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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, MA (US);
Mehul Ganatra, Gloucester, MA (US);
Siu-Hong Chan, Ipswich, MA (US);
Christopher H. Taron, Essex, MA (US);
G. B. Robb, Somerville, MA (US);
New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, MA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to compositions, kits, and methods of making RNA vaccines having an appropriate cap structure. Systems, apparatus, compositions, and/or methods may include and/or use, in some embodiments, non-naturally occurring single-chain RNA capping enzymes. In some embodiments, an RNA capping enzyme may include an FCE variant having (a) an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to positions 1 to 878 of SEQ ID NO: 1, and/or (b) one or more substitutions relative to SEQ ID NO: 1 at a position selected from positions corresponding to positions 215, 337, 572, 648, and 833 (e.g., a position selected from positions corresponding to position 215, 337, and 572) of SEQ ID NO: 1.