US Patent Issued to RADA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT on Jan. 20 for "CYP76AD1-beta clade polynucleotides, polypeptides, and methods for producing betalains" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,083, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to RADA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Co. LTD. (Rehovot, Israel).

"CYP76AD1-beta clade polynucleotides, polypeptides, and methods for producing betalains" was invented by Asaph Aharoni (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Guy Polturak (Rehovot, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides recombinant polynucleotides comprising a nucleic acid encoding a CYP76AD6 or related gene and their use for producing L-DOPA from tyrosine. The invention also provides recombinant polynucleotides comprising a nucleic acid encoding a CYP76AD1 and/or CYP76AD6, a nucleic acid encoding a DOPA 4,5-dioxygenase (DOD) enzym...