Use of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases in feed additive compositions

18-05-2017 дата публикации

Номер:

AU2015334892A1

Автор: HAANING SVEND, KRAGH KARSTEN MATTHIAS, SHIPOVSKOV STEPAN, MIASNIKOV ANDREI, MA MARIA, MILLAN LUIS FERNANDO ROMERO, BARNARD LUKE, YU SHUKUN, MEINJOHANNS ERNST, BAK STEFFEN YDE, NURMINEN PAIVI, PUTAALA HELI, Haaning, Svend, Kragh, Karsten Matthias, Shipovskov, Stepan, Miasnikov, Andrei, Ma, Maria, Millan, Luis Fernando Romero, Barnard, Luke, Yu, Shukun, Meinjohanns, Ernst, Bak, Steffen Yde, Nurminen, Paivi, Putaala, Heli

Принадлежит: Houlihan² Pty Ltd

Контакты:

Номер заявки: 48-33-201592

Дата заявки: 23-10-2015

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USE OF PROLINE TOLERANT TRIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASES IN FEED ADDITIVE COMPOSITIONS

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

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The present invention relates to proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases for use in feed additive compositions and/or feed and/or feedstuffs and methods and/or uses encompassing the use of said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases.

BACKGROUND

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Proteases (synonymous with peptidases) are enzymes that are capable of cleaving peptide bonds between amino acids in substrate peptides, oligopeptides and/or proteins.

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Proteases are grouped into 7 families based on their catalytic reaction mechanism and the amino acid residue involved in the active site for catalysis. The serine proteases, aspartic acid proteases, cysteine proteases and metalloprotease are the 4 major families, whilst the threonine proteases, glutamic acid proteases and ungrouped proteases make up the remaining 3 families.

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The substrate specificity of a protease is usually defined in terms of preferential cleavage of bonds between particular amino acid residues in a substrate. Typically, amino acid positions in a substrate peptide are defined relative to the location of the scissile bond (i.e. the position at which a protease cleaves):

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NH₂ - Ρ3-Ρ2-Ρ1 *P1’-P2’-P3’ -COOH

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Illustrated using the hypothetical peptide above, the scissile bond is indicated by the asterisk (*) whilst amino acid residues are represented by the letter ‘P’, with the residues N-terminal to the scissile bond beginning at Ρ1 and increasing in number when moving away from the scissile bond towards the N-terminus. Amino acid residues C-terminal to the scissile bond begin at ΡΤ and increase in number moving towards the C-terminal residue.

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Proteases can be also generally subdivided into two broad groups based on their substrate-specificity. The first group is that of the endoproteases, which are proteolytic peptidases capable of cleaving internal peptide bonds of a peptide or protein substrate and tending to act away from the N-terminus or C-terminus. Examples of endoproteases include trypsin, chymotrypsin and pepsin. In contrast, the second group of proteases is the exopeptidases which cleave peptide bonds between amino acid residues located towards the C or Νterminus of a protein or peptide substrate.

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Certain enzymes of the exopeptidase group may have tripeptidyl peptidase activity. Such enzymes are therefore capable of cleaving 3 amino acid fragments (tripeptides) from the unsubstituted N-terminus of substrate peptides, oligopeptides and/or proteins. Tripeptidyl peptidases are known to cleave tripeptide sequences from the N-terminus of a substrate except bonds with proline at the Ρ1 and/or Ρ1 ’ position. Alternatively tripeptidyl peptidases may be proline-specific and only capable of cleaving substrates having a proline residue Νterminal to the scissile bond (i.e. in the Ρ1 position).

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Both exopeptidases and endoproteases have many applications.

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Increasing protein digestibility, and therefore reducing the cost of the diet and increasing the efficiency of nutrient utilization in poultry and swine diets, as well as aqua and ruminant diets, is a big commercial area. Current commercially available proteases that are used for feed are alkaline proteases that are active at a high pH (8), which means they are active lower down in the gastrointestinal tract (the pH in the early digestive tract is more acidic, and becomes closer to neutral in the later part of the small intestine and the large intestine and caecum).

[12]

By being active later (i.e. lower down) in the gastrointestinal tract, they produce oligopeptides later in the gastrointestinal tract where they appear to increase populations of microbes that excel at utilising easily digestible protein, which could lead to enteric disease challenges and reduced nutrients for the animal.

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Additionally, at later parts of the gastrointestinal tract, the mucosa is less well-protected than in the tough gizzard, proventriculus or stomach and so is more easily damaged causing inflammation, a phenomenon that has been associated with protease use in young birds.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

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In a broad aspect the present invention provides a method of preparing a feed additive composition comprising:

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(a) admixing a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising one or more amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID Νο.6, SEQ ID No. 7, SEQ ID No. 8, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 11, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 13, SEQ ID No. 14, SEQ ID No. 15, SEQ ID No. 16, SEQ ID No. 17, SEQ ID No. 18, SEQ ID No. 19, SEQ ID No. 20, SEQ ID No. 21, SEQ ID No. 22, SEQ ID No. 23, SEQ ID No. 24, SEQ ID No. 25, SEQ ID No. 26, SEQ ID No. 27, SEQ ID No. 28, SEQ ID No. 30, SEQ ID No. 31, SEQ ID No. 32, SEQ ID No. 33, SEQ ID No. 34, SEQ ID No. 35, SEQ ID No. 36, SEQ ID No. 37, SEQ ID No. 38, SEQ ID No. 39, SEQ ID No. 40, SEQ ID No. 41, SEQ ID No. 42, SEQ ID No. 43, SEQ ID No. 44, SEQ ID No. 45, SEQ ID No. 46, SEQ ID No. 47, SEQ ID No. 48, SEQ ID No. 49, SEQ ID No. 50, SEQ ID No. 51, SEQ ID No. 52, SEQ ID No. 53, SEQ ID No. 54, SEQ ID No. 55, SEQ ID No. 98, SEQ ID No. 99 or a functional fragment thereof or an amino acid sequence having at least 70% identity therewith; or a tripeptidyl peptidase expressed from one or more of the nucleotide sequences selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID No. 56, SEQ ID No. 57, SEQ ID No. 58, SEQ ID No. 59, SEQ ID No. 60, SEQ ID No. 61, SEQ ID No. 62, SEQ ID No. 63, SEQ ID No. 64, SEQ ID No. 65, SEQ ID No. 66, SEQ ID No. 67, SEQ ID No. 68, SEQ ID No. 69, SEQ ID No. 70, SEQ ID No. 71, SEQ ID No. 72, SEQ ID No. 73, SEQ ID No. 74, SEQ ID No. 75, SEQ ID No. 76, SEQ ID No. 77, SEQ ID No. 78, SEQ ID No. 79, SEQ ID No. 80, SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94, SEQ ID No. 95, SEQ ID No. 96, SEQ ID No. 97 or a nucleotide sequence having at least 70% identity therewith, or which differs from these nucleotide sequences by the degeneracy of the genetic code, or which hybridises under medium or high stringency conditions; and

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one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of: a salt, polyol including sorbitol and glycerol, wheat or a wheat component, sodium acetate, sodium acetate trihydrate, potassium sorbate Talc, PVA, benzoate, sorbiate, 1,3-propane diol, glucose, parabens, sodium chloride, citrate, metabisulfite, formate or a combination thereof; and

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(b) optionally packaging.

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According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided a method of preparing a feed additive composition comprising:

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(a) admixing at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having

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(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

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(Β) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine or synthetic amino acids at Ρ1 ; or

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(ii) (a’) Proline at ΡΤ; and

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one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of: a salt, polyol including sorbitol and glycerol, wheat or a wheat component, sodium acetate, sodium acetate trihydrate, potassium sorbate Talc, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), benzoate, sorbiate, 1,3-propane diol, glucose, parabens, sodium chloride, citrate, metabisulfite, formate or a combination thereof; and

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(b) optionally packaging.

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In a second aspect there is provided a feed additive composition obtainable (e.g. obtained) by a method of the present invention.

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In a third aspect there is provided a feed additive composition or a feed ingredient comprising at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

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(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

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(Β) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid,

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cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine,

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lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine,

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valine or synthetic amino acids at Ρ1; or

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(ii) (a’) Proline at Ρ1 and

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(b’) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid,

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cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine,

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lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine,

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valine or synthetic amino acids at Ρ1 and

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one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of: a salt, polyol including sorbitol and glycerol, wheat or a wheat component, sodium acetate, sodium acetate trihydrate, potassium sorbate Talc, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), benzoate, sorbiate, 1,3-propane diol, glucose, parabens, sodium chloride, citrate, metabisulfite, formate or a combination thereof.

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According to a fourth aspect of the invention there is provided a kit comprising at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

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(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

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(Β) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid,

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cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine,

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lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine,

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valine or synthetic amino acids at Ρ1; or

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(ϋ) (a’) Proline at ΡΤ; and

[46]

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According to a fifth aspect of the invention there is provided a premix comprising a feed additive composition or feed ingredient of the invention or a feed additive composition obtainable (preferably obtained) by a method of the invention and at least one mineral and/or at least one vitamin.

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In a sixth aspect there is provided a method of preparing a feedstuff comprising contacting a feed component with a feed additive composition or feed ingredient of the invention or a feed additive composition obtainable (preferably obtained) by a method of the invention or a premix of the invention or at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

[49]

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

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(Β) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid,

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cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine,

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lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine,

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valine or synthetic amino acids at Ρ1; or

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(ii) (a’) Proline at Ρ1 and

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(b’) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic

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acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine,

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leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine,

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tryptophan, tyrosine, valine or synthetic amino acids at Ρ1 ’

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optionally in combination with at least one endoprotease.

