date:Jun 09, 2013
States of America, points out that the global demand for food could double in another 40 years owing to growth in the population and food consumption per capita. If enzymatic conversion of pretreated biomass to starch can turn the stalks and leaves of corn into foodor even wood and grasses that arent cultivated as food cropssustenance would be far easier to come by.
Using A special polypeptide cap in potato alpha-glucan phosphorylase to convert cellulose into amylose, a high-fiber starch, may