CELLOBIOHYDROLASE REDUCED GLYCOSYLATION VARIANTS: CBHIN45A; CBHIN270A; AND CBHIN384A

Abstract: The invention provides a method for making an active exoglucanase in a eukaryotic heterologous host, the method comprising reducing glycosylation of the exoglucanase, wherein reducing comprises replacing an N-glycosylation site amino acid residue with non-glycosyl accepting amino acid residue. The invention further provides a cellobiohydrolase, comprising the reduced glycosylation variant cellobiose enzymes CBHIN45A; CBHIN270A; or CBHIN384A, or any combination thereof.

Description: 1 CELLOBIOHYDROLASE REDUCED GLYCOSYLATION VARIANTS: CBHIN45A, CBHIN270A; AND CBHIN384A. Technical Field. This invention relates to exoglucanases. More specifically, it relates to Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase I reduced glycosylation variants which enable expression of the active enzyme in a heterologous host. Background Art. The surface chemistry of acid pretreated-biomass, used in ethanol production, is different from that found in plant tissues, naturally digested by fungal cellulase enzymes, in two important ways: (1) pretreatment heats the substrate past the phase-transition temperature of lignin; and (2) pretreated biomass contains less acetylated hemicellulose. Thus, it is believed, that the cellulose fibers of pretreated-biomass are coated with displaced and modified lignin. This alteration results in a non-specific binding of the protein with the biomass, which impedes enzymatic activity. Moreover, where the pretreated biomass is a hardwood-pulp it contains a weak net-negatively charged surface, which is not observed in native wood. Therefore, for the efficient production of ethanol from pretreated biomass it is desirable to enhance the catalytic activity of glycosyl hydrolases on acid hydrolyzed hardwoods. Trichoderma reesei CBH I is a mesophilic cellulase enzyme, and comprises a major catalyst in the overall hydrolysis of cellulose. An artificial ternary cellulase system consisting of a 90: 10:2 mixture of T. reesei CBH I, A. cellulotyticus Εl, and A. niger β-D-glucosidase is capable of releasing as much reducing sugar from pretreated yellow poplar as the native T. reesei system after 120 h. This result is encouraging for the ultimate success of engineered cellulase systems, because this artificial enzyme system was tested at 50°C, a temperature far below that considered optimal for El, in order to spare the more heat labile enzymes CBH I and β-D-glucosidase. In order to increase the efficiency of such artificial enzyme systems it is desirable to engineer new T. reesei CBH I variant enzymes capable of active expression in a heterologous host. The heterologous host Aspergillus awamori, could provide an excellent capacity for synthesis and secretion of T. reesei CBH I because of its ability to correctly fold and post-translationally modify proteins of eukaryotic origin. Moreover, A. awamori is believed to be an excellent test-bed for Trichoderma coding sequences and resolves some of the problems associated with direct site directed mutagenesis in Trichoderma. In consideration of the foregoing, it is therefore desirable to provide variant cellulase enzymes having enzymatic activity when expressed in an heterologous host. Disclosure of Invention. It is a general object of the present invention to provide variant cellulase enzymes having enzymatic activity when expressed in a heterologous host, such as a filamentous fungi or yeast. Another object of the invention is to provide a variant exoglucanase characterized by a reduction in glycosylation when expressed in a heterologous host. Another object of the invention is to provide an active cellobiohydrolase enzyme capable of expression in heterologous fungi or yeast. It is yet another object of the invention to provide a method for reducing the glycosylation of a cellobiohydrolase enzyme for expression in a heterologous host. The foregoing specific objects and advantages of the invention are illustrative of those which can be achieved by the present invention and are not intended to be exhaustive or limiting of the possible advantages which can be realized. Thus, those and other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the description herein or can be learned from practicing the invention, both as embodied herein or as modified in view of any variations which may be apparent to those skilled in the art. Briefly, the invention provides a method for making an active exoglucanase in a heterologous host, the method comprising reducing glycosylation of the exoglucanase, reducing glycosylation further comprising replacing an N-glycosylation site amino acid residue with a non- glycosyl accepting amino acid residue. The invention further provides a cellobiohydrolase, comprising the reduced glycosylation variant cellobiose enzymes CBHTN45 A; CBHIN270A; or CBHIN384A, or any combination thereof. Best Mode for Carrying out the Invention. Unless specifically defined otherwise, all technical or scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Although any methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of the present invention, the preferred methods and materials are now described. A method for reducing the glycosylation of an expressed Trichoderma reesei CBHI protein by site-directed mutagenesis ("SDM') is disclosed. The method includes replacing an N- glycosylation site amino acid residue, such as asparagines 45, 270, and/or 384 of SEQ. ID NO: 4 (referenced herein as CBHTN45A, CBHIN270A and CBHTN384A, respectively), with a non- glycosyl accepting amino acid residue, such as is alanine. Various mutagenesis kits for SDM are available to those skilled in the art and the methods for SDM are well known. The description below discloses a procedure for making and using CBHI variants: CBHIN45A; CBHIN270A; and CBHIN384A. The examples below demonstrate the expression of active CBH I in the heterologous fungus Aspergillus awamori. Industrial Applicability. Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Trichoderma reesei CBH I for Reduced Glycosylation. Aspergillus awamori was transformed with various versions of the cbhl gene from Trichoderma reesei. The cbhl genes included both cDNA and genomic (intron containing) versions. These were altered by site-directed mutagenesis for the specific purpose of reducing the glycosylation of the expressed CBH I protein through replacement of the N-glycosylation site amino acid residues (asparagine) with non-glycosyl accepting amino acid residues (alanine). The gene was propagated in an E. coli vector plasmid (pPFE2) under the control of the Aspergillus awamori glucoamylase promoter and signal sequence, and trpC terminator, and carrying resistance to ampicillin (E. coli selection) and Zeocin (Bleomycin) Aspergillus selection. One altered rCBH I variant, CBHIN270A, SEQ. ID. NO: 2, was isolated from cultures and determined to be consistent with native CBH I, SEQ. ID. NO: 4, with respect to kinetics on pNPL and was only slightly higher in molecular weight. Thus, construction of the triple reduced glycosylation mutant CBH 1, CBHIN270A (SEQ. ID. NO: 2) / CBHIN45A (SEQ. ID. NO: 1) / CBHTN384A (SEQ. ID. NO: 3), may provide a viable means of producing active CBH I in heterologous fungal or yeast which do not require the cellobiose/lactose induction cascade, known in Trichoderma. It is believed that reduced glycosylation CBH I mutants would also serve effectively in yeast-based high throughput screens, which are normally rendered unusable for fungal enzymes because of hyperglycosylation. Example 1. Production of Active Recombinant CBH I (rCBH I) in Aspergillus awamori Construction of Modified CBH I Coding Sequence. The coding sequence for T. reesei CBH I (SEQ. ID. NO: 4) was successfully inserted and expressed in Aspergillus awamori using the fungal expression vector pPFE2 (and pPFEl). Vectors pPFEl and pPFE2 are£. coli-Aspergillus shuttle vectors, and contain elements required for maintenance in both hosts. They encode ampicillin resistance for selection in E. coli and Zeocin resistance for selection in Aspergillus. The foregoing provided for the site-directed mutagenesis in E. coli, followed by expression of the new mutant proteins in A. awamori. The CBH I gene is under the control of the A. awamori glucoamylase promoter and includes the glucoamylase secretion signal peptide. In order to have the signal peptide properly cleaved during secretion, the construction of this plasmid required the addition, by PCR, of a Notl site and Xbal site on the coding sequence of CBH 1. The Notl site addition resulted in a change of the most N- terminal amino acid on the protein from glutamine to glycine. This glycine was subsequently changed back to the native glutamine in the pPFE2/CBHI construct, using site-directed mutagenesis PCR. This new construct was used to transform A. awamori and to express rCBH I, as confirmed by western blot analysis of culture supernatant. The rCBH I expressed in A. awamori tends to be over glycosylated as evidenced by the higher molecular weight observed on western blot analysis. Over-glycosylation of CBH I by A. awamori was confirmed by digestion of the recombinant protein with endoglycosidases. Following endoglycosidase H and F digestion, the higher molecular weight form of the protein collapses to a molecular weight similar to native CBH 1. The vector pPFE2/CBHI requires a relatively long PCR reaction (8.2 kb) to make site- specific changes using the Stratagene Quik Change protocol. The PCR reaction was optimized as follows using a GeneAmp PCR System 2400, Perkin Elmer Corporation. The reaction mixture contained 50 ng of template DNA, 125 ng each of the sense and antisense mutagenic primers, 5 μl of Stratagene lOx cloned Pfu buffer, 200μM of each: dNTP, 5 mM MgCl 2 (total final concentration Of MgCl 2 is 7 mM); and 2.5 U Pfu Turbo DNA polymerase. The PCR reaction was carried out for 30 cycles, each consisting of one minute denaturation at 96C°, 1 minute annealing at 69°C, and 20-minute extension at 75°C. There is an initial denaturation for 2 minutes at 96°C and a final extension for 10 minutes at 75°C, followed by a hold at 4°C. Agarose gel electrophoresis, ethidium bromide staining, and visualization under UV transillumination were used to confirm the presence of a PCR product. PCR products were digested with restriction enzyme Dpnl, to degrade un-mutagenized parental DNA, and transformed into E. coli (Stratagene Epicurian Coli Supercompetent