The present invention related to an arabinoxylo-oligosaccharide composition comprising at least one arabinose unit linked to one of the xylose units of the backbone, per molecule, wherein the at least one arabinose unit is an -L-arabinofuranosyl, wherein said composition has an xylo-oligosaccharide backbone with a degree of polymerization of 1-10.

The present invention relates to a process for improving the nutritional quality of distillers dried grains (DGS) or distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) produced as a co-product of a fermentation product production process, processes for producing fermentation products, as well as enzyme blends used in the processes.

The present invention relates to xylanase variants, polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; compositions comprising the xylanase variants and methods of using the variants.

Provided is a novel xylanase having high xylanase activity. A protein consisting of an amino acid sequence described in the following (a), (b) or (c) and having xylanase activity: (a) the amino acid sequence set forth in positions 23 to 404 of SEQ ID NO: 2; (b) an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in positions 23 to 404 of SEQ ID NO: 2; (c) an amino acid sequence modified from the amino acid sequence set forth in positions 23 to 404 of SEQ ID NO: 2 by deletion, insertion, substitution, or addition of one or more amino acids.

The present invention relates to polypeptides having xylanase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. The invention also relates to compositions comprising the polypeptides of the invention and the use of the polypeptides of the invention to solubilise xylan and in animal feed.

The application relates to an enzyme composition, a process for the preparation thereof and the use of the enzyme composition in enzymatic hydrolysis.

The present invention relates to xylanase variants, polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; compositions comprising the xylanase variants and methods of using the variants.

Described are compositions and methods relating to cellulase/hemicellulase enzyme blends for improving the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulosic and hemicellulosic materials, as commonly found in biomass.

Provided is a novel xylanase having high xylanase activity. A protein consisting of an amino acid sequence described in the following (a), (b) or (c) and having xylanase activity: (a) the amino acid sequence set forth in positions 23 to 404 of SEQ ID NO: 2; (b) an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in positions 23 to 404 of SEQ ID NO: 2; (c) an amino acid sequence modified from the amino acid sequence set forth in positions 23 to 404 of SEQ ID NO: 2 by deletion, insertion, substitution, or addition of one or more amino acids.

The present invention related to an arabinoxylo-oligosaccharide composition comprising at least one arabinose unit linked to one of the xylose units of the backbone, per molecule, wherein the at least one arabinose unit is an -L-arabinofuranosyl, wherein said composition has an xylo-oligosaccharide backbone with a degree of polymerization of 1-10.