Carbonic anhydrase having increased stability under high temperature conditions
The present invention relates to polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences of carbonic anhydrase variants having increased stability under high temperature conditions compared to native carbonic anhydrase.
1. A modified carbonic anhydrase polypeptide having increased thermal stability compared to unmodified native carbonic anhydrase, said modified carbonic anhydrase comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, with at least two amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of Leu100His, Gln136Tyr, Lys153Leu, and Ala247Thr.
2. The modified carbonic anhydrase of claim 1 , consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11.
3. The modified carbonic anhydrase of claim 1 , being encoded by the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21.