Patent ID: 6060298
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: A23K,A23L,A63B,C12N,C12P,C12Y

Abstract:
An isolated polypeptide exhibiting phytase activity, wherein said polypeptide is selected from the group consisting of:(a) a polypeptide encoded by a phytase-encoding part of(i) SEQ ID NO: 1, or(ii) the DNA sequence cloned into plasmid PYES 2.0 present in Eschericia coli DSM 11312, and(b) a polypeptide which is at least 90% homologous to the polypeptide of (a) and which exhibits phytase activity, when homology is determined by GAP (version 8) using a GAP creation penalty of 5.0 and a GAP extension penalty of 0.3.