Patents by Inventor Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya

Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8969048
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bacterium which has an ability to produce a useful metabolite derived from acetyl-coenzyme A, such as L-glutamic acid, L-glutamine, L-proline, L-arginine, L-leucine, L-cysteine, succinate, and polyhydroxybutyrate, wherein said bacterium is modified so that activities of D-xylulose-5-phosphate phosphoketolase and/or fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase are enhanced. The present invention also provides a method for producing the useful metabolite using the bacterium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Akito Chinen, Hiroshi Izui, Yoshihiko Hara, Hisashi Yasueda, Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Joanna Yosifovna Katashkina
  • Publication number: 20140287472
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing L-amino acid, for example L-threonine, L-lysine, L-histidine, L-phenylalanine, L-arginine or L-glutamic acid, using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, wherein the bacterium has been modified to enhance an activity of D-xylose permease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Ekaterina Alekseevna Savrasova, Valeriy Zavenovich Akhverdian, Elena Vitalievna Klyachko, Sergei Vladimirovich Mashko, Vera Georgievna Doroshenko, Larisa Gotlibovna Airikh, Tatyana Viktorovna Leonova, Mikhail Markovich Gusyatiner, Elvira Borisovna Voroshilova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Yoshihiko Hara, Takuji Ueda
  • Publication number: 20140242643
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bacterium which has an ability to produce a useful metabolite derived from acetyl-coenzyme A, such as L-glutamic acid, L-glutamine, L-proline, L-arginine, L-leucine, L-cysteine, succinate, and polyhydroxybutyrate, wherein said bacterium is modified so that activities of D-xylulose-5-phosphate phosphoketolase and/or fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase are enhanced. The present invention also provides a method for producing the useful metabolite using the bacterium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Akito Chinen, Hiroshi Izui, Yoshihiko Hara, Hisashi Yasueda, Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Joanna Yosifovna Katashkina
  • Patent number: 8785161
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing L-amino acid, for example L-threonine, L-lysine, L-histidine, L-phenylalanine, L-arginine or L-glutamic acid, using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, wherein the bacterium has been modified to enhance an activity of D-xylose permease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Ekaterina Alekseevna Savrasova, Valeriy Zavenovich Akhverdian, Elena Vitalievna Klyachko, Sergei Vladimirovich Mashko, Vera Georgievna Doroshenko, Larisa Gotlibovna Airikh, Tatyana Viktorovna Leonova, Mikhail Markovich Gusyatiner, Elvira Borisovna Voroshilova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Yoshihiko Hara, Takuji Ueda
  • Patent number: 8753849
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bacterium which has an ability to produce a useful metabolite derived from acetyl-coenzyme A, such as L-glutamic acid, L-glutamine, L-proline, L-arginine, L-leucine, L-cysteine, succinate, and polyhydroxybutyrate, wherein said bacterium is modified so that activities of D-xylulose-5-phosphate phosphoketolase and/or fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase are enhanced. The present invention also provides a method for producing the useful metabolite using the bacterium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Akito Chinen, Hiroshi Izui, Yoshihiko Hara, Hisashi Yasueda, Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Joanna Yosifovna Katashkina
  • Patent number: 8728774
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing L-amino acid, for example L-threonine, L-lysine, L-histidine, L-phenylalanine, L-arginine or L-glutamic acid, using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, wherein the bacterium has been modified to enhance an activity of D-xylose permease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Ekaterina Alekseevna Savrasova, Valeriy Zavenovich Akhverdian, Elena Vitalievna Klyachko, Sergei Vladimirovich Mashko, Vera Georgievna Doroshenko, Larisa Gotlibovna Airikh, Tatyana Viktorovna Leonova, Mikhail Markovich Gusyatiner, Elvira Borisovna Voroshilova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Yoshihiko Hara, Takuji Ueda
  • Patent number: 8404474
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bacterium which has an ability to produce a useful metabolite derived from acetyl-coenzyme A, such as L-glutamic acid, L-glutamine, L-proline, L-arginine, L-leucine, L-cysteine, succinate, and polyhydroxybutyrate, wherein said bacterium is modified so that activities of D-xylulose-5-phosphate phosphoketolase and/or fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase are enhanced. The present invention also provides a method for producing the useful metabolite using the bacterium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Akito Chinen, Hiroshi Izui, Yoshihiko Hara, Hisashi Yasueda, Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Joanna Yosifovna Katashkina
  • Publication number: 20120219996
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing L-amino acid, for example L-threonine, L-lysine, L-histidine, L-phenylalanine, L-arginine or L-glutamic acid, using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, wherein the bacterium has been modified to enhance an activity of D-xylose permease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Ekaterina Alekseevna Savrasova, Valeriy Zavenovich Akhverdian, Elena Vitalievna Klyachko, Sergei Vladimirovich Mashko, Vera Georgievna Doroshenko, Larisa Gotlibovna Airikh, Tatyana Viktorovna Leonova, Mikhail Markovich Gusyatiner, Elvira Borisovna Voroshilova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Yoshihiko Hara, Takuji Ueda
