US Patent Issued to Washington University on March 17 for "Transgenic microorganisms and synthesis of piperazic acid, piperazic acid containing products, and derivatives thereof" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,597, issued on March 17, was assigned to Washington University (St. Louis).

"Transgenic microorganisms and synthesis of piperazic acid, piperazic acid containing products, and derivatives thereof" was invented by Joshua Van Dyke-Blodgett (St. Louis) and Yifei Hu (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision of a biological and biochemical production of piperazic acid derived from the newly discovered production pathway for L-piperazic acid. One aspect of the present disclosure includes a transgenic microorganism (e.g., bacteria) engineered to accumulate piperazic acid ...