Pool	0.0
IGROV-1
Ovarian ca.	3.7	Bone Marrow Pool	1.4
OVCAR-8
Ovary	0.0	Fetal Heart	0.0
Breast ca. MCF-7	4.6	Heart Pool	0.2
Breast ca. MDA-	6.2	Lymph Node Pool	0.2
MB-231
Breast ca. BT 549	0.9	Fetal Skeletal Muscle	0.4
Breast ca. T47D	28.3	Skeletal Muscle Pool	0.0
Breast ca. MDA-N	0.6	Spleen Pool	0.2
Breast Pool	0.2	Thymus Pool	0.6
Trachea	0.9	CNS cancer (glio/	3.8
		astro) U87-MG
Lung	0.0	CNS cancer (glio/	4.1
		astro) U-118-MG
Fetal Lung	0.6	CNS cancer	1.0
		(neuro;met) SK-N-AS
Lung ca. NCI-	0.6	CNS cancer (astro)	0.5
N417		SF-539
Lung ca. LX-1	8.8	CNS cancer (astro	4.0
		SNB-75
Lung ca. NCI-H146	0.0	CNS cancer (glio)	1.0
		SNB-19
Lung ca. SHP-77	1.4	CNS cancer (glio)	6.0
		SF-295
Lung ca. A549	0.9	Brain (Amygdala)	0.3
		Pool
Lung ca. NCI-H526	0.2	Brain (cerebellum)	0.4
Lung ca. NCI-H23	1.2	Brain (fetal)	0.8
Lung ca. NCI-H460	1.5	Brain (Hippocampus)	0.5
		Pool
Lung ca. HOP-62	0.5	Cerebral Cortex Pool	0.8
Lung ca. NCI-H522	2.6	Brain (Substantia	0.5
		nigra) Pool
Liver	0.0	Brain (Thalamus) Pool	0.5
Fetal Liver	0.3	Brain (whole)	0.4
Liver ca. HepG2	3.0	Spinal Cord Pool	0.9
Kidney Pool	0.7	Adrenal Gland	0.2
Fetal Kidney	2.2	Pituitary gland Pool	0.4
Renal ca. 786-0	2.4	Salivary Gland	0.4
Renal ca. A498	2.2	Thyroid (female)	0.5
Renal ca. ACHN	0.4	Pancreatic ca.	21.6
		CAPAN2
Renal ca. UO-31	0.0	Pancreas Pool	0.4

[0594]

TABLE FC
Panel 4.1D
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag4050,		(%) Ag4059,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	171619887	Tissue Name	171619887
Secondary Th1 act	0.5	HUVEC IL-1 beta	1.1
Secondary Th2 act	3.5	HUVEC IFN gamma	0.0
Secondary Tr1 act	0.7	HUVEC TNF alpha +	0.0
		IFN gamma
Secondary Th1 rest	0.0	HUVEC TNF alpha +	0.0
		IL4
Secondary Th2 rest	0.0	HUVEC IL-11	0.0
Secondary Tr1 rest	2.6	Lung Microvascular	0.0
		EC none
Primary Th1 act	0.0	Lung Microvascular	1.7
		EC TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
Primary Th2 act	0.0	Microvascular Dermal	0.9
		EC none
Primary Tr1 act	0.0	Microsvasular Dermal	0.0
		EC TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
Primary Th1 rest	1.7	Bronchial epithelium	5.0
		TNFalpha + IL1beta
Primary Th2 rest	1.1	Small airway	17.2
		epithelium none
Primary Tr1 rest	0.0	Small airway	4.9
		epithelium
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD45RA CD4	2.0	Coronery artery SMC	0.0
lymphocyte act		rest
CD45RO CD4	1.7	Coronery artery SMC	2.6
lymphocyte act		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD8 lymphocyte act	1.7	Astrocytes rest	1.3
Secondary CD8	0.0	Astrocytes	0.0
lymphocyte rest		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
Secondary CD8	1.7	KU-812 (Basophil)	1.0
lymphocyte act		rest
CD4 lymphocyte	0.0	KU-812 (Basophil)	2.9
none		PMA/ionomycin
2ry Th1/Th2/	0.0	CCD1106 (Keratino-	5.6
Tr1_anti-CD95		cytes) none
CH11
LAK cells rest	0.5	CCD1106 (Keratino-	5.4
		cytes) TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
LAK cells IL-2	3.1	Liver cirrhosis	1.4
LAK cells IL-2 +	0.0	NCI-H292 none	86.5
IL-12
LAK cells IL-2 +	0.0	NCI-H292 IL-4	97.9
IFN gamma
LAK cells IL-2 +	0.0	NCI-H292 IL-9	88.3
IL-18
LAK cells	0.0	NCI-H292 IL-13	43.2
PMA/ionomycin
NK Cells IL-2 rest	0.0	NCI-H292 IFN gamma	100.0
Two Way MLR 3	0.0	HPAEC none	0.6
day
Two Way MLR 5	0.0	HPAEC TNF alpha +	2.5
day		IL-1 beta
Two Way MLR 7	0.0	Lung fibroblast none	5.1
day
PBMC rest	0.0	Lung fibroblast	0.0
		TNF alpha + IL-1 beta
PBMC PWM	0.0	Lung fibroblast IL-4	3.5
PBMC PHA-L	2.9	Lung fibroblast IL-9	1.5
Ramos (B cell)	1.8	Lung fibroblast IL-13	2.0
none
Ramos (B cell)	5.1	Lung fibroblast IFN	4.0
ionomycin		gamma
B lymphocytes	0.0	Dermal fibroblast	3.7
PWM		CCD1070 rest
B lymphocytes	0.0	Dermal fibroblast	0.5
CD40L and IL-4		CCD1070 TNF alpha
EOL-1 dbcAMP	0.0	Dermal fibroblast	1.3
		CCD1070 IL-1 beta
EOL-1 dbcAMP	0.0	Dermal fibroblast IFN	1.8
PMA/ionomycin		gamma
Dendritic cells none	1.4	Dermal fibroblast IL-4	3.3
Dendritic cells LPS	1.6	Dermal Fibroblasts	6.2
		rest
Dendritic cells anti-	5.9	Neutrophils TNFa +	0.0
CD40		LPS
Monocytes rest	1.7	Neutrophils rest	0.0
Monocytes LPS	2.7	Colon	1.2
Macrophages rest	2.7	Lung	0.0
Macrophages LPS	0.0	Thymus	5.6
HUVEC none	0.0	Kidney	51.4
HUVEC starved	2.0

[0595]

TABLE FD
general oncology screening panel_v_2.4
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag4050,		(%) Ag4050,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	268362946	Tissue Name	268362946
Colon cancer 1	0.8	Bladder cancer NAT 2	0.0
Colon cancer	0.0	Bladder cancer NAT 3	0.0
NAT 1
Colon cancer 2	75.3	Bladder cancer NAT 4	0.0
Colon cancer	0.0	Adenocarcinoma of the	1.4
NAT 2		prostate 1
Colon cancer 3	1.3	Adenocarcinoma of the	0.0
		prostate 2
Colon cancer	0.9	Adenocarcinoma of the	1.2
NAT 3		prostate 3
Colon malignant	14.5	Adenocarcinoma of the	4.7
cancer 4		prostate 4
Colon normal	0.0	Prostate cancer NAT 5	1.4
adjacent tissue 4
Lung cancer 1	6.5	Adenocarcinoma of the	2.3
		prostate 6
Lung NAT 1	0.0	Adenocarcinoma of the	2.2
		prostate 7
Lung cancer 2	10.2	Adenocarcinoma of the	0.0
		prostate 8
Lung NAT 2	0.5	Adenocarcinoma of the	1.8
		prostate 9
Squamous cell	1.0	Prostate cancer NAT 10	0.8
carcinoma 3
Lung NAT 3	0.0	Kidney cancer 1	0.0
metastatic	0.0	Kidney NAT 1	8.8
melanoma 1
Melanoma 2	100.0	Kidney cancer 2	10.4
Melanoma 3	28.1	Kidney NAT 2	8.8
metastatic	2.4	Kidney cancer 3	3.9
melanoma 4
metastatic	1.4	Kidney NAT 3	4.9
melanoma 5
Bladder cancer 1	1.1	Kidney cancer 4	1.1
Bladder cancer	0.0	Kidney NAT 4	3.3
NAT 1
Bladder cancer 2	3.2

[0596] General_screening_panel_v1.4 Summary: Ag4050 Highest expression of the CG95598-01 gene is seen in a gastric cancer cell line (CT=29.5). Significant expression in this panel is limited to cancer cell lines including sampels derived from pancreatic, brain, colon, breast and ovarian cancers. Thus, expression of this gene could be used as a marker of cancer. Furthermore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be useful in the treatment of cancer.

[0597] Panel 4.1D Summary: Ag4050 Highest expression of the CG95598-01 gene is seen in IFN-gamma treated NCI-H292 cells (CT=31.9). Significant levels of expression are limited to a cluster of both treated and untreated NCI-H292 cells and small airway epithelium. Treatment of these cells does not seem to significantly alter expression of this transcript in this muco-epidermoid cell line. Thus, the protein could be used to identify certain lung tumors similar to NCI-H292. The encoded protein may also contribute to the normal function of the goblet cells within the lung. Therefore, designing therapeutics to this protein may be important for the treatment of emphysema and asthma as well as other lung diseases in which goblet cells or the mucus they produce have pathological consequences.

[0598] Moderate expression of this gene is also observed in normal kidney. Therefore, therapeutic modulation of this gene product may also be useful in the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases that affect kidney including lupus and glomerulonephritis.

[0599] general oncology screening panel_v—2.4 Summary: Ag4050 Expression of the CG95598-01 gene is restricted to a samples derived from colon cancer and melanoma (CTs=31.8-32.4). Thus, expression of this gene could be used to differentiate between this sample and other samples on this panel and as a marker to detect the presence of colon cancer and melanoma. Furthermore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be effective in the treatment of colon cancer and melanoma.

G. NOV19a (CG95639-01): Von Ebner's Gland Protein Precursor

[0600] Expression of gene CG95639-01 was assessed using the primer-probe set Ag4025, described in Table GA. Results of the RTQ-PCR runs are shown in Tables GB and GC.

TABLE GA
Probe Name Ag4025
			Start	SEQ ID
Primers	Sequences	Length	Position	No
Forward	5′-cacccatgaccctcacaat-3′	19	164	106
Probe	TET-5′-caacctggaagctaaggccaccatg-3′-TAMRA	25	195	107
Reverse	5′-ggcactggccacttatcag-3′	19	220	108

[0601]

TABLE GB
General_screening_panel_v1.4
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag4025,		(%) Ag4025,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	218425730	Tissue Name	218425730
Adipose	7.6	Renal ca. TK-10	0.0
Melanoma*	0.0	Bladder	10.1
Hs688(A).T
Melanoma*	0.0	Gastric ca. (liver met.)	100.0
Hs688(B).T		NCI-N87
Melanoma* M14	0.0	Gastric ca. KATO III	11.0
Melanoma*	0.0	Colon ca. SW-948	2.9
LOXIMVI
Melanoma* SK-	0.0	Colon ca. SW480	0.0
MEL-5
Squamous cell	1.6	Colon ca.* (SW480	0.0
carcinoma SCC-4		met) SW620
Testis Pool	10.4	Colon ca. HT29	0.0
Prostate ca.* (bone	0.0	Colon ca. HCT-116	2.7
met) PC-3
Prostate Pool	0.0	Colon ca. CaCo-2	0.0
Placenta	2.8	Colon cancer tissue	2.6
Uterus Pool	4.1	Colon ca. SW1116	2.3
Ovarian ca.	0.0	Colon ca. Colo-205	0.0
OVCAR-3
Ovarian ca. SK-	0.0	Colon ca. SW-48	0.0
OV-3
Ovarian ca.	0.0	Colon Pool	6.6
OVCAR-4
Ovarian ca.	0.0	Small Intestine Pool	0.0
OVCAR-5
Ovarian ca.	0.0	Stomach Pool	6.3
IGROV-1
Ovarian ca.	2.2	Bone Marrow Pool	6.7
OVCAR-8
Ovary	3.1	Fetal Heart	1.7
Breast ca. MCF-7	0.0	Heart Pool	0.0
Breast ca. MDA-	0.0	Lymph Node Pool	12.7
MB-231
Breast ca. BT 549	0.0	Fetal Skeletal Muscle	3.0
Breast ca. T47D	6.7	Skeletal Muscle Pool	2.5
Breast ca. MDA-N	0.0	Spleen Pool	0.0
Breast Pool	3.5	Thymus Pool	1.5
Trachea	0.0	CNS cancer (glio/	0.0
		astro) U87-MG
Lung	30.1	CNS cancer (glio/	0.0
		astro) U-118-MG
Fetal Lung	6.6	CNS cancer	0.0
		(neuro;met) SK-N-AS
Lung ca. NCI-N417	0.0	CNS cancer (astro)	0.0
		SF-539
Lung ca. LX-1	58.6	CNS cancer (astro)	0.0
		SNB-75
Lung ca. NCI-H146	0.0	CNS cancer (glio)	0.0
		SNB-19
Lung ca. SHP-77	0.0	CNS cancer (glio) SF-	0.0
		295
Lung ca. A549	0.0	Brain (Amygdala)	2.7
		Pool
Lung ca. NCI-H526	0.0	Brain (cerebellum)	0.0
Lung ca. NCI-H23	0.0	Brain (fetal)	0.0
Lung ca. NCI-H460	0.0	Brain (Hippocampus)	6.6
		Pool
Lung ca. HOP-62	0.0	Cerebral Cortex Pool	2.5
Lung ca. NCI-H522	0.0	Brain (Substantia	12.0
		nigra) Pool
Liver	0.0	Brain (Thalamus) Pool	1.5
Fetal Liver	0.0	Brain (whole)	9.5
Liver ca. HepG2	0.0	Spinal Cord Pool	0.0
Kidney Pool	13.8	Adrenal Gland	0.0
Fetal Kidney	11.3	Pituitary gland Pool	3.0
Renal ca. 786-0	0.0	Salivary Gland	0.0
Renal ca. A498	0.0	Thyroid (female)	0.0
Renal ca. ACHN	6.0	Pancreatic ca.	15.3
		CAPAN2
Renal ca. UO-31	0.0	Pancreas Pool	8.3

[0602]

TABLE GC
general oncology screening panel_v_2.4
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag4025,		(%) Ag4025,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	268362900	Tissue Name	268362900
Colon cancer 1	2.8	Bladder cancer NAT 2	0.0
Colon cancer	0.0	Bladder cancer NAT 3	2.0
NAT 1
Colon cancer 2	0.0	Bladder cancer NAT 4	0.0
Colon cancer	0.0	Adenocarcinoma of the	6.3
NAT 2		prostate 1
Colon cancer 3	0.0	Adenocarcinoma of the	0.0
		prostate 2
Colon cancer	3.2	Adenocarcinoma of the	2.4
NAT 3		prostate 3
Colon malignant	2.9	Adenocarcinoma of the	2.5
cancer 4		prostate 4
Colon normal	0.0	Prostate cancer NAT 5	0.0
adjacent tissue 4
Lung cancer 1	0.0	Adenocarcinoma of the	0.0
		prostate 6
Lung NAT 1	2.4	Adenocarcinoma of the	6.0
		prostate 7
Lung cancer 2	7.5	Adenocarcinoma of the	0.0
		prostate 8
Lung NAT 2	2.0	Adenocarcinoma of the	0.0
		prostate 9
Squamous cell	10.2	Prostate cancer NAT	0.0
carcinoma 3		10
Lung NAT 3	0.0	Kidney cancer 1	5.1
metastatic	14.7	KidneyNAT 1	0.0
melanoma 1
Melanoma 2	0.0	Kidney cancer 2	2.5
Melanoma 3	0.0	Kidney NAT 2	0.0
metastatic	59.0	Kidney cancer 3	7.3
melanoma 4
metastatic	100.0	Kidney NAT 3	6.0
melanoma 5
Bladder cancer 1	0.0	Kidney cancer 4	0.0
Bladder cancer	0.0	Kidney NAT 4	3.2
NAT 1
Bladder cancer 2	3.2

[0603] General_screening_panel_v1.4 Summary: Ag4025 Expression of the CG95639-01 gene is highest in a gastric cancer cell line (CT=31.3). Thus, expression of this gene could be used to differentiate between this sample and other samples on this panel and as a marker to detect the presence of gastric cancer. Furthermore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be effective in the treatment of gastric cancer.

[0604] In addition, low but significant levels of expression in the pancreas suggest that this gene product may be involved in the pathogenesis and/or diagnosis of diabetes.

[0605] Low levels of expression in the whole brain and substantia nigra show that this gene is also present in the brain and may be involved in neurological disorders including Parkinson's.

[0606] general oncology screening panel_v—2.4 Summary: Ag4025 Expression of the CG95639-01 gene is restricted to samples derived from melanoma (CTs=33.5-34.3). Thus, expression of this gene could be used to differentiate between this sample and other samples on this panel and as a marker to detect the presence of melanoma cancer. Furthermore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be effective in the treatment of melanoma cancer.

