# Patent

## Title
Method of enzymatically measuring glycated protein

## Abstract

This application is a continuation application of PCT/DK97/00490 filed Oct. 30, 1997 and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 of Danish application 1215/96 filed Oct. 31, 1996, the contents of which are fully incorporated herein by reference.

## Background
This invention relates to a novel phospholipase, DNA encoding it and to its production and use.

Phospholipids, such as lecithin or phosphatidylcholine, consist of glycerol esterified with two fatty acids in an outer (sn-1) and the middle (sn-2) positions and esterified with phosphoric acid in the third position; the phosphoric acid, in turn, may be esterified to an amino-alcohol. Phospholipases are enzymes which participate in the hydrolysis of phospholipids. Several types of phospholipase activity can be distinguished, including phospholipase A1 and A2 which hydrolyze one fatty acyl group (in the sn-1 and sn-2 position, respectively) to form lysophospholipid; and lysophospholipase (or phospholipase B) which can hydrolyze the remaining fatty acyl group in lysophospholipid. This invention relates to a phospholipase that has the ability to hydrolyze both fatty acyl groups in a phospholipid. Enzymes with this activity are also some times called phospholipase B.

Enzymes with phospholipase B activity have been reported from various fungal sources, including Penicillium notatum (also known as P. chrysogenum; N. Kawasaki, J. Biochem., 77, 1233-44, 1975; N. Masuda et al., Eur. J. Biochem., 202, 783-787, 1991), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (M. Ichimasa et al., Agric. Biol. Chem., 49 (4), 1083-89, 1985; F. Paultauf et al., J. Biol. Chem., 269, 19725-30, 1994), Torulaspora delbrueckii (old name Saccharomyces rosei; Y. Kuwabara, Agric. Biol. Chem., 52 (10), 2451-58, 1988; FEMS, Microbiol. Letters, 124, 29-34), Schizosaccharomyces pombe (H. Oishi et al., Biosci. Biotech. Biochem., 60 (7), 1087-92, 1996), Aspergillus niger (Technical Bulletin, G-zyme.TM. G999, Enzyme Bio-Systems Ltd.) and Corticium centrifugum (S. Uehara et al., Agric. Biol. Chem., 43 (3), 517-525, 1979).

It is known to use phospholipase in, e.g., enzymatic oil degumming (U.S. Pat. No. 5,264,367, Metallgesellschaft, Rohm), treatment of starch hydrolysate (particularly from wheat starch) to improve the filterability (EP 219,269, CPC International) and as an additive to bread dough to improve the elasticity of the bread (U.S. Pat. No. 4,567,046, Kyowa Hakko).

It is the object of this invention to provide an improved phospholipase for use in such processes.

The present inventors have found that an acidic phospholipase can be obtained from a strain of the genus Hyphozyma. It is able to hydrolyze both fatty acyl groups in intact phospholipid. Advantageously, it has no lipase activity and is active at very low pH; these properties make it very suitable for use in oil degumming, as enzymatic and alkaline hydrolysis (saponification) of the oil can both be suppressed. The phospholipase is not membrane bound, making it suitable for commercial production and purification.

WO 93/24619 (Novo Nordisk) discloses a lipase from Hyphozyma sp. LF-132 (CBS 648.91), but the production of phospholipase by this genus has never been reported. We have found that the phospholipase of this invention can be obtained from the same strain as the known lipase, and that the two enzymes can be separated.

Accordingly, a first aspect of the invention provides an isolated phospholipase which is able to hydrolyze both fatty acyl groups in a phospholipid, is derivable from a strain of Hyphozyma, and has optimum phospholipase activity at about 50.degree. C. and pH 3 measured at the conditions described in Example 3.

The invention also provides an isolated phospholipase which is able to hydrolyze both fatty acyl groups in a phospholipid, and is a polypeptide comprising at its N-terminal a partial amino acid sequence which is the sequence shown in positions 1-497 of SEQ ID NO: 11, or is at least 50% identical therewith

In another aspect, the invention provides an isolated phospholipase which is able to hydrolyze both fatty acyl groups in a phospholipid, and is a polypeptide containing amino acid sequences which are at least 50% identical with the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NO: 1-8, disregarding Xaa.

The invention further provides an isolated DNA sequence which encodes said phospholipase.

Yet another aspect of the invention provides a method of producing a phospholipase, comprising cultivation of a phospholipase-producing strain of Hyphozyma in a suitable nutrient medium, followed by recovery of the phospholipase.

A further aspect of the invention provides a method for producing a phospholipase, comprising isolating a DNA sequence encoding the phospholipase from a phospholipase-producing strain of Hyphozyma, combining the DNA fragment with appropriate expression signal(s) in an appropriate vector, transforming a suitable heterologous host organism with the vector, cultivating the transformed host organism under conditions leading to expression of the phospholipase, and recovering the phospholipase from the culture medium.

The invention also provides use of said phospholipase in a process comprising treatment of a phospholipid or lysophospholipid with the phospholipase so as to hydrolyze fatty acyl groups.

Finally, the invention provides a process for reducing the content of phospholipid in a vegetable oil, comprising treating the oil with an aqueous dispersion of an acidic phospholipase at pH 1.5-3 so as to hydrolyze a major part of the phospholipid, and separating an aqueous phase containing the hydrolyzed phospholipid from the oil.

FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 show the temperature profile, pH profile and thermostability, respectively, of phospholipase from Hyphozyma sp. CBS 648.91. Further details are given in Example 3.

FIG. 4a-d gives a comparison of SEQ ID NO: 11 with 3 prior-art sequences (SEQ ID NO:16-18).

The phospholipase of the invention is able to hydrolyze both acyl groups in a phospholipid molecule (such as phosphatidyl choline or lecithin) without intermediate accumulation of lysophospholipid and is also able to hydrolyze the fatty acyl group of a lysophospholipid (such as lysophosphatidyl choline or lyso-lecithin). Advantageously, the phospholipase of the invention is not membrane bound.

A preferred enzyme is derived from Hyphozyma sp. strain CBS 648.91. Its molecular weight is about 94 kDa by SDS, about 87 kDa by gel filtration, and 92 kDa by mass spectrometry. It is believed to be glycosylated. It has an iso-electric point of about 5.6. It has no lipase activity, i.e. it does not hydrolyze triglycerides.

The influence of pH and temperature on the activity of this phospholipase is shown in FIG. 1 and 2. As shown in these figures, the enzyme has optimum activity at about pH 3 and 50.degree. C.

FIG. 3 shows the thermostability of this enzyme, expressed as the residual activity after 10 minutes at pH 7 at various temperatures. It is seen that the enzyme retains more than 90% activity at temperatures up to 50.degree. C., more than 75% up to 60.degree. C. and more than 50% up to 70.degree. C.

Two different units are used in this specification:

1 unit (phospholipase activity unit) is the amount of phospholipase that releases one .mu.(micro)-mole of fatty acid per minute from DPPC (dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine) at 40.degree. C. and pH 4. The amount of released fatty acid is determined by NEFA-C test Wako.

1 International Unit (IU) is the amount of phospholipase that releases one .mu.(micro)-equivalent of free fatty acid per minute from egg yolk in the presence of calcium and deoxycholate at pH 8.0 and 40.degree. C. in a pH-stat. The released fatty acids are titrated with 0.1 N sodium hydroxide and the base volume is monitored as a function of time.

The following test is used to identify if a given enzyme has the ability to hydrolyze both fatty acyl groups of a phospholipid without the accumulation of lysophospholipid.

A substrate solution is prepared containing 2% L-.alpha.(alpha)-phosphatidylcholine, dipalmitoyl (product of Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd.) and 2% Triton X-100. A buffer solution is prepared containing 0.4 M citrate buffer (pH 5). Enzyme solutions are prepared containing various amounts of the sample to be analyzed.

0.5 ml of the substrate solution, 0.25 ml of the buffer solution and 0.05 ml of 0.1 N CaCl.sub.2 are mixed and incubated at 40.degree. C. 0.1 ml of the enzyme solution is added and incubated for 1 hour. The reaction is terminated by adding 0.1 ml of 1 N HCl.

2 ml of CHCl.sub.3 -methanol (1:1) is added to the reaction mixture and mixed vigorously. Approx. 1 .mu.(micro)l of the CHCl.sub.3 -methanol is taken and applied to a TLC rod (in triplicate or quadruplicate). the TLC rods are dried and developed for 45 minutes with CHCl.sub.3 : methanol: NH.sub.3 (25% solution)=65:25:5. After the development, the rods are scanned by TLC-FID (latroscan), and the chromatograms are integrated.

The amounts of palmitate, the substrate, lysophosphatidyl choline (LPC) and glycerophosphatidyl choline (GPC) are calculated from the areas of peaks appearing in that order.

The result of the test is considered positive if GPC is formed without any LPC formation.

Partial sequences SEQ ID NO: 1-8 were determined by sequencing of phospholipase from Hyphozyma sp. CBS 648.91 after enzymatic hydrolysis. In these sequences, Xaa represents an amino acid that could not be determined. SEQ ID NO: 1 is an N-terminal sequence, and the others are internal sequences. Xaa in SEQ ID NO: 1 is believed to be a Pro residue. Xaa in SEQ ID NO: 3, 7 and 8 and both Xaa in SEQ ID NO: 5 are believed to be glycosylated Asn residues.

