Patents by Inventor Yury Ivanovich Kozlov

Yury Ivanovich Kozlov 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: 20150203881
    Abstract: A method for producing an L-amino acid is described, for example L-threonine, L-lysine, L-histidine, L-phenylalanine, L-arginine, L-tryptophan, or L-glutamic acid, using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, wherein the bacterium has been modified to enhance an activity of a wild-type alcohol dehydrogenase encoded by the adhE gene or a mutant alcohol dehydrogenase which is resistant to aerobic inactivation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Leonid Romanovich Ptitsyn, Irina Borisovna Altman, Veronika Aleksandrovna Kotliarova, Olga Nikolaevna Mokhova, Tatyana Abramovna Yampolskaya, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Masaru Terashita, Yoshihiro Usuda, Kazuhiko Matsui
  • Patent number: 9012182
    Abstract: Methods for producing purine nucleosides, and purine nucleotides, such as inosine and 5?-inosinic acid are provided which include using a bacterium belonging to the genus Bacillus or to the genus Escherichia wherein the purine nucleoside productivity of said bacterium is enhanced by increasing an activity of the YdhL protein. Also disclosed is the amino acid sequence of the YdhL protein from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and the gene encoding it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Natalia Pavlovna Zakataeva, Vitaly Arkadievich Livshits, Sergey Viktorovich Gronsky, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Kutukova, Anna Evgenievna Novikova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov
  • Patent number: 8969048
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bacterium which has an ability to produce a useful metabolite derived from acetyl-coenzyme A, such as L-glutamic acid, L-glutamine, L-proline, L-arginine, L-leucine, L-cysteine, succinate, and polyhydroxybutyrate, wherein said bacterium is modified so that activities of D-xylulose-5-phosphate phosphoketolase and/or fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase are enhanced. The present invention also provides a method for producing the useful metabolite using the bacterium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Akito Chinen, Hiroshi Izui, Yoshihiko Hara, Hisashi Yasueda, Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Joanna Yosifovna Katashkina
  • Publication number: 20140287472
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing L-amino acid, for example L-threonine, L-lysine, L-histidine, L-phenylalanine, L-arginine or L-glutamic acid, using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, wherein the bacterium has been modified to enhance an activity of D-xylose permease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Ekaterina Alekseevna Savrasova, Valeriy Zavenovich Akhverdian, Elena Vitalievna Klyachko, Sergei Vladimirovich Mashko, Vera Georgievna Doroshenko, Larisa Gotlibovna Airikh, Tatyana Viktorovna Leonova, Mikhail Markovich Gusyatiner, Elvira Borisovna Voroshilova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Yoshihiko Hara, Takuji Ueda
  • Publication number: 20140242643
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bacterium which has an ability to produce a useful metabolite derived from acetyl-coenzyme A, such as L-glutamic acid, L-glutamine, L-proline, L-arginine, L-leucine, L-cysteine, succinate, and polyhydroxybutyrate, wherein said bacterium is modified so that activities of D-xylulose-5-phosphate phosphoketolase and/or fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase are enhanced. The present invention also provides a method for producing the useful metabolite using the bacterium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Akito Chinen, Hiroshi Izui, Yoshihiko Hara, Hisashi Yasueda, Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Joanna Yosifovna Katashkina
  • Patent number: 8785161
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing L-amino acid, for example L-threonine, L-lysine, L-histidine, L-phenylalanine, L-arginine or L-glutamic acid, using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, wherein the bacterium has been modified to enhance an activity of D-xylose permease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Ekaterina Alekseevna Savrasova, Valeriy Zavenovich Akhverdian, Elena Vitalievna Klyachko, Sergei Vladimirovich Mashko, Vera Georgievna Doroshenko, Larisa Gotlibovna Airikh, Tatyana Viktorovna Leonova, Mikhail Markovich Gusyatiner, Elvira Borisovna Voroshilova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Yoshihiko Hara, Takuji Ueda