H. NOV21a (CG95775-01): Clathrin Coat Associated Protein

[0607] Expression of gene CG95775-01 was assessed using the primer-probe set Ag4100, described in Table HA. Results of the RTQ-PCR runs are shown in Tables HB, HC, HD, HE and HF.

TABLE HA
Probe Name Ag4100
			Start	SEQ ID
Primers	Sequences	Length	Position	No
Forward	5′-ccgactatctgacctcacagtt-3′	22	1911	109
Probe	TET-5′-ctatgccctcaactacagcctccgg-3′-TAMRA	25	1933	110
Reverse	5′-gtcagcacatccaggatgtc-3′	20	1967	111

[0608]

TABLE HB
CNS_neurodegeneration_v1.0
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag4100,		(%) Ag4100,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	214296166	Tissue Name	214296166
AD 1 Hippo	7.9	Control (Path) 3	11.7
		Temporal Ctx
AD 2 Hippo	25.2	Control (Path) 4	18.3
		Temporal Ctx
AD 3 Hippo	11.5	AD 1 Occipital Ctx	9.5
AD 4 Hippo	11.5	AD 2 Occipital Ctx	0.0
		(Missing)
AD 5 hippo	87.7	AD 3 Occipital Ctx	12.6
AD 6 Hippo	23.3	AD 4 Occipital Ctx	9.0
Control 2 Hippo	18.2	AD 5 Occipital Ctx	4.8
Control 4 Hippo	31.6	AD 6 Occipital Ctx	20.6
Control (Path) 3	8.0	Control 1 Occipital	4.5
Hippo		Ctx
AD 1 Temporal Ctx	20.2	Control 2 Occipital	45.7
		Ctx
AD 2 Temporal Ctx	11.2	Control 3 Occipital	7.3
		Ctx
AD 3 Temporal Ctx	7.4	Control 4 Occipital	6.1
		Ctx
AD 4 Temporal Ctx	3.7	Control (Path) 1	45.1
		Occipital Ctx
AD 5 Inf Temporal	33.7	Control (Path) 2	8.7
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 5 SupTemporal	24.3	Control (Path) 3	1.9
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 6 Inf Temporal	24.1	Control (Path) 4	14.4
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 6 Sup Temporal	19.2	Control 1 Parietal	11.6
Ctx		Ctx
Control 1 Temporal	8.2	Control 2 Parietal	30.8
Ctx		Ctx
Control 2 Temporal	21.8	Control 3 Parietal	12.7
Ctx		Ctx
Control 3 Temporal	11.2	Control (Path) 1	100.0
Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control 4 Temporal	12.3	Control (Path) 2	8.2
Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control (Path) 1	29.1	Control (Path) 3	12.6
Temporal Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control (Path) 2	15.1	Control (Path) 4	32.3
Temporal Ctx		Parietal Ctx

[0609]

TABLE HC
General_screening_panel_v1.4
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag4100,		(%) Ag4100,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	219922656	Tissue Name	219922656
Adipose	0.7	Renal ca. TK-10	7.4
Melanoma*	2.1	Bladder	5.6
Hs688(A).T
Melanoma*	3.2	Gastric ca. (liver met.)	6.2
Hs688(B).T		NCI-N87
Melanoma* M14	11.2	Gastric ca. KATO III	21.2
Melanoma*	4.5	Colon ca. SW-948	13.6
LOXIMVI
Melanoma* SK-	4.5	Colon ca. SW480	16.7
MEL-5
Squamous Cell	5.7	Colon ca.* (SW480	6.7
carcinoma SCC-4		met) SW620
Testis Pool	1.3	Colon ca. HT29	7.3
Prostate ca.* (bone	2.3	Colon ca. HCT-116	23.3
met) PC-3
Prostate Pool	2.4	Colon ca. CaCo-2	8.0
Placenta	1.7	Colon cancer tissue	8.2
Uterus Pool	0.2	Colon ca. SW1116	10.7
Ovarian ca.	5.3	Colon ca. Colo-205	6.4
OVCAR-3
Ovarian ca. SK-OV-	25.2	Colon ca. SW-48	14.4
3
Ovarian ca.	8.2	Colon Pool	1.9
OVCAR-4
Ovarian ca.	26.4	Small Intestine Pool	2.8
OVCAR-5
Ovarian ca.	19.6	Stomach Pool	1.1
IGROV-1
Ovarian ca.	19.9	Bone Marrow Pool	0.8
OVCAR-8
Ovary	2.9	Fetal Heart	1.8
Breast ca. MCF-7	15.5	Heart Pool	1.5
Breast ca. MDA-	13.4	Lymph Node Pool	2.2
MB-231
Breast ca. BT 549	7.3	Fetal Skeletal Muscle	0.8
Breast ca. T47D	100.0	Skeletal Muscle Pool	3.8
Breast ca. MDA-N	12.9	Spleen Pool	4.0
Breast Pool	2.0	Thymus Pool	4.2
Trachea	1.3	CNS cancer (glio/	6.4
		astro) U87-MG
Lung	0.5	CNS cancer (glio/	31.6
		astro) U-118-MG
Fetal Lung	2.4	CNS cancer	6.8
		(neuro;met) SK-N-AS
Lung ca. NCI-	11.7	CNS cancer (astro)	6.2
N417		SF-539
Lung ca. LX-1	7.6	CNS cancer (astro)	16.5
		SNB-75
Lung ca. NCI-H146	8.5	CNS cancer (glio)	18.9
		SNB-19
Lung ca. SHP-77	5.6	CNS cancer (glio) SF-	10.0
		295
Lung ca. A549	9.0	Brain (Amygdala)	2.8
		Pool
Lung ca. NCI-H526	8.6	Brain (cerebellum)	5.8
Lung ca. NCI-H23	4.4	Brain (fetal)	2.8
Lung ca. NCI-H460	3.4	Pool (Hippocampus)	1.8
		Pool
Lung ca. HOP-62	2.6	Cerebral Cortex Pool	2.7
Lung ca. NCI-H522	3.6	Brain (Substantia	5.6
		nigra) Pool
Liver	0.2	Brain (Thalamus) Pool	2.9
Fetal Liver	1.7	Brain (whole)	1.3
Liver ca. HepG2	5.0	Spinal Cord Pool	4.1
Kidney Pool	2.7	Adrenal Gland	2.4
Fetal Kidney	1.7	Pituitary gland Pool	1.0
Renal ca. 786-0	5.2	Salivary Gland	0.7
Renal ca. A498	2.8	Thyroid (female)	2.3
Renal ca. ACHN	4.3	Pancreatic ca.	6.8
		CAPAN2
Renal ca. UO-31	6.4	Pancreas Pool	2.9

[0610]

TABLE HD
Panel 4.1D
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag4100,		(%) Ag4100,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	172775146	Tissue Name	172775146
Secondary Th1 act	39.8	HUVEC IL-1beta	40.6
Secondary Th2 act	59.5	HUVEC IFN gamma	33.2
Secondary Tr1 act	64.2	HUVEC TNF alpha +	38.2
		IFN gamma
Secondary Th1 rest	15.7	HUVEC TNF alpha +	49.7
	IL4
Secondary Th2 rest	22.7	HUVEC IL-11	29.7
Secondary Tr1 rest	21.8	Lung Microvascular	87.7
		EC none
Primary Th1 act	90.1	Lung Microvascular	46.3
		EC
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
Primary Th2 act	64.6	Microvascular Dermal	71.2
		EC none
Primary Tr1 act	97.3	Microsvasular Dermal	45.7
		EC TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
Primary Th1 rest	25.0	Bronchial epithelium	21.9
		TNFalpha + IL1beta
Primary Th2 rest	11.2	Small airway	7.2
		epithelium none
Primary Tr1 rest	49.3	Small airway	16.2
		epithelium
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD45RA CD4	70.7	Coronery artery SMC	12.3
lymphocyte act		rest
CD45RO CD4	93.3	Coronery artery SMC	14.5
lymphocyte act		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD8 lymphocyte act	79.0	Astrocytes rest	19.8
Secondary CD8	63.7	Astrocytes	18.4
lymphocyte rest		TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
Secondary CD8	17.4	KU-812 (Basophil)	43.2
lymphocyte act		rest
CD4 lymphocyte	5.3	KU-812 (Basophil)	19.6
none		PMA/ionomycin
2ry Th1/Th2/	28.1	CCD1106 (Keratino-	92.7
Tr1_anti-CD95		cytes) none
CH11
LAK cells rest	34.6	CCD1106 (Keratino-	47.0
		cytes) TNFalpha +
		IL-1beta
LAK cells IL-2	24.8	Liver cirrhosis	10.2
LAK cells IL-2 +	36.9	NCI-H292 none	50.0
IL-12
LAK cells IL-2 +	32.8	NCI-H292 IL-4	44.4
IFN gamma
LAK cells IL-2 +	27.9	NCI-H292 IL-9	72.7
IL-18
LAK cells	23.8	NCI-H292 IL-13	57.0
PMA/ionomycin
NK Cells IL-2	40.3	NCI-H292 IFN gamma	66.9
rest
Two Way MLR 3	62.9	HPAEC none	37.6
day
Two Way MLR 5	44.8	HPAEC TNF alpha +	43.5
day		IL-1 beta
Two Way MLR 7	37.4	Lung fibroblast none	22.8
day
PBMC rest	18.0	Lung fibroblast TNF	23.7
		alpha + IL-1 beta
PBMC PWM	81.8	Lung fibroblast IL-4	42.0
PBMC PHA-L	51.4	Lung fibroblast IL-9	87.1
Ramos (B cell) none	100.0	Lung fibroblast IL-13	45.4
Ramos (B cell)	98.6	Lung fibroblast IFN	37.4
ionomycin		gamma
B lymphocytes	32.3	Dermal fibroblast	62.4
PWM		CCD1070 rest
B lymphocytes	67.4	Dermal fibroblast	61.6
CD40L and IL-4		CCD1070 TNF alpha
EOL-1 dbcAMP	51.1	Dermal fibroblast	52.5
		CCD1070 IL-1 beta
EOL-1 dbcAMP	27.0	Dermal fibroblast IFN	33.2
PMA/ionomycin		gamma
Dendritic cells none	33.9	Dermal fibroblast IL-4	34.4
Dendritic cells LPS	17.0	Dermal Fibroblasts	20.2
		rest
Dendritic cells anti-	17.8	Neutrophils TNFa +	5.0
CD40		LPS
Monocytes rest	15.0	Neutrophils rest	1.3
Monocytes LPS	42.6	Colon	16.7
Macrophages rest	42.9	Lung	13.8
Macrophages LPS	17.7	Thymus	23.8
HUVEC none	55.5	Kidney	36.9
HUVEC starved	71.2

[0611]

TABLE HE
Panel CNS_1
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag4100,		(%) Ag4100,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	180912027	Tissue Name	180912027
BA4 Control	9.1	BA17 PSP	4.7
BA4 Control2	62.0	BA17 PSP2	0.0
BA4	3.1	Sub Nigra Control	26.8
Alzheimer's2
BA4 Parkinson's	87.7	Sub Nigra Control2	41.8
BA4	47.0	Sub Nigra	3.0
Parkinson's2		Alzheimer's2
BA4	34.4	Sub Nigra	68.3
Huntington's		Parkinson's2
BA4	16.2	Sub Nigra	88.3
Huntington's2		Huntington's
BA4 PSP	0.0	Sub Nigra	28.9
		Huntington's2
BA4 PSP2	55.1	Sub Nigra PSP2	2.3
BA4 Depression	24.1	Sub Nigra	0.0
		Depression
BA4	8.9	Sub Nigra	8.8
Depression2		Depression2
BA7 Control	45.7	Glob Palladus	32.5
		Control
BA7 Control2	52.9	Glob Palladus	6.2
		Control2
BA7	12.5	Glob Palladus	29.3
Alzheimer's2		Alzheimer's
BA7 Parkinson's	31.9	Glob Palladus	11.4
		Alzheimer's2
BA7	92.0	Glob Palladus	73.7
Parkinson's2		Parkinson's
BA7	41.2	Glob Palladus	60.7
Huntington's		Parkinson's2
BA7	68.3	Glob Palladus PSP	13.5
Huntington's2
BA7 PSP	36.9	Glob Palladus PSP2	22.2
BA7 PSP2	17.7	Glob Palladus	1.2
		Depression
BA7 Depression	0.0	Temp Pole Control	35.4
BA9 Control	15.3	Temp Pole Control2	18.0
BA9 Control2	16.4	Temp Pole	0.0
		Alzheimer's
BA9 Alzheimer's	19.2	Temp Pole	0.0
		Alzheimer's2
BA9	9.5	Temp Pole	42.0
Alzheimer's2		Parkinson's
BA9 Parkinson's	46.7	Temp Pole	62.4
		Parkinson's2
BA9	78.5	Temp Pole	65.5
Parkinson's2		Huntington's
BA9	65.5	Temp Pole PSP	0.0
Huntington's
BA9	13.4	Temp Pole PSP2	4.1
Huntington's2
BA9 PSP	17.1	Temp Pole	0.0
		Depression2
BA9 PSP2	8.8	Cing Gyr Control	92.0
BA9 Depression	5.4	Cing Gyr Control2	44.4
BA9	37.4	Cing Gyr	11.3
Depression2		Alzheimer's
BA17 Control	31.4	Cing Gyr	10.5
		Alzheimer's2
BA17 Control2	59.9	Cing Gyr	62.9
		Parkinson's
BA17	19.9	Cing Gyr	40.6
Alzheimer's2		Parkinson's2
BA17	95.9	Cing Gyr	90.8
Parkinson's		Huntington's
BA17	100.0	Cing Gyr	40.3
Parkinson's2		Huntington's2
BA17	55.1	Cing Gyr PSP	12.0
Huntington's
BA17	43.8	Cing Gyr PSP2	0.0
Huntington's2
BA17	4.6	Cing Gyr Depression	17.6
Depression
BA17	12.0	Cing Gyr	42.6
Depression2		Depression2

[0612]

TABLE HF
general oncology screening panel_v_2.4
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag4100,		(%) Ag4100,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	268623631	Tissue Name	268623631
Colon cancer 1	42.3	Bladder cancer NAT 2	0.3
Colon NAT 1	11.1	Bladder cancer NAT 3	0.8
Colon cancer 2	10.2	Bladder cancer NAT 4	7.0
Colon cancer	7.1	Adenocarcinoma of the	12.4
NAT 2		prostate 1
Colon cancer 3	17.3	Adenocarcinoma of the	2.4
		prostate 2
Colon cancer	9.7	Adenocarcinoma of the	13.0
NAT 3		prostate 3
Colon malignant	28.1	Adenocarcinoma of the	21.0
cancer 4		prostate 4
Colon normal	3.1	Prostate cancer NAT 5	6.1
adjacent tissue 4
Lung cancer 1	12.9	Adenocarcinoma of the	2.3
		prostate 6
Lung NAT 1	0.2	Adenocarcinoma of the	3.4
		prostate 7
Lung cancer 2	100.0	Adenocarcinoma of the	0.0
		prostate 8
Lung NAT 2	3.0	Adenocarcinoma of the	17.3
		prostate 9
Squamous cell	15.4	Prostate cancer NAT 10	0.9
carcinoma 3
Lung NAT 3	0.0	Kidney cancer 1	11.2
metastatic	12.3	KidneyNAT 1	1.9
melanoma 1
Melanoma 2	2.4	Kidney cancer 2	56.3
Melanoma 3	2.0	Kidney NAT 2	20.0
metastatic	26.4	Kidney cancer 3	24.7
melanoma 4
metastatic	18.9	Kidney NAT 3	13.1
melanoma 5
Bladder cancer 1	0.0	Kidney cancer 4	11.0
Bladder cancer	0.0	Kidney NAT 4	5.7
NAT 1
Bladder cancer 2	5.6

[0613] CNS_neurodegeneration_v1.0 Summary: Ag4100 This panel does not show differential expression of the CG95775-01 gene in Alzheimer's disease. However, this expression profile confirms the presence of this gene in the brain. Please see Panel 1.4 for discussion of this gene in the central nervous system.

[0614] General_screening_panel_v1.4 Summary: Ag4100 Highest expression of the CG95775-01 gene is seen in a breast cancer cell line (CT=26.9). This gene is widely expressed in this panel, with prominent levels of expression also seen in clusters of cell lines derived from breast cancer, ovarian cancer, melanoma, lung cancer, gastric cancer and brain cancer. Overall, this expression profile suggest that this gene product may be involved in cell proliferation and growth.

[0615] Among tissues with metabolic function, this gene is expressed at moderate to low levels in pituitary, adipose, adrenal gland, pancreas, thyroid, fetal liver and adult and fetal skeletal muscle and heart. This widespread expression among these tissues suggests that this gene product may play a role in normal neuroendocrine and metabolic function and that disregulated expression of this gene may contribute to neuroendocrine disorders or metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes.