A nearly complete DNA sequence (SEQ ID NO: 9) was determined for the gene encoding the phospholipase from Hyphozyma sp. CBS 648.91. This sequence was determined from the genomic locus and includes an open reading frame of 552 amino acids and 213 base pairs of sequence upstream of the putative translation initiation codon. The methods used for sequence isolation and determination are well known in the art. Details are given in the examples.

The long, uninterrupted open reading frame identified in this sequence was translated and compared to the partial peptide sequences SEQ ID NO: 1-8. The translated sequence was identical to seven of the partial peptide sequences at all positions, SEQ ID NO:1-7, and overlapped the most distal partial peptide sequence, SEQ ID NO: 8 by 10 amino acids. By combining the translation with partial peptide NO: 8, a sequence of 573 amino acid residues (shown as SEQ ID NO: 11) has been determined. The amino terminus of the mature peptide is determined by comparison with SEQ ID NO: 1. The sequenced open reading frame extends upstream an additional 115 amino acids. There is only one Met codon in this region, 76 amino acids from the start of the mature peptide (position -76). The 14 amino acids immediately following this methionine residue appear to constitute a secretion signal sequence (G. von Heijne, Nucleic Acids Res, 14, 4683-4690, 1986), indicating both that this is the translation initiation codon and that the encoded protein is secreted. The intervening 61 amino acids must constitute a propeptide.

The peptide sequence from Hyphozyma was aligned with the phospholipase B sequences from three other fungi, Penicillium notatum (Genbank X60348) (SEQ ID NO: 16) Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Genbank L23089) (SEQ ID NO: 17) and Torulaspora delbrueckii (Genbank D32134) (SEQ ID NO: 18) as shown in FIG. 4a-d. In this alignment a dash (-) indicates an inserted gap, a circle (o) above the alignment marks a position at which the same amino acid is found in all proteins, and a vertical line (l) above the alignment indicates similar residues in all proteins. The portion of the Hyphozyma phospholipase sequence we have determined is 38% identical to the phospholipase from Penicillium notatum, 37% identical to the phospholipase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and 38% identical to the phospholipase from Torulaspora delbrueckii. The full length Penicillium, Saccharomyces, and Torulaspora sequences extend from 112 to 145 residues further than the partial Hyphozyma sequence, suggesting that the full length for the translated Hyphozyma peptide is approximately 700 amino acid residues.

Thus, the phospholipase of the invention may contain an N-terminal sequence as shown at positions 1-497 of SEQ ID NO: 11 or a sequence derived therefrom by substitution, deletion or insertion of one or more amino acids. The derived sequence may be at least 50% identical, e.g. at least 60%, preferably at least 70%, especially at least 80 or at least 90% identical with said partial sequence. The phospholipase of the invention may contain a further 150-250 (e.g. 180-220) amino acid residues at the C-terminal.

The phospholipase of this invention may be derived from a fungal strain of the genus Hyphozyma, a genus of yeast-like Hyphomycetes described in de Hoog, G. S & Smith, M.Th., Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 47, 339-352 (1981).

Preferably, the strain belongs to the species defined by the strain Hyphozyma sp. LF132, CBS 648.91, which is described in WO 93/24619. This strain was classified in the genus Hyphozyma, but it did not match any of the previously described species of Hyphozyma, so it is believed to define a new species. It is particularly preferred to use said strain or a mutant or variant thereof having the ability to produce phospholipase.

The preferred Hyphozyma sp. strain (designated LF132 by the inventors) has been deposited on 12 November 1991, for the purpose of patent procedures according to the Budapest Treaty at Centraal Bureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS), Oosterstraat 1, 3740 AG Baarn, Netherlands, and was given the accession number CBS 648.91.

The phospholipase of the invention may be produced by cultivation of the microorganism described above in a suitable nutrient medium, containing carbon and nitrogen sources and inorganic salts, followed by recovery of the enzyme. The nutrient medium may be formulated according to principles well known in the art.

The phospholipase may be recovered from the culture broth and purified to remove lipase activity, e.g. as described in the examples of this specification.

An alternative method of producing the phospholipase of the invention comprises transforming a suitable host cell with a DNA sequence encoding the phospholipase, cultivating the transformed organism under conditions permitting the production of the enzyme, and recovering the enzyme from the culture.

The host organism is preferably a eukaryotic cell, in particular a fungal cell, such as a yeast cell or a filamentous fungal cell, preferably a strain of Aspergillus, Fusarium, Trichoderma or Saccharomyces, most preferably A. niger, A. oryzae, F. graminearum, F. sambucinum, F. cerealis or S. cerevisiae. The production of the phospholipase in such host organisms may be done by the general methods described in EP 238,023 (Novo Nordisk), WO 96/00787 (Novo Nordisk) or EP 244,234 (Alko).

The DNA sequence can be isolated from a phospholipase-producing Hyphozyma strain by extraction of DNA by methods known in the art, e.g. as described by Sambrook et al., (1989), Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. Cold Spring Harbor Lab.; Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.

The DNA sequence of the invention can also be isolated by any general method involving Hyphozyma strain, interest encoded by a clone in the cDNA library, the enzyme produced by such clones, and

A general isolation method has been disclosed in WO 93/11249 or WO 94/14953, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

Alternatively, the DNA encoding a phospholipase of the invention may, in accordance with well-known procedures, conveniently be isolated from a phospholipase-producing Hyphozyma strain, by use of synthetic oligonucleotide probes prepared on the basis of a peptide sequence disclosed herein.

The phospholipase of the invention can be used in any application where it is desired to hydrolyze the fatty acyl group(s) of a phospholipid or lyso-phospholipid, such as lecithin or lyso-lecithin. The phospholipase is preferably used at pH 1.5-5 (e.g. 3-5, particularly 3.5-4.5) and at 30-70.degree. C. (particularly 40-60.degree. C.). If desired, the phospholipase may be inactivated after the reaction by a heat treatment, e.g. at pH 7, 80.degree. C. for 1 hour or 90.degree. C. for 10 minutes.

As an example, the phospholipase of the invention can be used in the preparation of dough, bread and cakes, e.g. to improve the elasticity of the bread or cake. Thus, the phospholipase can be used in a process for making bread, comprising adding the phospholipase to the ingredients of a dough, kneading the dough and baking the dough to make the bread. This can be done in analogy with U.S. Pat. No. 4,567,046 (Kyowa Hakko), JP-A 60-78529 (QP Corp.), JP-A 62-111629 (QP Corp.), JP-A 63-258528 (QP Corp.) or EP 426211 (Unilever).

The phospholipase of the invention can also be used to improve the filterability of an aqueous solution or slurry of carbohydrate origin by treating it with the phospholipase. This is particularly applicable to a solution or slurry containing a starch hydrolysate, especially a wheat starch hydrolysate since this tends to be difficult to filter and to give cloudy filtrates. The treatment can be done in analogy with EP 219,269 (CPC International).

The phospholipase of the invention can be used in a process for reducing the content of phospholipid in an edible oil, comprising treating the oil with the phospholipase so as to hydrolyze a major part of the phospholipid, and separating an aqueous phase containing the hydrolyzed phospholipid from the oil. This process is applicable to the purification of any edible oil which contains phospholipid, e.g. vegetable oil such as soy bean oil, rape seed oil and sunflower oil.

Prior to the enzymatic treatment, the vegetable oil is preferably pretreated to remove slime (mucilage), e.g. by wet refining. Typically, the oil will contain 50-250 ppm of phosphorus as phospholipid at the start of the treatment with phospholipase, and the process of the invention can reduce this value to below 5-10 ppm.

The enzymatic treatment is conducted by dispersing an aqueous solution of the phospholipase, preferably as droplets with an average diameter below 10 .mu.(micro)m. The amount of water is preferably 0.5-5% by weight in relation to the oil. An emulsifier may optionally be added. Mechanical agitation may be applied to maintain the emulsion.

The enzymatic treatment can be conducted at a pH in the range 1.5-5. The process pH may be in the range 3.5-5 in order to maximize the enzyme performance, or a pH in the range 1.5-3 (e.g. 2-3) may be used in order to suppress the alkaline hydrolysis of triglycerides (saponification). The pH may be adjusted by adding citric acid, a citrate buffer or HCl.

A suitable temperature is generally 30-70.degree. C. (particularly 30-45.degree. C., e.g. 35-40.degree. C.). The reaction time will typically be 1-12 hours (e.g. 2-6 hours), and a suitable enzyme dosage will usually be 100-5000 IU per liter of oil (e.g. 200-2000 IU/l) or 0.1-10 mg/l (e.g. 0.5-5 mg/l).

The enzymatic treatment may be conducted batchwise, e.g. in a tank with stirring, or it may be continuous, e.g. a series of stirred tank reactors.

The enzymatic treatment is followed by separation of an aqueous phase and an oil phase. This separation may be performed by conventional means, e.g. centrifugation. The aqueous phase will contain phospholipase, and the enzyme may be re-used to improve the process economy.

In other respects, the process can be conducted according to principles known in the art, e.g. in analogy with U.S. Pat. No. 5,264,367 (Metallgesellschaft, Rohm); K. Dahlke & H. Buchold, INFORM, 6 (12), 1284-91 (1995); H. Buchold, Fat Sci. Technol., 95 (8), 300-304 (1993); JP-A 2-153997 (Showa Sangyo); or EP 654,527 (Metallgesellschaft, Rohm).

