Patent ID: 7138261
Filing Date: 2006-11-21
Classification: C11D,C12N,C12Y,D06M,D06P,D21C,D21H,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A composition comprising an endoglucanase and a reducing agent, wherein said endoglucanase is selected from the group consisting of: (a) the polypeptide set forth in SEQ ID NO:1. (b) the polypeptide set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 lacking a cellulose binding domain, (c) a polypeptide having 90% or more homology with the polypeptide of (a), (d) a polypeptide having 90% or more homology with the polypeptide of (b), and (e) a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide the complement of which hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions to a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein said stringent hybridization conditions comprise hybridization at 42° C. for 15 hours, two washes with 0.5 ×SSC containing 0.4% SDS and 6 mol/L urea at 42° C. for 20 minutes, and one wash with 5 ×SSC at room temperature for 10 minutes, wherein said polypeptides (c), (d) and (e) have endoglucanase activity.