[0616] This gene is also expressed at moderate to low levels in the CNS, including the hippocampus, thalamus, substantia nigra, amygdala, cerebellum and cerebral cortex. Therefore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be useful in the treatment of neurologic disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, stroke and epilepsy.

[0617] Panel 4.1D Summary: Ag4100 Highest expression of the CG95775-01 gene is seen in an untreated sample derived from the B cell line Ramos (CT=33). This gene is widely expressed at low but significant levels in many cells involved in the immune response including activated Th1, Th2 and Tr1 cells, CD8 and CD4 lymphocytes, activated PMBCs and B lymphocytes, LAK cells, eosinophils, and endothelial cells from lung and skin. This widespread pattern of expression suggests that this gene product may be involved in homeostatic processes for these and other cell types and tissues. This pattern is in agreement with the expression profile in General_screening_panel_v1.4 and also suggests a role for the gene product in cell survival and proliferation. Therefore, modulation of the gene product with a functional therapeutic may lead to the alteration of functions associated with these cell types and lead to improvement of the symptoms of patients suffering from autoimmune and inflammatory diseases such as asthma, allergies, inflammatory bowel disease, lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis.

[0618] Panel CNS—1 Summary: Ag4100 This panel confirms expression of the CG95775-01 gene in in the brain. Please see Panel 1.4 for discussion of this gene in the central nervous system.

[0619] general oncology screening panel_v—2.4 Summary: Ag4100 Highest expression of the CG95775-01 gene is seen in lung cancer (OD06850-03C) sample (CT=29.2). Expression of this gene is higher in the cancer (OD06850-03C) sample as compared to control normal lung sample (CT=38). Thus, expression of this gene may be used to distinguish between these two samples. In addition, higher expression of this gene is also seen in other cancers such as lung, kidney, metastatic melanoma, bladder, and prostate cancer. Therefore, expression of this gene can be used as diagnostic marker for these cancers and also, therapeutic modulation of this gene product may be useful in the treatment of these cancers.

I. NOV23a (CG96221-01): Hydroxyproline-rich Glycoprotein

[0620] Expression of gene CG96221-01 was assessed using the primer-probe set Ag4042, described in Table IA. Results of the RTQ-PCR runs are shown in Tables IB, IC, ID and IE.

TABLE IA
Probe Name Ag4042
			Start	SEQ ID
Primers	Sequences	Length	Position	No
Forward	5′-agagagctgtttccaatatgca-3′	22	148	112
Probe	TET-5′-accattcaacacttccaactgtgtcg-3′-TAMRA	26	200	113
Reverse	5′-ctgaaggcctagttagccatgt-3′	22	226	114

[0621]

TABLE IB
CNS_neurodegeneration_v1.0
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag4042,		(%) Ag4042,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	214151951	Tissue Name	214151951
AD 1 Hippo	10.5	Control (Path) 3	3.7
		Temporal Ctx
AD 2 Hippo	24.0	Control (Path) 4	32.3
		Temporal Ctx
AD 3 Hippo	7.6	AD 1 Occipital Ctx	18.9
AD 4 Hippo	7.0	AD 2 Occipital Ctx	0.0
		(Missing)
AD 5 Hippo	95.3	AD 3 Occipital Ctx	11.3
AD 6 Hippo	44.1	AD 4 Occipital Ctx	31.0
Control 2 Hippo	18.3	AD 5 Occipital Ctx	20.9
Control 4 Hippo	18.0	AD 6 Occipital Ctx	12.6
Control (Path) 3	8.0	Control 1 Occipital	5.0
Hippo		Ctx
AD 1 Temporal Ctx	27.9	Control 2 Occipital	19.9
		Ctx
AD 2 Temporal Ctx	32.1	Control 3 Occipital	21.9
		Ctx
AD 3 Temporal Ctx	11.5	Control 4 Occipital	13.7
		Ctx
AD 4 Temporal Ctx	26.4	Control (Path) 1	100.0
		Occipital Ctx
AD 5 Inf Temporal	69.3	Control (Path) 2
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 5 Sup	57.8	Control (Path) 3	0.1
Temporal Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 6 Inf Temporal	40.6	Control (Path) 4	28.3
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 6 Sup	43.2	Control 1 Parietal	16.7
Temporal Ctx		Ctx
Control 1 Temporal	4.2	Control 2 Parietal	51.4
Ctx		Ctx
Control 2 Temporal	22.8	Control 3 Parietal	23.7
Ctx		Ctx
Control 3 Temporal	13.8	Control (Path) 1	47.0
Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control 3 Temporal	14.4	Control (Path) 2	26.8
Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control (Path) 1	51.4	Control (Path) 3	5.1
Temporal Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control (Path) 2	35.6	Control (Path) 4	40.6
Temporal Ctx		Parietal Ctx

[0622]

TABLE IC
General_screening_panel_v1.4
	Rel. Exp.		Rel. Exp.
	(%) Ag4042,		(%) Ag4042,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	218426120	Tissue Name	218426120
Adipose	0.3	Renal ca. TK-10	3.2
Melanoma*	0.1	Bladder	1.4
Hs688(A).T
Melanoma*	0.4	Gastric ca. (liver met.)	6.6
Hs688(B).T		NCI-N87
Melanoma* M14	0.6	Gastric ca. KATO III	5.0
Melanoma*	0.5	Colon ca. SW-948	0.9
LOXIMVI
Melanoma* SK-	2.5	Colon ca. SW480	13.4
MEL-5
Squamous cell	0.7	Colon ca.* (SW480	5.4
carcinoma SCC-4		met) SW620
Testis Pool	1.4	Colon ca. HT29	2.1
Prostate ca.* (bone	1.2	Colon ca. HCT-116	2.0
met) PC-3
Prostate Pool	1.1	Colon ca. CaCo-2	7.0
Placenta	0.3	Colon cancer tissue	1.8
Uterus Pool	0.4	Colon ca. SW1116	0.8
Ovarian ca.	1.0	Colon ca. Colo-205	1.2
OVCAR-3
Ovarian ca. SK-OV-	3.6	Colon ca. SW-48	0.6
3
Ovarian ca.	0.4	Colon Pool	3.8
OVCAR-4
Ovarian ca.	3.2	Small Intestine Pool	3.3
OVCAR-5
Ovarian ca.	3.2	Stomach Pool	1.1
IGROV-1
Ovarian ca.	0.4	Bone Marrow Pool	1.5
OVCAR-8
Ovary	1.4	Fetal Heart	4.8
Breast ca. MCF-7	100.0	Heart Pool	0.6
Breast ca. MDA-	0.5	Lymph Node Pool	4.3
MB-231
Breast ca. BT 549	3.3	Fetal Skeletal Muscle	2.3
Breast ca. T47D	6.7	Skeletal Muscle Pool	0.8
Breast ca.	1.5	Spleen Pool	1.2
MDA-N
Breast Pool	5.3	Thymus Pool	94.0
Trachea	0.7	CNS cancer (glio/	0.7
		astro) U87-MG
Lung	0.7	CNS cancer (glio/	3.5
		astro) U-118-MG
Fetal Lung	1.4	CNS cancer	1.7
		(neuro;met) SK-N-AS
Lung ca. NCI-N417	0.2	CNS cancer (astro)	2.3
		SF-539
Lung ca. LX-1	6.3	CNS cancer (astro)	8.0
		SNB-75
Lung ca. NCI-H146	1.2	CNS cancer (glio)	2.2
		SNB-19
Lung ca. SHP-77	0.6	CNS cancer (glio)	17.0
		SF-295
Lung ca. A549	0.8	Brain (Amygdala)	0.3
		Pool
Lung ca. NCI-H526	0.2	Brain (cerebellum)	1.7
Lung ca. NCI-H23	17.8	Brain (fetal)	2.0
Lung ca. NCI-H460	1.0	Brain (Hippocampus)	1.0
		Pool
Lung ca. HOP-62	0.7	Cerebral Cortex Pool	1.7
Lung ca. NCI-H522	1.2	Brain (Substantia	1.1
		nigra) Pool
Liver	0.1	Brain (Thalamus) Pool	1.8
Fetal Liver	2.4	Brain (whole)	0.5
Liver ca. HepG2	3.9	Spinal Cord Pool	1.8
Kidney Pool	3.8	Adrenal Gland	0.9
Fetal Kidney	5.0	Pituitary gland Pool	0.6
Renal ca. 786-0	2.2	Salivary Gland	0.2
Renal ca. A498	1.4	Thyroid (female)	96.6
Renal ca. ACHN	1.4	Pancreatic ca.	2.6
		CAPAN2
Renal ca. UO-31	1.0	Pancreas Pool	3.2

[0623]

TABLE ID
Panel 4.1D
	Rel. Exp. (%)		Rel. Exp. (%)
	Ag4042, Run		Ag4042, Run
Tissue Name	171616938	Tissue Name	171616938
Secondary Th1 act	9.3	HUVEC IL-1beta	4.3
Secondary Th2 act	6.5	HUVEC IFN gamma	8.5
Secondary Tr1 act	9.9	HUVEC TNF alpha + IFN	4.9
		gamma
Secondary Th1 rest	6.6	HUVEC TNF alpha + IL4	3.8
Secondary Th2 rest	3.1	HUVEC IL-11	1.6
Secondary Tr1 rest	2.8	Lung Microvascular EC	7.4
		none
Primary Th1 act	0.6	Lung Microvascular EC	7.5
		TNF alpha + IL-1beta
Primary Th2 act	12.4	Microvascular Dermal EC	3.3
		none
Primary Tr1 act	8.8	Microsvasular Dermal EC	1.6
		TNF alpha + IL-1beta
Primary Th1 rest	1.1	Bronchial epithelium	2.7
		TNF alpha + IL1beta
Primary Th2 rest	0.8	Small airway epithelium	5.7
		none
Primary Tr1 rest	3.4	Small airway epithelium	8.4
		TNF alpha + IL-1beta
CD45RA CD4	7.0	Coronery artery SMC rest	1.5
lymphocyte act
CD45RO CD4	7.6	Coronery artery SMC	0.7
lymphocyte act		TNF alpha + IL-1beta
CD8 lymphocyte act	10.4	Astrocytes rest	3.5
Secondary CD8	2.8	Astrocytes TNF alpha +	2.2
lymphocyte rest		IL-1beta
Secondary CD8	3.6	KU-812 (Basophil) rest	65.1
lymphocyte act
CD4 lymphocyte none	4.4	KU-812 (Basophil)	94.0
		PMA/ionomycin
2ry Th1/Th2/Tr1_anti-	11.9	CCD1106 (Keratinocytes)	13.3
CD95 CH11		none
LAK cells rest	9.5	CCD1106 (Keratinocytes)	6.6
		TNF alpha + IL-1beta
LAK cells IL-2	8.7	Liver cirrhosis	0.2
LAK cells IL-2 + IL-12	2.5	NCI-H292 none	22.4
LAK cells IL-2 + IFN	9.2	NCI-H292 IL-4	8.5
gamma
LAK cells IL-2 + IL-18	14.8	NCI-H292 IL-9	27.2
LAK cells	0.9	NCI-H292 IL-13	10.9
PMA/ionomycin
NK Cells IL-2 rest	7.4	NCI-H292 IFN gamma	23.8
Two Way MLR 3 day	8.8	HPAEC none	2.8
Two Way MLR 5 day	5.8	HPAEC TNF alpha + IL-	3.5
		1beta
Two Way MLR 7 day	8.3	Lung fibroblast none	9.2
PBMC rest	3.6	Lung fibroblast TNF alpha +	3.9
		IL-1beta
PBMC PWM	10.2	Lung fibroblast IL-4	4.4
PBMC PHA-L	6.2	Lung fibroblast IL-9	3.0
Ramos (B cell) none	29.9	Lung fibroblast IL-13	4.5
Ramos (B cell)	33.7	Lung fibroblast IFN	3.5
ionomycin		gamma
B lymphocytes PWM	3.4	Dermal fibroblast	9.0
		CCD1070 rest
B lymphocytes CD40L	11.4	Dermal fibroblast	20.4
and IL-4		CCD1070 TNF alpha
EOL-1 dbcAMP	0.0	Dermal fibroblast	3.6
		CCD1070 IL-1beta
EOL-1 dbcAMP	0.0	Dermal fibroblast IFN	1.6
PMA/ionomycin		gamma
Dendritic cells none	3.2	Dermal fibroblast IL-4	8.5
Dendritic cells LPS	6.7	Dermal Fibroblasts rest	6.3
Dendritic cells anti-	9.7	Neutrophils TNFa + LPS	1.5
CD40
Monocytes rest	2.3	Neutrophils rest	2.5
Monocytes LPS	3.5	Colon	8.3
Macrophages rest	8.8	Lung	3.5
Macrophages LPS	0.8	Thymus	21.2
HUVEC none	0.0	Kidney	100.0
HUVEC starved	1.8

[0624]

TABLE IE
general oncology screening panel_v_2.4
	Rel. Exp. (%) Ag4042,		Rel. Exp. (%) Ag4042,
Tissue Name	Run 268362930	Tissue Name	Run 268362930
Colon cancer 1	10.7	Bladder cancer NAT 2	0.0
Colon cancer NAT 1	1.7	Bladder cancer NAT 3	0.4
Colon cancer 2	2.0	Bladder cancer NAT 4	1.5
Colon cancer NAT 2	0.4	Adenocarcinoma of the	34.6
		prostate 1
Colon cancer 3	100.0	Adenocarcinoma of the	4.0
		prostate 2
Colon cancer NAT 3	4.5	Adenocarcinoma of the	5.2
		prostate 3
Colon malignant	17.1	Adenocarcinoma of the	41.8
cancer 4		prostate 4
Colon normal	4.1	Prostate cancer NAT 5	4.5
adjacent tissue 4
Lung cancer 1	20.7	Adenocarcinoma of the	4.0
		prostate 6
Lung NAT 1	0.7	Adenocarcinoma of the	4.2
		prostate 7
Lung cancer 2	30.1	Adenocarcinoma of the	2.7
		prostate 8
Lung NAT 2	3.2	Adenocarcinoma of the	12.1
		prostate 9
Squamous cell	8.4	Prostate cancer NAT 10	0.9
carcinoma 3
Lung NAT 3	1.1	Kidney cancer 1	18.3
metastatic	5.7	KidneyNAT 1	5.7
melanoma 1
Melanoma 2	3.3	Kidney cancer 2	80.7
Melanoma 3	0.6	Kidney NAT 2	21.3
metastatic	36.6	Kidney cancer 3	15.5
melanoma 4
metastatic	21.3	Kidney NAT 3	2.1
melanoma 5
Bladder cancer 1	0.7	Kidney cancer 4	1.5
Bladder cancer	0.0	Kidney NAT 4	0.9
NAT 1
Bladder cancer 2	1.7

[0625] CNS_neurodegeneration_v1.0 Summary: Ag4042 This panel does not show differential expression of the CG96221-01 gene in Alzheimer's disease. However, this expression profile confirms the presence of this gene in the brain. Please see Panel 1.4 for discussion of this gene in the central nervous system.

[0626] General_screening_panel v1.4 Summary: Ag4042 Highest expression of the CG96221-01 gene is seen in a breast cancer cell line (CT=25.9), with high levels of expression also seen in the thyroid and thymus. Thus, expression of this gene could be used to distinguish these samples from other samples on this panel and as a marker of breast cancer and thyroid and thymic tissue. Furthermore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be of use in the treatment of breast cancer and the thyroidopathies.

[0627] Overall, this gene is ubiquitously expressed with moderate to low levels of expression seen in other metabolic tissues including in pituitary, adipose, adrenal gland, pancreas, fetal liver and adult and fetal skeletal muscle and heart. This widespread expression among these tissues suggests that this gene product may play a role in normal neuroendocrine and metabolic function and that disregulated expression of this gene may contribute to neuroendocrine disorders or metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes.

[0628] In addition, this gene is expressed at much higher levels in fetal liver (CT=31.3) when compared to expression in the adult counterpart (CT=36.3). Thus, expression of this gene may be used to differentiate between the fetal and adult source of this tissue.

[0629] This gene is also expressed at moderate to low levels in the CNS, including the hippocampus, thalamus, substantia nigra, amygdala, cerebellum and cerebral cortex. Therefore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be useful in the treatment of neurologic disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, stroke and epilepsy

[0630] Panel 4.1D Summary: Ag4042 Highest expression of the CG96221-01 gene is seen in the kidney (CT=30.2), with low but significant expression in the thymus. The expression of this gene is widespread throughout this panel with prominent expression also detected in both treated and untreated basophils. Basophils release histamines and other biological modifiers in reponse to allergens and play an important role in the pathology of asthma and hypersensitivity reactions. Therefore, therapeutics designed against the putative protein encoded by this gene may reduce or inhibit inflammation by blocking basophil function in these diseases. In addition, these cells are a reasonable model for the inflammatory cells that take part in various inflammatory lung and bowel diseases, such as asthma, Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis. Therefore, therapeutics that modulate the function of this gene product may reduce or eliminate the symptoms of patients suffering from asthma, Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis.

