Detergent composition
AssigneeNovozymes A/S
InventorsKlaus Gori, Marie Allesen-Holm, Lillian Eva Tang Baltsen, Allan Noergaard, Jan Lehmbeck
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a detergent and a pharmaceutical composition comprising a deoxyribonuclease (DNase), wherein the DNase is obtained from a fungal source. It further concerns a laundering method and the use of DNase. The present invention further relates to polypeptides having DNase activity, nucleotides encoding the polypeptide, as well as methods of producing the polypeptides.
Claims11
A method for preventing soil redeposition as an add-on effect to enzymes in a laundry detergent, comprising treating a textile soiled with bacteria with a polypeptide having DNase activity, the polypeptide from a fungal source, together with an enzyme that is not DNase, in a detergent, to produce a less-soiled textile, compared to treating the textile soiled with bacteria without the polypeptide having DNase activity, but with the enzyme that is not DNase in the detergent,
- where the polypeptide from a fungal source has an amino acid sequence that includes SEQ ID NO:
- 2 or SEQ ID NO:
- 9.
A detergent composition comprising a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 or SEQ ID NO:
- 9 and a detergent adjunct ingredient.
A method for laundering a textile comprising the steps of:
- (a) exposing an item to a wash liquor comprising a detergent composition that includes a DNase from an Aspergillus;
- and
- (b) completing at least one wash cycle;
- where the DNase from the Aspergillus has an amino acid sequence that includes SEQ ID NO:
- 2 or SEQ ID NO:
- 9.
A nucleic acid construct or expression vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 or SEQ ID NO:
- 9, wherein the polynucleotide is operably linked to one or more control sequences that direct the production of the polypeptide in a recombinant host cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.