Comments on: Malt Monday: Striking Gold http://ithacork.com/2010/02/22/ithaca-excelsior-white-gold/ Wine and Science in the Finger Lakes Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:31:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Malt Monday: The Warrior | Ithacork http://ithacork.com/2010/02/22/ithaca-excelsior-white-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-1044 Malt Monday: The Warrior | Ithacork Sun, 23 May 2010 17:20:16 +0000 http://ithacork.com/?p=1627#comment-1044 [...] amylase has the ability to break nonreducing alpha 1,4-glycosidic linkages.  Thus beta amylase yields maltose (dimmers) or maltotriose (trimers).  Yeast are not able to [...] [...] amylase has the ability to break nonreducing alpha 1,4-glycosidic linkages.  Thus beta amylase yields maltose (dimmers) or maltotriose (trimers).  Yeast are not able to [...]

]]> By: Tom Mansell http://ithacork.com/2010/02/22/ithaca-excelsior-white-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Tom Mansell Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:34:04 +0000 http://ithacork.com/?p=1627#comment-239 Good stuff, Richard. On a side note, hydrolysis of Beta-glucans like cellulose is also important in the biofuel industry, and lots of money is spent on production and engineering of cellulases, enzymes that can break beta-glycosidic bonds to create sugars for ethanol biofuel fermentation. Good stuff, Richard.

On a side note, hydrolysis of Beta-glucans like cellulose is also important in the biofuel industry, and lots of money is spent on production and engineering of cellulases, enzymes that can break beta-glycosidic bonds to create sugars for ethanol biofuel fermentation.

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