IP Library Granted Patent US 11,970,697
Granted Patent B2
US 11,970,697 · App. 17/504,358 · Granted Apr 30, 2024

Methods of synthesizing oligonucleotides using tethered nucleotides

Inventors: Jeremy Lackey (Foster City, CA); David Dodd (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Twist Bioscience Corporation
C12N15/1093C12N15/102C12N15/113C12N2310/315C12N2320/33
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Patent No.
US 11,970,697
App. No.
17/504,358
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods and compositions comprising a polymerase and a phosphorylated nucleoside, wherein the polymerase and the nucleoside are covalently linked by a cleavable linker at the terminal phosphate group. Further disclosed herein are enzymatic polynucleotide synthesis using polymerase and nucleotide conjugation strategies.

Claims (29)

1. A composition comprising a complex according to the following formula:

wherein the enzyme comprises TdT.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the linker comprises at least one phosphate.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the enzyme is attached to the linker via a cysteine.

4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the linker is an acid labile linker, a base labile linker, a pH-sensitive linker, an amine-to-thiol crosslinker, a thiomaleamic acid linker, a photo-cleavable linker, orthonitrobenzyl-based linker, phenacyl linker, alkoxybenzoin linker, chromium arene complex linker, NpSSMpact linker, pivaloylglycol linker, irradiation-cleavable linker, and/or an enzymatically-cleavable linker.

5. The composition of claim 4 , wherein the linker is an enzymatically-cleavable linker that is capable of being cleaved using a peptidase or an esterase.

6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the linker is selected from the group consisting of a silyl linker, an alkyl linker, a polyether linker, a polysulfonyl linker, a polysulfoxide linker, an amine-to-thiol cross linker, a thiomaleamic acid linker, and any combination thereof.

7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the enzyme comprises a cysteine mutation.

8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the template independent polymerase comprises at least one amino acid mutation to a surface-accessible amino acid residue.

9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the base is selected from an adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), thymine (T), uracil (U), or a modified base thereof.

10. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising a reversible terminator.

11. A method of synthesizing a polynucleotide, comprising:

(a) contacting a polynucleotide with a composition of claim 1 ;

(b) extending the polynucleotide by covalent addition of an extension nucleotide onto a 3′ hydroxyl of the polynucleotide by the enzyme; and

(c) cleaving the enzyme from the polynucleotide.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising repeating (a)-(c) to produce an extended polynucleotide.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the enzyme is cleaved using a peptidase or an esterase.

14. A composition comprising a complex according to the following formula:

A-L-B

wherein:

A comprises an enzyme including TdT;

B comprises a nucleotide; and

L comprises a chemical linker that covalently links the enzyme to a terminal phosphate group of the nucleotide, wherein the enzyme is configured to catalyze covalent addition of the nucleotide onto a 3′ hydroxyl of a polynucleotide, and subsequent extension of the polynucleotide.

15. The composition of claim 14 , wherein the linker comprises at least one phosphate.

16. The composition of claim 14 , wherein the linker includes an acid labile linker, a base labile linker, a pH-sensitive linker, an amine-to-thiol crosslinker, a thiomaleamic acid linker, an orthonitrobenzyl-based linker, a phenacyl linker, an alkoxybenzoin linker, a chromium arene complex linker, an NpSSMpact linker, a pivaloylglycol linker, a photo-cleavable linker, an irradiation-cleavable linker, a silyl linker, an alkyl linker, a polyether linker, a polysulfonyl linker, a polysulfoxide linker, an amine-to-thiol crosslinker, a thiomaleamic acid linker, and/or an enzymatically-cleavable linker.

17. The composition of claim 15 , wherein the linker is an enzymatically-cleavable linker that is capable of being cleaved using a peptidase or an esterase.

18. The composition of claim 13 , wherein the enzyme comprises at least one amino acid mutation to a surface-accessible amino acid residue.

19. The composition of claim 13 , wherein the complex further comprises a reversible terminator.

20. The composition of claim 13 , wherein the base is includes an adenine, a cytosine, a guanine, a thymine, a uracil, a modified adenine, a modified cytosine, a modified thymine, and/or a modified uracil.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2024
From: LACKEY, JEREMY; DODD, DAVID
To: TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63093716 · Oct 19, 2020
Related Publication 20220145289A1 · May 12, 2022