Methods for enhancing the degradation or conversion of cellulosic material

1. A method for degrading or converting a cellulosic material, comprising: treating the cellulosic material with a recombinant host cell transformed with a nucleic acid encoding an enzyme composition comprising a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity and recovering the degraded or converted cellulosic material, wherein the GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity is selected from the group consisting of:

(a) a GH61 polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2;

(b) a GH61 polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide having at least 95% sequence identity to nucleotides 64 to 1018 of SEQ ID NO: 1 or nucleotides 64-101 and 160-1018 of SEQ ID NO: 1; and

(c) a fragment of the GH61 polypeptide of (a) or (b) that has cellulolytic enhancing activity.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide comprises SEQ ID NO: 2 or amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2, or a fragment thereof having cellulolytic enhancing activity.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the enzyme composition further comprises one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of a cellulase, a hemicellulase, an expansin, an esterase, a laccase, a ligninolytic enzyme, a pectinase, a peroxidase, a protease, and a swollenin.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the cellulase is one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of an endoglucanase, a cellobiohydrolase, and a beta-glucosidase.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the hemicellulase is one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of a xylanase, an acetylxylan esterase, a feruloyl esterase, an arabinofuranosidase, a xylosidase, and a glucuronidase.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the degraded or converted cellulosic material is a sugar.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the sugar is selected from the group consisting of glucose, xylose, mannose, galactose, and arabinose.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 96% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 97% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 98% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 99% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cellulosic material is pretreated.

13. A method for producing a fermentation product, comprising: (a) saccharifying a cellulosic material with a recombinant host cell transformed with a nucleic acid encoding an enzyme composition comprising a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity; (b) fermenting the saccharified cellulosic material with one or more fermenting microorganisms to produce the fermentation product; and (c) recovering the fermentation product from the fermentation; wherein the GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity is selected from the group consisting of:

(a) a GH61 polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2;

(b) a GH61 polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide having at least 95% sequence identity to nucleotides 64 to 1018 of SEQ ID NO: 1 or nucleotides 64-101 and 160-1018 of SEQ ID NO: 1; and

(c) a fragment of the GH61 polypeptide of (a) or (b) that has cellulolytic enhancing activity.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the polypeptide comprises SEQ ID NO: 2 or amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2, or a fragment thereof having cellulolytic enhancing activity.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the enzyme composition further comprises one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of a cellulase, a hemicellulase, an expansin, an esterase, a laccase, a ligninolytic enzyme, a pectinase, a peroxidase, a protease, and a swollenin.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the cellulase is one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of an endoglucanase, a cellobiohydrolase, and a beta-glucosidase.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the hemicellulase is one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of a xylanase, an acetylxylan esterase, a feruloyl esterase, an arabinofuranosidase, a xylosidase, and a glucuronidase.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein steps (a) and (b) are performed simultaneously in a simultaneous saccharification and fermentation.

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 96% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

20. The method of claim 13 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 97% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

21. The method of claim 13 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 98% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

22. The method of claim 13 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 99% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

23. The method of claim 13 , wherein the cellulosic material is pretreated.

24. The method of claim 13 , wherein the fermentation product is an alcohol, an organic acid, a ketone, an amino acid, an alkane, a cycloalkane, an alkene, isoprene, polyketide, or a gas.

25. A method of fermenting a cellulosic material, comprising: fermenting the cellulosic material with one or more fermenting microorganisms to produce a fermentation product, and recovering the fermentation product from the fermentation, wherein the cellulosic material is saccharified with a recombinant host cell transformed with a nucleic acid encoding an enzyme composition comprising a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity selected from the group consisting of:

(a) a GH61 polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2;

(b) a GH61 polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide having at least 95% sequence identity to nucleotides 64 to 1018 of SEQ ID NO: 1 or nucleotides 64-101 and 160-1018 of SEQ ID NO: 1; and

(c) a fragment of the GH61 polypeptide of (a) or (b) that has cellulolytic enhancing activity.

26. The method of claim 25 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide comprises SEQ ID NO: 2 or amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2, or a fragment thereof having cellulolytic enhancing activity.

27. The method of claim 25 , wherein the enzyme composition further comprises one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of a cellulase, a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, a hemicellulase, an expansin, an esterase, a laccase, a ligninolytic enzyme, a pectinase, a peroxidase, a protease, and a swollenin.

28. The method of claim 27 , wherein the cellulase is one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of an endoglucanase, a cellobiohydrolase, and a beta-glucosidase.

29. The method of claim 27 , wherein the hemicellulase is one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of a xylanase, an acetylxylan esterase, a feruloyl esterase, an arabinofuranosidase, a xylosidase, and a glucuronidase.

30. The method of claim 25 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 96% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

31. The method of claim 25 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 97% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

32. The method of claim 25 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 98% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

33. The method of claim 25 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 99% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

34. The method of claim 25 , wherein the cellulosic material is pretreated.

35. The method of claim 25 , wherein the fermentation product is an alcohol, an organic acid, a ketone, an amino acid, an alkane, a cycloalkane, an alkene, isoprene, polyketide, or a gas.

36. A nucleic acid construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, wherein the polynucleotide is operably linked to one or more heterologous control sequences that direct the production of the GH61 polypeptide in a recombinant host cell, and wherein the GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity is selected from the group consisting of:

(a) a GH61 polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2;

(b) a GH61 polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide having at least 95% sequence identity to nucleotides 64 to 1018 of SEQ ID NO: 1 or nucleotides 64-101 and 160-1018 of SEQ ID NO: 1; and

(c) a fragment of the GH 61 polypeptide of (a) or (b) that has cellulolytic enhancing activity.

37. An isolated recombinant host cell, comprising the nucleic acid construct of claim 36 .

38. A method of producing a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, comprising: cultivating the recombinant host cell of claim 21 under conditions conducive for production of the polypeptide.

39. The nucleic acid construct of claim 36 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 96% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

40. The nucleic acid construct of claim 36 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 97% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

41. The nucleic acid construct of claim 36 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 98% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

42. The nucleic acid construct of claim 36 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 99% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

43. The nucleic acid construct of claim 36 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide comprises SEQ ID NO: 2 or amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2, or a fragment thereof having cellulolytic enhancing activity.

44. An isolated recombinant host cell transformed with a nucleic acid construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, wherein the polynucleotide is operably linked to one or more control sequences that direct the production of the GH61 polypeptide in the recombinant host cell, and wherein the GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity is selected from the group consisting of:

(a) a GH61 polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2;

(b) a GH61 polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide having at least 95% sequence identity to nucleotides 64 to 1018 of SEQ ID NO: 1 or nucleotides 64-101 and 160-1018 of SEQ ID NO: 1; and

(c) a fragment of the GH 61 polypeptide of (a) or (b) that has cellulolytic enhancing activity.

45. The recombinant host cell of claim 44 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 96% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

46. The recombinant host cell of claim 44 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 97% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

47. The recombinant host cell of claim 44 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 98% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

48. The recombinant host cell of claim 44 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide has at least 99% sequence identity to amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

49. The recombinant host cell of claim 44 , wherein the GH61 polypeptide comprises SEQ ID NO: 2 or amino acids 22 to 320 of SEQ ID NO: 2, or a fragment thereof having cellulolytic enhancing activity.

50. A method of producing a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, comprising: cultivating the recombinant host cell of claim 44 under conditions conducive for production of the polypeptide.