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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frits Goedegebuur, Vloordingen, NL;
Scott D Power, San Bruno, CA (US);
Deborah Winetzky, Foster City, CA (US);
Anita Van Kimmenade, San Bruno, CA (US);
Mee-Young Yoon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Genencor International, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D / ; D06B / ; A23B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
8137 ; 439 691 ; 439209 ; 439263 ; 510293 ; 510393 ; 510320 ; 510530 ; 426 52 ; 426 53 ;
Abstract
A mutant cellulase obtainable from Thermomonospora spp is provided which differs from a precursor cellulase in that it has been genetically engineered to introduce a substitution, deletion or addition of an amino acid residue to said precursor cellulase which provided improved activity in a detergent. Preferably, the substitution is at a residue corresponding to T140 in Thermomonospora fusca.