Disclosed are concatameric proteins comprising two soluble domains, in
which the C-terminus of a soluble domain of a biologically active protein
is linked to the N-terminus of an identical soluble domain or a distinct
soluble domain of a biologically active protein. Also, the present
invention discloses dimeric proteins formed by formation of
intermolecular disulfide bonds at the hinge region of two monomeric
proteins formed by linkage of a concatamer of two identical soluble
extracellular regions of proteins involving immune response to an Fc
fragment of an immunoglobulin molecule, their glycosylated proteins, DNA
constructs encoding the monomeric proteins, recombinant expression
plasmids containing the DNA construct, host cells transformed or
transfected with the recombinant expression plasmids, and a method of
preparing the dimeric proteins by culturing the host cells. Further, the
present invention discloses pharmaceutical or diagnostic compositions
comprising the dimeric protein or its glycosylated form.