ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,878, issued on July 1, was assigned to Ensovi Inc. (Scituate, Mass.).
"Artificial organelles for enzymatic cofactor reduction" was invented by Kyle A. Minor (Sea Bright, N.J.), Carlo D. Montemagno (Sutton, Mass.) and David W. Wendell (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are engineered organelles comprising multi-component proteins from different species incorporated into a membrane structure with interior and exterior aspects. In one embodiment the artificial organelle incorporates one or more protein complexes that absorb optical energy and catalyze electron transfer in biochemical reactions that can be used to...