Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro TOYA

Yoshihiro TOYA 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).

  • MICROORGANISM THAT PRODUCES USEFUL SUBSTANCE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING USEFUL SUBSTANCE
    Publication number: 20240117298
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention provide a microbial strain with improved productivity of ?-glutamylcysteine, bis-?-glutamylcystine, ?-glutamylcystine, reduced glutathione, and/or oxidized glutathione. Such microbial strain has disruption of [1] a gene encoding ?-glutamyltransferase and [2] a gene encoding phosphoglycerate mutase and enhanced expression of [3] a gene encoding glutamate-cysteine ligase and/or a gene encoding glutathione synthetase or [4] a gene encoding bifunctional glutathione synthetase. This invention also discloses a method for producing the substances mentioned above via culture of the microbial strain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo KOBAYASHI, Naoaki TAOKA, Yoshihiro TOYA, Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Ryutaro KAWAI
  • NOVEL RHODOPSIN MUTANTS
    Publication number: 20230265417
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mutant of rhodopsin and a protein moiety thereof, nucleic acids encoding them, a cell containing any of them, and a method for culturing the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: SHIZUOKA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyotaka HARA, Yoko HARA, Sohei ITO, Shogo NAKANO, Yoshiki SATO, Mayu KAWASAKI, Fumio MATSUDA, Yoshihiro TOYA, Taisuke SEIKE, Kensuke OTSUKA