Polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
1. An isolated polypeptide, which has at least 95% sequence identity to the sequence of amino acids 21-453 of SEQ ID NO: 2, or is a fragment of the sequence of amino acids 21-453 of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the polypeptide has cellobiohydrolase activity.
2. The polypeptide of claim 1 , having at least 97% sequence identity to the sequence of amino acids 21-453 of SEQ ID NO: 2.
3. The polypeptide of claim 1 , which is a variant of the sequence of amino acids 21-453 of SEQ ID NO: 2, comprising a substitution, deletion, and/or insertion of one or more amino acids.
4. The polypeptide of claim 1 , comprising the sequence of amino acids 21-453 of SEQ ID NO: 2.
5. The polypeptide of claim 1 , which is encoded by a polynucleotide that hybridizes with the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or the cDNA sequence thereof under high stringency conditions.
6. The polypeptide of claim 1 , which is a fragment of the sequence of amino acids 21-453 of SEQ ID NO: 2.
7. The polypeptide of claim 1 , further comprising a cellulose binding domain.
8. A composition comprising a polypeptide of claim 1 and one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of a cellulase, a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, a hemicellulase, an esterase, an expansin, a laccase, a ligninolytic enzyme, a pectinase, a peroxidase, a protease, and a swollenin.
9. A process for degrading a cellulosic material, comprising: treating the cellulosic material with a polypeptide of claim 1 , an endoglucanase, a beta-glucosidase, and a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity.
10. A process for degrading a cellulosic material, comprising: treating the cellulosic material with a polypeptide of claim 2 , an endoglucanase, a beta-glucosidase, and a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity.
11. A process for producing a fermentation product, comprising:
(a) saccharifying a cellulosic material with an enzyme composition in the presence of a polypeptide of claim 1 , an endoglucanase, a beta-glucosidase, and a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity; and
(b) fermenting the saccharified cellulosic material with one or more fermenting microorganisms to produce the fermentation product.
12. The process of claim 11 , further comprising recovering the fermentation product.
13. An isolated polypeptide comprising a catalytic domain, which has at least 95% sequence identity to the sequence of amino acids 98-453 of SEQ ID NO: 2, or is a fragment of the sequence of amino acids 98-453 of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the catalytic domain has cellobiohydrolase activity.
14. The polypeptide of claim 13 , wherein the catalytic domain has at least 97% sequence identity to the sequence of amino acids 98-453 of SEQ ID NO: 2.
15. The polypeptide of claim 13 , further comprising a cellulose binding domain.
16. A composition comprising a polypeptide of claim 13 and one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of a cellulase, a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, a hemicellulase, an esterase, an expansin, a laccase, a ligninolytic enzyme, a pectinase, a peroxidase, a protease, and a swollenin.
17. A process for degrading a cellulosic material, comprising: treating the cellulosic material with a polypeptide of claim 13 , an endoglucanase, a beta-glucosidase, and a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity.
18. A process for degrading a cellulosic material, comprising: treating the cellulosic material with a polypeptide of claim 14 , an endoglucanase, a beta-glucosidase, and a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity.
19. A process for producing a fermentation product, comprising:
(a) saccharifying a cellulosic material with a polypeptide of claim 13 , an endoglucanase, a beta-glucosidase, and a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity; and
(b) fermenting the saccharified cellulosic material with one or more fermenting microorganisms to produce the fermentation product.
20. The process of claim 19 , further comprising recovering the fermentation product.