Patent ID: 9605037
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: C07K,C12N,C12P,C12Y,Y02E,Y02P

Claim:
1. An isolated recombinant host cell transformed with nucleic acid construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, wherein the polynucleotide is operably linked to one or more control sequences that direct the production of the polypeptide, wherein the polynucleotide encoding the GH61 polypeptide is heterologous to the recombinant host cell, and wherein the GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity is selected from the group consisting of: (a) a GH61 polypeptide having at least 90% sequence identity to amino acids 24 to 233 of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 6; (b) a GH61 polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide that hybridizes under high stringency conditions with (i) the full-length complement of nucleotides 70 to 699 of the polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO: 5, or (ii) the cDNA of (i), wherein high stringency conditions are defined as prehybridization and hybridization at 42° C. in 5×SSPE, 0.3% SDS, 200 micrograms/ml sheared and denatured salmon sperm DNA, and 50% formamide, and washing three times each for 15 minutes using 2×SSC, 0.2% SDS at 65° C.; (c) a GH61 polypeptide encoded by (i) a polynucleotide having at least 90% sequence identity to nucleotides 70 to 699 of the polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO: 5, or (ii) the cDNA of (i); and (d) a fragment of the GH61 polypeptide of (a), (b), or (c), wherein the fragment has cellulolytic enhancing activity.