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In a seventh aspect there is provided a feedstuff comprising a feed additive composition or feed ingredient of the invention or a feed additive composition obtainable (preferably obtained) by a method of the invention or a premix of the invention or comprising at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having

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(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

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(ii) (a’) Proline at Ρ1 and

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According to an eighth aspect there is provided a method for improving a biophysical characteristic of an animal or for improving protein digestibility of an animal which method comprises administering to an animal a feed additive composition obtainable (e.g. obtained) by a method or use of the invention or a feed additive composition, feedstuff or premix of the invention or at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

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(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

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(Β) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid,

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cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine,

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lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine,

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valine or synthetic amino acids at Ρ1; or

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(ii) (a’) Proline at Ρ1 and

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(b’) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid,

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cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine,

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lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine,

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valine or synthetic amino acids at Ρ1 and

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optionally at least one feed component and/or at least one mineral and/or at least one

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vitamin.

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In a ninth aspect there is provided the use of a feed additive composition or feed ingredient of the invention or a feed additive composition obtainable (preferably obtained) by a method of the invention or a feedstuff or premix of the invention or at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

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(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

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(Β) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine,

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lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine,

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valine or synthetic amino acids at Ρ1; or

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(ii) (a’) Proline at Ρ1 and

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(b’) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid,

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cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine,

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lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine,

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valine or synthetic amino acids at Ρ1 ’

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for improving protein digestibility in an animal or for improving a biophysical characteristic of an animal.

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In a tenth aspect there is provided the use of a feed additive composition or feed ingredient of the invention or a feed additive composition obtainable (preferably obtained) by a method of the invention or a feed feedstuff or premix of the invention or at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

[90]

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

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(Β) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid,

[92]

cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine,

[93]

lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine,

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valine or synthetic amino acids at Ρ1; or

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(ii) (a’) Proline at Ρ1 and

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(b’) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid,

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cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine,

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lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine,

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valine or synthetic amino acids at Ρ1 ’

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for maintaining gastrointestinal cell health of an animal; or for maintaining or improving ATP levels in gastrointestinal cells of an animal; or for maintaining or improving tight junction integrity in gastrointestinal cells of an animal.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

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Embodiments of the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to accompanying drawings, in which:

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Figure 1 shows a plasmid map of the expression vector pTTT-pyrG-TRI083.

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Figure 2 shows a pH profile for a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase.

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Figure 3 shows a graph displaying the activity of a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase at various temperatures.

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Figure 4 shows enzyme activity when Alphalase® AFP (herein referred to as AFP) (an acid protease) is used in combination with a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase at different dosages of each enzyme.

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Figure 5 shows the ability of a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase to cleave the substrate ΑΑΡΡΑ over time.

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Figure 6 shows the production of the cleavage product ΑΑΡ from an ΑΑΡΡΑ substrate over time.

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Figure 7 shows a plasmid map of the expression vector pTTT-pyrG13-TRI071. The endogenous signal sequence was replaced by the secretion signal sequence from the Trichoderma reesei acidic fungal protease (AFP) and an intron from a Trichoderma reesei glycoamylase gene (TrGA1) (see lower portion of Figure 7).

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Figure 8 shows dose response of Alphalase® AFP on protein hydrolysis of corn soy feed. Dashed line represents the control where only pepsin and pancreatin were used.

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Figure 9 shows the dependence of DH on enzyme composition in the feed sample.

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Figure 10 shows the effect of feed treatment by Alphalase® AFP and proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase at different conditions. Solid bars represent the treatment at 40°C for 100 min. Empty bars represent the treatment at 40°C for 200 min.

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Figure 11 shows the effect of commercial proteases compared to a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase on ileal Ν digestibility %.

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Figure 12 shows the effect of commercial proteases compared to a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase on ileal digestiblity of energy (MJ/kg).

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Figure 13 shows the ATP content of the intestinal epithelial cells treated with proteases mixed directly with cell cultivation medium for one hour. Full bars - treatment by Commercial Protease 1; Empty bars - treatment by Commercial Protease 2; Bars with diagonal stripes treatment by TRI083 (TRI083 as used herein mean an enzyme having the mature peptide sequence shown herein as SEQ ID No. 29); Bars with horizontal stripes - treatment by combination of TRI083 and Alphalase® AFP (dosages indicated for each enzyme).

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Figure 14 shows the ATP content of the intestinal epithelial cells treated for one hour with in vitro digested feed with proteases. Full bars - treatment by Commercial Protease 1 (plus control of digestion); Empty bars - treatment by Commercial Protease 2; Bars with diagonal stripes - treatment by TRI083; Bars with horizontal stripes - treatment by combination of TRI083 and Alphalase® AFP (dosages indicated for each enzyme).

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Figure 15 shows FITC-Dextran permeability after four hours treatment. Full bars - treatment by Commercial Protease 1; Empty bars - treatment by Commercial Protease 2; Bars with diagonal stripes - treatment by TRI083; Bars with horizontal stripes - treatment by combination of TRI083 and Alphalase® AFP (dosages indicated for each enzyme).

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Figure 16 shows relative changes in TEER for different treatments calculated from the value before the application of the test substances and after 4 hours of application. Full bars treatment by Commercial Protease 1; Empty bars - treatment by Commercial Protease 2;

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Bars with diagonal stripes - treatment by TRI083; Bars with horizontal stripes - treatment by combination of TRI083 and Alphalase® AFP (dosages indicated for each enzyme)

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Figure 17 shows alignments between a number of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase amino acid sequences. The xEANLD, y’Tzx’G and QNFSV motifs are shown (boxed).

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Figure 18 shows improvements in ileal Ν digestibility (%) versus the NC with supplementation of commercial proteases A + Β and tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083).

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Figure 19 shows improvements in ileal digestible energy (MJ/kg) versus the NC with supplementation of commercial proteases A + Β and tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083).

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Figure 20 shows the effect of supplementation of commercial proteases A + Β and tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083) on BWG of broilers.

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Figure 21 shows the effect of supplementation of commercial proteases A + Β and tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083) on FCR of broilers.

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Figure 22 shows the effect of pH on TRI045 (a tripeptidyl peptidase having pre-pro sequence SEQ ID No. 98 and mature protein SEQ ID No. 99) activity using AAF-pNA as substrate (values are the average of one test with 0.8 μΐ TRI045 (η=2).

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Figure 23 shows a plasmid map of the expression vector pTTT-pyrG13-TRI045.

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Figure 24 shows a pH profile for the tripeptidyl peptidase TRI045.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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A seminal finding of the present invention is that a tripeptidyl peptidase can have exopeptidase activity on a substrate having proline at Ρ1 and/or ΡΤ as well as any other amino acid at Ρ1 and/or ΡΤ. This is highly surprising as tripeptidyl peptidases that have been documented in the art typically are inhibited when proline is at Ρ1 or are active when proline is at Ρ1 but inactive when an amino acid other than proline is present at position Ρ1 in the substrate, this is sometimes referred to herein as a proline-specific tripeptidyl peptidase. The inventors have shown for the first time that a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase according to the present invention is highly advantageous for use in feed and feedstuffs and confers advantages to an animal fed the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase or a feed additive composition comprising the same.

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Advantageously, a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase taught for use in the present invention is capable of acting on a wide range of peptide and/or protein substrates and due to having such a broad substrate-specificity is not readily inhibited from cleaving substrates enriched in certain amino acids (e.g. proline). The use of such a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase therefore may efficiently and/or rapidly breakdown protein substrates (e.g. present in feed and/or feedstuffs). This confers the further advantage of efficiently and/or rapidly digesting a protein substrate in situ in an animal fed with such a protein substrate (e.g. as present in a feed or feedstuff) allowing rapid and/or efficient uptake of digested peptides by the animal.

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Based on these findings, there is provided a method of preparing a feed additive composition comprising: (a) admixing at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having (i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and (Β) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine or synthetic amino acids at Ρ1; or (ii) (a’) Proline at ΡΤ; and (b’) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine or synthetic amino acids at ΡΤ; and one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of: a salt, polyol including sorbitol and glycerol, wheat or a wheat component, sodium acetate, sodium acetate trihydrate, potassium sorbate Talc, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), benzoate, sorbiate, 1,3-propane diol, glucose, parabens, sodium chloride, citrate, metabisulfite, formate or a combination thereof; and (b) optionally packaging.

[130]

The invention also provides a feed additive composition obtainable (preferably obtained) by the method of the foregoing embodiment.

[131]

The term “admixing” as used herein refers to the mixing of one or more ingredients and/or enzymes where the one or more ingredients or enzymes are added in any order and in any combination. Suitably, admixing may relate to mixing one or more ingredients and/or enzymes simultaneously or sequentially.

[132]

In one embodiment the one or more ingredients and/or enzymes may be mixed sequentially. Preferably, the one or more ingredients and/or enzymes may be mixed simultaneously.

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Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in the methods and/or uses or comprised in any of the products of the present invention may be capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having proline at Ρ1; and an amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine or synthetic amino acids at Ρ1.

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Alternatively or additionally, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in the methods and/or uses or comprised in any of the products of the present invention may be capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having proline at Ρ1 and an amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine or synthetic amino acids at Ρ1

[135]

The term “proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase” as used herein relates to an exopeptidase which can cleave tripeptides from the N-terminus of a peptide, oligopeptide and/or protein substrate. A “proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase” is capable of cleaving peptide bonds where proline is at position Ρ1 as well as cleaving peptide bonds where an amino acid other than proline is at Ρ1 and/or capable of cleaving peptide bonds where proline is at position ΡΤ as well as cleaving peptide bonds where an amino acid other than proline is at ΡΤ.

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In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is not an endoprotease.

[137]

In another embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is not an enzyme which cleaves tetrapeptides from the N-terminus of a substrate.

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In a further embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is not an enzyme which cleaves dipeptides from the N-terminus of a substrate.

[139]

In a yet further embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is not an enzyme which cleaves single amino acids from the N-terminus of a substrate.

[140]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be capable of cleaving peptide bonds where proline is at position Ρ1 as well as cleaving peptide bonds where an amino acid other than proline is at Ρ1.

[141]

In another embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be capable of cleaving peptide bonds where proline is at position ΡΤ as well as cleaving peptide bonds where an amino acid other than proline is at ΡΤ.

