IP Library Granted Patent US 12,668,824
Granted Patent B2
US 12,668,824 · App. 18/024,942 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Engineered transaminase biocatalysts and methods for synthesizing chiral amines

Inventors: Santhosh Sivaramakrishnan (Redwood City, CA); Ericka Bermudez (Aptos, CA); Nandhitha Subramanian (Cambridge, GB); David Entwistle (San Carlos, CA); Stephanie Marie Forget (Redwood City, CA)
Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
C12P17/182C12N9/1096C12Y206/01018
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Patent No.
US 12,668,824
App. No.
18/024,942
Filed
Mar 6, 2023
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1652
USPC
435/121
Abstract

The present disclosure provides engineered transaminase polypeptides for the production of amines, polynucleotides encoding the engineered transaminases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered transaminases, and methods of using the engineered transaminases to prepare compounds useful in the production of active pharmaceutical agents.

Claims (33)

1 . An engineered transaminase comprising a polypeptide sequence having at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6, or a functional fragment thereof, wherein said engineered transaminase comprises a 130Y substitution in said polypeptide sequence, and wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 6, and wherein the engineered transaminase has an increased activity as compared to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 4 in converting 1-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-6-ylethanone (compound (2)) to (1S)-1-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-6-ylethanamine (compound (3)).

2 . The engineered transaminase of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide sequence has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6, wherein said engineered transaminase further comprises at least one substitution or substitution set in said polypeptide sequence at one or more positions selected from 13, 13/41/57/88/130/415/417, 13/41/57/89/97/417, 13/41/57/97/415/417, 13/41/57/97/415/417/443, 13/41/57/97/443, 13/41/57/417, 13/41/57/417, 13/41/88, 13/41/88/89, 13/41/88/89/97/415/443, 13/41/88/89/417, 13/41/88/97, 13/41/88/415/443, 13/41/88/443, 13/41/89/148/443, 13/41/89/417, 13/41/89/443, 13/41/97/417, 13/41/97/415, 13/41/97/415/417, 13/41/97/417, 13/41/97/417/443, 13/41/130/415/443, 13/41/415, 13/41/415/417, 13/41/415/443, 13/41/417, 13/41/417/443, 13/57/88/89/415/443, 13/57/88/97, 13/57/88/97/415/443, 13/57/88/415, 13/57/88/130/417/443, 13/57/88/415, 13/57/97/415/417/443, 13/57/97/417, 13/88/89/415/417, 13/88/89/415/417/443, 13/88/443, 13/88/415, 13/89/97/415/417, 13/89/97/417, 13/89/417, 13/97/148/415, 13/97/415, 13/97/415/417, 13/97/417, 13/415, 13/415/417, 13/417, 13/417/443, 13/415, 13/415/417, 13/415/417/443, 13/415/443, 13/417, 13/417/443, 13/443, 23/53/162/233/277/315/415/418/432, 23/53/315/417/418, 23/277/315/395/415/417/432, 23/277/395/417/418, 23/395/418, 23/418, 41, 41/57/88, 41/57/88/415/443, 41/57/148/415/417, 41/57/443, 41/57/415/417, 41/88/89/97/415, 41/88/89/415/417, 41/88/97/417, 41/88/415/417, 41/88/443, 41/97/148/415/417/443, 41/97/417, 41/97/417/443, 41/415, 41/415/417/443, 41/415/443, 41/415/443, 41/417, 41/417/443, 53/162, 53/162/395/417, 53/162/418/432, 53/233, 53/277/395, 53/277/395/417/418, 53/277/415/417, 57/88/97/415/443, 57/88/97/417, 57/88/97/417, 57/97/148/417/443, 57/417, 88, 88/89/417, 88/97/415/417/443, 88/417/443, 88/148/417/443, 88/415, 88/415/417, 88/415/417/443, 88/417, 89/97/415/417, 89/97/417, 89/443, 97, 97/148/415, 97/415, 97/415/417, 97/417, 415, 417, 443, 162/233/415/417, 162/395/415/417, 162/418, 233/315/415/417, 233/315/417, 277/395/415/418/432, 315, 315/415/418/432, 395/418, 415, 415/417, 415/417/418, 415/417/418/432, 415/417/443, 415/443, 417, and 443, and wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO: 6.

3 . The engineered polypeptide of claim 2 in which the residue differences at the residue positions 13, 41/57/415/419, 41/113/415, 53/57, 88, 88/89, 97/415, 148, 227, 260, 302, 355/415/419, 362, 417, and 443 are selected from 13A, 13E, 13G, 13K, 13S, 41V/57Y/415F/419D, 41V/113F/415F, 53M/57W, 88K, 88R, 88R/89L, 88V, 97A/415S, 148E, 148G, 260T, 302N, 355C/415S/419D, 362G, 417A, 417I, 417V, 443E, and 443M.

4 . The engineered polypeptide of claim 1 in which the amino acid sequence further comprises a combination of residue differences as compared to SEQ ID NO: 6 selected from:

T13A;

T13E;

T13G;

T13K;

T13S;

I41V, F57Y, R415F, and Q419D;

I41V, V113F, and R415F;

N53M and F57W;

L88K;

L88R;

L88R and M89L;

L88V;

S97A and R415S;

Q148E;

Q148G;

C260T;

E302N;

R355C, R415S, and Q419D;

H362G;

L417A;

L417I;

L417V;

K443E; and

K443M.

5 . The engineered polypeptide of claim 1 in which the transaminase has at least 1.2 fold increased activity as compared to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 4 in converting 1-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-6-ylethanone (compound (2)) to (1S)-1-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-6-ylethanamine (compound (3)).

6 . The engineered polypeptide of claim 1 in which further the transaminase has increased enantioselectivity as compared to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 4 in converting 1-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-6-ylethanone (compound (2)) to (1S)-1-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-6-ylethanamine (compound (3)).

7 . The engineered polypeptide of claim 1 in which the amino acid sequence comprises a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 64, 66, 68, 76, 84, 88, 94, 110, 112, 118, 120, 124, 126, 128, 132, 138, 144, 150, 170, 182, 202, 206, 224, 226, 240, 246, 274, 276, 282, 294, 296, 302, 310, 312, 332, 336, and 338.

8 . The engineered polypeptide of claim 1 in which the polypeptide is immobilized on a solid support.

9 . The engineered polypeptide of claim 8 in which the solid support is a bead or resin comprising polymethacrylate with epoxide functional groups, polymethacrylate with amino epoxide functional groups, styrene/DVB copolymer or polymethacrylate with octadecyl functional groups.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2024
From: CODEXIS, INC.
To: INNOVATUS LIFE SCIENCES LENDING FUND I, LP, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2024
From: SIVARAMAKRISHNAN, SANTHOSH; BERMUDEZ, ERICKA; SUBRAMANIAN, NANDHITHA; ENTWISTLE, DAVID; FORGET, STEPHANIE
To: CODEXIS, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2024
From: SIVARAMAKRISHNAN, SANTHOSH; BERMUDEZ, ERICKA; ENTWISTLE, DAVID; FORGET, STEPHANIE MARIE; SUBRAMANIAN, NANDHITHA
To: CODEXIS, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63084166 · Sep 28, 2020
Related Publication 20240026401A1 · Jan 25, 2024
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