IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,230,723
Granted Patent B2
US 11,230,723 · App. 16/878,267 · Granted Jan 25, 2022

Cellulolytic enzyme compositions and uses thereof

Inventors: Jeffrey Shasky (Davis, CA); Suchindra Maiyuran (Gold River, CA); Amanda Fischer (Davis, CA)
Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
C12P19/14C07K14/38C12N9/2437C12N9/2445C12P19/02C12Y302/01004C12Y302/01008C12Y302/01021C12Y302/01037C12Y302/01091C12Y302/01176Y02E50/10Y02P20/52
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Patent No.
US 11,230,723
App. No.
16/878,267
Granted
Jan 25, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to recombinant filamentous fungal host cells producing cellulolytic enzyme compositions and methods of producing and using the compositions.

Claims (36)

1. An enzyme composition comprising one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of: (i) an Aspergillus fumigatus xylanase or homolog thereof, (ii) an Aspergillus fumigatus beta-xylosidase or homolog thereof; or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii);

wherein the Aspergillus fumigatus xylanase or homolog thereof is selected from the group consisting of:

(i) an Aspergillus fumigatus xylanase comprising or consisting of the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 12, or SEQ ID NO: 14;

(ii) a xylanase comprising or consisting of an amino acid sequence having at least 70% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 12, or SEQ ID NO: 14;

(iii) a xylanase encoded by a polynucleotide comprising or consisting of a nucleotide sequence having at least 70% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 11, or SEQ ID NO: 13; and

(iv) a xylanase encoded by a polynucleotide that hybridizes under at least high stringency conditions, very high stringency conditions, with the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 11, or SEQ ID NO: 13; or the full-length complement thereof; and

wherein the Aspergillus fumigatus beta-xylosidase or homolog thereof is selected from the group consisting of:

(i) a beta-xylosidase comprising or consisting of the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 16;

(ii) a beta-xylosidase comprising or consisting of an amino acid sequence having at least 70% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 16;

(iii) a beta-xylosidase encoded by a polynucleotide comprising or consisting of a nucleotide sequence having at least 70% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15; and

(iv) a beta-xylosidase encoded by a polynucleotide that hybridizes under at least high stringency conditions, very high stringency conditions, with the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15 or the full-length complement thereof.

2. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , which further comprises 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.

3. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the xylanase comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence having at least 75% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 12, or SEQ ID NO: 14.

4. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the xylanase comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence having at least 80% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 12, or SEQ ID NO: 14.

5. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the xylanase comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence having at least 85% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 12, or SEQ ID NO: 14.

6. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the xylanase comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 12, or SEQ ID NO: 14.

7. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the xylanase comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 12, or SEQ ID NO: 14.

8. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the xylanase comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence having at least 99% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 12, or SEQ ID NO: 14.

9. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the xylanase is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising or consisting of a nucleotide sequence having at least 75% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 11, or SEQ ID NO: 13.

10. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the xylanase is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising or consisting of a nucleotide sequence having at least 80% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 11, or SEQ ID NO: 13.

11. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the xylanase is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising or consisting of a nucleotide sequence having at least 85% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 11, or SEQ ID NO: 13.

12. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the xylanase is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising or consisting of a nucleotide sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 11, or SEQ ID NO: 13.

13. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the xylanase is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising or consisting of a nucleotide sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 11, or SEQ ID NO: 13.

14. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the xylanase is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising or consisting of a nucleotide sequence having at least 99% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 11, or SEQ ID NO: 13.

15. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the beta-xylosidase comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence having at least 75% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 16.

16. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the beta-xylosidase comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence having at least 80% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 16.

17. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the beta-xylosidase comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence having at least 85% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 16.

18. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the beta-xylosidase comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 16.

19. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the beta-xylosidase comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 16.

20. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the beta-xylosidase comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence having at least 99% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 16.

21. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the beta-xylosidase is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising or consisting of a nucleotide sequence having at least 75% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15.

22. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the beta-xylosidase is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising or consisting of a nucleotide sequence having at least 80% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15.

23. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the beta-xylosidase is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising or consisting of a nucleotide sequence having at least 85% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15.

24. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the beta-xylosidase is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising or consisting of a nucleotide sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15.

25. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the beta-xylosidase is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising or consisting of a nucleotide sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15.

26. The enzyme composition of claim 1 , wherein the beta-xylosidase is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising or consisting of a nucleotide sequence having at least 99% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15.

Continuity (7)
Continuation 16268922 · Feb 6, 2019
Division 16122173 · Sep 5, 2018
Division 15265460 · Sep 14, 2016
Division 14238431
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