Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least two polypeptides having mannanase activity as well as methods of producing and using the compositions. The compositions comprise in particular a first mannanase which is a glycoside hydrolase family 5 (GH5) mannanase and a second mannanase which a glycoside hydrolase family 26 (GH26) mannanase.
Abstract: Described herein are recombinant fermenting organisms having a heterologous polynucleotide encoding an alpha-amylase and/or a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a trehalase. Also described are processes for producing a fermentation product, such as ethanol, from starch or cellulosic-containing material with the recombinant fermenting organisms.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 22, 2019
Date of Patent:
January 9, 2024
Assignee:
Novozymes A/S
Inventors:
Michael Glenn Catlett, Monica Tassone, Paul Vincent Harris, Robert Lyle Osborne, Ryoko Kataoka, Shiro Fukuyama, Tomoko Matsui
Abstract: Animal feed or animal feed additives comprising one or more polypeptides having lysozyme activity. Polypeptides having lysozyme activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 11, 2018
Date of Patent:
January 2, 2024
Assignee:
Novozymes A/S
Inventors:
Ye Liu, Ming Li, Kirk Matthew Schnorr, Peter Bjarke Olsen
Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptide having alpha-amylase activity. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the polypeptides.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 30, 2022
Date of Patent:
January 2, 2024
Assignee:
Novozymes A/S
Inventors:
Torsten Bak Regueira, Bitten Plesner, Thomas Holberg Blicher, Anne Dorte Houg, Sofia Arnehed, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Carsten Andersen
Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptide variants and methods for obtaining variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 26, 2018
Publication date:
December 28, 2023
Applicant:
Novozymes A/S
Inventors:
Lars Beier, Klaus Gori, Lars Henrik Oestergaard, Lars Giger, Annette Helle Johansen, Gernot J. Abel
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing the phospholipid content in an oil or fat composition and polypeptides having PI-specific phospholipase C activity as well as polypeptides having PC, PE-specific phospholipase C activity and combinations thereof capable of catalyzing this reduction. The invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 17, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2023
Assignee:
Novozymes A/S
Inventors:
Dorotea Raventos Segura, Robert Piotr Olinski, Kim Borch, Allan Noergaard, Jesper Brask, Rune Falkenberg Haller, Marianne Linde Damstrup
Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising protease variants suitable for use in cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 14, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2023
Assignee:
NOVOZYMES A/S
Inventors:
Peter Kamp Hansen, Esben Peter Friis, Torben Vedel Borchert, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Jens Erik Nielsen, Maria Berggaard Silow
Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions capable of reducing odor generated by a lipase during cleaning or washing of laundry comprising (a) a surfactant or a surfactant system; (b) a lipase; and (c) ricinoleic acid, a ricinoleic salt, or a ricinoleic ester. The invention also relates to methods for cleaning or washing of laundry by contacting the laundry with a composition of the invention.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 9, 2021
Publication date:
December 21, 2023
Applicant:
Novozymes A/S
Inventors:
Nathan Reese, Domenic Anthony Paone, Thomas Patrick Gibbons, Mark Stephenson Smith, Lone Baunsgaard
Abstract: Disclosed is a method for recovering a desired fermentation product from a fermentation broth where the desired product has precipitated during the fermentation.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 21, 2023
Publication date:
December 21, 2023
Applicant:
Novozymes A/S
Inventors:
Simon Glanville, Peter Frode Pind, Sune Jakobsen, Lars Johansen, Carsten Jacobsen, Kim Bruno Andersen, Soren Prip Beier, Jens-Ulrik Rype
Abstract: The present invention relates to a polynucleotide variant encoding a glycosyltransferase variant, and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors and host cells comprising said polynucleotide variant. The invention also relates to methods of producing a polypeptide of interest in host cells comprising said polynucleotide and/or glycosyltransferase variant.
Abstract: The present invention concerns use of a lipoxygenase for bleaching or removing a stain from a surface, wherein the wash liquor comprises a reduced detergent level.
Abstract: The present invention relates to glucoamylase variants having improved thermostability and compositions comprising such variants. The present invention further relates to polynucleotides encoding such variants, vectors and host cells comprising genes encoding such variants, which may also enable the production of such variants. The present invention also relates to methods of liquefying starch-containing materials using or applying the variants or compositions, as well as the saccharification thus produced by the method. The present invention also relates to methods of saccharifying starch-containing materials using or applying the variants or compositions, as well as the saccharides thus produced by the method. The present invention further relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing or cellulosic-containing material, as well as an enzyme blend or composition, or a recombinant host cell or fermenting organism suitable for use in processes of the invention.
Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of introducing multiple expression constructs into a eukaryotic cell, methods of constructing a eukaryotic cell having multiple target loci for expressing multiple heterologous proteins of interest, eukaryotic cells for expressing multiple heterologous proteins of interest, and methods of production of multiple heterologous proteins of interest.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 9, 2019
Date of Patent:
December 12, 2023
Assignee:
Novozymes A/S
Inventors:
Qiming Jin, Jeffrey Shasky, Donna Moyer, Abigail Jang, Gloria Muzzi-Erichsen, Cara Kleindienst
Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein a thermostable alpha-amylase and optionally a thermostable protease are present and/or added during liquefaction. The invention also relates to a composition suitable for use in a process of the invention.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 2, 2022
Date of Patent:
December 12, 2023
Assignee:
NOVOZYMES A/S
Inventors:
Randy Deinhammer, Suzanne Clark, Mauricio Quiros, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee-Leong Soong, Tomoko Matsui, Shinobu Takagi
Abstract: The present invention relates to glucoamylase variants having improved thermostability. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 10, 2020
Date of Patent:
December 12, 2023
Assignee:
NOVOZYMES A/S
Inventors:
Esben Peter Friis, Leonardo De Maria, Jesper Vind, Thomas A. Poulsen, Allan Svendsen, Steffen Danielsen, Rolf T. Lenhard, Henrik Friis-Madsen, Lars K. Skov
Abstract: A computer-implemented method for performance evaluation of a detergent composition is disclosed, the method comprising obtaining one or more wash conditions including a first wash condition; obtaining ingredient data comprising first ingredient data and second ingredient data, the first ingredient data associated with one or more first ingredients including a first primary ingredient and the second ingredient data associated with one or more second ingredients including a second primary ingredient; determining a first detergent composition based on the ingredient data; determining a first performance of the first detergent composition; and outputting a first performance representation of the first performance.
Abstract: A recombinant yeast cell comprising a heterologous polynucleotide encoding an anti-staling/freshness amylase; in particular an anti-staling/freshness amylase selected from the group consisting of a maltogenic amylase (EC 3.2.1.133), a beta-amylase (EC 3.2.1.2), and a glucan 1,4-alpha-maltotetrahydrolase (EC 3.2.1.60).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 28, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 5, 2023
Assignee:
Novozymes A/S
Inventors:
Henrik Oestdal, Monica Tassone, Michael Glenn Catlett, David Hogsett, Michael Nielsen
Abstract: Animal feeds comprising probiotics are preserved using an enzymatic antioxidant. Polypeptides having catalase activity and/or superoxide dismutase activity preserve and promote probiotic growth and activity in animal.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 7, 2021
Publication date:
November 30, 2023
Applicant:
Novozymes A/S
Inventors:
Christian Nyffenegger, Marianne Thorup Cohn
Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel Bacillus strains that exhibit antimicrobial activity against pathogens, such as Clostridium perfringens and Escherichia coli, as well as animal feeds and animal feed additives comprising such Bacillus strains, and methods of using said strains, said animal feeds and said animal feed additives to improve the health and performance of production animals, such as poultry and swine.