Patents by Inventor Elena SANTONICO

Elena SANTONICO 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).

  • Hybrid protein for the identification of neddylated substrates
    Patent number: 10302652
    Abstract: Disclosed is a recombinant protein composed by the fusion of Glutathione S-transferase (GST), or an esa-histidine peptide (poly-His), or Maltose Binding Protein (MBP), to the Carboxyl-terminus end of the human KHNYN protein, containing residues 597-678 or a region including at least the amino acidic region 630-678. Also disclosed is a second recombinant protein where the Carboxyl-terminus end of the human KHNYN protein, containing residues 627-678 is genetically fused in a tandem construct to the Carboxyl-terminus end of KHNYN including residues 597-678. The tandem construct is N-terminally tagged with Glutathione S-transferase (GST), or an esa-histidine peptide (poly-His), or Maltose Binding Protein (MBP). The potential use of these “Neddylation sensors” also called “Neddylation probes” to isolate mono-, poly-neddylated targets as well as substrates modified by the addition of ubiquitin-NEDD8 mixed chains is considered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Elena Santonico
  • HYBRID PROTEIN FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF NEDDYLATED SUBSTRATES
    Publication number: 20180074072
    Abstract: Disclosed is a recombinant protein composed by the fusion of Glutathione S-transferase (GST), or an esa-histidine peptide (poly-His), or Maltose Binding Protein (MBP), to the Carboxyl-terminus end of the human KHNYN protein, containing residues 597-678 or a region including at least the amino acidic region 630-678. Also disclosed is a second recombinant protein where the Carboxyl-terminus end of the human KHNYN protein, containing residues 627-678 is genetically fused in a tandem construct to the Carboxyl-terminus end of KHNYN including residues 597-678. The tandem construct is N-terminally tagged with Glutathione S-transferase (GST), or an esa-histidine peptide (poly-His), or Maltose Binding Protein (MBP). The potential use of these “Neddylation sensors” also called “Neddylation probes” to isolate mono-, poly-neddylated targets as well as substrates modified by the addition of ubiquitin-NEDD8 mixed chains is considered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventor: Elena SANTONICO