Patent ID: 8309338
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: C11D,C12N,C12Y

Abstract:
1. An isolated polypeptide having endoglucanase activity, selected from the group consisting of: a) a polypeptide with at least 95% sequence identity to the sequence of amino acids 1 to 759 of SEQ ID NO: 2; b) a polypeptide which is encoded by a polynucleotide which hybridizes under high stringency conditions with (i) nucleotides 100 to 2376 of SEQ ID NO: 1, (ii) nucleotides 193 to 1041 of SEQ ID NO: 1, or (iii) the full length complementary strand of (i) or (ii), wherein the 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, following standard Southern blotting procedures, following by washing three times each for 15 minutes using 2×SSC, 0.2% SDS at 65° C.; and c) a fragment of amino acids 1 to 759 of SEQ ID NO: 2 having endoglucanase activity.