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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Nutrition & Biosciences Usa 4, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Mark S. Payne, Wilmington, DE (US);
Yefim Brun, Wilmington, DE (US);
Hongxian He, Wilmington, DE (US);
Thomas Scholz, Bear, DE (US);
Assignee:
NUTRITION & BIOSCIENCES USA 4, INC., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 19/18 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C08B 37/00 (2006.01); C12P 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 19/18 (2013.01); C08B 37/0009 (2013.01); C12N 9/1048 (2013.01); C12N 9/1051 (2013.01); C12P 19/04 (2013.01); C12Y 204/01005 (2013.01); C12Y 204/01267 (2013.01); Y02P 20/52 (2015.11);
Abstract
Reaction solutions are disclosed herein comprising water, sucrose and a glucosyltransferase enzyme that synthesizes poly alpha-1,3-glucan. The glucosyltransferase enzyme can synthesize insoluble glucan polymer having at least 50% alpha-1,3 glycosidic linkages and a number average degree of polymerization of at least 100. Further disclosed are methods of using such glucosyltransferase enzymes to produce insoluble poly alpha-1,3-glucan.