Method for stonewashing fabrics using cellulase

• Main Authors: HARRIS PAUL, TETER SARAH A, WU GUIFANG, LAI WEIJIAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 19.01.2011
• Subjects: ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; DRY-CLEANING, WASHING OR BLEACHING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS,YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; ENZYMOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LAUNDERING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROCESSES USING MICROORGANISMS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; SPIRITS; TEXTILES; TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS BY LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS,FABRICS, FEATHERS, OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; VINEGAR; WINE

A method of forming localized variation of color density in the surface of a dyed cellulosic fabric with reducing back staining, with a composition comprising a cellulose having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 or an amino acid sequence having at least 75% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO:2 is provided. A method for biopolishing a cellulose-containing fabric by using the new endoglucanase is also provided.