US Patent Issued to HTL BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION on May 13 for "Fusion proteins for hydroxylating amino acids and products" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,037, issued on May 13, was assigned to HTL BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INC. (Nutley, N.J.).

"Fusion proteins for hydroxylating amino acids and products" was invented by Lixin Dai (Livingston, N.J.) and Poonam Srivastava (Union City, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure herein provides a fusion protein comprising prolyl 4-hydroxylase alpha subunit (P4HA) and a soluble protein partner. A fusion protein comprising prolyl 4-hydroxylase alpha subunit (P4HA1) and prolyl 4-hydroxylase beta subunit (P4HB) is provided. A microorganism including a fusion protein comprising prolyl 4-hydroxylase alpha subunit-1 (P4HA1) and prolyl 4-hy...