Alpha/beta hydrolase-fold enzymes

Abstract

The present invention relates to the identification of novel hydrolases in gram positive microorganisms. The present invention provides amino acid sequences for the hydrolase. The present invention provides host cells which comprise nucleic acid encoding the hydrolase. The present invention also provides cleaning compositions, animal feeds and compositions used to treat a textile that include the hydrolase of the present invention.

1 . A gram positive microorganism comprising an isolated nucleic acid encoding a hydrolase selected from the group consisting of YUXL, YTMA, YITV, YQKD, YCLE, YTAP, YDEN, YBFK, YFHM, YDJP, YVFQ, YVAM, YQJL, SRFAD, YCGS, YTPA, YBAC, YUII, YCLE, YODD, YJCH, YODH.  
     
     
         2 . The gram positive microorganism according to  claim 1  that is a member of the family Bacillus.  
     
     
         3 . The microorganism according to  claim 2  wherein the Bacillus includes  B. subtilis, B. licheniformis, B. lentus, B. brevis, B. stearothermophilus, B. alkalophilus, B. amyloliquefaciens, B. coagulans, B. circulans, B. lautus and B. thuringiensis.    
     
     
         4 . The microorganism of  claim 3  wherein said microorganism comprises a deletion in a naturally occurring protease.  
     
     
         5 . A cleaning composition comprising a hydrolase selected from the group consisting of YUXL, YTMA, YITV, YQKD, YCLE, YTAP, YDEN, YBFK, YFHM, YDJP, YVFQ, YVAM, YQJL, SRFAD, YCGS, YTPA, YBAC, YUII, YCLE, YODD, YJCH, YODH.  
     
     
         6 . The cleaning composition according to  claim 5  wherein the hydrolase has at least 80% homology with the naturally occurring hydrolase.  
     
     
         7 . An animal feed comprising a hydrolase selected from the group consisting of YUXL, YTMA, YITV, YQKD, YCLE, YTAP, YDEN, YBFK, YFHM, YDJP, YVFQ, YVAM, YQJL, SRFAD, YCGS, YTPA, YBAC, YUII, YCLE, YODD, YJCH, YODH.  
     
     
         8 . The animal feed of  claim 7  wherein the hydrolase has at least 80% homology with the naturally occurring hydrolase.  
     
     
         9 . A composition for the treatment of a textile comprising a hydrolase selected from the group consisting of YUXL, YTMA, YITV, YQKD, YCLE, YTAP, YDEN, YBFK, YFHM, YDJP, YVFQ, YVAM, YQJL, SRFAD, YCGS, YTPA, YBAC, YUII, YCLE, YODD, YJCH, YODH.  
     
     
         10 . The composition of  claim 9  wherein the hydrolase has at least 80% homology to the naturally occurring hydrolase.  
     
     
         11 . An expression vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding a gram positive hydrolase selected from the group consisting of YUXL, YTMA, YITV, YQKD, YCLE, YTAP, YDEN, YBFK, YFHM, YDJP, YVFQ, YVAM, YQJL, SRFAD, YCGS, YTPA, YBAC, YUII, YCLE, YODD, YJCH, YODH.  
     
     
         12 . A host cell comprising an expression vector according to  claim 11 .  
     
     
         13 . A method for detecting a gram positive microorganism hydrolase, comprising the steps of 
 (a) hybridizing a gram positive microorganism nucleic acid to a probe, wherein the probe comprises part or all of the naturally occurring nucleic acid sequence encoding a hydrolase selected from the group consisting of YUXL, YTMA, YITV, YQKD, YCLE, YTAP, YDEN, YBFK, YFHM, YDJP, YVFQ, YVAM, YQJL, SRFAD, YCGS, YTPA, YBAC, YUII, YCLE, YODD, YJCH, YODH; and    (b) isolating the gram positive nucleic acid which hybridizes to said probe.    
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the hybridization takes place under low stringency conditions.