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Reduced-fat foodstuffs and cooking oils, and methods for making same

US8975055B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH · CH

Inventors

Uwe Bornscheuer · Greifswald, DE
Henrike Brundiek · Lengerich, DE
Andrew Evitt · London, GB
Stefan SaB · Greifswald, DE
Friedericke Bonisch · Freising, DE
Robert Kourist · Neufahrn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 11, 2013
Grant date	Mar 10, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 2, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12P7/6454
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a newly identified lipase belonging to the Ustilaginaceae family of Basidomycetes and variants thereof. The invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the lipase and the variants thereof. The invention further relates to procedures for producing the lipase, and variants thereof, polypeptides and polynucleotides. The invention further relates to lipase variants with an increased trans-selectivity. The invention further relates to lipase variants with a preference for long chain fatty acid esters or carboxylic acid moieties with a chain length greater than C12. The invention further relates to a method of reducing, or eliminating, trans-fatty acids from liquid oil stable enough for frying systems.

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