Sustainable manufacture of foods and cosmetics by computer enabled discovery and testing of individual protein ingredients
US11805791B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 13, 2022 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 13, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A90/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
This disclosure provides a technology for developing individual proteins for use in industrial processes that include food production. The technology mines sequence data from protein databases by a process that is done partly in silico. Instead of sampling and testing a vast library of compounds, machine learning and implementation narrows the field of functional candidates by predictive modeling based on known protein structure. Candidate proteins that are selected by this analysis are then produced and screened in a high-throughput manner by recombinant expression and testing to determine whether they have a target function. Multiple cycles of the machine learning, database mining, expression, and testing are done to yield potential ingredients suitable for use in the production of foods, cosmetics, agricultural feed, pharmaceutical excipients, and other industrial products.
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