EFFECT OF RADIATION ON CELLULASE ENZYMES
First Claim
1. A method for producing fermentable carbohydrates, plant leaf protein, and lignin, by adding cellulase enzyme complexes which are expressed from and on irradiated cellulase-complex-producing organisms, the organisms having been treated with sufficient radiation to kill biological activity after cellulase production, without destroying all cellulase enzyme complex activity, to biomass.
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Abstract
A method for recycling cellulase enzymes. Also provided is a method for producing fermentable carbohydrates, plant leaf protein, and lignin, by adding a cellulase enzyme complex expressed from and on irradiated cellulase complex-producing organisms with sufficient radiation to kill biological activity without destroying all cellulase enzyme complex activity to biomass. The fermentable carbohydrates produced by the method. Also provided are irradiated cellulase-producing organisms for use in converting biomass to fermentable sugars, plant leaf protein, and lignin. A method for producing cellulase enzymes for glucose and other sugar production and protein and lignin extraction by irradiating cellulase-producing organisms, thereby producing the cellulase enzymes is also provided. A system for producing fermentable carbohydrates, plant protein, and lignin, said system comprising irradiated cellulase-producing organisms and biomass is provided.
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36 Claims
- 1. A method for producing fermentable carbohydrates, plant leaf protein, and lignin, by adding cellulase enzyme complexes which are expressed from and on irradiated cellulase-complex-producing organisms, the organisms having been treated with sufficient radiation to kill biological activity after cellulase production, without destroying all cellulase enzyme complex activity, to biomass.
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11-14. -14. (canceled)
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21. Irradiated cellulase-producing organisms for use in converting biomass to fermentable sugars, plant leaf protein, and lignin.
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22. (canceled)
- 23. A method for producing cellulase enzymes for glucose and other sugar production and protein and lignin extraction by irradiating cellulase-producing organisms, thereby producing the cellulase enzymes.
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27-34. -34. (canceled)
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35. A method of for producing enzymes and enzyme products for by irradiating enzyme-producing organisms or cells, thereby producing the enzymes without destroying all enzyme complex activity, to a composition capable of producing enzymatic products.
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36. (canceled)
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