Patent ID: 7871800

Claim:
An isolated polypeptide having glucoamylase activity, selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polypeptide which has at least 95% identity with the sequence of amino acids 1 to 558 of SEQ ID NO: 2; (b) a polypeptide which is encoded by a nucleotide sequence which hybridizes under high stringency conditions with the complementary strand of (i) the sequence of nucleotides 61 to 2301 of SEQ ID NO: 1, or (ii) the sequence of nucleotides 61 to 1734 of SEQ ID NO: 3, wherein the high stringency conditions are defined as prehybridization and hybridization at 42° C. in 5×SSPE, 0.3% SDS, 200 micrograms/ml sheared and denatured salmon sperm DNA, and 50% formamide followed by washing three times each for 15 minutes using 2×SSC, 0.2% SDS at 65° C.; and (c) a fragment of the sequence of amino acids 1 to 558 of SEQ ID NO: 2, which has glucoamylase activity.