Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for removal or bleaching of soiling or stains present on cellulosic fabric, wherein the fabric is contacted in aqueous medium with a modified enzyme (enzyme hybrid) which comprises a catalytically active amino acid sequence of a non-cellulolytic enzyme linked to an amino acid sequence comprising a cellulose-binding domain. The invention further relates to a detergent composition comprising an enzyme hybrid of the type in question and a surfactant, and to a process for washing soiled or stained cellulosic fabric, wherein the fabric is washed in an aqueous medium to which is added such a detergent composition.
Abstract:
A method for in vitro construction of a library of recombined homologous polynucleotides from a number of different starting DNA templates and primers by induced template shifts during a polynucleotide synthesis is described, whereby: A. extended primers are synthesized by a) denaturing the DNA templates, b) annealing primers to the templates, c) extending the said primers by use of a polymerase, d) stop the synthesis, and e) separate the extended primers from the templates; B. a template shift is induced by a) isolating the extended primers from the templates and repeating steps A.b) to A.e) using the extended primers as both primers and templates, or b) repeating steps A.b) to A.e), C. this process is terminated after an appropriate number of cycles of process steps A. and B.a), A. and B.b), or combinations thereof. Optionally the polynucleotides are amplified in a a standard PCR reaction with specific primers to selectively amplify homologous polynucleotides of interest.
Abstract:
Variants of Lipolase® (wild-type Humicola lanuginosa lipase) with a certain distribution of electrically charged amino acids have a particularly good first-wash performance in a detergent solution with a high ratio of anionic to non-ionic surfactant. The effect is achieved by attaching a positively charged peptide extension at the N-terminal and by imposing certain restrictions on the charge distribution in the region corresponding to amino acid positions 90-101 and at position 210. The inventors further devised a method of developing variants with such performance from Lipolase by attaching a peptide extension at the N-terminal and substituting amino acids in the region 90-101 or in the immediate surroundings in the three-dimensional structure. The lipases may further provide additional benefits, such as whiteness maintenance and dingy cleanup.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a modified enzyme with lipolytic activity recovered from a filamentous fungi or a bacteria having one or more peptide additions at the N-terminal and/or the C-terminal ends in comparison to the parent enzyme. Further, the invention relates to a DNA sequence encoding said modified enzyme, a vector comprising said DNA sequence, a host cell harbouring said DNA sequence or said vector, and a process for producing said modified enzyme with lipolytic activity.
Abstract:
A process for desizing cellulose-containing fabric comprises treating the fabric with a modified enzyme (enzyme hybrid) which comprises a catalytically active amino acid sequence of an enzyme, particularly a non-cellulolytic enzyme, linked to an amino acid sequence comprising a cellulose-binding domain. A desizing composition suitable for use in the process comprises an enzyme hybrid of the type in question and a wetting agent.