Enzyme capable of degrading cellullose or hemicellulose
US5457046A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 22, 1994 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Y302/01091
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A cellulose- or hemicellulose-degrading enzyme which is derivable from a fungus other than Trichoderma or Phanerochaete, and which comprises a carbohydrate binding domain homologous to a terminal A region of Trichoderma reesei cellulases, which carbohydrate binding domain amino acid sequence (.alpha.) or a subsequence thereof capable of effecting binding of the enzyme to an insoluble cellulosic or hemicellulosic substrate.
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