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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lene Nonboe Andersen, Allerød, DK;
Martin Schülein, Copenhagen, DK;
Niels Erik Krebs Lange, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07G 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07G 1/700 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to microbial pectate lyases, more specifically to microbial enzymes exhibiting pectate lyase activity as their major enzymatic activity in the neutral and alkaline pH ranges, to a method of producing such an enzyme, and to methods for using such enzymes in the textile, detergent and cellulose fiber processing industries.