NOVEL FUNGAL ENZYMES

• Main Authors: GUSAKOV, ALEXANDER, VASILIEVICH, GOSINK, MARK, JIANG, ZHIJIE, SINITSYN, ARKADY, PANTELEIMONOVICH, PUNT, PETER, J, VERDOES, JAN, CORNELIS, HINZ, SANDRA WIHELMINA, AGNES, VLASENKO, ELENA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 29.12.2010
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; DRY-CLEANING, WASHING OR BLEACHING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS,YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; ENZYMOLOGY; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; LAUNDERING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; TEXTILES; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; VINEGAR; WINE

This invention relates to novel enzymes and novel methods for producing the same. More specifically this invention relates to a variety of fungal enzymes. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such enzymes, compositions, recombinant and genetically modified host cells, and methods of use are described. The invention also relates to a method to convert lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars with enzymes that degrade the lignocellulosic material and novel combinations of enzymes, including those that provide a synergistic release of sugars from plant biomass. The invention also relates to methods to use the novel enzymes and compositions of such enzymes in a variety of other processes, including washing of clothing, detergent processes, deinking and biobleaching of paper and pulp, and treatment of waste streams.