[142]

Suitably, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may also be able to cleave peptide bonds where the proline present at position Ρ1 and/or Ρ1 ’ is present in its cis or trans configuration.

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Suitably an “amino acid other than proline” may be an amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine or synthetic amino acids.

[144]

In another embodiment the “amino acid other than proline” may be an amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine or valine.

[145]

Suitably, in such an embodiment synthetic amino acids may be excluded.

[146]

Preferably, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be able to cleave peptide bonds where proline is present at position Ρ1 and Ρ1

[147]

It is surprising that a tripeptidyl peptidase can act on a substrate having proline at position Ρ1 and/or Ρ1 It is even more surprising that in addition to this activity a tripeptidyl peptidase may also have activity when an amino acid other than proline is present at position Ρ1 and/or P1’.

[148]

In addition to having activity on any of the various substrates as described above the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in the present invention may additionally be tolerant of proline at one or more positions selected from the group consisting of: Ρ2, P2’, Ρ3 and P3’.

[149]

Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase in addition to having the activities described above may be tolerant of proline at position Ρ2, P2’, Ρ3 and P3’.

[150]

This is advantageous as it allows the efficient cleavage of peptide and/or protein substrates having stretches of proline and allows cleavage of a wide range of peptide and/or protein substrates.

[151]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may have a high activity on peptides and/or proteins having one or more of lysine, arginine or glycine in the Ρ1 position.

[152]

The tripeptidyl peptide, e.g. proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in the methods and/or uses of the present invention may be formulated in any appropriate manner known in the art.

[153]

In some embodiments further ingredients may be admixed with the tripeptidyl peptidase such as salts such as Na₂S0₄, maltodextrin, limestone (calcium carbonate), cyclodextrin, wheat or a wheat component, starch, Talc, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyols such as sorbitol and glycerol, benzoate, sorbiate, sugars such as sucrose and glucose, propylene glycol, 1,3-propane diol, parabens, sodium chloride, citrate, acetate, sodium acetate, phosphate, calcium, metabisulfite, formate or mixtures thereof.

[154]

In a preferred embodiment the food additive composition or feed additive composition according to the present invention comprises the tripeptidyl peptidase according to the present invention orfermentate according to the present invention and further comprises one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of: a salt, polyol including sorbitol and glycerol, wheat or a wheat component, sodium acetate, sodium acetate trihydrate, potassium sorbate Talc, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), benzoate, sorbiate, 1,3-propane diol, glucose, parabens, sodium chloride, citrate, metabisulfite, formate or a combination thereof.

[155]

In one embodiment the salt may be selected from the group consisting of: Na₂S0₄, NaH₂P0₄, Na₂HP0₄, Na₃P0₄, (NH₄)H₂P0₄, K₂HP0₄, KH₂P0₄, K₂S0₄, KHS0₄, ZnS0₄, MgS0₄, CuS0₄, Mg(N0₃)₂, (NH₄)₂S0₄, sodium borate, magnesium acetate, sodium citrate or combinations thereof.

[156]

In some embodiment polyols may be admixed with the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase.

[157]

Polyols such as glycerol and/or sorbitol may be admixed in amounts from 5% (w/w) - 70% (w/w), preferably 10-20% (w/w), preferably 20-50% (w/w) and more preferably 10-50% (w/w) and more preferably 10- 30% (w/w) with % (w/w) meaning % (weight polyol / weight solution), without wishing to be bound by theory a lower concentration of 10% polyol might help increasing the solubility and storage stability of the enzyme. However many commercial enzymes require 30% glycerol to keep the enzyme stable over time in the concentration of interest. Higher polyol at 50% might still improve stability further, but at this polyol level also the benefit of lower water activity is an advantage for microbial preservation. In particular for food enzymes this can be very important at neutral pH, where the choice of good preservatives are limited.

[158]

Sugars (in particular glucose) may be admixed with the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase. Sugars like glucose, fructose, sucrose, maltose, lactose, trehalose are all examples of substances that for many enzymes can be an alternative to using polyols. Suitably they (particularly glucose) may be used in the range 5% (w/w) - 50% (w/w) either alone or in combination with polyols.

[159]

Sodium acetate may be admixed in amounts from 5% (w/w) - 50% (w/w), preferably 8 - 40% preferably 8 - 12 % (w/w), preferably 10 - 50% and more preferably 10 - 30% (w/w) with % (w/w) meaning % (weight sodium acetate / weight solution).

[160]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be admixed with a preservative.

[161]

Suitably the preservative may be benzoate, such as sodium benzoate, and/or potassium sorbate. These preservatives can be typically used in a combined concentration of about 0.1

[162]

- 1%, suitably about 0.2 - 0.5%. Sodium benzoate is most efficient at pH < 5.5 and sodium sorbate at pH < 6.

[163]

In one embodiment the one or more ingredients (e.g. used for the formulation of the enzyme when used in the methods and/or uses of the present invention) may be selected from the group consisting of: a wheat carrier, a polyol, a sugar, a salt and a preservative.

[164]

Suitably the sugar is sorbitol.

[165]

Suitably the salt is sodium sulphate.

[166]

[167]

Suitably the one or more ingredients (e.g. used for the formulation of the feed additive composition and/or feed and/or feedstuff and/or premix) may be selected from the group consisting of: a wheat carrier, sorbitol and sodium sulphate.

[168]

Suitably, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be admixed with a wheat carrier.

[169]

Suitably, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be admixed with sorbitol.

[170]

Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be admixed with sodium sulphate.

[171]

In a preferred embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in the methods and/or uses of the present invention may be formulated with a carrier comprising (or consisting essentially of; or consisting of) a salt, polyol including sorbitol and glycerol, wheat or a wheat component, sodium acetate, sodium acetate trihydrate, potassium sorbate Talc, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), benzoate, sorbiate, 1,3-propane diol, glucose, parabens, sodium chloride, citrate, metabisulfite, formate or a combination thereof.

[172]

In a preferred embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in the methods and/or uses of the present invention may be formulated with a carrier comprising (or consisting essentially of; or consisting of) Na₂S0₄, NaH₂P0₄, Na₂HP0₄, Na₃P0₄, (NH₄)H₂P0₄, K₂HP0₄, KH₂P0₄, K₂S0₄, KHS0₄, ZnS0₄, MgS0₄, CuS0₄, Mg(N0₃)₂, (NH₄)₂S0₄, sodium borate, magnesium acetate, sodium citrate or combinations thereof.

[173]

In one embodiment, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in the methods and/or uses of the present invention may be formulated with Na₂S0₄.

[174]

The feed additive composition of the present invention suitably comprises the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase formulated with a carrier comprising (or consisting essentially of; or consisting of) a salt, polyol including sorbitol and glycerol, wheat or a wheat component, sodium acetate, sodium acetate trihydrate, potassium sorbate Talc, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), benzoate, sorbiate, 1,3-propane diol, glucose, parabens, sodium chloride, citrate, metabisulfite, formate or a combination thereof.

[175]

In one embodiment the feed additive composition of the present invention suitably comprises the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase formulated with a carrier comprising (or consisting essentially of; or consisting of) Na₂S0₄, NaH₂P0₄, Na₂HP0₄, Na₃P0₄, (NH₄)H₂P0₄, K₂HP0₄, KH₂P0₄, K₂S0₄, KHS0₄, ZnS0₄, MgS0₄, CuS0₄, Mg(N0₃)₂, (NH₄)₂S0₄, sodium borate, magnesium acetate, sodium citrate or combinations thereof.

[176]

In one embodiment the feed additive composition of the present invention suitably comprises the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase formulated with Na₂S0₄.

[177]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in the present invention may be a thermostable proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase.

[178]

The term “thermostable” means that an enzyme retains its activity when heated to temperatures of up to about 75°C. Suitably “thermostable” may mean that an enzyme retains its activity when heated to about 80 °C, more suitably about 90°C.

[179]

Advantageously, a thermostable proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is less prone to being denatured e.g. under the heat treatment of the feed pelleting process and/or will retain its activity for a longer period of time in e.g. an animal when compared to a non-thermostable variant.

[180]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may have activity in a range of about pH 2 to about pH 7. Suitably, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may have activity in a range of about pH 4 to about pH 7, more suitably in a range of about pH 4.5 to about pH 6.5.

[181]

In another embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may have activity at an acidic pH (suitably, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may have optimum activity at acidic pH). The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may have activity at a pH of less than about pH 6, more suitably less than about pH 5. Preferably, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may have activity at a pH of between about 2.5 to about pH 4.0, more suitably at between about 3.0 to about 3.3. In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may have activity at a pH around 2.5.

[182]

Advantageously, a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase having activity at an acidic pH can be active in the upper gastrointestinal tract of an animal (e.g. in the gizzard, proventriculus or stomach) and/or can digest a peptide and/or protein substrate in combination with endogenous proteases (e.g. pepsin, trypsin or chymotrypsin) that are present in the gastrointestinal tract of the animal.

[183]

Many current feeding practices involve administering an alkaline protease active at a high pH (e.g. pH 8) to animals. Alkaline proteases are therefore only active lower down (e.g. later) in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal where the gastrointestinal tract becomes more alkaline, such as in the later part of the small intestine and the large intestine and caecum. Without wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that producing oligopeptides in the later parts of the gastrointestinal tract increases populations of microbes which utilise the oligopeptides which in turn can lead to enteric disease challenges and/or reduced nutrients available for uptake by the animal. Additionally, later in the gastrointestinal tract (i.e. lower down) the mucosa is less well-protected than in the upper portions (e.g. the gizzard, proventriculus or stomach) and so is more easily damaged leading to inflammation. Advantageously, the use of a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase having activity at an acid pH alleviates this problem as it is capable of digesting its substrate in the upper gastrointestinal tract thereby not substantially increasing populations of microbes and/or increasing the amount of nutrient (e.g. amino acids/peptides) available for uptake by an animal and/or reducing inflammation.

