Patents by Inventor Hidetaka Doi

Hidetaka Doi 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: 10563234
    Abstract: A method for producing an L-amino acid is provided. An L-amino acid is produced by culturing a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae and having an L-amino acid-producing ability, wherein the bacterium has been modified so that the activity of aconitase is increased, or the activities of aconitase and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase are increased, in a medium, and collecting the L-amino acid from the medium or cells of the bacterium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Doi, Akiko Matsudaira, Yoshihiro Usuda
  • Publication number: 20170073714
    Abstract: A method for producing an L-amino acid is provided. An L-amino acid is produced by culturing a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae and having an L-amino acid-producing ability, wherein the bacterium has been modified so that the activity of aconitase is increased, or the activities of aconitase and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase are increased, in a medium, and collecting the L-amino acid from the medium or cells of the bacterium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Doi, Akiko Matsudaira, Yoshihiro Usuda
  • Patent number: 8975045
    Abstract: A method for efficiently producing an L-amino acid utilizing a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae from a fatty acid or an alcohol such as glycerol as a raw material is provided. A bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae which is able to produce L-amino acid and harbors an RpsA protein which has a mutation such that the native aspartic acid residue at position 210 is replaced with another amino acid residue is used. This bacterium is cultured in a medium containing a carbon source selected from a fatty acid and an alcohol, and the produced L-amino acid is collected from the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Doi, Yusuke Hagiwara, Yoshihiro Usuda
  • Patent number: 8951760
    Abstract: A method for producing an L-amino acid includes culturing a bacterium which belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae and has an L-amino acid-producing ability in a medium containing a carbon source selected from a fatty acid and an alcohol, and collecting the L-amino acid from the medium. A bacterium which has been subjected to a modification including at least one of enhancement of oxyS gene expression, enhancement of fixABC gene expression, and combination thereof, is used as the bacterium, or a substance that reduces intracellular hydrogen peroxide concentration of the bacterium is added to the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Doi, Yasushi Hoshino, Yuri Masumitsu, Yoshihiro Usuda
  • Patent number: 8932834
    Abstract: A method for producing an L-amino acid which includes the steps of culturing a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae and having an L-amino acid producing ability in a medium to produce and accumulate an L-amino acid in the medium, and collecting the L-amino acid from the medium, wherein the bacterium has been modified so that an activity or activities of one or two or more enzymes of the arginine succinyltransferase pathway, such as arginine succinyltransferase, succinylarginine dihydrolase, succinylornithine aminotransferase, succinylglutamate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase, and succinylglutamate desuccinylase, is/are decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Doi, Yoshihiro Usuda
  • Publication number: 20130260425
    Abstract: A method for producing an L-amino acid includes culturing a bacterium which belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae and has an L-amino acid-producing ability in a medium containing a carbon source selected from a fatty acid and an alcohol, and collecting the L-amino acid from the medium. A bacterium which has been subjected to a modification including at least one of enhancement of oxyS gene expression, enhancement of fixABC gene expression, and combination thereof, is used as the bacterium, or a substance that reduces intracellular hydrogen peroxide concentration of the bacterium is added to the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Hidetaka Doi, Yasushi Hoshino, Yuri Masumitsu, Yoshihiro Usuda
  • Patent number: 8389249
    Abstract: An L-amino acid can be produced by culturing a bacterium which belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae family, and has an enhanced ability to use a fatty acid. The bacterium is capable of producing the L-amino acid in a culture medium containing a fatty acid or a hydrolysate of an oil-and-fat as a carbon source, thereby producing and accumulating the L-amino acid in a culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Hoshino, Hidetaka Doi, Masaru Terashita, Yoshihiro Usuda
  • Publication number: 20130005000
    Abstract: A method for efficiently producing an L-amino acid utilizing a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae from a fatty acid or an alcohol such as glycerol as a raw material is provided. A bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae which is able to produce L-amino acid and harbors an RpsA protein which has a mutation such that the native aspartic acid residue at position 210 is replaced with another amino acid residue is used. This bacterium is cultured in a medium containing a carbon source selected from a fatty acid and an alcohol, and the produced L-amino acid is collected from the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Hidetaka Doi, Yusuke Hagiwara, Yoshihiro Usuda
  • Publication number: 20120219995
    Abstract: A method for producing an L-amino acid which includes the steps of culturing a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae and having an L-amino acid producing ability in a medium to produce and accumulate an L-amino acid in the medium, and collecting the L-amino acid from the medium, wherein the bacterium has been modified so that an activity or activities of one or two or more enzymes of the arginine succinyltransferase pathway, such as arginine succinyltransferase, succinylarginine dihydrolase, succinylornithine aminotransferase, succinylglutamate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase, and succinylglutamate desuccinylase, is/are decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Hidetaka Doi, Yoshihiro Usuda
  • Publication number: 20110117613
    Abstract: An L-amino acid can be produced by culturing a bacterium which belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae family, and has an enhanced ability to use a fatty acid. The bacterium is capable of producing the L-amino acid in a culture medium containing a fatty acid or a hydrolysate of an oil-and-fat as a carbon source, thereby producing and accumulating the L-amino acid in a culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Yasushi Hoshino, Hidetaka Doi, Masaru Terashita, Yoshihiro Usuda
  • Publication number: 20100190217
    Abstract: L-Lysine is produced by culturing in a medium an Escherichia coli having an L-lysine-producing ability, which has been modified to decrease the activity or activities of one or more enzymes of the meso-?,?-diaminopimelic acid synthesis pathway, for example, 2,3,4,5-tetrahydropyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate N-succinyltransferase, succinyldiaminopimelate transaminase, succinyldiaminopimelate desuccinylase, and diaminopimelate epimerase, and into which a gene coding for diaminopimelate dehydrogenase has been introduced, and collecting L-lysine from the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: HIDETAKA DOI, TAKUJI UEDA