Codexis Patent Grants

Ketoreductase polypeptides for the reduction of acetophenones

Granted: April 24, 2018
Patent Number: 9951318
The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.

Transaminase biocatalysts

Granted: April 17, 2018
Patent Number: 9944963
The present disclosure relates to polypeptides having transaminase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides.

Penicillin-G acylases

Granted: April 17, 2018
Patent Number: 9944916
The present disclosure relates to engineered penicillin G acylase (PGA) enzymes having improved properties, polynucleotides encoding such enzymes, compositions including the enzymes, and methods of using the enzymes.

Polynucleotides encoding transaminase polypeptides

Granted: April 17, 2018
Patent Number: 9944909
The present disclosure provides engineered transaminase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type transaminase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered transaminase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered transaminase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered transaminase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.

Biocatalysts and methods for the synthesis of armodafinil

Granted: April 10, 2018
Patent Number: 9938509
The present invention relates to non-naturally occurring polypeptides useful for preparing armodafinil, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides. The non-naturally occurring polypeptides of the present invention are effective in carrying out biocatalytic conversion of the (i) 2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetamide to (?)-2-[(R)-(diphenylmethyl)sulfinyl]acetamide (armodafinil), or (ii) benzhydryl-thioacetic acid to (R)-2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetic acid,…

Variant LovD polypeptides and their uses

Granted: April 3, 2018
Patent Number: 9932616
The present disclosure provides acyltransferases useful for synthesizing therapeutically important statin compound.

Ketoreductase polypeptides for the production of (R)-3-hydroxythiolane

Granted: April 3, 2018
Patent Number: 9932615
The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize chiral compounds.

Engineered imine reductases and methods for the reductive amination of ketone and amine compounds

Granted: April 3, 2018
Patent Number: 9932613
The present disclosure provides engineered polypeptides having imine reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered imine reductases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered imine reductases, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone and amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds.

Lov-D acyltransferase mediated acylation

Granted: March 6, 2018
Patent Number: 9909156
Methods for the improved acylation of chemical substrates using LovD acyltransferases, thioesters having acyl groups, and (i) thiol scavengers and/or (ii) precipitating agents are presented. An improved method for the production of simvastatin using (i) activated charcoal as a thiol scavenger and/or (ii) ammonium hydroxide as a precipitating agent is also presented.

Engineered biocatalysts and methods for synthesizing chiral amines

Granted: February 27, 2018
Patent Number: 9902943
The present disclosure provides engineered transaminase polypeptides for the production of amines, polynucleotides encoding the engineered transaminases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered transaminases, and methods of using the engineered transaminases to prepare compounds useful in the production of active pharmaceutical agents.

Polynucleotides encoding ketoreductase polypeptides for reduction of acetophenones

Granted: January 23, 2018
Patent Number: 9873863
The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.

Methods, systems, and software for identifying functional bio-molecules

Granted: January 9, 2018
Patent Number: 9864833
The present invention generally relates to methods of rapidly and efficiently searching biologically-related data space. More specifically, the invention includes methods of identifying bio-molecules with desired properties, or which are most suitable for acquiring such properties, from complex bio-molecule libraries or sets of such libraries. The invention also provides methods of modeling sequence-activity relationships. As many of the methods are computer-implemented, the invention…

Ketoreductase polypeptides for the preparation of phenylephrine

Granted: December 5, 2017
Patent Number: 9834758
The disclosure relates to engineered ketoreductase polypeptides and processes of using the polypeptides for production of phenylephrine.

Engineered imine reductases and methods for the reductive amination of ketone and amine compounds

Granted: November 28, 2017
Patent Number: 9828614
The present disclosure provides engineered polypeptides having imine reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered imine reductases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered imine reductases, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone and amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds.

Engineered imine reductases and methods for the reductive amination of ketone and amine compounds

Granted: November 21, 2017
Patent Number: 9822346
The present application provides engineered polypeptides having imine reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered imine reductases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered imine reductases, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone and amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds.

Engineered imine reductases and methods for the reductive amination of ketone and amine compounds

Granted: October 31, 2017
Patent Number: 9803224
The present disclosure provides engineered polypeptides having imine reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered imine reductases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered imine reductases, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone and amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds.

Biocatalysts for the preparation of hydroxy substituted carbamates

Granted: October 31, 2017
Patent Number: 9803178
The present disclosure relates to engineered ketoreductase polypeptides for the preparation of hydroxyl substituted carbamate compounds, and polynucleotides, vectors, host cells, and methods of making and using the ketoreductase polypeptides.

Ketoreductase polypeptides

Granted: October 24, 2017
Patent Number: 9796964
The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme including the capability of reducing 5-((4S)-2-oxo-4-phenyl (1,3-oxazolidin-3-yl))-1-(4-fluorophenyl) pentane-1,5-dione to (4S)-3-[(5S)-5-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-hydroxypentanoyl]-4-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the…

Engineered proline hydroxylase polypeptides

Granted: October 17, 2017
Patent Number: 9790527
The present disclosure provides engineered proline hydroxylase polypeptides for the production of hydroxylated compounds, polynucleotides encoding the engineered proline hydroxylases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered proline hydroxylases, and methods of using the engineered proline hydroxylases to prepare compounds useful in the production of active pharmaceutical agents. The present disclosure provides engineered proline hydroxylase biocatalysts, polynucleotides encoding…

Biocatalysts and methods for the synthesis of armodafinil

Granted: September 19, 2017
Patent Number: 9765306
The present invention relates to non-naturally occurring polypeptides useful for preparing armodafinil, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides. The non-naturally occurring polypeptides of the present invention are effective in carrying out biocatalytic conversion of the (i) 2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetamide to (?)-2-[(R)-(diphenylmethyl)sulfinyl]acetamide (armodafinil), or (ii) benzhydryl-thioacetic acid to (R)-2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetic acid,…