Patents by Inventor Michi Egel-Mitani

Michi Egel-Mitani 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).

  • Patent number: 8835132
    Abstract: The present invention related to a method of producing polypeptides in transformed host cells by expressing a precursor molecule of the desired polypeptide which are to be acylated in a subsequent in vitro step. The invention is also related to DNA-sequences, vectors and transformed host cells for use in the claimed method. Further, the present invention is related to certain precursors of the desired polypeptides and certain acylation methods. The invention provides a method for making polypeptides being preferentially acylated in certain lysine ?-amino groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Ib Jonassen, Michi Egel-Mitani, Per Balschmidt, Jan Markussen, Ivan Diers, Thomas Borglum Kjeldsen
  • Publication number: 20100055738
    Abstract: The present invention related to a method of producing polypeptides in transformed host cells by expressing a precursor molecule of the desired polypeptide which are to be acylated in a subsequent in vitro step. The invention is also related to DNA-sequences, vectors and transformed host cells for use in the claimed method. Further, the present invention is related to certain precursors of the desired polypeptides and certain acylation methods. The invention provides a method for making polypeptides being preferentially acylated in certain lysine ?-amino groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Ib Jonassen, Michi Egel- Mitani, Per Balschmidt, Jan Markussen, Ivan Diers, Thomas Borglum Kjeldsen
  • Patent number: 7595172
    Abstract: The present invention related to a method of producing polypeptides in transformed host cells by expressing a precursor molecule of the desired polypeptide which are to be acylated in a subsequent in vitro step. The invention is also related to DNA-sequences, vectors and transformed host cells for use in the claimed method. Further, the present invention is related to certain precursors of the desired polypeptides and certain acylation methods. The invention provides a method for making polypeptides being preferentially acylated in certain lysine ?-amino groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Ib Jonassen, Michi Egel-Mitani, Per Balschmidt, Jan Markussen, Ivan Diers, Thomas Borglum Kjeldsen
  • Patent number: 7572884
    Abstract: The present invention related to a method of producing polypeptides in transformed host cells by expressing a precursor molecule of the desired polypeptide which are to be acylated in a subsequent in vitro step. The invention is also related to DNA-sequences, vectors and transformed host cells for use in the claimed method. Further, the present invention is related to certain precursors of the desired polypeptides and certain acylation methods. The invention provides a method for making polypeptides being preferentially acylated in certain lysine ?-amino groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Hoeg-Jensen, Michi Egel-Mitani, Per Balschmidt, Jan Markussen, Ivan Diers
  • Publication number: 20050272125
    Abstract: The present invention related to a method of producing polypeptides in transformed host cells by expressing a precursor molecule of the desired polypeptide which are to be acylated in a subsequent in vitro step. The invention is also related to DNA-sequences, vectors and transformed host cells for use in the claimed method. Further, the present invention is related to certain precursors of the desired polypeptides and certain acylation methods. The invention provides a method for making polypeptides being preferentially acylated in certain lysine ?-amino groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Hoeg-Jensen, Michi Egel-Mitani, Per Balschmidt, Jan Markussen, Ivan Diers
  • Publication number: 20030144471
    Abstract: The present invention related to a method of producing polypeptides in transformed host cells by expressing a precursor molecule of the desired polypeptide which are to be acylated in a subsequent in vitro step. The invention is also related to DNA-sequences, vectors and transformed host cells for use in the claimed method. Further, the present invention is related to certain precursors of the desired polypeptides and certain acylation methods. The invention provides a method for making polypeptides being preferentially acylated in certain lysine &egr;-amino groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Ib Jonassen, Michi Egel-Mitani, Per Balschmidt, Jan Markussen, Ivan Diers, Thomas Borglum Kjeldsen
  • Publication number: 20030082671