[184]

Chicken peptide transporter ΡΕΡΤ1 is most highly expressed in the duodenum compared to the jejunum and ileum (Chen et al (2009) J. Anim. Sci. 77:1277-1283 the teaching of which is incorporated herein by reference), therefore the inventors have identified that a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase having activity at an acid pH may facilitate the uptake of peptides by an animal as the digestion of the protein and/or peptide substrate (e.g. present in a feed and/or feedstuff) will be available for uptake by the animal, early in the gastrointestinal tract, in the duodenum. This is in contrast to alkaline proteases which are not active early on in the gastrointestinal tract.

[185]

In one embodiment at least one endoprotease may be used in combination with the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for any of the applications herein. At least one endoprotease may also be comprised in the feed additive composition, feedstuff, kit or premix described herein.

[186]

The term “endoprotease” as used herein is synonymous with the term “endopeptidase” and refers to an enzyme which is a proteolytic peptidase capable of cleaving internal peptide bonds of a peptide or protein substrate (e.g. not located towards the C or N-terminus of the peptide or protein substrate). Such endoproteases may be defined as one that tends to act away from the N-terminus or C-terminus.

[187]

In one embodiment the endoprotease may be one or more selected from the group consisting of: a serine protease, an aspartic acid protease, a cysteine protease, a metalloprotease, a threonine protease, a glutamic acid protease and a protease selected from the family of ungrouped proteases.

[188]

In one embodiment the endoprotease may be one or more selected from the group consisting of: an acid fungal protease, a subtilisin, a chymotrypsin, a trypsin, a pepsin, papain, bromalin, thermostable bacterial neutral metalloendopeptidase, metalloneutral endopeptidase, alkaline serine protease, fungal endoprotease or from the group of commercial protease products Alphalase® AFP, Alphalase® FP2, Alphalase® ΝΡ.

[189]

Suitably, the endoprotease may be an acid endoprotease.

[190]

Preferably the endoprotease may be an acid fungal protease.

[191]

Advantageously, the use of an endoprotease in combination with a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase can increase the efficiency of substrate cleavage. Without wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that an endoprotease is able to cleave a peptide and/or protein substrate at multiple regions away from the C or N-terminus, thereby producing more Νterminal ends for the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase to use as a substrate, thereby advantageously increasing reaction efficiency and/or reducing reaction times.

[192]

The use of an acid endoprotease and a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase having activity at an acid pH is highly advantageous as the two enzymes can co-operate to digest a peptide and/or protein substrate in the upper gastrointestinal tract (e.g. gizzard, proventriculus or stomach) of an animal and can be active in combination with other endogenous proteases (e.g. pepsin) present in the animal.

[193]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in accordance with the present invention may be an “in-feed” proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase.

[194]

The term “in-feed” as used herein means that the enzyme (e.g. the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and/or endoprotease) is functional, preferably primarily functional, more preferably solely functional, in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of the animal. In other words, the term “in-feed” as used herein means that the enzyme is substantially inactive (or is inactive) in the feed additive composition and/or feedstuff and/or feed and/or feed ingredient and/or premix prior to feeding the feed additive composition and/or feedstuff and/or feed and/or feed ingredient and/or premix to an animal.

[195]

There term “primarily functional” means that the enzyme mainly functions on its substrate once it enters the GIT. In other words, prior to entering the GIT the level of enzyme activity defined as the amount of cleavage of peptide and/or protein substrates to tripeptides is less than about 20%, suitably less than about 10%, preferably less than about 5%, of the level of enzyme activity after it enters the GIT (particularly, after it enters the gizzard, proventriculus or stomach of the animal).

[196]

Suitably, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and/or the endoprotease is/are active in the duodenum and parts of the gastrointestinal tract of the animal preceding the duodenum (e.g. parts of the GIT that feed encounters earlier in the digestion process).

[197]

The term “solely functional” as used herein means that the enzyme is inactive before entering the GIT and is activated upon entering the GIT.

[198]

The term “inactive” as used herein means that the enzyme is not active. This may mean that the enzyme’s activity is somehow inhibited or that the enzyme is in an environment in which it is inactive or that the enzyme is presented to its substrate immediately prior to feeding to the animal such that there is not enough time to be active. The “inactivity” of the enzyme may be in any event reversible once it enters the GIT of an animal.

[199]

Therefore, suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase (optionally in combination with an endoprotease) is admixed with the at least one protein or portion thereof immediately prior to feeding the feed additive composition to an animal.

[200]

The term “substantially inactive” as used herein means that the enzyme has low activity compared with its activity once it has entered the GIT (e.g. in the gizzard, proventriculus or stomach of the animal). For instance, substantially inactive may mean that the enzyme in the feed additive composition and/or feed and/or feedstuff and/or feed ingredient and/or premix has less than 10% of its activity when compared with its activity in the GIT (particularly, in the gizzard, proventriculus or stomach of the animal).

[201]

Maintaining the “in-feed” enzyme in an inactive or substantially inactive state in the feed additive composition and/or feedstuff and/or feed and/or feed ingredient and/or premix can be achieved in a number of ways known to one skilled in the art.

[202]

By way of example only maintaining the water content (wt %) of the feed additive composition and/or feedstuff and/or feed and/or feed ingredient and/or premix at less than 15%, preferably less than 10%, is sufficient to ensure that the in-feed enzyme is inactive or substantially inactive in the feed additive composition and/or feedstuff and/or feed and/or feed ingredient and/or premix.

[203]

In one embodiment the feed additive composition and/or feedstuff and/or feed and/or feed ingredient and/or premix, post-admixing the in-feed enzyme, are (maintained and/or stored) in a dry state or substantially dry state.

[204]

The term “dry state” as used herein means that the in-feed enzyme and/or the feed additive composition contains no or only a very low amount of water. In other words the term “dry state” as used herein may mean that the in-feed enzyme and/or the feed additive composition comprises less than 5%, preferably less than 1%, water content (wt %).

[205]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and/or endoprotease for use in the methods and/or uses and/or products of the present invention may in a dry or substantially dry state.

[206]

In another embodiment a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in any of the methods and/or uses and/or products of the invention may be admixed with a composition comprising at least one protein or at least a portion of a protein, wherein the composition, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase or combinations thereof are in a dry or substantially dry state when admixed. Suitably an endoprotease may be further admixed.

[207]

The term “dry or substantially dry state” when used herein means that the composition, proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase, endoprotease or combinations thereof contains only a very low amount of water. In other words the term “substantially dry state” as used herein may mean that the composition, proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase, endoprotease or combinations thereof comprises less than 15%, preferably less than 10%, water content (wt %).

[208]

In one embodiment, the composition, proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase, endoprotease or combinations thereof may be dried prior to, during or after (preferably prior to) use in the methods and/or uses of the invention.

[209]

In another embodiment the composition, proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase, endoprotease or combinations thereof either before or after use in the methods and/or uses of the invention comprises less than 15 wt % moisture content.

[210]

[211]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase (e.g. “in-feed” proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase), endoprotease or combinations thereof may be maintained in an inactive or substantially inactive state in the feed additive composition and/or feedstuff and/or feed and/or feed ingredient and/or premix by physically preventing the enzyme from interacting with its substrate. For example the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase (e.g. “in-feed” proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase), endoprotease or combinations thereof may be encapsulated prior to its use in the methods and/or uses feed additive composition and/or feedstuff and/or feed and/or feed ingredient and/or premix of the invention.

[212]

When the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase (e.g. “in-feed” proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase), endoprotease or combinations thereof is physically prevented from interacting with its substrate in the feed additive composition and/or feedstuff and/or feed and/or feed ingredient and/or premix, then once in the GIT the physical barrier is removed thus allowing the interaction of the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase (e.g. “in-feed” proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase), endoprotease or combinations thereof with its substrate.

[213]

By way of example only, the encapsulation may be removed by passage of the encapsulated proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase (e.g. “in-feed proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase), endoprotease or combinations thereof through the gizzard, proventriculus or stomach of an animal. The gizzard, proventriculus or stomach of an animal is at very low (acidic) pH (e.g. pH 2-4). This acidity can be used to activate encapsulated enzymes.

[214]

In one embodiment the enzyme may be encapsulated by a polymer, such as chitin or chitosans, gelatin, gum arabic or wax for example. By way of example only the polymer may be a gelatin or gum arabic as taught in Xue et al Food Funct. 2013, Apr 25; 6 Feb (epub); 4 (4) 610-7. Alternatively, the polymer may a chitosan-based hydrogel as taught in Zhang et al Biomacromolecules 2011,12,2894-2901.

[215]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase (e.g. “in-feed” proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase), endoprotease or combinations thereof may be activated by feeding the enzyme to an animal.

[216]

The term “inactive” as used herein may mean that the enzyme is presented to its substrate immediately prior to feeding to the animal such that there is not enough time to be active before it enters the GIT of the animal.

[217]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in the present invention is part of a fermentate.

[218]

As used herein the term “fermentate” refers to the mixture of constituents present following (e.g. at the end of) the culturing of a host cell which fermentate includes the tripeptidyl peptidase (e.g. proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase), e.g. expressed by the host cell. The fermentate may comprises as well as the tripeptidyl peptidase in accordance with the present invention other components such as particulate matter, solids, substrates not utilised during culturing, debris, media, cell waste, etc. In one aspect, host cells (and particularly any spores) are removed from the fermentate and/or inactivated to provide a cell-free fermentate. In other embodiments the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in the present invention is isolated or purified.

