Engineered imine reductases and methods for the reductive amination of ketone and amine compounds

US2022213518A1 · US · A1

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Publication numberUS-2022213518-A1
Application numberUS-202017600345-A
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Filing dateApr 23, 2020
Priority dateMay 1, 2019
Publication dateJul 7, 2022
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The present application provides engineered polypeptides having imine reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered polypeptides, host cells capable of expressing the engineered polypeptides, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone and amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds.

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1 . An engineered polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity to a reference sequence of SEQ ID NOs:4, 16, 50, 306, 648 and/or 708, or a functional fragment thereof, wherein said engineered polypeptide comprises at least one substitution or substitution set in said polypeptide sequence, and wherein the amino acid positions of said polypeptide sequence are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO:4, 16, 50, 306, 648 and/or 708. 2 . The engineered polypeptide of claim 1 , wherein said polypeptide comprises a polypeptide sequence that is at least 80%, 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% identical to the sequence of at least one engineered polypeptide set forth in Table 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1 and/or 10.1 3 . The engineered polypeptide of claim 1 , comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity to a reference sequence of SEQ ID NO:4, comprising at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions selected from 222, 145, 146, 153, 160, 223, 226, and 261, wherein said positions are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO:4. 4 . The engineered polypeptide of claim 1 , comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity to a reference sequence of SEQ ID NO:16, comprising at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions selected from 29/94/184/223/232/288/293, 29/94/184/232/287/288/293/311, 29/94/184/232/287/288/311, 29/94/184/232/287/293/332, 29/94/184/232/288/293/311/324/353, 29/94/184/232/288/311/324/332, 29/94/184/232/293, 29/94/184/232/311, 29/94/184/287/293, 29/94/184/287/293/311/353, 29/94/184/287/311, 29/94/184/288/293/324, 29/94/184/288/293/332/353, 29/94/184/288/298/332, 29/94/184/288/353, 29/94/184/293/311, 29/94/184/324, 29/94/223/232/287, 29/94/223/232/293/311/324, 29/94/223/288/293, 29/94/232/287/288/311, 29/94/232/288/293, 29/94/287/288/293, 29/94/287/288/293/353, 29/94/287/311, 29/94/293/311/324, 29/94/293/332/353, 29/94/311, 29/94/324/353, 29/184, 29/184/223/288/293/324, 29/184/232/288, 29/184/287, 29/184/287/288/293, 29/184/287/288/293/311, 29/184/287/311/332, 29/184/288/293, 29/184/288/293/311, 29/184/293, 29/184/293/311, 29/184/293/324, 29/184/353, 29/223/287/288/293/353, 29/232/287/288/293/332/353, 29/287/288/293, 29/287/288/293/324/353, 29/288/293, 29/311, 29/311/332, 29/353, 72/94/184/288/311, 86, 94/96/223/287/288/293/311/324/332, 94/99/184/293/311/332/353, 94/184/223, 94/184/223/232/287/311, 94/184/223/288/293, 94/184/223/293, 94/184/232/287/288, 94/184/232/287/288/324/332, 94/184/232/287/293, 94/184/232/287/293/332, 94/184/287/288/293, 94/184/287/288/311, 94/184/287/293/311/324/353, 94/184/287/311, 94/184/287/353, 94/184/288/293, 94/184/288/293/311, 94/184/288/293/311/332, 94/184/293, 94/184/293/311, 94/184/293/332/353, 94/223/232/311/353/355/356/357/358/359, 94/223/287/288/293, 94/223/288/293/311, 94/232/287/288/293/353, 94/232/288/293/353, 94/232/293, 94/232/293/324/332, 94/232/311, 94/287/288/293, 94/287/288/311/324, 94/288/293, 94/288/293/324, 94/293/324, 94/311/324, 153, 184/223, 184/223/287/288/353, 184/232/287/288/293/311, 184/232/287/288/324/353, 184/232/287/293/332, 184/287/288, 184/287/288/293, 184/287/288/293/324/353, 184/287/293, 184/287/293/311, 184/288/293/311/324, 184/332/353, 205, 223/232/287/288/332/353, 223/287/288, 223/287/288/293/311, 223/287/311/353, 223/288/293, 232/287/288/293, 232/287/288/293/311, 232/287/288/293/321, 232/287/311, 232/288/293, 232/288/293/332, 234/287/288/293/311, 287/288/293, 287/288/311/324, 287/293, 287/311, 287/311/332, 287/324, 288/293, 288/293/311/324/353, 288/293/324, 293/311, and 311/332, wherein said positions are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO:16. 