XL-1 Cells). Amp R colonies were picked from LB-Amp 100 plates and mutations were confirmed by DNA sequencing. Depending on scale, plasmid DNA was purified using the Qiagen QiaPrep Spin Miniprep Kit or the Promega Wizard Plus MaxiPrep DNA Purification System. Transformation of Aspergillus awamori with Trichoderma reesei CBH I coding sequence. Aspergillus awamori spore stocks were stored at -70°C in 20% glycerol 10% lactose After thawing, 200 μL of spores were inoculated into 50 mL CM broth in each of eight baffled 250 mL Erlenmeyer flask The cultures were grown at 28°C, 225 rpm for 48 h The mycelia were removed by filtration with sterile Miracloth, Calbiochem, San Diego, CA, and washed thoroughly with sterile KCM Approximately 10 g of washed mycelia were transferred to 50 mL KCM + 250 mg Novozym234 in a 250 mL baffled Erlenmeyer flask The digestion mixture was incubated at 30°C, 80 rpm for 16-18 h Spheroplasts were filtered through Miracloth into 50 mL conical centrifuge tubes, pelleted at 2000xg for 15 min and re-suspended in 0 7M KC1 by gentle tituration with a 25 mL pipette This procedure was repeated once After a third pelleting, the spheroplasts were resuspended in 10 mL KC, pelleted and resuspended in 0 5 mL KC using a wide-bore pipet tip The washed spheroplasts were transformed by adding 12 5 μL PCM and 5 μL DNA («0 5 μg/μL) to 50 μL of spheroplast in sterile 1 5 mL Eppendorf tubes After incubation on ice for 45 minutes, 0 5 mL of room temperature PCM was added to the transformation mixture and was mixed by tituration with a wide bore pipet tip The mixture was incubated at room temperature for 45 minutes One milliliter of KC was added and mixed The mixture was allocated between four tubes of molten CM top agar at 55°C, which were each poured over a 15 mL CM170 plate The plates were incubated at 28°C for 2-3 days Subsurface colonies were partially picked with a sterile wide bore pipet tip, exposing the remaining part of the colony to air and promoting rapid sporulation After sporulation, spores were streaked onto several successive CM100 plates After a monoculture was estabUshed, heavily sporulated plates were flooded with sterile spore suspension medium (20% glycerol, 10% lactose), the spores were suspended and aliquots were frozen at -70°C Protein production was confirmed and followed by western blot using anti-CBH I monoclonal antibodies and the Novex Western Breeze anti-mouse chromogenic detection kit (Novex, San Diego, CA) Extracting genomic DNA using the YeaStar Genomic DNA Kit (Zymo Research, Orange, CA) and carrying out PCR with ?/w-turbo DNA polymerase (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA) and cbhl primers confirmed insertion of the gene Production of Recombinant Enzyme For enzyme production, spores were inoculated into 50 mL CM maltose medium, pH 5 0, and grown at 32°C, 225 rpm in 250 mL baffled flasks The cultures were transferred to 1 0 L of CM maltose in 2,800 mL Fernbach flasks and grown under similar conditions For large-scale enzyme production (>1 mg), these cultures were transferred to 10-L CM maltose in a New Brunswick BioFlo3000 chemostat (10-L working volume) maintained at 20% DO; pH 4 5, 25°C, and 300 rpm. The culture was harvested by filtration through Miracloth after 2-3 days of growth. For the 10-L fermentation broth, the filtrate was concentrated and dia-flltered into 20mM sodium acetate pH 5.0 by tangential flow ultrafiltration with an Amicon DC30 concentrator equipped with a single 10,000 MWCO hollow fiber cartridge (1.1mm I D., 2.4 m 2 surface area). The retentate from the 10-L concentration or the filtrate from smaller cultures was clarified in an Amicon DC-2 concentrator by tangential flow filtration with two 0.1 μm hollow fiber cartridges (1.1 mm I D., 0.03 m 2 surface area, Millipore, Bedford, MA). The permeate was further concentrated with an Amicon CH-2 concentrator equipped with three 10,000 MWCO hollow fiber cartridges (1.1 mm I D., 0.03 m 2 surface area). The final concentrate was sterile filtered through a 0.45 μm filter and stored at 4°C until used. The recombinant CBH I protein, SEQ. ID NO: 4, was purified by passing the concentrated culture broth over two or three CBinD900 cartridge columns (Novagen, Madison, WI) connected in series using a Pharmacia FPLC loading at 1.0 mL/min. (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Inc., Piscataway, NJ). The cartridges were equilibrated in 20 mM Bis-Tris pH 6.5 prior to loading and washed with the same buffer after loading. The bound rCBH I was eluted with 100% ethylene glycol (3 mL/column) by hand, using a syringe. The eluted rCBH I was concentrated in an Amicon 10 mL stirred cell using a 25 mm PM10 membrane to <2.0 mL and loaded onto a Pharmacia SuperDex200 16/60 size-exclusion column. The mobile phase was: 20 mM sodium acetate; 100 mM sodium chloride; and 0.02% sodium azide, pH 5.0 running at 1.0 mL/min. The eluted protein was concentrated by stirred cell and stored at 4°C. Concentration was determined by A 28 o using the extinction coefficient and molecular weight calculated for individual proteins by the ProtParam tool on the ExPASy website (http : //expasy . ch/tools/protparam. html . Below are the formulations for the various media described herein: Clutterbuck's