Enzyme capable of degrading cellulose or hemicellulose
US5763254A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 7, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jun 9, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Y302/01091
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to isolated and purified cellulose- or hemicellulose-degrading enzymes, comprising a catalytically active domain, a carbohydrate binding domain and a linking B region which operably links the catalytically active domain and the carbohydrate binding domain, wherein the carbohydrate binding domain has the following core sequence: ##STR1## wherein the enzyme is endogenous to a strain of a fungus other than Trichoderma or Phanerochaete.
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