US Patent Issued to Northwest university on March 25 for "Beta-glycosidase SS-BGL mutant for modifying ginsenoside and application thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,598, issued on March 25, was assigned to Northwest university (Xi'an, China).

"Beta-glycosidase SS-BGL mutant for modifying ginsenoside and application thereof" was invented by Weina Li (Xi'an, China) and Daidi Fan (Xi'an, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Beta-glycosidase SS-BGL mutant for modifying ginsenoside and application thereof are provided, which relate to the field of genetic engineering technologies. The Beta-glycosidase SS-BGL mutant is Beta-glycosidase SS-BGL with the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 having mutation at one or more sites. A single-site mutation includes: A1, making glutamine at 96th posi...