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Title: Engineering RuBisCo for food safety

Abstract

A method of improving a ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCo) to have a higher protein score is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: making a modified RbcL of the RuBisCo, by, on an RbcL unit of the RuBisCo, either substituting Met for Leu, Phe, Val, or Ile or combinations thereof; substituting Lys for Arg, Thr, or His or combinations thereof; or both of these substitutions. The modified RbcL consequently modifies the RuBisCo and is added to a biomass host where it is stable for homologous recombination. Plastid and nucleus integration was observed. Example RbcL sequences are disclosed with the desirable substitutions. The improved RuBisCo can be used as an improved proteinaceous food source for humans and animals.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1986903
Patent Number(s):
11518989
Application Number:
17/038,513
Assignee:
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, NM); ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, AZ)
DOE Contract Number:  
NA0003525
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 09/30/2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Davis, Ryan Wesley, Schoeniger, Joseph S., Varman, Arul M., Faisal, Muhammad, and Sarnaik, Aditya Pandharinath. Engineering RuBisCo for food safety. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
Davis, Ryan Wesley, Schoeniger, Joseph S., Varman, Arul M., Faisal, Muhammad, & Sarnaik, Aditya Pandharinath. Engineering RuBisCo for food safety. United States.
Davis, Ryan Wesley, Schoeniger, Joseph S., Varman, Arul M., Faisal, Muhammad, and Sarnaik, Aditya Pandharinath. Tue . "Engineering RuBisCo for food safety". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1986903.
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abstractNote = {A method of improving a ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCo) to have a higher protein score is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: making a modified RbcL of the RuBisCo, by, on an RbcL unit of the RuBisCo, either substituting Met for Leu, Phe, Val, or Ile or combinations thereof; substituting Lys for Arg, Thr, or His or combinations thereof; or both of these substitutions. The modified RbcL consequently modifies the RuBisCo and is added to a biomass host where it is stable for homologous recombination. Plastid and nucleus integration was observed. Example RbcL sequences are disclosed with the desirable substitutions. The improved RuBisCo can be used as an improved proteinaceous food source for humans and animals.},
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