Granted Patent
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US 12,252,513 · App. 17/260,693 · Granted Mar 18, 2025
Thermostable phycobiliproteins produced from recombinant arthrospira
Inventors:
James Roberts (Seattle, WA); Ryo Takeuchi (Seattle, WA); Nhi Khuong (Kenmore, WA); Barry L Stoddard (Bellevue, WA); Rolf Kuestner (Seattle, WA)
Assignee:
Lumen Bioscience, Inc.
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Abstract
Provided herein are novel thermostable phycobiliproteins. These proteins may be stabilized by the introduction of disulfide bonds which stabilize the protein. Modified cells expressing these thermostable phycobiliproteins and methods of making them are also provided.
Claims (18)
1. A thermostable phycobiliprotein modified for greater thermostability by the formation of covalent disulfide bonds, wherein the covalent disulfide bonds are formed by replacing one or more alanine, aspartic acid, or serine residues with one or more cysteine residues in the modified phycobiliprotein, wherein the covalent disulfide bonds are between residues that are within: alpha-helices α2 and α7, of an phycocyanin alpha subunit; or an alpha-helix α1 of the phycocyanin alpha subunit and an N-terminal region of a phycocyanin beta subunit upstream of the alpha-helix α1 the helices determined by alignment with a sequence selected from: SEQ ID NO: 35-36 or 41-42 of the phycocyanin alpha subunit or a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 37-40 of the phycocyanin beta subunit.
2. The thermostable phycobiliprotein of claim 1 , wherein the phycobiliprotein is obtained from an organism that can live at temperatures above 55° C.
3. The thermostable phycobiliprotein of claim 2 , wherein the phycobiliprotein is obtained from Thermosynechococcus vulcanus.
4. The thermostable phycobiliprotein of claim 1 , wherein the phycobiliprotein is stabilized by the formation of at least one disulfide bond between phycocyanin alpha and beta subunits.
5. The thermostable phycobiliprotein of claim 1 , wherein the phycobiliprotein is a Thermosynechococcus vulcanus phycocyanin alpha subunit, and wherein the one or more residues at positions 40 or 146 of SEQ ID NO: 41 are replaced by cysteines.
6. The thermostable phycobiliprotein of claim 1 , wherein the phycobiliprotein is a Thermosynechococcus vulcanus phycocyanin alpha subunit where the residues at positions 40 and 146 of SEQ ID NO: 41 are replaced by cysteines.
7. The thermostable phycobiliprotein of claim 1 , wherein the phycobiliprotein exhibits more than a two-fold increase in stability at temperatures from 60° C.-80° C. relative to an unmodified phycobiliprotein.
8. The thermostable phycobiliprotein of claim 1 , wherein the phycobiliprotein is more stable at temperatures from 60° C.-80° C. relative to an unmodified phycobiliprotein.
9. The thermostable phycobiliprotein of claim 1 , wherein residues at positions 40 and/or 146 of SEQ ID NO 35 or SEQ ID NO: 36 are replaced by cysteines.
10. The thermostable phycobiliprotein of claim 9 , wherein the residue at position 40 comprises a A40C modification.
11. The thermostable phycobiliprotein of claim 9 , wherein the residues at positions 40 and 146 comprise A40C and A146C modifications.
12. The thermostable phycobiliprotein of claim 1 , wherein one or more residues at positions 1 to 3 of SEQ ID NO: 37 or SEQ ID NO: 38 are replaced by cysteines.
13. The thermostable phycobiliprotein of claim 12 , wherein the residue at position 3 comprises a D3C modification.
14. The thermostable phycobiliprotein of claim 1 , wherein alpha-helix α2 in the alpha subunit is between residues 21-60 of SEQ ID NOs: 35-36; or between residues 21-62 of SEQ ID NOs: 41-42.
15. The thermostable phycobiliprotein of claim 1 , wherein alpha-helix α7 in the alpha subunit is between residues 144-160 of SEQ ID NOs: 35-36 or 41-42.
16. The thermostable phycobiliprotein of claim 1 , wherein alpha-helix α1 in the alpha subunit is between residues 4-14 of SEQ ID NOs: 35-36.
17. The thermostable phycobiliprotein of claim 1 , wherein the N-terminal region of the phycocyanin beta subunit upstream of the alpha-helix α1 is between residues 1-3 of SEQ ID NOs: 37-38 or 39-40.
18. A composition comprising modified Spirulina cells expressing a thermostable phycobiliprotein of claim 1 .
Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded May 19, 2021
From: ROBERTS, JAMES; TAKEUCHI, RYO; KHUONG, NHI; STODDARD, BARRY L.; KUESTNER, ROLF
To: LUMEN BIOSCIENCE, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application
62698712
· Jul 16, 2018
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