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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2002
Aehle Wolfgang, Delfgauw, NL;
Toby M. Baldwin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Franciscus J. C. Van Gastel, Union City, CA (US);
Giselle G. Janssen, San Carlos, CA (US);
Christopher J. Murray, Soquel, CA (US);
Huaming Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
Deborah S. Winetzky, Foster City, CA (US);
Aehle Wolfgang, Delfgauw, NL;
Toby M. Baldwin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Franciscus J. C. van Gastel, Union City, CA (US);
Giselle G. Janssen, San Carlos, CA (US);
Christopher J. Murray, Soquel, CA (US);
Huaming Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
Deborah S. Winetzky, Foster City, CA (US);
Genencor International, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
The present application relates to peptides which bind to a target stain, phenol oxidizing enzyme-binding peptide complexes wherein the binding peptide is attached to the C-terminus of the phenol oxidizing enzyme or is inserted or substituted into the phenol oxidizing enzyme. In a preferred embodiment the phenol oxidizing enzyme is a laccase specificallyoxidase B and variants thereof. The invention provides expression vectors comprising the phenol oxidizing enzyme-binding peptide complex as well as host cells comprising the vectors.