Patent ID: 6448049
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: C12N,C12P,C12Y

Abstract:
An isolated polypeptide selected from the group consisting of:(a) a polypeptide encoded by an isoamylase-encoding sequence present in plasmid pUC19 in Escherichia coli DSM 11971; (b) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence corresponding to positions 1-726 of SEQ ID NO: 4; (c) a polypeptide having isoamylase activity which is at least 80% homologous with (a) or (b), wherein said homology is determined using GAP, with a GAP creation penalty of 3.0 and a GAP extension penalty of 0.1; and (d) a fragment of (a), (b) or (c) having isoamylase activity.