NOVEL CELL WALL DECONSTRUCTION ENZYMES OF CHAETOMIUM THERMOPHILUM, THERMOMYCES STELLATUS, AND CORYNASCUS SEPEDONIUM, AND USES THEREOF

摘要

The present invention relates to novel polypeptides and enzymes (e.g., thermostable proteins and enzymes) having activities relating to biomass processing and/or degradation (e.g., cell wall deconstruction), as well as polynucleotides, vectors, cells, compositions and tools relating to same, or functional variants thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to secreted enzymes that may be isolated from the fungi Chaetomium thermophilum strain ATCC 16451, Thermomyces stellatus strain CBS 241.64, and Corynascus sepedonium strain ATCC 9787. Uses thereof in various industrial processes such as in biofuels, food preparation, animal feed, pulp and paper, textiles, detergents, waste treatment and others are also disclosed.