The strain Hyphozyma sp. CBS 648.91, was cultivated in a nutrient medium containing the following components: Glucose  20 g/l Peptone 10 g/l MgSO.sub.4, 7H.sub.2 O  1 g/l Yeast Extract 10 g/l K.sub.2 HPO.sub.4  5 g/l ______________________________________

pH adjusted to 6.5 with NaOH

The strain was cultivated at 27-30.degree. C. for 3-4 days. The culture broth was subjected to liquid/solid separation by centrifugation. After centrifugation, a phospholipase activity of 1 unit/g culture broth was obtained (unit defined above). The supernatant was desalted and freeze-dried resulting in a crude powder preparation.

Freeze dried phospholipase powder obtained according to Example 1 (300 units/g) was applied on a Butyl Toyopearl 650M column after adjusting the salt concentration to 3.5 M ammonium acetate. Bound phospholipase activity was eluted with H.sub.2 O and separated from lipase activity which was also present in the crude powder preparation.

Fractions containing phospholipase activity were pooled, concentrated and dialyzed. The concentrated preparation was treated by anion exchange column chromatography using DEAE Toyopearl 650M. The adsorption condition was pH 7.5 (50 mM Tris-HCl) and elution was carried out by a linear gradient of 0-0.5M NaCl.

The last step was gel filtration column chromatography using HiLoad 26/60 Superdex 200 pg. The condition was 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5 including 0.5M NaCl. The resulting purified phospholipase was used in the following examples.

The molecular weight (MW) of the phospholipase was found to be about 94 kDa on SDS PAGE and 87 kDa by gel filtration column chromatography. The polypeptide is believed to be glycosylated. The pl is around 5.6 on IEF PAGE.

The temperature profile was determined at pH 3.0 and 4.0 in a range of 40 to 70.degree. C. The phospholipase was incubated for 10 minutes, and the activity was determined by the method described above. The temperature profile is presented in FIG. 1 as relative activity (taking the maximum activity as 100%). It is seen from this figure that both at pH 3 and 4, the phospholipase has high activity (more than 50% of optimum) at temperatures of 40 to 60.degree. C. with a temperature optimum around 50.degree. C.

The pH profile was determined at 40.degree. C. using glycine-HCl buffer at pH 2, 2,5 and 3, and citrate buffer at pH 3, 4, 5 and 6. The results are presented in FIG. 2 as relative activity (taking the maximum activity as 100%). Due to a change of buffer system (glycine-HCl, citrate), the figure is made up of two curves, one representing the interval of pH 2.0 to 3.0 and the other representing the interval of pH 3.0 to 6.0. From the figure it appears that the phospholipase is active at pH values of 2 to 5, and the pH optimum is around 3.

The thermostability was determined by incubating in 0.1 M phosphate buffer (pH 7) for 10 minutes at temperatures of 40-80.degree. C. and determining the residual activity after the incubation. The results were 100% at 40.degree. C., 95% at 50.degree. C., 82% at 60.degree. C., 55% at 70.degree. C. and 9% at 80.degree. C. These results are also shown in FIG. 3.

A substrate solution was prepared by dissolving 2% of crude soy bean lecithin (phosphatidyl choline) in water. An enzyme solution was prepared by 50 times dilution of the purified enzyme from Example 2. 0.5 ml of the substrate solution, 0.25 ml of 0.4 M citrate buffer (pH 4) and 0.05 ml of 0.1 N CaCl.sub.2 were mixed and incubated at 60.degree. C. 0.1 ml of the enzyme solution was added and incubated for 1 hour at 60.degree. C. The reaction was terminated by adding 0.1 ml of 1 N HCl. The mixture after the reaction was analyzed by TLC-latroscan as described above in the assay for reaction pattern.

The results showed that fatty acid was formed and that no lecithin remained after the reaction. A solid precipitate was observed at the bottom of the reaction vessel. This was believed to be a mixture of phospholipid and fatty acid.

Lyso-phosphatidylcholine (LPC) was treated for 10 minutes at 40.degree. C., other conditions being the same as described in Example 4. The chromatogram showed that about two thirds of the LPC was hydrolyzed, and that fatty acid was formed together with a small amount of phosphatidylcholine.

Vegetable oil was degummed by treating it with phospholipase from Hyphozyma as follows. The enzyme dosage, the reaction pH and temperature were varied, and the resulting content of phospholipid was measured.

The equipment consisted of a 1 l jacketed steel reactor fitted with a steel lid, a propeller (600 rpm), baffles, a temperature sensor, an inlet tube at the top, a reflux condenser (4.degree. C.) at the top, and an outlet tube at the bottom. The reactor jacket was connected to a thermostat bath. The outlet tube was connected via silicone tubing to an in-line mixer head equipped with a high shear screen (8500 rpm, flow ca. 1.1 l/minute).The mixer head was fitted with a cooling coil (5-10.degree. C.) and an outlet tube, which was connected to the inlet tube of the reactor via silicone tubing. A temperature sensor was inserted in the silicone tubing just after the mixer head. The only connection from the reactor/mixer head system to the atmosphere was through the reflux condenser.

In each experiment, 0.6 l (ca. 560 g) of water-degummed rape seed oil with a P content of 186-252 ppm was loaded into the reactor with the thermostat and lab mixer running and pre-treated for 30 minutes with 0.6 g (2.86 mmol) of citric acid monohydrate in 27 g of water (added water vs. oil equals 4.8% w/w; [citric acid] in water phase=106 mM, in water/oil emulsion=4.6 mM) at time=0. After the pre-treatment, the pH was adjusted by adding a NaOH solution followed by the enzyme solution. The mixture was then incubated for 6 hours, and samples for P-analysis and pH determination were drawn at intervals throughout the experiment.

The determination of phosphorous content in the oil was done according to procedure 2.421 in "Standard Methods for the Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Derivatives, 7.th ed. (1987)" after separating the emulsion by heating and centrifugation.

The initial performance was calculated from the initial rate of phosphorus removal from the oil, taking the optimum as 100%.

Degumming at Various pH

The oil was treated at 40.degree. C. with an enzyme dosage of 1.3 mg/kg oil (as pure enzyme protein). The results at various pH were as follows: Initial performance pH (relative to optimum) P content after 6 hours ______________________________________ 3.0   40                 74       ppm 3.7 90 <10 ppm 4.4 100 <10 ppm 4.8 80 <10 ppm ______________________________________

Degumming at Varioustemperatures

The oil was treated at pH 4.5 with an enzyme dosage of 1.3 mg/kg oil (as pure enzyme protein). The results at various temperatures were as follows: Initial performance Temperature (relative to optimum) P content after 6 hours ______________________________________ 35.degree. C. 90            <10 ppm 40.degree. C. 100 <10 ppm ______________________________________

Degumming with Various Enzyme Dosages

The oil was treated at pH 4.5, 40.degree. C. The results at various enzyme dosages (given as pure enzyme protein) were as follows: Initial performance Enzyme dosage  (relative to optimum) P content after 6 hours ______________________________________ 0.65 mg/kg oil  70           <10 ppm 1.3  100 <10 ppm 2.6  100 <10 ppm ______________________________________

The results show good degumming performance at pH 3.5-5, 35-40.degree. C. Good degumming to a phosphorus content below 10 ppm was obtained in 6 hours with a dosage of 1.3 mg/kg oil, and in 3 hours at a dosage of 2.6 mg/kg.

Measurement of the free fatty acids generated during degumming showed a low level of free fatty acids, corresponding very well to the amount of phospholipid in the substrate oil.

For reference, similar experiments were done with prior-art phospholipase from porcine pancreas. It was found that degumming to below 10 ppm of phosphorus could be obtained at 60.degree. C., pH 5.5, but the performance of the prior-art enzyme dropped sharply at lower pH, and satisfactory degumming could not be achieved at pH lower than 5.5.

DNA encoding the phospholipase of Hyphozyma was isolated by two different methods. The 5' end of the gene was isolated by cloning. A genomic library of Hyphozyma DNA partially digested with Sau3A was screened at high stringency using standard methods (Sambrook et al., (1989), Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. Cold Spring Harbor Lab.; Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) with a probe specific to the phospholipase sequence. This probe was amplified from total Hyphozyma DNA with degenerate primers designed using the previously determined partial peptide sequences with SEQ ID NO: 1 and 5. Standard PCR conditions were used for amplification (Saiki el al., Science, 239, 487-491, 1988), including 0.5 mM MgCl.sub.2, a 45.degree. C. annealing temperature, and primers PLMStr1 (SEQ ID NO: 12) and PLMStr6 (SEQ ID NO: 13). The clone pMStr16 hybridized to the probe, and therefore was isolated and a portion of the insert was sequenced.

