IP Library Granted Patent US 8,715,994
Granted Patent B2
US 8,715,994 · App. 13/678,638 · Granted May 6, 2014

Polypeptides having beta-glucosidase and beta-xylosidase activity and polynucleotides encoding same

Inventor: Marc Dominique Morant (Copenhagen, DK)
Assignees: Novozymes A/S; Novozymes Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,715,994
App. No.
13/678,638
Granted
May 6, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity, beta-xylosidase activity, or beta-glucosidase and beta-xylosidase activity and isolated 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.

Claims (31)

1. An isolated polypeptide having beta-glucosidase and beta-xylosidase activity selected from the group consisting of:

(a) a polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity to the sequence of amino acids 21-774 of SEQ ID NO: 2;

(b) a variant of the sequence of amino acids 21-774 of SEQ ID NO: 2 comprising a substitution, deletion, and/or insertion at one or more positions and having at least 95% sequence identity to amino acids 21-774 of SEQ ID NO: 2; and

(c) a fragment of the polypeptide of (a) or (b) that has beta-glucosidase and beta-xylosidase activity.

2. The polypeptide of claim 1 having at least 95% sequence identity to the sequence of amino acids 21-774 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

3. The polypeptide of claim 1 having at least 97% sequence identity to the sequence of amino acids 21-774 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

4. The polypeptide of claim 1 having at least 99% sequence identity to the sequence of amino acids 21-774 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

5. The polypeptide of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptide consists of the sequence of amino acids 21-774 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

6. A composition comprising a polypeptide of claim 1 and an enzyme 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.

7. A composition comprising a polypeptide of claim 2 and an enzyme 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.

8. A composition comprising a polypeptide of claim 3 and an enzyme 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.

9. A composition comprising a polypeptide of claim 4 and an enzyme 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.

10. A composition comprising a polypeptide of claim 5 and an enzyme 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.

11. A process for degrading or converting a cellulosic material or xylan-containing material, wherein the process comprises treating the cellulosic material or xylan-containing material with an enzyme composition in the presence of the polypeptide of claim 1 .

12. A process for producing a fermentation product, wherein the process comprises:

(a) saccharifying a cellulosic material or xylan-containing material with an enzyme composition in the presence of the polypeptide of claim 1 ; and

(b) fermenting the saccharified cellulosic material or xylan-containing material with one or more fermenting microorganisms to produce the fermentation product.

13. The process of claim 12 , further comprising recovering the fermentation product from the fermentation.

14. A process for producing a fermentation product, wherein the process comprises:

(a) saccharifying a cellulosic material or xylan-containing material with an enzyme composition in the presence of the polypeptide of claim 3 ; and

(b) fermenting the saccharified cellulosic material or xylan-containing material with one or more fermenting microorganisms to produce the fermentation product.

15. The process of claim 14 , further comprising recovering the fermentation product from the fermentation.

16. A process for producing a fermentation product, wherein the process comprises:

(a) saccharifying a cellulosic material or xylan-containing material with an enzyme composition in the presence of the polypeptide of claim 5 ; and

(b) fermenting the saccharified cellulosic material or xylan-containing material with one or more fermenting microorganisms to produce the fermentation product.

17. The process of claim 16 , further comprising recovering the fermentation product from the fermentation.

18. A recombinant host cell comprising an isolated polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide of claim 1 , wherein the isolated polynucleotide is operably linked to one or more control sequences that direct the production of the polypeptide.

19. A method of producing a polypeptide having beta-glucosidase and beta-xylosidase activity, wherein the method comprises:

(a) cultivating the host cell of claim 18 under conditions conducive for production of the polypeptide; and

(b) recovering the polypeptide.

20. A whole broth formulation or cell culture composition comprising the polypeptide of claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Sep 18, 2014
From: NOVOZYMES, INC.
To: ENERGY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
Reel/Frame 033780/0483 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2014
From: NOVOZYMES A/S
To: NOVOZYMES INC.
Reel/Frame 032489/0412 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2013
From: MORANT, MARC DOMINIQUE
To: NOVOZYMES A/S
Reel/Frame 029632/0655 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61561446 · Nov 18, 2011
Related Publication 20130130325A1 · May 23, 2013