IP Library Granted Patent US 12,552,845
Granted Patent B2
US 12,552,845 · App. 17/998,864 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Adhesive elastin and suckerin-based multiblock copolypeptide with stimulus responsiveness and surface adhesion, self-assembled structure thereof, and application of injectable hydrogel as bioadhesive

Inventors: Dong Woo Lim (Seoul, KR); Jae Hee Lee (Busan, KR); Aamna Basheer (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS
C07K14/43504C07K14/78C12N15/70C07K2319/735
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Patent No.
US 12,552,845
App. No.
17/998,864
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an adhesive elastin and suckerin-based multiblock copolypeptide with stimulus responsiveness and surface adhesion, a self-assembled structure thereof, and application of an injectable hydrogel as a bioadhesive.

Claims (15)

1 . A multiblock copolypeptide comprising:

a suckerin-based polypeptide (SBP); and

an adhesive elastin-based polypeptide (EBP),

wherein the EBP includes tyrosine (Y) and/or lysine (K), and wherein the SBP consists of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11.

2 . The multiblock copolypeptide of claim 1 , wherein the multiblock copolypeptide consists of any one arrangement selected from the group consisting of (SPB) n (EBP) m ; (EBP) m (SBP) n ; (SBP) n (EBP) m (SBP) n ; and (EBP) m (SBP) n (EBP) m ,

wherein n and m are integers of 1 or more, n is a number of repetitions of the SBP, and m is a number of repetitions of the EBP.

3 . The multiblock copolypeptide of claim 1 , wherein the EBP consists of

the amino acid sequence: Ile Pro Ala Xaa Gly Ile Pro Ala Xaa Gly Ile Pro Ala Xaa Gly Ile Pro Ala Xaa Gly Ile Pro Ala Xaa Gly Ile Pro Ala Xaa Gly (SEQ ID NO: 13);

wherein

each Xaa is selected from the group consisting of tyrosine (Y), lysine (K), isoleucine (I) and DOPA.

4 . A gene encoding the multiblock copolypeptide of claim 1 .

5 . A method for preparing a multiblock copolypeptide comprising:

(1) preparing a recombinant microorganism into which the gene of claim 4 is introduced,

(2) expressing a multiblock copolypeptide by culturing the recombinant microorganism; and

(3) dissolving the recombinant microorganism and purifying the multiblock copolypeptide through inverse transition cycling (ITC).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2022
From: LIM, DONG WOO; LEE, JAE HEE; BASHEER, AAMNA
To: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2020-0106701 · Aug 25, 2020 · national
KR 10-2021-0111312 · Aug 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230174597A1 · Jun 8, 2023
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