Patents Assigned to Codexis, Inc.
  • Biocatalysts and methods for the synthesis of substituted lactams
    Patent number: 10858635
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to transaminase polypeptides capable of aminating a dicarbonyl substrate, and polynucleotides, vectors, host cells, and methods of making and using the transaminase polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Fabien Louis Cabirol, Haibin Chen, Anupam Gohel, Paulina Elena Salim, Derek J. Smith, Jacob Janey, Birgit Kosjek, Weng Lin Tang, Helen Hsieh, Son Q. Pham
  • Lov-D acyltransferase mediated acylation
    Patent number: 10858680
    Abstract: Methods for the improved acylation of chemical substrates using LovD acyltransferases, thioesters having acyl groups, and (i) thiol scavengers and/or (ii) precipitating agents are presented. An improved method for the production of simvastatin using (i) activated charcoal as a thiol scavenger and/or (ii) ammonium hydroxide as a precipitating agent is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Collier, Ee Ling Teo, Joly Sukumaran, Robert J. Wilson, Junye Xu
  • Biocatalysts for the preparation of hydroxy substituted carbamates
    Patent number: 10851351
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to engineered ketoreductase polypeptides for the preparation of hydroxyl substituted carbamate compounds, and polynucleotides, vectors, host cells, and methods of making and using the ketoreductase polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Fabien Louis Cabirol, Haibin Chen, Anupam Gohel, Steven J. Collier, Derek J. Smith, Birgit Kosjek, Jacob Janey
  • Ketoreductase polypeptides for the production of (R)-3-hydroxythiolane
    Patent number: 10851397
    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: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack S Liang, Stephan Jenne, Emily Mundorff, Rama Voladri, James J. Lalonde, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • Polynucleotides encoding biocatalysts and methods for hydroxylation of chemical compounds
    Patent number: 10844358
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered proline hydroxylase polypeptides for the production of hydroxylated compounds, polynucleotides encoding the engineered proline hydroxylases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered proline hydroxylases, and methods of using the engineered proline hydroxylases to prepare compounds useful in the production of active pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jovana Nazor, Robert Osborne, Jack Liang, Jonathan Vroom, Xiyun Zhang, David Entwistle, Rama Voladri, Ravi David Garcia, Jeffrey C. Moore, Shane Grosser, Birgit Kosjek, Matthew Truppo
  • T7 RNA polymerase variants
    Patent number: 10793841
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered T7 RNA polymerase variants and compositions thereof. These variants have been evolved for selective incorporation of the symmetrical capped GTP analog over GTP at the initiation of in vitro transcription. The present invention also provides methods for using the variants provided herein. The present invention further provides for the use of the compositions provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathew G. Miller, Chinping Chng, Oscar Alvizo, Melissa Ann Mayo, James Nicholas Riggins, Xiang Yi, Jonathan S. Penfield, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • Engineered imine reductases and methods for the reductive amination of ketone and amine compounds
    Patent number: 10793836
    Abstract: The present application provides engineered polypeptides having imine reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered imine reductases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered imine reductases, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone and amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Oscar Alvizo, Melissa Ann Mayo, Jeffrey C. Moore
  • Engineered imine reductases and methods for the reductive amination of ketone and amine compounds
    Patent number: 10787689
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered polypeptides having imine reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered imine reductases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered imine reductases, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone and amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Haibin Chen, Steven J. Collier, Jovana Nazor, Joly Sukumaran, Derek Smith, Jeffrey C. Moore, Gregory Hughes, Jacob Janey, Gjalt W. Huisman, Scott J. Novick, Nicholas J. Agard, Oscar Alvizo, Gregory A. Cope, Wan Lin Yeo, Stefanie Ng Minor
  • Penicillin-G acylases
    Patent number: 10781436
    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: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Goutami Banerjee, Jie Yang, Xiyun Zhang, Erika M. Milczek, Melissa Ann Mayo, Stephan Jenne
  • Biocatalysts and methods for the synthesis of armodafinil
