Patents Assigned to TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
  • Patent number: 12252687
    Abstract: Provided is a recombinant yeast expressing germacrene A synthetase or a fusion protein thereof, wherein the fusion protein is germacrene A synthetase and farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase. The recombinant yeast improves the yield of germacrene A, and is suitable for the industrialized production of ?-elemene and/or germacrene A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
    Inventors: Xueli Zhang, Luqi Huang, Zhubo Dai, Dong Wang, Lili Zhang, Juan Guo, Yi Liu
  • Publication number: 20250027120
    Abstract: Provided a genetically modified yeast strain for producing succinic acid, which strain has the activity or an enhanced activity of an NADPH-dependent malate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.82), and optionally also has the activity or an enhanced activity of at least one of the following: (i) soluble fumarate reductase (EC 4.2.1.2), (ii) a pyruvate carboxylase (EC 6.4.1.1), (iii) a fumarase (EC 4.2.1.2), and (iv) succinate transport protein; and a preparation method therefor, a method for producing succinic acid using same, and the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xueli ZHANG, Feiyu FAN, Yongyan XI, Hongtao XU
  • Patent number: 12203105
    Abstract: Recombinant strains are obtained for the production of allulose, allose, and allitol by regulating intracellular glucose metabolism, reducing the enzyme activity of fructose 6-phosphate kinase, and enhancing the enzyme activities of glucokinase and glucose-6-phosphate isomerase, allulose 6-phosphate 3-epimerase, allulose 6-phosphate phosphatase, fructose permease and fructokinase, and optionally enhancing the enzyme activities of ribose 5-phosphate isomerase, allose 6-phosphate phosphatase, ribitol dehydrogenase, glycerol permease, glycerol dehydrogenase, and dihydroxyacetone kinase. A method for producing allulose and allose is an extracellular multienzyme cascade method. Multienzyme cascade catalysis and fermentation are coupled to improve the conversion rate of starch sugar or sucrose to the synthesized allulose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Yuanxia Sun, Jiangang Yang, Yunjie Li, Yueming Zhu, Chun You, Yanhe Ma
  • Publication number: 20250011822
    Abstract: The present invention provides a genetically modified malic acid producing yeast strain, wherein the strain has or has enhanced malate transport protein activity and has or has enhanced NADPH-dependent malate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.82) activity, optionally also has or has enhanced at least one of the following activities: (i) pyruvate carboxylase (EC 6.4.1.1) activity, (ii) phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (EC 4.1.1.49) activity, (iii) phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase activity, and (iv) biotin transport protein activity; and a preparation method thereof, a method for producing L-malic acid using the same, and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xueli ZHANG, Feiyu FAN, Yongyan XI, Hongtao XU
  • Patent number: 12091697
    Abstract: A method for preparing glucosamine includes the steps of converting fructose-6-phosphate (F6P) and an ammonium salt to glucosamine-6-phosphate (GlcN6P) under the catalysis of glucosamine-6-phosphate deaminase (EC 3.5.99.6, GlmD); and producing glucosamine (GlcN) by the dephosphorylation of GlcN6P under the catalysis of an enzyme capable of catalyzing the dephosphorylation. Such a method can be used to prepare glucosamine by in vitro enzymatic biosystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Chun You, Dongdong Meng
  • Patent number: 11802280
    Abstract: An enzyme synthesizes hydroxyl acetaldehyde and/or 1,3-dihydroxyacetone by catalyzing formaldehyde. Site-directed mutation of benzoylformate decarboxylase (BFD) creates a mutant of the enzyme, which can polymerize the formaldehyde, A phosphoketalose (F/XPK) generates acetyl phosphoric acid from the hydroxyl acetaldehyde or 1,3-dihydroxyacetone (DHA). Combination with phosphotransacetylase (Pta) provides a route from the formaldehyde to acetyl coenzyme A in three steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Huifeng Jiang, Xiaoyun Lu, Yuwan Liu, Yiqun Yang, Lina Lu, Sheng Yang, Junran Gou
  • Patent number: 11421199
    Abstract: Provided is a recombinant yeast expressing germacrene A synthetase or a fusion protein thereof, wherein the fusion protein is germacrene A synthetase and farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase. The recombinant yeast improves the yield of germacrene A, and is suitable for the industrialized production of ?-elemene and/or germacrene A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: Tianjin institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