Salts (20X Na 2 NO 3 120.0 g L KC1 10.4 g/L MgSO 4 *7H 2 0 10.4 g/L KH 2 PO 4 30.4 g/L CM- Yeast Extract- 5g/L Tryptone- 5g/L Glucose- lOg/L Clutterbuck's Salts-50mL Add above to 900mL dH 2 0, pH to 7.5, bring to lOOOmL CM Agar- CM+ 20g/L Agar CMK CM Agar+ 0.7M KC1 CM100- CM + 100 g/mL Zeocin (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) CM 1070- CM+ 170 g/mL Zeocin KC1- 0.7M KC1 KC- 0.7M KC1 + 50mM CaCI2 KCM- 0.7M KC1 + lOmM MOPS, pH 5.8 PCM 40% PEG 8000, 50mM CaCl 2 , 1 OmM MOPS pH 5.8 Example 2. Production of Reduced Glycosylation rCBH 1: Sites N270A: N45A: and N384A. rCBHl/pPFE2 has been optimized using site-directed mutagenesis to achieve expression of native molecular weight CBH I in A awamori. The QuickChange SDM kit (Stratagene, San Diego, Ca) was used to make point mutations, switch amino acids, and delete or insert amino acids in the native CBH1 gene sequence. The Quick Change SDM technique was performed using thermotolerant Pfu DNA polymerase, which replicates both plasmid strands with high fidelity and without displacing the mutant oligonucleotide primers. The procedure used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to modify the cloned CBH1 DNA. The basic procedure used a supercoiled double stranded DNA (dsDNA) vector, with an insert of interest, and two synthetic oligonucleotide primers containing a desired mutation. The oligonucleotide primers, each complimentary to opposite strands of the vector, extend during temperature cycling by means of the polymerase. On incorporation of the primers, a mutated plasmid containing staggered nicks was generated. Following temperature cycling, the product was treated with a Dpnl restriction enzyme. Dpnl is specific for methylated and hemi-methylated DNA and thus digests the unmutated parental DNA template, selecting for the mutation-containing, newly-synthesized DNA. The nicked vector DNA, containing the desired mutations, was then transformed into E. coli. The small amount of template DNA required to perform this reaction, and the high fidelity of the Pfu DNA polymerase contribute to the high mutation efficiency and minimizes the potential for the introduction of random mutations. Three glycosylation-site amino acids on the protein surface were targeted for substitution of an alanine (A) residue in place of asparagine (N). Single site substitutions were successfully completed in the CBH I coding sequence at sites N45, N270, and N384, of SEQ. ID NO.: 4 by site-directed mutagenesis, and confirmed by DNA sequencing. Table 1 CONSTRUCT HOST MW KM VMAX T. reesei none 57.8 kDa 1.94 0.746 rCBH I wt cDNA# A. awamori 63.3 kDa 2.14 0.668 rCBH I wt genomic A. awamori 63.3 kDa ~ — rCBH I N270A A. awamori 61.7 kDa 2.25 0.489 As shown in Table 1, Western blot analysis of the supernatant, obtained from a single glycosylation-site mutant CBHIN270A (SEQ. ID NO.: 2) culture expressed in A. awamori, demonstrated that a decrease, to a lower molecular weight (61.7 kDa), in the amount of protein had occurred, as compared to the that in the wild type cDNA (63.3 kDa), and the wild type genomic DNA (63.3 kDa). These results demonstrate a reduction in the level of glycosylation in the reduced glycosylation mutant CBHTN270A, via expression in A. awamori. It is also shown, in the Table, that the CBHIN270A enzyme nearly retained its native enzymatic activity when assayed using thepNPL substrate. While not shown in the Table, variants CBHIN45A (SEQ. ED NO: 1), and CBHI384A (SEQ. ED NO.: 3) have also demonstrated a reduction in amount of glycosylation and native activity when expressed from the heterologous host A. awamori. Example 3. Production of Reduced Glycosylation rCBH 1: Double and Triple Mutants. Double and triple combinations of this substitution have also been completed in the CBH I coding sequence (SEQ. ED NO.: 4) at sites N45, N270, and N384 by site-directed mutagenesis and confirmed by DNA sequencing. These double and triple-site constructs will also yield rCBH I enzymes with reduced glycosylation and, presumably, native activity. Mutagenic Primers Used in Site-directed Mutagenesis PCR Notl, Xbal insertion for vector construction Mutagenic primers C-terminal strand (Xbal): AGAGAGTCTAGACACGGAGCTTACAGGC N-terminal strand (Notl): AAAGAAGCGCGGCCGCGCCTGCACTCTCCAATCGG Repair of Notl site to native sequence Mutagenic primers sense strand. GGC AAATGTGATTTCC AAGCGCC AGTCGGCCTGC ACTCTCC antisense strand GGAGAGTGCAGGCCGACTGGCGCTTGGAAATC AC ATTTGCC N45A glycosylation site mutation Mutagenic primers sense strand- GGACTCACGCTACGGCCAGCAGCACGAACTGC antisense strand: GCAGTTCGTGCTGCTGGCCGTAGCGTGAGTCC N270A glycosylation site mutation Mutagenic primers sense strand: CCCATACCGCCTGGGCGCCACCAGCTTCTACGGCCC antisense strand: GGGCCGTAGAAGCTGGTGGCGCCCAGGCGGTATGGG N384A glycosylation site mutation Mutagenic primers sense strand: GGACTCCACCTACCCGACAGCCGAGACCTCCTCCACACCCG antisense strand: CGGGTGTGGAGGAGGTCTCGGCTGTCGGGTAGGTGGAGTCC The foregoing description is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Furthermore, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and process shown as described above. Accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to falling within the scope of the invention as defined by the claims which follow.