[219]

The present enzymes, including combinations of 3ΡΡ and an endoprotease, are also useful in a starch conversion process, particularly in a saccharification and fermentation process of gelatinized, raw, and or granular starch that has undergone liquefaction. The desired endproduct (often referred to as an “end-of-fermentation” or “EOF” product) may be any product that may be produced by the enzymatic conversion of the starch substrate. For example, the desired product may be a syrup rich in glucose and maltose, which can be used in other processes, such as the preparation of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), or which can be converted into a number of other useful products, such as an ascorbic acid intermediates {e.g., gluconate; 2-keto-L-gulonic acid; 5-keto-gluconate; and 2,5-diketogluconate); 1,3-propanediol; amino acids {e.g., tyrosine, serine, lysine, glutamic acid, glycine, phenylalanine and tryptophan); organic acids {e.g., lactate, pyruvate, succinate, citrate, isocitrate, gluconate, itaconate, and oxaloacetate); antibiotics; antimicrobials; enzymes; vitamins;

[220]

hormones; ethanol, butanol, and other alcohols; glucono delta-lactone; sodium erythorbate;

[221]

omega-3 fatty acid; isoprene; and other biochemicals and biomaterials. One skilled in the art is aware of various fermentation conditions that may be used in the production of these EOF products.

[222]

Those of skill in the art are well aware of available methods that may be used to prepare starch substrates for conversion. Useful starch substrates may be obtained from tubers, roots, stems, legumes, cereals or whole grain. More specifically, the granular starch may be obtained from corn, cobs, wheat, barley, rye, triticale, milo, sago, millet, cassava, tapioca, sorghum, rice, peas, bean, banana, or potatoes. The starch substrate can be a crude starch from milled whole grain, which contains non-starch fractions, e.g., germ residues and fibers.

[223]

Liquefaction generally involves gelatinization of starch simultaneously with or followed by the addition of an a-amylase, although additional liquefaction-inducing enzymes optionally may be added. In some cases, liquefaction of starch is performed at or below the gelatinization temperature, typically requires similar classes of enzymes with different performance criteria. The liquefied starch can be saccharified into a syrup with a lower degree of polymerization (DP) using a-amylases, optionally in the presence of other enzymes. The exact composition of the products of saccharification depends on the combination of enzymes used, as well as the type of granular starch processed.

[224]

The present enzymes may be added during liquefaction and/or saccharification as an isolated enzyme solution, dried or granular enzyme, clarified broth, ultrafiltrate concentrate, or whole cell broth, optionally as part of a blend. The present enzymes can be also added in the form of a cultured cell material produced by host cells expressing the enzymes. The present enzymes may also be secreted by a host cell into the reaction medium during the fermentation or simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) process, such that the enzyme is provided continuously into the reaction (see, below). The host cell producing and secreting the present enzymes may also express an additional enzyme, such as a glucoamylase and/or a-amylase. The host cell can be engineered to express a broad spectrum of various saccharolytic enzymes.

[225]

The soluble starch hydrolysate produced by treatment with amylase can be converted into high fructose starch-based syrup, such as high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). This conversion can be achieved using a glucose isomerase, particularly a glucose isomerase immobilized on a solid support.

[226]

Soluble starch hydrolysate, particularly a glucose rich syrup, can be fermented by contacting the starch hydrolysate with a fermenting organism. Ethanologenic microorganisms include yeast, such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae and bacteria, e.g., Zymomonas mobilis, expressing alcohol dehydrogenase and pyruvate decarboxylase. Commercial sources of yeast include ETHANOL REDO (LeSaffre); THERMOSACC0 (Lallemand); RED STAR0 (Red Star); FERMIOL0 (DSM Specialties); and SUPERSTART0 (Alltech). Microorganisms that produce other EOF (such as those mentioned, above) are also known in the art. As mentioned, above, the saccharification and fermentation processes may be carried out as an SSF process, wherein the fermenting organism expresses the present enzymes, optionally with one or more additional enzymes, such as a glucoamylase and/or a-amylase. Fermentation may comprise subsequent enrichment, purification, and recovery of the EOF.

[227]

KITS

[228]

In one aspect there is provided a kit comprising at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

[229]

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

[230]

[231]

(ii) (a’) Proline at ΡΤ; and

[232]

[233]

Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

[234]

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

[235]

[236]

(ii) (a’) Proline at ΡΤ; and

[237]

[238]

More suitably, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having proline at position Ρ1 and at position ΡΤ.

[239]

Suitably the kit may further comprise at least one endoprotease.

[240]

The endoprotease may be compartmentalised separately to the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase or the two enzymes may be mixed.

[241]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and/or endoprotease may be formulated in any manner as described herein or known to the person skilled in the art.

[242]

Suitably when the kit comprises a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase in combination with at least one endoprotease the instructions may be instructions for co-administering the same.

[243]

The term “coadministering” as used herein means administering one or more ingredients and/or enzyme either separately (e.g. sequentially) or together (e.g. simultaneously).

ACTIVITY AND ASSAYS

[244]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in the present invention predominantly has exopeptidase activity.

[245]

The term “exopeptidase” activity as used herein means that the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of a substrate, such as a protein and/or peptide substrate.

[246]

The term “predominantly has exopeptidase activity” as used herein means that the tripeptidyl peptidase has no or substantially no endoprotease activity.

[247]

“Substantially no endoprotease activity” means that the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase or exo-peptidase of the S53 family has less than about 100U endoprotease activity in the “Endoprotease Assay” taught herein when compared to 1000nkat of exopeptidase activity in the “Exopeptidase Broad-Specificity Assay (EBSA)” taught herein. Suitably, “substantially no endoprotease activity” means that the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase has less than about 100U endoprotease activity in the “Endoprotease Assay” taught herein when compared to 1000nkat of exopeptidase activity in the “Exopeptidase Broad-Specificity Assay” taught herein.

[248]

Preferably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase or exo-peptidase of the S53 family may have less than about 10U endoprotease activity in the “Endoprotease Assay” taught herein when compared to 1000 nkat of exopeptidase activity in the “Exopeptidase Broad-Specificity Assay” taught herein, more preferably less than about 1U endoprotease activity in the “Endoprotease Assay” taught herein when compared to 1000 nkat of exopeptidase activity in the “Exopeptidase Broad-Specificity Assay” taught herein. Even more preferably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase or exo-tripeptidyl peptidase may have less than about 0.1 U endoprotease activity in the “Endoprotease Assay” taught herein when compared to 1000 nkat of exopeptidase activity in the “Exopeptidase Broad-Specificity Assay” taught herein.

[249]

“ENDOPROTEASE ASSAY”

[250]

Azoscasein assay for endoprotease activity

[251]

A modified version of the endoprotease assay described by Iversen and Jorgensen, 1995 (Biotechnology Techniques 9, 573-576) is used. An enzyme sample of 50 μΐ is added to 250 μΐ of azocasein (0.25% w/v; from Sigma) in 4 times diluted Mcllvaine buffer, pH 5 and incubated for 15 min at 40°C with shaking (800 rpm). The reaction is terminated by adding 50 μΐ of 2 Μ trichloroacetic acid (TCA) (from Sigma Aldrich, Denmark) and centrifugation for 5 min at 20,000 g. To a 195 μΐ sample of the supernatant 65 μΐ of 1 Μ NaOH is added and absorbance at 450 nm is measured. One unit of endoprotease activity is defined as the amount which yields an increase in absorbance of 0.1 in 15 min at 40°C at 450 nm.

“EXOPEPTIDASE ASSAY”

[252]

There are two parts to the assay:

Part 1 - “Exopeptidase Broad-Specificity Assay” (EBSA)

[253]

10 pL of the chromogenic peptide solution (10 mM H-Ala-Ala-Ala-pNA dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO); MW = 387.82; Bachem, Switzerland) were added to 130 μΐ Na-acetate (20 mM, adjusted to pH 4.0 with acetic acid) in a microtiter plate and heated for 5 minutes at 40°C. 10 pL of appropriately diluted enzyme was added and the absorption was measured in a ΜΤΡ reader (Versa max, Molecular Devices, Denmark) at 405 nm. One katal of proteolytic activity was defined as the amount of enzyme required to release 1 mole of p-nitroaniline per second.

[254]

Part 2 (i) - Ρ1 Proline Assay

[255]

(a) Dissolve the substrate H-Arg-Gly-Pro-Phe-Pro-lle-lle-Val (MW = 897.12; from Schafer-N, Copenhagen in 10 times diluted Mcllvain buffer, ρΗ=4.5 at 1 mg/ml concentration. (b) Incubate 1000 ul of the substrate solution with 10 ug of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase solution at 40°C.

[256]

(c) Take 100 ul samples at seven time points (0, 30, 60, 120, 720 and 900 min), dilute with 50ul 5% TFA, heat inactivate (10 min at 80°C) and keep at -20°C until LC-MS analysis;

[257]

(d) Perform LC-MC/MS analysis using an Agilent 1100 Series Capillary HPLC system (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA) interfaced to a LTQ Orbitrap Classic hybrid mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific, Bremen, Germany);

[258]

(℮) Load samples onto a 50 mm Fortis™ C18 column with an inner diameter of 2.1 mm and a practical size of 1.7 pm

[259]

(f) Perform separation at a flow rate of 200pL/min using a 14 min gradient of 2-28% Solvent Β (H20/CH3CN/ HCOOH (50/950/0.65 ν/ν/ν)) into the lonMAX source- The LTQ Orbitrap Classic instrument was operated in a data-dependent MS/MS mode;

[260]

(g) Measure the peptide masses by the Orbitrap (obtain MS scans with a resolution of 60.000 at m/z 400), and select up to 2 of the most intense peptide m/z and subject to fragmentation using CID in the linear ion trap (LTQ). Enable dynamic exclusion with a list size of 500 masses, duration of 40 s, and an exclusion mass width of ±10 ppm relative to masses on the list;

[261]

(h) Use the open source program Skyline 1.4.0.4421 (available from MacCoss Lab Software, University of Washington, Department of Genome Sciences, 3720 15^th Αν℮ ΝΕ Seattle, Washington, US) to access the RAW files and extract MS1 intensities to build chromatograms. Set the precursor isotopic import filter to a count of three, (Μ, Μ+1, and Μ+2) at a resolution of 60,000 and use the most intense charge state;

[262]

(i) Peptide sequences of the substrate and cleavage products were typed into Skyline and intensities were calculated in each sample (0, 30, 60, 120, 720 and 900 min hydrolysis).

[263]

(j) One unit of activity is defined as the amount of enzyme which in this assay will hydrolyse 50% of the substrate within 720 min while releasing Arg-Gly-Pro.