[0631] general oncology screening panel_v—2.4 Summary: Ag4042 Highest expression of the CG96221-01 gene is seen in colon cancer (CT=29), with significant expression also seen in prostate and kidney cancer. In addition, expression of this gene is higher in the cancers than in the normal adjacent tissue. Therefore, expression of this gene could be as a marker to detect the presence of these cancers. Furthermore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be effective in the treatment of colon, kidney and prostate cancer.

J. NOV25a (CG96394-01): HIC1

[0632] Expression of gene CG96394-01 was assessed using the primer-probe set Ag4054, described in Table JA. Results of the RTQ-PCR runs are shown in Tables JB, JC, JD and JE.

TABLE JA
Probe Name Ag4054
			Start	SEQ ID
Primers	Sequences	Length	Position	No
Forward	5′-gtcatcatcatggtggagaact-3′	22	226	115
Probe	TET-5′-cacaagaacgtcctagccgccag-3′-TAMRA	23	262	116
Reverse	5′-aggaccagggacttgaaataga-3′	22	290	117

[0633]

TABLE JB
General_screening_panel_v1.4
	Rel. Exp. (%) Ag4054,		Rel. Exp. (%) Ag4054,
Tissue Name	Run 218713208	Tissue Name	Run 218713208
Adipose	4.1	Renal ca. TK-10	18.0
Melanoma*	3.2	Bladder	6.7
Hs688(A).T
Melanoma*	1.6	Gastric ca. (liver met.)	17.3
Hs688(B).T		NCI-N87
Melanoma* M14	13.1	Gastric ca. KATO III	18.3
Melanoma*	4.1	Colon ca. SW-948	2.7
LOXIMVI
Melanoma* SK-	8.4	Colon ca. SW480	8.0
MEL-5
Squamous cell	10.3	Colon ca.* (SW480	9.0
carcinoma SCC-4		met) SW620
Testis Pool	7.6	Colon ca. HT29	3.7
Prostate ca.* (bone	4.4	Colon ca. HCT-116	20.7
met) PC-3
Prostate Pool	2.0	Colon ca. CaCo-2	100.0
Placenta	28.9	Colon cancer tissue	6.0
Uterus Pool	1.2	Colon ca. SW1116	3.3
Ovarian ca.	17.9	Colon ca. Colo-205	3.1
OVCAR-3
Ovarian ca. SK-OV-3	15.2	Colon ca. SW-48	2.2
Ovarian ca.	5.0	Colon Pool	5.2
OVCAR-4
Ovarian ca.	10.7	Small Intestine Pool	8.4
OVCAR-5
Ovarian ca. IGROV-1	7.4	Stomach Pool	3.1
Ovarian ca.	3.8	Bone Marrow Pool	1.9
OVCAR-8
Ovary	6.6	Fetal Heart	4.9
Breast ca. MCF-7	4.9	Heart Pool	1.9
Breast ca. MDA-	4.5	Lymph Node Pool	5.5
MB-231
Breast ca. BT 549	13.1	Fetal Skeletal Muscle	2.3
Breast ca. T47D	21.5	Skeletal Muscle Pool	3.5
Breast ca. MDA-N	3.0	Spleen Pool	4.2
Breast Pool	5.4	Thymus Pool	11.3
Trachea	3.3	CNS cancer (glio/astro)	8.1
		U87-MG
Lung	1.2	CNS cancer (glio/astro)	17.3
		U-118-MG
Fetal Lung	13.5	CNS cancer	21.6
		(neuro;met) SK-N-AS
Lung ca. NCI-N417	2.3	CNS cancer (astro) SF-	3.7
		539
Lung ca. LX-1	8.0	CNS cancer (astro)	10.7
		SNB-75
Lung ca. NCI-H146	7.2	CNS cancer (glio)	9.4
		SNB-19
Lung ca. SHP-77	9.1	CNS cancer (glio) SF-	13.2
		295
Lung ca. A549	7.0	Brain (Amygdala) Pool	3.1
Lung ca. NCI-H526	5.6	Brain (cerebellum)	7.7
Lung ca. NCI-H23	10.8	Brain (fetal)	30.4
Lung ca. NCI-H460	3.6	Brain (Hippocampus)	2.6
		Pool
Lung ca. HOP-62	5.9	Cerebral Cortex Pool	4.5
Lung ca. NCI-H522	11.0	Brain (Substantia nigra)	3.3
		Pool
Liver	0.5	Brain (Thalamus) Pool	4.4
Fetal Liver	31.9	Brain (whole)	8.0
Liver ca. HepG2	23.8	Spinal Cord Pool	3.8
Kidney Pool	10.7	Adrenal Gland	3.8
Fetal Kidney	10.4	Pituitary gland Pool	1.6
Renal ca. 786-0	8.4	Salivary Gland	1.4
Renal ca. A498	1.8	Thyroid (female)	3.7
Renal ca. ACHN	4.7	Pancreatic ca.	4.6
		CAPAN2
Renal ca. UO-31	4.5	Pancreas Pool	6.9

[0634]

TABLE JC
Panel 4.1D
	Rel. Exp. (%)		Rel. Exp. (%)
	Ag4054, Run		Ag4054, Run
Tissue Name	171619967	Tissue Name	171619967
Secondary Th1 act	44.8	HUVEC IL-1beta	23.2
Secondary Th2 act	51.8	HUVEC IFN gamma	17.9
Secondary Tr1 act	37.1	HUVEC TNF alpha + IFN	17.3
		gamma
Secondary Th1 rest	12.4	HUVEC TNF alpha + IL4	22.1
Secondary Th2 rest	11.7	HUVEC IL-11	17.8
Secondary Tr1 rest	12.6	Lung Microvascular EC	27.4
		none
Primary Th1 act	58.2	Lung Microvascular EC	29.9
		TNF alpha + IL-1beta
Primary Th2 act	49.0	Microvascular Dermal EC	21.8
		none
Primary Tr1 act	52.5	Microsvasular Dermal EC	15.5
		TNF alpha + IL-1beta
Primary Th1 rest	12.7	Bronchial epithelium	5.7
		TNF alpha + IL1beta
Primary Th2 rest	7.8	Small airway epithelium	10.7
		none
Primary Tr1 rest	19.9	Small airway epithelium	24.7
		TNF alpha + IL-1beta
CD45RA CD4	22.4	Coronery artery SMC rest	16.8
lymphocyte act
CD45RO CD4	33.4	Coronery artery SMC	11.6
lymphocyte act		TNF alpha + IL-1beta
CD8 lymphocyte act	24.5	Astrocytes rest	11.4
Secondary CD8	18.9	Astrocytes TNF alpha +	4.2
lymphocyte rest		IL-1beta
Secondary CD8	15.4	KU-812 (Basophil) rest	44.4
lymphocyte act
CD4 lymphocyte none	16.7	KU-812 (Basophil)	42.3
		PMA/ionomycin
2ry Th1/Th2/Tr1_anti-	14.6	CCD1106 (Keratinocytes)	81.2
CD95 CH11		none
LAK cells rest	30.8	CCD1106 (Keratinocytes)	53.2
		TNF alpha + IL-1beta
LAK cells IL-2	12.2	Liver cirrhosis	9.5
LAK cells IL-2 + IL-12	11.3	NCI-H292 none	10.0
LAK cells IL-2 + IFN	11.1	NCI-H292 IL-4	14.5
gamma
LAK cells IL-2 + IL-18	5.8	NCI-H292 IL-9	11.0
LAK cells	81.8	NCI-H292 IL-13	14.9
PMA/ionomycin
NK Cells IL-2 rest	35.6	NCI-H292 IFN gamma	12.3
Two way MLR 3 day	36.6	HPAEC none	11.3
Two Way MLR 5 day	41.8	HPAEC TNF alpha + IL-	21.6
		1beta
Two Way MLR 7 day	32.8	Lung fibroblast none	23.0
PBMC rest	24.1	Lung fibroblast TNF alpha +	19.1
		IL-1beta
PBMC PWM	47.6	Lung fibroblast IL-4	15.1
PBMC PHA-L	36.6	Lung fibroblast IL-9	34.6
Ramos (B cell) none	68.8	Lung fibroblast IL-13	21.9
Ramos (B cell)	92.7	Lung fibroblast IFN	24.8
ionomycin		gamma
B lymphocytes PWM	27.9	Dermal fibroblast	23.3
		CCD1070 rest
B lymphocytes CD40L	34.9	Dermal fibroblast	35.4
and IL-4		CCD1070 TNF alpha
EOL-1 dbcAMP	57.4	Dermal fibroblast	22.5
		CCD1070 IL-1beta
EOL-1 dbcAMP	32.8	Dermal fibroblast IFN	18.6
PMA/ionomycin		gamma
Dendritic cells none	46.3	Dermal fibroblast IL-4	25.9
Dendritic cells LPS	45.7	Dermal Fibroblasts rest	11.7
Dendritic cells anti-	42.9	Neutrophils TNFa + LPS	7.3
CD40
Monocytes rest	55.9	Neutrophils rest	13.9
Monocytes LPS	54.3	Colon	11.0
Macrophages rest	100.0	Lung	12.2
Macrophages LPS	30.6	Thymus	66.4
HUVEC none	21.0	Kidney	66.4
HUVEC starved	27.0

[0635]

TABLE JD
Panel 5 Islet
	Rel. Exp. (%)		Rel. Exp. (%)
	Ag4054, Run		Ag4054, Run
Tissue Name	263594788	Tissue Name	263594788
97457_Patient-	10.4	94709_Donor 2 AM - A_adipose	16.2
02go_adipose
97476_Patient-	2.7	94710_Donor 2 AM - B_adipose	3.0
07sk_skeletal muscle
97477_Patient-	2.7	94711_Donor 2 AM - C_adipose	4.2
07ut_uterus
97478_Patient-	61.6	94712_Donor 2 AD - A_adipose	4.8
07pl_placenta
99167_Bayer Patient 1	47.6	94713_Donor 2 AD - B_adipose	11.9
97482_Patient-	7.3	94714_Donor 2 AD - C_adipose	7.1
08ut_uterus
97483_Patient-	16.8	94742_Donor 3 U -	4.5
08pl_placenta		A_Mesenchymal Stem Cells
97486_Patient-	1.9	94743_Donor 3 U -	3.1
09sk_skeletal muscle		B_Mesenchymal Stem Cells
97487_Patient-	4.0	94730_Donor 3 AM - A_adipose	7.4
09ut_uterus
97488_Patient-	31.0	94731_Donor 3 AM - B_adipose	1.3
09pl_placenta
97492_Patient-	5.3	94732_Donor 3 AM - C_adipose	8.2
10ut_uterus
97493_Patient-	100.0	94733_Donor AD - A_Aadiose	10.0
10pl_placenta
97495_Patient-	6.5	94734_Donor 3 AD - B_adipose	3.2
11go_adipose
97496_Patient-	9.2	94735_Donor 3 AD - C_adipose	4.0
11sk_skeletal muscle
97497_Patient-	6.1	77138_Liver_HepG2untreated	74.2
11ut_uterus
97498_Patient-	39.8	73556_Heart_Cardiac stromal	9.3
11pl_placenta		cells (primary)
97500_Patient-	18.6	81735_Small Intestine	5.8
12go_adipose
97501_Patient-	26.6	72409_Kidney_Proximal	2.3
12sk_skeletal muscle		Convoluted Tubule
97502_Patient-	0.8	82685_Small intestine_Duodenum	4.0
12ut_uterus
97503_Patient-	19.8	90650_Adrenal_Adrenocortical	1.8
12pl_placenta		adenoma
94721_Donor 2 U -	3.1	72410_Kidney_HRCE	11.6
A_Mesenchymal Stem
Cells
94722_Donor 2 U -	5.5	72411_Kidney_HRE	5.5
B_Mesenchymal Stem
Cells
94723_Donor 2 U -	4.6	73139_Uterus_Uterine smooth	5.8
C_Mesenchymal Stem		muscle cells
Cells

[0636]

TABLE JE
general oncology screening panel_v_2.4
	Rel. Exp. (%) Ag4054,		Rel. Exp. (%) Ag4054,
Tissue Name	Run 268362958	Tissue Name	Run 268362958
Colon cancer 1	15.4	Bladder cancer NAT 2	0.2
Colon cancer NAT 1	2.8	Bladder cancer NAT 3	0.2
Colon cancer 2	6.1	Bladder cancer NAT 4	2.7
Colon cancer NAT 2	3.1	Adenocarcinoma of the	8.8
		prostate 1
Colon cancer 3	10.8	Adenocarcinoma of the	1.3
		prostate 2
Colon cancer NAT 3	8.3	Adenocarcinoma of the	3.3
		prostate 3
Colon malignant	26.1	Adenocarcinoma of the	11.9
cancer 4		prostate 4
Colon normal	2.3	Prostate cancer NAT 5	1.8
adjacent tissue 4
Lung cancer 1	12.8	Adenocarcinoma of the	2.9
		prostate 6
Lung NAT 1	1.9	Adenocarcinoma of the	3.5
		prostate 7
Lung cancer 2	100.0	Adenocarcinoma of the	1.3
		prostate 8
Lung NAT 2	5.2	Adenocarcinoma of the	5.0
		prostate 9
Squamous cell	16.8	Prostate cancer NAT 10	0.9
carcinoma 3
Lung NAT 3	1.3	Kidney cancer 1	17.3
metastatic	14.1	KidneyNAT 1	9.4
melanoma 1
Melanoma 2	5.2	Kidney cancer 2	26.2
Melanoma 3	1.7	Kidney NAT 2	13.0
metastatic	29.7	Kidney cancer 3	31.2
melanoma 4
metastatic	29.9	Kidney NAT 3	6.6
melanoma 5
Bladder cancer 1	1.2	Kidney cancer 4	14.3
Bladder cancer	0.0	Kidney NAT 4	5.1
NAT 1
Bladder cancer 2	3.3

[0637] General_screening_panel_v1.4 Summary: Ag4054 Highest expression of the CG96394-01 gene is seen in a colon cancer cell line (CT=26.5). Thus, expression of this gene could be used to differentiate between this sample and other samples on this panel and as a marker to detect the presence of breast cancer. Furthermore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be effective in the treatment of breast cancer.

[0638] Among tissues with metabolic function, this gene is expressed at moderate to low levels in pituitary, adipose, adrenal gland, pancreas, thyroid, and adult and fetal skeletal muscle, heart, and liver. This widespread expression among these tissues suggests that this gene product may play a role in normal neuroendocrine and metabolic function and that disregulated expression of this gene may contribute to neuroendocrine disorders or metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes.

[0639] This gene is also expressed at moderate levels in the CNS, including the hippocampus, thalamus, substantia nigra, amygdala, cerebellum and cerebral cortex. Therefore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be useful in the treatment of neurologic disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, stroke and epilepsy.

[0640] Panel 4.1D Summary: Ag4054 Highest expression of the CG96394-01 gene is seen in resting macrophages (CT=30.). In addition, moderate to low levels of expression of this gene are seen in many samples on this panel including members of the T-cell, B-cell, endothelial cell, macrophage/monocyte, and peripheral blood mononuclear cell family, as well as epithelial and fibroblast cell types from lung and skin, and normal tissues represented by colon, lung, thymus and kidney. This ubiquitous pattern of expression suggests that this gene product may be involved in homeostatic processes for these and other cell types and tissues. This pattern is in agreement with the expression profile in General_screening_panel_v1.4 and also suggests a role for the gene product in cell survival and proliferation. Therefore, modulation of the gene product with a functional therapeutic may lead to the alteration of functions associated with these cell types and lead to improvement of the symptoms of patients suffering from autoimmune and inflammatory diseases such as asthma, allergies, inflammatory bowel disease, lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis.

[0641] Panel 5 Islet Summary: Ag4054 Highest expression of the CG96394-01 gene is seen in placenta (CT=29.4). In addition, expression in this panel confirms expression of this gene in tissues with metabolic function. Please see Panel 1.4 for discussion of this gene in metabolic disease.

[0642] general oncology screening_panel_v—2.4 Summary: Ag4054 Highest expression of the CG96394-01 gene is seen in a colon cancer (CT=28.3), consistent with expression in Panel 1.4. In addition, expression is higher in colon, kidney and lung cancers when compred to expression in normal adjacent tissue. Thus, expression of this gene could be used as a marker to detect the presence of these cancers. Furthermore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be effective in the treatment of colon, kidney and lung cancer.

K. NOV27a (CG96650-01): Hypothetical Benzodiazepine Receptor Related Protein

[0643] Expression of gene C696650-01 was assessed using the primer-probe set Ag4341, described in Table KA. Results of the RTQ-PCR runs are shown in Tables KB and KC.

