Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki Okawa

Yasuyuki Okawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20220064229
    Abstract: A method for designing a protein capable of binding in a DNA base selective manner or DNA base sequence specific manner is provided. According to the present invention, it was revealed that, with a protein that can bind in a DNA base-selective manner or a DNA base sequence-specific manner, which contains one or more, preferably 2 to 30, more preferably 5 to 25, most preferably 9 to 15, of PPR motifs having a structure of the following formula 1 (wherein, in the formula 1, Helix A is a part that can form an ?-helix structure; X does not exist, or is a part consisting of 1 to 9 amino acids; Helix B is a part that can form an ?-helix structure; and L is a part consisting of 2 to 7 amino acids), and having a specific combination of amino acids corresponding to a DNA base or DNA base sequence as amino acids of three positions of No. 1 A.A., No. 4 A.A., in Helix A of the formula 1 and No. “ii” (-2) A.A. contained in L of the formula 1, the aforementioned object could be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicants: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NAT'L UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Tetsushi Sakuma, Takahiro Nakamura, Yusuke Yagi, Yasuyuki Okawa
  • Publication number: 20210324019
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to, by analyzing PPR proteins that act to bind to DNA with a prediction that RNA recognition rules of PPR motifs can also be used for recognition of DNA, find a PPR protein showing such a characteristic. According to the present invention, it was revealed that, with a protein that can bind in a DNA base-selective manner or a DNA base sequence-specific manner, which contains one or more, preferably 2 to 30, more preferably 5 to 25, most preferably 9 to 15, of PPR motifs having a structure of the following formula 1 (wherein, in the formula 1, Helix A is a part that can form an ?-helix structure; X does not exist, or is a part consisting of 1 to 9 amino acids; Helix B is a part that can form an ?-helix structure; and L is a part consisting of 2 to 7 amino acids), and having a specific combination of amino acids corresponding to a DNA base or DNA base sequence as amino acids of three positions of No. 1 A.A., No. 4 A.A., in Helix A of the formula 1 and No. “ii” (-2) A.A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicants: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Tetsushi Sakuma, Takahiro Nakamura, Yusuke Yagi, Yasuyuki Okawa
  • Publication number: 20190169240
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to, by analyzing PPR proteins that act to bind to DNA with a prediction that RNA recognition rules of PPR motifs can also be used for recognition of DNA, find a PPR protein showing such a characteristic. According to the present invention, it was revealed that, with a protein that can bind in a DNA base-selective manner or a DNA base sequence-specific manner, which contains one or more, preferably 2 to 30, more preferably 5 to 25, most preferably 9 to 15, of PPR motifs having a structure of the following formula 1 (wherein, in the formula 1, Helix A is a part that can form an ?-helix structure; X does not exist, or is a part consisting of 1 to 9 amino acids; Helix B is a part that can form an ?-helix structure; and L is a part consisting of 2 to 7 amino acids), and having a specific combination of amino acids corresponding to a DNA base or DNA base sequence as amino acids of three positions of No. 1 A.A., No. 4 A.A., in Helix A of the formula 1 and No. “ii” (?2) A.A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicants: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NAT'L UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Tetsushi Sakuma, Takahiro Nakamura, Yusuke Yagi, Yasuyuki Okawa
  • Patent number: 10189879
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to, by analyzing PPR proteins that act to bind to DNA with a prediction that RNA recognition rules of PPR motifs can also be used for recognition of DNA, find a PPR protein showing such a characteristic. According to the present invention, it was revealed that, with a protein that can bind in a DNA base-selective manner or a DNA base sequence-specific manner, which contains one or more, preferably 2 to 30, more preferably 5 to 25, most preferably 9 to 15, of PPR motifs having a structure of the following formula 1 (wherein, in the formula 1, Helix A is a part that can form an ?-helix structure; X does not exist, or is a part consisting of 1 to 9 amino acids; Helix B is a part that can form an ?-helix structure; and L is a part consisting of 2 to 7 amino acids), and having a specific combination of amino acids corresponding to a DNA base or DNA base sequence as amino acids of three positions of No. 1 A.A., No. 4 A.A., in Helix A of the formula 1 and No. “ii” (?2) A. A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NAT'L UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Tetsushi Sakuma, Takahiro Nakamura, Yusuke Yagi, Yasuyuki Okawa
  • Publication number: 20160075744
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to, by analyzing PPR proteins that act to bind to DNA with a prediction that RNA recognition rules of PPR motifs can also be used for recognition of DNA, find a PPR protein showing such a characteristic. According to the present invention, it was revealed that, with a protein that can bind in a DNA base-selective manner or a DNA base sequence-specific manner, which contains one or more, preferably 2 to 30, more preferably 5 to 25, most preferably 9 to 15, of PPR motifs having a structure of the following formula 1 (wherein, in the formula 1, Helix A is a part that can form an ?-helix structure; X does not exist, or is a part consisting of 1 to 9 amino acids; Helix B is a part that can form an ?-helix structure; and L is a part consisting of 2 to 7 amino acids), and having a specific combination of amino acids corresponding to a DNA base or DNA base sequence as amino acids of three positions of No. 1 A.A., No. 4 A.A., in Helix A of the formula 1 and No. “ii” (-2) A.A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicants: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Tetsushi Sakuma, Takahiro Nakamura, Yusuke Yagi, Yasuyuki Okawa