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Title: Thermostable cellulases, and mutants thereof, capable of hydrolyzing cellulose in ionic liquid

Abstract

The present invention provides for a composition comprising an ionic liquid and a thermostable cellulose, and a method of hydrolyzing a cellulose, comprising: (a) providing a composition comprising a solution comprising an ionic liquid and a cellulose, and (b) introducing a thermostable cellulase to the solution, such that the cellulose is hydrolyzed by the cellulase. The present invention also provides for a Thermatoga maritima thermostable cellulase mutant with increased cellulase activity.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1248892
Patent Number(s):
9322042
Application Number:
13/265,786
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA) Sandia Corporation (Livermore, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES
C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12P - FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE {
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2010 Apr 23
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 09 BIOMASS FUELS

Citation Formats

Sapra, Rajat, Datta, Supratim, Chen, Zhiwei, Holmes, Bradley M., Simmons, Blake A., and Blanch, Harvey W. Thermostable cellulases, and mutants thereof, capable of hydrolyzing cellulose in ionic liquid. United States: N. p., 2016. Web.
Sapra, Rajat, Datta, Supratim, Chen, Zhiwei, Holmes, Bradley M., Simmons, Blake A., & Blanch, Harvey W. Thermostable cellulases, and mutants thereof, capable of hydrolyzing cellulose in ionic liquid. United States.
Sapra, Rajat, Datta, Supratim, Chen, Zhiwei, Holmes, Bradley M., Simmons, Blake A., and Blanch, Harvey W. Tue . "Thermostable cellulases, and mutants thereof, capable of hydrolyzing cellulose in ionic liquid". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1248892.
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author = {Sapra, Rajat and Datta, Supratim and Chen, Zhiwei and Holmes, Bradley M. and Simmons, Blake A. and Blanch, Harvey W.},
abstractNote = {The present invention provides for a composition comprising an ionic liquid and a thermostable cellulose, and a method of hydrolyzing a cellulose, comprising: (a) providing a composition comprising a solution comprising an ionic liquid and a cellulose, and (b) introducing a thermostable cellulase to the solution, such that the cellulose is hydrolyzed by the cellulase. The present invention also provides for a Thermatoga maritima thermostable cellulase mutant with increased cellulase activity.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2016},
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