[264]

Part 2 (ii) - Ρ1 ’ Proline Assay

[265]

(a) Dissolve the peptide H-Ala-Ala-Phe-Pro-Ala-NH2 (MW = 474.5; from Schafer-N, Copenhagen) in 10 times diluted Mcllvain buffer, ρΗ=4.5 at 0.1 mg/ml concentration.

[266]

(b) Incubate 1000 ul of the substrate solution with 10 ug proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase solution at 40°C.

[267]

(c) Take 100 ul samples at seven time points (0, 30, 60, 120, 720 and 900 min), dilute with 50ul 5% TFA, heat inactivate (10 min at 80°C) and keep at -20°C until LC-MS analysis;

[268]

(d) Perform LC-MC/MS analysis using a Agilent 1100 Series Capillary HPLC system (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA) interfaced to a LTQ Orbitrap Classic hybrid mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific, Bremen, Germany);

[269]

(℮) Load samples onto a 50 mm Fortis™ C18 column with an inner diameter of 2.1 mm and a practical size of 1.7 pm

[270]

[271]

[272]

[273]

(i) Peptide sequences of the substrate as well as cleavage products were typed into Skyline and intensities were calculated in each sample.

[274]

(j) One unit of activity is defined as the amount of enzyme which in this assay will hydrolyse 50% of the substrate within 720 min while releasing Ala-Ala-Phe.

[275]

In one embodiment a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase in accordance with the present invention has an activity of at least 50 nkat in Part 1 of the activity taught herein and at least 100U activity in Part 2(i) or Part 2(ϋ) of the assay taught herein per mg of protein.

[276]

In one embodiment a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase in accordance with the present invention has an activity of between about 50-2000 nkat in Part 1 of the activity taught herein and between about 1-500 units activity in Part 2(i) or Part 2(ϋ) of the assay taught herein per mg of protein. Note the protein measurement is described in Example 2.

“P1 AND P1’ PROLINE ACTIVITY ASSAY”

[277]

Suitably the tripeptidyl peptidase for use in the present invention may be able to cleave substrates having proline at position Ρ1 and Ρ1 This can be assessed using the assay taught below.

[278]

In this assay a tripeptidyl peptidase is examined for its ability to hydrolyse a synthetic substrate ΑΑΡΡΑ by LC-MS and label free quantification.

[279]

(a) Dissolve the peptide Η-ΑΑΡΡΑ-ΝΗ2 (MW=424.3, from Schafer-N, Copenhagen) in 20 mM MES buffer, ρΗ=4.0 (1 mg/ml);

[280]

(b) Incubate 1000 ul of the Η-ΑΑΡΡΑ-ΝΗ2 solution with 200 ul proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase solution (40ug/ml) (substrate/enzyme 100:0.8) at room temperature;

[281]

(c) Take 100 ul samples at seven time points (0, 5, 15, 60, 180, 720 and 1440 min), dilute with 50ul 5% TFA, heat inactivate (10 min at 80°C) and keep at -20°C until LC-MS analysis;

[282]

(d) Perform Nano LC-MS/MS analyses using an Easy LC system (Thermo Scientific, Odense, DK) interfaced to a LTQ Orbitrap Classic hybrid mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific, Bremen, Germany);

[283]

(℮) Load samples onto a custom-made 2 cm trap column (100 pm i.d., 375 pm o.d., packed with Reprosil C18, 5 pm reversed phase particles (Dr. Maisch GmbH, Ammerbuch-Entringen, Germany)) connected to a 10 cm analytical column (75 pm i.d., 375 pm o.d., packed with Reprosil C18, 3 pm reversed phase particles (Dr. Maisch GmbH, Ammerbuch-Entringen, Germany)) with a steel needle;

[284]

(f) Perform separation at a flow rate of 300nL/min using a 10 min gradient of 0-34% Solvent Β (H20/CH3CN/TFE/HC00H (100/800//100/1 ν/ν/ν/ν)) into the nanoelectrospray ion source (Thermo Scientific, Odense, DK) - operate the LTQ Orbitrap Classic instrument in a data-dependent MS/MS mode;

[285]

(g) Measure the peptide masses by the Orbitrap (obtain MS scans with a resolution of 60 000 at m/z 400), and select up to 2 of the most intense peptide m/z and subject to fragmentation using CID in the linear ion trap (LTQ). Enable dynamic exclusion with a list size of 500 masses, duration of 40 s, and an exclusion mass width of ±10 ppm relative to masses on the list;

[286]

(h) Use the open source program Skyline 1.4.0.4421 (available from MacCoss Lab Software, University of Washington, Department of Genome Sciences, 3720 15^th Αν℮ ΝΕ Seattle, Washington, US) to access the RAW files which program can use the MS1 intensities to build chromatograms. Set the precursor isotopic import filter to a count of three, (Μ, Μ+1, and Μ+2) at a resolution of 60,000 and use the most intense charge state;

[287]

(i) Peptide sequences of the substrate as cleavage products were typed into Skyline and intensities were calculated in each sample.

[288]

(j) One unit of activity is defined as the amount of enzyme which in this assay will hydrolyse 50% of the substrate within 24 h while releasing ΑΑΡ.

[289]

In one embodiment a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase in accordance with the present invention has an activity of at least 50 nkat in Part 1 of the activity taught herein and at least 100 U activity in Part 2(i) or Part 2(ϋ) of the assay taught herein per mg of protein.

[290]

In one embodiment a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase in accordance with the present invention has an activity of between about 50-2000 nkat in Part 1 of the activity taught herein and between about 1-500 units activity in Part 2(i) or Part 2(ϋ) of the assay taught herein per mg of protein (protein concentration is calculated as in Example 2).

[291]

In one embodiment a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in the present invention may have at least 10 U activity in the “P1 and Ρ1 ’ Proline Activity Assay” taught herein per mg of protein.

[292]

In one embodiment a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase in accordance with the present invention has an activity of between about 1 U - 500 U activity in the “P1 and Ρ1 ’ Proline Activity Assay” taught herein per mg of protein.

[293]

In addition to the above, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may also have activity in accordance with Part 1 of the “Exopeptidase Activity Assay” taught above.

[294]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in the present invention may have at least 10 U activity in the “P1 and Ρ1 ’ Proline Activity Assay” taught herein and at least 50 nkatal in Part 1 of the “Exopeptidase Activity Assay” taught herein per mg of protein. In another embodiment a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase in accordance with the present invention has an activity of between about 1 U - 500 U activity in the “P1 and Ρ1 ’ Proline Activity Assay” taught herein and between about 50 U - 2000 U katal in Part 1 of the “Exopeptidase Activity Assay” taught herein per mg of protein.

AMINO ACID AND NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES

[295]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in accordance with the present invention may be obtainable (e.g. obtained) from any source so long as it has the activity described herein.

[296]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in accordance with the present invention may be obtainable (e.g. obtained) from Trichoderma.

[297]

Suitably from Trichoderma reesei, more suitably, Trichoderma reesei QM6A.

[298]

Suitably from Trichoderma virens, more suitably, Trichoderma virens Gv29-8.

[299]

Suitably from Trichoderma atroviride. More suitably, Trichoderma atroviride IMI 206040.

[300]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in accordance with the present invention may be obtainable (e.g. obtained) from Aspergillus.

[301]

Suitably from Aspergillus fumigatus, more suitably Aspergillus fumigatus CAE17675.

[302]

Suitably from Aspergillus kawachii, more suitably from Aspergillus kawachii IFO 4308.

[303]

Suitably from Aspergillus nidulans, more suitably from Aspergillus nidulans FGSC Α4.

[304]

Suitably from Aspergillus oryzae, more suitably Aspergillus oryzae RIB40.

[305]

Suitably from Aspergillus ruber, more suitably Aspergillus ruber CBS135680.

[306]

Suitably from Aspergillus terreus, more suitably from Aspergillus terreus NIH2624.

[307]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in accordance with the present invention may be obtainable (e.g. obtained) from Bipolaris, suitably from Bipolaris maydis, more suitably Bipolaris maydis C5.

[308]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in accordance with the present invention may be obtainable (e.g. obtained) from Togninia, suitably from Togninia minima more suitably Togninia minima UCRPA7.

[309]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in accordance with the present invention may be obtainable (e.g. obtained) from Talaromyces, suitably from Talaromyces stipitatus more suitably Talaromyces stipitatus ATCC 10500.

[310]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in accordance with the present invention may be obtainable (e.g. obtained) from Arthroderma, suitably from Arthroderma benhamiae more suitably Arthroderma benhamiae CBS 112371.

[311]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in accordance with the present invention may be obtainable (e.g. obtained) from Magnaporthe, suitably from Magnaporthe oryzae more suitably Magnaporthe oryzae 70-1.

[312]

In another embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in accordance with the present invention may be obtainable (e.g. obtained) from Fusarium.

[313]

Suitably from Fusarium oxysporum, more suitably from Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 4.

[314]

Suitably from Fusarium graminearum, more suitably Fusarium graminearum PH-1.

[315]

In a further embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in accordance with the present invention may be obtainable (e.g. obtained) from Phaeosphaeria, suitably from Phaeosphaeria nodorum more suitably Phaeosphaeria nodorum SN15.

[316]

In a yet further embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in accordance with the present invention may be obtainable (e.g. obtained) from Agaricus, suitably from Agaricus bisporus more suitably Agaricus bisporus var. burnettii JB137-S8.

[317]

In a yet further embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in accordance with the present invention may be obtainable (e.g. obtained) from Acremonium, suitably from Acremonium alcalophilum.

[318]

In a yet further embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in accordance with the present invention may be obtainable (e.g. obtained) from Sodiomyces, suitably from Sodiomyces alkalinus.

[319]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in accordance with the present invention may be obtainable (e.g. obtained) from Penicillium.

[320]

Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be obtainable from Penicillium digitatum, more suitably from Penicillium digitatum Pd1.

