New enzyme from c-LEcta

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2011
• Weight: 51 KB
• Volume: 2011
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1351-4210
• DOI: 10.1016/s1351-4210(11)70049-x

✦ Synopsis

on the other hand, yields 144 lbs of glucaric acid for every 100 lb of glucose because carbon dioxide is absorbed during the catalytic oxidation process. The new process involves the use of nitric acid oxidation but 95% of it is recycled, resulting in virtually no waste. The new process also allows the use of any source of plant grain or starch as a source of glucose, making it 'feedstock agnostic'. Rivertop expects to have a world-scale glucaric acid production facility operating by 2013, but anticipates releasing a product 'with which to build a market' as soon as 2011 [see also Focus on Surfactants, Jan 2010].