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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2014
Danisco Us Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jing Ge, Shanghai, CN;
Ling Hua, Shanghai, CN;
Martijn Silvan Scheffers, Leiden, NL;
Zhongmei Tang, Shanghai, CN;
Marco Van Brussel-Zwijnen, Zoetermeer, NL;
Casper Vroemen, Oegstgeest, NL;
Bo Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Kathleen A. Clarkson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jacquelyn A. Huitink, Burlingame, CA (US);
Paula Johanna Maria Teunissen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Danisco US Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A fungal α-amylase is provided from(AcAmy1). AcAmy1 has an optimal pH of 4.5 and is operable at 30-75° C., allowing the enzyme to be used in combination with a glucoamylase in a saccharification reaction. This obviates the necessity of running a saccharification reaction as a batch process, where the pH and temperature must be readjusted for optimal use of the α-amylase or glucoamylase. AcAmy1 also catalyzes the saccharification of starch substrates to an oligosaccharide composition significantly enriched in DP2 and (DP1+DP2) compared to the products of saccharification catalyzed by an α-amylase from. This facilitates the utilization of the oligosaccharide composition by a fermenting organism in a simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process, for example.