PREPARATION OF REDUCED MOLECULAR LINEARITY WITH IMMOBILIZED AMYLASES

• Main Authors: HOFREITER, BERNARD T, BOUNDY, JOYCE A, SMILEY, KARL L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.07.1981
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

Retrogradation-resistant starches of reduced molecular linearity are produced by preferentially hydrolyzing the amylose component of ordinary starches amylases immobilized on porous carriers which are preferentially sorptive to amylose over amylopectin.