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Patent No.:

US 11220691 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2020

Methods for high taurine production in unicellular organisms

Applicant:

Plant Sensory Systems, Llc, Baltimore, MD (US);

Inventors:

Frank J. Turano, Baltimore, MD (US);

Michelle B. Price, Baltimore, MD (US);

Assignee:

PLANT SENSORY SYSTEMS, LLC, Baltimore, MD (US);

Attorney:

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Ganapathirama Raghu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/52 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C12N 9/02 (2006.01); C12N 9/88 (2006.01); A23K 50/80 (2016.01); C12P 21/00 (2006.01); A23K 10/12 (2016.01); C12P 13/00 (2006.01); A23L 33/175 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/52 (2013.01); A23K 10/12 (2016.05); A23K 50/80 (2016.05); C12N 9/0069 (2013.01); C12N 9/1085 (2013.01); C12N 9/88 (2013.01); C12P 13/001 (2013.01); C12P 21/00 (2013.01); C12Y 113/1102 (2013.01); C12Y 205/01047 (2013.01); A23L 33/175 (2016.08); C12Y 401/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention describes an approach to produce or increase hypotaurine or taurine production in unicellular organisms. More particularly, the invention relates to genetic modification of unicellular organisms that include bacteria, algal, microalgal, diatoms, yeast, or fungi. The invention relates to methods to increase taurine levels in the cells by binding taurine or decreasing taurine degradation. The invention can be used in organisms that contain native or heterologous (transgenic) taurine biosynthetic pathways or cells that have taurine by enrichment. The invention also relates to methods to increase taurine levels in the cells and to use the said cells or extracts or purifications from the cells that contain the invention to produce plant growth enhancers, food, animal feed, aquafeed, food or drink supplements, animal-feed supplements, dietary supplements, health supplements or taurine.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Turano, Frank. (2022). Methods for high taurine production in unicellular organisms (U.S. Patent No. 11220691). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11220691

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