Patent 10421953 was granted and assigned to Greenlight Biosciences, Inc. on September, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Various aspects and embodiments herein relate to recombinant proteins with at least one protease recognition sequence, wherein the recombinant proteins can be inactivated by a cognate protease and methods of preparing such proteins. In some embodiments, recombinant phosphoglucose isomerase (Pgi) proteins are provided. In other embodiments, recombinant phosphotransacetylase (Pta) proteins are provided. In yet other embodiments, recombinant transketolase A (TktA) proteins are provided.