Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of microorganisms, in particular to Lactobacillus gasseri HMV18 and a secreted protein and an application thereof. The Lactobacillus gasseri HMV18 is preserved in the China Center for Type Culture Collection on Jul. 11, 2019 with a preservation number of CCTCC NO: M 2019538, and a preservation address of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. The protein extracted from the Lactobacillus gasseri HMV18 has antibacterial and anti-tumor effects, but basically has no effect on normal myocardial cells, so the Lactobacillus gasseri HMV18 can be applied to preparation of antibacterial and anti-tumor products.
Abstract: A microorganism is transformed to be capable of producing guanidinoacetic acid (GAA). A method can be used for the fermentative production of GAA using such a microorganism. A corresponding method can be used for the fermentative production of creatine.
Abstract: Provided herein, in some embodiments, are engineered cells and use of the same for increased hydrogen production. In particular, provided herein are genetically engineered cells comprising a polynucleotide encoding a fusion protein comprising a photosystem I (PSI) protein and an algal hydrogenase, as well as methods for producing such genetically engineered cells. Also provided herein are methods for increasing hydrogen (H2) production in cells.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 30, 2021
Date of Patent:
August 20, 2024
Assignee:
ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid encoding an FX protein having a serine at position 79, a lysine at position 90, a leucine at position 136, an arginine at position 211, a serine at position 289, and a combination thereof is provided. Cells having a gene encoding a modified FX protein are provided, wherein the cells exhibit a reduced ability to fucosylate a glycoprotein at a first temperature, but exhibit the ability to fucosylate the glycoprotein at a second temperature. Methods and compositions for making glycoproteins with reduced fucosylation are provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 15, 2022
Date of Patent:
August 6, 2024
Assignee:
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Inventors:
Gang Chen, Darya Burakov, James P. Fandl
Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provided herein include genetically engineering microorganisms, such as yeast or bacteria, to produce cannabinoids by inserting genes that produce the appropriate enzymes for the metabolic production of a desired compound.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polypeptide having an acyltransferase activity or a microorganism including the same; a composition for preparing N-acetyl-L-methionine, the composition including the polypeptide or microorganism; and a method of preparing N-acetyl-L-methionine using the polypeptide or microorganism. Further, the present disclosure relates to a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide and an expression vector including the polynucleotide. Since the microorganism including a novel acyltransferase according to the present disclosure has enhanced acyltransferase activity, this microorganism can be efficiently used for producing N-acetyl-L-methionine by acetylating L-methionine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 27, 2021
Date of Patent:
July 16, 2024
Assignee:
CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
Inventors:
So Yeon Hong, Jinseung Park, Hye Min Park, Su Jin Choi, Jun Ok Moon, Sung Gun Lee, Jinwoo Jeon
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to liquid enzyme formulations containing one or more alpha-amylases for use in starch processing, wherein the pH of the enzyme formulation is about pH 6.0-8.0, and methods of use thereof. The present disclosure further relates to methods of making a liquid enzyme formulation containing one or more alpha-amylase having improved stability, comprising titrating the pH of the liquid enzyme formulation to a range of pH 6.0-8.0.
Abstract: Host cells that are engineered to produce benzylisoquinoline alkaloid (BIAS) precursors, such as norcoclaurine (NC) and norlaudanosoline (NL), are provided. The host cells may have one or more engineered modifications selected from: a feedback inhibition alleviating mutation in a enzyme gene; a transcriptional modulation modification of a biosynthetic enzyme gene; an inactivating mutation in an enzyme; and a heterologous coding sequence. Also provided are methods of producing a BIA of interest or a precursor thereof using the host cells and compositions, e.g., kits, systems etc., that find use in methods of the invention.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 27, 2021
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2024
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
Inventors:
Michael Shareef Siddiqui, Christina D. Smolke
Abstract: The present invention provides engineered peroxidase enzymes, polypeptides having peroxidase activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Methods for producing peroxidase enzymes are also provided. The present invention further provides compositions comprising the peroxidase enzymes and methods of using the engineered peroxidase enzymes. The present invention finds particular use in the production of pharmaceutical and other compounds.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 3, 2020
Date of Patent:
June 18, 2024
Assignee:
Codexis, Inc.
Inventors:
Da Duan, Auric Anthony Sowell-Kantz, Aksiniya Lyubenova Petkova, Jovana Nazor, Nandhitha Subramanian, Oscar Alvizo
Abstract: The present invention provides engineered galactose oxidase (GOase) enzymes, polypeptides having GOase activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Methods for producing GOase enzymes are also provided. The present invention further provides compositions comprising the GOase enzymes and methods of using the engineered GOase enzymes. The present invention finds particular use in the production of pharmaceutical and other compounds.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 9, 2022
Date of Patent:
June 18, 2024
Assignee:
Codexis, Inc.
Inventors:
Christopher Michael Micklitsch, Oscar Alvizo, Jovana Nazor, Harvinder Chagger Maniar, Mikayla Jianghongxia Krawczyk, Margie Tabuga Borra-Garske, Nandhitha Subramanian, Anna Fryszkowska, Nicholas M. Marshall, Agustina Rodriguez-Granillo, Deeptak Verma, Dewan Andrews
Abstract: A method and special complex enzyme for hydrolyzing a galactomannan (GM) to prepare a small-molecule GM and a galactomannan oligosaccharide (GMOS) is provided. The method includes: conducting fermentation with microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) and melibiose as carbon sources and Trichoderma reesei (T. reesei) as an enzyme-producing strain to obtain a supernatant, which is a complex enzyme solution with enzymatic activities of ?-mannanase and ?-galactosidase; and directly using the complex enzyme solution for enzymatic hydrolysis of a GM as a substrate to prepare the small-molecule GM and the GMOS.
