SELF PROCESSING PLANTS AND PLANT PARTS
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Abstract
The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic, thermophilic, or hyperthermophilic processing enzymes, which are activated under suitable activating conditions to act upon the desired substrate. Also provided are “self-processing” transgenic plants, and plant parts, e.g., grain, which express one or more of these enzymes and have an altered composition that facilitates plant and grain processing. Methods for making and using these plants, e.g., to produce food products having improved taste and to produce fermentable substrates for the production of ethanol and fermented beverages are also provided.
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266. A method of increasing starch recovery from maize seed, the method comprising:
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a) steeping transgenic maize seeds comprising at least one cellulase to produce steeped seed; b) grinding said steeped seed to produce a maize slurry; and c) obtaining starch from maize seed. - View Dependent Claims (267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280)
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281. A method for reducing Sulfur dioxide in a wet milling process, the method comprising:
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a) steeping transgenic maize seeds comprising at least one cellulase to produce steeped seed; b) grinding said steeped seed to produce a maize slurry; and c) reducing Sulfur dioxide in said wet milling process.
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