Lipase enzymes, methods of making lipase enzymes, methods of using lipase enzymes in food, feed, personal care, detergents, grain processing, pulp and paper processing, biofuels, ethanol production, textiles, dairy processing, cocoa butter processing, cocoa extraction, dietary supplements, coffee processing, coatings, water treatment, and oil processing.

The present disclosure provides methods for preventing or treating an immune disease, an autoimmune disease, and/or a disease caused by viral infection in a subject. The method comprises administering phytase to the subject, optionally with zinc.

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.

The present disclosure relates to methods for using one or more polypeptides with phytase activity in grain processing, ethanol, and biofuel production.

A method for preparation of low molecular weight porcine lympho-reticular polypeptides. The method comprises the enzymatic hydrolysis of a source of protein, wherein the source of protein comprises a blend of porcine liver and porcine spleen, with a first enzyme having proteolytic activity and a second enzyme having amylase activity.

The present invention relates to a method of producing a recombinant polypeptide a filamentous fungus which is genetically modified to decrease or eliminate the activity of cellulase regulator 2 (CLR2) and to express said recombinant polypeptide. The method further relates to a filamentous fungus Myceliophthora thermophila, which is genetically modified to decrease or eliminate the activity of CLR2 and the use of this filamentous fungus in the production of a recombinant polypeptide.

The present invention relates to the field of genetic engineering, particularly to phytase variant YeAPPA having improved pepsin resistance and acid resistance, and increased catalytic efficiency, by substituting Leucine at the 162.sup.th site of the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO.1 with glycine or proline or substituting glutamic acid at the 230.sup.th site of the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO.1 with glycine, proline or arginine, in the benefit of the development of economical feed enzyme industry.

The present invention refers to an optimized 3-phytase which is a bio-efficacious phytase mutant having sequence identity of at least 95% around 3-phytase (SEQ ID NO. 1) comprising a sequence of SEQ ID NO. 2 and one or more mutations. The invention is further directed to the use of such optimized 3-phytase in the production of a food or feed product.

The present invention is generally directed to fusion proteins containing a targeting sequence that targets the fusion protein to the exosporium of a Bacillus cereus family member. The invention also relates to recombinant Bacillus cereus family members expressing such fusion proteins, formulations containing the recombinant Bacillus cereus family members expressing the fusion proteins. Methods for stimulating plant growth and for protecting plants from pathogens by applying the recombinant Bacillus cereus family members or the formulations to plants or a plant growth medium are also described. The invention also relates to methods for immobilizing spores of a recombinant Bacillus cereus family member expressing a fusion protein on plant roots.

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.