Patent ID: 7666618

Claim:
An isolated lipolytic enzyme: (i) comprising an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4 or an amino acid sequence which has at least 95% identity therewith; or (ii) encoded by a nucleic acid selected from the group consisting of: a) a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 3; b) a nucleic acid which is related to the nucleotide sequence comprising SEQ ID No. 3 by the degeneration of the genetic code; and c) a nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence which has at least 95% identity with the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 3; (iii) which hydrolyzes at least a galactolipid and/or transfers an acyl group from a galactolipid to one or more acyl acceptor substrates, and is obtainable from the Streptomyces strains L130 or L131 deposited under accession numbers NCIMB 41226 and NCIMB 41227, respectively.