公开(公告)号：US09752166B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-05

申请号：US14995132

申请日：2016-01-13

Applicant: Richard Allen Kohn

Inventor： Richard Allen Kohn

IPC: C12P7/06 ,  C12P7/64 ,  C12N1/20 ,  C12R1/01 ,  C12P7/40 ,  C12R1/19 ,  C12R1/185 ,  C12R1/22 ,  C12R1/42 ,  C12P7/04 ,  C12P7/16 ,  C12P7/44 ,  C12P7/46 ,  C12P7/48 ,  C12P7/52 ,  C12P7/54

CPC classification number: C12P7/6409 ,  C12N1/20 ,  C12P7/04 ,  C12P7/065 ,  C12P7/16 ,  C12P7/40 ,  C12P7/44 ,  C12P7/46 ,  C12P7/48 ,  C12P7/52 ,  C12P7/54 ,  C12R1/01 ,  C12R1/185 ,  C12R1/19 ,  C12R1/22 ,  C12R1/42 ,  Y02E50/10 ,  Y02E50/17

Abstract: The present invention comprises a process to produce organic products from a single-carbon substrate; microbial compositions used in the process; and a process to isolate microorganisms for the process.

公开(公告)号：US20170240874A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-24

申请号：US15590224

申请日：2017-05-09

Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S

Inventor： Randall Deinhammer ,  Anne Glud Hjulmand ,  Joyce Craig ,  Guillermo Coward-Kelly ,  Tomoko Matsui ,  Shinobu Takagi ,  Suzanne Clark ,  John Matthews

IPC: C12N9/30 ,  C12N9/28 ,  C12N9/34 ,  C12P7/14 ,  C12N9/62

CPC classification number: C12N9/242 ,  C12N9/2417 ,  C12N9/2428 ,  C12N9/58 ,  C12N9/62 ,  C12P7/06 ,  C12P7/14 ,  C12Y302/01001 ,  C12Y302/01003 ,  C12Y302/01041 ,  Y02E50/17

Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein a bacterial alpha-amylase, a raw starch hydrolyzing alpha-amylase and a carbohydrate-source generating enzyme are present and/or added during liquefaction. The invention also relates to compositions suitable for use in processes of the invention.

公开(公告)号：US09732338B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-15

申请号：US14382029

申请日：2013-03-04

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA ,  YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY ,  JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION

Inventor： Noriko Shisa ,  Rinji Akada ,  Hisashi Hoshida ,  Kozue Mutaguchi ,  Takeshi Uemura ,  Kenro Tokuhiro ,  Satoshi Katahira

IPC: C12N15/113 ,  C12N15/81 ,  C12P7/10

CPC classification number: C12N15/113 ,  C12N15/815 ,  C12N2320/50 ,  C12P7/10 ,  Y02E50/16 ,  Y02E50/17

Abstract: The promoter of the present invention causes a desired gene to be highly expressed, especially in thermotolerant yeast. The promoter is located upstream of the PIR1 gene or the CTR1 gene on the Kluyveromyces marxianus chromosome and comprises a region controlling expression of the PIR1 gene or the CTR1 gene.

公开(公告)号：US09732330B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-15

申请号：US15074297

申请日：2016-03-18

Applicant: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC

Inventor： David N. Thompson ,  William A. Apel ,  Vicki S. Thompson ,  Thomas E. Ward

IPC: C12P19/14 ,  C12N15/52 ,  C12P7/06 ,  C12P7/10 ,  C12P7/14 ,  C12P19/02 ,  C12N9/24

CPC classification number: C12N9/2402 ,  C12N15/52 ,  C12P7/065 ,  C12P7/10 ,  C12P7/14 ,  C12P19/02 ,  C12P19/14 ,  C12P2201/00 ,  C12Y302/01139 ,  Y02E50/16 ,  Y02E50/17