Abstract: Described herein are CAS12A mutants from Lachnospiraceae bacterium and methods for use thereof. These mutants have enhanced DNA cleavage activities at non-canonical TTTT protospacer adjacent motifs (PAM) compared to the wild-type enzyme.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 30, 2021
Date of Patent:
June 4, 2024
Assignee:
INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventors:
Liyang Zhang, Christopher Anthony Vakulskas
Abstract: The present invention provides crude enzyme extracts, cocktails and compositions from Alkanivorax borkumensis and methods for the enzymatic treatment and bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon polluted ecosystems.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 30, 2020
Date of Patent:
June 4, 2024
Assignee:
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for solubilising arabinoxylan-containing material (particularly insoluble arabinoxylan-containing material), comprising admixing a xylan-containing material with a xylanase comprising a polypeptide sequence shown herein as SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10. SEQ ID No. 11 or SEQ ID No. 15, or a variant, homologue, fragment or derivative thereof having at least 75% identity with SEQ ID No. 3 or SEQ ID No. 2 or SEQ ID No. 1 or SEQ ID No. 9 or SEQ ID No. 10 or SEQ ID No. 11 or SEQ ID No. 15; or a polypeptide sequence which comprises SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10. SEQ ID No. 11 or SEQ ID No. 15 with a conservative substitution of at least one of the amino acids; or a xylanase which is encoded by a nucleotide sequence shown herein as SEQ ID No. 6, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 12. SEQ ID No. 13. SEQ ID No. 14. SEQ ID No. 16. SEQ ID No. 17 or SEQ ID No.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 1, 2022
Date of Patent:
May 14, 2024
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL N&H DENMARK APS
Inventors:
Luis Fernando Romero Millan, Susan Arent Lund, Brian Soegaard Laursen, Elijah Gituanjah Kiarie, Zhenghong Zhang, Rosalyn Lau, Zheyong Yu, Floor Klaaske Kooy, Jan Hendrik Van Tuijl, Bart Christiaan Koops, Mads Brogger Pedersen, Soren Dalsgaard
Abstract: Described herein are CAS12A mutants from Lachnospiraceae bacterium and methods for use thereof. These mutants have enhanced DNA cleavage activities at non-canonical TTTT protospacer adjacent motifs (PAM) compared to the wild-type enzyme.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 30, 2021
Date of Patent:
April 23, 2024
Assignee:
INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventors:
Liyang Zhang, Christopher Anthony Vakulskas
Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions, methods and use of a mixture of enzymes having DNase activity and an enzyme having hexosaminidase activity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 11, 2022
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2024
Assignee:
Novozymes A/S
Inventors:
Rebecca Munk Vejborg, Klaus Gori, Lilian Eva Tang Baltsen
Abstract: The disclosure discloses a production process and application of fermented tapioca starch for baking, and belongs to the fields of starch deep processing and food processing and production. The disclosure develops a production method of the fermented tapioca starch for baking. The method includes simple steps and greatly shortens a process cycle. By using tapioca starch as a main raw material and adding a specific amount of carbon source and a specific strain, under the action of fermentation and illumination in cooperation, the structure of the starch is improved. By adding the fermented tapioca starch, the effects of increasing the size of gluten-free Mochi bread, increasing pores of the bread and improving the texture and taste of the bread are realized.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 1, 2020
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2024
Assignee:
JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
Inventors:
Yan Hong, Qiaoting Qi, Zhengbiao Gu, Li Cheng, Zhaofeng Li, Caiming Li
Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptide variants of porcine trypsin, to nucleic acid molecules encoding these variants, and to host cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules. It also relates to the use of these variants in methods for producing insulin. The invention further relates to the use of these variants as medicaments, as food ingredients, or as feed ingredients and to the use of these variants within a process of manufacturing a food ingredient or a feed ingredient.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 27, 2022
Date of Patent:
April 9, 2024
Assignee:
SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Inventors:
Thomas Stillger, Sebastian Rissom, Claudia Feller, Andreas Vogel
Abstract: The present invention discloses a bacterium and an obtaining method and application thereof. The bacterium has a property of coproducing 1,3-propanediol and D-lactic acid. Further, the bacterium is Klebsiella oxytoca, including Klebsiella oxytoca PDL-5 CCTCC M 2016185. The obtaining method of the bacterium may be to obtain the bacterium by directly screening wild bacteria that satisfy conditions from the environment or performing gene engineering modification to wild bacteria. The present invention has the advantages that the bacteria can coproduce 1,3-propanediol and D-lactic acid through fermentation, the molar conversion rate and the concentration of the two products are very high, the types of byproducts are few, the concentration is low, the product extraction process is simplified, the high-efficiency biological production of 1,3-propanediol and D-lactic acid can be realized, and the industrial application prospect is very great.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 14, 2022
Date of Patent:
April 2, 2024
Assignee:
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Inventors:
Ping Xu, Bo Xin, Fei Tao, Yu Wang, Hongzhi Tang, Cuiqing Ma