The present invention relates to biotechnological methods for the production of saturated as well as unsaturated aldehydes, and mixtures thereof using at least one alpha-dioxygenase and at least one aldehyde dehydrogenase. The method may be carried out either fermentatively or enzymatically. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a vector system, as well as sequences and recombinant microorganisms encoding the enzymes that can be used to produce the aldehydes and mixtures according to the invention. Further, the present invention relates to compositions obtained by the methods according to the present invention.

It has been found that esterification of a hydroxy-fatty acid by a lipase can be coupled with oleate hydratase (OHase) generation of that hydroxy-FA from an unsaturated FA with a cis C9-C10 double bond, e.g. oleic acid, in a single aqueous buffered reaction medium at low temperature, e.g. 30 C. A simple one-pot enzymatic method to produce fatty acid estolides from one or more triglycerides, e.g. starting from a natural plant oil, is thereby enabled in which the same lipase catalyses both the initial hydrolysis of triglyceride and the final esterification step.

The present invention relates to a method for isomerizing a 3-(Z)-unsaturated carboxylic acid of the formula 1-Z or a salt thereof, wherein R.sup.2 is C.sub.1-C.sub.24-alkyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.24-alkenyl having 1, 2, 3 or more than 3 CC double bonds, unsubstituted or substituted C.sub.5-C.sub.12-cycloalkyl, or unsubstituted or substituted aryl; R.sup.1 is hydrogen or has one of the definitions specified for R.sup.2; with the proviso that R.sup.2 has a higher priority than R.sup.1 in accordance with IUPAC; to give a 3-(E)-unsaturated carboxylic acid of the formula I-E or a salt thereof, wherein the isomerization of the compound of the formula 1-Z is effected in the presence of an anhydride of an organic acid and a base or in the presence of a ketene of formula CR.sup.11R.sup.12C(0), wherein R.sup.11 and R.sup.12 are as defined in the claims and in the specification and a base. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for preparing compositions with increased content of (3E,7E)-homofarnesylic acid starting from compositions comprising (3Z,7E)- and (3E,7E)-homofarnesylic acid.

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An immobilized enzyme Pickering emulsion reaction system and application thereof are provided, comprising immobilized enzymes with a mesoporous nanomaterial carrier, an oil phase and an aqueous phase for forming an emulsion, wherein the emulsion has a particle diameter of 10-80 m, which uses a reaction raw material as the oil phase, uses a butler solution as the aqueous phase, and uses the immobilized enzymes with the mesoporous nanomaterial carrier as both the catalyst and the emulsifier. Compared with conventional emulsions with additional organic reagents or emulsifiers, catalytic activity and stability the Pickering emulsion enzymatic reaction system of the present invention have been significantly improved. Products are easy to separate and purify, easy to reuse, and easy to scale up. The present invention has wider application scope, which is more conducive to environmental protection.

The disclosed subject matter relates generally to a method for modifying oil, and specifically to a process for increasing the concentration of polyunsaturated fatty acid in an oil composition.

The present invention relates to a lipase variant of a parent lipase, which variant has lipase activity, at least 75% but less than 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 3 and comprises a substitution at one or more positions corresponding to positions 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 9; 10; 11; 12; 16; 19; 30; 31; 34; 36; 37; 39; 40; 42; 44; 51; 52; 53; 54; 56; 58; 59; 70; 71; 72; 73; 83; 84; 86; 88; 90; 92; 93; 95; 96; 100; 101; 102; 104; 106; 109; 110; 112; 117; 119; 124; 125; 127; 128; 131; 132; 133; 134; 135; 137; 158; 159; 160; 161; 162; 163; 165; 166; 167; 168; 170; 181; 182; 183; 189; 190; 192; 194; 196; 202; 210; 211; 212; 220; 225; 227; 228; 229; 230; 231; 233; 237; 238; 239; 240; 242; 246; 247; 248; 252; 259; 262; 264; 269 of SEQ ID NO: 3. 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.

The current invention relates to a method for isolating polyunsaturated fatty acids containing lipids from lipid-containing cells.

The disclosed subject matter relates generally to a method for modifying oil, and specifically to a process for increasing the concentration of polyunsaturated fatty acid in an oil composition.

A process for producing a plurality of biomolecule products from by-products of animal food processing is described. The process includes the steps of mixing the by-products with one or more digestive enzymes in the presence of an acid to promote hydrolysis of the by-product to release the biomolecules, thereby providing a hydrolysis mixture. The hydrolysis mixture is subjected to a density-based fractional separation, thereby providing an oil fraction, a liquid fraction and a solid fraction. Then the liquid fraction is separated from the oil and solid fractions and filtered with a molecular mass cutoff filter, thereby providing a peptide product and a glycosaminoglycan product. The oil fraction may be further refined to provide an oil product and the solid fraction may be further processed to provide bone-derived products such as gelatin, ossein and collagen.

Disclosed herein is a lipase variant comprising a first substituent of a lipase sequence of SEQ ID No. 2, wherein a position of the first substituent in SEQ ID No. 2 is selected from the group consisting of position 251, position 204, position 254, position 237, and position 243. The lipase variant may be used in a method to react with a first ester and a reactant, wherein the reactant is selected from the group consisting of water, an acid and a second ester; and forming a reaction product between the first ester and the reactant with the aid of the lipase variant under suitable reaction conditions.