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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Tomoyuki Fukasawa, Saitama, JP;
Chuhei Nojiri, Saitama, JP;
Nobuo Matsuhashi, Saitama, JP;
Koji Nishizawa, Saitama, JP;
Kaoru Okakura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Yamanobe, Ibaraki, JP;
Tomoyuki Fukasawa, Saitama, JP;
Chuhei Nojiri, Saitama, JP;
Nobuo Matsuhashi, Saitama, JP;
Koji Nishizawa, Saitama, JP;
Kaoru Okakura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Yamanobe, Ibaraki, JP;
Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention is to provide a novel β-glucosidase and a gene that codes for the enzyme, and to develop a technique of utilizing the β-glucosidase or a composition that contains the enzyme for processing plants or plant-derived substances. According to the invention, there are provided a novel enzyme showing a β-glucosidase activity and derived from filamentous fungi of the genus Acremonium, a gene that codes for the enzyme, a method of using the gene for expressing β-glucosidase, an enzyme composition that contains β-glucosidase, and a method of processing plants or plant-derived substances with the enzyme or the enzyme compositions.