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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
May. 09, 2011
David Lam, San Diego, CA (US);
David Weiner, Del Mar, CA (US);
Timothy Hitchman, San Diego, CA (US);
Nelson Barton, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark Burk, San Diego, CA (US);
David Lam, San Diego, CA (US);
David Weiner, Del Mar, CA (US);
Timothy Hitchman, San Diego, CA (US);
Nelson Barton, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark Burk, San Diego, CA (US);
DSM IP Assets B.V., Heerlen, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides the invention provides compositions and methods for the enzymatic treatment ('bleaching' or 'de-colorizing') of chlorophyll-comprising compositions, e.g., algae preparations, chlorophyll-containing or chlorophyll-contaminated feeds, foods or oils, for example, vegetable oils, including oils processed from oilseeds, such as canola (rapeseed) oil or soybean oil, or oil fruits, such as palm oil. In one aspect, the invention provides methods using a chlorophyllase enzyme for the enzymatic hydrolysis of chlorophyll in an algae, an animal (e.g., a fish) or plant preparation, a food or an oil. In one aspect, the chlorophyllase is immobilized onto a silica. The invention also provides compositions of manufacture and detergents.