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US 2002/0164774 A1Published application
Method and compositions for treating cellulose containing fabrics using truncated cellulase enzyme compositions
AssigneeGenencor International, Inc.
InventorsTimothy Fowler Fowler, Kathleen A. Clarkson, Michael Ward, Katherine D. Collier, Edmund Larenas
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Abstract
Improved methods of treating cellulose containing fabrics with cellulase comprising contacting the cellulose fabrics with truncated cellulase enzyme. Treatment of cellulose containing fabrics with cellulase core domains of the invention are disclosed as offering specific advantages of reduced redeposition of dye and increased abrasion.
Claims38
A method of treating cellulose containing fabrics with cellulase comprising the steps of:
- (a) contacting said cellulose containing fabric with a treating composition comprising an effective amount of truncated cellulase, truncated cellulase derivative or a naturally occurring cellulase which lacks a cellulose binding domain;
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- (b) incubating said cellulose containing fabric in contact with said truncated cellulase or truncated cellulase derivative under conditions effective to treat said fabric.
A composition for treating a cellulose containing fabric comprising a truncated cellulase or derivative thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.