An additional internal portion of the phospholipase-encoding gene was isolated using PCR with Hyphozyma DNA and the primers PLHaW2 (SEQ ID NO: 14) and PLMStr7 (SEQ ID NO: 15). PLHaW2 was designed using the sequence determined from pMStrl6, and PLMStr7 was designed from the sequence of the partial peptide with SEQ ID NO: 8. Standard conditions were used for the PCR reactions, with 1.5 mM MgCl.sub.2, and a 46.degree. C. annealing temperature. The resulting amplified fragment was isolated and sequenced. #             SEQUENCE LISTING - -  - - <160> NUMBER OF SEQ ID NOS:  18 - - <210> SEQ ID NO 1 <211> LENGTH: 16 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Hyphozyma sp. CBS 648.91 <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Xaa at position 15 is - #any amino acid - - <400> SEQUENCE: 1 - - Ala Ser Pro Ser Gly Ser Tyr Ala Pro Ala As - #n Met Pro Cys Xaa Gln 1               5  - #                10  - #                15 - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 2 <211> LENGTH: 7 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Hyphozyma sp. CBS 648.91 - - <400> SEQUENCE: 2 - - Asp Trp Ala Lys Trp Leu Ser 1               5 - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 3 <211> LENGTH: 28 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Hyphozyma sp. CBS 648.91 <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Xaa at position 4 is - #any amino acid - - <400> SEQUENCE: 3 - - Asp Gly Arg Xaa Glu Thr Ala Asn Gln Arg Gl - #y Thr Gly Gly Leu Leu 1               5  - #                10  - #                15 - - Gln Leu Ala Glu Tyr Ile Ala Gly Leu Ser Gl - #y Gly 20      - #            25 - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 4 <211> LENGTH: 36 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Hyphozyma sp. CBS 648.91 - - <400> SEQUENCE: 4 - - Asp Leu Glu Ser Asn Leu Ile Val Pro Glu As - #p Gly Lys Val Ser Phe 1               5  - #                10  - #                15 - - Tyr Ala Ser Ile Leu Ala Ala Val Ala Gly Ly - #s Arg Asn Glu Gly Tyr 20      - #            25      - #            30 - - Gln Thr Ser Leu 35 - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 5 <211> LENGTH: 41 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Hyphozyma sp. CBS 648.91 <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Xaa at position 13 and - # 30 is any amino acid - - <400> SEQUENCE: 5 - - Asp Glu Arg Glu Pro Gly Glu Leu Ile Ile Pr - #o Arg Xaa Thr Thr Ile 1               5  - #                10  - #                15 - - Trp Glu Phe Asn Pro Tyr Glu Phe Gly Ser Tr - #p Asn Pro Xaa Val Ser 20      - #            25      - #            30 - - Ala Phe Ile Pro Ile Glu Ile Leu Gly 35          - #        40 - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 6 <211> LENGTH: 15 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Hyphozyma sp. CBS 648.91 - - <400> SEQUENCE: 6 - - Asp Val Ser Leu Val Pro Asn Pro Phe Tyr Gl - #y Tyr Val Gly Glu 1               5  - #                10  - #                15 - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 7 <211> LENGTH: 30 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Hyphozyma sp. CBS 648.91 <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Xaa at position 7 is - #any amino acid - - <400> SEQUENCE: 7 - - Asp Val Thr Asn Trp Pro Xaa Ala Ser Ala Le - #u Tyr Gln Thr Ser Leu 1               5  - #                10  - #                15 - - Arg Ala Gln Tyr Pro Thr Tyr Ser Gln Tyr Al - #a Phe Pro Val 20      - #            25      - #            30 - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 8 <211> LENGTH: 31 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Hyphozyma sp. CBS 648.91 <220> FEATURE: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: Xaa at position 5 is - #any amino acid - - <400> SEQUENCE: 8 - - Asp Thr Ser Phe Xaa Gly Thr Lys Thr Pro Il - #e Ile Val Tyr Met Pro 1               5  - #                10  - #                15 - - Ser Tyr Pro Tyr Ala Ala Phe Ala Asp Thr Se - #r Thr Phe Lys Leu 20      - #            25      - #            30 - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 9 <211> LENGTH: 1870 <212> TYPE: DNA (genomic) <213> ORGANISM: Hyphozyma sp. CBS 648.91 <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: CDS <222> LOCATION: (214)...(1869) <221> NAME/KEY: mat.sub.-- peptide <222> LOCATION: (442)...(1869) - - <400> SEQUENCE: 9 - - ggcgagtgca caaggccgcg gaccaaatgt ccctgagtgc gtgtgtttgt gt - #gtgacata     60 - - gccagcagaa tgcagcttac tcttcttcca ttgtgagacg ttatataccc ac - #acacatct    120 - - cgccgtcccg tcagaccctt ctgcatccgt ccgtacgaac ctgctctctt cc - #atttacct    180 - - cgacactgta tcgagtgcac gcttcgaggc atc atg aag ctg cc - #g ctc ctc tct     234 - #                  - # Met Lys Leu Pro Leu Leu Ser - #                  - #  1               5 - - acg ctg ctc agc ctc gcg ctg acc gcc tcg ac - #c gtc gtc cgt gcc tat 282 Thr Leu Leu Ser Leu Ala Leu Thr Ala Ser Th - #r Val Val Arg Ala Tyr 10         - #         15         - #         20 - - ccc tcc atc ccg gcg cag ctc acc gaa gac ga - #g atc acc cgc atc agc 330 Pro Ser Ile Pro Ala Gln Leu Thr Glu Asp Gl - #u Ile Thr Arg Ile Ser 25             - #     30             - #     35 - - cag ctc tcc cag gag gac aag gtc aag ttt gc - #c gaa cgc atc cta gag 378 Gln Leu Ser Gln Glu Asp Lys Val Lys Phe Al - #a Glu Arg Ile Leu Glu 40                 - # 45                 - # 50                 - # 55 - - att cgc acc gcc tac gag tat gag aag cag ca - #g cta gcc cgt caa cat 426 Ile Arg Thr Ala Tyr Glu Tyr Glu Lys Gln Gl - #n Leu Ala Arg Gln His 60 - #                 65 - #                 70 - - gcg ctc gag cga cgc gcc tcg ccc tcg ggc tc - #g tac gca cct gcc aac 474 Ala Leu Glu Arg Arg Ala Ser Pro Ser Gly Se - #r Tyr Ala Pro Ala Asn 75     - #             80     - #             85 - - atg ccc tgc ccc cag cga acg tcc cag cag gg - #t ccc ggc ttc atc cga 522 Met Pro Cys Pro Gln Arg Thr Ser Gln Gln Gl - #y Pro Gly Phe Ile Arg 90         - #         95         - #        100 - - ccc gcc aag acc aag cag ctc tca atc tcg ga - #a gcc gac tat gtc tcg 570 Pro Ala Lys Thr Lys Gln Leu Ser Ile Ser Gl - #u Ala Asp Tyr Val Ser 105              - #   110              - #   115 - - cgc cgc cgc acc aac acc cag gcc gac tgg gc - #c aag tgg ctc tcg gac 618 Arg Arg Arg Thr Asn Thr Gln Ala Asp Trp Al - #a Lys Trp Leu Ser Asp 120                 1 - #25                 1 - #30                 1 - #35 - - tcg gcc aag ctc aac agc agc ctg ccc ggc gg - #t gcc tcc aac tac acc      666 Ser Ala Lys Leu Asn Ser Ser Leu Pro Gly Gl - #y Ala Ser Asn Tyr Thr 140  - #               145  - #               150 - - tcg tcg acc gac cgc gtg cct cgt ctg ggc tt - #t gcg ctc agc ggc ggt 714 Ser Ser Thr Asp Arg Val Pro Arg Leu Gly Ph - #e Ala Leu Ser Gly Gly 155      - #           160      - #           165 - - gga ctg cgt gcc atg ctc gtt ggt tcg ggc ac - #g ctc cag ggc ttt gac 762 Gly Leu Arg Ala Met Leu Val Gly Ser Gly Th - #r Leu Gln Gly Phe Asp 170          - #       175          - #       180 - - ggc cgc aac gag acc gcc aac cag cgt ggc ac - #c ggt gga ctg ctc cag 810 Gly Arg Asn Glu Thr Ala Asn Gln Arg Gly Th - #r Gly Gly Leu Leu Gln 185              - #   190              - #   195 - - ctt gcc gag tac att gcc ggc ctg tcc ggc gg - #c tcg tgg gcg acc gcc 858 Leu Ala Glu Tyr Ile Ala Gly Leu Ser Gly Gl - #y Ser Trp Ala Thr Ala 200                 2 - #05                 2 - #10                 2 - #15 - - agt ctc acc atg aac aac tgg gcc acc acc ca - #g tcg ctc aag gac aac      906 Ser Leu Thr Met Asn Asn Trp Ala Thr Thr Gl - #n Ser Leu Lys Asp Asn 220  - #               225  - #               230 - - atc tgg gat ctc gag tcc aac ctc atc gtc cc - #c gag gac ggc aag gtc 954 Ile Trp Asp Leu Glu Ser Asn Leu Ile Val Pr - #o Glu Asp Gly Lys Val 235      - #           240      - #           245 - - tcg ttt tac gcc tcg atc ctg gcc gcc gtc gc - #g ggc aag agg aac gaa 1002 Ser Phe Tyr Ala Ser Ile Leu Ala Ala Val Al - #a Gly Lys Arg Asn Glu 250          - #       255          - #       260 - - ggt tac cag acc agt ctc acc gac tac ttt gg - #c ctc tcg atc gcc gac 1050 Gly Tyr Gln Thr Ser Leu Thr Asp Tyr Phe Gl - #y Leu Ser Ile Ala Asp 265              - #   270              - #   275 - - aag att ctc aac ggc tcc atg tac ggc aac aa - #g ttc agc gtc gag tgg 1098 Lys Ile Leu Asn Gly Ser Met Tyr Gly Asn Ly - #s Phe Ser Val Glu Trp 280                 2 - #85                 2 - #90                 2 - #95 - - agc gac gtc aag aat acg tcc aag ttc acc ga - #t gcc tcc atg ccg ttc     1146 Ser Asp Val Lys Asn Thr Ser Lys Phe Thr As - #p Ala Ser Met Pro Phe 300  - #               305  - #               310 - - ccc atc att att gcc gac gag cgc gag ccc gg - #c gag ctc atc atc ccg 1194 Pro Ile Ile Ile Ala Asp Glu Arg Glu Pro Gl - #y Glu Leu Ile Ile Pro 315      - #           320      - #           325 - - cgc aac acc acc atc tgg gag ttc aac ccg ta - #c gag ttc ggt tct tgg 1242 Arg Asn Thr Thr Ile Trp Glu Phe Asn Pro Ty - #r Glu Phe Gly Ser Trp 330          - #       335          - #       340 - - aac ccc aat gtt tcg gct ttc atc ccc atc ga - #g atc ctc ggc tcg agt 1290 Asn Pro Asn Val Ser Ala Phe Ile Pro Ile Gl - #u Ile Leu Gly Ser Ser 345              - #   350              - #   355 - - ctg gac aac ggc acc agc gtc ctg ccc gac gg - #c gtc tgt gtc ggc gga 1338 Leu Asp Asn Gly Thr Ser Val Leu Pro Asp Gl - #y Val Cys Val Gly Gly 360                 3 - #65                 3 - #70                 3 - #75 - - tac