[321]

Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be obtainable from Penicillium oxalicum, more suitably from Penicillium oxalicum 114-2.

[322]

Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be obtainable from Penicillium roqueforti, more suitably from Penicillium roqueforti FM164.

[323]

Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be obtainable from Penicillium rubens, more suitably from Penicillium rubens Wisconsin 54-1255.

[324]

In another embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase for use in accordance with the present invention may be obtainable (e.g. obtained) from Neosartorya.

[325]

Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be obtainable from Neosartorya fischeri, more suitably from Neosartorya fischeri NRRL181.

[326]

In one embodiment the tripeptidyl peptidase (e.g. proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase) for use in accordance with the present invention is not obtainable (e.g. obtained) from Aspergillus niger.

[327]

SEQ

[328]

[329]

No.:

[330]

Sequence

Origin

[331]

1	MAKLSTLRLASLLSLVSVQVSASVHLLESLEKLPHGWKAAETPSPS	Trichoderma reesei QM6a
SQIVLQVALTQQNIDQLESRLAAVSTPTSSTYGKYLDVDEINSIFAP SDASSSAVESWLQSHGVTSYTKQGSSIWFQTNISTANAMLSTNFH TYSDLTGAKKVRTLKYSIPESLIGHVDLISPTTYFGTTKAMRKLKSS GVSPAADALAARQEPSSCKGTLVFEGETFNVFQPDCLRTEYSVDG YTPSVKSGSRIGFGSFLNESASFADQALFEKHFNIPSQNFSWLING GTDLPQPPSDANDGEANLDAQTILTIAHPLPITEFITAGSPPYFPDP VEPAGTPNENEPYLQYYEFLLSKSNAEIPQVITNSYGDEEQTVPRS YAVRVCNLIGLLGLRGISVLHSSGDEGVGASCVATNSTTPQFNPIF PAT C PYVT SVGGTVS F Ν Ρ EVAWAGSS G G F S YYFS RP WYQQ EAV GTYLEKYVSAETKKYYGPYVDFSGRGFPDVAAHSVSPDYPVFQG GELTPSGGTSAASPWAAIVALLNDARLREGKPTLGFLNPLIYLHAS KGFTDITSGQSEGCNGNNTQTGSPLPGAGFIAGAHWNATKGWDP TTGFGVPNLKKLLALVRF
2	SVHLLESLEKLPHGWKAAETPSPSSQIVLQVALTQQNIDQLESRLA AVSTPTSSTYGKYLDVDEINSIFAPSDASSSAVESWLQSHGVTSYT KQGSSIWFQTNISTANAMLSTNFHTYSDLTGAKKVRTLKYSIPESLI GHVDLISPTTYFGTTKAMRKLKSSGVSPAADALAARQEPSSCKGT LVFEGETFNVFQPDCLRTEYSVDGYTPSVKSGSRIGFGSFLNESA SFADQALFEKHFNIPSQNFSVVLINGGTDLPQPPSDANDGEANLDA QTILTIAHPLPITEFITAGSPPYFPDPVEPAGTPNENEPYLQYYEFLL SKSNAEIPQVITNSYGDEEQTVPRSYAVRVCNLIGLLGLRGISVLHS SGDEGVGASCVATNSTTPQFNPIFPATCPYVTSVGGTVSFNPEVA WAGSSGGFSYYFSRPWYQQEAVGTYLEKYVSAETKKYYGPYVDF SGRGFPDVAAHSVSPDYPVFQGGELTPSGGTSAASPVVAAIVALL NDARLREGKPTLGFLNPLIYLHASKGFTDITSGQSEGCNGNNTQT GSPLPGAGFIAGAHWNATKGWDPTTGFGVPNLKKLLALVRF	Trichoderma reesei QM6a
3	EAFEKLSAVPKGWHYSSTPKGNTEVCLKIALAQKDAAGFEKTVLE MSDPDHPSYGQHFTTHDEMKRMLLPRDDTVDAVRQWLENGGVT DFTQDADWINFCTTVDTANKLLNAQFKWYVSDVKHIRRLRTLQYD VPESVTPHINTIQPTTRFGKISPKKAVTHSKPSQLDVTALAAAVVAK NISHCDSIITPTCLKELYNIGDYQADANSGSKIAFASYLEEYARYADL ENFENYLAPWAKGQNFSVTTFNGGLNDQNSSSDSGEANLDLQYIL GVSAPLPVTEFSTGGRGPLVPDLTQPDPNSNSNEPYLEFFQNVLK LDQKDLPQVISTSYGENEQEIPEKYARTVCNLIAQLGSRGVSVLFS SGDSGVGEGCMTNDGTNRTHFPPQFPAACPWVTSVGATFKTTPE RGTYFSSGGFSDYWPRPEWQDEAVSSYLETIGDTFKGLYNSSGR AFPDVAAQGMNFAVYDKGTLGEFDGTSASAPAFSAVIALLNDARL RAGKPTLGFLNPWLYKTGRQGLQDITLGASIGCTGRARFGGAPDG GPWPYASWNATQGWDPVTGLGTPDFAELKKLALGN	Aspergillus oryzae RIB40
4	EPFEKLFSTPEGWKMQGLATNEQIVKLQIALQQGDVAGFEQHVIDI STPSHPSYGAHYGSHEEMKRMIQPSSETVASVSAWLKAAGINDAE IDSDWVTFKTTVGVANKMLDTKFAWYVSEEAKPRKVLRTLEYSVP DDVAEHINLIQPTTRFAAIRQNHEVAHEIVGLQFAALANNTVNCDAT ITPQCLKTLYKIDYKADPKSGSKVAFASYLEQYARYNDLALFEKAFL PEAVGQNFSWQFSGGLNDQNTTQDSGEANLDLQYIVGVSAPLPV TEFSTGGRGPWVADLDQPDEADSANEPYLEFLQGVLKLPQSELP QVISTSYGENEQSVPKSYALSVCNLFAQLGSRGVSVIFSSGDSGP GSACQSNDGKNTTKFQPQYPAACPFVTSVGSTRYLNETATGFSS GGFSDYWKRPSYQDDAVKAYFHHLGEKFKPYFNRHGRGFPDVAT QGYGFRVYDQGKLKGLQGTSASAPAFAGVIGLLNDARLKAKKPTL GFLNPLLYSNSDALNDIVLGGSKGCDGHARFNGPPNGSPVIPYAG WNATAGWDPVTGLGTPNFPKLLKAAVPSRYRA	Phaeosphaer ia nodorum SN15

[332]

5	NAAVLLDSLDKVPVGWQAASAPAPSSKITLQVALTQQNIDQLESKL AAVSTPNSSNYGKYLDVDEINQIFAPSSASTAAVESWLKSYGVDYK VQGSSIWFQTDVSTANKMLSTNFHTYTDSVGAKKVRTLQYSVPET LADHIDLISPTTYFGTSKAMRALKIQNAASAVSPLAARQEPSSCKGT IEFENRTFNVFQPDCLRTEYSVNGYKPSAKSGSRIGFGSFLNQSAS SSDLALFEKHFGFASQGFSVELINGGSNPQPPTDANDGEANLDAQ NIVSFVQPLPITEFIAGGTAPYFPDPVEPAGTPDENEPYLEYYEYLL SKSNKELPQVITNSYGDEEQTVPQAYAVRVCNLIGLMGLRGISILES SGDEGVGASCLATNSTTTPQFNPIFPATCPYVTSVGGTVSFNPEV AWDGSSGGFSYYFSRPWYQEAAVGTYLNKYVSEETKEYYKSYVD FSGRGFPDVAAHSVSPDYPVFQGGELTPSGGTSAASPIVASVIALL NDARLRAGKPALGFLNPLIYGYAYKGFTDITSGQAVGCNGNNTQT GGPLPGAGVIPGAFWNATKGWDPTTGFGVPNFKKLLELVRY	Trichoderma atroviride IMI 206040
6	KPTPGASHKVIEHLDFVPEGWQMVGAADPAAIIDFWLAIERENPEK LYDTIYDVSTPGRAQYGKHLKREELDDLLRPRAETSESIINWLTNG GVNPQHIRDEGDWVRFSTNVKTAETLMNTRFNVFKDNLNSVSKIR TLEYSVPVAISAHVQMIQPTTLFGRQKPQNSLILNPLTKDLESMSVE EFAASQCRSLVTTACLRELYGLGDRVTQARDDNRIGVSGFLEEYA QYRDLELFLSRFEPSAKGFNFSEGLIAGGKNTQGGPGSSTEANLD MQYWGLSHKAKVTYYSTAGRGPLIPDLSQPSQASNNNEPYLEQL RYLVKLPKNQLPSVLTTSYGDTEQSLPASYTKATCDLFAQLGTMG VSVIFSSGDTGPGSSCQTNDGKNATRFNPIYPASCPFVTSIGGTVG TGPERAVSFSSGGFSDRFPRPQYQDNAVKDYLKILGNQWSGLFD PNGRAFPDIAAQGSNYAVYDKGRMTGVSGTSASAPAMAAIIAQLN DFRLAKGSPVLGFLNPWIYSKGFSGFTDIVDGGSRGCTGYDIYSGL KAKKVPYASWNATKGWDPVTGFGTPNFQALTKVLP	Arthroderma benhamiae CBS 112371
7	KSYSHHAEAPKGWKVDDTARVASTGKQQVFSIALTMQNVDQLES KLLDLSSPDSKNYGQWMSQKDVTTAFYPSKEAVSSVTKWLKSKG VKHYNVNGGFIDFALDVKGANALLDSDYQYYTKEGQTKLRTLSYSI PDDVAEHVQFVDPSTNFGGTLAFAPVTHPSRTLTERKNKPTKSTV DASCQTSITPSCLKQMYNIGDYTPKVESGSTIGFSSFLGESAIYSDV FLFEEKFGIPTQNFTTVLINNGTDDQNTAHKNFGEADLDAENIVGIA HPLPFTQYITGGSPPFLPNIDQPTAADNQNEPYVPFFRYLLSQKEV PAWSTSYGDEEDSVPREYATMTCNLIGLLGLRGISVIFSSGDIGVG AGCLGPDHKTVEFNAIFPATCPYLTSVGGTVDVTPEIAWEGSSGG FSKYFPRPSYQDKAVKTYMKTVSKQTKKYYGPYTNWEGRGFPDV AGHSVSPNYEVIYAGKQSASGGTSAAAPVWAAIVGLLNDARFRAG KPSLGWLNPLVYKYGPKVLTDITGGYAIGCDGNNTQSGKPEPAGS GIVPGARWNATAGWDPVTGYGTPDFGKLKDLVLSF	Fusarium qraminearum PH-1
8	AVVIRAAVLPDAVKLMGKAMPDDIISLQFSLKQQNIDQLETRLRAVS DPSSPEYGQYMSESEVNEFFKPRDDSFAEVIDWVAASGFQDIHLT PQAAAINLAATVETADQLLGANFSWFDVDGTRKLRTLEYTIPDRLA DHVDLISPTTYFGRARLDGPRETPTRLDKRQRDPVADKAYFHLKW DRGTSNCDLVITPPCLEAAYNYKNYMPDPNSGSRVSFTSFLEQAA QQSDLTKFLSLTGLDRLRPPSSKPASFDTVLINGGETHQGTPPNKT SEANLDVQWLAAVIKARLPITQWITGGRPPFVPNLRLRHEKDNTNE PYLEFFEYLVRLPARDLPQVISNSYAEDEQTVPEAYARRVCNLIGIM GLRGVTVLTASGDSGVGAPCRANDGSDRLEFSPQFPTSCPYITAV GGTEGWDPEVAWEASSGGFSHYFLRPWYQANAVEKYLDEELDP ATRAYYDGNGFVQFAGRAYPDLSAHSSSPRYAYIDKLAPGLTGGT SASCPWAGIVGLLNDARLRRGLPTMGFINPWLYTRGFEALQDVT GGRASGCQGIDLQRGTRVPGAGIIPWASWNATPGWDPATGLGLP DFWAMRGLALGRGT	Acremonium alcalophilum

