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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
David L. Blum, San Diego, CA (US);
Irina Kataeva, Athens, GA (US);
Xin-Liang Li, Athens, GA (US);
Lars G. Ljungdahl, Athens, GA (US);
Assignee:
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Athens, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/18 ; C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/18 ; C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
Described herein are four phenolic acid esterases, three of which correspond to domains of previously unknown function within bacterial xylanases, from XynY and XynZ of and from a xylanase of Ruminococcus. The fourth specifically exemplified xylanase is a protein encoded within the genome of Orpinomyces PC-2. The amino acids of these polypeptides and nucleotide sequences encoding them are provided. Recombinant host cells, expression vectors and methods for the recombinant production of phenolic acid esterases are also provided.