Patent ID: 7273738

Claim:
An isolated glycoside hydrolase 61 (GH-61) polypeptide which is selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polypeptide that has an amino acid sequence which has at least 95% identity to: amino acids 1-216 of SEQ ID NO: 2, amino acids 1-304 of SEQ ID NO: 4, or amino acids 1-204 of SEQ ID NO: 6; (b) a polypeptide which is encoded by a nucleotide sequence which hybridizes under high stringency conditions with any of the following polynucleotide probes: (i) the complementary strand of nucleotides 52–699 of SEQ ID NO: 1, 46–957 of SEQ ID NO: 3, or 58–660 of SEQ ID NO: 5, (ii) the complementary strand of nucleotides 46 to 857 of SEQ ID NO: 3, (iii) the complementary strand of nucleotides 52–300 of SEQ ID NO: 1, 46–501 of SEQ ID NO: 3, or 58–300 of SEQ ID NO: 5, and (iv) the complementary strand of nucleotides 301–699 of SEQ ID NO: 1, 502–957 of SEQ ID NO: 3, or 301–660 of SEQ ID NO: 5.