US Patent Issued to CJ CHEILJEDANG on Nov. 25 for "Glutamate-cysteine ligase variant and method of producing glutathione using the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,113, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Glutamate-cysteine ligase variant and method of producing glutathione using the same" was invented by Eun Bin Yang (Seoul, South Korea), Cheol Woong Ha (Seoul, South Korea), Yeonsoo Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Yeong Eun Im (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a novel glutamate-cysteine ligase variant and a method of producing glutathione using the same."

The patent was filed on March 24, 2021, under Application No. 17/914,306.

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