Laccases and uses thereof
AssigneeDeinove
InventorsJean-Paul Leonetti, Jean-Michel Claverie, Nicolas Chabot
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Abstract
The present invention relates to novel enzymes and the uses thereof. The invention also relates to methods of producing such enzymes, coding nucleic acid molecules, recombinant cells and methods of modifying biomass from such materials. The invention is particularly suited to degrade biomass and/or to improve biomass degradation. The invention also relates to various applications of the enzymes of the invention for the production of bioenergy (such as bioethanol), as well as in the field of chemistry, paper industry, textile industry and beverage industry.
Claims18
A heterologous recombinant host cell transformed or transfected with a nucleic acid encoding a laccase wherein said laccase comprises all or a biologically active part of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 or 4.
An isolated nucleic acid encoding a laccase wherein said laccase comprises all or a biologically active part of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 or 4 linked to a heterologous promoter.
A recombinant cell transformed or transfected with a nucleic acid encoding a laccase, wherein said laccase comprises all or a biologically active part of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 or 4 and wherein said nucleic acid is linked to a heterologous promoter.
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