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Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 04, 2009
Applicants:

Luis G. Cascao-pereira, Redwood City, CA (US);

Regina Chin, Palo Alto, CA (US);

William A. Cuevas, San Francisco, CA (US);

David A. Estell, San Francisco, CA (US);

Sang-kyu Lee, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Michael J. Pepsin, Castro Valley, CA (US);

Scott D. Power, San Bruno, CA (US);

Sandra W. Ramer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Carol A. Requadt, Tiburon, CA (US);

Andrew Shaw, San Francisco, CA (US);

Amr R. Toppozada, San Francisco, CA (US);

Louise Wallace, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Luis G. Cascao-Pereira, Redwood City, CA (US);

Regina Chin, Palo Alto, CA (US);

William A. Cuevas, San Francisco, CA (US);

David A. Estell, San Francisco, CA (US);

Sang-Kyu Lee, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Michael J. Pepsin, Castro Valley, CA (US);

Scott D. Power, San Bruno, CA (US);

Sandra W. Ramer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Carol A. Requadt, Tiburon, CA (US);

Andrew Shaw, San Francisco, CA (US);

Amr R. Toppozada, San Francisco, CA (US);

Louise Wallace, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

DANISCO US INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/28 (2006.01); C12P 19/14 (2006.01); C12P 7/06 (2006.01); C08B 37/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12P 19/02 (2006.01); C11D 3/22 (2006.01); D06L 1/14 (2006.01); C11D 3/386 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 19/02 (2013.01); C11D 3/221 (2013.01); C12N 9/2417 (2013.01); D06L 1/14 (2013.01); Y02E 50/17 (2013.01); C11D 3/386 (2013.01);
Abstract

An α-amylase from(AmyE) produces significant amounts of glucose from various carbohydrate substrates, including vegetable starch, maltoheptaose, and maltotriose. Among other things, this advantageous property allows AmyE or variants thereof to be used in a saccharification reaction having a reduced or eliminated requirement for glucoamylase. The reduction or elimination of the glucoamylase requirement significantly improves the efficiency of the production of ethanol or high fructose corn syrup, for example.


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