IP Library Granted Patent US 9,249,474
Granted Patent B2
US 9,249,474 · App. 13/414,627 · Granted Feb 2, 2016

Consolidated pretreatment and hydrolysis of plant biomass expressing cell wall degrading enzymes

Inventors: R. Michael Raab (Arlington, MA); Dongcheng Zhang (Newton, MA); Oleg Bougri (Boise, ID)
Assignee: Agrivida, Inc.
C12Y302/01004C12N9/248C12N9/2437C12N15/8216C12N15/8246C12P19/14C12Y302/01008Y02E50/10Y02E50/30
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Patent No.
US 9,249,474
App. No.
13/414,627
Granted
Feb 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods for consolidated pretreatment and hydrolysis of genetically engineered plants expressing cell wall degrading enzymes are provided. Expression cassettes and vectors for making transgenic plants are described. Plants engineered to express one or more cell wall degrading enzymes using expression cassettes and vectors of the invention are also provided.

Claims (35)

1. An engineered plant including a first polynucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to a first reference sequence selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 7 and SEQ ID NO: 8.

2. The engineered plant of claim 1 further including a second polynucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to a second reference sequence selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 11, and SEQ ID: 12, wherein the SEQ ID NO selected as the second reference sequence is different than the SEQ ID NO selected as the first reference sequence.

3. The engineered plant of claim 2 further comprising a third polynucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to a third reference sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 11, and SEQ ID: 12 , wherein the SEQ ID NO selected as the third reference sequence is different than the SEQ ID NO selected as the first reference sequence and different than the SEQ ID NO selected as the second reference sequence.

4. The engineered plant of claim 1 , wherein the first polynucleotide sequence, the second polynucleotide sequence, or the third polynucleotide sequence further includes a targeting polynucleotide sequence encoding a targeting peptide selected from the group consisting of: an amyloplast targeting signal, a cell wall targeting peptide, a mitochondrial targeting peptide, a cytosol localization signal, a chloroplast targeting signal, a nuclear targeting peptide, and a vacuole targeting peptide.

5. The engineered plant of claim 4 , wherein the targeting peptide is selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 13, SEQ ID NO: 14, SEQ ID NO: 15, SEQ ID NO: 16, SEQ ID NO: 17, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 23, and SEQ ID NO: 24.

6. The engineered plant of claim 1 , wherein the engineered plant is selected from the group consisting of: corn, sugar cane, sugar beet, sorghum, switchgrass, miscanthus, eucalyptus , willow and poplar.

7. The engineered plant of claim 1 , wherein the first polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the first reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7.

8. The engineered plant of claim 2 , wherein the first polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the first reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7 and the second polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the second reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8.

9. The engineered plant of claim 1 , wherein the first polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the first reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8.

10. The engineered plant of claim 2 , wherein the second polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the second reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.

11. The engineered plant of claim 2 , wherein the second polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the second reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.

12. The engineered plant of claim 2 , wherein the second polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the second reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3.

13. The engineered plant of claim 2 , wherein the second polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the second reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4.

14. The engineered plant of claim 2 , wherein the second polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the second reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5.

15. The engineered plant of claim 2 , wherein the second polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the second reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6.

16. The engineered plant of claim 2 , wherein the second polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the second reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9.

17. The engineered plant of claim 2 , wherein the second polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the second reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10.

18. The engineered plant of claim 2 , wherein the second polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the second reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11.

19. The engineered plant of claim 2 , wherein the second polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the second reference sequence of SEQ ID: 12.

20. The engineered plant of claim 3 , wherein the third polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the third reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.

21. The engineered plant of claim 3 , wherein the third polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the third reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.

22. The engineered plant of claim 3 , wherein the third polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the third reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3.

23. The engineered plant of claim 3 , wherein the third polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the third reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4.

24. The engineered plant of claim 3 , wherein the third polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the third reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5.

25. The engineered plant of claim 3 , wherein the third polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the third reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6.

26. The engineered plant of claim 3 , wherein the third polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the third reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7.

27. The engineered plant of claim 3 , wherein the third polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the third reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8.

28. The engineered plant of claim 3 , wherein the third polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the third reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9.

29. The engineered plant of claim 3 , wherein the third polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the third reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10.

30. The engineered plant of claim 3 , wherein the third polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the third reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11.

31. The engineered plant of claim 3 , wherein the third polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the third reference sequence of SEQ ID: 12.

32. The engineered plant of claim 3 , wherein the first polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the first reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7, the second polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the second reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, and the third polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid with at least 90% identity to the third reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5.

33. The engineered plant of claim 32 , wherein the first polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid of SEQ ID NO: 7, the second polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, and the third polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid of SEQ ID NO: 5.

34. The engineered plant of claim 3 , wherein the first polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the first reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8, the second polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to the second reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, and the third polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid with at least 90% identity to the third reference sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5.

35. The engineered plant of claim 34 , wherein the first polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid of SEQ ID NO: 8, the second polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, and the third polynucleotide sequence encodes the amino acid of SEQ ID NO: 5.

Assignments (6)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Aug 15, 2024
From: AGRIVIDA, INC.
To: US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Reel/Frame 068295/0936 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 9, 2023
From: AGRIVIDA MERGER SUB, INC.; AGRIVIDA, INC.
To: AGRIVIDA INC.
Reel/Frame 065513/0941 →
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Dec 29, 2015
From: AGRIVIDA, INC.
To: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Reel/Frame 037375/0256 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 030914 FRAME: 0882. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 9, 2015
From: AGRIVIDA, INC.
To: AGRIVIDA, INC.
Reel/Frame 037248/0390 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2013
From: RAAB, R. MICHAEL; ZHANG, DONGCHENG; BOUGRI, OLEG
To: AGRIVIDA, INC.
Reel/Frame 030914/0882 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 7, 2013
From: AGRIVIDA INC.
To: TRIPLEPOINT CAPITAL LLC
Reel/Frame 030370/0134 →
Continuity (14)
Continuation In Part 12590444 · Nov 6, 2009
Continuation In Part 13004713 · Jan 11, 2011
Continuation In Part PCTUS2010055746 · Nov 5, 2010
Continuation In Part 12590444
Continuation In Part 13414627
Continuation In Part PCTUS2010055669 · Nov 5, 2010
Continuation In Part 12590444
Continuation In Part 13414627
Continuation In Part PCTUS2010055751 · Nov 5, 2010
Continuation In Part 12590444
Provisional Application 61449769 · Mar 7, 2011
Provisional Application 61280635 · Nov 6, 2009
Provisional Application 61398589 · Jun 28, 2010
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