"NOVEL LACCASE ENZYME AND USE THEREOF".

Application 758/KOLNP/2007 published 2007-07-13, filed 2007-03-01
The present invention relates to a novel laccase enzyme obtainable from the strains of genus Thielavia.The invention relates also to the nucleic acid sequence encoding the enzyme, a recombinant host into which the nucleic acid sequence has been introduced and a method for the production of the enzyme in a recombinant host. The enzyme of the invention is suitable for several applications, in particular for increasing the lightness of denim.

Applicant

1)AB ENZYMES OY
:TYKKIMAENTIE 15, FI-05200,RAJAMAKI Finland

Inventor

1)PALOHEIMO, MARJA 2)VALTAKARI, LEENA 3)PURANEN, TERHI 4)KRUUS, KRISTIINA 5)KALLIO, JARNO 6)MANTYLA, ARJA 7)FAGERSTROM, RICHARD 8)OJAPALO, PENTTI 9)VEHMAANPERA, JARI

International Info

Classification: C12N 9/02
Publication Number: WO 2006/032723
Application Date: 2005-09-21

Priority Information

60/611,819 U.S.A. 2004-09-21