    Inventors: Xueli Zhang, Luqi Huang, Zhubo Dai, Dong Wang, Lili Zhang, Juan Guo, Yi Liu
  • Patent number: 11390890
    Abstract: Provided are an engineered strain for synthesizing a dibasic organic acid and preparation and application of same. The engineered strain introduces or up-regulates expression of a positive regulator gene for synthesis of a dibasic organic acid, and/or down-regulates expression of a negative regulator gene for synthesis of a dibasic organic acid, as compared with the origin strain of the engineered strain, the producing capability for producing the dibasic organic acid is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Chaoguang Tian, Jingen Li, Chuannan Long, Tao Sun, Liangcai Lin, Jing Xu, Qian Liu, Jingxiao Ji, Wenliang Sun, Yanhe Ma
  • Patent number: 11306338
    Abstract: Disclosed is a new tagatose 6-phosphate 4-epimerase, which is capable of converting fructose 6-phosphate into tagatose 6-phosphate and vice versa. Also disclosed is an application of the enzyme in tagatose production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Yanhe Ma, Yuanxia Sun, Yunjie Li, Jiangang Yang
  • Publication number: 20210371844
    Abstract: The present invention provides a class of new mutant proteins for increasing malic acid yield. Specifically, the present invention provides a class of new pyruvate carboxylase mutant protein and malic acid transporter mutant proteins or combinations thereof, a preparation method therefor and use thereof in improving malic acid yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Chaoguang TIAN, Junqi ZHAO, Jingen LI, Lu ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10975400
    Abstract: A method for constructing an ALA production bacterial strain, the method enhances the activity of related enzymes promoting the synthesis of oxaloacetate and in the 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) production bacterial strain, or introducing exogenous related enzymes promoting the synthesis of oxaloacetate, such as phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase or pyruvate carboxylase, and/or reducing the activity of related enzymes in the downstream metabolic pathway of succinyl coenzyme A in the bacterial strain, such as succinyl coenzyme A synthetase or succinate dehydrogenase, and/or reducing the activity of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylated kinase and/or malic enzyme. An ALA high-yield bacterial strain constructed by utilizing the method, and method for utilizing the bacterial strain to prepare ALA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Ping Zheng, Jiuzhou Chen, Wei Pu, Jibin Sun, Xinyang Wu, Yanhe Ma
  • Patent number: 10897057
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of bioelectricity. The present invention provides energy generating systems, methods, and devices that are capable of converting chemical energy stored in sugars into useful electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Yi Heng Percival Zhang, Zhiguang Zhu
  • Patent number: 10851334
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solid state biological reaction device, comprising a main tank (1), wherein the device further comprises a support (2) supporting the main tank (1), and the support (2) makes the main tank (1) be rotational in the horizontal position, and be statically cultured in the vertical position. The device is relatively simple, in particular, the mixing of materials uses the method of a vehicle-tank in combination with rotation, achieving the tank free conversion between the two different poses of vertical and the horizontal; and the device conducts the work of loading, inoculation, cultivation and transplantation and so on in the upright pose, and completes the work of sterilization and mixing of materials and so on in the horizontal pose. The device is not only quick to use and easy to move, but also omits the stirring system which occupies a lot of manufacturing costs, and is easy to use in large-scale production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Wenxia Jiang, Xiaoran Zhang, Yanhe Ma
  • Patent number: 10781462