Abstract: A genetically modified organism comprising: at least one nucleic acid sequence and/or at least one recombinant nucleic acid isolated from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius and encoding a polypeptide involved in at least partially degrading, cleaving, transporting, metabolizing, or removing polysaccharides, cellulose, lignocellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, starch, sugars, sugar oligomers, carbohydrates, complex carbohydrates, chitin, heteroxylans, glycosides, xylan-, glucan-, galactan-, or mannan-decorating groups; and at least one nucleic acid sequence and/or at least one recombinant nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide involved in fermenting sugar molecules to a product. Additionally, enzymatic and/or proteinaceous extracts may be isolated from one or more genetically modified organisms. The extracts are utilized to convert biomass into a product. Further provided are methods of converting biomass into products comprising: placing the genetically modified organism and/or enzymatic extracts thereof in fluid contact with polysaccharides, cellulose, lignocellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, starch, sugars, sugar oligomers, carbohydrates, complex carbohydrates, chitin, heteroxylans, glycosides, and/or xylan-, glucan-, galactan-, or mannan-decorating groups.

公开(公告)号：US20170226538A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-10

申请号：US15424413

申请日：2017-02-03

Applicant: LanzaTech New Zealand Limited

Inventor： Michael Anthony Schultz ,  Thomas Ewald Raiser ,  Rachel Jane Brenc

IPC: C12P7/06

CPC classification number: B01D3/002 ,  B01D3/007 ,  B01D3/10 ,  B01D3/141 ,  B01D3/145 ,  B01D5/0039 ,  B01D5/0063 ,  B01D61/14 ,  B01D63/02 ,  C12P7/04 ,  C12P7/06 ,  C12P7/065 ,  Y02E50/17

Abstract: Improvements in biological conversion processes and associated apparatuses are disclosed for the generation of useful end products such as ethanol, through metabolic pathways of C1-fixing bacteria that utilize, as a nutrient, a C1-carbon source from a C1-containing substrate such as an industrial waste gas. Particular aspects of the disclosure relate to the downstream recovery of ethanol and/or isopropanol from bleed and permeate streams and more particularly to performing such recovery with improved efficiency that can advantageously reduce capital (e.g., equipment) and/or operating (e.g., utility) costs.

公开(公告)号：US20170226537A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-10

申请号：US15495027

申请日：2017-04-24

Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S

Inventor： Hans Sejr Olsen ,  Sven Pedersen ,  Rikke Monica Festersen

IPC: C12P7/06 ,  C12P19/02 ,  C12P19/14

CPC classification number: C12P7/06 ,  C12C5/004 ,  C12C7/04 ,  C12N9/2411 ,  C12N9/2414 ,  C12N9/2417 ,  C12N9/242 ,  C12N9/2425 ,  C12N9/2428 ,  C12P7/10 ,  C12P19/02 ,  C12P19/14 ,  C12Y302/01001 ,  C12Y302/01003 ,  Y02E50/16 ,  Y02E50/17

Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for production of an alcohol product from granular starch comprising a pre-treatment at an elevated temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature of said granular starch followed by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation, and optionally recovery of ethanol.

公开(公告)号：US20170218407A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-03

申请号：US15485173

申请日：2017-04-11

Applicant: Kiverdi, Inc.

Inventor： John S. Reed

IPC: C12P7/40 ,  C12P7/16 ,  C12P7/08

CPC classification number: C12P7/40 ,  C12M43/04 ,  C12N1/20 ,  C12P1/04 ,  C12P3/00 ,  C12P5/023 ,  C12P7/065 ,  C12P7/08 ,  C12P7/16 ,  C12P7/54 ,  C12P7/649 ,  Y02E50/13 ,  Y02E50/17 ,  Y02E50/343 ,  Y02W30/47

Abstract: The invention described herein presents compositions and methods for a multistep biological and chemical process for the capture and conversion of carbon dioxide and/or other forms of inorganic carbon into organic chemicals including biofuels or other useful industrial, chemical, pharmaceutical, or biomass products. One or more process steps utilizes chemoautotrophic microorganisms to fix inorganic carbon into organic compounds through chemosynthesis. An additional feature described are process steps whereby electron donors used for the chemosynthetic fixation of carbon are generated by chemical or electrochemical means, or are produced from inorganic or waste sources. An additional feature described are process steps for the recovery of useful chemicals produced by the carbon dioxide capture and conversion process, both from chemosynthetic reaction steps, as well as from non-biological reaction steps.

