Patents Represented by Attorney Codexis, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8329438
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to engineered enone reductase polypeptides having improved properties, polynucleotides encoding the engineered polypeptides, related vectors, host cells, and methods for making the engineered enone reductase polypeptides. The disclosure also provides methods of using the engineered enone reductase polypeptides for chemical transformations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Savile, Vesna Mitchell, Xiyun Zhang, Gjalt Huisman
  • Patent number: 8309328
    Abstract: The present application provides genetically modified fungal organisms that produce enzyme mixtures exhibiting enhanced hydrolysis of cellulosic material to glucose, enzyme mixtures produced by the genetically modified fungal organisms, and processes for producing glucose from cellulose using such enzyme mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Ish Kumar Dhawan, Dipnath Baidyaroy, Andrew Shaw, Oleh Tanchak, Christopher Hill, Chengsong Liu, Amala Chokshi, Brian R. Scott
  • Patent number: 8293507
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polypeptides having transaminase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Savile, Emily Mundorff, Jeffrey C. Moore, Paul N. Devine, Jacob M. Janey
  • Patent number: 8288131
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme including the capability of stereo specifically reducing (R)-2-methylpentanal to (R)-2-methylpentanol. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to produce (R)-2-methylpentanol and related compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignees: Codexis, Inc., Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Rama Voladri, Owen Gooding, Stephan Jenne, Emily Mundorff
  • Patent number: 8288141
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds. The engineered ketoreductase polypeptides are optimized for catalyzing the conversion of N-methyl-3-keto-3-(2-thienyl)-1-propanamine to (S)—N-methyl-3-hydroxy-3-(2-thienyl)-1-propanamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Savile, John M. Gruber, Emily Mundorff, Gjalt Huisman, Steven James Collier
  • Patent number: 8273554
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme including the capability of reducing 5-((4S)-2-oxo-4-phenyl(1,3-oxazolidin-3-yl))-1-(4-fluorophenyl)pentane-1,5-dione to (4S)-3-[(5S)-5-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-hydroxypentanoyl]-4-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize the intermediate (4S)-3-[(5S)-5-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-hydroxypentanoyl]-4-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one in a process for making Ezetimibe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Emily Mundorff, Erik De Vries
  • Patent number: 8273547
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, method of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chirally pure compounds, and the chirally pure compounds prepared therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorraine Joan Giver, Lisa Marie Newman, Emily Mundorff, Gjalt W. Huisman, Stephane J. Jenne, Jun Zhu, Behnaz Behrouzian, John H. Grate, James Lalonde
  • Patent number: 8257952
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Onorato Campopiano, Emily Mundorff, Birthe Borup, Rama Voladri
  • Patent number: 8252554
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel halohydrin dehalogenase polypeptides and the polynucleotides that encode them. These polypeptides are useful in the production of 4-substituted-3-butyric acid derivatives and vicinal cyano, hydroxyl substituted carboxylic acid esters. The invention also provides related vectors, host cells and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: S. Christopher Davis, Lisa Marie Newman, Vesna Gavrilovic, Gjalt W. Huisman, Richard John Fox, Emily C. Mundorff
  • Patent number: 8247192
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to engineered penicillin G acylase (PGA) enzymes having improved properties, polynucleotides encoding such enzymes, compositions including the enzymes, and methods of using the enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Behnaz Behrouzian, Anke Krebber, Emily Mundorff
  • Patent number: 8236551
    Abstract: The present application provides genetically modified fungal organisms that produce enzyme mixtures exhibiting enhanced hydrolysis of cellulosic material to glucose, enzyme mixtures produced by the genetically modified fungal organisms, and processes for producing glucose from cellulose using such enzyme mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Ish Kumar Dhawan, Dipnath Baidyaroy, Andrew Shaw, Oleh Tanchak, Christopher Hill, Chengsong Liu, Amala Chokshi, Brian R. Scott
  • Patent number: 8227229
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize chiral compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignees: Codexis, Inc., Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Liang, Stephane J. Jenne, Emily Mundorff, Rama Voladri, James LaLonde, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • Patent number: 8187856
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered halohydrin dehalogenase (HHDH) polypeptides having improved enzyme properties as compared to the wild-type HHDH enzyme HheC and other reference engineered HHDH polypeptides. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered HHDH enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered HHDH enzymes, and methods of using the engineered HHDH enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds including chiral epoxides and chiral alcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik De Vries, Louis Clark, Scott McVicar, Erika Segraves, Shiwei Song, Kheng Lin Tan
  • Patent number: 8178333
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides monoamine oxidase enzymes and methods of their use in biocatalytic processes for the preparation of substantially enantiomerically pure heterobicyclic compounds of the following structural formulas, wherein A, M, M?, and R5 are as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Mijts, Sheela Muley, Jack Liang, Lisa M. Newman, Xiyun Zhang, James Lalonde, Michael D. Clay, Jun Zhu, John M. Gruber, Jeffrey Colbeck, John D. Munger, Jr., Jagadeesh Mavinahalli, Roger Sheldon