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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2019
Applicant:
Nutrition & Biosciences Usa 4, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Yougen Li, Pennington, NJ (US);
Ellen D. Semke, Newark, DE (US);
Assignee:
NUTRITION & BIOSCIENCES USA 4, INC., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C12P 19/18 (2006.01); C12P 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/1051 (2013.01); C12P 19/04 (2013.01); C12P 19/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are glucosyltransferases with modified amino acid sequences. Such engineered enzymes synthesize insoluble alpha-glucan products having decreased molecular weight. Further disclosed are reactions and methods in which engineered glucosyltransferases are used to produce insoluble alpha-glucan.