Search method for lipase

Abstract

Provided is a lipase search method which can efficiently search for lipases having resistance to activity inhibition by a surfactant and/or showing excellent detergency in the presence of a surfactant. A lipase search method comprising steps of: designing lipase ancestral sequences by ancestral sequence reconstruction using a lipase sequence group; measuring at least one of a lipase activity of lipases consisting of the designed ancestral sequences in the presence of a surfactant and a detergency thereof in the presence of a surfactant; and comparing measured results with at least one of a lipase activity of a standard lipase in the presence of a surfactant and a detergency thereof in the presence of a surfactant.

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