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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Novozymes A/s, Bagsvaerd, DK;
Inventors:
Tine Hoff, Holte, DK;
Peter Rahbek Oestergaard, Virum, DK;
Katrine Fruergaard Pontoppidan, Lynge, DK;
Assignee:
Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/48 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/64 (2006.01); C12N 9/52 (2006.01); A23K 20/189 (2016.01); A23K 10/14 (2016.01); A23K 20/00 (2016.01); C12N 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/6424 (2013.01); A23K 10/14 (2016.05); A23K 20/189 (2016.05); C12N 9/52 (2013.01); A23K 20/00 (2016.05); C12N 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to animal feed or animal feed additives comprising polypeptides having protease activity and uses thereof. Specifically, the proteases are serine S1 proteases from, all belonging to the family Intrasporangiaceae of the suborder Micrococcineae. The proteases have a high activity at a broad pH-range (pH 3-7) and are thus highly active during the entire passage through the digestive tract. It also relates to the methods for producing the proteases and for using the proteases to improve animal performance and the nutritional value of animal feed.