Thermostable enzymes for the hydrolysis of mannan-containing polysaccharides
AssigneeThe Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
InventorsYejun HAN, Dylan Dodd, Satish Nair, Roderick I. Mackie, Isaac K. O. Cann
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to hydrolysis of mannan-containing poly- or oligo-saccharides by use of a polypeptide having endo-β-mannanase activity. In particular the present disclosure relates to compositions comprising a bacterial endo-β-mannanase, polynucleotides encoding the endo-β-mannanase, and methods of use thereof.
Claims20
An isolated protein comprising SEQ ID NO:
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An isolated nucleic acid encoding an endo-β-mannanase comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
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The method of claim 19, wherein the plant material is selected from the group consisting of Miscanthus, switchgrass, cord grass, rye grass, reed canary grass, common reed, wheat straw, barley straw, canola straw, oat straw, corn stover, soybean stover, oat hulls, sorghum, rice hulls, sugarcane bagasse, corn fiber, Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS), Blue Stem, corncobs, pine, willow, aspen, poplar wood, and energy cane.
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