gag acc gtt gcc tgg gtg act ggc acc tc - #g gcg act ctg ttc tct     1386 Tyr Glu Thr Val Ala Trp Val Thr Gly Thr Se - #r Ala Thr Leu Phe Ser 380  - #               385  - #               390 - - ggt ctg tac ctc gaa ctt atc tcg acc tcg ag - #c aac aac atc atc gtc 1434 Gly Leu Tyr Leu Glu Leu Ile Ser Thr Ser Se - #r Asn Asn Ile Ile Val 395      - #           400      - #           405 - - gat gcg ctc aag gag att gcc cag gcg gta tc - #a aac gag cag aac gat 1482 Asp Ala Leu Lys Glu Ile Ala Gln Ala Val Se - #r Asn Glu Gln Asn Asp 410          - #       415          - #       420 - - gtc tcg ctc gtg ccc aac ccg ttc tac ggc ta - #c gtc ggc gaa ggc gac 1530 Val Ser Leu Val Pro Asn Pro Phe Tyr Gly Ty - #r Val Gly Glu Gly Asp 425              - #   430              - #   435 - - gtc caa gtg tcg gac ctg cgc aat att acg ct - #c gtc gat ggt ggt ctc 1578 Val Gln Val Ser Asp Leu Arg Asn Ile Thr Le - #u Val Asp Gly Gly Leu 440                 4 - #45                 4 - #50                 4 - #55 - - gac aac gag aat gtg cca ctc tgg ccg ctt gt - #c gag ccg gcg cgc gat     1626 Asp Asn Glu Asn Val Pro Leu Trp Pro Leu Va - #l Glu Pro Ala Arg Asp 460  - #               465  - #               470 - - ctg gac gtg atc atc gcc att gac agc tcg gc - #g gac gtg acc aac tgg 1674 Leu Asp Val Ile Ile Ala Ile Asp Ser Ser Al - #a Asp Val Thr Asn Trp 475      - #           480      - #           485 - - ccg aac gcg tcg gcg ctg tac cag acg tcg ct - #g cgt gct cag tac ccg 1722 Pro Asn Ala Ser Ala Leu Tyr Gln Thr Ser Le - #u Arg Ala Gln Tyr Pro 490          - #       495          - #       500 - - acc tat agc cag tac gcg ttc ccg gtg atg cc - #g gac acc aac acg gtg 1770 Thr Tyr Ser Gln Tyr Ala Phe Pro Val Met Pr - #o Asp Thr Asn Thr Val 505              - #   510              - #   515 - - gtc aac cgc ggc ctc aac acg cgc ccc gtg tt - #c tac ggc tgc aat gcg 1818 Val Asn Arg Gly Leu Asn Thr Arg Pro Val Ph - #e Tyr Gly Cys Asn Ala 520                 5 - #25                 5 - #30                 5 - #35 - - acc gtc aac gtc acc aac gcg gat acg tcg tt - #c aac ggc acc aag acg     1866 Thr Val Asn Val Thr Asn Ala Asp Thr Ser Ph - #e Asn Gly Thr Lys Thr 540  - #               545  - #               550 - - cca a                - #                  - #                  - # 1870 Pro - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 10 <211> LENGTH: 552 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Hyphozyma sp. CBS 648.91 - - <400> SEQUENCE: 10 - - Met Lys Leu Pro Leu Leu Ser Thr Leu Leu Se - #r Leu Ala Leu Thr Ala 1               5  - #                10  - #                15 - - Ser Thr Val Val Arg Ala Tyr Pro Ser Ile Pr - #o Ala Gln Leu Thr Glu 20      - #            25      - #            30 - - Asp Glu Ile Thr Arg Ile Ser Gln Leu Ser Gl - #n Glu Asp Lys Val Lys 35          - #        40          - #        45 - - Phe Ala Glu Arg Ile Leu Glu Ile Arg Thr Al - #a Tyr Glu Tyr Glu Lys 50              - #    55              - #    60 - - Gln Gln Leu Ala Arg Gln His Ala Leu Glu Ar - #g Arg Ala Ser Pro Ser 65                  - #70                  - #75                  - #80 - - Gly Ser Tyr Ala Pro Ala Asn Met Pro Cys Pr - #o Gln Arg Thr Ser Gln 85  - #                90  - #                95 - - Gln Gly Pro Gly Phe Ile Arg Pro Ala Lys Th - #r Lys Gln Leu Ser Ile 100      - #           105      - #           110 - - Ser Glu Ala Asp Tyr Val Ser Arg Arg Arg Th - #r Asn Thr Gln Ala Asp 115          - #       120          - #       125 - - Trp Ala Lys Trp Leu Ser Asp Ser Ala Lys Le - #u Asn Ser Ser Leu Pro 130              - #   135              - #   140 - - Gly Gly Ala Ser Asn Tyr Thr Ser Ser Thr As - #p Arg Val Pro Arg Leu 145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 - #60 - - Gly Phe Ala Leu Ser Gly Gly Gly Leu Arg Al - #a Met Leu Val Gly Ser 165  - #               170  - #               175 - - Gly Thr Leu Gln Gly Phe Asp Gly Arg Asn Gl - #u Thr Ala Asn Gln Arg 180      - #           185      - #           190 - - Gly Thr Gly Gly Leu Leu Gln Leu Ala Glu Ty - #r Ile Ala Gly Leu Ser 195          - #       200          - #       205 - - Gly Gly Ser Trp Ala Thr Ala Ser Leu Thr Me - #t Asn Asn Trp Ala Thr 210              - #   215              - #   220 - - Thr Gln Ser Leu Lys Asp Asn Ile Trp Asp Le - #u Glu Ser Asn Leu Ile 225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 - #40 - - Val Pro Glu Asp Gly Lys Val Ser Phe Tyr Al - #a Ser Ile Leu Ala Ala 245  - #               250  - #               255 - - Val Ala Gly Lys Arg Asn Glu Gly Tyr Gln Th - #r Ser Leu Thr Asp Tyr 260      - #           265      - #           270 - - Phe Gly Leu Ser Ile Ala Asp Lys Ile Leu As - #n Gly Ser Met Tyr Gly 275          - #       280          - #       285 - - Asn Lys Phe Ser Val Glu Trp Ser Asp Val Ly - #s Asn Thr Ser Lys Phe 290              - #   295              - #   300 - - Thr Asp Ala Ser Met Pro Phe Pro Ile Ile Il - #e Ala Asp Glu Arg Glu 305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 - #20 - - Pro Gly Glu Leu Ile Ile Pro Arg Asn Thr Th - #r Ile Trp Glu Phe Asn 325  - #               330  - #               335 - - Pro Tyr Glu Phe Gly Ser Trp Asn Pro Asn Va - #l Ser Ala Phe Ile Pro 340      - #           345      - #           350 - - Ile Glu Ile Leu Gly Ser Ser Leu Asp Asn Gl - #y Thr Ser Val Leu Pro 355          - #       360          - #       365 - - Asp Gly Val Cys Val Gly Gly Tyr Glu Thr Va - #l Ala Trp Val Thr Gly 370              - #   375              - #   380 - - Thr Ser Ala Thr Leu Phe Ser Gly Leu Tyr Le - #u Glu Leu Ile Ser Thr 385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 - #00 - - Ser Ser Asn Asn Ile Ile Val Asp Ala Leu Ly - #s Glu Ile Ala Gln Ala 405  - #               410  - #               415 - - Val Ser Asn Glu Gln Asn Asp Val Ser Leu Va - #l Pro Asn Pro Phe Tyr 420      - #           425      - #           430 - - Gly Tyr Val Gly Glu Gly Asp Val Gln Val Se - #r Asp Leu Arg Asn Ile 435          - #       440          - #       445 - - Thr Leu Val Asp Gly Gly Leu Asp Asn Glu As - #n Val Pro Leu Trp Pro 450              - #   455              - #   460 - - Leu Val Glu Pro Ala Arg Asp Leu Asp Val Il - #e Ile Ala Ile Asp Ser 465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 - #80 - - Ser Ala Asp Val Thr Asn Trp Pro Asn Ala Se - #r Ala Leu Tyr Gln Thr 485  - #               490  - #               495 - - Ser Leu Arg Ala Gln Tyr Pro Thr Tyr Ser Gl - #n Tyr Ala Phe Pro Val 500      - #           505      - #           510 - - Met Pro Asp Thr Asn Thr Val Val Asn Arg Gl - #y Leu Asn Thr Arg Pro 515          - #       520          - #       525 - - Val Phe Tyr Gly Cys Asn Ala Thr Val Asn Va - #l Thr Asn Ala Asp Thr 530              - #   535              - #   540 - - Ser Phe Asn Gly Thr Lys Thr Pro 545                 5 - #50 - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 11 <211> LENGTH: 573 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Hyphozyma sp.  CBS 648.91 - - <400> SEQUENCE: 11 - - Met Lys Leu Pro Leu Leu Ser Thr Leu Leu Se - #r Leu Ala Leu Thr Ala 1               5  - #                10  - #                15 - - Ser Thr Val Val Arg Ala Tyr Pro Ser Ile Pr - #o Ala Gln Leu Thr Glu 20      - #            25      - #            30 - - Asp Glu Ile Thr Arg Ile Ser Gln Leu Ser Gl - #n Glu Asp Lys Val Lys 35          - #        40          - #        45 - - Phe Ala Glu Arg Ile Leu Glu Ile Arg Thr Al - #a Tyr Glu Tyr Glu Lys 50              - #    55              - #    60 - - Gln Gln Leu Ala Arg Gln His Ala Leu Glu Ar - #g Arg Ala Ser Pro Ser 65                  - #70                  - #75                  - #80 - - Gly Ser Tyr Ala Pro Ala Asn Met Pro Cys Pr - #o Gln Arg Thr Ser Gln 85  - #                90  - #                95 - - Gln Gly Pro Gly Phe Ile Arg Pro Ala Lys Th - #r Lys Gln Leu Ser Ile 100      - #           105      - #           110 - - Ser Glu Ala Asp Tyr Val Ser Arg Arg Arg Th - #r Asn Thr Gln Ala Asp 115          - #       120          - #       125 - - Trp Ala Lys Trp Leu Ser Asp Ser Ala Lys Le - #u Asn Ser Ser Leu Pro 130              - #   135              - #   140 - - Gly Gly Ala Ser Asn Tyr Thr Ser Ser Thr As - #p Arg Val Pro Arg Leu 145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 - #60 - - Gly Phe Ala Leu Ser Gly Gly Gly Leu Arg Al - #a Met Leu Val Gly Ser 165  - #               170  - #               175 - - Gly Thr Leu Gln Gly Phe Asp Gly Arg Asn Gl - #u Thr Ala Asn Gln Arg 180      - #           185      - #           190 - - Gly Thr Gly Gly Leu Leu Gln Leu Ala Glu Ty - #r Ile Ala Gly Leu Ser 195          - #       200          - #       205 - - Gly Gly Ser Trp Ala Thr Ala Ser Leu Thr Me - #t Asn Asn Trp Ala Thr 210              - #   215              - #   220 - - Thr Gln Ser Leu Lys Asp Asn Ile Trp Asp Le - #u Glu Ser Asn Leu Ile 225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 - #40 - - Val Pro Glu Asp Gly Lys Val Ser Phe Tyr Al - #a Ser Ile Leu Ala Ala 245  - #               250  - #               255 - - Val Ala Gly Lys Arg Asn Glu Gly Tyr Gln Th - #r Ser Leu Thr Asp Tyr 260      - #           265      - #           270 - - Phe Gly Leu Ser Ile Ala Asp Lys Ile Leu As - #n Gly Ser Met Tyr Gly 275          - #       280          - #       285 - - Asn Lys Phe Ser Val Glu Trp Ser Asp Val Ly - #s Asn Thr Ser Lys Phe 290              - #   295              - #   300 - - Thr Asp Ala Ser Met Pro Phe Pro Ile Ile Il - #e Ala Asp Glu Arg Glu 