TABLE KA
Probe Name Ag4341
			Start	SEQ ID
Primers	Sequences	Length	Position	No
Forward	5′-aatgacccacaggaggctag-3′	20	60	118
Probe	TET-5′-caattgtctagtggctgtggggtgg-3′-TAMRA	25	82	119
Reverse	5′-cttcttccttcaccccatgt-3′	20	136	120

[0644]

TABLE KB
General_screening_panel_v1.4
	Rel. Exp. (%) Ag4341,		Rel. Exp. (%) Ag4341,
Tissue Name	Run 220361706	Tissue Name	Run 220361706
Adipose	0.0	Renal ca. TK-10	6.7
Melanoma*	1.7	Bladder	3.1
Hs688(A).T
Melanoma*	0.0	Gastric ca. (liver met.)	9.7
Hs688(B).T		NCI-N87
Melanoma* M14	15.0	Gastric ca. KATO III	92.0
Melanoma*	13.8	Colon ca. SW-948	8.5
LOXIMVI
Melanoma* SK-	5.3	Colon ca. SW480	100.0
MEL-5
Squamous cell	30.6	Colon ca.* (SW480	33.7
carcinoma SCC-4		met) SW620
Testis Pool	3.8	Colon ca. HT29	6.0
Prostate ca.* (bone	3.9	Colon ca. HCT-116	36.9
met) PC-3
Prostate Pool	0.0	Colon ca. CaCo-2	16.4
Placenta	3.1	Colon cancer tissue	0.0
Uterus Pool	0.0	Colon ca. SW1116	9.5
Ovarian ca.	17.0	Colon ca. Colo-205	3.0
OVCAR-3
Ovarian ca. SK-OV-3	18.2	Colon ca. SW-48	0.9
Ovarian ca.	4.1	Colon Pool	0.4
OVCAR-4
Ovarian ca.	7.1	Small Intestine Pool	1.3
OVCAR-5
Ovarian ca. IGROV-1	1.7	Stomach Pool	0.0
Ovarian ca.	1.6	Bone Marrow Pool	0.6
OVCAR-8
Ovary	0.0	Fetal Heart	7.6
Breast ca. MCF-7	2.6	Heart Pool	0.0
Breast ca. MDA-	35.1	Lymph Node Pool	1.2
MB-231
Breast ca. BT 549	40.9	Fetal Skeletal Muscle	4.9
Breast ca. T47D	3.1	Skeletal Muscle Pool	0.0
Breast ca. MDA-N	6.1	Spleen Pool	0.0
Breast Pool	0.0	Thymus Pool	0.9
Trachea	0.0	CNS cancer (glio/astro)	11.3
		U87-MG
Lung	0.0	CNS cancer (glio/astro)	57.4
		U-118-MG
Fetal Lung	5.0	CNS cancer	39.0
		(neuro;met) SK-N-AS
Lung ca. NCI-N417	7.3	CNS cancer (astro) SF-	4.8
		539
Lung ca. LX-1	30.6	CNS cancer (astro)	10.2
		SNB-75
Lung ca. NCI-H146	7.9	CNS cancer (glio)	0.0
		SNB-19
Lung ca. SHP-77	6.6	CNS cancer (glio) SF-	0.0
		295
Lung ca. A549	24.3	Brain (Amygdala) Pool	0.0
Lung ca. NCI-H526	6.6	Brain (cerebellum)	6.0
Lung ca. NCI-H23	19.8	Brain (fetal)	4.6
Lung ca. NCI-H460	0.0	Brain (Hippocampus)	0.0
		Pool
Lung ca. HOP-62	2.1	Cerebral Cortex Pool	2.1
Lung ca. NCI-H522	19.1	Brain (Substantia nigra)	0.0
		Pool
Liver	0.0	Brain (Thalamus) Pool	0.0
Fetal Liver	17.0	Brain (whole)	1.2
Liver ca. HepG2	1.2	Spinal Cord Pool	0.0
Kidney Pool	0.0	Adrenal Gland	0.0
Fetal Kidney	2.4	Pituitary gland Pool	0.0
Renal ca. 786-0	10.1	Salivary Gland	0.0
Renal ca. A498	1.6	Thyroid (female)	0.0
Renal ca. ACHN	1.3	Pancreatic ca.	25.9
		CAPAN2
Renal ca. UO-31	2.1	Pancreas Pool	3.2

[0645]

TABLE KC
Panel 4.1D
	Rel. Exp. (%)		Rel. Exp. (%)
	Ag4341, Run		Ag4341, Run
Tissue Name	183719667	Tissue Name	183719667
Secondary Th1 act	47.0	HUVEC IL-1beta	8.9
Secondary Th2 act	82.4	HUVEC IFN gamma	14.5
Secondary Tr1 act	94.0	HUVEC TNF alpha + IFN	4.3
		gamma
Secondary Th1 rest	0.0	HUVEC TNF alpha + IL4	16.7
Secondary Th2 rest	9.1	HUVEC IL-11	4.0
Secondary Tr1 rest	0.0	Lung Microvascular EC	8.0
		none
Primary Th1 act	23.7	Lung Microvascular EC	3.6
		TNF alpha + IL-1beta
Primary Th2 act	70.7	Microvascular Dermal EC	18.2
		none
Primary Tr1 act	40.1	Microvascular Dermal EC	4.8
		TNF alpha + IL-1beta
Primary Th1 rest	0.0	Bronchial epithelium	0.0
		TNF alpha + IL1beta
Primary Th2 rest	11.7	Small airway epithelium	6.7
		none
Primary Tr1 rest	24.0	Small airway epithelium	3.7
		TNF alpha + IL-1beta
CD45RA CD4	10.4	Coronery artery SMC rest	9.9
lymphocyte act
CD45RO CD4	57.8	Coronery artery SMC	0.0
lymphocyte act		TNF alpha + IL-1beta
CD8 lymphocyte act	43.8	Astrocytes rest	0.0
Secondary CD8	5.6	Astrocytes TNF alpha +	0.0
lymphocyte rest		IL-1beta
Secondary CD8	21.5	KU-812 (Basophil) rest	38.7
lymphocyte act
CD4 lymphocyte none	0.0	KU-812 (Basophil)	45.4
		PMA/ionomycin
2ry Th1/Th2/Tr1_anti-	16.7	CCD1106 (Keratinocytes)	42.9
CD95 CH11		none
LAK cells rest	3.2	CCD1106 (Keratinocytes)	13.6
		TNF alpha + IL-1beta
LAK cells IL-2	8.0	Liver cirrhosis	0.0
LAK cells IL-2 + IL-12	10.9	NCI-H292 none	3.9
LAK cells IL-2 + IFN	22.5	NCI-H292 IL-4	70.2
gamma
LAK cells IL-2 + IL-18	8.6	NCI-H292 IL-9	49.0
LAK cells	13.5	NCI-H292 IL-13	100.0
PMA/ionomycin
NK Cells IL-2 rest	38.2	NCI-H292 IFN gamma	21.5
Two Way MLR 3 day	0.0	HPAEC none	19.3
Two Way MLR 5 day	18.8	HPAEC TNF alpha + IL-	17.4
		1beta
Two Way MLR 7 day	3.9	Lung fibroblast none	5.6
PBMC rest	0.0	Lung fibroblast TNF alpha +	20.6
		IL-1beta
PBMC PWM	22.1	Lung fibroblast IL-4	0.0
PBMC PHA-L	35.1	Lung fibroblast IL-9	21.9
Ramos (B cell) none	37.9	Lung fibroblast IL-13	0.0
Ramos (B cell)	67.4	Lung fibroblast IFN	0.0
ionomycin		gamma
B lymphocytes PWM	33.0	Dermal fibroblast	43.2
		CCD1070 rest
B lymphocytes CD40L	15.5	Dermal fibroblast	50.7
and IL-4		CCD1070 TNF alpha
EOL-1 dbcAMP	30.1	Dermal fibroblast	51.4
		CCD1070 IL-1beta
EOL-1 dbcAMP	18.2	Dermal fibroblast IFN	0.0
PMA/ionomycin		gamma
Dendritic cells none	0.0	Dermal fibroblast IL-4	19.6
Dendritic cells LPS	0.0	Dermal Fibroblasts rest	4.7
Dendritic cells anti-	0.0	Neutrophils TNFa + LPS	11.0
CD40
Monocytes rest	0.0	Neutrophils rest	0.0
Monocytes LPS	0.0	Colon	0.0
Macrophages rest	0.0	Lung	15.4
Macrophages LPS	0.0	Thymus	10.4
HUVEC none	18.2	Kidney	18.8
HUVEC starved	11.0

[0646] General_screening_panel_v1.4 Summary: Ag4341 Expression of the CG96650-01 gene is highest in a colon cancer cell line, SW480 (CT=31.7). Expression is downregulated in the colon cancer cell line SW690 which is derived from a metastasis of the SW480 derived sample. Thus, expression of this gene may be able to differentiate between these two cell lines and between primary and metastatic colon tumors. Overall, expression of this gene is limited to samples derived from cancer cell lines, with expression in cell lines derived from pancreatic, brain, colon, lung, breast, ovarian and melanoma cancers. Thus, expression of this gene could also be used as a diagnostic marker for the presence of cancer. Modulation of the expression or function of this gene or gene product may also be useful in the treatment of cancer.

[0647] Panel 4.1D Summary: Ag4341 Expression of the CG96650-01 gene is highest in IL-13 treated NCI-H292 cells (CT=32.9). Low but significant levels of expression are also evident in other sampels on this panel including dermal fibroblasts, NCI-H292 cells, basophils, B cells, and chronically activated T cells. Thus, this gene may be involved in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases such as asthma, allergies, inflammatory bowel disease, lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis.

L. NOV30a (CG97090-01) and NOV30b (CG97090-02): FIP-2

[0648] Expression of gene CG97090-01 and variant CG97090-02 was assessed using the primer-probe set Ag6162, described in Table LA.

TABLE LA
Probe Name Ag6162
			Start	SEQ ID
Primers	Sequences	Length	Position	No
Forward	5′-ttgtgtgtcatctgtagcacagtta-3′	25	1139	121
Probe	TET-5′-tggacttttcatcctctgttttagcc-3′-TAMRA	26	1110	122
Reverse	5′-gctatcagaaatcaaaatggaaca-3′	24	1086	123

[0649]

TABLE MA
Probe Name Ag1970
			Start	SEQ ID
Primers	Sequences	Length	Position	No
Forward	5′-tgcagttgaagagctacatacg-3′	22	2046	124
Probe	TET-5′-cagacgttaacaaattcctttacccaagg-3′-TAMRA	29	2088	125
Reverse	5′-aagtaaactgcggaaaggtcat-3′	22	2124	126

[0650]

TABLE MB
CNS_neurodegeneration_v1.0
	Rel. Exp. (%) Ag1970,		Rel. Exp. (%) Ag1970,
Tissue Name	Run 207794532	Tissue Name	Run 207794532
AD 1 Hippo	25.3	Control (Path) 3	17.8
		Temporal Ctx
AD 2 Hippo	26.2	Control (Path) 4	40.1
		Temporal Ctx
AD 3 Hippo	10.4	AD 1 Occipital Ctx	14.8
AD 4 Hippo	5.4	AD 2 Occipital Ctx	0.0
		(Missing)
AD 5 Hippo	92.7	AD 3 Occipital Ctx	28.3
AD 6 Hippo	29.1	AD 4 Occipital Ctx	33.4
Control 2 Hippo	49.0	AD 5 Occipital Ctx	61.1
Control 4 Hippo	1.8	AD 6 Occipital Ctx	24.3
Control (Path) 3	17.9	Control 1 Occipital	11.7
Hippo		Ctx
AD 1 Temporal Ctx	22.2	Control 2 Occipital	73.2
		Ctx
AD 2 Temporal Ctx	47.0	Control 3 Occipital	25.9
		Ctx
AD 3 Temporal Ctx	6.2	Control 4 Occipital	19.8
		Ctx
AD 4 Temporal Ctx	34.9	Control (Path) 1	49.7
		Occipital Ctx
AD 5 Inf Temporal	100.0	Control (Path) 2	23.7
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 5 Sup	81.2	Control (Path) 3	14.9
Temporal Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 6 Inf Temporal	37.6	Control (Path) 4	24.5
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 6 Sup	11.6	Control 1 Parietal	17.6
Temporal Ctx		Ctx
Control 1 Temporal	19.1	Control 2 Parietal	73.7
Ctx		Ctx
Control 2 Temporal	47.0	Control 3 Parietal	38.7
Ctx		Ctx
Control 3 Temporal	33.9	Control (Path) 1	67.4
Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control 3 Temporal	28.9	Control (Path) 2	38.2
Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control (Path) 1	50.7	Control (Path) 3	13.9
Temporal Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control (Path) 2	29.7	Control (Path) 4	46.3
Temporal Ctx		Parietal Ctx

[0651]

TABLE MC
Panel 1.3D
	Rel. Exp. (%)		Rel. Exp. (%)
	Ag1970, Run		Ag1970, Run
Tissue Name	165544918	Tissue Name	165544918
Liver adenocarcinoma	0.1	Kidney (fetal)	0.0
Pancreas	0.1	Renal ca. 786-0	0.0
Pancreatic ca. CAPAN 2	0.0	Renal ca. A498	0.0
Adrenal gland	0.1	Renal ca. RXF 393	0.0
Thyroid	0.0	Renal ca. ACHN	0.0
Salivary gland	0.1	Renal ca. UO-31	0.0
Pituitary gland	0.0	Renal ca. TK-10	0.0
Brain (fetal)	10.1	Liver	0.0
Brain (whole)	47.0	Liver (fetal)	0.0
Brain (amygdala)	57.0	Liver ca.	0.0
		(hepatoblast) HepG2
Brain (cerebellum)	12.7	Lung	0.1
Brain (hippocampus)	100.0	Lung (fetal)	0.3
Brain (substantia nigra)	100.0	Lung ca. (small cell)	0.0
		LX-1
Brain (thalamus)	93.3	Lung ca. (small cell)	0.0
		NCI-H69
Cerebral Cortex	17.0	Lung ca. (s.cell var.)	0.0
		SHP-77
Spinal cord	37.4	Lung ca. (large	0.1
		cell)NCI-H460
glio/astro U87-MG	0.0	Lung ca. (non-sm.	0.0
		cell) A549
glio/astro U-118-MG	0.0	Lung ca. (non-s.cell)	0.0
		NCI-H23
astrocytoma SW1783	0.0	Lung ca. (non-s.cell)	0.0
		HOP-62
neuro*; met SK-N-AS	0.0	Lung ca. (non-s.cl)	0.1
		NCI-H522
astrocytoma SF-539	0.0	Lung ca. (squam.)	0.0
		SW 900
astrocytoma SNB-75	0.0	Lung ca. (squam.)	0.0
		NCI-H596
glioma SNB-19	3.6	Mammary gland	0.6
glioma U251	0.0	Breast ca.* (pl.ef)	0.0
		MCF-7
glioma SF-295	0.0	Breast ca.* (pl.ef) MDA-MB-	0.0
		231
Heart (fetal)	0.0	Breast ca.* (pl.ef) T47D	0.0
Heart	0.0	Breast ca. BT-549	0.0
Skeletal muscle (fetal)	0.0	Breast ca. MDA-N	0.1
Skeletal muscle	0.2	Ovary	0.0
Bone marrow	0.1	Ovarian ca.	0.1
		OVCAR-3
Thymus	0.1	Ovarian ca.	0.0
		OVCAR-4
Spleen	0.5	Ovarian ca.	0.0
		OVCAR-5
Lymph node	0.1	Ovarian ca.	0.0
		OVCAR-8
Colorectal	0.0	Ovarian ca. IGROV-1	0.0
Stomach	0.0	Ovarian ca.*	0.0
		(ascites) SK-OV-3
Small intestine	0.1	Uterus	0.0
Colon ca. SW480	0.1	Placenta	0.1
Colon ca.*	0.0	Prostate	0.0
SW620(SW480 met)
Colon ca. HT29	0.0	Prostate ca.* (bone	0.0
		met)PC-3
Colon ca. HCT-116	0.0	Testis	0.7
Colon ca. CaCo-2	0.0	Melanoma	0.0
		Hs688(A).T
Colon ca.	0.0	Melanoma* (met)	0.0
tissue(ODO3866)		Hs688(B).T
Colon ca. HCC-2998	0.0	Melanoma UACC-	0.0
		62
Gastric ca.* (liver met)	0.0	Melanoma M14	0.6
NCI-N87
Bladder	0.0	Melanoma LOX	0.0
		IMVI
Trachea	0.0	Melanoma* (met)	0.1
		SK-MEL-5
Kidney	0.3	Adipose	0.1

[0652]

