Patent Document ID: 20130143301
Application ID: 13510902
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A beta-glucosidase 1 (BGL1) variant having at least two improved activities over wild type BGL1 selected from the group consisting of: (a) pre-treated corn stover (PCS) hydrolysis activity, (b) cellobiase activity, (c) protein expression, (d) beta-glucosidase activity measured by a cellobiase activity in the presence of ammonia pretreated corncob (CC) or by a CC hydrolysis activity, (e) thermostability, (f) phosphoric acid swollen cellulose (PASC) hydrolysis activity, and (g) hydrolytic activity in the presence of glucose, wherein the BGL1 variant is any variant as shown in Tables 4-8, 3-2, 4-2 and 4-3.