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Ketoreductase enzymes and uses thereof

US7879585B2 · kind B2 · utility

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39Claims

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Assignee

Codexis, Inc. · US

Inventors

Lorraine Giver · Sunnyvale, US
Lisa Marie Newman · San Jose, US
Emily Mundorff · Garden City, US
Gjalt W. Huisman · Redwood City, US
Stephane J. Jenne · Foster City, US
Jun Zhu · Chandler, US
Behnaz Behrouzian · South San Francisco, US
John H. Grate · Los Altos, US
James Lalonde · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 1, 2007
Grant date	Feb 1, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 1, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12P7/62
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present disclosure provides ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, method of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chirally pure compounds, and the chirally pure compounds prepared therewith.

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