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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Metgen Oy, Kaarina, FI;
Inventors:
Klara Birikh, Kaarina, FI;
Veera Kaarina Hämäläinen, Kaarina, FI;
Assignee:
Metgen OY, Kaarina, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/0061 (2013.01); C12Y 110/03002 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to laccase variants and uses thereof as eco-friendly biocatalysts in various industrial processes. More in particular, the invention relates to a polypeptide with laccase activity comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the polypeptide comprises at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of Alanine, Proline, Aspartic acid, Isoleucine, Proline, Proline, Threonine and Proline at a position corresponding to of positions 253, 128, 384, 364, 292, 450, 33 and 322 in SEQ ID NO: 1 respectively.