Claims: Claims 1 A method for making an active exoglucanase in a eukaryotic heterologous host, the method comprising reducing glycosylation of the exoglucanase, wherein reducing comprises replacing an N-glycosylation site amino acid residue with non-glycosyl accepting amino acid residue 2 The method of claim 1, wherein the N-glycosylation site amino acid residues include asparagine 45, 270, or 384 of SEQ ED NO 4 and the non-glycosyl accepting amino acid residue includes alanine 3 The method of claims 1 wherein replacing comprises site-directed-mutagenesis 4 The methods of claims 1 wherein the exoglucanase comprises a cellobiohydrolase 5 An exoglucanase, comprising SEQ ED NO 1 6 An exoglucanase, comprising SEQ ED NO 2 7 An exoglucanase, comprising SEQ ED NO 3 8 An exoglucanase, comprising a combination of claims 5,6, or 7 SEQUENCE LISTING <110> Adney, William S Decker, Stephen R Lantz-McCarter, Suzanne Baker, John O Vinzant, Todd B Nieves, Rafael A Himmel, Michael E <120> CELLOBIOHYDROLASE REDUCED GLYCOSYLATION VARIANTS CBFHN45A, CBHIN270A, AND CBHTN384A <130> HIMMEL NREL IR# 99-45 <140> <141> <160> 4 <170> PatentIn Ver 2 0 <210> 1 <211> 496 <212> PRT <213> Trichoderma reesei <400> 1 Gin Ser Ala Cys Thr Leu Gin Ser Glu Thr His Pro Pro Leu Thr Trp 1 5 10 15 Gin Lys Cys Ser Ser Gly Gly Thr Cys Thr Gin Gin Thr Gly Ser Val 20 25 30 Val He Asp Ala Asn Trp Arg Trp Thr His Ala Thr Ala Ser Ser Thr 35 40 45 Asn Cys Tyr Asp Gly Asn Thr Trp Ser Ser Thr Leu Cys Pro Asp Asn 50 55 60 Glu Thr Cys Ala Lys Asn Cys Cys Leu Asp Gly Ala Ala Tyr Ala Ser 65 70 75 80 Thr Tyr Gly Val Thr Thr Ser Gly Asn Ser Leu Ser He Gly Phe Val 85 90 95 Thr Gin Ser Ala Gin Lys Asn Val Gly Ala Arg Leu Tyr Leu Met Ala 100 105 110 Ser Asp Thr Thr Tyr Gin Glu Phe Thr Leu Leu Gly Asn Glu Phe Ser 115 120 125 Phe Asp Val Asp Val Ser Gin Leu Pro Cys Gly Leu Asn Gly Ala Leu 130 135 140 Tyr Phe Val Ser Met Asp Ala Asp Gly Gly Val Ser Lys Tyr Pro Thr 145 150 155 160 Asn Thr Ala Gly Ala Lys Tyr Gly Thr Gly Tyr Cys Asp Ser Gin Cys 165 170 175 Pro Arg Asp Leu Lys Phe He Asn Gly Gin Ala Asn Val Glu Gly Trp 180 185 190 Glu Pro Ser Ser Asn Asn Ala Asn Thr Gly lie Gly Gly His Gly Ser 195 200 205 Cys Cys Ser Glu Met Asp lie Trp Glu Ala Asn Ser He Ser Glu Ala 210 215 220 Leu Thr Pro His Pro Cys Thr Thr Val Gly Gin Glu He Cys Glu Gly 225 230 235 240 Asp Gly Cys Gly Gly Thr Tyr Ser Asp Asn Arg Tyr Gly Gly Thr Cys 245 250 255 Asp Pro Asp Gly Cys Asp Trp Asn Pro Tyr Arg Leu Gly Asn Thr Ser 260 265 270 Phe Tyr Gly Pro Gly Ser Ser Phe Thr Leu Asp Thr Thr Lys Lys Leu 275 280 285 Thr Val Val Thr Gin Phe Glu Thr Ser Gly Ala He Asn Arg Tyr Tyr 290 295 300 Val Gin Asn Gly Val Thr Phe Gin Gin Pro Asn Ala Glu Leu Gly Ser 305 310 315 320 Tyr Ser Gly Asn Glu Leu Asn Asp Asp Tyr Cys Thr Ala Glu Glu Ala 325 330 335 Glu Phe Gly Gly Ser Ser Phe Ser Asp Lys Gly Gly Leu Thr Gin Phe 340 345 350 