  • Publication number: 20110143403
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing L-amino acid, for example L-threonine, L-lysine, L-histidine, L-phenylalanine, L-arginine or L-glutamic acid, using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, wherein the bacterium has been modified to enhance an activity of D-xylose permease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Ekaterina Alekseevna Savrasova, Valeriy Zavenovich Akhverdian, Elena Vitalievna Klyachko, Sergei Vladimirovich Mashko, Vera Georgievna Doroshenko, Larisa Gotlibovna Airikh, Tatyana Viktorovna Leonova, Mikhail Markovich Gusyatiner, Elvira Borisovna Voroshilova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Yoshihiko Hara, Takuji Ueda
  • Patent number: 7915018
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing L-amino acid, for example L-threonine, L-lysine, L-histidine, L-phenylalanine, L-arginine or L-glutamic acid, using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, wherein the bacterium has been modified to enhance an activity of D-xylose permease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Ekaterina Alekseevna Savrasova, Valeriy Zavenovich Akhverdian, Elena Vitalievna Klyachko, Sergei Vladimirovich Mashko, Vera Georgievna Doroshenko, Larisa Gotlibovna Airikh, Tatyana Viktorovna Leonova, Mikhail Markovich Gusyatiner, Elvira Borisovna Voroshilova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Yoshihiko Hara, Takuji Ueda
  • Publication number: 20100267094
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bacterium which has an ability to produce a useful metabolite derived from acetyl-coenzyme A, such as L-glutamic acid, L-glutamine, L-proline, L-arginine, L-leucine, L-cysteine, succinate, and polyhydroxybutyrate, wherein said bacterium is modified so that activities of D-xylulose-5-phosphate phosphoketolase and/or fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase are enhanced. The present invention also provides a method for producing the useful metabolite using the bacterium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Akito Chinen, Hiroshi Izui, Yoshihiko Hara, Hisashi Yasueda, Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Joanna Yosifovna Katashkina
  • Patent number: 7811798
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, particularly a bacterium belonging to genus Escherichia or Pantoea, which has been modified to have glycerol kinase in which feedback inhibition by fructose-1,6-bisphosphate is desensitized, thereby having enhanced ability to utilize glycerol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Marina Evgenievna Sheremet'eva, Yulia Aleksandrovna Ovodova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Vitaly Grigorievich Paraskevov, legal representative
  • Patent number: 7785858
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bacterium which has an ability to produce a useful metabolite derived from acetyl-coenzyme A, such as L-glutamic acid, L-glutamine, L-proline, L-arginine, L-leucine, L-cysteine, succinate, and polyhydroxybutyrate, wherein said bacterium is modified so that activities of D-xylulose-5-phosphate phosphoketolase and/or fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase are enhanced. The present invention also provides a method for producing the useful metabolite using the bacterium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Akito Chinen, Hiroshi Izui, Yoshihiko Hara, Hisashi Yasueda, Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Joanna Yosifovna Katashkina
  • Publication number: 20090317876
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, particularly a bacterium belonging to genus Escherichia or Pantoea, which has been modified to have glycerol kinase in which feedback inhibition by fructose-1,6-bisphosphate is desensitized, thereby having enhanced ability to utilize glycerol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Marina Evgenievna Sheremet'eva, Yulia Aleksandrovna Ovodova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Vitaly Grigorievich Paraskevov
  • Publication number: 20090209011
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, particularly a bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia or Pantoea, which has been modified to enhance expression of at least one gene of the fucPIKUR operon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Marina Evgenievna Sheremet'eva, Aleksandra Yurievna Skorokhodova, Vitaly Grigorievich Paraskevov
  • Publication number: 20090155861
    Abstract: A method is described for producing an L-amino acid, for example L-threonine, L-lysine, L-leucine, L-histidine, L-cysteine, L-phenylalanine, L-arginine, L-tryptophan, L-glutamic acid, L-valine, and L-isoleucine, by fermentation of glucose using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, wherein the bacterium has been modified to enhance the activity of the high-affinity arabinose transporter coded by the araFGH operon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Marina Evgenievna Sheremet'eva, Vitaly Grigorievich Paraskevov
  • Patent number: 7470524
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing an L-amino acid, for example L-threonine, L-lysine, L-histidine, L-phenylalanine, L-arginine, L-tryptophan or L-glutamic acid, using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, wherein the bacterium has been modified to enhance an activity of L-arabinose permease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Tomoko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7422880
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, particularly a bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia or Pantoea, having the glycogen biosynthesis pathway disrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Elvira Borisovna Voroshilova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov