The invention generally relates in part to methods of effecting weight loss and/or improving glucose tolerance in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering a MetAP2 inhibitor.

The disclosure provides constructs comprising a first fusion protein, a second fusion protein, and a linker, wherein the first fusion protein and the second fusion protein each include an affinity reagent and a reactive enzyme, and the linker includes a first and second functional groups specific for irreversibly inhibiting the first and second fusion protein reactive enzymes. The disclosure further provides a method including (a) contacting a first fusion protein including an affinity reagent and a reactive enzyme with a linker including a functional group specific for irreversibly inhibiting the first fusion protein reactive enzyme thereby coupling the first fusion protein and the linker, and (b) contacting a second fusion protein including an affinity reagent and a reactive enzyme with the linker, the linker including a functional group specific for irreversibly inhibiting the second fusion protein reactive enzyme thereby coupling the second fusion protein and the linker.

The invention generally relates in part to methods of effecting weight loss and/or improving glucose tolerance in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering a MetAP2 inhibitor.

The present invention relates to a lactic acid bacterium, in particular a strain of the Streptococcus genus, with reduced sensitivity to cos-type bacteriophages. The invention also relates to methods to engineer these lactic acid bacteria as well as their use to ferment milk.

Reagents and methods for the digital analysis of proteins or peptides are provided. Specifically provided herein are proteins for identifying the N-terminal amino acid or N-terminal phosphorylated amino acid of a polypeptide. Also, an enzyme for use in the cleavage step of the Edman degradation reaction and a method for using this enzyme are described.

Method, kit and composition for analyzing analytes for modifications using modification site specific antibodies to bind an analyte with his specific modification sites of interest to different dyes simultaneously with an antibody which is specific to the non-modificated analyte binding to another dye to determine the concentration of the analyte for quantification of the modified analyte in the identical sample.

The present invention relates to a lactic acid bacterium, in particular a strain of the Streptococcus genus, with reduced sensitivity to cos-type bacteriophages. The invention also relates to methods to engineer these lactic acid bacteria as well as their use to ferment milk.

The present invention relates to a lactic acid bacterium, in particular a strain of the Streptococcus genus, with reduced sensitivity to cos-type bacteriophages. The invention also relates to methods to engineer these lactic acid bacteria as well as their use to ferment milk.

Reagents and methods for the digital analysis of proteins or peptides are provided. Specifically provided herein are proteins for identifying the N-terminal amino acid or N-terminal phosphorylated amino acid of a polypeptide. Also, an enzyme for use in the cleavage step of the Edman degradation reaction and a method for using this enzyme are described.