Patents Assigned to Allaince for Sustainable Energy, LLC
  • Oxygen-resistant hydrogenases and methods for designing and making same
    Patent number: 7501270
    Abstract: The invention provides oxygen- resistant iron-hydrogenases ([Fe]-hydrogenases) for use in the production of H2. Methods used in the design and engineering of the oxygen-resistant [Fe]-hydrogenases are disclosed, as are the methods of transforming and culturing appropriate host cells with the oxygen-resistant [Fe]-hydrogenases. Finally, the invention provides methods for utilizing the transformed, oxygen insensitive, host cells in the bulk production of H2 in a light catalyzed reaction having water as the reactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Allaince for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Paul King, Maria L Ghirardi, Michael Seibert