Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Clean Technology
Clean Technology
Beta-Etherases For Lignin Depolymerisation
WARF: P200137US01

Inventors: John Ralph, Neil Bruce, Nicola Oates


The Invention

The present application relates to nucleic acids encoding polypeptides with β-etherase activity; polypeptides with β-etherase activity; vectors comprising said nucleic acids for the production of recombinant β-etherase; cells, for example microbial cells transformed with nucleic acids encoding β-etherase activity and vectors, including nucleic acids encod­ing β-etherases; a composition comprising β-etherases suitable for processing lignocellulose and a method that uses β-etherases or compositions comprising β-etherases in the pro­cessing of lignocellulose and related polysaccharides.

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