Lys Lys Ala Thr Ser Gly Gly Met Val Leu Val Met Ser Leu Trp Asp 355 360 365 Asp Tyr Tyr Ala Asn Met Leu Trp Leu Asp Ser Thr Tyr Pro Thr Asn 370 375 380 Glu Thr Ser Ser Thr Pro Gly Ala Val Arg Gly Ser Cys Ser Thr Ser 385 390 395 400 Ser Gly Val Pro Ala Gin Val Glu Ser Gin Ser Pro Asn Ala Lys Val 405 410 415 Thr Phe Ser Asn He Lys Phe Gly Pro He Gly Ser Thr Gly Asn Pro 420 425 430 Ser Gly Gly Asn Pro Pro Gly Gly Asn Arg Gly Thr Thr Thr Thr Arg 435 440 445 Arg Pro Ala Thr Thr Thr Gly Ser Ser Pro Gly Pro Thr Gin Ser His 450 455 460 Tyr Gly Gin Cys Gly Gly He Gly Tyr Ser Gly Pro Thr Val Cys Ala 465 470 475 480 Ser Gly Thr Thr Cys Gin Val Leu Asn Pro Tyr Tyr Ser Gin Cys Leu 485 490 495 <210> 2 <211> 496 <212> PRT <213> Trichoderma reesei <400> 2 Gin Ser Ala Cys Thr Leu Gin Ser Glu Thr His Pro Pro Leu Thr Trp 1 5 10 15 Gin Lys Cys Ser Ser Gly Gly Thr Cys Thr Gin Gin Thr Gly Ser Val 20 25 30 Val He Asp Ala Asn Trp Arg Trp Thr His Ala Thr Asn Ser Ser Thr 35 40 45 Asn Cys Tyr Asp Gly Asn Thr Trp Ser Ser Thr Leu Cys Pro Asp Asn 50 55 60 Glu Thr Cys Ala Lys Asn Cys Cys Leu Asp Gly Ala Ala Tyr Ala Ser 65 70 75 80 Thr Tyr Gly Val Thr Thr Ser Gly Asn Ser Leu Ser He Gly Phe Val 85 90 95 Thr Gin Ser Ala Gin Lys Asn Val Gly Ala Arg Leu Tyr Leu Met Ala 00 105 110 Ser Asp Thr Thr Tyr Gin Glu Phe Thr Leu Leu Gly Asn Glu Phe Ser 115 120 125 Phe Asp Val Asp Val Ser Gin Leu Pro Cys Gly Leu Asn Gly Ala Leu 130 135 140 Tyr Phe Val Ser Met Asp Ala Asp Gly Gly Val Ser Lys Tyr Pro Thr 145 150 155 160 Asn Thr Ala Gly Ala Lys Tyr Gly Thr Gly Tyr Cys Asp Ser Gin Cys 165 170 175 Pro Arg Asp Leu Lys Phe He Asn Gly Gin Ala Asn Val Glu Gly Trp 180 185 190 Glu Pro Ser Ser Asn Asn Ala Asn Thr Gly He Gly Gly His Gly Ser 195 200 205 Cys Cys Ser Glu Met Asp He Trp Glu Ala Asn Ser He Ser Glu Ala 210 215 220 Leu Thr Pro His Pro Cys Thr Thr Val Gly Gin Glu He Cys Glu Gly 225 230 235 240 Asp Gly Cys Gly Gly Thr Tyr Ser Asp Asn Arg Tyr Gly Gly Thr Cys 245 250 255 Asp Pro Asp Gly Cys Asp Trp Asn Pro Tyr Arg Leu Gly Ala Thr Ser 260 265 270 Phe Tyr Gly Pro Gly Ser Ser Phe Thr Leu Asp Thr Thr Lys Lys Leu 275 280 285 Thr Val Val Thr Gin Phe Glu Thr Ser Gly Ala He Asn Arg Tyr Tyr 290 295 300 Val Gin Asn Gly Val Thr Phe Gin Gin Pro Asn Ala Glu Leu Gly Ser 305 310 315 320 Tyr Ser Gly Asn Glu Leu Asn Asp Asp Tyr Cys Thr Ala Glu Glu Ala 325 330 335 Glu Phe Gly Gly Ser Ser Phe Ser Asp Lys Gly Gly Leu Thr Gin Phe 340 345 350 Lys Lys Ala Thr Ser Gly Gly Met Val Leu Val Met Ser Leu Trp Asp 355 360 365 Asp Tyr Tyr Ala Asn Met Leu Trp Leu Asp Ser Thr Tyr Pro Thr Asn 370 375 380 Glu Thr Ser Ser Thr Pro Gly Ala Val Arg Gly Ser Cys Ser Thr Ser 385 390 395 400 Ser Gly Val Pro Ala Gin Val Glu Ser Gin Ser Pro Asn Ala Lys Val 405 410 415 Thr Phe Ser Asn He Lys Phe Gly Pro He Gly Ser Thr Gly Asn Pro 420 425 430 Ser Gly Gly Asn Pro Pro Gly Gly Asn Arg Gly Thr Thr Thr Thr Arg 435 440 