Enzyme with rhamnogalacturonase activity

An animal feed composition comprising one or more of soy, pea or rapeseed, or other material derived from Fabales or Cruciferaceae, and an enzyme having rhamnogalacturonase activity, wherein the enzyme having rhamnogalacturonase activity (RGase I):

• (a) cleaves a rharnnogalacturonan backbone to produce galacturonic acid as a non-reducing end;
• (b) depolymerizes hairy regions from a soy bean material;
• and
• (c) depolymerizes saponified hairy regions from a sugar beet material.

An animal feed composition comprising one or more of soy, pea, or rapeseed, or other material derived from Fabales or Cruciferaceae, and an enzyme having rhamnogalacturonase activity, wherein the enzyme is one of:

• (a) a protein encoded by nucleotides 64-1587 of the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 1;
• (b) a protein encoded by a DNA sequence which hybridizes to the same probe as nucleotides 64-1587 of SEQ ID NO:
• 1 under conditions of presoaking in 5.times.SSC and prehybridizing for 1 hour at .about.40.degree. C. in a solution of 5.times.SSC, 5.times.Denhardt's solution, 50 mM sodium phosphate, pH 6.8, and 50 .mu.g of denatured sonicated calf thymus DNA, followed by hybridization in the same solution supplemented with 50 .mu.Ci 32-P-dCTP labeled probe for 18 h at .about.40.degree. C., followed by washing three times in 2.times.SSC, 0.2% SDS at 40.degree. C. for 30 minutes;
• or
• (c) an amino acid sequence comprising amino acids 20-527 of the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.

A method for increasing the digestibility of an animal feed comprising adding an enzyme having rhamnogalacturonase activity to one or more of soy, pea or rapeseed, or other material derived from Fabales or Cruciferaceae, wherein the enzyme having rhamnogalacturonase activity (RGase I):

• (a) cleaves a rhamnogalacturonan backbone to produce galacturonic acid as a non-reducing end;
• (b) depolymerizes hairy regions from a soy bean material;
• and
• (c) depolymerizes saponified hairy regions from a sugar beet material.

An animal feed composition comprising one or more of soy, pea or rapeseed, or other material derived from Fabales or Cruciferaceae, and an enzyme having rhamnogalacturonase activity, wherein the enzyme is one of:

• (a) a protein encoded by nucleotides 64-1587 of the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 1,
• (b) a protein encoded by a DNA sequence which hybridizes to the same probe as nucleotides 64-1587 of SEQ ID NO:
• 1 under conditions of presoaking in 5.times.SSC and prehybridizing for 1 hour at .about.40.degree. C. in a solution of 5.times.SSC, 5.times.Denhardt's solution, 50 mM sodium phosphate, pH6.8, and 50 .mu.g of denatured sonicated calf thymus DNA, followed by hybridization in the same solution supplemented with 50 .mu.Ci 32-P-dCTP labeled probe for 18 h at .about.40.degree. C., followed by washing three times in 2.times.SSC, 0.2% SDS at 40.degree. C. for 30 minutes;
• or
• (c) an amino acid sequence comprising amino acids 20-527 of the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.

A method for increasing the digestibility of an animal feed comprising adding an enzyme having rhamnogalacturonase activity to one or more of soy, pea or rapeseed, or other material derived from Fabales or Cruciferaceae, wherein the enzyme is one of:

• (a) a protein encoded by nucleotides 64-1587 of the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 1;
• (b) a protein encoded by a DNA sequence which hybridizes to the same probe as nucleotides 64-1587 of SEQ ID NO:
• 1 under conditions of presoaking in 5.times.SSC and prehybridizing for 1 hour at .about.40.degree. C. in a solution of 5.times.SSC, 5.times.Denhardt's solution, 50 mM sodium phosphate, pH 6.8, and 50 .mu.g of denatured sonicated calf thymus DNA, followed by hybridization in the same solution supplemented with 50 .mu.Ci 32-P-dCTP labeled probe for 18 h at .about.40.degree. C., followed by washing three times in 2.times.SSC, 0.2% SDS at 40.degree. C. for 30 minutes, or
• (c) an amino acid sequence comprising amino acids 20-527 of the sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 2.

A method for reducing the viscosity of a feed comprising adding to the feed an enzyme having rhamnogalacturonase activity to one or more of soy, pea or rapeseed, or other material derived from Fabales or Cruciferaceae, wherein the enzyme is one of:

• (a) a protein encoded by nucleotides 64-1587 of the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 1;
• (b) a protein encoded by a DNA sequence which hybridizes to the same probe as nucleotides 64-1587 of SEQ ID NO:
• 1 under conditions of presoaking in 5.times.SSC and prehybridizing for 1 hour at .about.40.degree. C. in a solution of 5.times.SSC, 5.times.Denhardt's solution, 50 mM sodium phosphate, pH 6.8, and 50 .mu.g of denatured sonicated calf thymus DNA, followed by hybridization in the same solution supplemented with 50 .mu.Ci 32-P-dCTP labeled probe for 18 h at .about.40.degree. C., followed by washing three times in 2.times.SSC, 0.2% SDS at 40.degree. C. for 30 minutes;
• or
• (c) an aimno acid sequence comprising amino acids 20-527 of the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.