US 12,275,760 B2
Amino acid-specific binder and selectively identifying an amino acid
Jennifer A. Tullman, Germantown, MD (US); Zvi Kelman, Gaithersburg, MD (US); and John P. Marino, Silver Spring, MD (US)
Assigned to GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, Gaithersburg, MD (US)
Filed by Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, Gaithersburg, MD (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/837,082.
Application 16/986,334 is a division of application No. 16/395,407, filed on Apr. 26, 2019, granted, now 10,836,798, issued on Nov. 17, 2020.
Application 17/837,082 is a continuation of application No. 16/986,334, filed on Aug. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,390,653.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/757,271, filed on Nov. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0315628 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C07K 14/195 (2006.01); C07K 1/13 (2006.01); G01N 33/58 (2006.01)
CPC C07K 14/195 (2013.01) [C07K 1/13 (2013.01); G01N 33/582 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
 
1. A binder complex for selectively identifying an amino acid, the binder complex comprising:
an amino acid-specific binder; and
an adjunct attached to the amino acid-specific binder,
wherein the amino acid-specific binder binds selectively to a binding amino acid, and
the amino acid-specific binder comprises an amino acid sequence that comprises:
(Sequence ID No. 10)
NLEKIKKLRNVIKEIKKDNIKEADEHEKKEREKETSAWKVILYNDDIHK
 
FSYVTDVIVKVVGQISKAKAHTITVEAHSTGQALILSTWKSKAEKYCQE
 
LQQNGLTVSIIHESQLKDKQKK.