ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,239, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Corn Products Development Inc. (Westchester, Ill.).
"UDP-glycosyltransferase variants and uses thereof" was invented by Sean Lund (Emeryville, Calif.) and Gale Wichmann (Emeryville, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are genetically modified host cells, compositions, and methods for improved production of steviol glycosides. The host cells are genetically modified to contain a heterologous nucleic acid that expresses novel and optimized variants of UGT76G1. The host cell further contains one or more heterologous nucleotide sequence encoding further enzymes of a pathway capable ...