Patents by Inventor Cailing ZHONG

Cailing ZHONG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240060123
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a light-responsive aptamer for regulating the activity of a DNA polymerase. The DNA polymerase includes a G-quadruplex-binding peptide and a polymerase sequence; the polymerase sequence includes an active site; and the light-responsive aptamer includes an aptamer sequence and a photoactive linker connected to the aptamer sequence; the aptamer sequence includes a G-quadruplex-forming sequence and a substrate DNA sequence; the G-quadruplex-forming sequence forms a G-quadruplex, and the substrate DNA sequence folds to form a hairpin structure; the G-quadruplex-forming sequence binds to the G-quadruplex-binding peptide, and the substrate DNA binds to the active site of the DNA polymerase; in the presence of ultraviolet light irradiation (UV irradiation), the photoactive linker is broken, and the substrate DNA is detached from the active site of the DNA polymerase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Kewei ZHENG, Tingting CAI, Chenglin WANG, Yaoqing CHEN, Jiaqi WANG, Cailing ZHONG