Using the miracles of nature, the bioscience firm Novozymes will make your lips fuller, your gasoline less polluting and your beer better tasting.
It goes by the name GH-61. It turbocharges an enzyme, a protein that itself speeds up chemical reactions, but exactly how, or how it is made, is known only to its manufacturers at the Danish firm Novozymes. Starting next fall it will be employed at a biofuels plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa. If all goes well, the enzyme cocktail that contains this special GH-61 will help transform corncobs into ethanol for autos, likely marking the first production of cellulosic ethanol at a reasonable price.
Cellulosic ethanol represents a huge potential market for Novozymes, whose enzymes play a role in everything from detergents to beer to gasohol.
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