Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having polypeptide having 2,6-&bgr;-D-fructan hydrolase activity and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid sequences as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.

Abstract: A delivery for a machine for processing flat printing materials includes sheet brakes for accepting sheets fed in a processing direction at an acceptance level and for releasing the sheets at a surrender level. The sheet brakes are adjustably disposed for varying the acceptance level and the surrender level. A machine is provided for processing flat printing materials, having the delivery.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula in which Z, Z′ and Z″ independently of one another are a group of the formula II and R7 is a radical of the formula III, IV or V in which n is 1 or 2; R4, R5 and R6 independently of one another are C1-C18alkyl; C5-C12cycloalkyl; C2-C18alkenyl; phenyl; C7-C11phenylalkyl; C7-C11alkylphenyl; C1-C18alkyl substituted by phenyl, OH, C1-C18alkoxy, C5-C12cycloalkoxy, C3-C18alkenyloxy, COOH, COOR11, O—COR12, CONH2, CONHR13, CONR13R14, CN, NH2, NHR13, NR13R14, NHCOR12, C6-C15bicycloalkyl, C6-C16bicycloalkyl-alkoxy, C6-C16bicycloalkenyl-alkoxy or C6-C15tricycloalkoxy; C5-C12cycloalkyl substituted by OH, C1-C4alkyl, C2-C6alkenyl or O—COR12; or COR15; CO—X—R11; or SO2—R16; or C3-C50alkyl interrupted by O and/or substituted by OH, phenoxy or C7-C18alkylphenoxy; or R5 and R6 together form a ring structure; X and Y independently of one another are O, NH, NR13 or S; and the other symbols are as defined in c

Abstract: The inventors have discovered some striking, and not previously predicted structural similarities and differences between the structure of Novamyl and the reported structures of CGTases, and based on this they have constructed variants of maltogenic alpha-amylase having CGTase activity and variants of CGTase having maltogenic alpha-amylase activity. Further, on the basis of sequence homology between Novamyl® and CGTases, the inventors have constructed hybrid enzymes with one or more improvements to specific properties of the parent enzymes, using recombinant DNA methodology.

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Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having polypeptide having 2,6-&bgr;-D-fructan hydrolase activity and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid sequences as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the catalytic pyrolysis of acetic acid for preparing ketene and/or secondary products, which comprises spraying, as catalyst, phosphoric acid in the form of a liquid jet into the acetic acid vapor.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula in which Z, Z′ and Z″ independently of one another are a group of the formula II and R7 is a radical of the formula III, IV or V in which n is 1 or 2; R4, R5 and R6 independently of one another are C1-C18alkyl; C5-C12cycloalkyl; C2-C18alkenyl; phenyl; C7-C11phenylalkyl; C7-C11alkylphenyl; C1-C18alkyl substituted by phenyl, OH, C1-C18alkoxy, C5-C12cycloalkoxy, C3-C18alkenyloxy, COOH, COOR11, O—COR12, CONH2, CONHR13, CONR13NR14, CN,NH2, NHR13, NR13R14, NHCOR12, C6-C15bicycloalkyl, C6-C16bicycloalkyl-alkoxy, C6-C16bicycloalkenyl-alkoxy or C6-C15tricycloalkoxy; C5-C12cycloalkyl substituted by OH, C1-C4alkyl, C2-C6alkenyl or O—COR12; or COR15; CO—X—R11; or SO2—R16; or C3-C50alkyl interrupted by O and/or substituted by OH, phenoxy or C7-C18alkylphenoxy; or R5 and R6 together form a ring structure; X and Y independently of one another are O, NH, NR13 or S; and the other symbols are as defined in c

Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having polypeptide having 2,6-&bgr;-D-fructan hydrolase activity and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid sequences as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the on-line analysis of a reactive gas mixture, in particular of a gas mixture comprising ketene and/or diketene and/or acetic anhydride and/or acetic acid, which gas mixture is situated in a vessel, which comprises expanding a portion of the gas mixture instantaneously into a sampling line via a probe which is integrated into the vessel and which has an orifice whose clear cross sectional area is less than or equal to 1 mm2 and feeding it to a mass-spectrometric analysis.

Abstract: A process for preparing a dough or a baked product comprises adding an amylase to the dough in an amount which is effective to retard the staling of the bread. The amylase is an exo-amylase which hydrolyzes starch to form mainly mal-totriose.

Abstract: A method for identifying a transglutaminase-producing microorganism based on a selective assay is disclosed.

Abstract: A description is given of compounds of the formula wherein R and R' independently are H, methyl or ethyl.The novel compounds are effective as stabilizers for organic material against the damaging effect of light, oxygen and heat; they are also suitable for use in skin or hair protection preparations.

Abstract: Transglutaminase preparations are producible by a wide range of fungi, especially ascomycotina, basidiomycotina and zygomycota, and gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, especially Streptomyces lydicus, NRRL B-3446. A DNA construct encoding a novel transglutaminase and comprising the DNA sequence obtainable from the plasmid in E. coli, DSM 10175, is also described together with a method of producing the transglutaminases, a composition comprising the transglutaminase and a method for producing a gel or protein gelation composition.

Abstract: A process of producing phosphatidylcholine derivatives by the reaction of glycerophosphatidylcholine with at least one fatty acid anhydride in the presence of a pyridine catalyst is described. The reaction is carried out in a melt of the glycerophosphatidylcholine, the at least one fatty acid anhydride and the catalyst.

Abstract: Tape segment identifying signals in a frequency range below the lower threshold of sound signals that can be recorded or played back from the tape are recorded on the sound track of a video tape, a characteristic such as the frequency, pulse length, or phase of the identifying signals being changed stepwise as successive tape segments corresponding to successive scenes or successive periods of playing time are recorded.