US Patent Issued to CJ CHIELJEDANG on Jan. 13 for "Modified polypeptide with attenuated activity of citrate synthase and method for producing L-amino acid using the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,808, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to CJ CHIELJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Modified polypeptide with attenuated activity of citrate synthase and method for producing L-amino acid using the same" was invented by Chan Hong Ahn (Seoul, South Korea), Ju Eun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun-jung Bae (Seoul, South Korea), Imsang Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Ji Hye Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Hayun Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a modified polypeptide with attenuated activity of citrate synthase, a microorganism producing leucine comprising the modified polypeptide, and a method...