ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,557, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Codexis Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).
"Engineered guanylate kinase variant enzymes" was invented by Da Duan (Foster City, Calif.), Auric Anthony Sowell-Kantz (Mill Valley, Calif.), Aksiniya Lyubenova Petkova (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Oscar Alvizo (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides engineered guanylate kinase (GK) enzymes, polypeptides having GK activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Methods for producing GK enzymes are also provided. The present invention ...