Nucleic acids and expression vectors comprising carotenoid binding peptides

US7402664B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL, INC. · US

Inventors

• Aehle Wolfgang · Delfgauw, NL
• Toby M. Baldwin · Palo Alto, US
• Franciscus J. C. van Gastel · Schiedam, NL
• Giselle Janssen · Redwood City, US
• Christopher J. Murray · Philadelphia, US
• Huaming Wang · Qingdao, CN
• Deborah S. Winetzky · Charlottesville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 3, 2002
• Grant date: Jul 22, 2008
• Expiry date: Mar 8, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/0061
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present application relates to peptides which bind to a target stain, phenol oxidizing enzyme-binding peptide complexes wherein the binding peptide is attached to the C-terminus of the phenol oxidizing enzyme or is inserted or substituted into the phenol oxidizing enzyme. In a preferred embodiment the phenol oxidizing enzyme is a laccase specifically Stachybotrys oxidase B and variants thereof. The invention provides expression vectors comprising the phenol oxidizing enzyme-binding peptide complex as well as host cells comprising the vectors.