EGVII endoglucanase and nucleic acids encoding the same
The present invention provides a novel endoglucanase nucleic acid sequence, designated egl7, and the corresponding EGVII amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding EGVII, recombinant EGVII proteins and methods for producing the same.
1. A substantially purified EGVII polypeptide with the biological activity of an endoglucanase, comprising
(a) an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2; or
(b) a biologically active fragment of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.
2. The substantially purified EGVII polypeptide of claim 1 (a) having at least 98% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2.
3. An isolated polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO:2.