ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,110, issued on March 4.
"Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase catalyzed oxidation of sesquiterpenes" was invented by Michel Schalk (Satigny, Switzerland), Letizia Rocci (Satigny, Switzerland) and Fabienne Deguerry (Satigny, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are the nucleic acid and the amino acid sequences of a cytochrome P450 capable of oxidizing terpene molecules. Also described herein are methods of oxidizing terpene molecules including contacting the cytochrome P450 with the terpene molecule intended to be oxidized. In particular, the method may be carried out in vitro or in vivo to produce oxidized terpene mol...