公开(公告)号：US20170218298A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-03

申请号：US15501533

申请日：2015-06-23

Applicant: DIREVO Industrial Biotechnology GmbH ,  BASF Enzymes, LLC

Inventor： Marco Kraemer ,  Vitaly Svetlitchnyi

IPC: C11B1/02 ,  C12P19/02 ,  C12P7/14 ,  C12P19/14

CPC classification number: C11B1/025 ,  A23K10/38 ,  C11B13/00 ,  C12P7/065 ,  C12P7/10 ,  C12P7/14 ,  C12P19/02 ,  C12P19/14 ,  C12P2203/00 ,  Y02E50/16 ,  Y02E50/17 ,  Y02P60/873

Abstract: The present technology relates to processes of fermenting a starch-containing material into a fermentation product comprising a fermentation step in the presence of a xylanase in combination with a pectinase on oil partitioning during post-fermentation processing. In particular, the enzyme(s) were added during simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. The finished beer was subjected to beer well incubation, distillation, and then decanting to separate thin stillage from the solids.

公开(公告)号：US09719112B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-01

申请号：US14111721

申请日：2012-04-13

Applicant: Jung Hoon Sohn ,  Hyun Jin Kim ,  Chul Ho Kim ,  Ji Hun Seomoon ,  Bong Hyun Sung ,  Kwang Mook Lim ,  Mi Jin Kim ,  Jong Hyun Kim

Inventor： Jung Hoon Sohn ,  Hyun Jin Kim ,  Chul Ho Kim ,  Ji Hun Seomoon ,  Bong Hyun Sung ,  Kwang Mook Lim ,  Mi Jin Kim ,  Jong Hyun Kim

IPC: C12P7/06 ,  C12P7/08 ,  C12P7/10 ,  C12N9/42

CPC classification number: C12P7/06 ,  C12N9/2445 ,  C12Y302/01021 ,  Y02E50/17

Abstract: The present invention relates to beta-glucosidase that is mutated to have enhanced activity, and a method for producing bioethanol using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a polynucleotide encoding beta-glucosidase that is mutated to have enhanced activity, beta-glucosidase expressed from the polynucleotide, an expression vector including the polynucleotide, a transformant that is transformed with the expression vector, a method for producing the mutated beta-glucosidase using the transformant, and a method for producing bioethanol using the transformant. The mutant beta-glucosidase of the present invention increases production of glucose much more than the conventional beta-glucosidase, and thus it can be widely used for economic production of bioethanol.

公开(公告)号：US09719079B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-01

申请号：US15009414

申请日：2016-01-28

Applicant: BASF Enzymes LLC

Inventor： David P. Weiner ,  Lishan Zhao ,  Peter Luginbuhl ,  Ellen Burke ,  Toby H. Richardson ,  Paula M. Hicks

IPC: C12N9/10 ,  C12Q1/68 ,  C12P21/04 ,  C12P21/06 ,  C12N15/00 ,  C12N1/20 ,  C07H21/04 ,  C12N9/88 ,  C12N15/82 ,  C12P17/10 ,  A61K38/00

CPC classification number: C12N9/88 ,  A01K2217/05 ,  A61K38/00 ,  C07K2317/92 ,  C12N9/1022 ,  C12N15/8243 ,  C12P17/10 ,  C12Y401/03016 ,  C12Y401/03017 ,  Y02E50/16 ,  Y02E50/17

Abstract: This invention relates to polypeptides having aldolase activity, including pyruvate activity such as, without limitation, HMG and/or KHG aldolase activity, polynucleotides encoding these polypeptides, and methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In some embodiments, the invention is directed to polypeptides having aldolase activity, including pyruvate activity such as, without limitation, HMG and/or KHG aldolase activity, including thermostable and thermotolerant activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, and making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The polypeptides in accordance with the invention can be used in a variety of pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial contexts. In some embodiments, the invention provides polypeptides and biosynthetic pathways that are useful in the production of R-2-hydroxy 2-(indol-3ylmethyl)-4-keto glutaric acid (R-MP) and certain stereoisomers of monatin, such as R,R and S,R monatin, and salts thereof, as well as certain stereoisomers of monatin derivatives, such as the R,R and S,R configurations, and salts thereof.