US Patent Issued to Hunan Lier Biotech on Sept. 15 for "Modified glutamate dehydrogenase and the use thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,682, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Hunan Lier Biotech Co. Ltd (Jinshi, China).

"Modified glutamate dehydrogenase and the use thereof" was invented by Xinkai Xie (Suzhou, China), Wei Xu (Suzhou, China) and Junying Fan (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to a modified glutamate dehydrogenase (GluDH). In particular the modified GluDH of the present invention has an increased activity for catalyzing the reaction of 4-(hydroxymethylphosphinyl)-2-oxobutanoic acid (PPO) and an amino donor to generate L-glufosinate and/or an improved dynamic property. The present invention also refers to the poly...