Genencor Launches Improved Acid Fungal Protease for Use in the Ethanol Industry
Genencor International, a division of Danisco A/S, announced the availability of a new acid fungal protease enzyme product for use in the ethanol industry. The new product, called FERMGEN(TM) will be introduced at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
According to the company, the new FERMGEN(TM) protease enzyme offers a number of benefits which include: faster ethanol fermentation rates and yield for corn, milo or wheat based substrates as compared with fermentations without acid fungal protease; increased essential yeast nutrients in the form of amino acids, peptides and free amino nitrogen; hydrolyzes protein matrices in the corn kernel that bind the various fractions thereby enabling the hydrolysis of the "hard" to hydrolyze starch; and effectiveness at a pH of 3.0 - 4.5, which is complimented by the average current fermentation pH that is employed in the fuel ethanol industry.
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