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).

  • Patent number: 7883879
    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: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Onorato Campopiano, Emily Mundorff, Birthe Borup, Rama Voladri
  • Patent number: 7879585
    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: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    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: 20100285541
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polypeptides having transaminase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Saville, Emily Mundorff, Jeffrey C. Moore, Paul N. Devine, Jacob M. Janey
  • Patent number: 7820421
    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: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Charlene Ching, John M. Gruber, Gjalt W. Huisman, Emily Mundorff, Lisa M. Newman
  • Publication number: 20100173369
    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: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Savile, John M. Gruber, Emily Mundorff, Gjalt Huisman, Steven James Collier
  • Publication number: 20100151534
    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: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Savile, John M. Gruber, Emily Mundorff, Gjalt Huisman, Steven James Collier
  • Publication number: 20100143968
    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: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: BEHNAZ BEHROUZIAN, ANKE KREBBER, EMILY MUNDORFF
  • Publication number: 20100062499
    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 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Emily Mundorff, Erik De Vries
  • Publication number: 20100055751
    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 stereo specifically 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: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicants: Codexis, Inc., Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Rama Voladri, Owen Gooding, Stephan Jenne, Emily Mundorff
  • Publication number: 20090191605
    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: September 13, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Jack Liang, Stephane J. Jenne, Emily Mundorff, Charlene Ching, John M. Gruber, Anke Krebber, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • Publication number: 20090162909
    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: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Onorato Campopiano, Emily Mundorff, Birthe Borup, Rama Voladri
  • Publication number: 20090155863
    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: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: JACK LIANG, BIRTHE BORUP, VESNA MITCHELL, EMILY MUNDORFF, JAMES LALONDE, GJALT W. HUISMAN
  • Publication number: 20090118130
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for screening a plurality of polypeptide variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Emily Mundorff, Simon Christopher Davis, Gjalt W. Huisman, Anke Krebber, John H. Grate
  • Publication number: 20090093031
    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 chiral compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Jack Liang, Stephane J. Jenne, Emily Mundorff, Rama Voladri, James Lalonde, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • Publication number: 20080318295
    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: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Charlene Ching, John M. Gruber, Gjalt W. Huisman, Emily Mundorff, Lisa M. Newman
  • Publication number: 20080248539
    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: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    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: 20080020397
    Abstract: Methods and devices for more efficiently engineering diversity into recombinant polypeptides and/or nucleic acids are provided herein. For example, a variety of methods of selecting and/or assessing potential crossover sites in an amino acid sequence or a nucleotide sequence are provided, as well as the resulting chimeric product sequences. These methods include, e.g., consideration of structural, functional and/or statistical data in the selection and assessment of sequences and crossover sites for use in recombination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Emily Mundorff, Sridhar Govindarajan, Claes Gustafsson, Jeremy Minshull
  • Publication number: 20060099700
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel halohydrin dehalogenase polypeptides and the polynucleotides that encode them. These polypeptides are useful in the production of 4-substituted-3-butyric acid derivatives and vicinal cyano, hydroxyl substituted carboxylic acid esters. The invention also provides related vectors, host cells and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: S. Davis, Richard Fox, Gjalt Huisman, Vesna Gavrilovic, Emily Mundorff, Lisa Newman