| abstract |
A laccase enzyme (I) capable by single treatment, in suitable conditions, of increasing lightness of desized denim at least or above as many units as sodium hypochlorite, is new. Independent claims are also included for: (1) nucleic acid (N1) sequence encoding (I); (2) vector (V1) comprising (N1); (3) host cell (II) introduced with (N1) or (V1); (4) producing (I); (5) obtaining (M1) an enzyme preparation, involves culturing a host cell and either recovering the polypeptide from the cell or separating the cells from the culture medium and obtaining the supernatant; and (6) enzyme preparation (III) obtainable by (M1), or comprising (I). |