Back to results
US 10,392,641 B2Granted
Enzymatically produced cellulose
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorsNatnael Behabtu, Aryookaran J. Poulose, Zheyong Yu, Zhenghong Zhang
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Enzymatic reactions are disclosed herein comprising water, glucose-1-phosphate, cellodextrin, and at least one cellodextrin phosphorylase enzyme comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:6. These reactions produce a low molecular weight, insoluble cellulose with enhanced features.
Claims14
An isolated composition comprising:
- (i) insoluble cellulose having a weight-average degree of polymerization (DPw) of at least 15, and
- (ii) a cellodextrin phosphorylase enzyme comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:6.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.