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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2004
Applicants:
Michael Howard, Annapolis, MD (US);
Steven Wayne Hutcheson, Columbia, MD (US);
Ronald M. Weiner, Potomac, MD (US);
Inventors:
Michael Howard, Annapolis, MD (US);
Steven Wayne Hutcheson, Columbia, MD (US);
Ronald M. Weiner, Potomac, MD (US);
Assignee:
The University of Maryland, College Park, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to chitin degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and depolymerize chitin. These systems have a number of applications. The present invention also describes enzymes with at least two catalytic domains in which the domains are separated by poly-amino acid linkers.