US Patent Issued to CJ CHEILJEDANG on June 9 for "Citrate synthase variant and method for producing O-acetyl-L-homoserine or L-methionine using same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,909, issued on June 9, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Citrate synthase variant and method for producing O-acetyl-L-homoserine or L-methionine using same" was invented by Jin Sook Chang (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Hyun Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Seo-Yun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jaemin Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Min Ji Baek (Seoul, South Korea) and Imsang Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a citrate synthase variant, a microorganism comprising the variant, and a method for producing O-acetyl-L-homoserine and L-methionine using the microorganism."

The pate...