  • Patent number: 8753849
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bacterium which has an ability to produce a useful metabolite derived from acetyl-coenzyme A, such as L-glutamic acid, L-glutamine, L-proline, L-arginine, L-leucine, L-cysteine, succinate, and polyhydroxybutyrate, wherein said bacterium is modified so that activities of D-xylulose-5-phosphate phosphoketolase and/or fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase are enhanced. The present invention also provides a method for producing the useful metabolite using the bacterium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Akito Chinen, Hiroshi Izui, Yoshihiko Hara, Hisashi Yasueda, Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Joanna Yosifovna Katashkina
  • Patent number: 8728774
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing L-amino acid, for example L-threonine, L-lysine, L-histidine, L-phenylalanine, L-arginine or L-glutamic acid, using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, wherein the bacterium has been modified to enhance an activity of D-xylose permease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Ekaterina Alekseevna Savrasova, Valeriy Zavenovich Akhverdian, Elena Vitalievna Klyachko, Sergei Vladimirovich Mashko, Vera Georgievna Doroshenko, Larisa Gotlibovna Airikh, Tatyana Viktorovna Leonova, Mikhail Markovich Gusyatiner, Elvira Borisovna Voroshilova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Yoshihiko Hara, Takuji Ueda
  • Patent number: 8404474
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bacterium which has an ability to produce a useful metabolite derived from acetyl-coenzyme A, such as L-glutamic acid, L-glutamine, L-proline, L-arginine, L-leucine, L-cysteine, succinate, and polyhydroxybutyrate, wherein said bacterium is modified so that activities of D-xylulose-5-phosphate phosphoketolase and/or fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase are enhanced. The present invention also provides a method for producing the useful metabolite using the bacterium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Akito Chinen, Hiroshi Izui, Yoshihiko Hara, Hisashi Yasueda, Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Joanna Yosifovna Katashkina
  • Patent number: 8273562
    Abstract: A highly active L-isoleucine dioxygenase from Bacillus thuringiensis is provided. A method for manufacturing (2S,3R,4S)-4-hydroxy-L-isoleucine or a salt thereof by reacting L-isoleucine in an aqueous solvent in the presence of L-isoleucine dioxygenase and isolating (2S,3R,4S)-4-hydroxy-L-isoleucine is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kodera, Sergey Vasilievich Smirnov, Natalia Nikolaevna Samsonova, Veronika Aleksandrovna Kotliarova, Natalia Yurievna Rushkevich, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Vitaly Grigorievich Paraskevov, legal representative, Sakayu Shimizu, Jun Ogawa, Makoto Hibi
  • Publication number: 20120219996
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing L-amino acid, for example L-threonine, L-lysine, L-histidine, L-phenylalanine, L-arginine or L-glutamic acid, using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, wherein the bacterium has been modified to enhance an activity of D-xylose permease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Ekaterina Alekseevna Savrasova, Valeriy Zavenovich Akhverdian, Elena Vitalievna Klyachko, Sergei Vladimirovich Mashko, Vera Georgievna Doroshenko, Larisa Gotlibovna Airikh, Tatyana Viktorovna Leonova, Mikhail Markovich Gusyatiner, Elvira Borisovna Voroshilova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Yoshihiko Hara, Takuji Ueda
  • Patent number: 8227214
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, particularly a bacterium belonging to genus Escherichia or Pantoea, which has been modified to attenuate expression of a gene coding for sRNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Aleksandra Yurievna Skorokhodova, Elvira Borisovna Voroshilova, Mikhail Markovich Gusyatiner, Tatyana Viktorovna Leonova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Vitaly Grigorievich Paraskevov, legal representative, Takuji Ueda
  • Patent number: 8187850
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, particularly a bacterium belonging to genus Escherichia or Pantoea, which has been modified to attenuate expression of the ybiV gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Marina Evgenievna Sheremet'eva, Aleksandra Yurievna Skorokhodova, Tatyana Viktorovna Leonova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Vitaly Grigorievich Paraskevov, legal representative
