Glycosyl hydrolase enzymes and uses thereof

US10273465B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Danisco US Inc. · US

Inventors

• Benjamin S. Bower · Palo Alto, US
• Megan Hsi · Menlo Park, US
• Thijs Kaper · Rue de l'Église, US
• Bradley R. Kelemen · Menlo Park, US
• Suzanne E. Lantz · Redwood City, US
• Edmund Larenas · Moss Beach, US
• Colin Mitchinson · Rue de l'Église, US
• Steven Kim · Fremont, US
• William D. Hitz · Wilmington, US
• Mark Emptage · Wilmington, US
• Keith Dumont Wing · Wilmington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 27, 2015
• Grant date: Apr 30, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 31, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E50/30
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present disclosure is generally directed to glycosyl hydrolase enzymes, compositions comprising such enzymes, and methods of using the enzymes and compositions, for example for the saccharification of cellulosic and hemicellulosic materials into sugars.