305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 - #20 - - Pro Gly Glu Leu Ile Ile Pro Arg Asn Thr Th - #r Ile Trp Glu Phe Asn 325  - #               330  - #               335 - - Pro Tyr Glu Phe Gly Ser Trp Asn Pro Asn Va - #l Ser Ala Phe Ile Pro 340      - #           345      - #           350 - - Ile Glu Ile Leu Gly Ser Ser Leu Asp Asn Gl - #y Thr Ser Val Leu Pro 355          - #       360          - #       365 - - Asp Gly Val Cys Val Gly Gly Tyr Glu Thr Va - #l Ala Trp Val Thr Gly 370              - #   375              - #   380 - - Thr Ser Ala Thr Leu Phe Ser Gly Leu Tyr Le - #u Glu Leu Ile Ser Thr 385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 - #00 - - Ser Ser Asn Asn Ile Ile Val Asp Ala Leu Ly - #s Glu Ile Ala Gln Ala 405  - #               410  - #               415 - - Val Ser Asn Glu Gln Asn Asp Val Ser Leu Va - #l Pro Asn Pro Phe Tyr 420      - #           425      - #           430 - - Gly Tyr Val Gly Glu Gly Asp Val Gln Val Se - #r Asp Leu Arg Asn Ile 435          - #       440          - #       445 - - Thr Leu Val Asp Gly Gly Leu Asp Asn Glu As - #n Val Pro Leu Trp Pro 450              - #   455              - #   460 - - Leu Val Glu Pro Ala Arg Asp Leu Asp Val Il - #e Ile Ala Ile Asp Ser 465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 - #80 - - Ser Ala Asp Val Thr Asn Trp Pro Asn Ala Se - #r Ala Leu Tyr Gln Thr 485  - #               490  - #               495 - - Ser Leu Arg Ala Gln Tyr Pro Thr Tyr Ser Gl - #n Tyr Ala Phe Pro Val 500      - #           505      - #           510 - - Met Pro Asp Thr Asn Thr Val Val Asn Arg Gl - #y Leu Asn Thr Arg Pro 515          - #       520          - #       525 - - Val Phe Tyr Gly Cys Asn Ala Thr Val Asn Va - #l Thr Asn Ala Asp Thr 530              - #   535              - #   540 - - Ser Phe Asn Gly Thr Lys Thr Pro Ile Ile Va - #l Tyr Met Pro Ser Tyr 545                 5 - #50                 5 - #55                 5 - #60 - - Pro Tyr Ala Ala Phe Ala Asp Thr Ser Thr Ph - #e Lys Leu 565  - #               570 - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 12 <211> LENGTH: 20 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Primer <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: <222> LOCATION: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: n at position 3,6,9,18 - #is deoxyinosine - - <400> SEQUENCE: 12 - - gcnccngcna ayatgccntg            - #                  - # - # 20 - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 13 <211> LENGTH: 20 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Primer <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: <222> LOCATION: <223> OTHER INFORMATION: n at position 6 is - #deoxyinosine - - <400> SEQUENCE: 13 - - tcgtangggt traaytccca            - #                  - # - # 20 - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 14 <211> LENGTH: 17 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Primer - - <400> SEQUENCE: 14 - - ccatgctcgt tggttcg             - #                  - # - #   17 - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 15 <211> LENGTH: 17 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Primer - - <400> SEQUENCE: 15 - - ggcatgtaga cgatgat             - #                  - # - #   17 - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 16 <211> LENGTH: 612 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Penicillium notatum - - <400> SEQUENCE: 16 - - Asp Ile Thr Phe Ala Gly Val Gln Arg Ala Le - #u Pro Asn Ala Pro Asp 1               5  - #                10  - #                15 - - Gly Tyr Val Pro Thr Ser Val Ser Cys Pro Al - #a Ser Arg Pro Thr Val 20      - #            25      - #            30 - - Arg Ser Ala Ala Lys Leu Ser Thr Asn Glu Th - #r Ser Trp Leu Glu Val 35          - #        40          - #        45 - - Arg Arg Gly Lys Thr Leu Ser Ala Leu Lys As - #p Phe Phe Gly His Val 50              - #    55              - #    60 - - Lys Val Gly Asp Tyr Asp Val Gly Ala Tyr Le - #u Asp Lys His Ser Gly 65                  - #70                  - #75                  - #80 - - Asn Ser Ser Ser Leu Pro Asn Ile Gly Ile Al - #a Val Ser Gly Gly Gly 85  - #                90  - #                95 - - Trp Arg Ala Leu Met Asn Gly Ala Gly Ala Va - #l Lys Ala Phe Asp Ser 100      - #           105      - #           110 - - Arg Thr Asp Asn Ala Thr Ala Thr Gly His Le - #u Gly Gly Leu Leu Gln 115          - #       120          - #       125 - - Ser Ala Thr Tyr Ile Ser Gly Leu Ser Gly Gl - #y Ser Trp Leu Leu Gly 130              - #   135              - #   140 - - Ser Ile Tyr Ile Asn Asn Phe Thr Thr Val As - #p Lys Leu Gln Thr His 145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 - #60 - - Glu Ala Gly Ser Val Trp Gln Phe Gly Asn Se - #r Ile Ile Glu Gly Pro 165  - #               170  - #               175 - - Asp Ala Gly Gly Ile Gln Leu Leu Asp Ser Al - #a Gly Tyr Tyr Lys Asp 180      - #           185      - #           190 - - Leu Ala Asp Ala Val Asp Gly Lys Lys Lys Al - #a Gly Phe Asp Thr Thr 195          - #       200          - #       205 - - Leu Thr Asp Ile Trp Gly Arg Ala Leu Ser Ty - #r Gln Met Phe Asn Ala 210              - #   215              - #   220 - - Ser Asn Gly Gly Leu Ser Tyr Thr Trp Ser Se - #r Ile Ala Asp Thr Pro 225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 - #40 - - Glu Phe Gln Asp Gly Asp Tyr Pro Met Pro Ph - #e Val Val Ala Asp Gly 245  - #               250  - #               255 - - Arg Asn Pro Gly Glu Leu Val Ile Gly Ser As - #n Ser Thr Val Tyr Glu 260      - #           265      - #           270 - - Phe Asn Pro Trp Glu Phe Gly Thr Phe Asp Pr - #o Thr Ile Phe Gly Phe 275          - #       280          - #       285 - - Val Pro Leu Glu Tyr Leu Gly Ser Lys Phe Gl - #u Gly Gly Ser Leu Pro 290              - #   295              - #   300 - - Ser Asn Glu Ser Cys Ile Arg Gly Phe Asp Se - #r Ala Gly Phe Val Ile 305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 - #20 - - Gly Thr Ser Ser Ser Leu Phe Asn Gln Phe Le - #u Leu Gln Ile Asn Thr 325  - #               330  - #               335 - - Thr Ser Leu Pro Ser Phe Ile Lys Asp Val Ph - #e Asn Gly Ile Leu Phe 340      - #           345      - #           350 - - Asp Leu Asp Lys Ser Gln Asn Asp Ile Ala Se - #r Tyr Asp Pro Asn Pro 355          - #       360          - #       365 - - Phe Tyr Lys Tyr Asn Glu His Ser Ser Pro Ty - #r Ala Ala Gln Lys Leu 370              - #   375              - #   380 - - Leu Asp Val Val Asp Gly Gly Glu Asp Gly Gl - #n Asn Val Pro Leu His 385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 - #00 - - Pro Leu Ile Gln Pro Glu Arg His Val Asp Va - #l Ile Phe Ala Val Asp 405  - #               410  - #               415 - - Ser Ser Ala Asp Thr Asp Tyr Phe Trp Pro As - #n Gly Thr Ser Leu Val 420      - #           425      - #           430 - - Ala Thr Tyr Glu Arg Ser Leu Asn Ser Ser Gl - #y Ile Ala Asn Gly Thr 435          - #       440          - #       445 - - Ala Phe Pro Ala Val Pro Asp Gln Asn Thr Ph - #e Ile Asn Leu Gly Leu 450              - #   455              - #   460 - - Ser Thr Arg Pro Ser Phe Phe Gly Cys Asp Se - #r Ser Asn Gln Thr Gly 465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 - #80 - - Pro Ser Pro Leu Val Val Tyr Ile Pro Asn Al - #a Pro Tyr Ser Tyr His 485  - #               490  - #               495 - - Ser Asn Ile Ser Thr Phe Gln Leu Ser Thr As - #p Asp Ala Glu Arg Asp 500      - #           505      - #           510 - - Asn Ile Ile Leu Asn Gly Tyr Glu Val Ala Th - #r Met Ala Asn Ser Thr 515          - #       520          - #       525 - - Leu Asp Asp Asn Trp Thr Ala Cys Val Ala Cy - #s Ala Ile Leu Ser Arg 530              - #   535              - #   540 - - Ser Phe Glu Arg Thr Gly Thr Thr Leu Pro As - #p Ile Cys Ser Gln Cys 545                 5 - #50                 5 - #55                 5 - #60 - - Phe Asp Arg Tyr Cys Trp Asn Gly Thr Val As - #n Ser Thr Arg Pro Glu 565  - #               570  - #               575 - - Ser Tyr Asp Pro Ala Phe Tyr Leu Ala Asp As - #n Ser Met Ala Ser Val 580      - #           585      - #           590 - - Ser Leu Pro Thr Met Leu Ser Thr Val Val Al - #a Ala Gly Leu Ala Met 595          - #       600          - #       605 - - Leu Ile Leu Val 610 - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 17 <211> LENGTH: 664 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Saccharomyces cerevisiae - - <400> SEQUENCE: 17 - - Met Lys Leu Gln Ser Leu Leu Val Ser Ala Al - #a Val Leu Thr Ser Leu 1               5  - #                10  - #                15 - - Thr Glu Asn Val Asn Ala Trp Ser Pro Asn As - #n Ser Tyr Val Pro Ser 20      - #            25      - #            30 - - Asn Val Thr Cys Asp Asp Asp Ile Asn Leu Va - #l Arg Glu Ala Ser Gly 35          - #        40          - #        45 - - Leu Ser Asp Asn Glu Thr Glu Trp Leu Lys Ly - #s Arg Asp Ala Tyr Thr 50              - #    55              - #    60 - - Lys Glu Ala Leu His Ser Phe Leu Asn Arg Al - #a Thr Ser Asn Phe Ser 65                  - #70                  - #75                  - #80 - - Asp Thr Ser Leu Leu Ser Thr Leu Phe Gly Se - #r Asn Ser Ser Asn Met 85  - #                90  - #                95 - - Pro Lys Ile Ala Val Ala Cys Ser Gly Gly Gl - #y Tyr Arg Ala Met Leu 100      - #           105      - #           110 - - Ser Gly Ala Gly Met Leu Ala Ala Met Asp As - #n Arg Thr Asp Gly Ala 115          - #       120          - #       125 - - Asn Glu His Gly Leu Gly Gly Leu Leu Gln Gl - #y Ala Thr