US Patent Issued to CJ CHEILJEDANG on Dec. 30 for "L-threonine dehydratase variant and method of producing l-isoleucine using the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,673, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"L-threonine dehydratase variant and method of producing l-isoleucine using the same" was invented by Kyungrim Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Imsang Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Heeyeong Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Kwang Woo Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An L-threonine dehydratase variant is provided that is capable of producing increased yields of the amino acid L-isoleucine when expressed in host organisms and methods of producing increased yields of L-isoleucine using the same."

The patent was filed on April 21, 2021, under Applic...