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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
Applicant:
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Inventor:
Henry Daniell, Winter Park, FL (US);
Assignee:
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/24 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12P 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/2402 (2013.01); C12N 9/2494 (2013.01); C12N 15/8214 (2013.01); C12N 15/8242 (2013.01); C12N 15/8257 (2013.01); C12P 7/12 (2013.01); C12Y 302/01078 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are materials useful for degrading plant biomass material. In exemplary embodiments, the plant material comprises one or more enzymes that are expressed in plants and/or bacteria. Specifically exemplified herein are plant degrading enzymes expressed in chloroplasts. The chloroplast expressed enzymes may be provided as cocktails for use in conjunction with conventional methods of converting biomass into biofuels, such as cellulosic ethanol. In other exemplary embodiments, methods and materials are disclosed for degrading mannans.