IP Library Granted Patent US 7,232,684
Granted Patent B2
US 7,232,684 · App. 11/124,215 · Granted Jun 19, 2007

DNA encoding hyaluronan synthase from

Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
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Patent No.
US 7,232,684
App. No.
11/124,215
Granted
Jun 19, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a nucleic acid segment having a coding region segment encoding enzymatically active Pasteurella multocida hyaluronate synthase (PmHAS), and to the use of this nucleic acid segment in the preparation of recombinant cells which produce hyaluronate synthase and its hyaluronic acid product.

Claims (22)

1. A purified and isolated nucleic acid sequence encoding enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase wherein the enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase is a single protein that polymerizes UDP-GIcA and UDP-GIcNAc to form hyaluronic acid, the nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of:

(a) the nucleic acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:2; and

(b) a nucleic acid sequence encoding an enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase, wherein a complement of the nucleic acid sequence is capable of hybridizing to the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 under standard hybridization conditions comprising 1.2-1.8×HPB at 40-50° C.

2. A procaryotic or eucaryotic host cell transformed or transfected with a nucleic acid segment according to claim 1 in a manner allowing the host cell to express hyaluronic acid.

3. An isolated and purified nucleic acid segment encoding enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase from Pasteurella , wherein the enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase is a single protein that polymerizes UDP-GIcA and UDP-GIcNAc to form hyaluronic acid, wherein a complement of the nucleic acid sequence is capable of hybridizing to the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 under standard hybridization conditions comprising 1.2-1.8×HPB at 40-50° C.

4. A cDNA sequence according to claim 3 .

5. A procaryotic or eucaryotic host cell transformed or transfected with a nucleic acid segment according to claim 3 in a manner allowing the host cell to express hyaluronic acid.

6. An isolated and purified nucleic acid segment encoding enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase from Pasteurella , wherein the enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase is a single protein that polymerizes UDP-GIcA and UDP-GIcNAc to form hyaluronic acid, wherein the nucleic acid segment is as set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.

7. A cDNA sequence according to claim 6 .

8. A procaryotic or eucaryotic host cell transformed or transfected with a nucleic acid segment according to claim 6 in a manner allowing the host cell to express hyaluronic acid.

9. An isolated and purified nucleic acid segment encoding enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase from Pasteurella , wherein the enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase is a single protein that polymerizes UDP-GIcA and UDP-GIcNAc to form hyaluronic acid, and wherein the nucleic acid segment is at least 85% identical to SEQ ID NO:2.

10. A cDNA sequence according to claim 9 .

11. A procaryotic or eucaryotic host cell transformed or transfected with a nucleic acid segment according to claim 9 in a manner allowing the host cell to express hyaluronic acid.

12. An isolated and purified nucleic acid segment encoding enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase from Pasteurella , wherein the enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase is a single protein that polymerizes UDP-GIcA and UDP-GIcNAc to form hyaluronic acid, wherein the hyaluronan synthase has SEQ ID NO:18 and at least two DSD motifs therein, and wherein a complement of the nucleic acid sequence is capable of hybridizing to the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 under standard hybridization conditions comprising 1.2-1.8×HPB at 40-50° C.

13. A cDNA sequence according to claim 12 .

14. A procaryotic or eucaryotic host cell transformed or transfected with a nucleic acid segment according to claim 12 in a manner allowing the host cell to express hyaluronic acid.

15. An isolated and purified nucleic acid segment encoding enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase from Pasteurella , wherein the enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase is a single protein that polymerizes UDP-GIcA and UDP-GIcNAc to form hyaluronic acid, and wherein the hyaluronate synthase encoded by the nucleic acid segment is at least 89% identical to SEQ ID NO:1.

16. A cDNA sequence according to claim 15 .

17. A procaryotic or eucaryotic host cell transformed or transfected with a nucleic acid segment according to claim 15 in a manner allowing the host cell to express hyaluronic acid.

18. An isolated and purified nucleic acid segment encoding enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase, wherein the enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase is a single protein that polymerizes UDP-GIcA and UDP-GIcNAc to form hyaluronic acid, wherein the nucleic acid segment is as set forth in SEQ ID NO:17.

19. A cDNA sequence according to claim 18 .

20. A procaryotic or eucaryotic host cell transformed or transfected with a nucleic acid segment according to claim 18 in a manner allowing the host cell to express hyaluronic acid.

Assignments (1)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded May 17, 2010
From: UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
To: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
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Continuity (5)
Continuation 1021761300 · Aug 12, 2002
Continuation 0928340200 · Apr 1, 1999
Continuation In Part 0917885100 · Oct 26, 1998
Provisional Application 6008041400 · Apr 2, 1998
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