Patents by Inventor Makoto Yagasaki
Makoto Yagasaki 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).
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Patent number: 9567616Abstract: A target substance can be efficiently produced by culturing, in a medium, a coryneform bacterium in which the activity of a PTS protein relating to fructose uptake is reduced or lost as compared with a parent strain and the bacterium can produce the target substance, allowing the target substance to form and accumulate in a culture; and collecting the target substance from the culture.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2012Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuro Ujihara, Tetsuya Abe, Makoto Yagasaki
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Patent number: 9081199Abstract: The present invention provides: a protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity; DNA encoding the protein; a recombinant DNA comprising the DNA; a transformant transformed with the recombinant DNA; a process for producing the protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity using the transformant or the like; a process for producing a dipeptide using the protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity; and a process for producing a dipeptide using, as an enzyme source, a culture of a transformant or a microorganism which produces the protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity or the like.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2006Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kuniki Kino, Yuji Nakazawa, Makoto Yagasaki
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Patent number: 9023622Abstract: According to the present invention, a process for producing an amino acid using a microorganism in which aspartate aminotransferase activity is decreased or deleted, and which has the capability of producing and accumulating the amino acid is provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2010Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Ikeda, Makoto Yagasaki
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Patent number: 8709752Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a dipeptide or a dipeptide derivative using a phosphate donor, a substance selected from the group consisting of adenosine-5?-monophosphate, adenosine-5?-diphosphate and adenosine-5?-triphosphate, one or more kinds of amino acids or amino acid derivatives, and as enzyme sources, a protein having polyphosphate kinase activity, or a culture of cells having the ability to produce the protein or a treated matter of the culture, and a protein having the activity to ATP-dependently form the dipeptide or dipeptide derivative from one or more kinds of amino acids or amino acid derivatives, or a culture of cells having the ability to produce the protein or a treated matter of the culture.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shin-ichi Hashimoto, Hajime Ikeda, Makoto Yagasaki
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Patent number: 8673590Abstract: The invention provides a microorganism having an ability to produce a protein having a dipeptide synthesizing activity and in which an activity of the protein to transport a dipeptide in a microbial cell to theoutside of the microbial cell is higher than that of a parental strain.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2008Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mikiro Hayashi, Kazuhiko Tabata, Makoto Yagasaki, Yoshiyuki Yonetani
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Publication number: 20130323784Abstract: A target substance can be efficiently produced by culturing, in a medium, a coryneform bacterium in which the activity of a PTS protein relating to fructose uptake is reduced or lost as compared with a parent strain and the bacterium can produce the target substance, allowing the target substance to form and accumulate in a culture; and collecting the target substance from the cultureType: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuro Ujihara, Tetsuya Abe, Makoto Yagasaki
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Publication number: 20120258490Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a dipeptide or a dipeptide derivative using a phosphate donor, a substance selected from the group consisting of adenosine-5?-monophosphate, adenosine-5?-diphosphate and adenosine-5?-triphosphate, one or more kinds of amino acids or amino acid derivatives, and as enzyme sources, a protein having polyphosphate kinase activity, or a culture of cells having the ability to produce the protein or a treated matter of the culture, and a protein having the activity to ATP-dependently form the dipeptide or dipeptide derivative from one or more kinds of amino acids or amino acid derivatives, or a culture of cells having the ability to produce the protein or a treated matter of the culture.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shin-ichi Hashimoto, Hajime Ikeda, Makoto Yagasaki
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Patent number: 8257943Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a dipeptide or a dipeptide derivative using a phosphate donor, a substance selected from the group consisting of adenosine-5?-monophosphate, adenosine-5?-diphosphate and adenosine-5?-triphosphate, one or more kinds of amino acids or amino acid derivatives, and as enzyme sources, a protein having polyphosphate kinase activity, or a culture of cells having the ability to produce the protein or a treated matter of the culture, and a protein having the activity to ATP-dependently form the dipeptide or dipeptide derivative from one or more kinds of amino acids or amino acid derivatives, or a culture of cells having the ability to produce the protein or a treated matter of the culture.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2005Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shin-ichi Hashimoto, Hajime Ikeda, Makoto Yagasaki
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Publication number: 20110312042Abstract: According to the present invention, a process for producing an amino acid using a microorganism in which aspartate aminotransferase activity is decreased or deleted, and which has the capability of producing and accumulating the amino acid is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2010Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD.Inventors: Hajime Ikeda, Makoto Yagasaki
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Patent number: 7939294Abstract: The present invention provides a protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity, a DNA encoding the protein, a recombinant DNA containing the DNA, a transformant obtained via transformation with the recombinant DNA, a process for producing a protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity using the transformant, a process for producing a dipeptide using a protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity, and a process for producing a dipeptide using a culture or the like of a transformant or a microorganism that produces a protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity as an enzyme source.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2007Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuniki Kino, Youichi Kotanaka, Makoto Yagasaki
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Publication number: 20100248307Abstract: According to the present invention, a protein having peptide-synthesizing activity, a DNA encoding the protein, a recombinant DNA containing the DNA, a transformant obtained via transformation with the recombinant DNA, a process for producing a protein having peptide-synthesizing activity using the transformant and the like, a process for producing a peptide using a protein having peptide-synthesizing activity, and a process for producing a peptide using as an enzyme source a culture or the like of a transformant or a microorganism producing a protein having peptide-synthesizing activity are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kuniki Kino, Toshinobu Arai, Masahiro Kokubo, Makoto Yagasaki
