Patents by Inventor Jian-Ping Kuai

Jian-Ping Kuai 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).

  • Chain length specific UDP-GLC: fatty acid glucosyltransferases
    Patent number: 6011145
    Abstract: Enzyme activities which transfer glucose from uridine 5'-diphosphate glucose to fatty acids to form 1-O-acyl-.beta.-glucoses which act as acyl donors in the esterification of glucose and further esterification of partially acylated glucose and in the esterification of sucrose and further esterification of partially acylated sucrose, are separated according to specificity for transferring glucose to short, medium or long chain length fatty acids. DNA molecules coding for the enzyme activities are isolated. Methods for preparing 1-O-acyl-.beta.-D-glucoses comprise reacting uridine 5'-diphosphate glucose and fatty acid in the presence of the appropriate enzyme activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Steffens, Gurdev S. Ghangas, Jian-Ping Kuai, Nancy T. Eannetta