US Patent Issued to Amyris on July 14 for "Modified beta-1,3-n-acetylglucosaminyltransferase polypeptides" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,086, issued on July 14, was assigned to Amyris Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.).

"Modified beta-1,3-n-acetylglucosaminyltransferase polypeptides" was invented by Jessica Walter (Emeryville, Calif.), Wenzong Li (Emeryville, Calif.), Christopher F. Mugler (Emeryville, Calif.) and Victoria Hsiao (Emeryville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are variant Beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase polypeptides capable of producing lacto-n-neotetraose, yeast cells capable of producing one or more human milk oligosaccharides, and methods of making such cells. Also, provided are fermentation compositions including the disclosed ge...