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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Frito-lay Trading Company Gmbh, Bern, CH;
Uwe Bornscheuer, Greifswald, DE;
Henrike Brundiek, Lengerich, DE;
Andrew Evitt, London, GB;
Stefan SaB, Greifswald, DE;
Friedericke Bonisch, Freising, DE;
Robert Kourist, Neufahrn, DE;
Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH, Berne, CH;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a newly identified lipase belonging to the Ustilaginaceae family of Basidomycetes and variants thereof. The invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the lipase and the variants thereof. The invention further relates to procedures for producing the lipase, and variants thereof, polypeptides and polynucleotides. The invention further relates to lipase variants with an increased trans-selectivity. The invention further relates to lipase variants with a preference for long chain fatty acid esters or carboxylic acid moieties with a chain length greater than C. The invention further relates to a method of reducing, or eliminating, trans-fatty acids from liquid oil stable enough for frying systems.