US 7,538,200 B2
	Thermal tolerant avicelase from Acidothermus cellulolyticus
Shi-You Ding, Golden, Colo. (US); William S. Adney, Golden, Colo. (US); Todd B. Vinzant, Golden, Colo. (US); and Michael E. Himmel, Littleton, Colo. (US)
Assigned to Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, Colo. (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/155,400.
Application 10/155400 is a division of application No. 09/917376, filed on Jul. 28, 2001, granted, now 7,364,890.
Prior Publication US 2003/0108988 A1, Jun. 12, 2003
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12N 15/63 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/04 (2006.01); C12P 21/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 536—23.1  [435/320.1; 435/252.3; 435/252.33; 435/325; 435/419; 435/71.1; 435/70.1]

20 Claims

1. An isolated polynucleotide molecule encoding a polypeptide comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment of SEQ ID NO: 1 having cellulase activity.