Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to hydrolysis of hexose-δ-lactones by use of an S. thermophile extracellular aldonolactonase. In particular the present disclosure relates to compositions including a S. thermophile extracellular aldonolactonase and methods of use thereof.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a bio-fuel, wood or other product, such as a paper, textile or yarn product. The product can contain material from a transgenic plant over-expressing a nucleic acid molecule encoding an enzyme that causes the plant cell wall to be more water soluble than the wild type.
Abstract:
Process for manufacturing cheeses and other dairy products, and the resulting products, in which lactobionic acid is added, or generated in situ , in combination with a dairy component in the course of the process. The lactobionic acid can be used as the sole acidulent for direct acidification of the cheese, or in conjunction with reduced amounts of lactic acid culture. When the lactobionic acid is generated in situ during cheese manufacture according to the invention, a lactose oxidase is used in one embodiment to convert lactose intrinsically present in the dairy liquid ingredient(s) into lactobionic acid. The organoleptic attributes of the cheeses made using lactobionic acid as an ingredient are satisfactory and fully suitable. The process can be applied to the production of a wide variety of cheeses, including, for example, cream cheeses, hard cheeses such as cheddar, UF cheeses, process cheeses, cheddar cheeses, and so forth.
Abstract:
The present disclosure is generally directed to enzymes and in particular cellobiose dehydrogenase variants. Cellobiose dehydrogenase variants having reduced or eliminated cellobiose conversion activity are provided. Variants may be employed in compositions or methods for the conversion of cellulosic materials to soluble sugars.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a modified cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH) or its functional flavodehydrogenase domain having glucose oxidation activity and a reduced maltose oxidation activity as compared to the unmodified CDH or its functional flavodehydrogenase domain, nucleic acids encoding said enzyme or domain, electrodes with said enzyme or domain and methods of producing and using the same.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to hydrolysis of hexose-d-lactones by use of an S. thermophile extracellular aldonolactonase. In particular the present disclosure relates to compositions including a S. thermophile extracellular aldonolactonase and methods of use thereof.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a composition comprising: (a) an X143 polypeptide having retrograded starch degrading activity and (b) a sulfur-containing compound, and/or a heterocyclic compound (reducing agent), wherein the combination of the X143 polypeptide having retrograded starch degrading activity and a sulfur-containing compound and/or a heterocyclic compound (reducing agent), and/or a cellobiose dehydrogenase, enhances degradation of retrograded starch material by the X143 polypeptide. The present invention further relates to a method for degrading or converting a retrograded starch material, comprising: treating the retrograded starch material with an enzyme composition in the presence of an X143 polypeptide having retrograded starch degrading activity and a sulfur-containing compound and/or a heterocyclic compound (reducing agent), and/or a cellobiose dehydrogenase, wherein the combination of the polypeptide having retrograded starch degrading activity and the sulfur-containing compound and/or the heterocyclic compound (reducing agent), and/or the cellobiose dehydrogenase enhances degradation of the retrograded starch material by the enzyme composition.
Abstract:
The present invention provides improved fungal strains. In some embodiments, the improved fungal strains find use in hydrolyzing cellulosic material to glucose. The present invention also provides a fungal cell that has been genetically modified to reduce the amount of endogenous cellobiose dehydrogenase activity that is secreted by the cell, wherein the fungal cell is from the family Chaetomiaceae, wherein said cell comprises a deletion in the cellobiose dehydrogenase 1 ( cdhl ) gene.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods for degrading or converting a cellulosic material, methods for producing a fermentation product, and methods of fermenting a cellulosic material with an enzyme composition comprising one or more (several) cellulolytic enzymes, a cellobiose dehydrogenase, and a polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity.