US Patent Issued to CJ CHEILJEDANG on Feb. 10 for "L-tyrosine-exporting protein variant and method for producing l-tyrosine using the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,939, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"L-tyrosine-exporting protein variant and method for producing l-tyrosine using the same" was invented by Hyun Ah Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Heejung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Moo Young Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Chang Il Seo (Seoul, South Korea) and Gyuhyeon Song (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protein variant having an L-tyrosine exporting activity, a microorganism expressing the same, and use thereof."

The patent was filed on May 27, 2021, under Application No. 17/999,788.

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