Abstract: Recombinant Zymomonas mobilis for producing ethylene glycol, method and uses thereof are provided. The recombinant Zymomonas mobilis carries and expresses genes related to a synthesis pathway of xylonic acid and genes related to a synthesis pathway of ethylene glycol.
Abstract: This disclosure provides, inter alia, an optimized strain of Nitrosomonas eutropha (N. eutropha) designated D23, D23-100, or AOB D23-100. N. eutropha bacteria disclosed in this application have desirable properties, e.g., optimized properties, such as the ability to suppress growth of pathogenic bacteria, and an enhanced ability to produce nitric oxide and nitric oxide precursors. The N. eutropha herein may be used, for instance, to treat diseases associated with low nitrite levels, skin diseases, and diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 23, 2020
Date of Patent:
September 17, 2024
Assignee:
AOBIOME LLC
Inventors:
David R. Whitlock, Spiros Jamas, Larry Weiss, Ioannis Gryllos
Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions such as cleaning compositions comprising enzymes. The invention further relates to the use of the compositions comprising such enzymes in cleaning processes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 6, 2023
Date of Patent:
August 13, 2024
Assignee:
Novozymes A/S
Inventors:
Rebecca Munk Vejborg, Dorotea Raventos Segura, Jesper Salomon, Johanne M. Jensen, Rune Nygaard Monrad, Anne Vindum Due, Martin Gudmand
Abstract: Disclosed are DNA polymerases having improved ability to incorporate methylated-dNTPs, relative to a corresponding, unmodified polymerase. The polymerases are useful in a variety of disclosed primer extension methods. Also disclosed are related compositions, including recombinant nucleic acids, vectors, and host cells, which are useful, e.g., for production of the DNA polymerases. Further disclosed are kits and reaction mixtures comprising the improved DNA polymerases as well as methods of primer extension using the improved DNA polymerases.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to biological processes and systems for the production of isopropanol and/or acetone utilizing modified alcohol dehydrogenases that exhibit increased activity with NADH as a cofactor. The disclosure further relates to polynucleotides and polypeptides of the modified alcohol dehydrogenases, and host cells containing the polynucleotides and expressing the polypeptides.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 20, 2022
Date of Patent:
July 16, 2024
Assignee:
Braskem S.A.
Inventors:
Verônica Leite Queiroz, Lucas Pedersen Parizzi, Iuri Estrada Gouvea, Debora Noma Okamoto, Rafael Victório Carvalho Guido, Alessandro Silva Nascimento, Igor Polikarpov
Abstract: The present invention relates to mannanase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 26, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2024
Assignee:
Novozymes A/S
Inventors:
Vivek Srivastava, Markus Klinger, Rakhi Saikia, Vijaya Shankar Nataraj, Sohel Dalal, Jens Erik Nielsen
Abstract: A method of enhancing vanillin resistance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, including: knocking out SNG1 gene from a genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This application further provides a mutant of SNG1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae including the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, where the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, from left to right, consists of a ?18˜+203 bp fragment of SNG1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a nucleotide fragment of loxp-KanMX4-loxp and a +1446˜+1644 bp fragment of the SNG1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Abstract: The present invention provides a nitrilase mutant protein with increased thermal stability and its application in the synthesis of an anti-epileptic drug intermediate, wherein the mutant is obtained by mutating one or two of the amino acids at position 151, 223 and 250 of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 2. the thermal stability of the nitrilase mutant AcN-T151V/C223A/C250G was increased by up to 1.73 folds. The yield of the final product was up to 95% using the recombinant Escherichia coli containing the nitrilase mutant to hydrolyze 1M 1-cyanocyclohexylacetonitrile to produce 1-cyanocyclohexyl acetic acid at 35° C. And the yield of the final product was up to 97% when hydrolyzing 1.2M 1-cyanocyclohexylacetonitrile at 35° C. The final yield was up to 80% when using the nitrilase mutants obtained by the present invention to synthesize gabapentin.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 11, 2020
Date of Patent:
May 21, 2024
Assignee:
ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Inventors:
Yaping Xue, Neng Xiong, Peijin Lv, Yuguo Zheng
Abstract: Provided are methods for producing food products comprising recombinant components, and compositions used in and food products produced by such methods.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 23, 2021
Date of Patent:
May 14, 2024
Assignee:
Perfect Day, Inc.
Inventors:
Timothy Geistlinger, Heather Jensen, Ravirajsinh Jhala, Hendrik Meerman, Balakrishnan Ramesh, Ty Wagoner, Timothy Scott Johnson, Vincent Wei-Xiang Wu, Francesca Manea
Abstract: A horseshoe crab Factor C protein having activity of Factor C, wherein the horseshoe crab is selected from Tachypleus tridentatus, Limulus polyphemus, and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda, and wherein the horseshoe crab Factor C protein is produced through being recombinantly expressed from a Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) DG44 cell or HEK cell.
Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing oxygenated terpenoids. Polynucleotides, derivative enzymes, and host cells for use in such methods are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 5, 2021
Date of Patent:
April 9, 2024
Assignee:
Manus Bio Inc.
Inventors:
Ajikumar Parayil Kumaran, Chin Giaw Lim, Liwei Li, Souvik Ghosh, Christopher Pirie, Anthony Qualley
Abstract: The invention provides non-naturally occurring microbial organisms having a 4-hydroxybutyrate, 1,4-butanediol, or other product pathway and being capable of producing 4-hydroxybutyrate, 1,4-butanediol, or other product, wherein the microbial organism comprises one or more genetic modifications. The invention additionally provides methods of producing 4-hydroxybutyrate, 1,4-butanediol, or other product or related products using the microbial organisms.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 3, 2013
Date of Patent:
March 19, 2024
Assignee:
Genomatica, Inc.
Inventors:
Priti Pharkya, Anthony P. Burgard, Stephen J. Van Dien, Robin E. Osterhout, Mark J. Burk, John D. Trawick, Michael P. Kuchinskas, Brian Steer
Abstract: Provided herein are gene therapy compositions and methods for treating, preventing, and/or curing NPC1. More specifically, the disclosure provides Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors for delivery of nucleic acids and nucleic acids (including AAV transfer cassettes) for treating, preventing, and/or curing NPC1.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 16, 2020
Date of Patent:
February 20, 2024
Assignee:
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
Inventors:
Daniel McCoy, Garrett E. Berry, David Dismuke
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of application of bioengineering technology in microbial oil recovery, and discloses a Brevibacillus agri strain and preparation thereof and a method for preparing surfactant, and use thereof. The Brevibacillus agri strain is deposited in the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center under the accession number CGMCC No. 9983. The Brevibacillus agri and its preparation may effectively enhance the crude oil recovery; the method for preparing the surfactant allow the lipopeptide biosurfactant to have good physical properties, effectively reduce the surface tension, and have good emulsifying performance for petroleum, various hydrocarbons and lipids.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 11, 2021
Date of Patent:
January 23, 2024
Assignee:
Yangtze University
Inventors:
Yuehui She, Fan Zhang, Zhi Zhang, Puyong Yao, Fei Li, Hao Dong, Shanshan Sun, Gaoming Yu, Shaojin Yi, Wenda Zhang, Linqi Hu, Yangyang Feng, Anying Zheng, Yang Li
Abstract: Provided herein are engineered DNA polymerases comprising modifications improving accuracy and processivity of the polymerase including modifications in the Motif A region, optionally, along with additional modifications in the palm and/or exonuclease domains of the polymerase. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding the engineered DNA polymerases comprising modifications in motif A of the polymerase, optionally, with additional modifications. Methods, vectors, kits, and compositions comprising the nucleic acids and compositions, methods and kits comprising the engineered polymerases are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 8, 2022
Date of Patent:
January 16, 2024
Assignee:
PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
Inventors:
Pinar Iyidogan, Mariam Iftikhar, Bridget Kidd, Lewis Churchfield
Abstract: The disclosure provides methods of manufacturing products comprising allulose produced by contacting a protein having allulose 3-epimerase activity with a fructose substrate under conditions such that the fructose substrate is converted into allulose. The disclosure also provides methods of manufacturing products comprising allulose produced by providing a vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule having a polynucleotide sequence encoding a protein having allulose 3-epimerase activity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 31, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 2, 2024
Assignee:
Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC
Inventors:
Ryan David Woodyer, Richard W. Armentrout
Abstract: Disclosed are an antimycin compound and a preparation method and use thereof. The preparation method comprises: fermenting a marine actinomycete (Streptomyces sp.4-7) with a preservation number CCTCCNO: M2020953 to obtain a fermented product and soaking and extracting the fermented product with ethyl acetate to obtain a crude extract; and carrying out separation and purification by normal-phase silica gel column chromatography, reversed-phase MPLC, and semi-preparative reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The invention has the advantages of resistance against Botrytis cinerea and Penicillium citrinum.
Abstract: Provided is a method for altering a targeted site of a DNA in a cell, including a step of stimulating the cell with a factor inducing a DNA modifying enzyme endogenous to the cell, and bringing a complex of a nucleic acid sequence-recognizing module specifically binding to a target nucleotide sequence in a given DNA and a DNA modifying enzyme-binding module bonded to each other into contact with the DNA to convert one or more nucleotides in the targeted site to other one or more nucleotides or delete one or more nucleotides, or insert one or more nucleotides into the targeted site.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 20, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 19, 2023
Assignee:
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY