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Title: Methods for enhancing the degradation of cellulosic material with chitin binding proteins

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1258017

The present invention relates to methods for degrading or converting a cellulosic material and for producing substances from the cellulosic material.

Research Organization:
Novozymes, Inc., Davis, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC36-08GO18080
Assignee:
Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, CA)
Patent Number(s):
9,371,551
Application Number:
14/796,451
OSTI ID:
1258017
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Jul 10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Endo/exo mechanism and processivity of family 18 chitinases produced by Serratia marcescens journal February 2006
Crystal Structure and Binding Properties of the Serratia marcescens Chitin-binding Protein CBP21 journal December 2004
The Non-catalytic Chitin-binding Protein CBP21 from Serratia marcescens Is Essential for Chitin Degradation journal June 2005
An Oxidative Enzyme Boosting the Enzymatic Conversion of Recalcitrant Polysaccharides journal October 2010
A Bacillus amyloliquefaciens ChbB protein binds β- and α-chitin and has homologues in related strains journal July 2001
Use of glycoside hydrolase 61 family proteins in processing of cellulose patent October 2012