CPC C07K 14/55 (2013.01) [A61K 9/0019 (2013.01); A61K 35/17 (2013.01); C07K 14/005 (2013.01); C07K 14/4748 (2013.01); C07K 14/70539 (2013.01); G01N 33/5008 (2013.01); A61K 38/00 (2013.01); A61K 2039/505 (2013.01); C07K 2317/34 (2013.01); C07K 2319/30 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A nucleic acid comprising:
a) a first nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide comprising:
i) a cancer-associated epitope other than a human papillomavirus epitope; and
ii) a β2-microglobulin (β2M) polypeptide;
b) a second nucleotide sequence encoding a second polypeptide comprising:
i) a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I HLA-A heavy chain polypeptide;
ii) two copies of a variant IL-2 polypeptide, each copy comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 95% amino acid sequence identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:44, wherein amino acid 16 is other than a His and amino acid 42 is other than a Phe, and wherein the percent sequence identity is determinable by a sequence alignment performed using BLAST; and
iii) an immunoglobulin (Ig) Fc polypeptide.
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