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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Birgit Michelsen, Frederiksberg, DK;
Ronald Peter De Vries, Wageningen, NL;
Jacob Visser, Wageningen, NL;
Jo slashedrn So slashed.e, Mundelstrup, DK;
Charlotte Horsmans Poulsen, Braband, DK;
Masoud R Zargahi, Aarhus, DK;
Assignee:
Danisco A/S, Copenhagen, DK;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435196 ; 435187 ; 435189 ; 435195 ; 435197 ;
Abstract
An enzyme system is described that is useful for preparing food and feed. One enzyme of that system is obtainable from Aspergillus. That enzyme has the following characteristics: a MW of from 29 kDa to 36 kDa as measured on a SDS-Phastgel (10-15%) or about 30 kDa; a pI value of about 3-4; ferulic acid esterase activity; a pH optimum of about 5; and a temperature optimum of from about 50 to about 60.degree. C.