  • Publication number: 20120115203
    Abstract: A highly active L-isoleucine dioxygenase from Bacillus thuringiensis is provided. A method for manufacturing (2S,3R,4S)-4-hydroxy-L-isoleucine or a salt thereof by reacting L-isoleucine in an aqueous solvent in the presence of L-isoleucine dioxygenase and isolating (2S,3R,4S)-4-hydroxy-L-isoleucine is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kodera, Sergey Vasilievich Smirnov, Natalia Nikolaevna Samsonova, Veronika Aleksandrovna Kotliarova, Natalia Yurievna Rushkevich, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Sakayu Shimizu, Jun Ogawa, Makoto Hibi, Vitaly Grigorievich Paraskevov
  • Publication number: 20120107883
    Abstract: A highly active L-isoleucine dioxygenase from Bacillus thuringiensis is provided. A method for manufacturing (2S,3R,4S)-4-hydroxy-L-isoleucine or a salt thereof by reacting L-isoleucine in an aqueous solvent in the presence of L-isoleucine dioxygenase and isolating (2S,3R,4S)-4-hydroxy-L-isoleucine is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kodera, Sergey Vasilievich Smirnov, Natalia Nikolaevna Samsonova, Veronika Aleksandrovna Kotliarova, Natalia Yurievna Rushkevich, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Vitaly Grigorievich Paraskevov, Sakayu Shimizu, Jun Ogawa, Makoto Hibi
  • Publication number: 20120107884
    Abstract: A highly active L-isoleucine dioxygenase from Bacillus thuringiensis is provided. A method for manufacturing (2S,3R,4S)-4-hydroxy-L-isoleucine or a salt thereof by reacting L-isoleucine in an aqueous solvent in the presence of L-isoleucine dioxygenase and isolating (2S,3R,4S)-4-hydroxy-L-isoleucine is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kodera, Sergey Vasilievich Smirnov, Natalia Nikolaevna Samsonova, Veronika Aleksandrovna Kotliarova, Natalia Yurievna Rushkevich, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Vitaly Grigorievich Paraskevov, Sakayu Shimizu, Jun Ogawa, Makoto Hibi
  • Publication number: 20120070865
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, particularly a bacterium belonging to genus Escherichia or Pantoea, which has been modified to attenuate expression of a gene coding for sRNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Aleksandra Yurievna Skorokhodova, Elvira Borisovna Voroshilova, Mikhail Markovich Gusyatiner, Tatyana Viktorovna Leonova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Vitaly Grigorievich Paraskevov, Takuji Ueda
  • Patent number: 8114651
    Abstract: A highly active L-isoleucine dioxygenase from Bacillus thuringiensis is provided. A method for manufacturing (2S,3R,4S)-4-hydroxy-L-isoleucine or a salt thereof by reacting L-isoleucine in an aqueous solvent in the presence of L-isoleucine dioxygenase and isolating (2S,3R,4S)-4-hydroxy-L-isoleucine is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kodera, Sergey Vasilievich Smirnov, Natalia Nikolaevna Samsonova, Veronika Aleksandrovna Kotliarova, Natalia Yurievna Rushkevich, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Vitaly Grigorievich Paraskevov, legal representative, Sakayu Shimizu, Jun Ogawa, Makoto Hibi
  • Publication number: 20110143403
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing L-amino acid, for example L-threonine, L-lysine, L-histidine, L-phenylalanine, L-arginine or L-glutamic acid, using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, wherein the bacterium has been modified to enhance an activity of D-xylose permease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Ekaterina Alekseevna Savrasova, Valeriy Zavenovich Akhverdian, Elena Vitalievna Klyachko, Sergei Vladimirovich Mashko, Vera Georgievna Doroshenko, Larisa Gotlibovna Airikh, Tatyana Viktorovna Leonova, Mikhail Markovich Gusyatiner, Elvira Borisovna Voroshilova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Yoshihiko Hara, Takuji Ueda
  • Patent number: 7915018
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing L-amino acid, for example L-threonine, L-lysine, L-histidine, L-phenylalanine, L-arginine or L-glutamic acid, using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, wherein the bacterium has been modified to enhance an activity of D-xylose permease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Rybak, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Slivinskaya, Ekaterina Alekseevna Savrasova, Valeriy Zavenovich Akhverdian, Elena Vitalievna Klyachko, Sergei Vladimirovich Mashko, Vera Georgievna Doroshenko, Larisa Gotlibovna Airikh, Tatyana Viktorovna Leonova, Mikhail Markovich Gusyatiner, Elvira Borisovna Voroshilova, Yury Ivanovich Kozlov, Yoshihiko Hara, Takuji Ueda