Granted Patent B2

US 12,674,152 · App. 18/262,864 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Inventors: Geoffrey Moxley (Wake Forest, NC); Mercy Wada (Davis, CA); Monica Tassone (West Sacramento, CA); Mary Ann Stringer (Søborg, DK); Hong Zhi Huang (Beijing, CN); Nikolaj Spodsberg (Holte, DK); Tianqi Sun (Beijing, CN); Sara Maria Landvik (Vedbaek, DK); James Lavigne (Wake Forest, NC); Cui Liu (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: Novozymes A/S

C12N9/2402C12N15/63C12P19/14C12Y302/01015

Abstract

Claims (5)

1 . A process for producing ethanol from starch-containing material comprising the steps of:

i) liquefying the starch-containing material at a temperature range of 85-95° C. using an alpha-amylase;

ii) saccharifying using a glucoamylase;

iii) fermenting using a fermenting organism to produce the ethanol;

wherein at least two polypeptides having pectinase activity are present or added during saccharifying step ii) or fermenting step iii), and wherein the at least two polypeptides having pectinase activity comprises a polygalacturonase from the GH28 family and a pectin methyl esterase from the CE8 family.

Priority Claims (1)

Continuity (1)

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