Novel enzyme having beta-glucosidase activity and use thereof

The invention is to provide a novel -glucosidase and a gene that codes for the enzyme, and to develop a technique of utilizing the -glucosidase or a composition that contains the enzyme for processing plants or plant-derived substances. According to the invention, there are provided a novel enzyme s...

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Hauptverfasser: Nojiri, Chuhei, Fukasawa, Tomoyuki, Matsuhashi, Nobuo, Nishizawa, Koji, Okakura, Kaoru, Yamanobe, Takashi
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The invention is to provide a novel -glucosidase and a gene that codes for the enzyme, and to develop a technique of utilizing the -glucosidase or a composition that contains the enzyme for processing plants or plant-derived substances. According to the invention, there are provided a novel enzyme showing a -glucosidase activity and derived from filamentous fungi of the genus Acremonium, a gene that codes for the enzyme, a method of using the gene for expressing -glucosidase, an enzyme composition that contains -glucosidase, and a method of processing plants or plant-derived substances with the enzyme or the enzyme composition.