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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kathleen A Clarkson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew J Morgan, Marlborough, GB;
Zhi C Wang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Genencor International, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 9461 ; 424 941 ; 424 946 ; 435183 ; 435195 ; 435209 ; 435814 ; 435822 ;
Abstract
A purified xylanase produced by Acidothermus cellulolyticus is disclosed having a pH optimum of between about 3.6-4.2 and a molecular weight of between about 50-55 kD as determined by gel filtration. The disclosed xylanase is useful in the bleaching of pulp for the production of paper and in treating feed compositions.