Embodiments include systems and methods for texturizing and tenderizing plant protein meat analog food products with animal meat-like qualities using an enzymatic treatment of a High Moisture Extrusion (HME) extrudate. For example, automatically executing a recipe with a baseline plant protein meat analog food texture and a baseline plant protein meat analog food tenderness, using an automatic and dynamic enzymatic treatment for texturizing and tenderizing a plant protein meat analog food product to the baseline plant protein meat analog food texture and the baseline plant protein meat analog food tenderness thereby texturizing and tenderizing the plant protein meat analog food product with qualities to taste like animal meat by reducing a density of the plant protein meat analog food product by creating space between fibers of the plant protein meat analog food product resulting in an animal meat-like mouthfeel and taste for consumers.

The present invention relates to variants of a parent alpha-amylase. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides, and methods of using the variant enzymes.

Described herein are recombinant host organisms having an active arabinose fermentation pathway and further comprising a heterologous polynucleotide a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a L-xylulose reductase (LXR). Also described are processes for 5 producing a fermentation product, such as ethanol, from starch or cellulosic-containing material with the recombinant host organisms.

The disclosure relates to detergents and cleaning agents containing a combination of protease and amylase, the amino acid sequence of which has been modified specifically for use in detergents and cleaning agents. The disclosure further relates to methods and uses of said detergents and cleaning agents.

A process of recovering oil, comprising (a) converting a starch-containing material into dextrins with an alpha-amylase; (b) saccharifying the dextrins using a carbohydrate source generating enzyme to form a sugar; (c) fermenting the sugar in a fermentation medium into a fermentation product using a fermenting organism; (d) recovering the fermentation product to form a whole stillage; (e) separating the whole stillage into thin stillage and wet cake; (e′) optionally concentrating the thin stillage into syrup; (f) recovering oil from the thin stillage and/or optionally the syrup, wherein a protease and a phospholipase are present and/or added during steps (a) to (c). Use of a protease and a phospholipase for increasing oil recovery yields from thin stillage and/or syrup in a fermentation product production process.

Disclosed are compositions and methods relating to variant α-amylases. The variant α-amylases are useful, for example, for starch liquefaction and saccharification, cleaning starchy stains, textile desizing, baking and brewing.

A method for treating a neurodegenerative disease is provided. The method for treating a neurodegenerative disease includes administering, to a subject in need thereof, one or more of a small molecule glycogen synthase (GYS) inhibitor, an antisense oligonucleotide targeting glycogen synthase, an antibody-enzyme fusion compound targeting polyglucosan bodies (PGBs), or combinations thereof.

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.

The present invention relates to a method of making glucose syrup from liquefied starch comprising, (a) contacting the liquefied starch with a glucoamylase, a pullulanase, and optionally an alpha-amylase wherein the ratio of pullulanase dose expressed as NPUN/gDS, to alpha-amylase dose expressed as FAU(A)/gDS is at least 60, particularly at least 75, particularly at least 100, more particularly at least 150, more particularly at least 200, more particularly at least 250, more particularly at least 300, more particularly at least 400, more particularly at least 500, more particularly at least 600, more particularly at least 800 or if no alpha-amylase is present the pullulanse is present in a dose of at least 0.5, particularly at least 0.75, particularly at least 1.0, particularly at least 1.5 NPUN/gDS, and (b) saccharifying the liquefied starch.

The present invention provides methods of mashing high tannin adjuncts. More specifically, high tannin adjuncts can be refractory to exogenous enzymes used in barley malt brewing. The present invention provides enzymes which are uninhibited in tannin. In particular, tannin uninhibited, raw starch degrading α-amylases are provided in accordance with the instant invention.