Patents by Inventor Toru JOJIMA

Toru JOJIMA 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).

  • Transformant having Entner-Doudoroff pathway and production method for organic compound using same
    Patent number: 11459574
    Abstract: Provided is a method for improving productivity in producing an organic compound in a bacterium that originally does not have an inherent ED pathway. In one aspect, provided is a transformant of a coryneform bacterium that is obtained by introducing the Entner-Doudoroff pathway into the coryneform bacterium as a host. In another aspect, provided is a transformant of a coryneform bacterium that is obtained by introducing, into a coryneform bacterium as a host a gene in which an enzyme having glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity is encoded, a gene in which an enzyme having 6-phosphogluconate dehydratase activity is encoded, and a gene in which an enzyme having 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate aldolase activity is encoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH
    Inventors: Masayuki Inui, Masako Suda, Naoto Kato, Satoshi Hasegawa, Takahisa Kogure, Toru Jojima
  • TRANSFORMANT AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR ORGANIC COMPOUND USING SAME
    Publication number: 20210054386
    Abstract: Provided is a method for improving productivity in producing an organic compound in a bacterium that originally does not have an inherent ED pathway. In one aspect, provided is a transformant of a coryneform bacterium that is obtained by introducing the Entner-Doudoroff pathway into the coryneform bacterium as a host. In another aspect, provided is a transformant of a coryneform bacterium that is obtained by introducing, into a coryneform bacterium as a host a gene in which an enzyme having glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity is encoded, a gene in which an enzyme having 6-phosphogluconate dehydratase activity is encoded, and a gene in which an enzyme having 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate aldolase activity is encoded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH
    Inventors: Masayuki INUI, Masako SUDA, Naoto KATO, Satoshi HASEGAWA, Takahisa KOGURE, Toru JOJIMA