Claims for Patent: 9,273,320
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Summary for Patent: 9,273,320
Title: | Method of producing a sweet protein |
Abstract: | The present invention relates to a method of producing a recombinant sweet protein in a filamentous fungus. The invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides encoding the sweet protein and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides, as well as methods of using the sweet protein produced by the method of the invention. |
Inventor(s): | Vind; Jesper (Vaerloese, DK), Tams; Jeppe Wegener (Gentofe, DK), Beier; Lars (Lyngby, DK), Olsen; Carsten Lillelund (Bagsvaerd, DK) |
Assignee: | NOVOZYMES A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) |
Application Number: | 13/382,535 |
Patent Claims: | 1. A method of producing a recombinant sweet protein comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to amino acids 2 to 54 of SEQ ID NO: 2, which
comprises: a) cultivating an Aspergillus host cell comprising a nucleic acid construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding the sweet protein under conditions conducive for production of the sweet protein; and b) recovering the sweet protein wherein the
sweet protein is secreted from the host cell in a functional form.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the sweet protein is brazzein or a variant of brazzein. 3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the host cell is an Aspergillus oryzae host cell or an Aspergillus niger host cell. 4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid construct comprises the polynucleotide encoding the sweet protein operably linked to a first nucleotide sequence encoding a signal peptide comprising or consisting of an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to amino acids -55 to -33 of SEQ ID NO: 2, and a second nucleotide sequence encoding a propeptide comprising or consisting of an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to amino acids -32 to -1 of SEQ ID NO: 2. 5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the sweet protein is recovered in a form where the signal peptide and the propeptide have been cleaved off. 6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid construct comprises one or more intron sequence(s). 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the recombinant sweet protein comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 95% identity to amino acids 2 to 54 of SEQ ID NO: 2. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the recombinant sweet protein comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 97% identity to amino acids 2 to 54 of SEQ ID NO: 2. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the recombinant sweet protein comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 98% identity to amino acids 2 to 54 of SEQ ID NO: 2. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the recombinant sweet protein comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 99% identity to amino acids 2 to 54 of SEQ ID NO: 2. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the recombinant sweet protein comprises the amino acid sequence shown as amino acids 2 to 54 of SEQ ID NO: 2. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the recombinant sweet protein consists of the amino acid sequence shown as amino acids 2 to 54 of SEQ ID NO: 2. 13. A method of increasing the sweetness of a food, beverage or medication product for human consumption comprising the step of adding a sufficient amount of a sweet protein to the product, so that the product has an increased sweetness, wherein the sweet protein has been produced according to the method of claim 1. 14. A food, beverage or medication product for human consumption which comprises a sweet protein which has been produced according to the method of claim 1. |
Details for Patent 9,273,320
Applicant | Tradename | Biologic Ingredient | Dosage Form | BLA | Approval Date | Patent No. | Expiredate |
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Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. | INTRON A | interferon alfa-2b | For Injection | 103132 | 06/04/1986 | ⤷ Try a Trial | 2029-08-07 |
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. | INTRON A | interferon alfa-2b | For Injection | 103132 | ⤷ Try a Trial | 2029-08-07 | |
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. | INTRON A | interferon alfa-2b | Injection | 103132 | ⤷ Try a Trial | 2029-08-07 | |
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