Patents by Inventor Lakshminarayanan Aravind

Lakshminarayanan Aravind 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).

  • Regulation of target protein activity through modifier proteins
    Patent number: 7291494
    Abstract: The present invention is based on the discovery that a polypeptide containing the JAB subunit or the JAM domain has peptidase activity, e.g., isopeptidase activity. The present invention provides polypeptides and crystalline polypeptides containing the JAM domain and methods of using such polypeptides to screen for agents capable of affecting the peptidase activity of the polypeptides. The present invention also provides methods of using the JAM domain for rational drug design or identifying agents capable of affecting the peptidase activity of the JAM domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignees: California Institute of Technology, National Institutes of Health
    Inventors: Gregory Cope, Rati Verma, Lakshminarayanan Aravind, Eugene V. Koonin, Raymond Deshaies, Xavier Ambroggio