Abstract:
The present invention relates to a cellulose-degrading enzyme composition comprising one or more cellobiohydrolase and/or endoglucanase enzyme, and an effective amount of an isolated GH16 polypeptide, where the presence of the isolated GH16 polypeptide in the enzyme composition increases the rate or extent of degradation of a cellulosic substrate compared to an equivalent dosage of a corresponding cellulose-degrading enzyme composition lacking the at least one isolated GH16 polypeptide. The present invention also relates to a method for producing fermentable sugars from a cellulosic substrate using the above cellulose- degrading enzyme composition and to genetically modified microbes for produced the above cellulose-degrading enzyme composition.
Abstract:
The invention relates to methods for the enzymatic hydrolysis of materials. More specifically, the invention relates to a method for hydrolysing a polysaccharide, the method comprising the steps of: (i) contacting the polysaccharide with mesophilic and thermophilic hydrolytic enzymes to produce a reaction mixture, (ii) incubating the reaction mixture at a temperature suitable for activity of the mesophilic hydrolytic enzymes, and (iii) incubating the reaction mixture at a temperature suitable for activity of the thermophilic hydrolytic enzymes, wherein the polysaccharide is hydrolysed by said mesophilic and thermophilic hydrolytic enzymes to produce two or more polysaccharide fragments. The invention further relates to sugar fragments produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis methods.
Abstract:
Improved systems and methods for reducing costs and increasing yields of cellulosic ethanol including compositions of matter comprising plant biomass and cell wall-modifying enzyme polypeptides and transgenic plants expression cell wall- modifying enzyme polypeptides.
Abstract:
This invention relates to novel enzymes and novel methods for producing the same. More specifically this invention relates to a variety of fungal enzymes. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such enzymes, compositions, recombinant and genetically modified host cells, and methods of use are described. The invention also relates to a method to convert lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars with enzymes that degrade the lignocellulosic material and novel combinations of enzymes, including those that provide a synergistic release of sugars from plant biomass. The invention also relates to a method to release cellular content by degradation of cell walls. The invention also relates to methods to use the novel enzymes and compositions of such enzymes in a variety of other processes, including washing of clothing, detergent processes, biorefming, deinking and biobleaching of paper and pulp, and treatment of waste streams.
Abstract:
This invention relates to novel enzymes and novel methods for producing the same. More specifically this invention relates to a variety of fungal enzymes. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such enzymes, compositions, recombinant and genetically modified host cells, and methods of use are described. The invention also relates to a method to convert lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars with enzymes that degrade the lignocellulosic material and novel combinations of enzymes, including those that provide a synergistic release of sugars from plant biomass. The invention also relates to a method to release cellular content by degradation of cell walls. The invention also relates to methods to use the novel enzymes and compositions of such enzymes in a variety of other processes, including washing of clothing, detergent processes, biorefming, deinking and biobleaching of paper and pulp, and treatment of waste streams.
Abstract:
Microfibrillated cellulose, derived from vegetables or wood, can be used to provide a liquid composition which is compatible with a broad range of ingredients suitable for consumer applications, including enzymes, while still providing good structuring of the liquid composition, without affecting ease of pour.
Abstract:
Improved systems and methods for reducing costs and increasing yields of cellulosic ethanol including compositions of matter comprising plant biomass and cell wall-modifying enzyme polypeptides and transgenic plants expression cell wall- modifying enzyme polypeptides.
Abstract:
The invention relates to methods for the enzymatic hydrolysis of materials. More specifically, the invention relates to a method for hydrolysing a polysaccharide, the method comprising the steps of: (i) contacting the polysaccharide with mesophilic and thermophilic hydrolytic enzymes to produce a reaction mixture, (ii) incubating the reaction mixture at a temperature suitable for activity of the mesophilic hydrolytic enzymes, and (iii) incubating the reaction mixture at a temperature suitable for activity of the thermophilic hydrolytic enzymes, wherein the polysaccharide is hydrolysed by said mesophilic and thermophilic hydrolytic enzymes to produce two or more polysaccharide fragments. The invention further relates to sugar fragments produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis methods.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to variants of a parent xyloglucanase.The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variant xyloglucanasesand to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotide.