Modified phytases

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Phytases (myo-inositol hexakisphosphate phosphohydrolases; EC 3.1.3.8) are enzymes that hydrolyze phytate (myo-inositol hexakisphosphate) to myo-inositol and inorganic phosphate and are known to be valuable feed additives.

A phytase was first described in rice bran in 1907 [Suzuki et al., Bull. Coll. Agr. Tokio Imp. Univ. 7, 495 (1907)] and phytases from Aspergillus species in 1911 [Dox and Golden, J. Biol. Chem. 10, 183-186 (1911)]. Phytases have also been found in wheat bran, plant seeds, animal intestines and in microorganisms [Howsen and Davis, Enzyme Microb. Technol. 5, 377-382 (1983), Lambrechts et al., Biotech. Lett. 14, 61-66 (1992), Shieh and Ware, Appl. Microbiol. 16, 1348-1351 (1968)].

The cloning and expression of the phytase from

Aspergillus niger

(

ficuum

) has been described by Van Hartingsveldt et al., in Gene, 127, 87-94 (1993) and in European Patent Application, Publication No. (EP) 420 358 and from

Aspergillus niger

var. awamori by Piddington et al., in Gene 133, 55-62 (1993).

Cloning, expression and purification of phytases with improved properties have been disclosed in EP 684 313. However, since there is a still ongoing need for further improved phytases, especially with respect to the activity properties, it is an object of the present invention to provide such improvements.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, this invention is directed to a process for the production of a modified phytase with a desired property improved over the property of the corresponding unmodified phytase which comprises:

(a) determining the three dimensional structure of the unmodified phytase and of a second phytase which has the desired property by aligning the amino acid sequences of said phytases with the amino acid sequence of a third phytase which is the phytase of

Aspergillus niger

and using the three dimensional structure of the phytase of

Aspergillus niger

as a template based on the alignment to determine said three dimensional structures;

(b) determining from the structures of step (a) the amino acids of the active sites of the unmodified phytase and of the second phytase having the desired property which active site provides the desired property and comparing the amino acids which form the active sites to identify which amino acids are different in the active site of the second phytase from the amino acids in the active site of the unmodified phytase;

(c) constructing a DNA sequence coding for the modified phytase by obtaining the DNA sequence of the unmodified phytase and changing the nucleotides coding for the active site which provides the desired property for said unmodified phytase so that at least one of the amino acids in the active site which provides the desired property is substituted by one of the amino acids which was identified as being different in step (b);

(d) integrating such a DNA sequence into a vector capable of expression in a suitable host cell; and

(e) transforming the suitable host cell by the DNA sequence of step (c) or the vector of step (d), growing said host cell under suitable growth conditions and isolating the modified phytase from the host cell or the culture medium.

Either or both of the unmodified phytase and the phytase with the desired property may be of eukaryotic origin, especially of fungal origin. Such phytases are preferably of Aspergillus origin, for example phytase from

Aspergillus fumigatus

. In a preferred process, the phytase with the desired property is a phytase from

Aspergillus terreus

. In another preferred process, the unmodified phytase is a phytase of

Aspergillus fumigatus

and the phytase with the desired property is the

Aspergillus niger

phytase. In yet another preferred process, the unmodified phytase is a phytase of

Aspergillus fumigatus

and the phytase with the desired property is the

Aspergillus terreus

phytase.

Also part of this invention is a modified phytase with a specific activity improved over the specific activity of the corresponding unmodified phytase (for example

Aspergillus fumigatus

) wherein the amino acid sequence of the corresponding unmodified phytase has been changed by one or more of deletion, substitution and addition by one or more amino acids to obtain the amino acid sequence of the modified phytase. A preferred phytase has an amino acid sequence homologous to that of the phytase of

Aspergillus niger

(SEQ ID NO:1) and has an amino acid sequence that has been changed in at least one amino acid position selected from the following amino acid positions which correspond to positions of the amino acid sequence of the phytase of

Aspergillus niger:

27, 66, 71, 103, 140, 141, 188, 205, 234, 238, 274, 277, 282, 340 and 424, in particular wherein the amino acid position is selected from 27, 66, 140, 205, 274, 277, 282, and 340.

A preferred modified phytase has an amino acid sequence which has been changed at position 27 alone or in addition to other of the above positions, in particular at least at position 66 and/or position 140. Thus preferred phytases are modified at position 27 and 66 or 27 and 140.

For any such phytase, the amino acid at position 27 may be replaced by a specific amino acid selected from one of the following groups:

a) Ala, Val, Leu, Ile; or b)Thr; or c) Asn.

Particular modified phytases of this invention are characterized by at least one of the following changes in amino acids at positions: Q27L, Q27N, Q27T, Q271, Q27V, Q27A, Q27G, S66D, S140Y, D141G, A205E, Q274L, G277D, G277K, Y282H and/or N340S.

Also part of this invention are polynucleotides comprising a DNA sequence coding for the modified phytases produced by the above method. Polynucleotides comprising DNA sequences coding for the phytases described above which are modified at particular amino acid positions are included.

Also included are vectors, especially expression vectors, which contain the polynucleotides of this invention, and host cells which contain these polynucleotides directly or within a vector.

Another aspect of this invention is a food or feed composition which contains modified phytases described above.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG.

1

:

Primary sequence alignment of

A. niger

(

ficuum

), (SEQ ID NO:1)

A. terreus

cbs116.46 (SEQ ID NO:2) and

A. fumigatus

[ATCC 13073] (SEQ ID NO:3) phytase. Stars show identical residues within the active site and rectangles, non-identical residues within the active site.

FIG.

2

:

pH optima curves. Specific activity of wild-type and mutant

A. fumigatus

phytases is plotted against pH of incubation. Filled squares represent

A. fumigatus

wild-type phytase; Open triangles represent

A. fumigatus

Q27L mutant; Filled circles represent

A. fumigatus

Q27L, Q274L mutant; Open squares represent

A. fumigatus

Q27L, Q274L, G277D mutant.

FIG.

3

:

Substrate specificities of wild-type and mutant

A. fumigatus

phytases. (A) wild-type; (B) Q27L single mutant; (C) Q27L, Q274L, G277D triple mutant. The following substrates were used: (1) phytic acid; (2) p-nitrophenyl phosphate; (3) fructose-1,6-bisphosphate; (4) fructose-6-phosphate; (5) glucose-6-phosphate; (6) ribose-5-phosphate; (7) α-glycerophosphate; (8) β-glycerophosphate; (9) 3-phosphoglycerate; (10) phosphoenolpyruvate; (11) AMP; (12) ADP; (13) ATP.

FIG.

4

:

Complete coding sequence and encoded amino acid sequence of the

Aspergillus nidulans

phytase (SEQ ID NOs:4-6).

FIG.

5

:

Complete coding sequence (SEQ ID NO: 7) and encoded amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NOs:8-9) of

Talaromyces thermophilus

phytase.

FIG.

6

:

Complete coding sequence (SEQ ID NO:10) and encoded amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NOs.11-12) of

Aspergillus fumigatus

[ATCC 13073] phytase.

FIG.

7

:

Complete coding sequence (SEQ ID NO:13) and encoded amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NOs:14-15) of Aspergillus terreus CBS 116.46 phytase.

FIG.

8

:

Crystallographic data of the structure of the

Aspergillus niger

phytase.

FIG.

9

:

Substrate specificities of wild-type and mutant

A. fumigatus

phytase (N1-N6). Substrates 1 to 13 are as indicated for FIG.

3

.

FIG.

10

:

pH optima curves of further mutant

A. fumigatus

phytases (N1-N6). All activity values were standardized (maximum activity=1.0).

FIG. 11

a:

Stereo picture of the three-dimensional fold of

A. niger

(

A. ficuum

; NRRL 3135) phytase. The active site is indicated with a circle and the catalytically essential amino acid residues Arg 58 and His 59 are shown in ball-and-stick representation. This figure was prepared with the programs “MOLSCRIPT” [Kraulis, P. J., J. Appl. Cryst. 24, 946-950 (1991)] and “RASTER3D” [Merritt, E. A. & Murphy, M. E. P., Acta Cryst., 869-873 (1994)].

FIG. 11

b:

Topological sketch, using the same scheme as in (a). The five disulphide bridges are shown as black zigzag lines together with the sequence numbers of the cysteine residues involved. The β-strands are defined with the sequence numbers A: 48-58, B: 134-138, C: 173-177, D: 332-337, E: 383-391, and F: 398-403. The α-helices are defined with the sequence numbers a: 66-82, b: 88-95, c: 107-123, d: 141-159, e: 193-197, f: 200-210, g: 213-223, h: 231-246, i: 257-261, j: 264-281, k: 290-305, l: 339-348, m: 423-429, and n: 439-443. The asterisk at the C-terminal end of β-strand A marks the location of the catalytically essential amino acid residues Arg 58 and His 59.

FIG.

12

:

Stereo picture of the active site of

A. ficuum

(ATCC 13073) phytase with a hypothetical binding mode of the substrate phytate. In this model, the bound crystal water molecules were removed and the protein atom positions were held fixed, except for small adaptations of the side chain torsion angles of Lys 68 in order to interact with the substrate. All the conserved amino acid residues Arg 58, His 59, Arg 62, Arg 142, His 338 and Asp 339 form hydrogen bonds to the scissile 3-phosphate group of phytate, as indicated with lines of small dots. His 59 is in a favorable position to make a nucleophilic attack at the scissile phosphorous, indicated with a line of larger dots, and Asp 339 is in a position to protonate the leaving group.

FIG.

13

:

Construction of the basic plasmids pUC18-AfumgDNA and pUC18-AfumcDNA for site directed mutagenesis.

FIG. 14

a:

Primer sets A-N (SEQ ID NOs:24-65) used for site directed mutagenesis.

FIG. 14

b:

Primer sets O-T (SEQ ID NOs:66-77) used for site directed mutagenesis.

FIG.

15

:

Construction of plasmids pgDNAT1-pgDNAT7.

FIG.

16

:

Construction of plasmids pgDNAN1-pgDNAN6.

FIG. 17

a:

Construction of plasmids pcT1-pcT7.

FIG. 17

b:

Construction of plasmids pcT1-AvrII, pcT1-S66D and pcT1-S140Y-D141G

FIG. 17

c:

Construction of plasmids pcDNA-N27, -T27, -I27, -V27, -A27, -G27.

FIG.

18

:

Construction of plasmids pcN1-pcN6.

FIG.

19

:

Plasmid pAfum-T1 for the expression of mutein T1 in

Aspergillus niger.

FIG.

20

:

pH optima curves. Specific activity of wild-type and mutant

A. fumigatus

phytases is plotted against pH of incubation.

Open triangles:

A. fumigatus

[ATCC 13073] wild-type phytase; Open rhombs:

A. fumigatus

Q27G phytase; Filled squares:

A. fumigatus

Q27N phytase; Filled triangles:

A. fumigatus

Q27V phytase; Open squares:

A. fumigatus

Q27A phytase; Filled circles:

A. fumigatus

Q27I phytase; Open circles:

A. fumigatus

Q27T phytase; Dashed line:

A. fumigatus

Q27L phytase.

FIG.

21

:

Substrate specificities of wild-type and mutant

A. fumigatus

[ATCC 13073] phytases. The used substrates 1-13 are the same as mentioned in FIG.

3

.

The specific activities of the different phytases with any one of the 13 substrates tested are given in the following order (from left to right):

A. fumigatus

wild-type phytase,

A. fumigatus

Q27N phytase,

A. fumigatus

Q27T phytase,

A. fumigatus

Q27L phytase,

A. fumigatus

Q27I phytase,

A. fumigatus

Q27V phytase,

A. fumigatus

Q27A phytase,

A. fumigatus

Q27G phytase.

FIG.

22

:

pH optima curves. Specific activity of wild-type and mutant

A. fumigatus

[ATCC 13073] phytases is plotted against pH of incubation.

Filled rhombs:

A. fumigatus

wild-type phytase; Filled squares:

A. fumigatus

Q27L single mutant; Open circles:

A. fumigatus

Q27L-S66D double mutant; Filled triangles:

A. fumigatus

Q27L-S140Y-D141G triple mutant.

FIG.

23

:

Natural variation of phytases in different isolates of

A. fumigatus

[ATCC 13073]. The predicted protein sequences (SEQ ID NOs:78-82) are shown and compared to that of the phytase from

A. fumigatus

strain ATCC 13073. Only the amino acids which differ from those in #13073 are shown.

FIG.

24

:

pH dependent specific activity of phytases isolated from two different

A. fumigatus

wildtype strains. Open squares: wild-type strain ATCC 13073; Filled circles: strain ATCC 32239.

FIG.

25

:

Substrate specificities of phytases isolated from two different

A. fumigatus

wildtype strains. Black bars: wild-type strain ATCC 13073; White bars: strain ATCC 32239.

FIG.

26

:

Construction of plasmids pc-S130N, pc-R129L-S130N, pc-K167G-R168Q.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The process of this invention allows the production of a modified phytase with improved activity by using structural information about phytases to design the improvement. First, the three dimensional structure of the phytase to be modified and, optionally of another phytase with activity properties which are more favorable than the ones of the phytase to be modified is/are computer modelled on the basis of the three dimensional structure of the phytase of

Aspergillus niger

(

ficuum

). Then, the structure of the active sites of the phytase to be modified and of the phytase with the more favorable activity properties are compared and those amino acid residues in both active sites which are different are identified, after which a DNA sequence coding for a modified phytase is constructed by changing the nucleotides coding for at least one of the amino acids by which both active sites differ. The modified phytase is then obtained by integrating such a DNA sequence into a vector capable of expression in a suitable host cell, transforming a suitable host cell by the DNA sequence or the vector, growing the host cell under suitable growth conditions and isolating the modified phytase from the host cell or the culture medium by methods known in the state of the art.

As stated above, this process is particularly useful where the phytase to be modified is of eukaryotic, preferably fungal, more preferably Aspergillus, e.g.

Aspergillus fumigatus

origin and the phytase with more favorable activity, properties is of eukaryotic, preferably fungal, more preferably Aspergillus, e.g.

Aspergillus niger

or

Aspergillus terreus

(

Aspergillus terreus

cbs 116.46 or 9A1) origin, or the phytase to be modified is a phytase of

Aspergillus fumigatus

and the phytase with the more favorable activity properties is the

Aspergillus terreus

phytase or the phytase of

Aspergillus niger.

Thus, the unmodified phytase (for example a wild-type phytase) which has a property to be improved, and the phytase which has that property in an improved version (i.e. the desired property which the modified phytase will be designed to possess) may be derived from any known source of phytases. Various plants and microorganisms are known to produce phytases [e.g. reviewed in Wodzinski, R. J. and Ullah, H. J., Advances in Applied Microbiology 42, 263 (1996)]. Thus any enzyme which may be isolated by conventional methods and determined to be a phytase by standard assays (see e.g. EP 420 358) is a suitable phytase for this invention. Sequence and structure information for such phytases may be obtained by conventional techniques or from publicly available databases.

Preferred phytases are those isolated from fungi such as Aspergillus species [Shieh, T. R. and Ware, J. H. Appl. Microbiology 16, 1348 (1968); Yamada et al., Agr. Biol. Chem. 32, 1275 (1968); Van Hartingsveldt et al., in Gene, 127, 87-94 (1993), European Patent Application, Publication No. (EP) 420 358, Piddington et al., in Gene 133, 55-62 (1993); Wodzinski, R. J. and Ullah, H. J. (s.a.) and Mitchell et al., Microbiology 143, 245 (1997)]. Aspergillus are well known fungi commonly isolated from natural sources by conventional methods. In addition, Aspergillus species may be obtained from depositories.

Once such a fungus is obtained, DNA expressing its phytase can be isolated by conventional methods [see Mitchell et al., Microbiology 143:245 (1997) Van Hartingsweldt et al. (s.a.); Dox and Golden (s.a.); EP 420 358; Piddington et al (s.a.) and WO 94/03612] (for example cloned, expressed, and assayed by phytase activity assays to obtain a clone expressing the phytase) for use in this invention. Specifically, the phytase DNA can be used to isolat the phytase, whose amino acid sequence and three-dimensional structures can also be obtained by known methods, such as crystallography or computer modelling. Alternatively, the phytase may be isolated by conventional methods for isolating proteins such as enzymes, and analyzed as described. Also, DNA and amino acid sequences may be obtained from publicly available databases.

Although other three-dimensional phytase structures may be obtained and used, it is preferred to use the three-dimensional of the

Aspergillus niger

phytase in the process of this invention (see Kostrewa et al.,

Nature Structural Biology

4:185 (1997)) or of

Aspergillus fumigatus

. A useful strain of

Aspergillus niger

may be obtained from the American Type Culture Collection [address] under accession number ATCC 9142. Like any three-dimensional phytase structure useful in this invention, the three-dimensional structure of the

A. niger

phytase is obtained by techniques known to a skilled practitioner. Based on an amino acid sequence such as the

A. niger

amino acid sequence provided herein, (SEQ ID NO: 1) computer programs can provide theoretical structures. Crystal structures can also be obtained, as in Example 1 below. From these three-dimensional structures, active sites can be defined, such as the part of the phytase which interacts with substrate. This active site can then be localized to the segment or segments of the amino acid sequence which together form the active site, which segment or segments can then be modified, the whole sequence expressed as a modified phytase which is then tested to see if the activity has been improved. By this means a desired property can be designed into an unmodified phytase, using the three dimensional structure of the

A. niger

phytase as a template based on the alignment.

Specifically, the structure of

A. niger

is analyzed to find out which amino acid residues form the active site which determines specific activity. Then, the amino acid sequence of an unmodified phytase with a given specific activity and that of a phytase which has a desired property, e.g. a higher specific activity, are aligned homologous (as defined below) to that of

A. niger

to provide a best fit, and the amino acid residues which correspond to the

A. niger

active site in the other phytases are determined and compared, to identify which amino acids are different in the active site of the phytase with the desired property. The active site amino acid residues of the unmodified phytase may then be changed by known methods to duplicate some or all of the active site amino acid residues of the phytase with the desired property. The modified phytase is then obtained by known methods (for example determining the DNA sequence, mutating the sequence to provide the desired amino acid sequence, and expressing the resulting protein), and is tested by assays for the desired property, e.g. specific activity, to confirm that the desired property is present.

In this context it should be mentioned that another possibility for producing phytases with improved properties is by isolating phytases from the same organism, like for example the

Aspergillus ficuum

, but different strains which can be found in nature and have been deposited by any of the known depository authorities. Their amino acid sequences can be determined by cloning their corresponding DNA sequences by methods as described, e.g. in European Patent Application No. (EP) 684 313. Once such sequences have been defined they can be modeled on the basis of the three-dimensional structure of the

A. niger

phytase and the active sites of both sequences can be compared to find out whether such phytase should have improved activity properties (see Example 8) or both active site sequences can be compared directly and than tested for increased and/or improved activity by the assays described in the present application.

It is furthermore an object of the present invention to provide a modified phytase which is obtainable by a process as described above.

It is in general an object of the present invention to provide a phytase which has been modified in a way that its activity property is more favorable than the one of the non-modified phytase, specifically such a phytase characterized therein that the amino acid sequence of the non-modified phytase has been changed by deletion, substitution and/or addition of one or more amino acids, more specifically such a phytase wherein changes have been made at at least one position which is homologous to one of the following positions of the amino acid sequence of the phytase of

Aspergillus

(A.)

niger

(see FIG.

1

): 27, 66, 71, 103, 140, 141, 188, 205, 234, 235, 238, 274, 277, 282, 340 and/or 424, preferably 27, 66, 140, 205, 274, 277, 282 and/or 340, and even more specifically such a phytase which is the phytase of eukaryotic, preferably fungal, more preferably Aspergillus and most preferably

Aspergillus fumigatus

, origin.

It is furthermore an object of the present invention to provide such a phytase wherein at position 27 or at least at position 27 a change occurs, preferably a phytase wherein the amino acid at position 27 is replaced by one selected from one of the following groups:

a) Ala, Val, Leu, Ile; or

b) Thr or

c) Asn; and furthermore such a phytase wherein in addition to position 27 a change occurs also at position 66 or wherein in addition to position 27 a change occurs also at position 140 and/or at positions 274 and/or 277.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a phytase as specified above which is characterized by at least one of the following mutations: Q27L, Q27N, Q27T, Q27I, Q27V, Q27A, Q27G, S66D, S140Y, D141G, A205E, Q274L, G277D, G277K, Y282H, and/or N340S.

It is furthermore an object of the present invention to provide phytase muteins which are resistant against degradation by proteases of fungal, preferably Aspergillus and most preferably

Aspergillus niger

(

ficuum

) origin. Such muteins are characterized therein that at least one of the following positions (which refers to the homologous position in the amino acid sequence of

A. niger

), namely position 130 or 129 and 130, preferably of the

Aspergillus fumigatus

or 167, 168 preferably of the

A. nidulans

phytase amino acid sequence, the amino acid which is present in the wild type sequence has been replaced against another amino acid which is known to change the protease sensitivity, e.g. in the case of

A. fumigatus

at position 130 from “S” to “N” and at position 129 from “R” to “L” and in case of

A. nidulans

at position 167 from “K” to “G” and at position 168 from R to Q. Such positions can be also combined with those providing for improved activity properties.

A desired property to be integrated into an unmodified phytase by sequence modification as described herein, may be a new property not present in the unmodified phytase, or may preferably be an existing property of the unmodified phytase which is to be improved, for example a specific activity over a broader pH range than in the unmodified phytase. The active site of the phytases is the part of the phytase which is the physical structure which provides all or part of the property. For example the binding site of the phytase provides the property of substrate specificity. Other parts of the phytase may have an influence on a given property, however the active site is the part which changes the property upon modification as described.

In this context a desired property which is to be improved, or an improved activity property means any type of improvement of the activity of the modified phytase as compared to the unmodified. This could mean for example a higher specific activity, preferably at least two fold or more preferably at least 3 to 4 fold higher in an assay known in the state of the art to measure phytase activity, see e.g. in EP 684 313 or described in the examples of the present application. Furthermore this could mean a different substrate specificity determined in an assay known in the state of the art or as described e.g. in the specific examples of the present invention. This could also mean a maximum of the specific activity at a different more favorable pH or a broad pH optimum (“improved pH profile”) determined by an assay as known in the state of the art or as described e.g. in the examples. This also could mean improved resistance to protease degradation, as described above. Finally this could also mean any combination of such properties.

“Homologous” in the context of the present invention means the best fit of the primary, preferably also secondary and most preferably also tertiary structure of the phytase to be modified and the phytase of

Aspergillus niger

. How such best fit can be obtained is described in detail in Example 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 1

gives an example of such best fit for the phytase amino acid sequences of

Aspergillus fumigatus

and

Aspergillus terreus

aligned on the basis of the

Aspergillus niger

amino acid sequence which latter sequence is also used as the reference to which the positions of the other sequences, e.g. the ones named before, are referred to. Furthermore the modified

Aspergillus fumigatus

phytase with the Q27L mutation, means nothing else than the phytase of

Aspergillus fumigatus

wherein at position 27 according to the assignment as defined above (which is in fact position 23 of the

Aspergillus fumigatus

amino acid sequence) the naturally occurring glutamine (“Q” refers to the standard UPAC one letter amino acid code) has been replaced by leucine (“L”). All muteins of the present invention are designated in this way independent from whether they are protease resistant muteins or muteins with improved activity properties.

Constructing a polynucleotide comprising a DNA sequence coding for the modified phytase whose amino acid sequence was obtained as described above is performed by known methods such as those described below. The nucleotides coding for the active site which provides the desired property are changed so that at least one of the amino acids now encoded corresponds to an amino acid which is different in the active site of the unmodified phytase and the active site of the phytase which has the desired property. Integrating such a polynucleotide into vectors and host cells so as to express the modified phytase is also part of this invention and may be accomplished by known methods and as described below.

Thus it is furthermore an object of the present invention to provide a polynucleotide comprising a DNA sequence coding for a phytase as described above, a vector, preferably an expression vector, comprising such a polynucleotide, a host cell which has been transformed by such a polynucleotide or vector, a process for the preparation of a phytase of the present invention wherein the host cell as described before is cultured under suitable culture conditions and the phytase is isolated from such host cell or the culture medium by methods known in the art, and a food or feed composition comprising a phytase of the present invention.

In this context it should be noted that it is also an object of the present invention to provide a DNA sequence which codes for a phytase carrying at least one of the specific mutations of the present invention and which hybridizes under standard conditions with the DNA sequences of the specific modified phytases of the present invention or a DNA sequence which, because of the degeneracy of the genetic code does not hybridize but which codes for a polypeptide with exactly the same amino acid sequence as the one encoded by the DNA sequence to which it does not hybridize or a DNA sequence which is a fragment of such DNA sequences which maintains the activity properties of the polypeptide of which it is a fragment.

“Standard conditions” for hybridization mean in the context the conditions which are generally used by a person skilled in the art to detect specific hybridization signals and which are described, e.g. by Sambrook et al., “Molecular Cloning”, second edition, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 1989, New York, or preferably so called stringent hybridization and non-stringent washing conditions or more preferably so called stringent hybridization and stringent washing conditions a person skilled in the art is familiar with and which are described, e.g. in Sambrook et al. (s.a.).

It is furthermore an object of the present invention to provide a DNA sequence which can be obtained by the so called polymerase chain reaction method (“PCR”) by PCR primers designed on the basis of the specifically described DNA sequences of the present invention. It is understood that the so obtained DNA sequences code for phytases with at least the same mutation as the ones from which they are designed and show comparable activity properties.

The principles of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method are outlined e.g. by White et al., Trends in Genetics, 5, 185-189 (1989), whereas improved methods are described e.g. in Innis et al. [PCR Protocols: A guide to Methods and Applications, Academic Press, Inc. (1990)].

DNA sequences of the present invention can be constructed starting from genomic or cDNA sequences coding for phytases known in the state of the art [for sequence information see references mentioned above, e.g. EP 684 313 or sequence data bases, for example like Genbank (Intelligenetics, California, USA), European Bioinformatics Institute (Hinston Hall, Cambridge, GB), NBRF (Georgetown University, Medical Centre, Washington D.C., USA) and Vecbase (University of Wisconsin, Biotechnology Centre, Madison, Wis., USA) or disclosed in the figures by methods of in vitro mutagenesis [see e.g. Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York]. A widely used strategy for such “site directed mutagenesis”, as originally outlined by Hurchinson and Edgell [J. Virol. 8, 181 (1971)], involves the annealing of a synthetic oligonucleotide carrying the desired nucleotide substitution to a target region of a single-stranded DNA sequence wherein the mutation should be introduced [for review see Smith, Annu. Rev. Genet. 19, 423 (1985) and for improved methods see references 2-6 in Stanssen et al., Nucl. Acid Res., 17, 4441-4454 (1989)]. Another possibility of mutating a given DNA sequence which is also preferred for the practice of the present invention is the mutagenesis by using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). DNA as starting material can be isolated by methods known in the art and described e.g. in Sambrook et al. (Molecular Cloning) from the respective strains. For strain information see, e.g. EP 684 313 or any depository authority indicated below.

Aspergillus niger

[ATCC 9142],

Myceliophthora thermophila

[ATCC 48102],

Talaromyces thermophilus

[ATCC 20186] and

Aspergillus fumigatus

[ATCC 34625] have been redeposited on Mar. 14, 1997 according to the conditions of the Budapest Treaty at the American Type Culture Cell Collection under the following accession numbers: ATCC 74337, ATCC 74340, ATCC 74338 and ATCC 74339, respectively. It is however, understood that DNA encoding a phytase to be mutated in accordance with the present invention can also be prepared on the basis of a known DNA sequence, e.g. as shown in

FIG. 6

in a synthetic manner and described e.g. in EP 747 483 by methods known in the art.

Once complete DNA sequences of the present invention have been obtained they can be integrated into vectors by methods known in the art and described e.g. in Sambrook et al. (s.a.) to overexpress the encoded polypeptide in appropriate host systems. However, a man skilled in the art knows that also the DNA sequences themselves can be used to transform the suitable host systems of the invention to get overexpression of the encoded polypeptide. Appropriate host systems are for example fungi, like Aspergilli, e.g.

Aspergillus niger

[ATCC 9142] or

Aspergillus ficuum

[NRRL 3135] or like Trichoderma, e.g.

Trichoderma reesei

or yeasts, like Saccharomyces, e.g.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

or Pichia, like

Pichia pastoris

, or

Hansenula polymorpha

, e.g.

H. polymorpha

(DSM5215). A man skilled in the art knows that such microorganisms are available from depository authorities, e.g. the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS) or the Deutsche Sammlung für Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSM) or any other depository authority as listed in the Journal “Industrial Property” [(1991) 1, pages 29-40]. Bacteria which can be used are e.g.

E. coli

, Bacilli as, e.g.

Bacillus subtilis

or Streptomyces, e.g.

Streptomyces lividans

(see e.g. Anne and Mallaert in FEMS Microbiol. Letters 114, 121 (1993).

E. coli

, which could be used are

E. coli

K12 strains e.g. M15 [described as DZ 291 by Villarejo et al. in J. Bacteriol. 120, 466-474 (1974)], HB 101 [ATCC No. 33694] or

E. coli

SG13009 [Gottesman et al., J. Bacteriol. 148, 265-273 (1981)].

Vectors which can be used for expression in fungi are known in the art and described e.g. in EP 420 358, or by Cullen et al. [Bio/Technology 5, 369-376 (1987)] or Ward in Molecular Industrial Mycology, Systems and Applications for Filamentous Fungi, Marcel Dekker, New York (1991), Upshall et al. [Bio/Technology 5, 1301-1304 (1987)] Gwynne et al. [Bio/Technology 5, 71-79 (1987)], Punt et al. [J. Biotechnol. 17, 19-34 (1991)] and for yeast by Sreekrishna et al. [J. Basic Microbiol. 28, 265-278 (1988), Biochemistry 28, 4117-4125 (1989)], Hitzemann et al. [Nature 293, 717-722 (1981)] or in EP 183 070, EP 183 071, EP 248 227, EP 263 311. Suitable vectors which can be used for expression in

E. coli

are mentioned, e.g. by Sambrook et al. [s.a.] or by Fiers et al. in Procd. 8th Int. Biotechnology Symposium” [Soc. Franc. de Microbiol., Paris (Durand et al., eds.), pp. 680-697 (1988)] or by Bujard et al. in Methods in Enzymology, eds. Wu and Grossmann, Academic Press, Inc. Vol. 155, 416-433 (1987) and Stüber et al. in Immunological Methods, eds. Lefkovits and Pernis, Academic Press, Inc., Vol. IV, 121-152 (1990). Vectors which could be used for expression in Bacilli are known in the art and described, e.g. in EP 405 370, Procd. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81, 439 (1984) by Yansura and Henner, Meth. Enzymol. 185, 199-228 (1990) or EP 207 459. Vectors which can be used for the expression in

H. Polymorpha

are known in the art and described, e.g. in Gellissen et al., Biotechnology 9, 291-295 (1991).

Either such vectors already carry regulatory elements, e.g. promotors, or the DNA sequences of the present invention can be engineered to contain such elements. Suitable promotor elements which can be used are known in the art and are, e.g. for

Trichoderma reesei

the cbh1- [Haarki et al., Biotechnology 7, 596-600 (1989)] or the pki1-promotor [Schindler et al., Gene 130, 271-275 (1993)], for

Aspergillus oryzae

the amy-promotor [Christensen et al., Abstr. 19th Lunteren Lectures on Molecular Genetics F23 (1987), Christensen et al., Biotechnology 6, 1419-1422 (1988), Tada et al., Mol. Gen. Genet. 229, 301 (1991)], for

Aspergillus niger

the glaA- [Cullen et al., Bio/Technology 5, 369-376 (1987), Gwynne et al., Bio/Technology 5, 713-719 (1987), Ward in Molecular Industrial Mycology, Systems and Applications for Filamentous Fungi, Marcel Dekker, New York, 83-106 (1991)], alcA- [Gwynne et al., Bio/Technology 5, 718-719 (1987)], suc1- [Boddy et al., Curr. Genet. 24, 60-66 (1993)], aphA- [MacRae et al., Gene 71, 339-348 (1988), MacRae et al., Gene 132, 193-198 (1993)], tpia- [McKnight et al., Cell 46, 143-147 (1986), Upshall et al., Bio/Technology 5, 1301-1304 (1987)], gpdA- [Punt et al., Gene 69, 49-57 (1988), Punt et al., J. Biotechnol. 17, 19-37 (1991)] and the pkiA-promotor [de Graaff et al., Curr. Genet. 22, 21-27 (1992)]. Suitable promotor elements which could be used for expression in yeast are known in the art and are, e.g. the pho5-promotor [Vogel et al., Mol. Cell. Biol., 2050-2057 (1989); Rudolf and Hinnen, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 84, 1340-1344 (1987)] or the gap-promotor for expression in

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

and for

Pichia pastoris

, e.g. the aox1-promotor [Koutz et al., Yeast 5, 167-177 (1989); Sreekrishna et al., J. Basic Microbiol. 28, 265-278 (1988)], or the FMD promoter [Hollenberg et al., EPA No. 0299108] or MOX-promotor [Ledeboer et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 13, 3063-3082 (1985)] for

H. polymorpha.

Accordingly vectors comprising DNA sequences of the present invention, preferably for the expression of said DNA sequences in bacteria or a fungal or a yeast host and such transformed bacteria or fungal or yeast hosts are also an object of the present invention.

Once such DNA sequences have been expressed in an appropriate host cell in a suitable medium the encoded phytase can be isolated either from the medium in the case the phytase is secreted into the medium or from the host organism in case such phytase is present intracellularly by methods known in the art of protein purification or described, e.g. in EP 420 358 Known methods of protein purification may be used to isolate the phytases of this invention. For example various types of chromatography may be used individually or in combination. Gel purification may also be used. Accordingly a process for the preparation of a polypeptide of the present invention characterized in that transformed bacteria or a host cell as described above is cultured under suitable culture conditions and the polypeptide is recovered therefrom and a polypeptide when produced by such a process or a polypeptide encoded by a DNA sequence of the present invention are also an object of the present invention.

Phytases of the present invention can be also expressed in plants according to methods as described, e.g. by Pen et al. in Bio/Technology 11, 811-814 (1994) or in EP 449 375, preferably in seeds as described, e.g. in EP 449 376.

For example, a DNA sequence encoding a phytase of the present invention can be placed under the control of regulatory sequences from the gene encoding the 12S storage protein cruciferin from

Brassica napus

. The construct is thereafter subcloned into a binary vector such as pMOG23 (in

E. coli

K-12 strain DH5α, deposited at the Centraal Bureau voor Schimmelcultures, Baarn, The Netherlands under accession number CBS 102.90). This vector is introduced into

Agrobacterium tumefaciens

which contains a disarmed Ti plasmid. Bacterial cells containing this contruct are co-cultivated with tissues from tobacco or Brassica plants, and transformed plant cells are selected by nutrient media containing antibiotics and induced to regenerate into differentiated plants on such media. The resulting plants will produce seeds that contain and express the DNA contruct. Or the phytase-encoding DNA sequence can be placed under the control of regulatory sequences from the 35S promoter of Cauliflower Mosaic Virus (CaMV). The contruct is thereafter subcloned into a binary vector. This vector is then introduced into Agrobacterium tumefaciens which contains a disarmed Ti plasmid. Bacterial cells containing this construct are cocultivated with tissues from tobacco or Brassica plants, and transformed plant cells are selected by nutrient media containing antibiotics and induced to regenerate into differentiated plants on such media. The resulting plants contain and express the DNA construct constitutively.

The plant or plant part containing phytase can be used directly for the preparation of a feed composition or can be extracted from plants or plant organs by methods known in the art. Accordingly it is also an object of the present invention to provide a process for the production of the phytases of the present invention in plants or plant organs, like seeds, the phytases when produced by such methods, the transformed plants and plant organs, like seeds itself.

Once obtained the polypeptides of the present invention (which include modified phytases as described and active fragments thereof, and fusion proteins which include the phytases or fragments, or proteins which have stabilized by other moieties such as conjugation with polyalkylene glycols and such) can be characterized regarding their properties which make them useful in agriculture any assay known in the art and described e.g. by Simons et al. [Br. J. Nutr. 64, 525-540 (1990)], Schöner et al. [J. Anim. Physiol. a. Anim. Nutr. 66, 248-255 (1991)], Vogt [Arch. Geflügelk. 56, 93-98 (1992)], Jongbloed et al. [J. Anim. Sci., 70, 1159-1168 (1992)], Perney et al. [Poultry Sci. 72, 2106-2114 (1993)], Farrell et al., [J. Anim. Physiol. a. Anim. Nutr. 69, 278-283 (1993), Broz et al., [Br. Poultry Sci. 35, 273-280 (1994)] and Düngelhoef et al. [Animal Feed Sci. Technol. 49, 1-10 (1994)] can be used.

In general the polypeptides of the present invention can be used without being limited to a specific field of application for the conversion of inositol polyphosphates, like phytate to inositol and inorganic phosphate. For example phytases can be used to increase the nutrient value of plant material in animal feed by liberating from it inorganic phosphate which otherwise would otherwise not be accessible to non-ruminants. This reduces the amount of phosphorous which must be added to feed as a supplement and also reduces the amount of phosphorous which is excreted. Thus, phytases of this invention which have improved properties will enhance this process, or impart new benefits.

Furthermore the polypeptides of the present invention can be used in a process for the preparation of compound food or feeds wherein the components of such a composition are mixed with one or more polypeptides of the present invention. Accordingly compound food or feeds comprising one or more polypeptides of the present invention are also an object of the present invention. A person skilled in the art is familiar with their process of preparation. A phytase of this invention may be added to the complete feed preparation or to any component or premix or pelleted component. The effect of the added phytase may be an improvement in food utilization by virtue of the improved property or properties of the phytase. For example a phytase may have improved heat resistance to resist degradation caused by the food preparation process, and/or may have improved specific activity to liberate more phosphorous, and/or to liberate phosphorous in a wider range of conditions. Other properties of the modified phytase which increase the value or stability or other properties of the feed are also contemplated. Such compound foods or feeds can further comprise additives or components generally used for such purpose and known in the state of the art.

It is furthermore an object of the present invention to provide a process for the reduction of levels of phytate in animal manure characterized in that an animal is fed such a feed composition in an amount effective in converting phytate contained in the feedstuff to inositol and inorganic phosphate.

EXAMPLES

Example 1

Homology Modeling of

A. fumigatus

and

A. terreus

cbs116.46 Phytase

The amino acid sequences of

A. fumigatus

[ATCC 13073] (see

FIG. 1

) and

A. terreus

cbs116.46 phytase (see

FIG. 1

) were compared with the sequence of

A. niger

(

ficuum

) phytase (see

FIG. 1

) for which the three-dimensional structure had been determined by X-ray crystallography. Crystallographic data are given in FIG.

8

.

A multiple amino acid sequence alignment of

A. niger

(

ficuum

) phytase,

A. fumigatus

phytase and

A. terreus

cbs116.46 phytase was calculated with the program “PILEUP” (Prog. Menu for the Wisconsin Package, version 8, September 1994, Genetics Computer Group, 575 Science Drive, Madison Wis., USA 53711). The three-dimensional models of

A. fumigatus

phytase and

A. terreus

cbs116.46 phytase were built by using the structure of

A. niger

(

ficuum

) phytase as template and exchanging the amino acids of

A. niger

(

ficuum

) phytase according to the sequence alignment to amino acids of

A. fumigatus

and

A. terreus

cbs116.46 phytases, respectively. Model construction and energy optimization were performed by using the program Moloc (Gerber and Muller, 1995). C-alpha positions were kept fixed except for new insertions/deletions and in loop regions distant from the active site.

Only small differences of the modelled structures to the original crystal structure could be observed in external loops. Furthermore the different substrate molecules that mainly occur on the degradation pathway of phytic acid (myo-inositol-hexakisphosphate) by

Pseudomonas sp. bacterium

phytase and, as far as determined, by

A. niger

(

ficuum

) phytase (Cosgrove, 1980;

FIG. 1

) were constructed and forged into the active site cavity of each phytase structure. Each of these substrates was oriented in a hypothetical binding mode proposed for histidine acid phosphatases (Van Etten, 1982). The scissile phosphate group was oriented towards the catalytically essential His 59 to form the covalent phosphoenzyme intermediate. The oxygen of the substrate phosphoester bond which will be protonated by Asp 339 after cleavage was orientated towards the proton donor. Conformational relaxation of the remaining structural part of the substrates as well as the surrounding active site residues was performed by energy optimization with the program Moloc.

Based on the structure models the residues pointing into the active site cavity were identified. More than half (60%) of these positions were identical between these three phytases, whereas only few positions were not conserved (see FIG.

1

). This observation could be extended to four additional phytase sequences (

A. nidulans, A. terreus

9A1,

Talaromyces thermophilus, Myceliophthora thermophila

).

The results coming from sequence alignment and structural informa-tion including favourable enzyme-substrate interactions were combined to define the positions for mutational analysis which are shown in Table 1.

REFERENCES

Gerber, P. and Müller, K. (1995) Moloc molecular modeling software. J. Comput. Aided Mol. Des. 9, 251-268

Van Etten; R. L. (1982) Human prostatic acid phosphatase: a histidine phosphatase. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 390,27-50

Cosgrove, D. J. (1980) Inositol phosphates—their chemistry, biochemistry and physiology: studies in organic chemistry, chapter 4. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam, Oxford, N.Y.

Example 2

Construction of Plasmids pUC18-AfumgDNA and pUC18-AfumcDNA

Plasmids pUC18-AfumgDNA and pUC18-AfumcDNA, the basic constructs for all the

A. fumigatus

muteins described below were constructed as follows.

pUC18-AfumgDNA:

The genomic DNA sequence of the phytase gene of

Aspergillus fumigatus

was obtained by PCR using the “Expand™ High Fidelity PCR Kit” (Boehringer Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany) with primers #39 and #40 (designed on the basis of the genomic sequence shown in

FIG. 6

) and genomic DNA of

Aspergillus fumigatus

[ATCC 13073] from the

A. fumigatus

(NIH stock 5233) genomic library in a Lambda FixII vector [Stratagene, Lugolla, Calif. 92037, USA; catalog No. 946055].

Primer #39:

BspHI

5′ TAT A

TC ATG A

TT ACT CTG ACT TTC CTG CTT TCG 3′ (SEQ ID NO:16)

M I T L T F L L S (SEQ ID NO:17)

Primer #40:

EcoRV

3′ CCT CTC ACG AAA TCA ACT CTA TAG ATA TAT 5′ (SEQ ID NO:18)

G E C F S *(SEQ ID NO:19)

The reaction mix included 10 pmol of each primer and 200 ng of template DNA. 35 rounds of amplification were done with the following cycling values: 95° C., 1 min/56° C., 1 min/72° C., 90 sec. The PCR-amplified

Aspergillus fumigatus

mutein genes had a new BspHI site at the ATG start codon, introduced with primer #39, which resulted in the change of the second amino acid from a valine to an isoleucine. Furthermore, an EcoRV site was created with primer #40 downstream of the TGA termination codon of the gene.

The PCR fragment (approx. 1450 bp) was subsequently cloned into the SmaI site of pUC18 using the “sure clone Kit” (Boehringer Mannheim s.a.) according to the supplier's recommendations. The resulting plasmid was named pUC18-AfumgDNA.

pUC18-AfumcDNA:

This plasmid lacks the intron (small gap letters in

FIG. 6

) of the

A. fumigatus

phytase gene and was constructed as outlined in FIG.

13

. Briefly, using primers Fum28 and Fum11 the 5′ end of exon 2 was amplified by PCR (see below), digested with NcoI and EagI (new restriction site introduced with primer Fum28) and ligated together with the linker coding for exon 1 made of primers Fum26 and Fum27 into the XbaI and NcoI sites of pUC18-AfumgDNA, thereby resulting in plasmid pUC18-AfumcDNA.

Fum28:

5′ ATATAT

CGGCCG

AGTGTCTGCGGCACCTAGT 3′ (SEQ ID NO:20)

BagI

Fum11:

5′ TGAGGTCATCCGCACCCAGAG 3′ (SEQ ID NO:21)

Fum26:

5′ CTAGAATTCATGGTGACTCTGACTTTCCTGCTTTCGGCGGCGTATCT (SEQ ID NO:22)

GCTTTCC 3′

Fum27:

5′ GGCCGGAAAGCAGATACGCCGCCGAAAGCAGGAAAGTCAGAGTC (SEQ ID NO:23)

ACCATGAATT 3′

PCR reaction to get 5′ end of exon 2 of the

A. fumigatus

phytase:

2

μl

template: pUC18-AfumgDNA (20 ng)

1

μl

dNTP's-mix (Boehringer Mannheim s.a.)

5

μl

10× Buffer

1

μl

Taq polymerase (Boehringer Mannheim s.a.)

1.9

μl

Fum11 (=10 pmol)

2

μl

Fum28 (=10 pmol)

37,1

μl

H

2

In total 35 cycles with the temperature profile: 95° C. for 30 sec/56° C. for 30 sec/72° C. for 45 sec were made. The amplified fragment (approx. 330 bp) was extracted once with an equal volume of phenol/chloroform (1:1). To the recovered aqueous phase 0.1 volume of 3 M sodium acetate, pH 4.8 and 2.5 volumes of ethanol were added. The mixture was centrifuged for 10 min at 12000 g and the pellet resuspended in 20 μl of H

2

O. Subsequently, the purified fragment was digested with NcoI and EagI and processed as outlined above.

Example 3

Construction of Muteins of the Phytase of

Aspergillus fumigatus

for Expression in

A. niger

To construct all muteins for the expression in

A. niger

, plasmid pUC18-AfumgDNA was used as template for site-directed mutagenesis. Mutations were introduced using the “quick exchange site-directed mutagenesis kit” from Stratagene (La Jolla, Calif., USA) following the manufacturer's protocol and using the corresponding primers (FIG.

14

). All mutations made are summarized in Table 1A and B wherein T1 to T7 and N1 to N6, respectively, refer to the muteins and “Mutation” to the amino acids replaced at such position. For example T5 refers to a mutein with a double mutation: L at position 27 for Q and L at position 274 for Q. The primer sets (A-H) used to introduce the corresponding mutations are shown in

FIG. 14

a

. The newly introduced amino acid is shown in bold and the subscript indicates the position in the mature

Aspergillus fumigatus

enzyme concerning to the numbering of the

A. niger

amino acid sequence.

FIGS. 15 and 16

outline the scheme for the construction of different plasmids pgT1-pgT7 and pgN1-pgN6 encoding the muteins carrying only one mutation (T1-T4; N1-N3) or more mutations (T5-T7; N4-N6). Clones harboring the desired mutations were identified by DNA sequence analysis as known in the art. The mutated phytases were verified by complete sequencing of the genes.

Example 4

Construction of Muteins of the Phytase of

Aspergillus fumigatus

for Expression in

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Construction of plasmids pcT1-pcT7 (

FIG. 17

a

) and pcN1-pcN6 (FIG.

18

), respectively, encoding the muteins T1-T7 and N1-N6 for the expression in

S. cerevisiae

was basically done as outlined in Example 3. Instead of using pUC18-AfumgDNA as the basic construct to introduce the mutations, plasmid pUC18-AfumcDNA was used (FIG.

13

).

The plasmids pcDNA-N27, -G27, -V27, -A27, -I27 and -T27 encoding the muteins N27, G27, V27, A27, I27 and T27 were constructed as follows:

A silent restriction site for AvrII was introduced into plasmid pcT1 by site directed mutagenesis as described in Example 3 using primer set I (

FIG. 14

a

;

FIG. 17

b

). The

A. fumigatus

phytase gene fragment AvrII/XhoI was then replaced by the linker fragment harbouring the desired mutations (

FIG. 17

c

). Each linker fragment was generated by annealing of the respective pairs of synthesized polynucleotides (

FIG. 14

b

; sense and antisense strand; 90 ng each) for 3 min at 70 γC. in 9 μl distilled water.

Construction of plasmids pcT1-S66D and pcT1-S140Y-D141G encoding the

A. fumigatus

Q27L-S66D double mutant and the

A. fumigatus

Q27L-S140Y-D141G triple mutant was basically carried out as described in Example 3. Plasmid pcT1, harbouring the mutation coding for Q27L, was used as template for site directed mutagenesis together with the corresponding primer sets J and K (

FIG. 14

a

;

FIG. 17

b).

All mutations were verified by DNA sequence analysis of the entire gene.

Example 5

Expression in

Aspergillus niger

The genes encoding the aforementioned

A. fumigatus

wild-type phytase and muteins (

FIG. 16

) were isolated with BspHI and EcoRV from plasmids pgDNAT1-pgDNAT7 and pgDNAN1-pgDNAN6 and ligated into the NcoI site downstream of the glucoamylase promoter of

Aspergillus niger

(glaA) and the EcoRV site upstream of the

Aspergillus nidulans

tryptophan C terminator (trpc) (Mullaney et al., 1985). The resulting expression plasmids had in addition the orotidine-5′-phosphate decarboxylase gene (pyr4) of

Neurospora crassa

as selection marker.

FIG. 19

shows an example for such an expression plasmid carrying the gene encoding mutein T1 (van den Hondel et al., 1991). The basic expression plasmid described above corresponds basically to the pGLAC vector described in example 9 of EP 684 313. Transformation of

Aspergillus niger

and expression of the muteins was done as described in EP 684 313.

The supernatant was concentrated by way of ultrafiltration in Amicon 8400 cells (PM30 membranes) and ultrafree-15 centrifugal filter devices (Biomax-30K, Millipore).

The concentrate (typically 1.5-5 ml) was desalted in aliquots of 1.5 ml on a Fast Desalting HR 10/10 column (Pharmacia Biotech), with 10 mM sodium acetate, pH 5.0, serving as elution buffer. The desalted

A. fumigatus

samples were directly loaded onto a 1.7 ml Poros HS/M cation exchange chromatography column (PerSeptive Biosystems, Framingham, Mass., USA).

A. terreus

cbs116.46 [CBS 220.95] phytase was directly loaded onto a 1.7 ml Poros HQ/M anion exchange chromatography column. In both cases, phytase was eluted in pure form by way of a sodium chloride gradient.

REFERENCES

Mullaney, E. J., J. E. Hamer, K. A. Roberti, M. M. Yelton, and W. E. Timberlake. 1985. Primary structure of the trpC gene from

Aspergillus nidulans

. Mol. Gen. Genet. 199:37-45.

Van den Hondel, C. A. M. J. J., P. J. Punt, and R. F. M. van Gorcom. 1991. Heterologous gene expression in filamentous fungi. In: More gene manipulations in fungi. pp. 396-428. Bennett, J. W. and Lasure, L. L. (eds.). Academic Press Inc., San Diego, Calif.

Example 6

Expression in

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The intron less genes encoding the

A. fumigatus

wild-type phytase and the different muteins (FIGS.

17

/

18

) mentioned above were isolated from the respective plasmids pUC18-AfumcDNA, pcDNAT1-pcDNAT7 and pcDNAN1-pcDNAN6 with EcoRI and EcoRV and subcloned either between the blunt ended XhoI and the EcoRI sites of plasmid pYES2 (Invitrogen, San Diego, Calif., USA) or the shortened GAPFL (glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase) promoter and the PHO5 terminator as described by Janes et al. (1990). Transformation of

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

strains, e.g. INVSc1 (Invitrogen, San Diego, Calif., USA) was done according to Hinnen et al. (1978). Single colonies harbouring the phytase gene under the control of the GAPFL promoter were picked and cultivated in 5ml selection medium (SD-uracil) (Sherman et al., 1986) at 30 γC. under vigorous shaking (250 rpm) for 1 day. The preculture was then added to 500 ml YPD medium (Sherman et al., 1986) and cultivated under the same conditions. After four days cell broth was centrifuged (7000 rpm, GS3 rotor, 15 min. 5 γC.) and the supernatant was collected. Induction of the GAL1 promotor (plasmid pYES2 from Invitrogen, San Diego, Calif., USA) was done according to the manufacturers instructions. Purification of the muteins was as described in example 5 (s.a.).

REFERENCES

Janes, M., B. Meyhack, W. Zimmermann and A. Hinnen. 1990. The influence of GAP promoter variants on hirudine production, avarage plasmid copy number and cell growth in

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

. Curr. Genet. 18: 97-103

Hinnen, A., J. B. Hicks and G. R. Fink. 1978. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 75: 1929-1933

Sheman, J. P., Finck, G. R. and Hicks, J. B. (1986). Laboratory Course Manual for Methods in Yeast Genetics. Cold Spring Harbor University Press.

Example 7

Determination of Phytase Activity and Substrate Specificity

Phytase activity was measured in an assay mixture containing 0.5% phytic acid (˜5 mM), 200 mM sodium acetate, pH 5.0. After 15 min incubation at 37° C., the reaction was stopped by addition of an equal volume of 15% trichloroacetic acid. The liberated phosphate ions were quantified by mixing 100 μl of the assay mixture with 900 μl H

2

O and 1 ml of 0.6 M H

2

SO

4

, 2% ascorbic acid and 0.5% ammonium molybdate. Standard solutions of potassium phosphate were used as reference.

In case of pH optimum curves, purified enzymes were diluted in 10 mM sodium acetate, pH 5.0. Incubations were started by mixing aliquots of the diluted protein with an equal volume of 1% phytic acid (˜10 mM) in a series of different buffers: 0.4 M glycine/HCl, pH 2.5; 0.4 M acetate/NaOH, pH 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5; 0.4 M imidazole/HCl, pH 6.0, 6.5; 0.4 M Tris/HCl, pH 7.0, 7.5, 8.0, 8.5, 9.0. Control experiments showed that pH was only slightly affected by the mixing step. Incubations were performed for 15 min at 37° C. as described above.

For determination of the substrate specificities of wild-type and mutant

A. fumigatus

phytases, phytic acid in the assay mixture was replaced by 5 mM-concentrations of the respective phosphate compounds. The activity tests were performed as described above.

Protein concentrations were calculated from the OD at 280 nm, using theoretical absorption values calculated from the known protein sequences with the DNA* software (DNASTAR, Inc., Madison, Wis., USA). An absorption of 1.0 OD at 280 nm corresponds to 0.94 mg/ml

A. fumigatus

phytase and 0.85 mg/ml of

A. terreus

cbs116.46 phytase.

pH profiles of

Aspergillus fumigatus

mutants T1 (Q27L), T5 (Q27L, Q274L) and T6 (Q27L, Q274L, G277D) have drastically changed compared to the wild-type

A. fumigatus

phytase (see FIG.

2

). All mutants showed equal pH profiles. Increase in specific activity at pH 5.0 of the muteins as compared to the wild-type phytase of

Aspergillus fumigatus

is shown in Table 2. Enzyme activities were measured under standard assay conditions at pH 5.0. Several individual measurements (n: number of assays) were averaged.

The pH profile of

A. fumigatus

phytase mutant Q27A resembles the pH profile of

A. fumigatus

wild-type phytase over nearly the whole pH range (FIG.

20

). Whereas the specific activity of wild-type phytase is decreasing at pH values below pH 4.0, the specific activity of the phytase mutant Q27A remains nearly constant down to pH 2.9.

The single amino acid exchanges Q27L, Q27I, Q27V or Q27T have remarkably increased the specific activity over the whole pH range, especially between pH 5.0 and 7.5 (FIG.

20

). Maximum values are reached at pH 6.5. In addition, mutation Q27T caused the highest specific activity values for phytic acid at low pH (pH 3.0-5.0).

Higher specific activities are also gained by the single mutations Q27G or Q27N, between pH 2.5 and 7.0, with maximum values at pH 6.0 (FIG.

20

). The specific activity decreases at pH values below 3.5.

All single mutants still show a broad substrate specificity which is comparable to that of

A. fumigatus

wild-type phytase (FIG.

21

). Some of the mutants show significantly higher specific activities than other mutants for selected substrates, e. g., the Q27T mutant for p-nitrophenyl phosphate and ATP, or the Q27G mutant for phosphoenolpyruvate.

As shown in

FIG. 22

the combination of mutation Q27L with S66D or S140Y and D141G led to a shift of the pH profile towards lower pH. The maximum specific activity gained by the single mutation Q27L is further increased by the additional amino acid exchanges.

As shown in

FIG. 3

,

Aspergillus fumigatus

phytase mutant T1 (Q27L) showed no difference in substrate specificity compared to the triple mutant T6 (Q27L, Q274L, G277D).

The pH profiles of the muteins N1-6, except N2 show significant differences compared to the wild-type phytase (FIG.

10

). Whereas the pH profile of mutein N4 is expanded towards lower pH, the profiles of muteins N3 to N6 are shifted towards lower pH. The muteins N5, N6 reach maximum activity already at pH 3.0.

The muteins N1 to N6 show in almost all cases a drastic reduction in specific activity for all tested substrates, except for phytic acid (FIG.

9

). Specific activity for phytic acid remained unchanged compared to the wild-type phytase, whereas mutant N3 and N6 show a tendential higher activity (FIG.

19

).

TABLE 1

A) Mutations towards

A. terreus

cbs116.46 phytase

Mutation

T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

T6

T7

Q27L

X

X

X

X

Q274L

X

X

X

X

G277D

X

X

X

N340S

X

X

B) Mutations towards

A. niger

(

ficuum

) phytase

Mutation

N1

N2

N3

N4

N5

N6

G277K

X

X

X

X

A205E

X

X

X

Y282H

X

X

X

TABLE 2

U/mg

A. fumigatus

wild-type phytase

26.5 ± 5.2

22

A. fumigatus

Q27L

83.4

4

A. fumigatus

Q27L, Q274L

88.7 ± 13.5

8

A. fumigatus

Q27L, Q274L, G277D

92.3 ± 12.0

9

A. terreus

cbs116.46 phytase

195.8 ± 17.8

7

TABLE 3

Specific activity under standard assay conditions at pH 5.0. Average

standard deviation is 10%.

Specific activity

Number of

[U/mg]

independent assays

A. fumigatus

wild-

26.5

22

type phytase

A. fumigatus

Q27N

45.5

3

A. fumigatus

Q27T

106.9

3

A. fumigatus

Q27L

83.4

4

A. fumigatus

Q27I

91.2

3

A. fumigatus

Q27V

35.0

3

A. fumigatus

Q27A

27.3

3

A. fumigatus

Q27G

59.6

3

A. fumigatus

118.5

3

Q27L-S66D

A. fumigatus

193.0

3

Q27L-S140Y-D141G

Example 8

As an alternative approach to obtain phytases with modified characteristics and to get a better idea about the natural variation found in phytase characteristics within a certain species, naturally occurring variants of

A. fumigatus

phytase were analysed. Phytase genes were obtained from six different isolates of

A. fumigatus

. The amino acid sequence of phytase from two of the

A. fumigatus

isolates (ATCC 26934 and ATCC 34625) showed no difference to the original amino acid sequence of wild-type

A. fumigatus

phytase ATCC 13073. Phytase from three other isolates had one or two amino acid substitutions, none of which directly affected the active site. Enzymatic characteristics remained unaffected by these substitutions (not shown). The phytase of isolate of

A. fumigatus

(ATCC 32239) differed in 13 positions in the signal sequence and 51 positions in the mature part of the protein compared to the original wild-type

A. fumigatus

phytase (ATCC 13073). Several of these substitutions affect variable amino acids of the active site cavity. This resulted in an increase in specific activity with phytic acid as substrate (47 U/mg, standard enzyme assay) and in loss of enzymatic activity above pH 7 (FIG.

24

). Also in this case, the specific activity against phytic acid was increased relative to the specific activities with other substrates (FIG.

25

).

Example 9

Construction of plasmids pc-S130N, pc-R129L-S130N, pc-K167G-R168Q encoding

A. fumigatus

[ATCC 13073] phytase S130N single mutant and R129L-S130N double mutant and

A. nidulans

phytase K167G-R168Q double mutant was basically carried out as described in Example 3. Plasmid pUC18-AfumcDNA was used as template for site directed mutagenesis together with the corresponding primer sets L, M and N (

FIG. 14

a

; FIG.

26

).

All mutations were verified by DNA sequence analysis of the entire gene.

Example 10

When expressed in

A. niger

and stored as concentrated culture supernatants at 4° C., the phytases from

A. fumigatus, A. nidulans

displayed tendency to undergo proteolytic degradation. N-terminal sequencing of fragments suggested that cleavage occured between amino acids S130-V131 and K167-R168 or R168-A169, respectively. Compared with 3D structure of

A. niger

phytase revealed that all cleavage sites are found within surface-exposed loop structures and are therefore accessible to proteases.

Site-directed mutagenesis at protease-sensitive sites of

A. fumigatus

phytase (S130N, R129L-S130N) and

A. nidulans

phytase (K167G-R168Q) yielded mutant proteins with considerably reduced susceptibility to proteolysis.

In contrast to expression in

A. niger

, proteolytic degradation was not observed when the phytases were expressed in

Hansenula polymorpha.

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# 30

Tyr Ser Pro Tyr Phe Ser Ile Glu Gln Glu Se

#r Ala Ile Ser Glu Asp

35

# 40

# 45

Val Pro His Gly Cys Glu Val Thr Phe Val Gl

#n Val Leu Ser Arg His

50

# 55

# 60

Gly Ala Arg Tyr Pro Thr Glu Ser Lys Ser Ly

#s Ala Tyr Ser Gly Leu

65

# 70

# 75

# 80

Ile Glu Ala Ile Gln Lys Asn Ala Thr Ser Ph

#e Trp Gly Gln Tyr Ala

85

# 90

# 95

Phe Leu Glu Ser Tyr Asn Tyr Thr Leu Gly Al

#a Asp Asp Leu Thr Ile

100

# 105

# 110

Phe Gly Glu Asn Gln Met Val Asp Ser Gly Al

#a Lys Phe Tyr Arg Arg

115

# 120

# 125

Tyr Lys Asn Leu Ala Arg Lys Asn Thr Pro Ph

#e Ile Arg Ala Ser Gly

130

# 135

# 140

Ser Asp Arg Val Val Ala Ser Ala Glu Lys Ph

#e Ile Asn Gly Phe Arg

145 1

#50 1

#55 1

#60

Lys Ala Gln Leu His Asp His Gly Ser Lys Ar

#g Ala Thr Pro Val Val

165

# 170

# 175

Asn Val Ile Ile Pro Glu Ile Asp Gly Phe As

#n Asn Thr Leu Asp His

180

# 185

# 190

Ser Thr Cys Val Ser Phe Glu Asn Asp Glu Ar

#g Ala Asp Glu Ile Glu

195

# 200

# 205

Ala Asn Phe Thr Ala Ile Met Gly Pro Pro Il

#e Arg Lys Arg Leu Glu

210

# 215

# 220

Asn Asp Leu Pro Gly Ile Lys Leu Thr Asn Gl

#u Asn Val Ile Tyr Leu

225 2

#30 2

#35 2

#40

Met Asp Met Cys Ser Phe Asp Thr Met Ala Ar

#g Thr Ala His Gly Thr

245

# 250

# 255

Glu Leu Ser Pro Phe Cys Ala Ile Phe Thr Gl

#u Lys Glu Trp Leu Gln

260

# 265

# 270

Tyr Asp Tyr Leu Gln Ser Leu Ser Lys Tyr Ty

#r Gly Tyr Gly Ala Gly

275

# 280

# 285

Ser Pro Leu Gly Pro Ala Gln Gly Ile Gly Ph

#e Thr Asn Glu Leu Ile

290

# 295

# 300

Ala Arg Leu Thr Gln Ser Pro Val Gln Asp As

#n Thr Ser Thr Asn His

305 3

#10 3

#15 3

#20

Thr Leu Asp Ser Asn Pro Ala Thr Phe Pro Le

#u Asp Arg Lys Leu Tyr

325

# 330

# 335

Ala Asp Phe Ser His Asp Asn Ser Met Ile Se

#r Ile Phe Phe Ala Met

340

# 345

# 350

Gly Leu Tyr Asn Gly Thr Gln Pro Leu Ser Me

#t Asp Ser Val Glu Ser

355

# 360

# 365

Ile Gln Glu Met Asp Gly Tyr Ala Ala Ser Tr

#p Thr Val Pro Phe Gly

370

# 375

# 380

Ala Arg Ala Tyr Phe Glu Leu Met Gln Cys Gl

#u Lys Lys Glu Pro Leu

385 3

#90 3

#95 4

#00

Val Arg Val Leu Val Asn Asp Arg Val Val Pr

#o Leu His Gly Cys Ala

405

# 410

# 415

Val Asp Lys Phe Gly Arg Cys Thr Leu Asp As

#p Trp Val Glu Gly Leu

420

# 425

# 430

Asn Phe Ala Arg Ser Gly Gly Asn Trp Lys Th

#r Cys Phe Thr Leu

435

# 440

# 445

<210> SEQ ID NO 7

<211> LENGTH: 1845

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Talaromyces thermophilus

<220> FEATURE:

<221> NAME/KEY: CDS

<222> LOCATION: (288)..(335)

<221> NAME/KEY: CDS

<222> LOCATION: (391)..(1740)

<400> SEQUENCE: 7

ttccacgctg aaagcctgac tgcgatttcc aagctgcatg caggctgctc aa

#ctgcctgc 60

ttatcttcat cagacgcaga tacacaacct ggtctgtaga tgcacccatg ac

#ggacgaac 120

gcaccgctct cttggcctcc agggacccgg aggtcgaggg cgatgaggtc gc

#gccctcga 180

cggcctccca gtccctgttg cagttgagat ctcgctgcga acgtcgaccg ca

#gatatggt 240

tgtcttcgac gttttctcgc cttcgaggaa gaattgctgc tgtgacg atg

#agt ctg 296

#

# Met

#Ser Leu

#

#

#1

ttg ttg ctg gtg ctg tcc ggc ggg ttg gtc gc

#g tta tag tatgctcctt 345

Leu Leu Leu Val Leu Ser Gly Gly Leu Val Al

#a Leu

5

# 10

# 15

ctctctggtc atattgtttt ctgctaacgt tctcataatt gaagt gtc

#tca aga aat 402

#

# Val Ser A

#rg Asn

#

#

# 20

ccg cat gtt gat agc cac tct tgc aat aca gt

#g gaa gga ggg tat cag 450

Pro His Val Asp Ser His Ser Cys Asn Thr Va

#l Glu Gly Gly Tyr Gln

25

# 30

# 35

tgt cgt cca gaa atc tcc cac tcc tgg ggc ca

#g tat tct cca ttc ttc 498

Cys Arg Pro Glu Ile Ser His Ser Trp Gly Gl

#n Tyr Ser Pro Phe Phe

40

# 45

# 50

tcc ctg gca gac cag tcg gag atc tcg cca ga

#t gtc cca cag aac tgc 546

Ser Leu Ala Asp Gln Ser Glu Ile Ser Pro As

#p Val Pro Gln Asn Cys

55

# 60

# 65

aag att acg ttt gtc cag ctg ctt tct cgt ca

#c ggc gct aga tac cct 594

Lys Ile Thr Phe Val Gln Leu Leu Ser Arg Hi

#s Gly Ala Arg Tyr Pro

70

# 75

# 80

acg tct tcc aag acg gag ctg tat tcg cag ct

#g atc agt cgg att cag 642

Thr Ser Ser Lys Thr Glu Leu Tyr Ser Gln Le

#u Ile Ser Arg Ile Gln

85

# 90

# 95

#100

aag acg gcg act gcg tac aaa ggc tac tat gc

#c ttc ttg aaa gac tac 690

Lys Thr Ala Thr Ala Tyr Lys Gly Tyr Tyr Al

#a Phe Leu Lys Asp Tyr

105

# 110

# 115

aga tac cag ctg gga gcg aac gac ctg acg cc

#c ttt ggg gaa aac cag 738

Arg Tyr Gln Leu Gly Ala Asn Asp Leu Thr Pr

#o Phe Gly Glu Asn Gln

120

# 125

# 130

atg atc cag ttg ggc atc aag ttt tat aac ca

#t tac aag agt ctc gcc 786

Met Ile Gln Leu Gly Ile Lys Phe Tyr Asn Hi

#s Tyr Lys Ser Leu Ala

135

# 140

# 145

agg aat gcc gtc cca ttc gtt cgt tgc tcc gg

#c tct gat cgg gtc att 834

Arg Asn Ala Val Pro Phe Val Arg Cys Ser Gl

#y Ser Asp Arg Val Ile

150

# 155

# 160

gcc tcg ggg aga ctt ttc atc gaa ggt ttc ca

#g agc gcc aaa gtg ctg 882

Ala Ser Gly Arg Leu Phe Ile Glu Gly Phe Gl

#n Ser Ala Lys Val Leu

165 1

#70 1

#75 1

#80

gat cct cat tca gac aag cat gac gct cct cc

#c acg atc aac gtg atc 930

Asp Pro His Ser Asp Lys His Asp Ala Pro Pr

#o Thr Ile Asn Val Ile

185

# 190

# 195

atc gag gag ggt ccg tcc tac aat aac acg ct

#c gac acc ggc agc tgt 978

Ile Glu Glu Gly Pro Ser Tyr Asn Asn Thr Le

#u Asp Thr Gly Ser Cys

200

# 205

# 210

cca gtc ttt gag gac agc agc ggg gga cat ga

#c gca cag gaa aag ttc 1026

Pro Val Phe Glu Asp Ser Ser Gly Gly His As

#p Ala Gln Glu Lys Phe

215

# 220

# 225

gca aag caa ttc gca cca gct atc ctg gaa aa

#g atc aag gac cat ctt 1074

Ala Lys Gln Phe Ala Pro Ala Ile Leu Glu Ly

#s Ile Lys Asp His Leu

230

# 235

# 240

ccc ggc gtg gac ctg gcc gtg tcg gat gta cc

#g tac ttg atg gac ttg 1122

Pro Gly Val Asp Leu Ala Val Ser Asp Val Pr

#o Tyr Leu Met Asp Leu

245 2

#50 2

#55 2

#60

tgt ccg ttt gag acc ttg gct cgc aac cac ac

#a gac acg ctg tct ccg 1170

Cys Pro Phe Glu Thr Leu Ala Arg Asn His Th

#r Asp Thr Leu Ser Pro

265

# 270

# 275

ttc tgc gct ctt tcc acg caa gag gag tgg ca

#a gca tat gac tac tac 1218

Phe Cys Ala Leu Ser Thr Gln Glu Glu Trp Gl

#n Ala Tyr Asp Tyr Tyr

280

# 285

# 290

caa agt ctg ggg aaa tac tat ggc aat ggc gg

#g ggt aac ccg ttg ggg 1266

Gln Ser Leu Gly Lys Tyr Tyr Gly Asn Gly Gl

#y Gly Asn Pro Leu Gly

295

# 300

# 305

cca gcc caa ggc gtg ggg ttt gtc aac gag tt

#g att gct cgc atg acc 1314

Pro Ala Gln Gly Val Gly Phe Val Asn Glu Le

#u Ile Ala Arg Met Thr

310

# 315

# 320

cat agc cct gtc cag gac tac acc acg gtc aa

#c cac act ctt gac tcg 1362

His Ser Pro Val Gln Asp Tyr Thr Thr Val As

#n His Thr Leu Asp Ser

325 3

#30 3

#35 3

#40

aat ccg gcg aca ttc cct ttg aac gcg acg ct

#g tac gca gat ttc agc 1410

Asn Pro Ala Thr Phe Pro Leu Asn Ala Thr Le

#u Tyr Ala Asp Phe Ser

345

# 350

# 355

cac gac aac aca atg acg tca att ttc gcg gc

#c ttg ggc ctg tac aac 1458

His Asp Asn Thr Met Thr Ser Ile Phe Ala Al

#a Leu Gly Leu Tyr Asn

360

# 365

# 370

ggg acc gcg aag ctg tcc acg acc gag atc aa

#g tcc att gaa gag acg 1506

Gly Thr Ala Lys Leu Ser Thr Thr Glu Ile Ly

#s Ser Ile Glu Glu Thr

375

# 380

# 385

gac ggc tac tcg gcg gcg tgg acc gtt ccg tt

#c ggg ggg cga gcc tat 1554

Asp Gly Tyr Ser Ala Ala Trp Thr Val Pro Ph

#e Gly Gly Arg Ala Tyr

390

# 395

# 400

atc gag atg atg cag tgt gat gat tcg gat ga

#g cca gtc gtt cgg gtg 1602

Ile Glu Met Met Gln Cys Asp Asp Ser Asp Gl

#u Pro Val Val Arg Val

405 4

#10 4

#15 4

#20

ctg gtc aac gac cgg gtg gtg cca ctg cat gg

#c tgc gag gtg gac tcc 1650

Leu Val Asn Asp Arg Val Val Pro Leu His Gl

#y Cys Glu Val Asp Ser

425

# 430

# 435

ctg ggg cga tgc aaa cga gac gac ttt gtc ag

#g gga ctg agt ttt gcg 1698

Leu Gly Arg Cys Lys Arg Asp Asp Phe Val Ar

#g Gly Leu Ser Phe Ala

440

# 445

# 450

cga cag ggt ggg aac tgg gag ggg tgt tac gc

#t gct tct gag

#1740

Arg Gln Gly Gly Asn Trp Glu Gly Cys Tyr Al

#a Ala Ser Glu

455

# 460

# 465

taggtttatt cagcgagttt cgacctttct atccttcaaa cactgcacaa ag

#acacactg 1800

catgaaatgg taacaggcct ggagcgtttt agaaggaaaa aagtt

# 1845

<210> SEQ ID NO 8

<211> LENGTH: 15

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Talaromyces thermophilus

<400> SEQUENCE: 8

Met Ser Leu Leu Leu Leu Val Leu Ser Gly Gl

#y Leu Val Ala Leu

1 5

# 10

# 15

<210> SEQ ID NO 9

<211> LENGTH: 450

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Talaromyces thermophilus

<400> SEQUENCE: 9

Val Ser Arg Asn Pro His Val Asp Ser His Se

#r Cys Asn Thr Val Glu

1 5

# 10

# 15

Gly Gly Tyr Gln Cys Arg Pro Glu Ile Ser Hi

#s Ser Trp Gly Gln Tyr

20

# 25

# 30

Ser Pro Phe Phe Ser Leu Ala Asp Gln Ser Gl

#u Ile Ser Pro Asp Val

35

# 40

# 45

Pro Gln Asn Cys Lys Ile Thr Phe Val Gln Le

#u Leu Ser Arg His Gly

50

# 55

# 60

Ala Arg Tyr Pro Thr Ser Ser Lys Thr Glu Le

#u Tyr Ser Gln Leu Ile

65

# 70

# 75

# 80

Ser Arg Ile Gln Lys Thr Ala Thr Ala Tyr Ly

#s Gly Tyr Tyr Ala Phe

85

# 90

# 95

Leu Lys Asp Tyr Arg Tyr Gln Leu Gly Ala As

#n Asp Leu Thr Pro Phe

100

# 105

# 110

Gly Glu Asn Gln Met Ile Gln Leu Gly Ile Ly

#s Phe Tyr Asn His Tyr

115

# 120

# 125

Lys Ser Leu Ala Arg Asn Ala Val Pro Phe Va

#l Arg Cys Ser Gly Ser

130

# 135

# 140

Asp Arg Val Ile Ala Ser Gly Arg Leu Phe Il

#e Glu Gly Phe Gln Ser

145 1

#50 1

#55 1

#60

Ala Lys Val Leu Asp Pro His Ser Asp Lys Hi

#s Asp Ala Pro Pro Thr

165

# 170

# 175

Ile Asn Val Ile Ile Glu Glu Gly Pro Ser Ty

#r Asn Asn Thr Leu Asp

180

# 185

# 190

Thr Gly Ser Cys Pro Val Phe Glu Asp Ser Se

#r Gly Gly His Asp Ala

195

# 200

# 205

Gln Glu Lys Phe Ala Lys Gln Phe Ala Pro Al

#a Ile Leu Glu Lys Ile

210

# 215

# 220

Lys Asp His Leu Pro Gly Val Asp Leu Ala Va

#l Ser Asp Val Pro Tyr

225 2

#30 2

#35 2

#40

Leu Met Asp Leu Cys Pro Phe Glu Thr Leu Al

#a Arg Asn His Thr Asp

245

# 250

# 255

Thr Leu Ser Pro Phe Cys Ala Leu Ser Thr Gl

#n Glu Glu Trp Gln Ala

260

# 265

# 270

Tyr Asp Tyr Tyr Gln Ser Leu Gly Lys Tyr Ty

#r Gly Asn Gly Gly Gly

275

# 280

# 285

Asn Pro Leu Gly Pro Ala Gln Gly Val Gly Ph

#e Val Asn Glu Leu Ile

290

# 295

# 300

Ala Arg Met Thr His Ser Pro Val Gln Asp Ty

#r Thr Thr Val Asn His

305 3

#10 3

#15 3

#20

Thr Leu Asp Ser Asn Pro Ala Thr Phe Pro Le

#u Asn Ala Thr Leu Tyr

325

# 330

# 335

Ala Asp Phe Ser His Asp Asn Thr Met Thr Se

#r Ile Phe Ala Ala Leu

340

# 345

# 350

Gly Leu Tyr Asn Gly Thr Ala Lys Leu Ser Th

#r Thr Glu Ile Lys Ser

355

# 360

# 365

Ile Glu Glu Thr Asp Gly Tyr Ser Ala Ala Tr

#p Thr Val Pro Phe Gly

370

# 375

# 380

Gly Arg Ala Tyr Ile Glu Met Met Gln Cys As

#p Asp Ser Asp Glu Pro

385 3

#90 3

#95 4

#00

Val Val Arg Val Leu Val Asn Asp Arg Val Va

#l Pro Leu His Gly Cys

405

# 410

# 415

Glu Val Asp Ser Leu Gly Arg Cys Lys Arg As

#p Asp Phe Val Arg Gly

420

# 425

# 430

Leu Ser Phe Ala Arg Gln Gly Gly Asn Trp Gl

#u Gly Cys Tyr Ala Ala

435

# 440

# 445

Ser Glu

450

<210> SEQ ID NO 10

<211> LENGTH: 1571

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Aspergillus fumigatus

<220> FEATURE:

<221> NAME/KEY: CDS

<222> LOCATION: (43)..(90)

<221> NAME/KEY: CDS

<222> LOCATION: (148)..(1494)

<400> SEQUENCE: 10

agattcaacg acggaggaat cgcaacccta attgtcggta tc atg gtg

# act ctg 54

#

# Met Val Thr Leu

#

# 1

act ttc ctg ctt tcg gcg gcg tat ctg ctt tc

#t ggg tgagtggctt 100

Thr Phe Leu Leu Ser Ala Ala Tyr Leu Leu Se

#r Gly

5

# 10

# 15

ggatctattg ctcggatagg gctgtggtgc tgattctgaa acggagt aga

#gtg tct 156

#

# Arg

#Val Ser

gcg gca cct agt tct gct ggc tcc aag tcc tg

#c gat acg gta gac ctc 204

Ala Ala Pro Ser Ser Ala Gly Ser Lys Ser Cy

#s Asp Thr Val Asp Leu

20

# 25

# 30

# 35

ggg tac cag tgc tcc cct gcg act tct cat ct

#a tgg ggc cag tac tcg 252

Gly Tyr Gln Cys Ser Pro Ala Thr Ser His Le

#u Trp Gly Gln Tyr Ser

40

# 45

# 50

cca ttc ttt tcg ctc gag gac gag ctg tcc gt

#g tcg agt aag ctt ccc 300

Pro Phe Phe Ser Leu Glu Asp Glu Leu Ser Va

#l Ser Ser Lys Leu Pro

55

# 60

# 65

aag gat tgc cgg atc acc ttg gta cag gtg ct

#a tcg cgc cat gga gcg 348

Lys Asp Cys Arg Ile Thr Leu Val Gln Val Le

#u Ser Arg His Gly Ala

70

# 75

# 80

cgg tac cca acc agc tcc aag agc aaa aag ta

#t aag aag ctt gtg acg 396

Arg Tyr Pro Thr Ser Ser Lys Ser Lys Lys Ty

#r Lys Lys Leu Val Thr

85

# 90

# 95

gcg atc cag gcc aat gcc acc gac ttc aag gg

#c aag ttt gcc ttt ttg 444

Ala Ile Gln Ala Asn Ala Thr Asp Phe Lys Gl

#y Lys Phe Ala Phe Leu

100 1

#05 1

#10 1

#15

aag acg tac aac tat act ctg ggt gcg gat ga

#c ctc act ccc ttt ggg 492

Lys Thr Tyr Asn Tyr Thr Leu Gly Ala Asp As

#p Leu Thr Pro Phe Gly

120

# 125

# 130

gag cag cag ctg gtg aac tcg ggc atc aag tt

#c tac cag agg tac aag 540

Glu Gln Gln Leu Val Asn Ser Gly Ile Lys Ph

#e Tyr Gln Arg Tyr Lys

135

# 140

# 145

gct ctg gcg cgc agt gtg gtg ccg ttt att cg

#c gcc tca ggc tcg gac 588

Ala Leu Ala Arg Ser Val Val Pro Phe Ile Ar

#g Ala Ser Gly Ser Asp

150

# 155

# 160

cgg gtt att gct tcg gga gag aag ttc atc ga

#g ggg ttc cag cag gcg 636

Arg Val Ile Ala Ser Gly Glu Lys Phe Ile Gl

#u Gly Phe Gln Gln Ala

165

# 170

# 175

aag ctg gct gat cct ggc gcg acg aac cgc gc

#c gct ccg gcg att agt 684

Lys Leu Ala Asp Pro Gly Ala Thr Asn Arg Al

#a Ala Pro Ala Ile Ser

180 1

#85 1

#90 1

#95

gtg att att ccg gag agc gag acg ttc aac aa

#t acg ctg gac cac ggt 732

Val Ile Ile Pro Glu Ser Glu Thr Phe Asn As

#n Thr Leu Asp His Gly

200

# 205

# 210

gtg tgc acg aag ttt gag gcg agt cag ctg gg

#a gat gag gtt gcg gcc 780

Val Cys Thr Lys Phe Glu Ala Ser Gln Leu Gl

#y Asp Glu Val Ala Ala

215

# 220

# 225

aat ttc act gcg ctc ttt gca ccc gac atc cg

#a gct cgc gcc gag aag 828

Asn Phe Thr Ala Leu Phe Ala Pro Asp Ile Ar

#g Ala Arg Ala Glu Lys

230

# 235

# 240

cat ctt cct ggc gtg acg ctg aca gac gag ga

#c gtt gtc agt cta atg 876

His Leu Pro Gly Val Thr Leu Thr Asp Glu As

#p Val Val Ser Leu Met

245

# 250

# 255

gac atg tgt tcg ttt gat acg gta gcg cgc ac

#c agc gac gca agt cag 924

Asp Met Cys Ser Phe Asp Thr Val Ala Arg Th

#r Ser Asp Ala Ser Gln

260 2

#65 2

#70 2

#75

ctg tca ccg ttc tgt caa ctc ttc act cac aa

#t gag tgg aag aag tac 972

Leu Ser Pro Phe Cys Gln Leu Phe Thr His As

#n Glu Trp Lys Lys Tyr

280

# 285

# 290

aac tac ctt cag tcc ttg ggc aag tac tac gg

#c tac ggc gca ggc aac 1020

Asn Tyr Leu Gln Ser Leu Gly Lys Tyr Tyr Gl

#y Tyr Gly Ala Gly Asn

295

# 300

# 305

cct ctg gga ccg gct cag ggg ata ggg ttc ac

#c aac gag ctg att gcc 1068

Pro Leu Gly Pro Ala Gln Gly Ile Gly Phe Th

#r Asn Glu Leu Ile Ala

310

# 315

# 320

cgg ttg act cgt tcg cca gtg cag gac cac ac

#c agc act aac tcg act 1116

Arg Leu Thr Arg Ser Pro Val Gln Asp His Th

#r Ser Thr Asn Ser Thr

325

# 330

# 335

cta gtc tcc aac ccg gcc acc ttc ccg ttg aa

#c gct acc atg tac gtc 1164

Leu Val Ser Asn Pro Ala Thr Phe Pro Leu As

#n Ala Thr Met Tyr Val

340 3

#45 3

#50 3

#55

gac ttt tca cac gac aac agc atg gtt tcc at

#c ttc ttt gca ttg ggc 1212

Asp Phe Ser His Asp Asn Ser Met Val Ser Il

#e Phe Phe Ala Leu Gly

360

# 365

# 370

ctg tac aac ggc act gaa ccc ttg tcc cgg ac

#c tcg gtg gaa agc gcc 1260

Leu Tyr Asn Gly Thr Glu Pro Leu Ser Arg Th

#r Ser Val Glu Ser Ala

375

# 380

# 385

aag gaa ttg gat ggg tat tct gca tcc tgg gt

#g gtg cct ttc ggc gcg 1308

Lys Glu Leu Asp Gly Tyr Ser Ala Ser Trp Va

#l Val Pro Phe Gly Ala

390

# 395

# 400

cga gcc tac ttc gag acg atg caa tgc aag tc

#g gaa aag gag cct ctt 1356

Arg Ala Tyr Phe Glu Thr Met Gln Cys Lys Se

#r Glu Lys Glu Pro Leu

405

# 410

# 415

gtt cgc gct ttg att aat gac cgg gtt gtg cc

#a ctg cat ggc tgc gat 1404

Val Arg Ala Leu Ile Asn Asp Arg Val Val Pr

#o Leu His Gly Cys Asp

420 4

#25 4

#30 4

#35

gtg gac aag ctg ggg cga tgc aag ctg aat ga

#c ttt gtc aag gga ttg 1452

Val Asp Lys Leu Gly Arg Cys Lys Leu Asn As

#p Phe Val Lys Gly Leu

440

# 445

# 450

agt tgg gcc aga tct ggg ggc aac tgg gga ga

#g tgc ttt agt

#1494

Ser Trp Ala Arg Ser Gly Gly Asn Trp Gly Gl

#u Cys Phe Ser

455

# 460

# 465

tgagatgtca ttgttatgct atactccaat agaccgttgc ttagccattc ac

#ttcacttt 1554

gctcgaaccg cctgccg

#

#

# 1571

<210> SEQ ID NO 11

<211> LENGTH: 16

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Aspergillus fumigatus

<400> SEQUENCE: 11

Met Val Thr Leu Thr Phe Leu Leu Ser Ala Al

#a Tyr Leu Leu Ser Gly

1 5

# 10

# 15

<210> SEQ ID NO 12

<211> LENGTH: 449

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Aspergillus fumigatus

<400> SEQUENCE: 12

Arg Val Ser Ala Ala Pro Ser Ser Ala Gly Se

#r Lys Ser Cys Asp Thr

1 5

# 10

# 15

Val Asp Leu Gly Tyr Gln Cys Ser Pro Ala Th

#r Ser His Leu Trp Gly

20

# 25

# 30

Gln Tyr Ser Pro Phe Phe Ser Leu Glu Asp Gl

#u Leu Ser Val Ser Ser

35

# 40

# 45

Lys Leu Pro Lys Asp Cys Arg Ile Thr Leu Va

#l Gln Val Leu Ser Arg

50

# 55

# 60

His Gly Ala Arg Tyr Pro Thr Ser Ser Lys Se

#r Lys Lys Tyr Lys Lys

65

# 70

# 75

# 80

Leu Val Thr Ala Ile Gln Ala Asn Ala Thr As

#p Phe Lys Gly Lys Phe

85

# 90

# 95

Ala Phe Leu Lys Thr Tyr Asn Tyr Thr Leu Gl

#y Ala Asp Asp Leu Thr

100

# 105

# 110

Pro Phe Gly Glu Gln Gln Leu Val Asn Ser Gl

#y Ile Lys Phe Tyr Gln

115

# 120

# 125

Arg Tyr Lys Ala Leu Ala Arg Ser Val Val Pr

#o Phe Ile Arg Ala Ser

130

# 135

# 140

Gly Ser Asp Arg Val Ile Ala Ser Gly Glu Ly

#s Phe Ile Glu Gly Phe

145 1

#50 1

#55 1

#60

Gln Gln Ala Lys Leu Ala Asp Pro Gly Ala Th

#r Asn Arg Ala Ala Pro

165

# 170

# 175

Ala Ile Ser Val Ile Ile Pro Glu Ser Glu Th

#r Phe Asn Asn Thr Leu

180

# 185

# 190

Asp His Gly Val Cys Thr Lys Phe Glu Ala Se

#r Gln Leu Gly Asp Glu

195

# 200

# 205

Val Ala Ala Asn Phe Thr Ala Leu Phe Ala Pr

#o Asp Ile Arg Ala Arg

210

# 215

# 220

Ala Glu Lys His Leu Pro Gly Val Thr Leu Th

#r Asp Glu Asp Val Val

225 2

#30 2

#35 2

#40

Ser Leu Met Asp Met Cys Ser Phe Asp Thr Va

#l Ala Arg Thr Ser Asp

245

# 250

# 255

Ala Ser Gln Leu Ser Pro Phe Cys Gln Leu Ph

#e Thr His Asn Glu Trp

260

# 265

# 270

Lys Lys Tyr Asn Tyr Leu Gln Ser Leu Gly Ly

#s Tyr Tyr Gly Tyr Gly

275

# 280

# 285

Ala Gly Asn Pro Leu Gly Pro Ala Gln Gly Il

#e Gly Phe Thr Asn Glu

290

# 295

# 300

Leu Ile Ala Arg Leu Thr Arg Ser Pro Val Gl

#n Asp His Thr Ser Thr

305 3

#10 3

#15 3

#20

Asn Ser Thr Leu Val Ser Asn Pro Ala Thr Ph

#e Pro Leu Asn Ala Thr

325

# 330

# 335

Met Tyr Val Asp Phe Ser His Asp Asn Ser Me

#t Val Ser Ile Phe Phe

340

# 345

# 350

Ala Leu Gly Leu Tyr Asn Gly Thr Glu Pro Le

#u Ser Arg Thr Ser Val

355

# 360

# 365

Glu Ser Ala Lys Glu Leu Asp Gly Tyr Ser Al

#a Ser Trp Val Val Pro

370

# 375

# 380

Phe Gly Ala Arg Ala Tyr Phe Glu Thr Met Gl

#n Cys Lys Ser Glu Lys

385 3

#90 3

#95 4

#00

Glu Pro Leu Val Arg Ala Leu Ile Asn Asp Ar

#g Val Val Pro Leu His

405

# 410

# 415

Gly Cys Asp Val Asp Lys Leu Gly Arg Cys Ly

#s Leu Asn Asp Phe Val

420

# 425

# 430

Lys Gly Leu Ser Trp Ala Arg Ser Gly Gly As

#n Trp Gly Glu Cys Phe

435

# 440

# 445

Ser

<210> SEQ ID NO 13

<211> LENGTH: 1567

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Aspergillus terreus

<220> FEATURE:

<221> NAME/KEY: CDS

<222> LOCATION: (78)..(125)

<221> NAME/KEY: CDS

<222> LOCATION: (178)..(1527)

<400> SEQUENCE: 13

acgtcccagg tcggggacta catccgctat gtggtcctct acttcgtcgg aa

#gaatatac 60

tgtctcttgt ggctacc atg ggg gtt ttc gtc gtt cta

#tta tct atc gcg 110

# Met Gly Val Phe Val Val Leu Leu Ser Ile

#Ala

# 1

#5

#10

act ctg ttc ggc agg tatgtgcacc gctctaggtt caactcgcc

#t ggtaactgac 165

Thr Leu Phe Gly Arg

15

aaacagtaca gc aca tcg ggc act gcg ctg ggc ccc

# cgt gga aat cac agc 216

Thr Ser Gl

#y Thr Ala Leu Gly Pro Arg Gly Asn His Ser

# 20

# 25

gac tgc acc tca gtc gac cgg ggg tat caa tg

#c ttc cct gag ctc tcc 264

Asp Cys Thr Ser Val Asp Arg Gly Tyr Gln Cy

#s Phe Pro Glu Leu Ser

30

# 35

# 40

# 45

cat aaa tgg ggt ctc tac gcg ccc tat ttc tc

#c ctc cag gat gaa tct 312

His Lys Trp Gly Leu Tyr Ala Pro Tyr Phe Se

#r Leu Gln Asp Glu Ser

50

# 55

# 60

ccg ttt cct ctg gac gtc ccg gat gac tgc ca

#c atc acc ttt gtg cag 360

Pro Phe Pro Leu Asp Val Pro Asp Asp Cys Hi

#s Ile Thr Phe Val Gln

65

# 70

# 75

gtg ctg gcc cga cat gga gcg cgg tct cca ac

#c gat agc aag aca aag 408

Val Leu Ala Arg His Gly Ala Arg Ser Pro Th

#r Asp Ser Lys Thr Lys

80

# 85

# 90

gcg tat gcc gcg act att gca gcc atc cag aa

#g aat gcc acc gcg ttg 456

Ala Tyr Ala Ala Thr Ile Ala Ala Ile Gln Ly

#s Asn Ala Thr Ala Leu

95

# 100

# 105

ccg ggc aaa tac gcc ttc ctg aag tcg tac aa

#t tac tcc atg ggc tcc 504

Pro Gly Lys Tyr Ala Phe Leu Lys Ser Tyr As

#n Tyr Ser Met Gly Ser

110 1

#15 1

#20 1

#25

gag aac ctg aac ccc ttc ggg cgg aac caa ct

#g caa gat ctg ggc gcc 552

Glu Asn Leu Asn Pro Phe Gly Arg Asn Gln Le

#u Gln Asp Leu Gly Ala

130

# 135

# 140

cag ttc tac cgt cgc tac gac acc ctc acc cg

#g cac atc aac cct ttc 600

Gln Phe Tyr Arg Arg Tyr Asp Thr Leu Thr Ar

#g His Ile Asn Pro Phe

145

# 150

# 155

gtc cgg gcc gcg gat tcc tcc cgc gtc cac ga

#a tca gcc gag aag ttc 648

Val Arg Ala Ala Asp Ser Ser Arg Val His Gl

#u Ser Ala Glu Lys Phe

160

# 165

# 170

gtc gag ggc ttc caa aac gcc cgc caa ggc ga

#t cct cac gcc aac cct 696

Val Glu Gly Phe Gln Asn Ala Arg Gln Gly As

#p Pro His Ala Asn Pro

175

# 180

# 185

cac cag ccg tcg ccg cgc gtg gat gta gtc at

#c ccc gaa ggc acc gcc 744

His Gln Pro Ser Pro Arg Val Asp Val Val Il

#e Pro Glu Gly Thr Ala

190 1

#95 2

#00 2

#05

tac aac aac acg ctc gag cac agc atc tgc ac

#c gcc ttc gag gcc agc 792

Tyr Asn Asn Thr Leu Glu His Ser Ile Cys Th

#r Ala Phe Glu Ala Ser

210

# 215

# 220

acc gtc ggc gac gcc gcg gca gac aac ttc ac

#t gcc gtg ttc gcg ccg 840

Thr Val Gly Asp Ala Ala Ala Asp Asn Phe Th

#r Ala Val Phe Ala Pro

225

# 230

# 235

gcg atc gcc aag cgt ctg gag gcc gat ctg cc

#c ggc gtg cag ctg tcc 888

Ala Ile Ala Lys Arg Leu Glu Ala Asp Leu Pr

#o Gly Val Gln Leu Ser

240

# 245

# 250

gcc gac gac gtg gtc aat ctg atg gcc atg tg

#t ccg ttc gag acg gtc 936

Ala Asp Asp Val Val Asn Leu Met Ala Met Cy

#s Pro Phe Glu Thr Val

255

# 260

# 265

agc ctg acc gac gac gcg cac acg ctg tcg cc

#g ttc tgc gac ctc ttc 984

Ser Leu Thr Asp Asp Ala His Thr Leu Ser Pr

#o Phe Cys Asp Leu Phe

270 2

#75 2

#80 2

#85

acc gcc gcc gag tgg acg cag tac aac tac ct

#g ctc tcg ctg gac aag 1032

Thr Ala Ala Glu Trp Thr Gln Tyr Asn Tyr Le

#u Leu Ser Leu Asp Lys

290

# 295

# 300

tac tac ggc tac ggc ggc ggc aat ccg ctg gg

#c ccc gtg cag ggc gtg 1080

Tyr Tyr Gly Tyr Gly Gly Gly Asn Pro Leu Gl

#y Pro Val Gln Gly Val

305

# 310

# 315

ggc tgg gcg aac gag ctg atc gcg cgg ctg ac

#g cgc tcc ccc gtc cac 1128

Gly Trp Ala Asn Glu Leu Ile Ala Arg Leu Th

#r Arg Ser Pro Val His

320

# 325

# 330

gac cac acc tgc gtc aac aac acc ctc gac gc

#c aac ccg gcc acc ttc 1176

Asp His Thr Cys Val Asn Asn Thr Leu Asp Al

#a Asn Pro Ala Thr Phe

335

# 340

# 345

ccg ctg aac gcc acc ctc tac gcg gac ttt tc

#g cac gac agt aac ctg 1224

Pro Leu Asn Ala Thr Leu Tyr Ala Asp Phe Se

#r His Asp Ser Asn Leu

350 3

#55 3

#60 3

#65

gtg tcg atc ttc tgg gcg ctg ggt ctg tac aa

#c ggc acc aag ccc ctg 1272

Val Ser Ile Phe Trp Ala Leu Gly Leu Tyr As

#n Gly Thr Lys Pro Leu

370

# 375

# 380

tcg cag acc acc gtg gag gat atc acc cgg ac

#g gac ggg tac gcg gcc 1320

Ser Gln Thr Thr Val Glu Asp Ile Thr Arg Th

#r Asp Gly Tyr Ala Ala

385

# 390

# 395

gcc tgg acg gtg ccg ttt gcc gcc cgc gcc ta

#c atc gag atg atg cag 1368

Ala Trp Thr Val Pro Phe Ala Ala Arg Ala Ty

#r Ile Glu Met Met Gln

400

# 405

# 410

tgt cgc gcg gag aag cag ccg ctg gtg cgc gt

#g ctg gtc aac gac cgt 1416

Cys Arg Ala Glu Lys Gln Pro Leu Val Arg Va

#l Leu Val Asn Asp Arg

415

# 420

# 425

gtc atg ccg ctg cac ggc tgc gcg gtg gat aa

#t ctg ggc agg tgt aaa 1464

Val Met Pro Leu His Gly Cys Ala Val Asp As

#n Leu Gly Arg Cys Lys

430 4

#35 4

#40 4

#45

cgg gac gac ttt gtg gag gga ctg agc ttt gc

#g cgg gca gga ggg aac 1512

Arg Asp Asp Phe Val Glu Gly Leu Ser Phe Al

#a Arg Ala Gly Gly Asn

450

# 455

# 460

tgg gcc gag tgt ttc tgatgtacat gctgtagtta gctttgagt

#c ctgaggtacc 1567

Trp Ala Glu Cys Phe

465

<210> SEQ ID NO 14

<211> LENGTH: 16

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Aspergillus terreus

<400> SEQUENCE: 14

Met Gly Val Phe Val Val Leu Leu Ser Ile Al

#a Thr Leu Phe Gly Arg

1 5

# 10

# 15

<210> SEQ ID NO 15

<211> LENGTH: 450

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Aspergillus terreus

<400> SEQUENCE: 15

Thr Ser Gly Thr Ala Leu Gly Pro Arg Gly As

#n His Ser Asp Cys Thr

1 5

# 10

# 15

Ser Val Asp Arg Gly Tyr Gln Cys Phe Pro Gl

#u Leu Ser His Lys Trp

20

# 25

# 30

Gly Leu Tyr Ala Pro Tyr Phe Ser Leu Gln As

#p Glu Ser Pro Phe Pro

35

# 40

# 45

Leu Asp Val Pro Asp Asp Cys His Ile Thr Ph

#e Val Gln Val Leu Ala

50

# 55

# 60

Arg His Gly Ala Arg Ser Pro Thr Asp Ser Ly

#s Thr Lys Ala Tyr Ala

65

# 70

# 75

# 80

Ala Thr Ile Ala Ala Ile Gln Lys Asn Ala Th

#r Ala Leu Pro Gly Lys

85

# 90

# 95

Tyr Ala Phe Leu Lys Ser Tyr Asn Tyr Ser Me

#t Gly Ser Glu Asn Leu

100

# 105

# 110

Asn Pro Phe Gly Arg Asn Gln Leu Gln Asp Le

#u Gly Ala Gln Phe Tyr

115

# 120

# 125

Arg Arg Tyr Asp Thr Leu Thr Arg His Ile As

#n Pro Phe Val Arg Ala

130

# 135

# 140

Ala Asp Ser Ser Arg Val His Glu Ser Ala Gl

#u Lys Phe Val Glu Gly

145 1

#50 1

#55 1

#60

Phe Gln Asn Ala Arg Gln Gly Asp Pro His Al

#a Asn Pro His Gln Pro

165

# 170

# 175

Ser Pro Arg Val Asp Val Val Ile Pro Glu Gl

#y Thr Ala Tyr Asn Asn

180

# 185

# 190

Thr Leu Glu His Ser Ile Cys Thr Ala Phe Gl

#u Ala Ser Thr Val Gly

195

# 200

# 205

Asp Ala Ala Ala Asp Asn Phe Thr Ala Val Ph

#e Ala Pro Ala Ile Ala

210

# 215

# 220

Lys Arg Leu Glu Ala Asp Leu Pro Gly Val Gl

#n Leu Ser Ala Asp Asp

225 2

#30 2

#35 2

#40

Val Val Asn Leu Met Ala Met Cys Pro Phe Gl

#u Thr Val Ser Leu Thr

245

# 250

# 255

Asp Asp Ala His Thr Leu Ser Pro Phe Cys As

#p Leu Phe Thr Ala Ala

260

# 265

# 270

Glu Trp Thr Gln Tyr Asn Tyr Leu Leu Ser Le

#u Asp Lys Tyr Tyr Gly

275

# 280

# 285

Tyr Gly Gly Gly Asn Pro Leu Gly Pro Val Gl

#n Gly Val Gly Trp Ala

290

# 295

# 300

Asn Glu Leu Ile Ala Arg Leu Thr Arg Ser Pr

#o Val His Asp His Thr

305 3

#10 3

#15 3

#20

Cys Val Asn Asn Thr Leu Asp Ala Asn Pro Al

#a Thr Phe Pro Leu Asn

325

# 330

# 335

Ala Thr Leu Tyr Ala Asp Phe Ser His Asp Se

#r Asn Leu Val Ser Ile

340

# 345

# 350

Phe Trp Ala Leu Gly Leu Tyr Asn Gly Thr Ly

#s Pro Leu Ser Gln Thr

355

# 360

# 365

Thr Val Glu Asp Ile Thr Arg Thr Asp Gly Ty

#r Ala Ala Ala Trp Thr

370

# 375

# 380

Val Pro Phe Ala Ala Arg Ala Tyr Ile Glu Me

#t Met Gln Cys Arg Ala

385 3

#90 3

#95 4

#00

Glu Lys Gln Pro Leu Val Arg Val Leu Val As

#n Asp Arg Val Met Pro

405

# 410

# 415

Leu His Gly Cys Ala Val Asp Asn Leu Gly Ar

#g Cys Lys Arg Asp Asp

420

# 425

# 430

Phe Val Glu Gly Leu Ser Phe Ala Arg Ala Gl

#y Gly Asn Trp Ala Glu

435

# 440

# 445

Cys Phe

450

<210> SEQ ID NO 16

<211> LENGTH: 33

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence: Nucleotide

Sequence of Primer #39 designed

#based on

Aspergillus fumigatus ATCC 13073

<400> SEQUENCE: 16

tatatcatga ttactctgac tttcctgctt tcg

#

# 33

<210> SEQ ID NO 17

<211> LENGTH: 9

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence: Amino Acid

Sequence Corresponding to Primer #

#39

<400> SEQUENCE: 17

Met Ile Thr Leu Thr Phe Leu Leu Ser

1 5

<210> SEQ ID NO 18

<211> LENGTH: 30

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence: Nucleotide

Sequence of Primer #40 designed

#based on

Aspergillus fumigatus ATCC 13073

<400> SEQUENCE: 18

tatatagata tctcaactaa agcactctcc

#

# 30

<210> SEQ ID NO 19

<211> LENGTH: 5

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence: Amino Acid

Sequence Corresponding to Primer #

#40

<400> SEQUENCE: 19

Gly Glu Cys Phe Ser

1 5

<210> SEQ ID NO 20

<211> LENGTH: 31

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence: Fum28 PCR

Primer

<400> SEQUENCE: 20

atatatcggc cgagtgtctg cggcacctag t

#

# 31

<210> SEQ ID NO 21

<211> LENGTH: 21

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence: Fum11 PCR

Primer

<400> SEQUENCE: 21

tgaggtcatc cgcacccaga g

#

#

#21

<210> SEQ ID NO 22

<211> LENGTH: 54

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence: Fum26 PCR

Primer

<400> SEQUENCE: 22

ctagaattca tggtgactct gactttcctg ctttcggcgg cgtatctgct tt

#cc 54

<210> SEQ ID NO 23

<211> LENGTH: 54

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence: Fum27 PCR

Primer

<400> SEQUENCE: 23

ggccggaaag cagatacgcc gccgaaagca ggaaagtcag agtcaccatg aa

#tt 54

<210> SEQ ID NO 24

<211> LENGTH: 27

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence: Primer Q27L

s

<400> SEQUENCE: 24

catctatggg gcctgtactc gccattc

#

# 27

<210> SEQ ID NO 25

<211> LENGTH: 27

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer Q27L

as

<400> SEQUENCE: 25

gaatggcgag tacaggcccc atagatg

#

# 27

<210> SEQ ID NO 26

<211> LENGTH: 9

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Amino Acid

Sequence Encoded by Primer Set A

<400> SEQUENCE: 26

His Leu Trp Gly Leu Tyr Ser Pro Phe

1 5

<210> SEQ ID NO 27

<211> LENGTH: 27

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer Q274L

s

<400> SEQUENCE: 27

tacaactacc ttctgtcctt gggcaag

#

# 27

<210> SEQ ID NO 28

<211> LENGTH: 27

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer Q274L

as

<400> SEQUENCE: 28

cttgcccaag gacagaaggt agttgta

#

# 27

<210> SEQ ID NO 29

<211> LENGTH: 9

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Amino Acid

Sequence Encoded by Primer Set B

<400> SEQUENCE: 29

Tyr Asn Tyr Leu Leu Ser Leu Gly Lys

1 5

<210> SEQ ID NO 30

<211> LENGTH: 27

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer G277D

s

<400> SEQUENCE: 30

cttcagtcct tggacaagta ctacggc

#

# 27

<210> SEQ ID NO 31

<211> LENGTH: 27

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer G277D

as

<400> SEQUENCE: 31

gccgtagtac ttgtccaagg actgaag

#

# 27

<210> SEQ ID NO 32

<211> LENGTH: 9

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Amino Acid

Sequence encoded by Primer set C

<400> SEQUENCE: 32

Leu Gln Ser Leu Asp Lys Tyr Tyr Gly

1 5

<210> SEQ ID NO 33

<211> LENGTH: 27

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer

G277D* s

<400> SEQUENCE: 33

cttctgtcct tggacaagta ctacggc

#

# 27

<210> SEQ ID NO 34

<211> LENGTH: 27

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer

G277D* as

<400> SEQUENCE: 34

gccgtagtac ttgtccaagg acagaag

#

# 27

<210> SEQ ID NO 35

<211> LENGTH: 9

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Amino Acid

Sequence Encoded by Primer Set D

<400> SEQUENCE: 35

Leu Leu Ser Leu Asp Lys Tyr Tyr Gly

1 5

<210> SEQ ID NO 36

<211> LENGTH: 27

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer N340S

s

<400> SEQUENCE: 36

ttttcacacg acagcagcat ggtttcc

#

# 27

<210> SEQ ID NO 37

<211> LENGTH: 27

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer

N340S as

<400> SEQUENCE: 37

ggaaaccatg ctgctgtcgt gtgaaaa

#

# 27

<210> SEQ ID NO 38

<211> LENGTH: 9

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Amino Acid

Sequence Encoded by Primer Set E

<400> SEQUENCE: 38

Phe Ser His Asp Ser Ser Met Val Ile

1 5

<210> SEQ ID NO 39

<211> LENGTH: 31

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer G277K

s

<400> SEQUENCE: 39

ccttcagtcc ttgaagaagt actacggcta c

#

# 31

<210> SEQ ID NO 40

<211> LENGTH: 31

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer

G277K as

<400> SEQUENCE: 40

gtagccgtag tacttcttca aggactgaag g

#

# 31

<210> SEQ ID NO 41

<211> LENGTH: 10

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Amino Acid

Sequence Encoded by Primer Set F

<400> SEQUENCE: 41

Leu Gln Ser Leu Lys Lys Tyr Tyr Gly Tyr

1 5

# 10

<210> SEQ ID NO 42

<211> LENGTH: 28

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer A205E

s

<400> SEQUENCE: 42

ggagatgagg ttgaggccaa tttcactg

#

# 28

<210> SEQ ID NO 43

<211> LENGTH: 28

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer A205E

as

<400> SEQUENCE: 43

cagtgaaatt ggcctcaacc tcatctcc

#

# 28

<210> SEQ ID NO 44

<211> LENGTH: 9

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Amino Acid

Sequence Encoded by Primer Set G

<400> SEQUENCE: 44

Gly Asp Glu Val Glu Ala Asn Phe Thr

1 5

<210> SEQ ID NO 45

<211> LENGTH: 27

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer Y282H

s

<400> SEQUENCE: 45

aagtactacg gccacggcgc aggcaac

#

# 27

<210> SEQ ID NO 46

<211> LENGTH: 27

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer Y282H

as

<400> SEQUENCE: 46

gttgcctgcg ccgtggccgt agtactt

#

# 27

<210> SEQ ID NO 47

<211> LENGTH: 9

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Amino Acid

Sequence Encoded by Primer Set H

<400> SEQUENCE: 47

Lys Tyr Tyr Gly His Gly Ala Gly Asn

1 5

<210> SEQ ID NO 48

<211> LENGTH: 27

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer AvrII

s

<400> SEQUENCE: 48

gatacggtag acctagggta ccagtgc

#

# 27

<210> SEQ ID NO 49

<211> LENGTH: 27

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer AvrII

as

<400> SEQUENCE: 49

gcactggtac cctaggtcta ccgtatc

#

# 27

<210> SEQ ID NO 50

<211> LENGTH: 9

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Amino Acid

Sequence Encoded by Primer Set I

<400> SEQUENCE: 50

Asp Thr Val Asp Leu Gly Tyr Gln Cys

1 5

<210> SEQ ID NO 51

<211> LENGTH: 30

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer S66D

s

<400> SEQUENCE: 51

cggtacccaa ccgattcgaa gagcaaaaag

#

# 30

<210> SEQ ID NO 52

<211> LENGTH: 30

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer S66D

as

<400> SEQUENCE: 52

ctttttgctc ttcgaatcgg ttgggtaccg

#

# 30

<210> SEQ ID NO 53

<211> LENGTH: 10

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Amino Acid

Sequence Encoded by Primer Set J

<400> SEQUENCE: 53

Arg Tyr Pro Thr Asp Ser Lys Ser Lys Lys

1 5

# 10

<210> SEQ ID NO 54

<211> LENGTH: 28

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer

S140Y/D141G s

<400> SEQUENCE: 54

gcgcctcagg ctacggccgg gttattgc

#

# 28

<210> SEQ ID NO 55

<211> LENGTH: 28

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer

S140Y/D141G as

<400> SEQUENCE: 55

gcaataaccc ggccgtagcc tgaggcgc

#

# 28

<210> SEQ ID NO 56

<211> LENGTH: 9

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Amino Acid

Sequence Encoded by Primer Set K

<400> SEQUENCE: 56

Ala Ser Gly Tyr Gly Arg Val Ile Ala

1 5

<210> SEQ ID NO 57

<211> LENGTH: 28

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer S130N

s

<400> SEQUENCE: 57

ctggcgcgca atgtggtgcc gtttattc

#

# 28

<210> SEQ ID NO 58

<211> LENGTH: 28

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer S130N

as

<400> SEQUENCE: 58

gaataaacgg caccacattg cgcgccag

#

# 28

<210> SEQ ID NO 59

<211> LENGTH: 9

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Amino Acid

Sequence Encoded by Primer Set L

<400> SEQUENCE: 59

Leu Ala Arg Asn Val Val Pro Phe Ile

1 5

<210> SEQ ID NO 60

<211> LENGTH: 31

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer

R129L/S130N s

<400> SEQUENCE: 60

gctctggcgc tcaatgtggt gccgtttatt c

#

# 31

<210> SEQ ID NO 61

<211> LENGTH: 31

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer

R129L/S130N as

<400> SEQUENCE: 61

gaataaacgg caccacattg agcgccagag c

#

# 31

<210> SEQ ID NO 62

<211> LENGTH: 10

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Amino Acid

Sequence Encoded by Primer Set M

<400> SEQUENCE: 62

Ala Leu Ala Leu Asn Val Val Pro Phe Ile

1 5

# 10

<210> SEQ ID NO 63

<211> LENGTH: 28

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer

K167G/R168Q s

<400> SEQUENCE: 63

gaccatggct ccggacaagc tacgccag

#

# 28

<210> SEQ ID NO 64

<211> LENGTH: 28

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Primer

K167G/R168Q as

<400> SEQUENCE: 64

ctggcgtagc ttgtccggag ccatggtc

#

# 28

<210> SEQ ID NO 65

<211> LENGTH: 9

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:Amino Acid

Sequence Encoded by Primer Set N

<400> SEQUENCE: 65

Asp His Gly Ser Gly Gln Ala Thr Pro

1 5

<210> SEQ ID NO 66

<211> LENGTH: 64

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:FumG27-s

from Primer Set O

<400> SEQUENCE: 66

ctagggtacc agtgctcccc tgcgacttct catctatggg gcggatactc gc

#cattcttt 60

tcgc

#

#

# 64

<210> SEQ ID NO 67

<211> LENGTH: 64

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:FumG27-as

from Primer Set O

<400> SEQUENCE: 67

tcgagcgaaa agaatggcga gtatccgccc catagatgag aagtcgcagg gg

#agcactgg 60

tacc

#

#

# 64

<210> SEQ ID NO 68

<211> LENGTH: 64

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:FumV27-s

from Primer Set P

<400> SEQUENCE: 68

ctagggtacc agtgctcccc tgcgacttct catctatggg gcgtgtactc gc

#cattcttt 60

tcgc

#

#

# 64

<210> SEQ ID NO 69

<211> LENGTH: 64

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:FumV27-as

from Primer Set P

<400> SEQUENCE: 69

tcgagcgaaa agaatggcga gtacacgccc catagatgag aagtcgcagg gg

#agcactgg 60

tacc

#

#

# 64

<210> SEQ ID NO 70

<211> LENGTH: 64

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:FumN27-s

from Primer Set Q

<400> SEQUENCE: 70

ctagggtacc agtgctcccc tgcgacttct catctatggg gcaactactc gc

#cattcttt 60

tcgc

#

#

# 64

<210> SEQ ID NO 71

<211> LENGTH: 64

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:FumN27-as

from Primer Set Q

<400> SEQUENCE: 71

tcgagcgaaa agaatggcga gtagttgccc catagatgag aagtcgcagg gg

#agcactgg 60

tacc

#

#

# 64

<210> SEQ ID NO 72

<211> LENGTH: 64

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:FumI27-s

from Primer Set R

<400> SEQUENCE: 72

ctagggtacc agtgctcccc tgcgacttct catctatggg gcatctactc gc

#cattcttt 60

tcgc

#

#

# 64

<210> SEQ ID NO 73

<211> LENGTH: 64

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:FumI27-as

from Primer Set R

<400> SEQUENCE: 73

tcgagcgaaa agaatggcga gtagatgccc catagatgag aagtcgcagg gg

#agcactgg 60

tacc

#

#

# 64

<210> SEQ ID NO 74

<211> LENGTH: 64

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:FumA27-s

from Primer Set S

<400> SEQUENCE: 74

ctagggtacc agtgctcccc tgcgacttct catctatggg gcgcgtactc gc

#cattcttt 60

tcgc

#

#

# 64

<210> SEQ ID NO 75

<211> LENGTH: 64

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:FumA27-as

from Primer Set S

<400> SEQUENCE: 75

tcgagcgaaa agaatggcga gtacgcgccc catagatgag aagtcgcagg gg

#agcactgg 60

tacc

#

#

# 64

<210> SEQ ID NO 76

<211> LENGTH: 64

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:FumT27-s

from Primer Set T

<400> SEQUENCE: 76

ctagggtacc agtgctcccc tgcgacttct catctatggg gcacgtactc gc

#cattcttt 60

tcgc

#

#

# 64

<210> SEQ ID NO 77

<211> LENGTH: 64

<212> TYPE: DNA

<213> ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence

<220> FEATURE:

<223> OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial

#Sequence:FumT27-as

from Primer Set T

<400> SEQUENCE: 77

tcgagcgaaa agaatggcga gtacgtgccc catagatgag aagtcgcagg gg

#agcactgg 60

tacc

#

#

# 64

<210> SEQ ID NO 78

<211> LENGTH: 465

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Aspergillus fumigatus

<400> SEQUENCE: 78

Met Val Thr Leu Thr Phe Leu Leu Ser Ala Al

#a Tyr Leu Leu Ser Gly

1 5

# 10

# 15

Arg Val Ser Ala Ala Pro Ser Ser Ala Gly Se

#r Lys Ser Cys Asp Thr

20

# 25

# 30

Val Asp Leu Gly Tyr Gln Cys Ser Pro Ala Th

#r Ser His Leu Trp Gly

35

# 40

# 45

Gln Tyr Ser Pro Phe Phe Ser Leu Glu Asp Gl

#u Leu Ser Val Ser Ser

50

# 55

# 60

Lys Leu Pro Lys Asp Cys Arg Ile Thr Leu Va

#l Gln Val Leu Ser Arg

65

# 70

# 75

# 80

His Gly Ala Arg Tyr Pro Thr Ser Ser Lys Se

#r Lys Lys Tyr Lys Lys

85

# 90

# 95

Leu Val Thr Ala Ile Gln Ala Asn Ala Thr As

#p Phe Lys Gly Lys Phe

100

# 105

# 110

Ala Phe Leu Lys Thr Tyr Asn Tyr Thr Leu Gl

#y Ala Asp Asp Leu Thr

115

# 120

# 125

Pro Phe Gly Glu Gln Gln Leu Val Asn Ser Gl

#y Ile Lys Phe Tyr Gln

130

# 135

# 140

Arg Tyr Lys Ala Leu Ala Arg Ser Val Val Pr

#o Phe Ile Arg Ala Ser

145 1

#50 1

#55 1

#60

Gly Ser Asp Arg Val Ile Ala Ser Gly Glu Ly

#s Phe Ile Glu Gly Phe

165

# 170

# 175

Gln Gln Ala Lys Leu Ala Asp Pro Gly Ala Th

#r Asn Arg Ala Ala Pro

180

# 185

# 190

Ala Ile Ser Val Ile Ile Pro Glu Ser Glu Th

#r Phe Asn Asn Thr Leu

195

# 200

# 205

Asp His Gly Val Cys Thr Lys Phe Glu Ala Se

#r Gln Leu Gly Asp Glu

210

# 215

# 220

Val Ala Ala Asn Phe Thr Ala Leu Phe Ala Pr

#o Asp Ile Arg Ala Arg

225 2

#30 2

#35 2

#40

Ala Glu Lys His Leu Pro Gly Val Thr Leu Th

#r Asp Glu Asp Val Val

245

# 250

# 255

Ser Leu Met Asp Met Cys Ser Phe Asp Thr Va

#l Ala Arg Thr Ser Asp

260

# 265

# 270

Ala Ser Gln Leu Ser Pro Phe Cys Gln Leu Ph

#e Thr His Asn Glu Trp

275

# 280

# 285

Lys Lys Tyr Asn Tyr Leu Gln Ser Leu Gly Ly

#s Tyr Tyr Gly Tyr Gly

290

# 295

# 300

Ala Gly Asn Pro Leu Gly Pro Ala Gln Gly Il

#e Gly Phe Thr Asn Glu

305 3

#10 3

#15 3

#20

Leu Ile Ala Arg Leu Thr Arg Ser Pro Val Gl

#n Asp His Thr Ser Thr

325

# 330

# 335

Asn Ser Thr Leu Val Ser Asn Pro Ala Thr Ph

#e Pro Leu Asn Ala Thr

340

# 345

# 350

Met Tyr Val Asp Phe Ser His Asp Asn Ser Me

#t Val Ser Ile Phe Phe

355

# 360

# 365

Ala Leu Gly Leu Tyr Asn Gly Thr Glu Pro Le

#u Ser Arg Thr Ser Val

370

# 375

# 380

Glu Ser Ala Lys Glu Leu Asp Gly Tyr Ser Al

#a Ser Trp Val Val Pro

385 3

#90 3

#95 4

#00

Phe Gly Ala Arg Ala Tyr Phe Glu Thr Met Gl

#n Cys Lys Ser Glu Lys

405

# 410

# 415

Glu Pro Leu Val Arg Ala Leu Ile Asn Asp Ar

#g Val Val Pro Leu His

420

# 425

# 430

Gly Cys Asp Val Asp Lys Leu Gly Arg Cys Ly

#s Leu Asn Asp Phe Val

435

# 440

# 445

Lys Gly Leu Ser Trp Ala Arg Ser Gly Gly As

#n Trp Gly Glu Cys Phe

450

# 455

# 460

Ser

465

<210> SEQ ID NO 79

<211> LENGTH: 465

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Aspergillus fumigatus

<400> SEQUENCE: 79

Met Val Thr Leu Thr Phe Leu Leu Ser Ala Al

#a Tyr Leu Leu Ser Gly

1 5

# 10

# 15

Arg Val Ser Ala Ala Pro Ser Ser Ala Gly Se

#r Lys Ser Cys Asp Thr

20

# 25

# 30

Val Asp Leu Gly Tyr Gln Cys Ser Pro Ala Th

#r Ser His Leu Trp Gly

35

# 40

# 45

Gln Tyr Ser Pro Phe Phe Ser Leu Glu Asp Gl

#u Leu Ser Val Ser Ser

50

# 55

# 60

Lys Leu Pro Lys Asp Cys Arg Ile Thr Leu Va

#l Gln Val Leu Ser Arg

65

# 70

# 75

# 80

His Gly Ala Arg Tyr Pro Thr Ser Ser Lys Se

#r Lys Lys Tyr Lys Lys

85

# 90

# 95

Leu Val Thr Ala Ile Gln Ala Asn Ala Thr As

#p Phe Lys Gly Lys Phe

100

# 105

# 110

Ala Phe Leu Lys Thr Tyr Asn Tyr Thr Leu Gl

#y Ala Asp Asp Leu Thr

115

# 120

# 125

Pro Phe Gly Glu Gln Gln Leu Val Asn Ser Gl

#y Ile Lys Phe Tyr Gln

130

# 135

# 140

Arg Tyr Lys Ala Leu Ala Arg Ser Val Val Pr

#o Phe Ile Arg Ala Ser

145 1

#50 1

#55 1

#60

Gly Ser Asp Arg Val Ile Ala Ser Gly Glu Ly

#s Phe Ile Glu Gly Phe

165

# 170

# 175

Gln Gln Ala Lys Leu Ala Asp Pro Gly Ala Th

#r Asn Arg Ala Ala Pro

180

# 185

# 190

Ala Ile Ser Val Ile Ile Pro Glu Ser Glu Th

#r Phe Asn Asn Thr Leu

195

# 200

# 205

Asp His Gly Val Cys Thr Lys Phe Glu Ala Se

#r Gln Leu Gly Asp Glu

210

# 215

# 220

Val Ala Ala Asn Phe Thr Ala Leu Phe Ala Pr

#o Asp Ile Arg Ala Arg

225 2

#30 2

#35 2

#40

Ala Glu Lys His Leu Pro Gly Val Thr Leu Th

#r Asp Glu Asp Val Val

245

# 250

# 255

Ser Leu Met Asp Met Cys Ser Phe Asp Thr Va

#l Ala Arg Thr Ser Asp

260

# 265

# 270

Ala Ser Gln Leu Ser Pro Phe Cys Gln Leu Ph

#e Thr His Asn Glu Trp

275

# 280

# 285

Lys Lys Tyr Asn Tyr Leu Gln Ser Leu Gly Ly

#s Tyr Tyr Gly Tyr Gly

290

# 295

# 300

Ala Gly Asn Pro Leu Gly Pro Ala Gln Gly Il

#e Gly Phe Thr Asn Glu

305 3

#10 3

#15 3

#20

Leu Ile Ala Arg Leu Thr Arg Ser Pro Val Gl

#n Asp His Thr Ser Thr

325

# 330

# 335

Asn Ser Thr Leu Val Ser Asn Pro Ala Thr Ph

#e Pro Leu Asn Ala Thr

340

# 345

# 350

Met Tyr Val Asp Phe Ser His Asp Asn Ser Me

#t Val Ser Ile Phe Phe

355

# 360

# 365

Ala Leu Gly Leu Tyr Asn Gly Thr Glu Gly Le

#u Ser Arg Thr Ser Val

370

# 375

# 380

Glu Ser Ala Lys Glu Leu Asp Gly Tyr Ser Al

#a Ser Trp Val Val Pro

385 3

#90 3

#95 4

#00

Phe Gly Ala Arg Ala Tyr Phe Glu Thr Met Gl

#n Cys Lys Ser Glu Lys

405

# 410

# 415

Glu Pro Leu Val Arg Ala Leu Ile Asn Asp Ar

#g Val Val Pro Leu His

420

# 425

# 430

Gly Cys Asp Val Asp Lys Leu Gly Arg Cys Ly

#s Leu Asn Asp Phe Val

435

# 440

# 445

Lys Gly Leu Ser Trp Ala Arg Ser Gly Gly As

#n Trp Gly Glu Cys Phe

450

# 455

# 460

Ser

465

<210> SEQ ID NO 80

<211> LENGTH: 465

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Aspergillus fumigatus

<400> SEQUENCE: 80

Met Val Thr Leu Thr Phe Leu Leu Ser Ala Al

#a Tyr Leu Leu Ser Gly

1 5

# 10

# 15

Arg Val Ser Ala Ala Pro Ser Ser Ala Gly Se

#r Lys Ser Cys Asp Thr

20

# 25

# 30

Val Asp Leu Gly Tyr Gln Cys Ser Pro Ala Th

#r Ser His Leu Trp Gly

35

# 40

# 45

Gln Tyr Ser Pro Phe Phe Ser Leu Glu Asp Gl

#u Leu Ser Val Ser Ser

50

# 55

# 60

Lys Leu Pro Lys Asp Cys Arg Ile Thr Leu Va

#l Gln Val Leu Ser Arg

65

# 70

# 75

# 80

His Gly Ala Arg Tyr Pro Thr Ser Ser Lys Se

#r Lys Lys Tyr Lys Lys

85

# 90

# 95

Leu Val Thr Ala Ile Gln Ala Asn Ala Thr As

#p Phe Lys Gly Lys Phe

100

# 105

# 110

Ala Phe Leu Lys Thr Tyr Asn Tyr Thr Leu Gl

#y Ala Asp Asp Leu Thr

115

# 120

# 125

Pro Phe Gly Glu Gln Gln Leu Val Asn Ser Gl

#y Ile Lys Phe Tyr Gln

130

# 135

# 140

Arg Tyr Lys Ala Leu Ala Arg Ser Val Val Pr

#o Phe Ile Arg Ala Ser

145 1

#50 1

#55 1

#60

Gly Ser Asp Arg Val Ile Ala Ser Gly Glu Ly

#s Phe Ile Glu Gly Phe

165

# 170

# 175

Gln Gln Ala Lys Leu Ala Asp Pro Gly Ala Th

#r Asn Arg Ala Ala Pro

180

# 185

# 190

Ala Ile Ser Val Ile Ile Pro Glu Ser Glu Th

#r Phe Asn Asn Thr Leu

195

# 200

# 205

Asp His Gly Val Cys Thr Lys Phe Glu Ala Se

#r Gln Leu Gly Asp Glu

210

# 215

# 220

Val Ala Ala Asn Phe Thr Ala Leu Phe Ala Pr

#o Asp Ile Arg Ala Arg

225 2

#30 2

#35 2

#40

Ala Glu Lys His Leu Pro Gly Val Thr Leu Th

#r Asp Glu Asp Val Val

245

# 250

# 255

Ser Leu Met Asp Met Cys Ser Phe Asp Thr Va

#l Ala Arg Thr Ser Asp

260

# 265

# 270

Ala Ser Gln Leu Ser Pro Phe Cys Gln Leu Ph

#e Thr His Asn Glu Trp

275

# 280

# 285

Lys Lys Tyr Asn Tyr Leu Gln Ser Leu Gly Ly

#s Tyr Tyr Gly Tyr Gly

290

# 295

# 300

Ala Gly Asn Pro Leu Gly Pro Ala Gln Gly Il

#e Gly Phe Thr Asn Glu

305 3

#10 3

#15 3

#20

Leu Ile Ala Arg Leu Thr Arg Ser Pro Val Gl

#n Asp His Thr Ser Thr

325

# 330

# 335

Asn Ser Thr Leu Val Ser Asn Pro Ala Thr Ph

#e Pro Leu Asn Ala Thr

340

# 345

# 350

Met Tyr Val Asp Phe Ser His Asp Asn Ser Me

#t Val Ser Ile Phe Phe

355

# 360

# 365

Ala Leu Gly Leu Tyr Asn Gly Thr Glu Pro Le

#u Ser Arg Thr Ser Val

370

# 375

# 380

Glu Ser Ala Lys Glu Leu Asp Gly Tyr Ser Al

#a Ser Trp Val Val Pro

385 3

#90 3

#95 4

#00

Phe Gly Ala Arg Ala Tyr Phe Glu Thr Met Gl

#n Cys Lys Ser Glu Lys

405

# 410

# 415

Glu Ser Leu Val Arg Ala Leu Ile Asn Asp Ar

#g Val Val Pro Leu His

420

# 425

# 430

Gly Cys Asp Val Asp Lys Leu Gly Arg Cys Ly

#s Leu Asn Asp Phe Val

435

# 440

# 445

Lys Gly Leu Ser Trp Ala Arg Ser Gly Gly As

#n Trp Gly Glu Cys Phe

450

# 455

# 460

Ser

465

<210> SEQ ID NO 81

<211> LENGTH: 465

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Aspergillus fumigatus

<400> SEQUENCE: 81

Met Val Thr Leu Thr Phe Leu Leu Ser Ala Al

#a Tyr Leu Leu Ser Gly

1 5

# 10

# 15

Arg Val Ser Ala Ala Pro Ser Ser Ala Gly Se

#r Lys Ser Cys Asp Thr

20

# 25

# 30

Val Asp Leu Gly Tyr Gln Cys Ser Pro Ala Th

#r Ser His Leu Trp Gly

35

# 40

# 45

Gln Tyr Ser Pro Phe Phe Ser Leu Glu Asp Gl

#u Leu Ser Val Ser Ser

50

# 55

# 60

Lys Leu Pro Lys Asp Cys Arg Ile Thr Leu Va

#l Gln Val Leu Ser Arg

65

# 70

# 75

# 80

His Gly Ala Arg Tyr Pro Thr Ser Ser Lys Se

#r Lys Lys Tyr Lys Lys

85

# 90

# 95

Leu Val Thr Ala Ile Gln Ala Asn Ala Thr As

#p Phe Lys Gly Lys Phe

100

# 105

# 110

Ala Phe Leu Lys Thr Tyr Asn Tyr Thr Leu Gl

#y Ala Asp Asp Leu Thr

115

# 120

# 125

Ala Phe Gly Glu Gln Gln Leu Val Asn Ser Gl

#y Ile Lys Phe Tyr Gln

130

# 135

# 140

Arg Tyr Lys Ala Leu Ala Arg Ser Val Val Pr

#o Phe Ile Arg Ala Ser

145 1

#50 1

#55 1

#60

Gly Ser Asp Arg Val Ile Ala Ser Gly Glu Ly

#s Phe Ile Glu Gly Phe

165

# 170

# 175

Gln Gln Ala Lys Leu Ala Asp Pro Gly Ala Th

#r Asn Arg Ala Ala Pro

180

# 185

# 190

Ala Ile Ser Val Ile Ile Pro Glu Ser Glu Th

#r Phe Asn Asn Thr Leu

195

# 200

# 205

Asp His Gly Val Cys Thr Lys Phe Glu Ala Se

#r Gln Leu Gly Asp Glu

210

# 215

# 220

Val Ala Ala Asn Phe Thr Ala Leu Phe Ala Pr

#o Asp Ile Arg Ala Arg

225 2

#30 2

#35 2

#40

Ala Lys Lys His Leu Pro Gly Val Thr Leu Th

#r Asp Glu Asp Val Val

245

# 250

# 255

Ser Leu Met Asp Met Cys Ser Phe Asp Thr Va

#l Ala Arg Thr Ser Asp

260

# 265

# 270

Ala Ser Gln Leu Ser Pro Phe Cys Gln Leu Ph

#e Thr His Asn Glu Trp

275

# 280

# 285

Lys Lys Tyr Asn Tyr Leu Gln Ser Leu Gly Ly

#s Tyr Tyr Gly Tyr Gly

290

# 295

# 300

Ala Gly Asn Pro Leu Gly Pro Ala Gln Gly Il

#e Gly Phe Thr Asn Glu

305 3

#10 3

#15 3

#20

Leu Ile Ala Arg Leu Thr Arg Ser Pro Val Gl

#n Asp His Thr Ser Thr

325

# 330

# 335

Asn Ser Thr Leu Val Ser Asn Pro Ala Thr Ph

#e Pro Leu Asn Ala Thr

340

# 345

# 350

Met Tyr Val Asp Phe Ser His Asp Asn Ser Me

#t Val Ser Ile Phe Phe

355

# 360

# 365

Ala Leu Gly Leu Tyr Asn Gly Thr Glu Pro Le

#u Ser Arg Thr Ser Val

370

# 375

# 380

Glu Ser Ala Lys Glu Leu Asp Gly Tyr Ser Al

#a Ser Trp Val Val Pro

385 3

#90 3

#95 4

#00

Phe Gly Ala Arg Ala Tyr Phe Glu Thr Met Gl

#n Cys Lys Ser Glu Lys

405

# 410

# 415

Glu Pro Leu Val Arg Ala Leu Ile Asn Asp Ar

#g Val Val Pro Leu His

420

# 425

# 430

Gly Cys Asp Val Asp Lys Leu Gly Arg Cys Ly

#s Leu Asn Asp Phe Val

435

# 440

# 445

Lys Gly Leu Ser Trp Ala Arg Ser Gly Gly As

#n Trp Gly Glu Cys Phe

450

# 455

# 460

Ser

465

<210> SEQ ID NO 82

<211> LENGTH: 469

<212> TYPE: PRT

<213> ORGANISM: Aspergillus fumigatus

<400> SEQUENCE: 82

Met Gly Ala Leu Thr Phe Leu Leu Ser Val Me

#t Tyr Leu Leu Ser Gly

1 5

# 10

# 15

Val Ala Gly Ala Pro Ser Ser Gly Cys Ser Al

#a Gly Ser Gly Ser Lys

20

# 25

# 30

Ala Cys Asp Thr Val Glu Leu Gly Tyr Gln Cy

#s Ser Pro Gly Thr Ser

35

# 40

# 45

His Leu Trp Gly Gln Tyr Ser Pro Phe Phe Se

#r Leu Glu Asp Glu Leu

50

# 55

# 60

Ser Val Ser Ser Asp Leu Pro Lys Asp Cys Ar

#g Val Thr Phe Val Gln

65

# 70

# 75

# 80

Val Leu Ser Arg His Gly Ala Arg Tyr Pro Th

#r Ala Ser Lys Ser Lys

85

# 90

# 95

Lys Tyr Lys Lys Leu Val Thr Ala Ile Gln Ly

#s Asn Ala Thr Glu Phe

100

# 105

# 110

Lys Gly Lys Phe Ala Phe Leu Glu Thr Tyr As

#n Tyr Thr Leu Gly Ala

115

# 120

# 125

Asp Asp Leu Thr Pro Phe Gly Glu Gln Gln Me

#t Val Asn Ser Gly Ile

130

# 135

# 140

Lys Phe Tyr Gln Lys Tyr Lys Ala Leu Ala Gl

#y Ser Val Val Pro Phe

145 1

#50 1

#55 1

#60

Ile Arg Ser Ser Gly Ser Asp Arg Val Ile Al

#a Ser Gly Glu Lys Phe

165

# 170

# 175

Ile Glu Gly Phe Gln Gln Ala Asn Val Ala As

#p Pro Gly Ala Thr Asn

180

# 185

# 190

Arg Ala Ala Pro Val Ile Ser Val Ile Ile Pr

#o Glu Ser Glu Thr Tyr

195

# 200

# 205

Asn Asn Thr Leu Asp His Ser Val Cys Thr As

#n Phe Glu Ala Ser Glu

210

# 215

# 220

Leu Gly Asp Glu Val Glu Ala Asn Phe Thr Al

#a Leu Phe Ala Pro Ala

225 2

#30 2

#35 2

#40

Ile Arg Ala Arg Ile Glu Lys His Leu Pro Gl

#y Val Gln Leu Thr Asp

245

# 250

# 255

Asp Asp Val Val Ser Leu Met Asp Met Cys Se

#r Phe Asp Thr Val Ala

260

# 265

# 270

Arg Thr Ala Asp Ala Ser Glu Leu Ser Pro Ph

#e Cys Ala Ile Phe Thr

275

# 280

# 285

His Asn Glu Trp Lys Lys Tyr Asp Tyr Leu Gl

#n Ser Leu Gly Lys Tyr

290

# 295

# 300

Tyr Gly Tyr Gly Ala Gly Asn Pro Leu Gly Pr

#o Ala Gln Gly Ile Gly

305 3

#10 3

#15 3

#20

Phe Thr Asn Glu Leu Ile Ala Arg Leu Thr As

#n Ser Pro Val Gln Asp

325

# 330

# 335

His Thr Ser Thr Asn Ser Thr Leu Asp Ser As

#p Pro Ala Thr Phe Pro

340

# 345

# 350

Leu Asn Ala Thr Ile Tyr Val Asp Phe Ser Hi

#s Asp Asn Gly Met Ile

355

# 360

# 365

Pro Ile Phe Phe Ala Met Gly Leu Tyr Asn Gl

#y Thr Glu Pro Leu Ser

370

# 375

# 380

Gln Thr Ser Glu Glu Ser Thr Lys Glu Ser As

#n Gly Tyr Ser Ala Ser

385 3

#90 3

#95 4

#00

Trp Ala Val Pro Phe Gly Ala Arg Ala Tyr Ph

#e Glu Thr Met Gln Cys

405

# 410

# 415

Lys Ser Glu Lys Glu Pro Leu Val Arg Ala Le

#u Ile Asn Asp Arg Val

420

# 425

# 430

Val Pro Leu His Gly Cys Ala Val Asp Lys Le

#u Gly Arg Cys Lys Leu

435

# 440

# 445

Lys Asp Phe Val Lys Gly Leu Ser Trp Ala Ar

#g Ser Gly Gly Asn Ser

450

# 455

# 460

Glu Gln Ser Phe Ser

465

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5443979	Vanderbeke et al.	Aug 1995	A
5863533	Van Gorcom et al.	Jan 1999	A
6153418	Lehmann	Nov 2000	A
6291221	van Loon et al.	Sep 2001	B1
6358722	van Loon et al.	Mar 2002	B1

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Modified phytases

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