445 Arg Pro Ala Thr Thr Thr Gly Ser Ser Pro Gly Pro Thr Gin Ser His 450 455 460 Tyr Gly Gin Cys Gly Gly He Gly Tyr Ser Gly Pro Thr Val Cys Ala 465 470 475 480 Ser Gly Thr Thr Cys Gin Val Leu Asn Pro Tyr Tyr Ser Gin Cys Leu 485 490 495 <210> 3 <211> 496 <212> PRT <213> Trichoderma reesei <400> 3 Gin Ser Ala Cys Thr Leu Gin Ser Glu Thr His Pro Pro Leu Thr Trp 1 5 10 15 Gin Lys Cys Ser Ser Gly Gly Thr Cys Thr Gin Gin Thr Gly Ser Val 20 25 30 Val He Asp Ala Asn Trp Arg Trp Thr His Ala Thr Asn Ser Ser Thr 35 40 45 Asn Cys Tyr Asp Gly Asn Thr Trp Ser Ser Thr Leu Cys Pro Asp Asn 50 55 60 Glu Thr Cys Ala Lys Asn Cys Cys Leu Asp Gly Ala Ala Tyr Ala Ser 65 70 75 80 Thr Tyr Gly Val Thr Thr Ser Gly Asn Ser Leu Ser He Gly Phe Val 85 90 95 Thr Gin Ser Ala Gin Lys Asn Val Gly Ala Arg Leu Tyr Leu Met Ala 00 105 110 Ser Asp Thr Thr Tyr Gin Glu Phe Thr Leu Leu Gly Asn Glu Phe Ser 115 120 125 Phe Asp Val Asp Val Ser Gin Leu Pro Cys Gly Leu Asn Gly Ala Leu 130 135 140 Tyr Phe Val Ser Met Asp Ala Asp Gly Gly Val Ser Lys Tyr Pro Thr 145 150 155 160 Asn Thr Ala Gly Ala Lys Tyr Gly Thr Gly Tyr Cys Asp Ser Gin Cys 165 170 175 Pro Arg Asp Leu Lys Phe He Asn Gly Gin Ala Asn Val Glu Gly Trp 180 185 190 Glu Pro Ser Ser Asn Asn Ala Asn Thr Gly He Gly Gly His Gly Ser 195 200 205 Cys Cys Ser Glu Met Asp He Trp Glu Ala Asn Ser He Ser Glu Ala 210 215 220 Leu Thr Pro His Pro Cys Thr Thr Val Gly Gin Glu He Cys Glu Gly 225 230 235 240 Asp Gly Cys Gly Gly Thr Tyr Ser Asp Asn Arg Tyr Gly Gly Thr Cys 245 250 255 Asp Pro Asp Gly Cys Asp Tφ Asn Pro Tyr Arg Leu Gly Asn Thr Ser 260 265 270 Phe Tyr Gly Pro Gly Ser Ser Phe Thr Leu Asp Thr Thr Lys Lys Leu 275 280 285 Thr Val Val Thr Gin Phe Glu Thr Ser Gly Ala He Asn Arg Tyr Tyr 290 295 300 Val Gin Asn Gly Val Thr Phe Gin Gin Pro Asn Ala Glu Leu Gly Ser 305 310 315 320 Tyr Ser Gly Asn Glu Leu Asn Asp Asp Tyr Cys Thr Ala Glu Glu Ala 325 330 335 Glu Phe Gly Gly Ser Ser Phe Ser Asp Lys Gly Gly Leu Thr Gin Phe 340 345 350 Lys Lys Ala Thr Ser Gly Gly Met Val Leu Val Met Ser Leu Trp Asp 355 360 365 Asp Tyr Tyr Ala Asn Met Leu Tφ Leu Asp Ser Thr Tyr Pro Thr Ala 370 375 380 Glu Thr Ser Ser Thr Pro Gly Ala Val Arg Gly Ser Cys Ser Thr Ser 385 390 395 400 Ser Gly Val Pro Ala Gin Val Glu Ser Gin Ser Pro Asn Ala Lys Val 405 410 415 Thr Phe Ser Asn He Lys Phe Gly Pro He Gly Ser Thr Gly Asn Pro 420 425 430 Ser Gly Gly Asn Pro Pro Gly Gly Asn Arg Gly Thr Thr Thr Thr Arg 435 440 445 Arg Pro Ala Thr Thr Thr Gly Ser Ser Pro Gly Pro Thr Gin Ser His 450 455 460 Tyr Gly Gin Cys Gly Gly He Gly Tyr Ser Gly Pro Thr Val Cys Ala 465 470 475 480 Ser Gly Thr Thr Cys Gin Val Leu Asn Pro Tyr Tyr Ser Gin Cys Leu 485 490 495 <210> 4 <211> 496 <212> PRT <213> Trichoderma reesei <400> 4 Gin Ser Ala Cys Thr Leu Gin Ser Glu Thr His Pro Pro Leu Thr Tφ 1 5 10 15 Gin Lys Cys Ser Ser Gly Gly Thr Cys Thr Gin Gin Thr Gly Ser Val 20 25 30 Val He Asp Ala Asn