Süd-Chemie IP Gmbh & Co Kg

Clariant Produkte Gmbh

Andreas Kohl

Andre Koltermann

Ulrich Kettling

Isabel Unterstrasser

Markus Rarbach

Christoph Reisinger

Thomas Brück

Jochen Gerlach

Gudmundur Oli Hreggvidsson

Zdravko Dragovic

Olafur H Fridjonsson

Dominik Schlosser

Jan Carsten Pieck

Jörg Claren

Lutz Röcher

Olafur Hedinn Fridjonsson

André Koltermann

Lutz RÖCHER

Isabel Unterstraßer

The invention discloses cellulase enzymes with optimized properties for processing of cellulose- and lignocellulose-containing substrates. In particular, cellobiohydrolase enzymes with preferred characteristics are disclosed. The present invention provides fusion, insertion, deletion and/or substitution variants of such enzymes. Enzyme variants have enhanced thermostability, proteolytic stability, specific activity and/or stability at extreme pH. Nucleic acid molecules encoding said enzymes, a composition comprising said enzymes, a method for preparation, and the use for cellulose processing and/or for the production of biofuels are disclosed.

Optimized cellulase enzymes

The invention is directed to a liquefied sugar beet and/or sugar cane biomass material as well as production methods and uses thereof. The liquefied biomass is storage stable and can be used for the production of a product resulting from fermentation.

Liquefied biomass

The present invention relates to polypeptides having xylanase activity and nucleic acid sequences encoding such polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. One specific application of the xylanase is the selective hydrolysis of pentose sugar components of hemicellulose-containing plant biomass. The nucleotide sequence may be used for the production of the xylanase or optimized mutants thereof.

Thermostable xylanase for the selective hydrolysis of pentose-containing polysaccharides

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Munich, Germany

Andreas Kohl