Unleashing Xylan's Potential with Enzymes for a Scope of Consumer Products

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Enxylascope’s debranched xylan will be used in six consumer products in three sectors.

Enxylascope aims at bioprospecting and producing a novel set of xylan debranching enzymes with high catalytic activity and wide operation conditions, thereby demonstrating its ability to make xylan a key ingredient in a variety of consumer products.

TO THIS AIM

THE PROJECT WILL:

01.

Establish a process flow diagram including all process nodes, inputs, and outputs streams of the xylan conversion process using enzymes.

02.

Discover and characterise 4 novel xylan debranching enzymes by using multi-omics and high-throughput screening (HTPS) methods.

03.

Establish efficient and viable production systems for the selected enzymes.

04.

Introduce enzymatically modified xylan in consumer products by using product specific enzyme cocktails.

05.

Pilot the production of 4 enzymes and application testing of cosmetic, personal care, and nutraceutical products.

06.

Assess regulatory compliance and market acceptance of those consumer products.

01.

Establish a process flow diagram including all process nodes, inputs, and outputs streams of the xylan conversion process using enzymes.

02.

Discover and characterise 4 novel xylan debranching enzymes by using multi-omics and high-throughput screening (HTPS) methods.

03.

Establish efficient and viable production systems for the selected enzymes.

04.

Introduce enzymatically modified xylan in consumer products by using product specific enzyme cocktails.

05.

Pilot the production of 4 enzymes and application testing of cosmetic, personal care, and nutraceutical products.

06.

Assess regulatory compliance and market acceptance of those consumer products.

01 - 06

The project outcomes will set the basis for the following exploitable results

Bioprospecting for novel xylan debranching enzymes.

Bioprospecting

An efficient industrial process to produce selected enzymes and enzymatically modified xylans.

Efficient Process

4 novel xylan-debranching enzymes to be used for xylan treatment.

Xylan Treatment

A decision-making platform to guide and facilitate the enzyme cocktail design.

Enzyme Cocktail Design

3 enzymatically modified xylan types.

Modified Xylan Types

The potential of these exploitable results as well as the applicability of modified xylans in the production systems of commercial products will be demonstrated in 6 new commercial products in the cosmetics, personal care and nutraceutical sectors.