Tyr Leu Ala 130              - #   135              - #   140 - - Gly Leu Ser Gly Gly Asn Trp Leu Thr Ser Th - #r Leu Ala Trp Asn Asn 145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 - #60 - - Trp Thr Ser Val Gln Ala Ile Val Asp Asn Th - #r Thr Glu Ser Asn Ser 165  - #               170  - #               175 - - Ile Trp Asp Ile Ser His Ser Ile Leu Thr Pr - #o Asp Gly Ile Asn Ile 180      - #           185      - #           190 - - Phe Lys Thr Gly Ser Arg Trp Asp Asp Ile Se - #r Asp Asp Val Gln Asp 195          - #       200          - #       205 - - Lys Lys Asp Ala Gly Phe Asn Ile Ser Leu Al - #a Asp Val Trp Gly Arg 210              - #   215              - #   220 - - Ala Leu Ala Tyr Asn Phe Trp Pro Ser Leu Hi - #s Arg Gly Gly Val Gly 225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 - #40 - - Tyr Thr Trp Ser Thr Leu Arg Glu Ala Asp Va - #l Phe Lys Asn Gly Glu 245  - #               250  - #               255 - - Met Pro Phe Pro Ile Thr Val Ala Asp Gly Ar - #g Tyr Pro Gly Thr Thr 260      - #           265      - #           270 - - Val Ile Asn Leu Asn Ala Thr Leu Phe Glu Ph - #e Asn Pro Phe Glu Met 275          - #       280          - #       285 - - Gly Ser Trp Asp Pro Thr Leu Asn Ala Phe Th - #r Asp Val Lys Tyr Leu 290              - #   295              - #   300 - - Gly Thr Asn Val Thr Asn Gly Lys Pro Val As - #n Lys Gly Gln Cys Ile 305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 - #20 - - Ala Gly Phe Asp Asn Thr Gly Phe Ile Thr Al - #a Thr Ser Ser Thr Leu 325  - #               330  - #               335 - - Phe Asn Gln Phe Leu Leu Arg Leu Asn Ser Th - #r Asp Leu Pro Ser Phe 340      - #           345      - #           350 - - Ile Ala Asn Leu Ala Thr Asp Phe Leu Glu As - #p Leu Ser Asp Asn Ser 355          - #       360          - #       365 - - Asp Asp Ile Ala Ile Tyr Ala Pro Asn Pro Ph - #e Lys Glu Ala Asn Phe 370              - #   375              - #   380 - - Leu Gln Lys Asn Ala Thr Ser Ser Ile Ile Gl - #u Ser Glu Tyr Leu Phe 385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 - #00 - - Leu Val Asp Gly Gly Glu Asp Asn Gln Asn Il - #e Pro Leu Val Pro Leu 405  - #               410  - #               415 - - Leu Gln Lys Glu Arg Glu Leu Asp Val Ile Ph - #e Ala Leu Asp Asn Ser 420      - #           425      - #           430 - - Ala Asp Thr Asp Asp Tyr Trp Pro Asp Gly Al - #a Ser Leu Val Asn Thr 435          - #       440          - #       445 - - Tyr Gln Arg Gln Phe Gly Ser Gln Gly Leu As - #n Leu Ser Phe Pro Tyr 450              - #   455              - #   460 - - Val Pro Asp Val Asn Thr Phe Val Asn Leu Gl - #y Leu Asn Lys Lys Pro 465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 - #80 - - Thr Phe Phe Gly Cys Asp Ala Arg Asn Leu Th - #r Asp Leu Asp Tyr Ile 485  - #               490  - #               495 - - Pro Pro Leu Ile Val Tyr Ile Pro Asn Ser Ar - #g His Ser Phe Asn Gly 500      - #           505      - #           510 - - Asn Gln Ser Thr Phe Lys Met Ser Tyr Ser As - #p Ser Glu Arg Leu Gly 515          - #       520          - #       525 - - Met Ile Lys Asn Gly Phe Glu Ala Ala Thr Me - #t Gly Asn Phe Thr Asp 530              - #   535              - #   540 - - Asp Ser Asp Phe Leu Gly Cys Val Gly Cys Al - #a Ile Ile Arg Arg Lys 545                 5 - #50                 5 - #55                 5 - #60 - - Gln Gln Asn Leu Asn Ala Thr Leu Pro Ser Gl - #u Cys Ser Gln Cys Phe 565  - #               570  - #               575 - - Thr Asn Tyr Cys Trp Asn Gly Thr Ile Asp Se - #r Arg Ser Val Ser Gly 580      - #           585      - #           590 - - Val Gly Asn Asp Asp Tyr Ser Ser Ser Ala Se - #r Leu Ser Ala Ser Ala 595          - #       600          - #       605 - - Ala Ala Ala Ser Ala Ser Ala Ser Ala Ser Al - #a Ser Ala Ser Ala Ser 610              - #   615              - #   620 - - Ala Ser Gly Ser Ser Thr His Lys Lys Asn Al - #a Gly Asn Ala Leu Val 625                 6 - #30                 6 - #35                 6 - #40 - - Asn Tyr Ser Asn Leu Asn Thr Asn Thr Phe Il - #e Gly Val Leu Ser Val 645  - #               650  - #               655 - - Ile Ser Ala Val Phe Gly Leu Ile 660 - -  - - <210> SEQ ID NO 18 <211> LENGTH: 649 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Torulaspora delbrueckii - - <400> SEQUENCE: 18 - - Met Asn Leu Lys Glu Trp Leu Leu Phe Ser As - #p Ala Val Phe Phe Ala 1               5  - #                10  - #                15 - - Gln Gly Thr Leu Ala Trp Ser Pro Ser Asn Se - #r Tyr Thr Pro Ala Asn 20      - #            25      - #            30 - - Val Ser Cys Asp Glu Asp Ile Asn Leu Ile Ar - #g Gln Ala Ser Gly Pro 35          - #        40          - #        45 - - Ser Asp Asn Glu Thr Glu Trp Leu Lys Lys Ar - #g Asp Val Tyr Thr Arg 50              - #    55              - #    60 - - Glu Ala Leu Arg Ser Phe Leu Asp Arg Ala Th - #r Ser Asn Phe Ser Asp 65                  - #70                  - #75                  - #80 - - Ser Ser Leu Val Ser Gln Leu Phe Ser Asn Al - #a Ser Asp Ile Pro Arg 85  - #                90  - #                95 - - Ile Ala Val Ala Cys Ser Gly Gly Gly Tyr Ar - #g Ala Met Leu Ser Gly 100      - #           105      - #           110 - - Ala Gly Met Leu Ala Ala Met Asp Asn Arg Th - #r Asp Gly Ala Asn Glu 115          - #       120          - #       125 - - His Gly Leu Gly Gly Leu Leu Gln Ser Thr Th - #r Tyr Leu Ala Gly Leu 130              - #   135              - #   140 - - Ser Gly Gly Asn Trp Leu Val Gly Thr Leu Al - #a Trp Asn Asn Trp Thr 145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 - #60 - - Ser Val Gln Asp Ile Val Asn Asn Met Thr Gl - #u Asp Asp Ser Ile Trp 165  - #               170  - #               175 - - Asp Ile Ser Asn Ser Ile Ile Asn Pro Gly Gl - #y Phe Met Ile Val Thr 180      - #           185      - #           190 - - Thr Ile Lys Arg Trp Asp His Ile Ser Asp Al - #a Val Glu Gly Lys Gln 195          - #       200          - #       205 - - Asp Ala Gly Phe Asn Val Ser Leu Thr Asp Il - #e Trp Gly Arg Ala Leu 210              - #   215              - #   220 - - Ser Tyr Asn Phe Phe Pro Ser Leu Tyr Arg Gl - #y Gly Val Ala Tyr Thr 225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 - #40 - - Trp Ser Thr Leu Arg Asp Val Glu Val Phe Gl - #n Asn Gly Glu Met Pro 245  - #               250  - #               255 - - Phe Pro Ile Ser Val Ala Asp Gly Arg Tyr Pr - #o Gly Thr Gln Ile Ile 260      - #           265      - #           270 - - Asp Leu Asn Ala Thr Val Phe Glu Phe Asn Pr - #o Phe Glu Met Gly Ser 275          - #       280          - #       285 - - Trp Asp Pro Thr Leu Asn Ala Phe Thr Asp Va - #l Lys Tyr Leu Gly Thr 290              - #   295              - #   300 - - Lys Val Ser Asn Gly Glu Pro Val Asn Lys Gl - #y Gln Cys Val Ala Gly 305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 - #20 - - Tyr Asp Asn Thr Gly Phe Ile Met Gly Thr Se - #r Ser Ser Leu Phe Asn 325  - #               330  - #               335 - - Gln Phe Leu Leu Gln Ile Asn Ser Thr Ser Le - #u Pro Ser Phe Ile Lys 340      - #           345      - #           350 - - Asn Leu Val Thr Gly Phe Leu Asp Asp Leu Se - #r Glu Asp Glu Asp Asp 355          - #       360          - #       365 - - Ile Ala Ile Tyr Ala Pro Asn Pro Phe Lys As - #p Thr Ser Tyr Ile Gln 370              - #   375              - #   380 - - Asp Asn Phe Ser Lys Ser Ile Ser Glu Ser As - #p Tyr Leu Tyr Leu Val 385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 - #00 - - Asp Gly Gly Glu Asp Asn Gln Asn Ile Pro Le - #u Val Pro Leu Val Gln 405  - #               410  - #               415 - - Asp Glu Arg Asn Val Asp Val Ile Phe Ala Le - #u Asp Asn Ser Ala Asp 420      - #           425      - #           430 - - Thr Asp Tyr Tyr Trp Pro Asp Gly Ala Ser Le - #u Val Ser Thr Tyr Glu 435          - #       440          - #       445 - - Arg Gln Phe Ser Ser Gln Gly Leu Asn Met Se - #r Phe Pro Tyr Val Pro 450              - #   455              - #   460 - - Asp Lys Arg Thr Phe Val Asn Leu Gly Leu Al - #a Asp Lys Pro Ser Phe 465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 - #80 - - Phe Gly Cys Asp Ala Gln Asn Leu Thr Asp Le - #u Asn Tyr Ile Pro Pro 485  - #               490  - #               495 - - Leu Val Val Tyr Ile Pro Asn Ala Arg His Se - #r Tyr Asn Ser Asn Thr 500      - #           505      - #           510 - - Ser Thr Phe Lys Leu Ser Tyr Thr Asp Asp Gl - #u Arg Leu Lys Met Ile 515          - #       520          - #       525 - - Lys Asn Gly Phe Glu Ala Ala Thr Arg Gly As - #n Leu Thr Asp Asp Ser 530              - #   535              - #   540 - - Ser Phe Met Gly Cys Val Ala Cys Ala Val Me - #t Arg Arg Lys Gln Gln 545                 5 - #50                 5 - #55                 5 - #60 - - Ser Leu Asn Ala Thr Leu Pro Glu Glu Cys Se - #r Thr Cys Phe Thr Asn 565  - #               570  - #               575 - - Tyr Cys Trp Asn Gly Thr Ile Asp Asp Thr Pr - #o Val Ser Gly Leu Asp 580      - #           585      - #           590 - - Asn Ser Asp Phe Asp Pro Thr Ala Ala Ser Se - #r Ala Tyr Ser Ala Tyr 595          - #       600          - #       605 - - Asn Thr Glu Ser Tyr Ser Ser Ser Ser Ala Th - #r Gly Ser Lys Lys Asn 610              - #   615              - #   620 - - Gly Ala Gly Leu Pro Ala Thr Pro Thr Ser Ph - #e Thr Ser Ile Leu Thr 625                 6 - #30                 6 - #35                 6 - #40 - - Leu Leu Thr Ala Ile Ala Gly Phe Leu 645 __________________________________________________________________________

