ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,059, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Universitat fur Bodenkultur Wien (Vienna).
"Plant serine proteases" was invented by Lukas Mach (Langenzersdorf, Austria), Alejandro Puchol Tarazona (Vienna), Herta Steinkellner (Vienna) and Richard Strasser (Vienna).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a genetically modified plant or plant cell derived from a wild-type plant or plant cell, said wild-type plant or plant cell producing at least one serine protease comprising the motif SSRGPX1LKPDX2X3APGX4SGTSMSCPHX5PX6WSPX7AX8X9SAX10MTT (SEQ ID No. 1), wherein X1 is a peptide consisting of 7 amino acid residues, X2 is I ...