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Title: Polypeptide having swollenin activity and uses thereof

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1224890

The invention relates to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a variant polypeptide or variant polynucleotide thereof, wherein the variant polypeptide has at least 73% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or the variant polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide that has at least 73% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2. The invention features the full length coding sequence of the novel gene as well as the amino acid sequence of the full-length functional polypeptide and functional equivalents of the gene or the amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to methods for using the polypeptide in industrial processes. Also included in the invention are cells transformed with a polynucleotide according to the invention suitable for producing these proteins.

Research Organization:
DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (Heerlen, NL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC36-08GO18079
Assignee:
DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
Patent Number(s):
9,175,050
Application Number:
13/805,163
OSTI ID:
1224890
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2011 Jun 23
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

Nucleic acid and amino acid sequences relating to Apergillus fumigatus for diagnostics and therapeutics patent March 2009
Talaromyces transformants patent August 2014
Swollenin, a Trichoderma reesei protein with sequence similarity to the plant expansins, exhibits disruption activity on cellulosic materials: A fungal expansin homologue journal August 2002
Talaromyces emersonii Thermostable Enzyme Systems and Their Applications in Wheat Baking Systems journal June 2010