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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2009
Paul Wassell, Århus, DK;
Jørn Borch Søe, Tilst, DK;
Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelsen, Hvidovre, DK;
Anna Cecilie Jentoft Kristensen, Århus, DK;
Paul Wassell, Århus, DK;
Jørn Borch Søe, Tilst, DK;
Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelsen, Hvidovre, DK;
Anna Cecilie Jentoft Kristensen, Århus, DK;
DuPont Nutrition Biosciences ApS, Copenhagen, DK;
Abstract
The present application provides a method of reducing and/or removing diglyceride from an edible oil, comprising admixing an edible oil with an acyl acceptor substrate and a diglyceride:glycerol acyltransferase, wherein the diglyceride:glycerol acyltransferase is characterized as an enzyme which in an edible oil is capable of transferring an acyl group from a diglyceride to glycerol. The diglyceride:glycerol acyltransferase can comprise the amino acid sequence motif GDSX. The present invention also relates to the use of a diglyceride:glycerol acyltransferase in the manufacture of an edible oil, for reducing and/or removing diglyceride from said edible oil and to the use of said enzyme in the manufacture of a foodstuff comprising an edible oil for improving the crystallization properties of said foodstuff.