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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Kurihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsushige Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiko Ishikawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Yumiko Mishima, Hiroshima, JP;
Yasunobu Wada, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Kado, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Toray Industries, Inc., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 19/14 (2006.01); C12N 9/42 (2006.01); C12P 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/2445 (2013.01); C12P 19/02 (2013.01); C12P 19/14 (2013.01); C12Y 302/01021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A β-glucosidase exhibits high activity in the presence of biomass and has high thermal stability compared to conventional enzymes. The β-glucosidase includes substitutions and/or deletions of amino acids, at least three amino acids selected from the group consisting of Glu39, Asp169, Arg170, Arg220, Tyr227, and Glu330, of the parent β-glucosidase with other amino acids and exhibits a decomposition activity.