US Patent Issued to KANGMA-HEALTHCODE (SHANGHAI) BIOTECH on April 7 for "Polypeptide tag and application thereof in in vitro protein synthesis" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,283, issued on April 7, was assigned to KANGMA-HEALTHCODE (SHANGHAI) BIOTECH Co. LTD (Shanghai).

"Polypeptide tag and application thereof in in vitro protein synthesis" was invented by Min Guo (Shanghai) and Xue Yu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a polypeptide tag. The amino acid sequence of the polypeptide tag is Xaa1Xaa2Xaa3PHDYNXaa4Xaa5Xaa6 (SEQ ID NO: 37), wherein in the formula, Xaa1, Xaa2, Xaa3, Xaa4, Xaa5, and Xaa6 are each independently an amino acid or none. The polypeptide tag is used for labeling a target protein. In a second aspect, provided is a polypeptide fusion protein, comprising the following tw...