Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for reducing the content of phosphorus containing components in an edible oil comprising a high amount of non-hydratable phosphorus content, wherein said method comprises use of a phospholipase. Further the present invention relates to an enzyme with phospholipase activity, a cloned DNA sequence encoding the enzyme with phospholipase activity, a method of producing the enzyme, and the use of said enzyme for a number of industrial applications.
Abstract:
Novel lipolytic enzymes are disclosed which are capable of removing substantial amounts of lard from a lard stained swatch in a one cycle wash. Preferred lipolytic enzymes are variants of the Humicola lanuginosa lipase which may be prepared by recombinant DNA techniques. The enzymes are advantageously used in detergent compositions.
Abstract:
L'invention porte sur de nouvelles enzymes stabilisées et, plus sécifiquement, sur de nouvelles enzymes stabilisées dans lesquelles un résidu acide aminé (autre que la proline) se produisant naturellement a été remplacé par un résidu de proline en une ou plusieurs positions. Dans ces positions, les angles dièdres phi ont une valeur comprise dans l'intervalle [-90°
Abstract:
This invention relates to a method of reducing the pilling propensity or colour clarity of polyester fabrics and/or garments, which method comprises treating the fabric with a polyester hydrolytic enzyme and a detergent.
Abstract:
Variants of Lipolase® (wild-type Humicola lanuginosa lipase) with a certain distribution of electrically charged amino acids have a particularly good first-wash performance in a detergent solution with a high ratio of anionic to non-ionic surfactant. The effect is achieved by attaching a positively charged peptide extension at the N-terminal and by imposing certain restrictions on the charge distribution in the region corresponding to amino acid positions 90-101 and at position 210. The inventors further devised a method of developing variants with such performance from Lipolase by attaching a peptide extension at the N-terminal and substituting amino acids in the region 90-101 or in the immediate surroundings in the three-dimensional structure. The lipases may further provide additional benefits, such as whiteness maintenance and dingy cleanup.
Abstract:
Lipolytic enzymes with high activity at alkaline pH in the absence of Ca++ can be obtained from filamentous fungi of the genera Gliocladium Verticillium and Trichophaea and that the lipolytic enzymes are effective for improving the effect of detergents. The lipolytic enzymes have a good washing performance, as expressed by the hydrolysis of oil on textile swatches. The amino acid sequences of the lipolytic enzymes are highly homologous.
Abstract:
This invention relates to novel stabilized enzymes. More specifically the invention relates to novel stabilized enzymes, in which a naturally occurring amino acid residue (other than proline) has been substituted with a proline residue at one or more positions; at which position(s) the dihedral angles phi (phi) constitute values within the interval [-90 DEG
Abstract:
A lipase variant of a parent lipase comprising a trypsin-like catalytic triad including an active serine located in a predominantly hydrophobic, elongated binding pocket of the lipase molecule and, located in a critical position of a lipid contact zone of the lipase structure, an amino acid residue different from an aromatic amino acid residue, which amino acid residue interacts with a lipid substrate at or during hydrolysis, in which lipase variant said amino acid residue has been replaced by an aromatic amino acid residue so as to confer to the variant an increased specific activity as compared to that of the parent lipase. The parent lipase may be a C. antarctica lipase A essentially free from other substances from C. antarctica, which comprises the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 2, or a variant of said lipase which (1) has lipase activity, (2) reacts with an antibody reactive with at least one epitope of C. antarctica lipase A having th eamino acid sequence SEQ ID No. 2, and/or (3) is encoded by a nucleotide sequence which hybridizes with an oligonucleotide probe prepared on the basis of the full or partial nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 1 encoding the C. antarctica lipase A.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to novel lipolytic enzymes. More specifically the invention provides novel lipolytic enzymes having the properties of a lipase native to the strain Fusarium culmorum CBS 513.94, or has immunochemical properties identical or partially identical to those of a lipase native to the strain Fusarium culmorum CBS 513.94.
Abstract:
An enzyme preparation comprising a modified enzyme selected from the group consisting of an amylase, lipase, oxidoreductase, pectinase or hemicellulase, the modified enzyme having an improved performance due to an alkaline pI and/or increased surface activity obtained by chemical modification or amino acid substitution, is useful e.g. in detergents, in baking flour, in animal feed, in the manufacture of cellulosic fabrics and for the treatment of lignocellulosic fibers.