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US 2026/0218248 A1Published application
Increasing the availability of fermentable sugars in fermentations
AssigneeDanisco US Inc.
InventorsBart C Koops, Nadia Ramirez-Angulo, Sindy Morales-Suan, Jan Hendrik A Van Tuijl
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Abstract
Described is a method for increasing the amounts of fermentable sugars in fermentation substrates by treatment with a combination of an enzyme having transglucosidase activity and an enzyme having glucoamylase activity to hydrolyze oligo and/or polysaccharides that are not conventionally hydrolyzed by glucoamylase alone during fermentation. The method is most effective using fermentation substrates containing low amounts of maltose and maltotriose.
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A method for increasing the amount of glucose available for fermentation in a fermentation substrate, comprising;
- contacting a fermentation substrate with an enzyme having transglucosidase activity and an enzyme having glucoamylase activity at a time when the combined amount of maltose and maltotriose in the fermentation substrate is below a selected amount.
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