TABLE MD
Panel 4D
	Rel. Exp. (%)		Rel. Exp. (%)
	Ag1970, Run		Ag1970, Run
Tissue Name	159624930	Tissue Name	159624930
Secondary Th1 act	0.0	HUVEC IL-1beta	0.0
Secondary Th2 act	0.0	HUVEC IFN gamma	0.0
Secondary Tr1 act	0.0	HUVEC TNF alpha + IFN	0.0
		gamma
Secondary Th1 rest	0.0	HUVEC TNF alpha + IL4	0.0
Secondary Th2 rest	0.0	HUVEC IL-11	0.0
Secondary Tr1 rest	0.0	Lung Microvascular EC	0.0
		none
Primary Th1 act		Lung Microvascular EC
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
Primary Th2 act	0.0	Microvascular Dermal EC
		none
Primary Tr1 act	0.0	Microsvasular Dermal EC	0.0
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
Primary Th1 rest	0.0	Bronchial epithelium	0.0
		TNFalpha + IL1beta
Primary Th2 rest	0.0	Small airway epithelium	0.0
		none
Primary Tr1 rest	0.0	Small airway epithelium	0.7
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD45RA CD4	0.0	Coronery artery SMC rest	0.0
lymphocyte act
CD45RO CD4	0.0	Coronery artery SMC	0.0
lymphocyte act		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD8 lymphocyte act	0.0	Astrocytes rest	2.2
Secondary CD8	0.0	Astrocytes TNFalpha +	0.0
lymphocyte rest		IL-1beta
Secondary CD8	0.0	KU-812 (Basophil) rest	0.0
lymphocyte act
CD4 lymphocyte none	0.7	KU-812 (Basophil)	0.0
		PMA/ionomycin
2ry Th1/Th2/Tr1_anti-	0.0	CCD1106 (Keratinocytes	0.0
CD95 CH11		none
LAK cells rest	0.6	CCD1106 (Keratinocytes)	0.0
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
LAK cells IL-2	0.0	Liver cirrhosis	5.4
LAK cells IL-2 + IL-12	0.0	Lupus kidney	1.2
LAK cells IL-2 + IFN	0.0	NCI-H292 none	0.4
gamma
LAK cells IL-2 + IL-18	0.0	NCI-H292 IL-4	0.0
LAK cells	0.0	NCI-H292 IL-9	0.0
PMA/ionomycin
NK Cells IL-2 rest	0.0	NCI-H292 IL-13	0.0
Two Way MLR 3 day	2.6	NCI-H292 IFN gamma	0.0
Two Way MLR 5 day	1.9	HPAEC none	0.0
Two Way MLR 7 day	0.0	HPAEC TNF alpha + IL-1	0.0
		beta
PBMC rest	10.6	Lung fibroblast none	0.0
PBMC PWM	2.8	Lung fibroblast TNF alpha +	0.0
		IL-1 beta
PBMC PHA-L	0.0	Lung fibroblast IL-4	0.0
Ramos (B cell) none	0.0	Lung fibroblast IL-9	0.0
Ramos (B cell)	0.0	Lung fibroblast IL-13	0.0
ionomycin
B lymphocytes PWM	0.0	Lung fibroblast IFN	0.0
		gamma
B lymphocytes CD40L	0.0	Dermal fibroblast	0.0
and IL-4		CCD1070 rest
EOL-1 dbcAMP	33.0	Dermal fibroblast	0.4
		CCD1070 TNF alpha
EOL-1 dbcAMP	0.0	Dermal fibroblast	0.0
PMA/ionomycin		CCD1070 IL-1 beta
Dendritic cells none	0.0	Dermal fibroblast IFN	0.0
		gamma
Dendritic cells LPS	0.0	Dermal fibroblast IL-4	0.0
Dendritic cells anti-	0.0	IBD Colitis 2	0.0
CD40
Monocytes rest	100.0	IBD Crohn's	0.0
Monocytes LPS	23.5	Colon	7.9
Macrophages rest	7.9	Lung	1.8
Macrophages LPS	20.6	Thymus	10.7
HUVEC none	0.0	Kidney	0.0
HUVEC starved	0.0

[0653]

TABLE ME
Panel CNS_1
	Rel. Exp. (%) Ag1970,		Rel. Exp. (%) Ag1970,
Tissue Name	Run 186412668	Tissue Name	Run 186412668
BA4 Control	9.7	BA17 PSP	0.5
BA4 Control2	16.5	BA17 PSP2	3.3
BA4	3.3	Sub Nigra Control	100.0
Alzheimer's2
BA4 Parkinson's	30.4	Sub Nigra Control2	63.3
BA4	21.2	SubNigra	14.6
Parkinson's2		Alzheimer's2
BA4	17.7	SubNigra	51.1
Huntington's		Parkinson's2
BA4	4.5	Sub Nigra	56.3
Huntington's2		Huntington's
BA4 PSP	2.8	Sub Nigra	57.8
		Huntington's2
BA4 PSP2	9.1	Sub Nigra PSP2	13.1
BA4 Depression	10.9	SubNigra	18.4
		Depression
BA4	1.2	Sub Nigra	4.7
Depression2		Depression2
BA7 Control	14.3	Glob Palladus	17.2
		Control
BA7 Control2	15.7	Glob Palladus	16.2
		Control2
BA7	4.9	Glob Palladus	9.7
Alzheimer's2		Alzheimer's
BA7 Parkinson's	15.1	Glob Palladus	6.2
		Alzheimer's2
BA7	13.3	Glob Palladus	58.2
Parkinson's2		Parkinson's
BA7	19.5	Glob Palladus	10.7
Huntington's		Parkinson's2
BA7	62.9	Glob Palladus PSP	4.7
Huntington's2
BA7 PSP	7.6	Glob Palladus PSP2	2.6
BA7 PSP2	8.8	Glob Palladus	7.7
		Depression
BA7 Depression	8.4	Temp Pole Control	7.3
BA9 Control	4.4	Temp Pole Control2	30.1
BA9 Control2	39.5	Temp Pole	1.7
		Alzheimer's
BA9 Alzheimer's	1.2	Temp Pole	1.6
		Alzheimer's2
BA9	3.0	Temp Pole	13.4
Alzheimer's2		Parkinson's
BA9 Parkinson's	16.8	Temp Pole	9.4
		Parkinson's2
BA9	19.5	Temp Pole	11.3
Parkinson's2		Huntington's
BA9	15.4	Temp Pole PSP	1.2
Huntington's
BA9	9.4	Temp Pole PSP2	0.3
Huntington's2
BA9 PSP	3.1	Temp Pole	4.9
		Depression2
BA9 PSP2	3.5	Cing Gyr Control	36.3
BA9 Depression	2.5	Cing Gyr Control2	9.7
BA9	3.1	Cing Gyr	13.2
Depression2		Alzheimer's
BA17 Control	35.1	Cing Gyr	4.8
		Alzheimer's2
BA17 Control2	17.4	Cing Gyr	31.6
		Parkinson's
BA17	3.8	Cing Gyr	23.2
Alzheimer's2		Parkinson's2
BA17	39.5	Cing Gyr	30.4
Parkinson's		Huntington's
BA17	29.9	Cing Gyr	48.3
Parkinson's2		Huntington's2
BA17	11.5	Cing Gyr PSP	13.7
Huntington's
BA17	28.5	Cing Gyr PSP2	3.7
Huntington's2
BA17	7.8	Cing Gyr Depression	6.0
Depression
BA17	21.0	Cing Gyr	14.8
Depression2		Depression2

[0654] CNS_neurodegeneration_v1.0 Summary: Ag1970 This panel does not show differential expression of the CG97358-01 gene in Alzheimer's disease. However, this expression profile confirms the presence of this gene in the brain. Please see Panel 1.3D for discussion of this gene in the central nervous system.

[0655] Panel 1.3D Summary: Ag1970 Significant expression of the CG97358-01 gene appears to be restricted to the brain, with highest expression in the hippocampus and substantia nigra (CTs=26.9). Thus, this gene would be useful for distinguishing brain tissue from non-neural tissue. The CG97358-01 gene encodes a homolog of rat Olg-1 bHLH protein. Olg-1 gene, a member of oligodendrocyte lineage gene family, is associated with development of oligodendrocytes in the vertebrate central nervous system (CNS) (Lu et al., 2000, Neuron 25(2):317-29, PMID: 10719888). Therefore, therapeutic modulation of this gene product may be beneficial in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

[0656] Panel 4D Summary: Ag1970 Significant expression of the CG97358-01 gene is seen in resting monocytes (CT=30.8), with expression downregulated upon treatment with LPS. The expression of this gene in resting cells of this lineage suggests that the protein encoded by this transcript may be involved in normal immunological processes associated with immune homeostasis.

[0657] Panel CNS—1 Summary: Ag1970 This panel confirms expression of the CG97358-01 gene in the brain. Please see Panel 1.3D for discussion of this gene in the central nervous system.

N. NOV34a (CG97378-01): SNRNP-isoform1, submitted to study DDNPAT on 05/11/01 by bzerhuse; clone status=FIS; novelty=Novel; ORF start=157, ORF stop=400, frame=1; 3390 bp.

[0658] Expression of gene CG97378-01 was assessed using the primer-probe set Ag1986, described in Table NA. Results of the RTQ-PCR runs are shown in Tables NB, NC, ND and NE.

TABLE NA
Probe Name Ag1986
			Start	SEQ ID
Primers	Sequences	Length	Position	No
Forward	5′-caggctggtcttgaagtccta-3′	21	2594	127
Probe	TET-5′-agtgttcctcctgcctcccaaagtgt-3′-TAMRA	26	2562	128
Reverse	5′-gaggtggctcacacctgtaat-3′	21	2537	129

[0659]

TABLE NB
Panel 1.3D
	Rel. Exp. (%)		Rel. Exp. (%)
	Ag1986, Run		Ag1986, Run
Tissue Name	165618029	Tissue Name	165618029
Liver	0.0	Kidney (fetal)	0.0
adenocarcinoma
Pancreas	0.0	Renal ca. 786-0	0.0
Pancreatic ca.	0.0	Renal ca. A498	1.0
CAPAN 2
Adrenal gland	0.0	Renal ca. RXF 393	0.0
Thyroid	0.0	Renal ca. ACHN	0.0
Salivary gland	0.0	Renal ca. UO-31	0.0
Pituitary gland	0.0	Renal ca. TK-10	0.0
Brain (fetal)	0.0	Liver	0.0
Brain (whole)	0.0	Liver (fetal)	0.0
Brain (amygdala)	0.0	Liver ca.	0.0
		(hepatoblast) HepG2
Brain	0.0	Lung	0.0
(cerebellum)
Brain	0.0	Lung (fetal)	0.0
(hippocampus)
Brain (substantia	0.0	Lung ca. (small cell)	0.0
nigra)		LX-1
Brain (thalamus)	0.0	Lung ca. (small cell)	1.1
		NCI-H69
Cerebral Cortex	0.0	Lung ca. (s.cell	0.0
		var.) SHP-77
Spinal cord	0.0	Lung ca. (large	0.0
		cell) NCI-H460
glio/astro	0.0	Lung ca. (non-sm.	0.0
U87-MG		cell) A549
glio/astro	0.0	Lung ca. (non-	0.0
U-118-MG		s.cell) NCI-H23
astrocytoma	0.0	Lung ca. (non-	0.0
SW1783		s.cell) HOP-62
neuro*; met	0.0	Lung ca. (non-s.cl)	0.0
SK-N-AS		NCI-H522
astrocytoma	0.0	Lung ca. (squam.)	0.0
SF-539		SW 900
astrocytoma	0.0	Lung ca. (squam.)	0.0
SNB-75		NCI-H596
glioma SNB-19	0.0	Mammary gland	0.0
glioma U251	4.4	Breast ca.* (pl.ef)	23.2
		MCF-7
glioma SF-295	0.0	Breast ca.* (pl.ef)	0.0
		MDA-MB-231
Heart (fetal)	0.0	Breast ca.* (pl.ef)	0.0
		T47D
Heart	0.0	Breast ca. BT-549	5.1
Skeletal muscle	0.0	Breast ca. MDA-N	0.0
(fetal)
Skeletal muscle	0.0	Ovary	0.0
Bone marrow	0.0	Ovarian Ca.	0.0
		OVCAR-3
Thymus	0.0	Ovarian ca.	0.0
		OVCAR-4
Spleen	0.0	Ovarian ca.	0.0
		OVCAR-5
Lymph node	0.0	Ovarian ca.	0.0
		OVCAR-8
Colorectal	0.0	Ovarian ca.	0.0
		IGROV-1
Stomach	0.0	Ovarian ca.*	0.0
		(ascites) SK-OV-3
Small intestine	0.0	Uterus	0.0
Colon ca. SW480	0.0	Placenta	10.6
Colon ca.*	0.7	Prostate	0.0
SW620(SW480
met)
Colon ca. HT29	0.0	Prostate ca.* (bone	2.5
		met)PC-3
Colon ca.	0.0	Testis	0.0
HCT-116
Colon ca. CaCo-2	0.0	Melanoma	0.0
		Hs688(A).T
Colon ca.	0.0	Melanoma* (met)	0.7
tissue(ODO3866)		Hs688(B).T
Colon ca.	8.1	Melanoma UACC-	0.0
HCC-2998		62
Gastric ca.* (liver	3.7	Melanoma M14	0.0
met) NCI-N87
Bladder	0.0	Melanoma LOX	0.0
		IMVI
Trachea	0.0	Melanoma* (met)	0.0
		SK-MEL-5
Kidney	0.0	Adipose	100.0

[0660]

TABLE NC
Panel 2.2
	Rel. Exp. (%)		Rel. Exp. (%)
	Ag1986, Run		Ag1986, Run
Tissue Name	174229404	Tissue Name	174229404
Normal Colon	0.0	Kidney Margin	0.0
		(OD04348)
Colon cancer	17.8	Kidney malignant	0.0
(OD06064)		cancer (OD06204B)
Colon Margin	19.6	Kidney normal adjacent	0.0
(OD06064)		tissue (OD06204E)
Colon cancer	0.0	Kidney Cancer	0.0
(OD06159)		(OD04450-01)
Colon Margin	0.0	Kidney Margin	0.0
(OD06159)		(OD04450-03)
Colon cancer	0.0	Kidney Cancer	0.0
(OD06297-04)		8120613
Colon Margin	0.0	Kidney Margin	0.0
(OD06297-05)		8120614
CC Gr.2 ascend colon	0.0	Kidney Cancer	0.0
(ODO3921)		9010320
CC Margin (ODO3921)	0.0	Kidney Margin	0.0
		9010321
Colon cancer metastasis	0.0	Kidney Cancer	0.0
(OD06104)		8120607
Lung Margin	0.0	Kidney Margin	0.0
(OD06104)		8120608
Colon mets to lung	0.0	Normal Uterus	8.8
(O`D04451-01)
Lung Margin	4.9	Uterine Cancer 064011	0.0
(OD04451-02)
Normal Prostate	1.2	Normal Thyroid	0.0
Prostate Cancer	0.0	Thyroid Cancer 064010	0.0
(OD04410)
Prostate Margin	0.0	Thyroid Cancer	0.0
(OD04410)		A302152
Normal Ovary	0.0	Thyroid Margin	0.0
		A302153
Ovarian cancer	0.0	Normal Breast	3.1
(OD06283-03)
Ovarian Margin	100.0	Breast Cancer	0.0
(OD06283-07)		(OD04566)
Ovarian Cancer 064008	0.0	Breast Cancer 1024	2.2
Ovarian cancer	7.4	Breast Cancer	0.0
(OD06145)		(OD04590-01)
Ovarian Margin	13.3	Breast Cancer Mets	0.0
(OD06145)		(OD04590-03)
Ovarian cancer	0.0	Breast Cancer	0.0
(OD06455-03)		Metastasis (OD04655-
		05)
Ovarian Margin	91.4	Breast Cancer 064006	0.0
(OD06455-07)
Normal Lung	0.0	Breast Cancer 9100266	13.6
Invasive poor diff. lung	0.0	Breast Margin 9100265	1.6
adeno (ODO4945-01
Lung Margin	2.1	Breast Cancer A209073	1.3
(ODO4945-03)
Lung Malignant Cancer	0.0	Breast Margin	0.0
(OD03126)		A2090734
Lung Margin	3.6	Breast cancer	0.0
(OD03126)		(OD06083)
Lung Cancer	0.0	Breast cancer node	0.0
(OD05014A)		metastasis (OD06083)
Lung Margin	6.8	Normal Liver	0.0
(OD05014B)
Lung cancer (OD06081)	0.0	Liver Cancer 1026	0.0
Lung Margin	0.0	Liver Cancer 1025	1.9
(OD06081)
Lung Cancer	0.0	Liver Cancer 6004-T	2.6
(OD04237-01)
Lung Margin	2.6	Liver Tissue 6004-N	0.0
(OD04237-02)
Ocular Melanoma	0.0	Liver Cancer 6005-T	0.0
Metastasis
Ocular Melanoma	0.0	Liver Tissue 6005-N	0.0
Margin (Liver)
Melanoma Metastasis	0.0	Liver Cancer 064003	0.0
Melanoma Margin	2.0	Normal Bladder	0.0
(Lung)
Normal Kidney	0.0	Bladder Cancer 1023	0.0
Kidney Ca, Nuclear	0.0	Bladder Cancer	0.0
grade 2 (OD04338)		A302173
Kidney Margin	0.0	Normal Stomach	0.0
(OD04338)
Kidney Ca Nuclear	0.0	Gastric Cancer	0.0
grade 1/2 (OD04339)		9060397
Kidney Margin	0.0	Stomach Margin	0.0
(OD04339)		9060396
Kidney Ca, Clear cell	0.0	Gastric Cancer	0.0
type (OD04340)		9060395
Kidney Margin	0.0	Stomach Margin	8.9
(OD04340)		9060394
Kidney Ca, Nuclear	4.3	Gastric Cancer 064005	0.0
grade 3 (OD04348)

