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Tn5 Transposase Showing Enhanced Activity
WARF: P02358US

Inventors: William Reznikoff, Mindy Steiniger-White, Jeremy Metzler

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) is seeking commercial partners interested in developing Tn5 transposase mutants with high transposition rates.
Overview
The low mobility of bacterial transposons, such as Tn5, makes it difficult for researchers to detail the molecular transposition process and to exploit transposition for uses such as the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic resources.
The Invention
UW-Madison researchers have developed Tn5 transposase (Tnp) mutants with higher transposase activities than either the wild-type Tnp or their previously developed hyperactive Tnp mutants. These new mutants are modified at several amino acids so that they have greater affinity for a Tn5 outside end sequence than wild-type Tnp.
Applications
  • May be used to form a synaptic complex in vitro that could be used to make an insertional mutation at a random position in nucleic acid
  • Useful in a variety of other in vitro and in vivo transposition applications
Key Benefits
  • Show higher transposition rate than wild-type transposase or a previously developed hyperactive mutant transposase
For current licensing status, please contact Jennifer Gottwald at [javascript protected email address] or 608-960-9854

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