Polypeptides Having Laccase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same

A process for degrading a cellulosic material, comprising:

• treating the cellulosic material with an enzyme composition in the presence of the polypeptide having laccase activity selected from the group consisting of:
• (a) a polypeptide having at least 60% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
• 2, SEQ ID NO:
• 6, SEQ ID NO:
• 8, SEQ ID NO:
• 10, SEQ ID NO:
• 12, SEQ ID NO:18, or SEQ ID NO:
• 22;
• at least 65% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
• 34 or SEQ ID NO:
• 36;
• at least 70% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
• 14, SEQ ID NO:
• 16, SEQ ID NO:
• 20, SEQ ID NO:
• 26, SEQ ID NO:
• 30, or SEQ ID NO:
• 32;
• at least 75% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
• 28;
• or at least 85% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
• 4;
• (b) a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide that hybridizes under at least medium-high stringency conditions with (i) the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 1, SEQ ID NO:
• 5, SEQ ID NO:
• 7, SEQ ID NO:
• 9, SEQ ID NO:
• 11, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:
• 21, SEQ ID NO:
• 33, or SEQ ID NO:
• 35, (ii) the cDNA sequence thereof, or (iii) the full-length complement of (i) or (ii);
• or at least high stringency conditions with (i) the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 13, SEQ ID NO:
• 15, SEQ ID NO:
• 19, SEQ ID NO:
• 25, SEQ ID NO:
• 27, SEQ ID NO:
• 29, or SEQ ID NO:
• 31, (ii) the cDNA sequence thereof, or (iii) the full-length complement of (i) or (ii);
• or at least very high stringency conditions with (i) the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 3, (ii) the cDNA sequence thereof, or (iii) the full-length complement of (i) or (ii);
• (c) a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide having at least 60% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 1, SEQ ID NO:
• 5, SEQ ID NO:
• 7, SEQ ID NO:
• 9, SEQ ID NO:
• 11, SEQ ID NO:17, or SEQ ID NO:
• 21, or the cDNA sequences thereof;
• at least 65% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 33 or SEQ ID NO:
• 35, or the cDNA sequences thereof;
• at least 70% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 13, SEQ ID NO:
• 15, SEQ ID NO:
• 19, SEQ ID NO:
• 25, SEQ ID NO:
• 29, or SEQ ID NO:
• 31, or the cDNA sequences thereof;
• at least 75% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 27 or the cDNA sequence thereof;
• or at least 85% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 3 or the cDNA sequence thereof;
• (d) a variant of the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
• 2, SEQ ID NO:
• 4, SEQ ID NO:
• 6, SEQ ID NO:
• 8, SEQ ID NO:
• 10, SEQ ID NO:
• 12, SEQ ID NO:
• 14, SEQ ID NO:
• 16, SEQ ID NO:
• 18, SEQ ID NO:
• 20, SEQ ID NO:
• 22, SEQ ID NO:
• 26, SEQ ID NO:
• 28, SEQ ID NO:
• 30, SEQ ID NO:
• 32, SEQ ID NO:
• 34, or SEQ ID NO:
• 36 comprising a substitution, deletion, and/or insertion at one or more (e.g., several) positions;
• and
• (e) a fragment of the polypeptide of (a), (b), (c), or (d) that has laccase activity.