    Abstract: The present invention related to a method of producing polypeptides in transformed host cells by expressing a precursor molecule of the desired polypeptide which are to be acylated in a subsequent in vitro step. The invention is also related to DNA-sequences, vectors and transformed host cells for use in the claimed method. Further, the present invention is related to certain precursors of the desired polypeptides and certain acylation methods. The invention provides a method for making polypeptides being preferentially acylated in certain lysine &egr;-amino groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas Hoeg-Jensen, Michi Egel-Mitani, Per Balschmidt, Jan Markussen, Ivan Diers
  • Patent number: 6190883
    Abstract: The invention describes industrial fermentation of a Saccharomyces yeast species for production of a heterologous product encoded by a plasmid or DNA contained in said Saccharomyces yeast species which method utilizes the substrate more efficiently and without fermentative metabolism resulting in formation of ethanol and other unwanted primary products of fermentative activity whereby high yields of the heterologous product are obtained. The Saccharomyces yeast species is preferably a Crabtree negative Saccharomyces species in particular Saccharomyces kluyveri.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Aradhana Srivastava, Jure Piskur, Jens Nielsen, Michi Egel-Mitani
  • Patent number: 6110703
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method for the production of short chain polypeptides, including polypeptides having up to 3 disulfide bonds and/or structures rich in basic amino acid residues, and open structured short chain polypeptides, e.g. glucagon, glucagon like peptides and their functional analogues, in genetically modified yeast cells, said genetically modified yeast cells, and a method for the preparation of said yeast cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Michi Egel-Mitani, Jakob Brandt, Knud Vad
  • Patent number: 6074863
    Abstract: A lipase variant of a parent lipase comprising a trypsin-like catalytic triad including an active serine located in a predominantly hydrophobic, elongated binding pocket of the lipase molecule and, located in a critical position of a lipid contact zone of the lipase structure, an amino acid residue different from an aromatic amino acid residue, which amino acid residue interacts with a lipid substrate at or during hydrolysis, in which lipase variant said amino acid residue has been replaced by an aromatic amino acid residue so as to confer to the variant an increased specific activity as compared to that of the parent lipase. The parent lipase may be a C. antarctica lipase A essentially free from other substances from C. antarctica, which comprises the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 2, or a variant of said lipase which (1) has lipase activity, (2) reacts with an antibody reactive with at least one epitope of C. antarctica lipase A having th eamino acid sequence SEQ ID No.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Shamkant Anant Pathar, Michi Egel-Mitani, Kim Borch, Ib Groth Clausen, Mogens Trier Hansen
  • Patent number: 6020180
    Abstract: A DNA sequence encoding a lipase having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2. The lipase has a trypsin-like catalytic triad including an active serine located in a predominantly hydrophobic, elongated binding pocket of the lipase molecule and, located in a critical position of a lipid contact zone of the lipase structure, an amino acid residue different from an aromatic amino acid residue, which amino acid residue interacts with a lipid substrate at or during hydrolysis, in which lipase variant of the amino acid residue has been replaced by an aromatic amino acid residue so as to confer to the variant an increased specific activity as compared to that of the parent lipase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Shamkant Anant Patkar, Michi Egel-Mitani, Kim Borch, Ib Groth Clausen, Mogens Trier Hansen
  • Patent number: 5882883
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved process for the production of a secondary metabolite comprising (i) fermentation of a microorganism capable of producing said secondary metabolite, and (ii) recovering said metabolite in substantially pure form. Said microorganism has been modified in a manner whereby the expression of one or more of the DNA sequences coding for (a) peptide(s), (a) protein(s) or (an) enzyme(s), involved in or interfering with the biosynthetic pathway of said secondary metabolite, is regulated differently from the regulation of said DNA sequence(s) in the original microorganism. Further contemplated is a process for production of said microorganism, a DNA construct, a vector or transformation vehicle, a microorganism capable of producing secondary metabolite and finally a secondary metabolite product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Michi Egel-Mitani, Henrik M.o slashed.llgaard, Svend Kaasgaard, Klaus Nyegaard Kristiansen