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Danisco US Inc.

Genencor International, Inc.

Franciscus J C Van Gastel

Huaming Wang

Christopher James Murray

Giselle G Janssen

Michael C Ward

John A Howard

Elizabeth E Hood

Deborah S Winetzky

Toby M Baldwin

Pilar Tijerina

Michele Bailey

Susan Woodard

Aehle Wolfgang

The present application relates to peptides which bind to tannin, polyphenolic or anthocyanin compounds, and particularly to tea and wine stains on a fabric or other surface. The invention also concerns binding peptide conjugates which includes a binding peptide coupled to an agent and the use of the binding peptide conjugate for delivering an agent to a desired target.

Phenolic binding peptides

The present application relates to peptides which bind to a target stain, phenol oxidizing enzyme-binding peptide complexes wherein the binding peptide is attached to the C-terminus of the phenol oxidizing enzyme or is inserted or substituted into the phenol oxidizing enzyme. In a preferred embodiment the phenol oxidizing enzyme is a laccase specificallyoxidase B and variants thereof. The invention provides expression vectors comprising the phenol oxidizing enzyme-binding peptide complex as well as host cells comprising the vectors.

Nucleic acids and expression vectors comprising carotenoid binding peptides

A method of increasing recovery of active enzyme produced in a plant is provided where the enzyme requires a transitional metal cofactor for activation. The metal cofactor is supplied to the enzyme during plant development, during extraction, or after extraction. Recovery of active enzyme is also provided by incubating the extracted enzyme at a non-enzyme degrading temperature. Addition of a negative ion salt further improves active enzyme recovery. Optimum salt concentrations for recovery of laccase from plants using copper solutions is provided.

Method of increasing recovery of heterologous active enzymes produced in plants

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Union City, CA, United States of America

Franciscus J C Van Gastel