## Claims

1. An isolated phospholipase enzyme derived from Hyphozyma which hydrolyzes both fatty acyl groups in a phospholipid and is essentially free of lipase activity, wherein the phospholipase enzyme has a temperature optimum at about 50.degree. C., measured at pH 3-4 for 10 minutes, and a pH optimum of about pH 3, measured at 40.degree. C. for 10 minutes.

2. The phospholipase of claim 1 derived from Hyphozyma sp. strain CBS 648.91.

3. An isolated phospholipase enzyme which hydrolyes both acyl groups in a phospholipid and is essentially free of lipase activity comprising one of: positions 1-497 of SEQ ID NO: 11; or sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11.

4. The phospholipase of claim 3 derived from Hyphozyma sp. strain CBS 648.91.

5. A process for hydrolyzing fatty acyl groups in a phospholipid or lysophospholipid, comprising treating the phospholipid or lysophospholipid with the phospholipase of claim 1.

6. The process of claim 5 wherein the phospholipid or lysophospholipid comprises lecithin or lysolecithin.

7. The process of claim 5 wherein the treatment is conducted at pH 1.5-5 and 30-70.degree. C.

8. The process of claim 5, which is a process for improving the filterability of an aqueous solution or slurry of carbohydrate origin which contains phospholipid.

9. The process of claim 8 wherein the solution or slurry contains a starch hydrolysate.

10. The process of claim 5 which is a process for making bread, comprising adding the phospholipase to the ingredients of a dough, kneading the dough and baking the dough to make the bread.

11. The process of claim 5 which is a process for reducing the content of phospholipid in an edible oil, comprising treating the oil with the phospholipase so as to hydrolyze a major part of the phospholipid, and separating an aqueous phase containing the hydrolyzed phospholipid from the oil.

12. A process for removing phospholipid from an edible oil, comprising: the phospholipase of claim 1, and the oil.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the oil is treated to remove mucilage prior to the treatment with the phospholipase.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein the oil prior to the treatment with the phospholipase contains the phospholipid in an amount corresponding to 50-250 ppm of phosphorus.

15. The process of claim 12 wherein the treatment with phospholipase is done at 30-45.degree. C. for 1-12 hours at a phospholipase dosage of 0.1-10 mg/l in the presence of 0.5-5% of water.