Plant wall degradative compounds and systems
AssigneeUniversity of Maryland
InventorsLarry Edmund Taylor, Ronald M. Weiner, Steven Wayne Hutcheson, Nathan A. Ekborg, Michael Howard
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Abstract
The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose. These systems have a number of applications.
Claims15
1-31. (canceled)
An isolated Saccharophagus degradans strain 2-40 polynucleotide encoding an amino acid sequence comprising a GH10 domain.
The polynucleotide of claim 1, wherein the polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of Xyn10A.
An isolated Saccharophagus degradans strain 2-40 polypeptide comprising a GH10 domain.
The polypeptide of claim 1, wherein the polypeptide comprises the amino acid sequence of Xyn10A.
A vector comprising an isolated Saccharophagus degradans strain 2-40 polynucleotide encoding an amino acid sequence comprising a GH10 domain.
The vector of claim 5, wherein the polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of Xyn10A.
A host cell comprising an isolated Saccharophagus degradans strain 2-40 polynucleotide encoding an amino acid sequence comprising a GH10 domain.
The host cell of claim 7, wherein the cell is an Escherichia coli cell.
The host cell of claim 7, wherein the polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of Xyn10A.
A method of processing cereal comprising degrading hemicellulose in the cereal with an isolated Saccharophagus degradans strain 2-40 polypeptide comprising a GH10 domain.
The method of claim 10, wherein the polypeptide comprises the amino acid sequence of Xyn10A.
The method of claim 10, wherein the polypeptide is directly applied to a plant such that the system degrades the plant.
The method of claim 12 wherein the application is conducted in a marine environment.
The method of claim 12 wherein the application is conducted under water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.