Patents by Inventor Tetsuya KOTANI

Tetsuya KOTANI 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: 10351864
    Abstract: The object is to provide an expression vector capable of expressing with a higher expression efficiency a protein derived from a foreign structural gene by genetic engineering using a yeast of the genus Schizosaccharomyces as a host, a cloning vector to produce the expression vector, a method for producing the expression vector, a transformant containing an expression cassette of the expression vector, a method for producing the transformant, and a method for producing a protein using the transformant. A cloning vector comprising a promoter capable of functioning in a yeast of the genus Schizosaccharomyces, a cloning site for introducing a foreign structural gene which is located downstream from the promoter and is regulated by the promoter, and ihc2 gene terminator of the yeast of the genus Schizosaccharomyces, and an expression vector comprising the promoter, the foreign structural gene and the ihc2 gene terminator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Tanaka, Tetsuya Kotani, Futoshi Hara
  • Patent number: 10174304
    Abstract: Provided are: an expression vector for secreting a protein (Z) to be recovered or a fusion protein having the protein (Z) moiety therein; a method for producing a transformant using the expression vector; the transformant; and a method for producing a protein using the transformant. An expression vector comprising an expression cassette containing a structural gene sequence (y) encoding a protein (Y), a structural gene sequence (z) located downstream from the structural gene sequence (y) and encoding a protein (Z) that is a protein to be recovered, and a promoter sequence and a terminator sequence for expressing a fusion protein containing the protein (Y) moiety and the protein (Z) moiety, characterized in that the protein (Y) is a full-length protein of protein disulfide isomerase 1 (PDI1), a partial protein of PDI1, or a mutant protein of the full-length protein or the partial protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kotani, Alimujiang Yidirei, Hideki Tohda
  • Publication number: 20180187205
    Abstract: The object is to provide an expression vector capable of expressing with a higher expression efficiency a protein derived from a foreign structural gene by genetic engineering using a yeast of the genus Schizosaccharomyces as a host, a cloning vector to produce the expression vector, a method for producing the expression vector, a transformant containing an expression cassette of the expression vector, a method for producing the transformant, and a method for producing a protein using the transformant. A cloning vector comprising a promoter capable of functioning in a yeast of the genus Schizosaccharomyces, a cloning site for introducing a foreign structural gene which is located downstream from the promoter and is regulated by the promoter, and ihc2 gene terminator of the yeast of the genus Schizosaccharomyces, and an expression vector comprising the promoter, the foreign structural gene and the ihc2 gene terminator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki TANAKA, Tetsuya Kotani, Futoshi Hara
  • Publication number: 20170253895
    Abstract: Provided is a transformant which uses Schizosaccharomyces pombe as a host, into which one or more foreign genes selected from the group consisting of a phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase gene and a pyruvate carboxylase gene are incorporated, and in which pdc2 genes of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe host have undergone deletion or deactivation, and a method for manufacturing a dicarboxylic acid having 4 carbon atoms by using the transformant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Futoshi Hara, Shuichiro Kimura, Tetsuya Kotani, Takayuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140335622
    Abstract: Provided are: an expression vector for secreting a protein (Z) to be recovered or a fusion protein having the protein (Z) moiety therein; a method for producing a transformant using the expression vector; the transformant; and a method for producing a protein using the transformant. An expression vector comprising an expression cassette containing a structural gene sequence (y) encoding a protein (Y), a structural gene sequence (z) located downstream from the structural gene sequence (y) and encoding a protein (Z) that is a protein to be recovered, and a promoter sequence and a terminator sequence for expressing a fusion protein containing the protein (Y) moiety and the protein (Z) moiety, characterized in that the protein (Y) is a full-length protein of protein disulfide isomerase 1 (PDI1), a partial protein of PDI1, or a mutant protein of the full-length protein or the partial protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuya KOTANI, Alimujiang Yidirei, Hideki Tohda