Polypeptide having or assisting in carbohydrate material degrading activity and uses thereof

摘要

The invention relates to a polypeptide which comprises the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a variant polypeptide or variant polynucleotide thereof, wherein the variant polypeptide has at least 76% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or the variant polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide that has at least 76% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2. The invention features the full length coding sequence of the novel gene as well as the amino acid sequence of the full-length functional polypeptide and functional equivalents of the gene or the amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to methods for using the polypeptide in industrial processes. Also included in the invention are cells transformed with a polynucleotide according to the invention suitable for producing these proteins.

主权项

1. A variant polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or the mature form thereof, wherein said variant polypeptide or mature form thereof has one or more substitutions or insertions relative to SEQ ID NO: 2 and wherein said variant polypeptide has cellulase enhancing activity.