ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,713, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to GUILIN LAYN NATURAL INGREDIENTS CORP. (Guangxi, China).

"Method for efficient biosynthesis of Reb D by glycosyltransferase" was invented by Yijian Rao (Wuxi, China), Baodang Guo (Wuxi, China), Yan Zhang (Wuxi, China) and Zhenbo Yuan (Wuxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure discloses a method for efficient biosynthesis of Reb D by glycosyltransferase, belonging to the field of biocatalytic synthesis. According to the disclosure, a glycosyltransferase having an activity to catalyze synthesis of Reb D from Reb A is obtained, and a mutant YojK-1241T/G327N with high catalytic activ...