Patents by Inventor Zubin Saresh Khambatta

Zubin Saresh Khambatta 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).

  • Branched-Chain Fatty Acids And Biological Production Thereof
    Publication number: 20110151526
    Abstract: A method for producing anteiso fatty acid is provided. The method comprises culturing a cell comprising at least one exogenous or overexpressed polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide that catalyzes at least one of the following reactions: conversion of pyruvate to citramalate; conversion of citramalate to citraconate; conversion of citraconate to ?-methyl-D-malate; conversion of ?-methyl-D-malate to 2-oxobutanoate; or conversion of threonine to 2-oxobutanoate, under conditions allowing expression of the polynucleotide(s) and production of anteiso fatty acid. Optionally the cell further comprises at least one exogenous or overexpressed polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide that catalyzes conversion of 2-oxobutanoate to 2-aceto-2-hydroxy-butyrate, conversion of 2-aceto-2-hydroxy-butyrate to 2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylvalerate, and/or conversion of 2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylvalerate to ?-keto-3-methylvalerate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Charles Winston Saunders, Jun Xu, Phillip Richard Green, David Blair Cody, Zubin Saresh Khambatta