Patents by Inventor Noriko SHISA

Noriko SHISA 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).

  • Promoter and use thereof
    Patent number: 9732338
    Abstract: The promoter of the present invention causes a desired gene to be highly expressed, especially in thermotolerant yeast. The promoter is located upstream of the PIR1 gene or the CTR1 gene on the Kluyveromyces marxianus chromosome and comprises a region controlling expression of the PIR1 gene or the CTR1 gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY, JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriko Shisa, Rinji Akada, Hisashi Hoshida, Kozue Mutaguchi, Takeshi Uemura, Kenro Tokuhiro, Satoshi Katahira
  • Yeast mutant of kluyveromyces and method for ethanol production using the same
    Patent number: 9273328
    Abstract: A yeast of the genus Kluyveromyces is modified to improve the ethanol yield from xylose by attenuation of at least one gene selected from the group consisting of the ADH1 gene derived from Kluyveromyces marxianus, a gene functionally equivalent to the ADH1 gene, the ADH4 gene derived from Kluyveromyces marxianus, and a gene functionally equivalent to the ADH4 gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriko Shisa, Rinji Akada, Hisashi Hoshida, Takeshi Uemura, Kozue Mutaguchi, Kenro Tokuhiro, Satoshi Katahira
  • NOVEL PROMOTER AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150031103
    Abstract: The promoter of the present invention causes a desired gene to be highly expressed, especially in thermotolerant yeast. The promoter is located upstream of the PIR1 gene or the CTR1 gene on the Kluyveromyces marxianus chromosome and comprises a region controlling expression of the PIR1 gene or the CTR1 gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Noriko Shisa, Rinji Akada, Hisashi Hoshida, Kozue Mutaguchi, Takeshi Uemura, Kenro Tokuhiro, Satoshi Katahira
  • POLYPEPTIDE CAPABLE OF ENHANCING CELLULOSIC BIOMASS DEGRADATION
    Publication number: 20140356925
    Abstract: The saccharification efficiency of cellulase is enhanced within reaction temperature regions of general fermenting microorganisms other than heat-resistant yeast. Cellulosic biomass is saccharified with cellulase in the presence of a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 or 4 and having a function of enhancing the saccharifying activity of cellulase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriko SHISA, Nobuhiro ISHIDA, Chie IMAMURA, Shigeharu MORIYA, Jun KIKUCHI
  • YEAST MUTANT OF KLUYVEROMYCES AND METHOD FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140024097
    Abstract: A yeast of the genus Kluyveromyces is modified to improve the ethanol yield from xylose by attenuation of at least one gene selected from the group consisting of the ADH1 gene derived from Kluyveromyces marxianus, a gene functionally equivalent to the ADH1 gene, the ADH4 gene derived from Kluyveromyces marxianus, and a gene functionally equivalent to the ADH4 gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriko Shisa, Rinji Akada, Hisashi Hoshida, Takeshi Uemura, Kozue Mutaguchi, Kenro Tokuhiro, Satoshi Katahira
  • POLYPEPTIDE CAPABLE OF ENHANCING CELLULOSIC BIOMASS DEGRADATION
    Publication number: 20130217076
    Abstract: The saccharification efficiency of cellulase is enhanced within reaction temperature regions of general fermenting microorganisms other than heat-resistant yeast. Cellulosic biomass is saccharified with cellulase in the presence of a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 or 4 and having a function of enhancing the saccharifying activity of cellulase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Noriko SHISA, Nobuhiro ISHIDA, Chie IMAMURA, Shigeharu MORIYA, Jun KIKUCHI
  • METHOD FOR FERMENTATION CULTURE IN MEDIUM CONTAINING XYLOSE
    Publication number: 20120149081
    Abstract: The xylose-metabolizing ability and particularly the xylose incorporation rate, of yeast to which xylose-metabolizing ability has been imparted are significantly improved. The method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: culturing yeast having xylose-metabolizing ability in a xylose-containing medium in which the concentration of at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of asparagine (Asn), serine (Ser), tyrosine (Tyr), threonine (Thr), and histidine (His) is increased; and recovering alcohol from the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriko SHISA, Kenro TOKUHIRO, Satoshi KATAHIRA, Risa NAGURA