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Ferulic acid esterases for effective processing of plant carbohydrates

Reference	ABC11741
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Craig Faulds
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Nutrition Division
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	99,729
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/11/1999
End date	31/03/2003
Duration	41 months

Abstract

The overall objective is to characterise recombinant mesophilic and thermophilic ferulic acid esterases and assess their value as tools in the food/health industries. Ferulic acid esterases are potentially useful because they can (i) release free phenolics from plant cell walls which may subsequently be used as natural precursors in the flavour/health industries, (ii) increase the enzymic digestibility of plant cell walls by removing phenolics and breaking inter- polymer cross-links with applications in the baking and animal feed industries. The molecular action of recombinant enzymes will be correlated with their specificity for cell wall structures and with their stability under industrial conditions. (Joint with grant 42/ABC11740.)

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Committee	Closed Committee - Engineering & Biological Systems (EBS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	LINK: Applied Biocatalysis (ABC) [1993-1999]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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ABC11740 Ferulic acid esterases for effective processing of plant carbohydrates

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