[0661]

TABLE ND
Panel 4D
	Rel. Exp. (%)		Rel. Exp. (%)
	Ag1986, Run		Ag1986, Run
Tissue Name	162308224	Tissue Name	162308224
Secondary Th1 act	6.5	HUVEC IL-1beta	4.2
Secondary Th2 act	1.8	HUVEC IFN gamma	5.1
Secondary Tr1 act	8.0	HUVEC TNF alpha + IFN	5.6
		gamma
Secondary Th1 rest	0.2	HUVEC TNF alpha + IL4	7.6
Secondary Th2 rest	0.5	HUVEC IL-11	2.9
Secondary Tr1 rest	1.7	Lung Microvascular EC	1.3
		none
Primary Th1 act	6.3	Lung Microvascular EC	7.8
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
Primary Th2 act	3.0	Microvascular Dermal EC	0.2
		none
Primary Tr1 act	8.3	Microsvasular Dermal EC	17.1
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
Primary Th1 rest	2.7	Bronchial epithelium	22.1
		TNFalpha + IL1beta
Primary Th2 rest	2.1	Small airway epithelium	2.3
		none
Primary Tr1 rest	2.2	Small airway epithelium	19.2
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD45RA CD4	8.5	Coronery artery SMC rest	1.2
lymphocyte act
CD45RO CD4	10.1	Coronery artery SMC	0.5
lymphocyte act		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD8 lymphocyte act	3.9	Astrocytes rest	3.4
Secondary CD8	7.5	Astrocytes TNFalpha +	10.6
lymphocyte rest		IL-1beta
Secondary CD8	5.4	KU-812 (Basophil) rest	0.4
lymphocyte act
CD4 lymphocyte none	2.5	KU-812 (Basophil)	3.5
		PMA/ionomycin
2ry Th1/Th2/Tr1_anti-	0.4	CCD1106 (Keratinocytes)	4.1
CD95 CH11		none
LAK cells rest	22.1	CCD1106 (Keratinocytes)	2.8
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
LAK cells IL-2	4.6	Liver cirrhosis	0.0
LAK cells IL-2 + IL-12	34.9	Lupus kidney	0.0
LAK cells IL-2 + IFN	13.8	NCI-H292 none	0.4
gamma
LAK cells IL-2 + IL-18	9.0	NCI-H292 IL-4	100.0
LAK cells	97.9	NCI-H292 IL-9	4.8
PMA/ionomycin
NK Cells IL-2 rest	2.6	NCI-H292 IL-13	31.2
Two Way MLR 3 day	21.0	NCI-H292 IFN gamma	4.4
Two Way MLR 5 day	22.4	HPAEC none	0.4
Two Way MLR 7 day	3.4	HPAEC TNF alpha + IL-1	8.4
		beta
PBMC rest	7.2	Lung fibroblast none	0.3
PBMC PWM	62.0	Lung fibroblast TNF	3.6
		alpha + IL-1 beta
PBMC PHA-L	6.1	Lung fibroblast IL-4	4.2
Ramos (B cell) none	1.5	Lung fibroblast IL-9	0.4
Ramos (B cell)	40.1	Lung fibroblast IL-13	1.2
ionomycin
B lymphocytes PWM	47.3	Lung fibroblast IFN	0.7
		gamma
B lymphocytes CD40L	5.3	Dermal fibroblast	1.5
and IL-4		CCD1070 rest
EOL-1 dbcAMP	0.2	Dermal fibroblast	5.7
		CCD1070 TNF alpha
EOL-1 dbcAMP	7.2	Dermal fibroblast	0.8
PMA/ionomycin		CCD1070 IL-1 beta
Dendritic cells none	11.8	Dermal fibroblast IFN	0.2
		gamma
Dendritic cells LPS	93.3	Dermal fibroblast IL-4	0.0
Dendritic cells anti-	6.7	IBD Colitis 2	0.8
CD40
Monocytes rest	5.3	IBD Crohn's	0.1
Monocytes LPS	56.3	Colon	0.4
Macrophages rest	4.5	Lung	0.3
Macrophages LPS	23.8	Thymus	0.4
HUVEC none	1.6	Kidney	9.7
HUVEC starved	2.2

[0662]

TABLE NE
Panel 5D
	Rel. Exp. (%)		Rel. Exp. (%)
	Ag1986, Run		Ag1986, Run
Tissue Name	169269866	Tissue Name	169269866
97457_Patient-	1.8	94709_Donor 2 AM-A_adipose	0.0
02go_adipose
97476_Patient-	93.3	94710_Donor 2 AM-B_adipose	1.4
07sk_skeletal muscle
97477_Patient-	0.0	94711_Donor 2 AM-C_adipose	0.0
07ut_uterus
97478_Patient-	62.4	94712_Donor 2 AD-A_adipose	0.0
07pl_placenta
97481_Patient-	39.5	94713_Donor 2 AD-B_adipose	0.0
08sk_skeletal muscle
97482_Patient-	1.0	94714_Donor 2 AD-C_adipose	0.0
08ut_uterus
97483_Patient-	72.7	94742_Donor 3 U-	0.0
08pl_placenta		A_Mesenchymal Stem Cells
97486_Patient-	0.0	94743_Donor 3 U-
09sk_skeletal muscle		B_Mesenchymal Stem Cells	0.0
97487_Patient-	4.2	94730_Donor 3 AM-A_adipose	0.0
09ut_uterus
97488_Patient-	13.3	94731_Donor 3 AM-B_adipose	0.0
09pl_placenta
97492_Patient-	0.0	94732_Donor 3 AM-C_adipose	0.0
10ut_uterus
97493_Patient-	100.0	94733_Donor 3 AD-A_adipose	0.0
10pl_placenta
97495_Patient-	39.8	94734_Donor 3 AD-B_adipose	0 0
11go_adipose
97496_Patient-	1.8	94735_Donor 3 AD-C_adipose	0.0
11sk_skeletal muscle
97497_Patient-	0.0	77138_Liver_HepG2untreated	3.2
11ut_uterus
97498_Patient-	24.0	73556_Heart_Cardiac stromal	0.0
11pl_placenta		cells (primary)
97500_Patient-	22.7	81735_Small Intestine	00
12go_adipose
97501_Patient-	0.0	72409_Kidney_Proximal	1.7
12sk_skeletal muscle		Convoluted Tubule
97502_Patient-	0.9	82685_Small intestine_Duodenum	0.0
12ut_uterus
97503_Patient-	3.1	90650_Adrenal_Adrenocortical	0.0
12pl_placenta		adenoma
94721_Donor 2 U-	0.0	72410_Kidney_HRCE	0.0
A_Mesenchymal
Stem Cells
94722_Donor 2 U-	0.0	72411_Kidney_HRE	0.0
B_Mesenchymal Stem
Cells
94723_Donor 2 U-	0.0	73139_Uterus_Uterine smooth	3.2
C_Mesenchymal Stem		muscle cells
Cells

[0663] Panel 1.3D Summary: Ag1986 Significant expression of the CG97378-01 gene is restricted to adipose and a breast cancer cell line (CTs=32.8-34.9). Thus, expression of this gene may be used to differentiate these samples from other samples on this panel and as a marker of adipose. This expression also suggests that this gene product may be involved in the pathogenesis and/or diagnosis of obesity.

[0664] Panel 2.2 Summary: Ag1986 Significant expression of the CG97378-01 gene is restricted to ovarian tissue (CT=33). Thus, expression of this gene could be used to differentiate ovarian derived tissues from other samples on this panel and as a marker of ovarian tissue. Furthermore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be useful in the treatment of ovarian cancer.

[0665] Panel 4D Summary: Ag1986 Significant expression of the CG97378-01 gene is highest in IL-4 treated NCI-H292 cells (CT=28.04). In addition, prominent levels of expression are seen in LPS treated dendrocytes, macrophages and monocytes, TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta treated bronchial epithelium, small airway epithelium and microvascular dermal ECs, PMA/ionomycin stimulated LAK cells, ionomycin stimulated B cells, and PWM activated PBMCs and B lymphocytes. This pattern of expression suggests that the protein encoded by this transcript may be important in monocytic and dendritic cell differentiation and activation. Therefore, regulating the expression of this transcript or the function of the protein it encodes may alter the types and levels of monocytic cells regulated by cytokine and chemokine production and T cell activation. Therapeutics designed with the protein encoded by this transcript could therefore be important for the treatment of asthma, emphysema, inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, psoriasis and any other disease where the activated immune cells listed above play a role.

[0666] Moderate levels of expression of this gene is also seen in kidney sample. Therefore, therapeutic modulation of this gene may be beneficial in the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases that affect kidney including lupus and glomerulonephritis.

[0667] Panel 5D Summary: Ag1986 Expression of the CG97378-01 gene is seen exclusively in placent, skeletal muscle and adipose. Thus, expression of this gene could be used to differentiate these samples from other samples on this panel and as a marker of these tissues. In addition, therapeutic modulation of this gene may be useful in treatment of endocrine/metabolically related diseases, such as obesity and diabetes.

O. NOV36a (CG99852-01): Novel Gene Containing NUDIX Hydrolase Domain

[0668] Expression of gene CG99852-01 was assessed using the primer-probe set Ag4159, described in Table OA. Results of the RTQ-PCR runs are shown in Tables OB, OC, OD and OE.

TABLE OA
Probe Name Ag4159
			Start	SEQ ID
Primers	Sequences	Length	Position	No
Forward	5′-gatgctctcccttctgatgag-3′	21	398	130
Probe	TET-5′-ccggttagggtccttaatcacatcga-3′-TAMRA	26	428	131
Reverse	5′-cttccctgatcacgttgtactc-3′	22	474	132

[0669]

TABLE OB
CNS_neurodegeneration_v1.0
	Rel. Ex. (%)		Rel. Ex. (%)
	Ag4159,		Ag4159,
	Run		Run
Tissue Name	215337525	Tissue Name	215337525
AD 1 Hippo	47.6	Control (Path) 3	2.1
		Temporal Ctx
AD 2 Hippo	29.3	Control (Path) 4	45.1
		Temporal Ctx
AD 3 Hippo	16.6	AD 1 Occipital Ctx	16.0
AD 4 Hippo	22.4	AD 2 Occipital Ctx	0.0
		(Missing)
AD 5 hippo	100.0	AD 3 Occipital Ctx	9.7
AD 6 Hippo	69.7	AD 4 Occipital Ctx	22.7
Control 2 Hippo	42.9	AD 5 Occipital Ctx	19.3
Control 4 Hippo	4.4	AD 6 Occipital Ctx	26.1
Control (Path) 3	0.0	Control 1 Occipital	8.3
Hippo		Ctx
AD 1 Temporal Ctx	43.5	Control 2 Occipital	61.1
		Ctx
AD 2 Temporal Ctx	46.0	Control 3 Occipital	17.7
		Ctx
AD 3 Temporal Ctx	18.4	Control 4 Occipital	14.6
		Ctx
AD 4 Temporal Ctx	26.6	Control (Path) 1	98.6
		Occipital Ctx
AD 5 Inf Temporal	95.9	Control (Path) 2	32.8
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 5 SupTemporal	59.5	Control (Path) 3	7.3
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 6 Inf Temporal	27.2	Control (Path)	44.4
Ctx		Occipital Ctx
AD 6 Sup Temporal	35.1	Control 1 Parietal	33.0
Ctx		Ctx
Control 1 Temporal	15.7	Control 2 Parietal	77.4
Ctx		Ctx
Control 2 Temporal	23.5	Control 3 Parietal	23.7
Ctx		Ctx
Control 3 Temporal	0.0	Control (Path) 1	62.4
Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control 4 Temporal	32.8	Control (Path) 2	48.6
Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control (Path) 1	56.3	Control (Path) 3	11.7
Temporal Ctx		Parietal Ctx
Control (Path) 2	92.0	Control (Path) 4	66.0
Temporal Ctx		Parietal Ctx

[0670]

TABLE OC
General_screening_panel_v1.4
	Rel. Exp. (%) Ag4159,		Rel. Exp. (%) Ag4159,
Tissue Name	Run 221297228	Tissue Name	Run 221297228
Adipose	0.2	Renal ca. TK-10	4.0
Melanoma*	0.2	Bladder	8.2
Hs688(A).T
Melanoma*	0.9	Gastric ca. (liver met.)	3.9
Hs688(B).T		NCI-N87
Melanoma* M14	2.0	Gastric ca. KATO III	11.9
Melanoma*	0.9	Colon ca. SW-948	4.5
LOXIMVI
Melanoma* SK-	6.9	Colon ca. SW480	22.5
MEL-5
Squamous cell	6.2	Colon ca.* (SW480	6.3
carcinoma SCC-4		met) SW620
Testis Pool	1.9	Colon ca. HT29	2.3
Prostate ca.* (bone	4.4	Colon ca. HCT-116	13.8
met) PC-3
Prostate Pool	4.0	Colon ca. CaCo-2	14.2
Placenta	1.6	Colon cancer tissue	6.8
Uterus Pool	0.8	Colon ca. SW1116	5.3
Ovarian ca.	4.0	Colon ca. Colo-205	1.1
OVCAR-3
Ovarian ca. SK-OV-	8.5	Colon ca. SW-48	2.1
3
Ovarian ca.	7.7	Colon Pool	4.3
OVCAR-4
Ovarian ca.	71.2	Small Intestine Pool	1.2
OVCAR-5
Ovarian ca. IGROV-	3.6	Stomach Pool	1.4
1
Ovarian ca.	8.7	Bone Marrow Pool	0.7
OVCAR-8
Ovary	1.8	Fetal Heart	1.4
Breast ca. MCF-7	2.7	Heart Pool	1.9
Breast ca. MDA-	3.3	Lymph Node Pool	0.8
MB-231
Breast ca. BT 549	5.3	Fetal Skeletal Muscle	1.8
Breast ca. T47D	100.0	Skeletal Muscle Pool	0.7
Breast ca. MDA-N	1.8	Spleen Pool	1.0
Breast Pool	1.8	Thymus Pool	5.3
Trachea	2.0	CNS cancer (glio/astro)	9.3
		U87-MG
Lung	0.8	CNS cancer (glio/astro)	0.7
		U-118-MG
Fetal Lung	4.8	CNS cancer	0.4
		(neuro; met) SK-N-AS
Lung ca. NCI-N417	1.9	CNS cancer (astro) SF-	1.5
		539
Lung ca. LX-1	12.0	CNS cancer (astro)	3.8
		SNB-75
Lung ca. NCI-H146	8.2	CNS cancer (glio)	2.5
		SNB-19
Lung ca. SHP-77	21.3	CNS cancer (glio) SF-	5.0
		295
Lung ca. A549	2.8	Brain (Amygdala) Pool	2.1
Lung ca. NCI-H526	6.6	Brain (cerebellum)	3.8
Lung ca. NCI-H23	5.4	Brain (fetal)	5.3
Lung ca. NCI-H460	3.1	Brain (Hippocampus)	3.0
		Pool
Lung ca. HOP-62	1.0	Cerebral Cortex Pool	2.0
Lung ca. NCI-H522	24.8	Brain (Substantia nigra)	2.5
		Pool
Liver	0.4	Brain (Thalamus) Pool	1.8
Fetal Liver	0.3	Brain (whole)	0.7
Liver ca. HepG2	1.5	Spinal Cord Pool	0.6
Kidney Pool	4.6	Adrenal Gland	4.4
Fetal Kidney	5.7	Pituitary gland Pool	3.1
Renal ca. 786-0	2.1	Salivary Gland	0.4
Renal ca. A498	1.7	Thyroid (female)	2.5
Renal ca. ACHN	3.7	Pancreatic ca.	10.2
		CAPAN2
Renal ca. UO-31	4.4	Pancreas Pool	10.2

[0671]

