Patent ID: 8257955

Claim:
An isolated protein selected from the group consisting of the following proteins (a) to (d): (a) a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of residues 16-236 of SEQ ID NO: 4, (b) a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, (c) a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of residues 16-236 of SEQ ID NO: 4, wherein the N-terminal glutamine residue is converted to a pyroglutamic acid residue by modification, and (d) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% amino acid sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of residues 16-236 or residues 1-236 of SEQ ID NO: 4, or comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% amino acid sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of residues 16-236 of SEQ ID NO: 4 and wherein the N-terminal glutamine residue is converted to a pyroglutamic acid residue by modification, and having an endoglucanase activity.