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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2001
Petrus Jacobus Theodorus Dekker, Ae Den Haag, NL;
Luppo Edens, JL Rotterdam, NL;
Robertus Antonius Mijndert Van Der Hoeven, AJ Katwijk, NL;
Linda DE Lange, ML Gouda, NL;
Petrus Jacobus Theodorus Dekker, Ae Den Haag, NL;
Luppo Edens, JL Rotterdam, NL;
Robertus Antonius Mijndert Van Der Hoeven, AJ Katwijk, NL;
Linda De Lange, ML Gouda, NL;
DSM IP Assets B.V., Heerlen, NL;
Abstract
The present invention provides An isolated polypeptide which has proline specific endoprotease activity, selected from the group consisting of:(a) a polypeptide which has an amino acid sequence which has at least 40% amino acid sequence identity with amino acids 1 to 526 of SEQ ID NO:2 or a fragment thereof;(b) a polypeptide which is encoded by a polynucleotide which hybridizes under low stringency conditions with (i) the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or a fragment thereof which is at least 80% or 90% identical over 60, preferably over 100 nucleotides, more preferably at least 90% identical over 200 nucleotides, or (ii) a nucleic acid sequence complementary to the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1.