Patents by Inventor Lital Alfonta

Lital Alfonta 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).

  • Publication number: 20120028079
    Abstract: A system and method for bio-electricity production are provided. The system includes a microorganism fuel cell in which the anode compartment comprises a microorganism cell having displayed thereon an enzyme to oxidize the substrate and generate electrons. Microorganism cells, such as bacteria or yeast, may be transformed to display enzymes such as oxidases, alcohol dehydrigenases and glucoamylases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
    Inventors: Lital Alfonta, Simon Fishilevich, Liron Amir
  • Publication number: 20110262949
    Abstract: This invention provides reductase proteins that comprise NH2Y unnatural amino acid residues, systems of orthogonal elements for incorporating NH2Y into reductases and methods of using NH2Y amino acid residues in reductases as molecular probes for probing reductases function, structure and activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Mohammad R. Seyedsayamdost, Jianming Xie, Clement Tsz Chan, Lital Alfonta, Peter G. Schultz, Joanne Stubbe
  • Patent number: 8008041
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate redox active amino acids into proteins are provided. Methods for identifying these orthogonal pairs are also provided along with methods of producing proteins with redox active amino acids using these orthogonal pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Lital Alfonta, Peter G. Schultz, Zhiwen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110124080
    Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for incorporation of an unnatural amino acid into a peptide using an orthogonal aminoacyl tRNA synthetase/tRNA pair. In particular, an orthogonal pair is provided to incorporate 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan in a position encoded by an opal mutation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Zhiwen Zhang, Lital Alfonta, Peter Schultz
  • Publication number: 20110008782
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate redox active amino acids into proteins are provided. Methods for identifying these orthogonal pairs are also provided along with methods of producing proteins with redox active amino acids using these orthogonal pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Lital Alfonta, Peter G. Schultz, Zhiwen Zhang
  • Patent number: 7811801
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate redox active amino acids into proteins are provided. Methods for identifying these orthogonal pairs are also provided along with methods of producing proteins with redox active amino acids using these orthogonal pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Lital Alfonta, Peter G. Schultz, Zhiwen Zhang
  • Patent number: 7741071
    Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for incorporation of an unnatural amino acid into a peptide using an orthogonal aminoacyl tRNA synthetase/tRNA pair. In particular, an orthogonal pair is provided to incorporate 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan in a position encoded by an opal mutation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Zhiwen Zhang, Lital Alfonta, Peter Schultz
  • Patent number: 7709604
    Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for incorporation of an unnatural amino acid into a peptide using an orthogonal aminoacyl tRNA synthetase/tRNA pair. In particular, an orthogonal pair is provided to incorporate 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan in a position encoded by an opal mutation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Zhiwen Zhang, Lital Alfonta, Peter Schultz
  • Publication number: 20090298124
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate redox active amino acids into proteins are provided. Methods for identifying these orthogonal pairs are also provided along with methods of producing proteins with redox active amino acids using these orthogonal pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Lital Alfonta, Peter G. Schultz, Zhiwen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20090208994
    Abstract: This invention provides reductase proteins that comprise NH2Y unnatural amino acid residues, systems of orthogonal elements for incorporating NH2Y into reductases and methods of using NH2Y amino acid residues in reductases as molecular probes for probing reductases function, structure and activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicants: THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Mohammad R. Seyedsayamdost, Jianming Xie, Tsz Yan Clement Chan, Lital Alfonta, Peter G. Schultz, Joanne Stubbe
  • Patent number: 7494796
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate redox active amino acids into proteins are provided. Methods for identifying these orthogonal pairs are also provided along with methods of producing proteins with redox active amino acids using these orthogonal pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Lital Alfonta, Peter G. Schultz, Zhiwen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20080233611
    Abstract: The invention relates to orthogonal pairs of tRNAs and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases that can incorporate unnatural amino acids into proteins produced in eubacterial host cells such as E. coli, or in a eukaryotic host such as a yeast cell. The invention provides, for example but not limited to, novel orthogonal synthetases, methods for identifying and making the novel synthetases, methods for producing proteins containing unnatural amino acids, and translation systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Peter G. Schultz, Lital Alfonta, Jonathan R. Chittuluru, Alexander Deiters, Dan Groff, Daniel Summerer, Meng-Lin Tsao, Jiangyun Wang, Ning Wu, Jianming Xie, Huaqiang Zeng
  • Publication number: 20070111193
    Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for incorporation of an unnatural amino acid into a peptide using an orthogonal aminoacyl tRNA synthetase/tRNA pair. In particular, an orthogonal pair is provided to incorporate 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan in a position encoded by an opal mutation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Zhiwen Zhang, Lital Alfonta, Peter Schultz
  • Publication number: 20070009990
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate redox active amino acids into proteins are provided. Methods for identifying these orthogonal pairs are also provided along with methods of producing proteins with redox active amino acids using these orthogonal pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Lital Alfonta, Peter Schultz, Zhiwen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20050227318
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate redox active amino acids into proteins are provided. Methods for identifying these orthogonal pairs are also provided along with methods of producing proteins with redox active amino acids using these orthogonal pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Lital Alfonta, Peter Schultz, Zhiwen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20050136513
    Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for incorporation of an unnatural amino acid into a peptide using an orthogonal aminoacyl tRNA synthetase/tRNA pair. In particular, an orthogonal pair is provided to incorporate 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan in a position encoded by an opal mutation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Zhiwen Zhang, Lital Alfonta, Peter Schultz
  • Publication number: 20040142405
    Abstract: A method for detecting a drug-resistant virus, whose resistance is due to mutations in a viral protease which normally cleaves a substrate into at least two segments. The method comprises providing an electronic transducer having bound thereto a first binding molecule capable of specifically binding a first segment of the substrate and providing a second binding molecule capable of specifically binding a second segment of the substrate, the second binding molecule being capable of bringing about the precipitation of a precipitate on the electronic transducer. Detection of the presence or absence of the precipitate on the electronic transducer indicates the presence or absence of inhibitory activity of the drug. A screening method for potential viral drugs is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Applicant: YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM
    Inventors: Lital Alfonta, Immanuel Blumenzweig, Maya Zayats, Lea Baraz, Moshe Kotler, Itamar Willner