5 . The engineered polypeptide of claim 1 , comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity to a reference sequence of SEQ ID NO:50, comprising at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions selected from 29/57/94/153/184/205/261/265/287, 29/57/94/153/205/265, 29/57/94/184/205/277/353, 29/57/94/205/259/261/265, 29/57/94/205/261/353, 29/57/153/184/205/259/261/265/277, 29/57/153/184/205/353, 29/57/153/205/261/265, 29/57/153/205/261/265/277, 29/57/153/205/265/277, 29/57/153/205/277/353, 29/57/184/205/259/261/265/277/287/357, 29/57/184/205/259/261/265/287, 29/57/205/259/261/265, 29/57/205/259/261/265/287, 29/57/205/261/265/353, 29/94/153/184/205, 29/94/153/205/259/261/265, 29/94/153/205/259/261/287, 29/94/153/205/259/261/287/353, 29/94/184/205/259/261, 29/94/184/205/261, 29/94/205, 29/94/205/259/261/287, 29/94/205/261, 29/94/261/265/287/353, 29/153/184/205, 29/153/205, 29/153/205/259/261/265/277/287, 29/153/261/265/287/353, 29/184/205, 29/184/205/259/261/277, 29/184/205/353, 29/184/261/265, 29/184/265, 29/205, 29/205/259/261, 29/205/259/261/265/287, 29/205/259/261/287, 29/205/261, 29/205/261/265, 29/205/261/265/353, 29/205/261/353, 29/205/277, 29/205/287, 29/205/287/353, 29/259/261/265, 29/261/353, 57/94/153/184/205/259/261, 57/94/153/205/261/265, 57/94/153/259/261/265, 57/94/153/261/265, 57/94/184/205/261/265/287, 57/94/184/261/265/287, 57/94/205/259, 57/94/205/259/261/265/277/287, 57/94/205/261/265, 57/94/205/277, 57/153/205/259/261/265/287, 57/153/205/259/265/277, 57/153/205/261, 57/153/205/261/265, 57/153/205/265, 57/153/261/265, 57/153/261/265/287/353, 57/205, 57/205/259/261, 57/205/259/261/265/277/287/353, 57/205/259/261/287/353, 57/205/259/265, 57/205/261, 57/205/261/265/277/287/353, 57/205/261/277, 57/205/261/277/353, 57/261/265/353, 94/126/184/205/259/261/265, 94/153/184/205, 94/153/184/259/261/265, 94/153/205/259/261/265/353, 94/153/205/287, 94/153/205/287/353, 94/153/205/353, 94/184/205/259/261, 94/184/205/259/261/265/287, 94/184/205/259/261/353, 94/184/205/261/265/287/353, 94/184/353, 94/205, 94/205/259/261/265, 94/205/259/261/265/277/287, 94/205/259/261/265/353, 94/205/259/261/287/353, 94/205/261/265/277, 94/205/261/265/353, 94/205/261/353, 94/205/277, 94/259/261/265, 153/184/205/261/277/287, 153/184/261/265/287, 153/205, 153/205/261, 153/205/261/265/287, 153/259/261/265, 153/259/265/287, 153/261/265, 153/261/265/287/353, 153/265, 153/265/277/287/353, 184/205, 184/205/259/261/287, 184/205/261, 184/205/261/265, 184/205/261/287, 184/205/277, 184/205/287/353, 184/261/265/287, 202, 205, 205/259/261, 205/259/261/265, 205/259/261/265/277/287/353, 205/259/261/277/287, 205/259/265, 205/261, 205/261/265, 205/261/265/274, 205/261/265/287, 205/261/265/287/353, 205/261/277, 205/261/353, 205/277/287, 205/287, 223, 225, 256, 259/261/265, 261/265/287, 265/287, 283, and 294, wherein said positions are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO:50. 6 . The engineered polypeptide of claim 1 , comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity to a reference sequence of SEQ ID NO:306, comprising at least one substitution or substitution set at one or more positions selected from 197/198/201/259, 198/201/259/280, 202/205/221/223/225/261, 202/205/221/223/261/294, 202/221/222/225/256/261/294, 202/221/223/225/283/294, 205/221/222, 205/221/223/225/256/261/283, 219, 221/222/223/225, 221/223, 221/223/225, 221/223/225/256/261, 221/223/225/261, 221/223/225/294, 221/225, 221/225/256, 221/225/256/261, 221/225/256/261/283/294, 223/225/256/261, 225/256/261, 280, and 280/306, wherein said positions are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO:306. 7 . The engineered polypeptide of claim 1 , comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity to a reference sequence of SEQ ID NO:

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  • C12P13/04Primary

    Alpha- or beta- amino acids {(other amino acids C12P13/005)} · CPC title

  • C12N9/0028Primary

    with NAD or NADP as acceptor (1.5.1) · CPC title

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What does patent US2022213518A1 cover?
The present application provides engineered polypeptides having imine reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered polypeptides, host cells capable of expressing the engineered polypeptides, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone and amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds.
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Codexis Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification C12P13/04. Mapped technology areas include Chemistry & Metallurgy.
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Publication date Thu Jul 07 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (A1). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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