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Publication number: 20100129867Abstract: The invention provides a microorganism having an ability to produce a protein having a dipeptide synthesizing activity and in which an activity of the protein to transport a dipeptide in a microbial cell to the outside of the microbial cell is higher than that of a parental strain.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2008Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD.Inventors: Mikiro Hayashi, Kazuhiko Tabata, Makoto Yagasaki, Yoshiyuki Yonetani
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Publication number: 20100129866Abstract: According to the present invention, a protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity, a DNA encoding the protein, a recombinant DNA containing the DNA, a transformant obtained via transformation with the recombinant DNA, a process for producing a protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity using the transformant or the like, a process for producing a dipeptide using a protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity, and a process for producing a dipeptide using a culture or the like of a transformant or a microorganism that produces a protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity as an enzyme source are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2007Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuniki Kino, Youichi Kotanaka, Makoto Yagasaki
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Patent number: 7666653Abstract: The present invention provides a protein having low-substrate-specific amino acid racemase activity; DNA encoding the protein; a recombinant DNA comprising the DNA; a transformant carrying the recombinant DNA; a process for producing the protein by using the transformant; and a process for producing a racemic amino acid which comprises allowing a culture of the transformant or a treated matter thereof as an enzyme source and an amino acid to be present in an aqueous medium to racemize the amino acid in the aqueous medium, and recovering the racemic amino acid from the aqueous medium.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Ikeda, Yoshiyuki Yonetani, Shin-ichi Hashimoto, Makoto Yagasaki, Kenji Soda
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Publication number: 20090226999Abstract: The present invention provides a protein having low-substrate-specific amino acid racemase activity; DNA encoding the protein; a recombinant DNA comprising the DNA; a transformant carrying the recombinant DNA; a process for producing the protein by using the transformant; and a process for producing a racemic amino acid which comprises allowing a culture of the transformant or a treated matter thereof as an enzyme source and an amino acid to be present in an aqueous medium to racemize the amino acid in the aqueous medium, and recovering the racemic amino acid from the aqueous medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2007Publication date: September 10, 2009Inventors: Hajime Ikeda, Yoshiyuki Yonetani, Shin-ichi Hashimoto, Makoto Yagasaki, Kenji Soda
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Publication number: 20090197303Abstract: The present invention provides: a protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity; DNA encoding the protein; a recombinant DNA comprising the DNA; a transformant transformed with the recombinant DNA; a process for producing the protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity using the transformant or the like; a process for producing a dipeptide using the protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity; and a process for producing a dipeptide using, as an enzyme source, a culture of a transformant or a microorganism which produces the protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2006Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kuniki Kino, Atsushi Noguchi, Yuji Nakazawa, Makoto Yagasaki
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Publication number: 20090047706Abstract: The present invention provides: a protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity; DNA encoding the protein; a recombinant DNA comprising the DNA; a transformant transformed with the recombinant DNA; a process for producing the protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity using the transformant or the like; a process for producing a dipeptide using the protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity; and a process for producing a dipeptide using, as an enzyme source, a culture of a transformant or a microorganism which produces the protein having dipeptide-synthesizing activity or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2006Publication date: February 19, 2009Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kuniki Kino, Yuji Nakazawa, Makoto Yagasaki
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Patent number: 7247466Abstract: The present invention provides a protein having low-substrate-specific amino acid racemase activity; DNA encoding the protein; a recombinant DNA comprising the DNA; a transformant carrying the recombinant DNA; a process for producing the protein by using the transformant; and a process for producing a racemic amino acid which comprises allowing a culture of the transformant or a treated matter thereof as an enzyme source and an amino acid to be present in an aqueous medium to racemize the amino acid in the aqueous medium, and recovering the racemic amino acid from the aqueous medium.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2003Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Ikeda, Yoshiyuki Yonetani, Shin-ichi Hashimoto, Makoto Yagasaki, Kenji Soda
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Publication number: 20070128687Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a dipeptide which comprises: allowing an enzyme source and a diketopiperazine wherein one or two kinds of ?-amino acids are condensed with each other to be present in an aqueous medium, said enzyme source being a culture of a microorganism having the ability to produce a dipeptide from a diketopiperazine wherein two kinds of ?-amino acids are condensed with each other or a treated matter of the culture; allowing the dipeptide to form and accumulate in the aqueous medium; and recovering the dipeptide from the aqueous medium (provided that the case in which the diketopiperazine is a diketopiperazine wherein aspartic acid and phenylalanine are condensed with each other and the dipeptide is aspartylphenylalanine is excluded).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2004Publication date: June 7, 2007Inventors: Hajime Ikeda, Yugo Adachi, Yoshiyuki Yonetani, Shin-ichi Hashimoto, Makoto Yagasaki
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Patent number: 7202060Abstract: According to the present invention, by using a microorganism having the ability to produce the L-amino acid which carries the avtA gene encoding alanine-valine transaminase (transaminase C) and whose alanine-valine transaminase activity is enhanced compared with its parent strain, it is possible to reduce the production of by-product amino acids which disturb purification in L-amino acid production by fermentation, and an industrially advantageous process for producing an L-amino acid can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2001Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Ikeda, Makoto Yagasaki, Yayoi Abe, Jun-ichi Takano