    Patent number: 10781429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-naturally occurring polypeptides useful for preparing armodafinil, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides. The non-naturally occurring polypeptides of the present invention are effective in carrying out biocatalytic conversion of the (i) 2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetamide to (?)-2-[(R)-(diphenylmethyl)sulfinyl]acetamide (armodafinil), or (ii) benzhydryl-thioacetic acid to (R)-2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetic acid, which is a pivotal intermediate in the synthesis of armodafinil, in enantiomeric excess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Ee Lui Ang, Oscar Alvizo, Behnaz Behrouzian, Michael D. Clay, Steven J. Collier, Ellen D. Eberhard, Fu Fan, Shiwei Song, Derek J. Smith, Magnus Widegren, Robert Wilson, Junye Xu, Jun Zhu
  • Transaminase reactions
    Patent number: 10767202
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of using transaminase polypeptides in the synthesis of chiral amines from prochiral ketones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Hughes, Paul N. Devine, Fred J. Fleitz, Brendan T. Grau, John Limanto, Christopher Savile, Emily Mundorff
  • Engineered ketoreductase polypeptides
    Patent number: 10752926
    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: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Savile, John M. Gruber, Emily Mundorff, Gjalt W. Huisman, Steven J. Collier
  • Penicillin-G acylases
    Patent number: 10745681
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered penicillin G acylase (PGA) enzymes, polynucleotides encoding the enzymes, compositions comprising the enzymes, and methods of using the engineered PGA enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Oscar Alvizo, David Elgart, Robert Kevin Orr, James Nicholas Riggins, Anna Fryszkowska, Katrina W. Lexa, Xiang Yi, Da Duan, Courtney Dianne Moffett, Nikki Dellas, Vesna Mitchell
  • T7 RNA polymerase variants
    Patent number: 10738286
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered RNA polymerase variants and compositions comprising these variants. The present invention further provides engineered T7 RNA polymerase variants and compositions comprising these variants. These variants have been evolved for selective incorporation of the m7G(5?)ppp(5?)m7G cap analog over GTP at the initiation of in vitro transcription. The present invention also provides methods for selective capping of RNA transcripts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathew G. Miller, Chinping Chng, Oscar Alvizo, Melissa Ann Mayo, James Nicholas Riggins, Xiang Yi, Jonathan S. Penfield, Gjalt W. Huisman, Jared Davis, Yasushi Saotome
  • Engineered proline hydroxylase polynucleotides and methods
    Patent number: 10731189
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered proline hydroxylase polypeptides for the production of hydroxylated compounds, polynucleotides encoding the engineered proline hydroxylases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered proline hydroxylases, and methods of using the engineered proline hydroxylases to prepare compounds useful in the production of active pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Haibin Chen, Yong Koy Bong, Fabien L. Cabirol, Anupam Gohel Prafulchandra, Tao Li, Jeffrey C. Moore, Martina Quintanar-Audelo, Yang Hong, Steven J. Collier, Derek Smith
  • Penicillin-G acylases
    Patent number: 10724025
    Abstract: The present invention provides 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: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jovana Nazor, Vesna Mitchell, David Elgart, Katrina W. Lexa, Nikki Dellas, Robert Kevin Orr, Oscar Alvizo, Ravi David Garcia, Judy Victoria Antonio Viduya, Courtney Dianne Moffett
  • Engineered phenylalanine ammonia lyase polypeptides
    Patent number: 10717974
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) polypeptides and compositions thereof, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Gjalt W. Huisman, Nicholas J. Agard, Benjamin Mijts, Jonathan Vroom, Xiyun Zhang
  • P450-BM3 variants with improved activity
    Patent number: 10704030
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved P450-BM3 variants with improved activity. In some embodiments, the P450-BM3 variants exhibit improved activity over a wide range of substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Osborne, Vesna Mitchell, Khin Yu Naing Htwe, Xiyun Zhang, Erika M. Milczek, Jeffrey C. Moore
  • Automated screening of enzyme variants
    Patent number: 10696964
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for identifying bio-molecules with desired properties (or which are most suitable for a round of directed evolution) from complex bio-molecule libraries or sets of such libraries. Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods for virtually screening proteins for beneficial properties. Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods for virtually screening enzymes for desired activity and/or selectivity for catalytic reactions involving particular substrates. Some embodiments combine screening and directed evolution to design and develop proteins and enzymes having desired properties. Systems and computer program products implementing the methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiyun Zhang, Russell Javiniar Sarmiento, Donald Scott Baskerville, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • Ketoreductase polypeptides for the synthesis of chiral compounds
    Patent number: 10696953
    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: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Oscar Alvizo, Nicholas J. Agard, Xinkai Xie, David Entwistle, Birgit Kosjek