US Patent Issued to CJ CHEILJEDANG on Feb. 17 for "Modified polypeptide of meso-diaminopimelate dehydrogenase and polynucleotide encoding the modified polypeptide" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,056, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Modified polypeptide of meso-diaminopimelate dehydrogenase and polynucleotide encoding the modified polypeptide" was invented by Mina Baek (Seoul, South Korea), Seung-ju Son (Seoul, South Korea), Su Yon Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Imsang Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Kwang Woo Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a modified polypeptide, in which the activity of meso-diaminopimelate is weakened, and a method for producing L-threonine using the same."

The patent was filed on Aug. 13, 2020, under Applica...