Pentose fermentation by a recombinant microorganism
Granted: April 4, 2017
Patent Number:
9611515
The present invention provides methods and compositions suitable for use in the isomerization of xylose to xylulose, as well as methods and compositions suitable for use in the conversion of xylose to xylitol and xylulose, including nucleic acid constructs, recombinant fungal host cells, and related materials.
Engineered phenylalanine ammonia lyase polypeptides
Granted: April 4, 2017
Patent Number:
9611468
The present invention provides engineered phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) polypeptides and compositions thereof, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) polypeptides.
Biocatalytic process for preparing eslicarbazepine and analogs thereof
Granted: March 28, 2017
Patent Number:
9605290
The present disclosure relates to biocatalysts and its uses for the efficient preparation of eslicarbazepine, eslicarbazepine acetate, and analogs thereof.
Engineered tyrosine ammonia lyase
Granted: March 28, 2017
Patent Number:
9605252
The present invention provides engineered tyrosine ammonia-lyase (TAL) polypeptides and compositions thereof. In some embodiments, the engineered TAL polypeptides have been optimized to provide enhanced catalytic activity while reducing sensitivity to proteolysis and increasing tolerance to acidic pH levels. The invention also provides methods for utilization of the compositions comprising the engineered TAL polypeptides for therapeutic and industrial purposes.
Protein variant generation by region shuffling
Granted: March 14, 2017
Patent Number:
9593326
Region shuffling methods for efficiently introducing diversity and exploring sequence space are described. Libraries produced directly from these methods contain high fractions of protein variants harboring multiple beneficial mutations. Typically, the methods produce these variants efficiently without the need for sequencing beneficial mutants identified at intermediate stages of the process.
Ketoreductase polypeptides for the production of azetidinone
Granted: February 28, 2017
Patent Number:
9580694
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: January 24, 2017
Patent Number:
9550982
The present disclosure relates to polypeptides having transaminase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides.
Variant LovD polypeptides and their uses
Granted: January 17, 2017
Patent Number:
9546388
The present disclosure provides acyltransferases useful for synthesizing therapeutically important statin compound.
Engineered biocatalysts useful for carbapenem synthesis
Granted: January 10, 2017
Patent Number:
9540622
The present disclosure provides engineered pNB esterase polypeptides useful for the synthesis of the carbapenem antibiotic, imipenem. The disclosure also provides polynucleotides encoding the engineered pNB esterases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered pNB esterases, and methods of using the engineered pNB esterases in the production of imipenem.
Methods of using ketoreductase polypeptides for reduction of acetophenones
Granted: December 27, 2016
Patent Number:
9528131
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.
Fungal strains
Granted: December 27, 2016
Patent Number:
9528098
The present invention provides improved fungal strains. In some embodiments, the improved fungal strains find use in hydrolyzing cellulosic material to glucose.
Biocatalysts and methods for the synthesis of armodafinil
Granted: December 27, 2016
Patent Number:
9528095
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,…
Modified native beta-ketoacyl-ACP synthases and engineered microorganisms
Granted: December 6, 2016
Patent Number:
9512447
Genetically engineered cells and microorganisms are provided that produce fatty alcohols and fatty acids. In particular, engineered microbial cells comprise a modified native gene having ?-ketoacyl-acp synthase activity.
Endoglucanase variants
Granted: December 6, 2016
Patent Number:
9512416
The present invention relates to variant endoglucanases having improved thermoactivity, improved thermostability, and improved viscosity reduction activity over wild-type M. thermophila endoglucanase.
Engineered transaminase polypeptides
Granted: December 6, 2016
Patent Number:
9512410
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.
Glucose and xylose co-utilization in
Granted: November 29, 2016
Patent Number:
9506087
The present invention provides host cells having improved sugar utilization or co-utilization, methods of producing host cells having improved sugar utilization or co-utilization, and methods of using host cells having improved sugar utilization or co-utilization. The present invention provides E. coli strains that co-utilize glucose and xylose in the presence of glucose and xylose, wherein the cell produces the product.
Use of glycohydrolase 61 protein variants with improved thermostability for processing cellulose
Granted: November 15, 2016
Patent Number:
9493802
The invention provides recombinant GH61 proteins obtained from Myceliophtora thermophila, and nucleic acids that encode such proteins. The invention also provides protein fractions isolated from M. thermophila supernatant that have GH61 protein activity. These preparations can be used to increase yield of products from reactions in which a cellulose-containing substrate undergoes saccharification by one or more cellulase enzymes, such as endoglucanase, ?-glucosidase, or…
Engineered imine reductases and methods for the reductive amination of ketone and amine compounds
Granted: November 8, 2016
Patent Number:
9487760
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.
Ketoreductase polypeptides for the production of azetidinone
Granted: October 25, 2016
Patent Number:
9476034
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.
Fungal beta-xylosidase variants
Granted: October 25, 2016
Patent Number:
9476077
The present invention provides fungal xylanase and/or beta-xylosidase enzymes suitable for use in saccharification reactions. The present application further provides genetically modified fungal organisms that produce xylanase and/or beta-xylosidases, as well as enzyme mixtures exhibiting enhanced hydrolysis of cellulosic material to fermentable sugars, enzyme mixtures produced by the genetically modified fungal organisms, and methods for producing fermentable sugars from cellulose using…