    Abstract: Provided are an engineered strain for synthesizing a dibasic organic acid and preparation and application of same. The engineered strain introduces or up-regulates expression of a positive regulator gene for synthesis of a dibasic organic acid, and/or down-regulates expression of a negative regulator gene for synthesis of a dibasic organic acid, as compared with the origin strain of the engineered strain, the producing capability for producing the dibasic organic acid is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Chaoguang Tian, Jingen Li, Chuannan Long, Tao Sun, Liangcai Lin, Jing Xu, Qian Liu, Jingxiao Ji, Wenliang Sun, Yanhe Ma
  • Patent number: 10736970
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polypeptide complex on the basis of Titin-Telethonin beta-pleated sheet structure as a polypeptide or protein drug carrier, a method of using the polypeptide complex, and a fusion protein complex thereof. The polypeptide complex is capable of maintaining the activity of polypeptide or protein drugs and prolonging the half-life period simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Peijian Zou, Huanbo Tan, Wencheng Su, Jibin Sun
  • Patent number: 10316303
    Abstract: A lactone hydrolase having improved activity towards ?-zearalenol is disclosed. The lactone hydrolase has a modified amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5, wherein the modification is a substitution of valine at position 167 with histidine. A method of degrading ?-zearalenol using such lactone hydrolase is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Rey-Ting Guo, Yingying Zheng, Zhongxia Xu, Chun-Chi Chen, Wei Peng, Weidong Liu, Je-Ruei Liu, Yanhe Ma
  • Patent number: 10260079
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an improved method for producing ergothioneine, comprising the steps of: (a) inoculating Pleurotus ostreatus strain CGMCC No.6232 into a seed medium, and culturing it to prepare a seed liquor, wherein the seed medium uses soybean cake powder as nitrogen source; and (b) inoculating the seed liquor into a fermentation basal medium, and then culturing it to obtain a fermentation broth of Pleurotus ostreatus mycelia. Further, any one or more members selected from NH4Cl, NH4NO3, NaCl, polyethylene glycol, folic acid, vitamin B1 (VB1), indolebutyric acid, citric acid, pyruvic acid, arginine, lysine, leucine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, betaine, histidine, cysteine, methionine, tween, span, chitosan, Fluconazole, Miconazole, Ketoconazole, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), isopropyl alcohol and dimethyl sulfoxide are added into the fermentation basal medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, TIANJIN SINONOCY BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenxia Jiang, Qi Liu, Weiya Zhang, Baoliang Mei
  • Patent number: 10128522
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of bioelectricity. The present invention provides energy generating systems, methods, and devices that are capable of converting chemical energy stored in sugars into useful electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Yi Heng Percival Zhang, Zhiguang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20180273894
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the biotechnology field, and a method for preparing degradable materials, which comprises: inoculating Ceriporia lacerata into a culture medium containing lignocellulose debris for solid-state fermentation. The accession number of the C. lacerata is CGMCC No. 10485. The disclosure also relates to a degradable material obtained by the method and a method for cultivating the C. lacerata. The mycelia of the C. lacerata used herein can enwind and fix the culture medium debris (a lignocellulose material). By dint of the C. lacerata, the lignocellulose material can be prepared into a degradable material without sterilization or anti-bacterial treatment, and the preparation process doesn't require a sterile environment; thus, the preparation cost is decreased remarkably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Wenxia Jiang, Ping Yang, Guobing Shao, Qi Liu
  • Patent number: 10006063
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of producing succinate by E. coli fermentation. Specifically, the invention provides an engineered recombinant E. coli for producing succinate, wherein said E. coli contains one or more of the following modifications: a) enhanced activity of the protein(s) encoded by the gene(s) involved in pentose phosphate pathway (PPP), b) enhanced activity of the protein encoded by sthA gene, and optionally c) mutant lpdA gene. The invention also relates to use of the engineered recombinant E. coli for producing succinate, and a method of using the engineered recombinant E. coli for producing succinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xueli Zhang, Xinna Zhu, Hongtao Xu, Zaigao Tan