Patents by Inventor Kitako TABATA

Kitako TABATA 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).

  • MODIFIED CHANNEL RHODOPSIN
    Publication number: 20210347831
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a modified channel rhodopsin capable of opening and closing an ion channel by irradiation with light at different wavelengths, and/or having high ion permeability (photoreactivity). The solution is to substitute a C-terminal region of a channel rhodopsin obtained by substituting an N-terminal region of a Volvox carteri-derived channel rhodopsin by an N-terminal region of a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii-derived channel rhodopsin-1, by a C-terminal region of a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii-derived channel rhodopsin-2 or a C-terminal region of a Tetraselmis striata-derived channel rhodopsin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, IWATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroshi TOMITA, Eriko SUGANO, Kitako TABATA, Yoshito WATANABE