Tφ Arg Tφ Thr His Ala Thr Asn Ser Ser Thr 35 40 45 Asn Cys Tyr Asp Gly Asn Thr Tφ Ser Ser Thr Leu Cys Pro Asp Asn 50 55 60 Glu Thr Cys Ala Lys Asn Cys Cys Leu Asp Gly Ala Ala Tyr Ala Ser 65 70 75 80 Thr Tyr Gly Val Thr Thr Ser Gly Asn Ser Leu Ser He Gly Phe Val 85 90 95 Thr Gin Ser Ala Gin Lys Asn Val Gly Ala Arg Leu Tyr Leu Met Ala 00 105 110 Ser Asp Thr Thr Tyr Gin Glu Phe Thr Leu Leu Gly Asn Glu Phe Ser 115 120 125 Phe Asp Val Asp Val Ser Gin Leu Pro Cys Gly Leu Asn Gly Ala Leu 130 135 140 Tyr Phe Val Ser Met Asp Ala Asp Gly Gly Val Ser Lys Tyr Pro Thr 145 150 155 160 Asn Thr Ala Gly Ala Lys Tyr Gly Thr Gly Tyr Cys Asp Ser Gin Cys 165 170 175 Pro Arg Asp Leu Lys Phe He Asn Gly Gin Ala Asn Val Glu Gly Tφ 180 185 190 Glu Pro Ser Ser Asn Asn Ala Asn Thr Gly He Gly Gly His Gly Ser 195 200 205 Cys Cys Ser Glu Met Asp He Tφ Glu Ala Asn Ser He Ser Glu Ala 210 215 220 Leu Thr Pro His Pro Cys Thr Thr Val Gly Gin Glu He Cys Glu Gly 225 230 235 240 Asp Gly Cys Gly Gly Thr Tyr Ser Asp Asn Arg Tyr Gly Gly Thr Cys 245 250 255 Asp Pro Asp Gly Cys Asp Tφ Asn Pro Tyr Arg Leu Gly Asn Thr Ser 260 265 270 Phe Tyr Gly Pro Gly Ser Ser Phe Thr Leu Asp Thr Thr Lys Lys Leu 275 280 285 Thr Val Val Thr Gin Phe Glu Thr Ser Gly Ala He Asn Arg Tyr Tyr 290 295 300 Val Gin Asn Gly Val Thr Phe Gin Gin Pro Asn Ala Glu Leu Gly Ser 305 310 315 320 Tyr Ser Gly Asn Glu Leu Asn Asp Asp Tyr Cys Thr Ala Glu Glu Ala 325 330 335 Glu Phe Gly Gly Ser Ser Phe Ser Asp Lys Gly Gly Leu Thr Gin Phe 340 345 350 Lys Lys Ala Thr Ser Gly Gly Met Val Leu Val Met Ser Leu Trp Asp 355 360 365 Asp Tyr Tyr Ala Asn Met Leu Tφ Leu Asp Ser Thr Tyr Pro Thr Asn 370 375 380 Glu Thr Ser Ser Thr Pro Gly Ala Val Arg Gly Ser Cys Ser Thr Ser 385 390 395 400 Ser Gly Val Pro Ala Gin Val Glu Ser Gin Ser Pro Asn Ala Lys Val 405 410 415 Thr Phe Ser Asn He Lys Phe Gly Pro He Gly Ser Thr Gly Asn Pro 420 425 430 Ser Gly Gly Asn Pro Pro Gly Gly Asn Arg Gly Thr Thr Thr Thr Arg 435 440 445 Arg Pro Ala Thr Thr Thr Gly Ser Ser Pro Gly Pro Thr Gin Ser His 450 455 460 Tyr Gly Gin Cys Gly Gly He Gly Tyr Ser Gly Pro Thr Val Cys Ala 465 470 475 480 Ser Gly Thr Thr Cys Gin Val Leu Asn Pro Tyr Tyr Ser Gin Cys Leu 485 490 495

Inventors: ADNEY WILLIAM S, BAKER JOHN O, DECKER STEPHEN R, HIMMEL MICHAEL E, LANTZ MCCARTER SUZANNE, NIEVES RAFAEL, VINZANT TODD B, ADNEY, WILLIAM, S., BAKER, JOHN, O., DECKER, STEPHEN, R., HIMMEL, MICHAEL, E., LANTZ MCCARTER, SUZANNE, NIEVES, RAFAEL, VINZANT, TODD, B.
Applicants: ADNEY WILLIAM S, BAKER JOHN O, DECKER STEPHEN R, HIMMEL MICHAEL E, LANTZ MCCARTER SUZANNE, MIDWEST RESEARCH INST, NIEVES RAFAEL, VINZANT TODD B, ADNEY, WILLIAM, S., BAKER, JOHN, O., DECKER, STEPHEN, R., HIMMEL, MICHAEL, E., LANTZ MCCARTER, SUZANNE, MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NIEVES, RAFAEL, VINZANT, TODD, B.
Application year: 2000
Main classification: C12N15
IPC codes: C12N9