OPRK1 Biologics Sequence Review Report 2026: Kappa-type opioid receptor Similarity and Patent-Risk Signals

This OPRK1 Biologics Sequence Review Report was produced with PatSnap Biology Modality MCP workflows. It turns patent-scale sequence search, sequence retrieval, pairwise alignment and target evidence into a reproducible diligence narrative. Explore the PatSnap MCP servers used in this report.

Review date: 18 August 2026. This report supports R&D, competitive-intelligence and IP triage. It is not a legal opinion, freedom-to-operate conclusion or validity analysis. A sequence hit does not establish infringement, and a no-hit or low-hit result does not establish clearance.

Executive sequence-risk thesis

OPRK1 is a reviewed human protein asset represented by UniProt entry P41145. The reference sequence contains 380 amino acids and is annotated as Kappa-type opioid receptor. PatSnap’s patent-scale screen returned 68 matching records in the configured result universe. The leading reviewed hit showed 100.00% query identity across 380/380, with the database claim annotation recorded as No.

The resulting screen is classified as moderate-to-elevated diligence priority. That label prioritizes diligence; it does not classify the asset as blocked, available or unique. Whole-protein identity can be driven by endogenous human sequence, conserved domains, common signal peptides or transmembrane regions. Patent relevance depends on whether live claims cover the complete sequence, a fragment, an engineered variant, an antibody recognizing the target, a use, or a functional genus.

Why this protein is a biologics-relevant review subject

Kappa-type opioid receptor is a traceable cell-surface human protein sequence suitable for systematic similarity screening. For biologics teams, the sequence can matter in several distinct ways: it may be the administered protein, an extracellular target, an antigen used to raise antibodies, a receptor domain incorporated into a fusion, or a reference against which engineered variants are defined. Those possibilities produce different patent questions even when they share the same gene symbol.

This report therefore separates sequence proximity from legal scope. A close patent-sequence match can identify families worth reading, yet naturally occurring human protein sequence is not itself a conclusion about enforceable rights. Conversely, engineered substitutions, truncations, Fc fusions, linkers, glycosylation-site changes, epitope-defined claims or nucleic-acid delivery constructs may be commercially important even when the full-length reference is not reproduced verbatim.

Biology Modality MCP evidence workflow

The workflow began with ls_sequence_search_submit against ALLPATENT protein records and used ls_sequence_search_get_results to retrieve the leading evidence. ls_sequence_fetch resolved the selected patent-sequence record, and ls_sequence_alignment performed a PSA comparison to the reviewed UniProt query. Finally, ls_antibody_antigen_search tested target-linked antibody evidence and ls_patent_sequence_fetch retrieved sequences from a resolved patent record where available.

Similarity-search readout

The leading result was evaluated under the primary screen using 70–100% identity and 80–100% query coverage. It reported 380/380 identical positions, query coverage 380/380, subject coverage 380/876, E-value 0 and 0/380 gaps. The database marked the record as No for the claim annotation field.

The primary result was obtained inside the predefined strict screening window. That improves reproducibility, but the window still excludes lower-identity functional analogues, short motifs, epitope-only claims, engineered constructs and nucleotide-level variants.

The raw count of 68 records should not be read as the number of independent inventions. One sequence can appear in applications, grants, continuations, divisionals and multiple jurisdictions. It can also recur as a reference, antigen, control or prior-art comparator. Family consolidation by earliest priority, applicant, simple family and legal status is therefore essential before ranking competitive risk.

Sequence fetch and pairwise alignment

ls_sequence_fetch resolved sequence number 1049014840 with a length of 876 aa, annotated “Kappa-type opioid receptor patent-sequence record”. The fetched record was then supplied to ls_sequence_alignment for pairwise comparison with the reviewed OPRK1 sequence.

The PSA returned 1 alignment block(s). The first block covered query positions 1–380 and subject positions 1–380, with 380 identical residues and 0 gaps. Reviewers should map mismatches to extracellular domains, binding interfaces, cleavage sites, transmembrane regions and engineered junctions. A concentrated change at a functional interface can matter more than a similar number of substitutions distributed across a nonfunctional region.

Antibody–antigen and patent-sequence evidence

The exact OPRK1 target query returned 1 antibody–antigen record(s). The leading evidence was linked to a patent-sourced relation and annotated for Escherichia coli. Heavy- and light-chain sequence lengths in that record were 134 and 0 amino acids, respectively.

No direct patent sequence bundle was resolved from the leading antibody–antigen record. This does not indicate an empty patent landscape. Relevant families may use different target aliases, functional definitions, percentage-identity language or sequence listings not connected to the first target record.

Target-level evidence complements sequence similarity because biologics patents often define inventions through binding, epitope, function, disease use or combinations rather than an exact full-length target sequence. The strongest review links the returned sequence to a patent family, verifies the role of the sequence in the specification, and then reads live claims in the jurisdictions relevant to development or commercialization.

Patent-risk interpretation

Diligence actions

1. Confirm the exact therapeutic or experimental construct, including isoform, truncation, signal peptide, tags, linkers and fusion partners.
2. Cluster high-ranking sequence records by patent family and earliest priority date rather than counting publications.
3. Retrieve the underlying sequence listings and confirm the biological role of each selected sequence number.
4. Map alignment differences to extracellular domains, binding interfaces, catalytic motifs and engineered junctions.
5. Search OPRK1, Kappa-type opioid receptor and known aliases in target, antibody, claim and assignee contexts.
6. Build jurisdiction-specific claim charts for live families and document licenses or collaboration rights.
7. Rerun the Biology Modality MCP workflow at the transaction or development decision date because database and legal-status coverage changes.

Bottom line

OPRK1 produced a traceable sequence-search result with 100.00% leading identity, 380/380 query coverage, 1 PSA block(s), 1 target-linked antibody records and 0 directly fetched patent sequences. Together, these signals support moderate-to-elevated diligence priority and a prioritized family-and-claim review. They do not support a binary clearance or infringement statement.

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Sources and methodology notes

Reference sequence metadata: reviewed human UniProt entry P41145. Patent-scale similarity, sequence detail, PSA, patent-sequence and antibody–antigen evidence was retrieved through PatSnap Biology Modality MCP on 18 August 2026. Results are bounded by the configured query, thresholds, aliases, task limits and database coverage; rerun at the decision date.