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US 2016/0257980 A1Published application
Methods for cellobiosan utilization
AssigneeAlliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
InventorsJeffrey LINGER, Gregg T. BECKHAM
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are enzymes useful for the degradation of cellobiosan in materials such a pyrolysis oils. Methods of degrading cellobiosan using enzymes or organisms expressing the same are also disclosed.
Claims20
A method for degrading cellobiosan, comprising contacting a cellobiosan containing material with an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing β-1,4-gycosidic bonds to generate levoglucosan.
The method of claim 19, wherein the bacterium is P. putida.
A method for producing levoglucosan and glucose from cellobiosan, comprising:
- a) contacting the cellobiosan with at least one β-glucosidase.
- b) isolating at least one of the levoglucosan or glucose products.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.