US Patent Issued to University of Utah Research Foundation on Aug. 4 for "Fluorescent biosensor for acetyl coenzyme A" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,094, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City).

"Fluorescent biosensor for acetyl coenzyme A" was invented by Katharine L. Diehl (Salt Lake City) and Joseph J. Smith (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are a polypeptide biosensor and compositions comprising the polypeptide biosensor that detects acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA). The polypeptide comprises an acetyl-CoA binding protein and a fluorescent protein. Further described herein are methods of using the biosensor to detect acetyl-CoA and expression vectors comprising the biosensor."

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