TABLE OD
Panel 4.1D
	Rel. Exp. (%)		Rel. Exp. (%)
	Ag4159, Run		Ag4159, Run
Tissue Name	173123947	Tissue Name	173123947
Secondary Th1 act	3.1	HUVEC IL-1beta	4.7
Secondary Th2 act	5.2	HUVEC IFN gamma	10.6
Secondary Tr1 act	2.4	HUVEC TNF alpha + IFN	3.9
		gamma
Secondary Th1 rest	3.2	HUVEC TNF alpha + IL4	3.3
Secondary Th2 rest	3.0	HUVEC IL-11	4.5
Secondary Tr1 rest	4.5	Lung Microvascular EC	9.5
		none
Primary Th1 act	0.0	Lung Microvascular EC	7.1
		TNFalpha + IL-1 beta
Primary Th2 act	1.7	Microvascular Dermal EC	8.2
		none
Primary Tr1 act	1.6	Microsvasular Dermal EC	3.2
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
Primary Th1 rest	2.9	Bronchial epithelium	1.7
		TNFalpha + IL1beta
Primary Th2 rest	0.3	Small airway epithelium	2.4
		none
Primary Tr1 rest	5.7	Small airway epithelium	2.7
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD45RA CD4	1.0	Coronery artery SMC rest	0.4
lymphocyte act
CD45RO CD4	1.8	Coronery artery SMC	0.7
lymphocyte act		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
CD8 lymphocyte act	0.5	Astrocytes rest	0.7
Secondary CD8	0.6	Astrocytes TNFalpha +	1.8
lymphocyte rest		IL-1beta
Secondary CD8	0.3	KU-812 (Basophil) rest	4.5
lymphocyte act
CD4 lymphocyte none	2.3	KU-812 (Basophil)	2.0
		PMA/ionomycin
2ry Th1/Th2/Tr1_anti-	4.1	CCD1106 (Keratinocytes)	6.7
CD95 CH11		none
LAK cells rest	2.2	CCD1106 (Keratinocytes)	3.0
		TNFalpha + IL-1beta
LAK cells IL-2	2.6	Liver cirrhosis	1.6
LAK cells IL-2 + IL-12	2.1	NCI-H292 none	4.7
LAK cells IL-2 + IFN	4.0	NCI-H292 IL-4	5.1
gamma
LAK cells IL-2 + IL-18	4.8	NCI-H292 IL-9	8.3
LAK cells	1.1	NCI-H292 IL-13	11.7
PMA/ionomycin
NK Cells IL-2 rest	13.8	NCI-H292 IFN gamma	8.2
Two Way MLR 3 day	3.9	HPAEC none	2.2
Two Way MLR 5 day	2.5	HPAEC TNF alpha + IL-1	1.7
		beta
Two Way MLR 7 day	1.1	Lung fibroblast none	1.1
PBMC rest	0.3	Lung fibroblast TNF alpha +	0.6
		IL-1 beta
PBMC PWM	1.8	Lung fibroblast IL-4	0.0
PBMC PHA-L	2.1	Lung fibroblast IL-9	1.2
Ramos (B cell) none	0.6	Lung fibroblast IL-13	3.5
Ramos (B cell)	0.8	Lung fibroblast IFN	2.1
ionomycin		gamma
B lymphocytes PWM	0.8	Dermal fibroblast	0.5
		CCD1070 rest
B lymphocytes CD40L	3.2	Dermal fibroblast	1.7
and IL-4		CCD1070 TNF alpha
EOL-1 dbcAMP	3.5	Dermal fibroblast	0.5
		CCD1070 IL-1 beta
EOL-1 dbcAMP	7.6	Dermal fibroblast IFN	2.0
PMA/ionomycin		gamma
Dendritic cells none	3.4	Dermal fibroblast IL-4	2.5
Dendritic cells LPS	0.9	Dermal Fibroblasts rest	4.0
Dendritic cells anti-	1.1	Neutrophils TNFa + LPS	0.8
CD40
Monocytes rest	2.5	Neutrophils rest	3.4
Monocytes LPS	3.5	Colon	4.9
Macrophages rest	0.5	Lung	5.0
Macrophages LPS	1.1	Thymus	13.0
HUVEC none	2.0	Kidney	100.0
HUVEC starved	7.9

[0672]

TABLE OE
general oncology screening panel_v_2.4
	Rel. Exp. (%) Ag4159,		Rel. Exp. (%) Ag4159,
Tissue Name	Run 268624151	Tissue Name	Run 268624151
Colon cancer 1	19.1	Bladder cancer NAT 2	0.0
Colon NAT 1	9.5	Bladder cancer NAT 3	0.8
Colon cancer 2	4.1	Bladder cancer NAT 4	4.6
Colon cancer NAT	3.2	Adenocarcinoma of the	6.8
2		prostate 1
Colon cancer 3	12.0	Adenocarcinoma of the	1.7
		prostate 2
Colon cancer NAT	7.0	Adenocarcinoma of the	3.7
3		prostate 3
Colon malignant	6.3	Adenocarcinoma of the	24.1
cancer 4		prostate 4
Colon normal	2.9	Prostate cancer NAT 5	6.3
adjacent tissue 4
Lung cancer 1	7.0	Adenocarcinoma of the	2.7
		prostate 6
Lung NAT 1	0.8	Adenocarcinoma of the	3.8
		prostate 7
Lung cancer 2	11.2	Adenocarcinoma of the	1.0
		prostate 8
Lung NAT 2	0.3	Adenocarcinoma of the	12.1
		prostate 9
Squamous cell	13.6	Prostate cancer NAT 10	1.0
carcinoma 3
Lung NAT 3	0.0	Kidney cancer 1	12.2
metastatic	6.3	KidneyNAT 1	16.5
melanoma 1
Melanoma 2	1.3	Kidney cancer 2	100.0
Melanoma 3	0.0	Kidney NAT 2	24.1
metastatic	12.0	Kidney cancer 3	57.0
melanoma 4
metastic	11.0	Kidney NAT 3	12.2
melanoma 5
Bladder cancer 1	0.0	Kidney cancer 4	6.8
Bladder cancer	0.0	Kidney NAT 4	5.9
NAT 1
Bladder cancer 2	0.7

[0673] CNS_neurodegeneration_v1.0 Summary: Ag4159 This panel does not show differential expression of the CG99852-01 gene in Alzheimer's disease. However, this expression profile confirms the presence of this gene in the brain. Please see Panel 1.4 for discussion of this gene in the central nervous system.

[0674] General_screening_panel_v1.4 Summary: Ag4159 Highest expression of the CG99852-01 gene is seen in a breast cancer cell line (CT=29.4). In addition, significant levels of expression are seen in a breast cancer cell line. Thus, expression of this gene could be used to differentiate between these samples and other samples on this panel and as a marker to detect the presence of these cancers. Furthermore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be effective in the treatment of ovarian and breast cancers.

[0675] Among tissues with metabolic function, this gene is expressed at low but significant levels in pituitary, adrenal gland, pancreas, and thyroid. This expression among these tissues suggests that this gene product may play a role in normal neuroendocrine and metabolic function and that disregulated expression of this gene may contribute to neuroendocrine disorders or metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes.

[0676] This gene is also expressed at low levels in the CNS, including the hippocampus, substantia nigra, amygdala, and cerebellum. Therefore, therapeutic modulation of the expression or function of this gene may be useful in the treatment of neurologic disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, stroke and epilepsy.

[0677] Panel 4.1D Summary: Ag4159 Highest expression of the CG99852-01 gene is seen in kidney (CT=29.6). Therefore, antibody or small molecule therapies designed with the protein encoded for by this gene could modulate kidney function and be important in the treatment of inflammatory or autoimmune diseases that affect the kidney, including lupus and glomerulonephritis.

[0678] general oncology screening panel_v—2.4 Summary: Ag4159 Highest expression of the CG99852-01 gene is seen in kidney cancer sample (CT=31). Moderate to low levels of expression of this gene is also seen in number of cancer samples including kidney, colon, lung, prostate cancers and metastatic melanoma. In addition, expression of this gene is higher in the cancers than in the normal adjacent tissue. Therefore, expression of this gene could be as a marker to detect the presence of these cancers.

Example D

Identification of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in NOVX Nucleic Acid Sequences

[0679] Variant sequences are also included in this application. A variant sequence can include a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP). A SNP can, in some instances, be referred to as a “cSNP” to denote that the nucleotide sequence containing the SNP originates as a cDNA. A SNP can arise in several ways. For example, a SNP may be due to a substitution of one nucleotide for another at the polymorphic site. Such a substitution can be either a transition or a transversion. A SNP can also arise from a deletion of a nucleotide or an insertion of a nucleotide, relative to a reference allele. In this case, the polymorphic site is a site at which one allele bears a gap with respect to a particular nucleotide in another allele. SNPs occurring within genes may result in an alteration of the amino acid encoded by the gene at the position of the SNP. Intragenic SNPs may also be silent, when a codon including a SNP encodes the same amino acid as a result of the redundancy of the genetic code. SNPs occurring outside the region of a gene, or in an intron within a gene, do not result in changes in any amino acid sequence of a protein but may result in altered regulation of the expression pattern. Examples include alteration in temporal expression, physiological response regulation, cell type expression regulation, intensity of expression, and stability of transcribed message.

[0680] SeqCalling assemblies produced by the exon linking process are selected and extended using the following criteria. Genomic clones having regions with 98% identity to all or part of the initial or extended sequence were identified by BLASTN searches using the relevant sequence to query human genomic databases. The genomic clones that resulted are selected for further analysis because this identity indicates that these clones contain the genomic locus for these SeqCalling assemblies. These sequences are analyzed for putative coding regions as well as for similarity to the known DNA and protein sequences. Programs used for these analyses include Grail, Genscan, BLAST, HMMER, FASTA, Hybrid and other relevant programs.

[0681] Some additional genomic regions may have also been identified because selected SeqCalling assemblies map to those regions. Such SeqCalling sequences may have overlapped with regions defined by homology or exon prediction. They may also be included because the location of the fragment was in the vicinity of genomic regions identified by similarity or exon prediction that had been included in the original predicted sequence. The sequence so identified is manually assembled and then may have been extended using one or more additional sequences taken from CuraGen Corporation's human SeqCalling database. SeqCalling fragments suitable for inclusion were identified by the CuraTools™ program SeqExtend or by identifying SeqCalling fragments mapping to the appropriate regions of the genomic clones analyzed.

[0682] The regions defined by the procedures described above are then manually integrated and corrected for apparent inconsistencies that may have arisen, for example, from miscalled bases in the original fragments or from discrepancies between predicted exon junctions, EST locations and regions of sequence similarity, to derive the final sequence disclosed herein. When necessary, the process to identify and analyze SeqCalling assemblies and genomic clones is reiterated to derive the full length sequence (Alderborn et al., Determination of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms by Real-time Pyrophosphate DNA Sequencing. Genome Research. 10 (8) 1249-1265, 2000).

[0683] Variants are reported individually but any combination of all or a select subset of variants are also included as contemplated NOVX embodiments of the invention.

Other Embodiments

[0684] Although particular embodiments have been disclosed herein in detail, this has been done by way of example for purposes of illustration only, and is not intended to be limiting with respect to the scope of the appended claims, which follow. In particular, it is contemplated by the inventors that various substitutions, alterations, and modifications may be made to the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the claims. The choice of nucleic acid starting material, clone of interest, or library type is believed to be a matter of routine for a person of ordinary skill in the art with knowledge of the embodiments described herein. Other aspects, advantages, and modifications considered to be within the scope of the following claims.

[0685] The claims presented are representative of the inventions disclosed herein. Other, unclaimed inventions are also contemplated. Applicants reserve the right to pursue such inventions in later claims.

Claims

1. An isolated polypeptide comprising the mature form of an amino acid sequenced selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42

2. An isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42.

3. An isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence which is at least 95% identical to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42.

4. An isolated polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence comprising one or more conservative substitutions in the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42.

5. The polypeptide of claim 1 wherein said polypeptide is naturally occurring.

6. A composition comprising the polypeptide of claim 1 and a carrier.

7. A kit comprising, in one or more containers, the composition of claim 6.

8. The use of a therapeutic in the manufacture of a medicament for treating a syndrome associated with a human disease, the disease selected from a pathology associated with the polypeptide of claim 1, wherein the therapeutic comprises the polypeptide of claim 1.

9. A method for determining the presence or amount of the polypeptide of claim 1 in a sample, the method comprising: (a) providing said sample; (b) introducing said sample to an antibody that binds immunospecifically to the polypeptide; and (c) determining the presence or amount of antibody bound to said polypeptide, thereby determining the presence or amount of polypeptide in said sample.

10. A method for determining the presence of or predisposition to a disease associated with altered levels of expression of the polypeptide of claim 1 in a first mammalian subject, the method comprising: a) measuring the level of expression of the polypeptide in a sample from the first mammalian subject; and b) comparing the expression of said polypeptide in the sample of step (a) to the expression of the polypeptide present in a control sample from a second mammalian subject known not to have, or not to be predisposed to, said disease, wherein an alteration in the level of expression of the polypeptide in the first subject as compared to the control sample indicates the presence of or predisposition to said disease.

11. A method of identifying an agent that binds to the polypeptide of claim 1, the method comprising: (a) introducing said polypeptide to said agent; and (b) determining whether said agent binds to said polypeptide.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the agent is a cellular receptor or a downstream effector.

13. A method for identifying a potential therapeutic agent for use in treatment of a pathology, wherein the pathology is related to aberrant expression or aberrant physiological interactions of the polypeptide of claim 1, the method comprising: (a) providing a cell expressing the polypeptide of claim 1 and having a property or function ascribable to the polypeptide; (b) contacting the cell with a composition comprising a candidate substance; and (c) determining whether the substance alters the property or function ascribable to the polypeptide; whereby, if an alteration observed in the presence of the substance is not observed when the cell is contacted with a composition in the absence of the substance, the substance is identified as a potential therapeutic agent.

14. A method for screening for a modulator of activity of or of latency or predisposition to a pathology associated with the polypeptide of claim 1, said method comprising: (a) administering a test compound to a test animal at increased risk for a pathology associated with the polypeptide of claim 1, wherein said test animal recombinantly expresses the polypeptide of claim 1;(b) measuring the activity of said polypeptide in said test animal after administering the compound of step (a); and (c) comparing the activity of said polypeptide in said test animal with the activity of said polypeptide in a control animal not administered said polypeptide, wherein a change in the activity of said polypeptide in said test animal relative to said control animal indicates the test compound is a modulator activity of or latency or predisposition to, a pathology associated with the polypeptide of claim 1.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein said test animal is a recombinant test animal that expresses a test protein transgene or expresses said transgene under the control of a promoter at an increased level relative to a wild-type test animal, and wherein said promoter is not the native gene promoter of said transgene.

16. A method for modulating the activity of the polypeptide of claim 1, the method comprising contacting a cell sample expressing the polypeptide of claim 1 with a compound that binds to said polypeptide in an amount sufficient to modulate the activity of the polypeptide.

17. A method of treating or preventing a pathology associated with the polypeptide of claim 1, the method comprising administering the polypeptide of claim 1 to a subject in which such treatment or prevention is desired in an amount sufficient to treat or prevent the pathology in the subject.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the subject is a human.

19. A method of treating a pathological state in a mammal, the method comprising administering to the mammal a polypeptide in an amount that is sufficient to alleviate the pathological state, wherein the polypeptide is a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42 or a biologically active fragment thereof.

20. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42.

21. The nucleic acid molecule of claim 20, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is naturally occurring.

22. A nucleic acid molecule, wherein the nucleic acid molecule differs by a single nucleotide from a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42.

23. An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding the mature form of a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42.

24. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid selected from the group consisting of 2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42.

25. The nucleic acid molecule of claim 20, wherein said nucleic acid molecule hybridizes under stringent conditions to the nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42, or a complement of said nucleotide sequence.

26. A vector comprising the nucleic acid molecule of claim 20.

27. The vector of claim 26, further comprising a promoter operably linked to said nucleic acid molecule.

28. A cell comprising the vector of claim 26.

29. An antibody that immunospecifically binds to the polypeptide of claim 1.

30. The antibody of claim 29, wherein the antibody is a monoclonal antibody.

31. The antibody of claim 29, wherein the antibody is a humanized antibody.

32. A method for determining the presence or amount of the nucleic acid molecule of claim 20 in a sample, the method comprising: (a) providing said sample; (b) introducing said sample to a probe that binds to said nucleic acid molecule; and (c) determining the presence or amount of said probe bound to said nucleic acid molecule, thereby determining the presence or amount of the nucleic acid molecule in said sample.

33. The method of claim 32 wherein presence or amount of the nucleic acid molecule is used as a marker for cell or tissue type.

34. The method of claim 33 wherein the cell or tissue type is cancerous.

35. A method for determining the presence of or predisposition to a disease associated with altered levels of expression of the nucleic acid molecule of claim 20 in a first mammalian subject, the method comprising: a) measuring the level of expression of the nucleic acid in a sample from the first mammalian subject; and b) comparing the level of expression of said nucleic acid in the sample of step (a) to the level of expression of the nucleic acid present in a control sample from a second mammalian subject known not to have or not be predisposed to, the disease; wherein an alteration in the level of expression of the nucleic acid in the first subject as compared to the control sample indicates the presence of or predisposition to the disease.

36. A method of producing the polypeptide of claim 1, the method comprising culturing a cell under conditions that lead to expression of the polypeptide, wherein said cell comprises a vector comprising an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42.

37. The method of claim 36 wherein the cell is a bacterial cell.

38. The method of claim 36 wherein the cell is an insect cell.

39. The method of claim 36 wherein the cell is a yeast cell.

40. The method of claim 36 wherein the cell is a mammalian cell.

41. A method of producing the polypeptide of claim 2, the method comprising culturing a cell under conditions that lead to expression of the polypeptide, wherein said cell comprises a vector comprising an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2n−1, wherein n is an integer between 1 and 42.

42. The method of claim 41 wherein the cell is a bacterial cell.

43. The method of claim 41 wherein the cell is an insect cell.

44. The method of claim 41 wherein the cell is a yeast cell.

45. The method of claim 41 wherein the cell is a mammalian cell.