Patents by Inventor Emily Mundorff

Emily Mundorff 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: 20140057330
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Onorato Campopiano, Emily Mundorff, Birthe Borup, Rama Voladri
  • Patent number: 8617853
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Liang, Birthe Borup, Vesna Mitchell, Emily Mundorff, James Lalonde, Gjalt Huisman
  • Patent number: 8617864
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, method of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chirally pure compounds, and the chirally pure compounds prepared therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorraine Joan Giver, Lisa Marie Newman, Emily Mundorff, Gjalt W. Huisman, Stephane J. Jenne, Jun Zhu, Behnaz Behrouzian, John H. Grate, James Lalonde
  • Publication number: 20130344552
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Liang, Stephane J. Jenne, Emily Mundorff, Charlene Ching, John M. Gruber, Anke Krebber, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • Patent number: 8614081
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polypeptides having nitrilase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Anke Krebber, Emily Mundorff, Marissa Mock, Spiros Kambourakis
  • Patent number: 8569013
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to engineered penicillin G acylase (PGA) enzymes having improved properties, polynucleotides encoding such enzymes, compositions including the enzymes, and methods of using the enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Behnaz Behrouzian, Anke Krebber, Emily Mundorff
  • Patent number: 8512973
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignees: Codexis, Inc., Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Liang, Stephane J. Jenne, Emily Mundorff, Charlene Ching, John M. Gruber, Anke Krebber, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • Publication number: 20130164794
    Abstract: The disclosure provides transaminase polypeptides capable of converting the substrate, 2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenethoxy)cyclohexanone to the trans diastereomer product (1R,2R)-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenethoxy)cyclohexanamine in at least a 2:1 diastereomeric ratio relative to the cis diastereomer (1R,2S)-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenethoxy)cyclohexanamine. The disclosure also provides polynucleotides, vectors, host cells, and methods of making and using the transaminase polypeptides in processes for preparing (1R,2R)-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenethoxy)cyclohexanamine and its analogs, which can product compounds can be further used to prepare the aminocyclohexylether compound, (3R)-1-[(1R,2R)-2-[2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethoxy]cyclohexyl]pyrrolidin-3-ol, which is an ion channel blocker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: John Limanto, Gregory Beutner, Brendan Grau, Jacob Janey, Artis Klapars, Eric Ashley, Hallena R. Strotman, Matthew D. Truppo, Gregory Hughes, Fabien L. Cabirol, Anupam Gohel, Steven J. Collier, Jack Liang, Marissa Mock, Emily Mundorff, Scott Novick, Derek Smith
  • Patent number: 8470572
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Onorato Campopiano, Emily Mundorff, Birthe Borup, Rama Voladri
  • Patent number: 8455230
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme including the capability of stereospecifically reducing (R)-2-methylpentanal to (R)-2-methylpentanol. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to produce (R)-2-methylpentanol and related compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignees: Codexis, Inc., Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Rama Voladri, Owen Gooding, Stephan Jenne, Emily Mundorff
  • Patent number: 8426178
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds. The engineered ketoreductase polypeptides are optimized for catalyzing the conversion of N,N-dimethyl-3-keto-3-(2-thienyl)-1-ketopropanamine to (S)—N,N-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-3-(2- thienyl)-1-propanamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Savile, John M. Gruber, Emily Mundorff, Gjalt Huisman, Steven James Collier
  • Patent number: 8415126
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme including the capability of reducing 5-((4S)-2-oxo-4-phenyl(1,3-oxazolidin-3-yl))-1-(4-fluorophenyl)pentane-1,5-dione to (4S)-3-[(5S)-5-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-hydroxypentanoyl]-4-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize the intermediate (4S)-3-[(5S)-5-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-hydroxypentanoyl]-4-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one in a process for making Ezetimibe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Emily Mundorff, Erik De Vries
  • Patent number: 8415127
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Charlene Ching, John M. Gruber, Gjalt W. Huisman, Emily Mundorff, Lisa M. Newman
  • Publication number: 20130052699
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to non-naturally occurring polypeptides useful for preparing Ezetimibe, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Crowe, Oscar Alvizo, Behnaz Behrouzian, Yong Koy Bong, Steven J. Collier, Anupam Gohel, Jagadeesh Mavinahalli, Naga Modukuru, Emily Mundorff, Derek Smith, Shiwei Song, Wan Lin Yeo
  • Publication number: 20130040364
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, method of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chirally pure compounds, and the chirally pure compounds prepared therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Lorraine Joan Giver, Lisa Marie Newman, Emily Mundorff, Gjalt W. Huisman, Stephane J. Jenne, Jun Zhu, Behnaz Behrouzian, John H. Grate, James Lalonde
  • Publication number: 20130034895
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Onorato Campopiano, Emily Mundorff, Birthe Borup, Rama Voladri
  • Publication number: 20130005017
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds. The engineered ketoreductase polypeptides are optimized for catalyzing the conversion of N-methyl-3-keto-3-(2-thienyl)-1-propanamine to (S)—N-methyl-3-hydroxy-3-(2-thienyl)-1-propanamine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Savile, John M. Gruber, Emily Mundorff, Gjalt Huisman, Steven James Collier
  • Publication number: 20130005018
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme including the capability of stereospecifically reducing (R)-2-methylpentanal to (R)-2-methylpentanol. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to produce (R)-2-methylpentanol and related compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicants: PFIZER, INC., CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Rama Voladri, Owen Gooding, Stephan Jenne, Emily Mundorff
  • Publication number: 20120329108
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polypeptides having transaminase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Savile, Emily Mundorff, Jeffrey C. Moore, Paul N. Devine, Jacob M. Janey
  • Publication number: 20120322136
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme including the capability of reducing 5-((4S)-2-oxo-4-phenyl(1,3-oxazolidin-3-yl))-1-(4-fluorophenyl)pentane-1,5-dione to (4S)-3-[(5S)-5-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-hydroxypentanoyl]-4-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize the intermediate (4S)-3-[(5S)-5-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-hydroxypentanoyl]-4-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one in a process for making Ezetimibe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Emily Mundorff, Erik De Vries