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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Brian G. Fox, Madison, WI (US);
Taichi Takasuka, Madison, WI (US);
Christopher M. Bianchetti, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/42 (2006.01); C07K 14/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/2437 (2013.01); C07K 14/33 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multifunctional polypeptide capable of hydrolyzing cellulosic materials, xylan, and mannan is disclosed. The polypeptide includes the catalytic core (cc) ofCthe_0797 (CelE), the cellulose-specific carbohydrate-binding module CBM3 of the cellulosome anchoring protein cohesion region (CipA) of(CBM3a), and a linker region interposed between the catalytic core and the cellulose-specific carbohydrate binding module. Methods of using the multifunctional polypeptide are also disclosed.