Processes for the digestion of colanic acid
The present disclosure generally relates to processes employing polypeptides having colanic acid-degrading activity. The processes generally involve contacting a biological material with a polypeptide capable of digesting colanic acid. Additional process steps, such as chromatographic separation steps, are also described.
1. A process for digesting colanic acid in a biological material, the process comprising contacting the biological material under conditions that cause colonic acid digestion with a polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2 that digests colanic acid.
2. The process of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide is a recombinant polypeptide.
3. The process of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 98% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2, and conservative amino acid substitutions thereof.
4. The process of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide is SEQ ID NO: 2.