Patents by Inventor Kyozo Ogura

Kyozo Ogura 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).

  • Prenyl diphosphate synthetase genes
    Patent number: 6174715
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polypeptide selected from a polypeptide of subunit (A) or a polypeptide of subunit (B) of a prenyl diphosphate synthetase; a DNA coding for the polypeptide; a recombinant vector comprising the DNA; a transformant transformed with the vector; and a method for preparing an active type prenyl diphosphate synthetase. Also disclosed is a method for preparing an active type enzyme on which a specific property has been conferred, comprising mixing polypeptides of the two subunits of a heterodimeric enzyme, the polypeptides being derived from different organisms and one of the polypeptides having the specific property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayoshi Muramatsu, Ayumi Koike, Kyozo Ogura, Tanetoshi Koyama, Naoto Shimizu, Yenwin Cho
  • Method of making recombinant enzyme
    Patent number: 6071733
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polypeptide selected from a polypeptide of subunit (A) or a polypeptide of subunit (B) of a prenyl diphosphate synthetase; a DNA coding for the polypeptide; a recombinant vector comprising the DNA; a transformant transformed with the vector; and a method for preparing an active type prenyl diphosphate synthetase. Also disclosed is a method for preparing an active type enzyme on which a specific property has been conferred, comprising mixing polypeptides of the two subunits of a heterodimeric enzyme, the polypeptides being derived from different organisms and one of the polypeptides having the specific property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayoshi Muramatsu, Ayumi Koike, Kyozo Ogura, Tanetoshi Koyama, Naoto Shimizu, Yenwin Cho
  • Heptaprenyl diphosphate-synthetase
    Patent number: 6020177
    Abstract: Heptaprenyl diphosphate (HDP)-synthetase derived from Bacillus stearothermophilus which enzymes have the amino acid sequences shown as SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 3; 1 and 2; 2 and 3; or 1 and 3, DNA encoding them, and a method of producing the enzymes.According to the invention it is possible to industrially produce HDP-synthesizing enzyme and HPD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ayumi Koike, Shusei Obata, Kyozo Ogura, Tanetoshi Koyama
  • Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase and DNA sequence encoding the same
    Patent number: 5786192
    Abstract: A DNA sequence that encodes a stable farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase and the use thereof are provided. DNA sequence that encodes a farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase originating from Bacillus stearothermophilus is provided. By selecting Bacillus stearothermophilus as the gene origin of the synthetase, a production system for the synthetase, a production system for the synthetase particularly having thermal stability, can be constructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shusei Obata, Ayumi Takeshita, Kyozo Ogura, Tanetoshi Koyama
  • DNA encoding heptaprenyl diphosphate synthetase
    Patent number: 5773265
    Abstract: Heptaprenyl diphosphate (HDP)-synthetase derived from Bacillus stearothermophilus which enzymes have the amino acid sequences shown as SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 3; 1 and 2; 2 and 3; or 1 and 3, DNA encoding them, and a method of producing the enzymes.According to the invention it is possible to industrially produce HDP-synthesizing enzyme and HPD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ayumi Koike, Shusei Obata, Kyozo Ogura, Tanetoshi Koyama
  • Mutated farnesyldiphoshate synthase capable of synthesizing geranylgeranyldiphosphate and gene coding therefor
    Patent number: 5766911
    Abstract: A mutated farnesyldiphosphate synthase capable of synthesizing geranylgeranyldiphosphate and gene coding for said mutated enzyme, wherein the mutated enzyme is modified from a native farnesyldiphosphate synthase by mutation of a gene coding for a native farnesyldiphosphate synthase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ayumi Koike, Shusei Obata, Tokuzo Nishino, Shinichi Ohnuma, Takeshi Nakazawa, Kyozo Ogura, Tanetoshi Koyama