[333]

9	AVVIRAAPLPESVKLVRKAAAEDGINLQLSLKRQNMDQLEKFLRAV SDPFSPKYGQYMSDAEVHEIFRPTEDSFDQVIDWLTKSGFGNLHIT PQAAAINVATTVETADQLFGANFSWFDVDGTPKLRTGEYTIPDRLV EHVDLVSPTTYFGRMRPPPRGDGVNDWITENSPEQPAPLNKRDT KTESDQARDHPSWDSRTPDCATIITPPCLETAYNYKGYIPDPKSGS RVSFTSFLEQAAQQADLTKFLSLTRLEGFRTPASKKKTFKTVLING GESHEGVHKKSKTSEANLDVQWLAAVTQTKLPITQWITGGRPPFV PNLRIPTPEANTNEPYLEFLEYLFRLPDKDLPQVISNSYAEDEQSVP EAYARRVCGLLGIMGLRGVTVLTASGDSGVGAPCRANDGSGREE FSPQFPSSCPYITTVGGTQAWDPEVAWKGSSGGFSNYFPRPWYQ VAAVEKYLEEQLDPAAREYYEENGFVRFAGRAFPDLSAHSSSPKY AYVDKRVPGLTGGTSASCPWAGIVGLLNDARLRRGLPTMGFINP WLYAKGYQALEDVTGGAAVGCQGIDIQTGKRVPGAGIIPGASWNA TPDWDPATGLGLPNFWAMRELALED	Sodiomyces alkalinus
10	WHEKLAAVPSGWHHLEDAGSDHQISLSIALARKNLDQLESKLKDL STPGESQYGQWLDQEEVDTLFPVASDKAVISWLRSANITHIARQG SLVNFATTVDKVNKLLNTTFAYYQRGSSQRLRTTEYSIPDDLVDSID LISPTTFFGKEKTSAGLTQRSQKVDNHVAKRSNSSSCADTITLSCL KEMYNFGNYTPSASSGSKLGFASFLNESASYSDLAKFERLFNLPS QNFSVELINGGVNDQNQSTASLTEADLDVELLVGVGHPLPVTEFIT SGEPPFIPDPDEPSAADNENEPYLQYYEYLLSKPNSALPQVISNSY GDDEQTVPEYYAKRVCNLIGLVGLRGISVLESSGDEGIGSGCRTTD GTNSTQFNPIFPATCPYVTAVGGTMSYAPEIAWEASSGGFSNYFE RAWFQKEAVQNYLANHITNETKQYYSQFANFSGRGFPDVSAHSF EPSYEVIFYGARYGSGGTSAACPLFSALVGMLNDARLRAGKSTLG FLNPLLYSKGYKALTDVTAGQSIGCNGIDPQSDEAVAGAGIIPWAH WNATVGWDPVTGLGLPDFEKLRQLVLSL	Aspergillus kawachii IFO 4308
11	AAALVGHESLAALPVGWDKVSTPAAGTNIQLSVALALQNIEQLEDH LKSVSTPGSASYGQYLDSDGIAAQYGPSDASVEAVTNWLKEAGVT DIYNNGQSIHFATSVSKANSLLGADFNYYSDGSATKLRTLAYSVPS DLKEAIDLVSPTTYFGKTTASRSIQAYKNKRASTTSKSGSSSVQVS ASCQTSITPACLKQMYNVGNYTPSVAHGSRVGFGSFLNQSAIFDD LFTYEKVNDIPSQNFTKVIIANASNSQDASDGNYGEANLDVQNIVGI SHPLPVTEFLTGGSPPFVASLDTPTNQNEPYIPYYEYLLSQKNEDL PQVISNSYGDDEQSVPYKYAIRACNLIGLTGLRGISVLESSGDLGV GAGCRSNDGKNKTQFDPIFPATCPYVTSVGGTQSVTPEIAWVASS GGFSNYFPRTWYQEPAIQTYLGLLDDETKTYYSQYTNFEGRGFPD VSAHSLTPDYQVVGGGYLQPSGGTSAASPVFAGIIALLNDARLAAG KPTLGFLNPFFYLYGYKGLNDITGGQSVGCNGINGQTGAPVPGGG IVPGAAWNSTTGWDPATGLGTPDFQKLKELVLSF	Talaromyces stipitatus ATCC 10500
12	KSFSHHAEAPQGWQVQKTAKVASNTQHVFSLALTMQNVDQLESK LLDLSSPDSANYGNWLSHDELTSTFSPSKEAVASVTKWLKSKGIK HYKVNGAFIDFAADVEKANTLLGGDYQYYTKDGQTKLRTLSYSIPD DVAGHVQFVDPSTNFGGTVAFNPVPHPSRTLQERKVSPSKSTVD ASCQTSITPSCLKQMYNIGDYTPDAKSGSEIGFSSFLGQAAIYSDVF KFEELFGIPKQNYTTILINNGTDDQNTAHGNFGEANLDAENIVGIAH PLPFKQYITGGSPPFVPNIDQPTEKDNQNEPYVPFFRYLLGQKDLP AVISTSYGDEEDSVPREYATLTCNMIGLLGLRGISVIFSSGDIGVGS GCLAPDYKTVEFNAIFPATCPYLTSVGGTVDVTPEIAWEGSSGGFS KYFPRPSYQDKAIKKYMKTVSKETKKYYGPYTNWEGRGFPDVAG HSVAPDYEVIYNGKQARSGGTSAAAPVWAAIVGLLNDARFKAGKK SLGWLNPLIYKHGPKVLTDITGGYAIGCDGNNTQSGKPEPAGSGL VPGARWNATAGWDPTTGYGTPNFQKLKDLVLSL	Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 4

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13	SVLVESLEKLPHGWKAASAPSPSSQITLQVALTQQNIDQLESRLAA VSTPNSKTYGNYLDLDEINEIFAPSDASSAAVESWLHSHGVTKYTK QGSSIWFQTEVSTANAMLSTNFHTYSDAAGVKKLRTLQYSIPESLV GHVDLISPTTYFGTSNAMRALRSKSVASVAQSVAARQEPSSCKGT LVFEGRTFNVFQPDCLRTEYNVNGYTPSAKSGSRIGFGSFLNQSA SFSDLALFEKHFGFSSQNFSWLINGGTDLPQPPSDDNDGEANLD VQNILTIAHPLPITEFITAGSPPYFPDPVEPAGTPDENEPYLQYFEYL LSKPNRDLPQVITNSYGDEEQTVPQAYAVRVCNLIGLMGLRGISILE SSGDEGVGASCVATNSTTPQFNPIFPATCPYVTSVGGTVNFNPEV AWDGSSGGFSYYFSRPWYQEEAVGNYLEKHVSAETKKYYGPYV DFSGRGFPDVAAHSVSPDYPVFQGGQLTPSGGTSAASPVVASIIA LLNDARLREGKPTLGFLNPLIYQYAYKGFTDITSGQSDGCNGNNTQ TDAPLPGAGWLGAHWNATKGWDPTTGFGVPNFKKLLELIRYI	Trichoderma virens Gv29-8
14	AVLVESLKQVPNGWNAVSTPDPSTSIVLQIALAQQNIDELEWRLAA VSTPNSGNYGKYLDIGEIEGIFAPSNASYKAVASWLQSHGVKNFVK QAGSIWFYTTVSTANKMLSTDFKHYSDPVGIEKLRTLQYSIPEELV GHVDLISPTTYFGNNHPATARTPNMKAINVTYQIFHPDCLKTKYGV DGYAPSPRCGSRIGFGSFLNETASYSDLAQFEKYFDLPNQNLSTLL INGAIDVQPPSNKNDSEANMDVQTILTFVQPLPITEFVVAGIPPYIPD AALPIGDPVQNEPWLEYFEFLMSRTNAELPQVIANSYGDEEQTVP QAYAVRVCNQIGLLGLRGISVIASSGDTGVGMSCMASNSTTPQFN PMFPASCPYITTVGGTQHLDNEIAWELSSGGFSNYFTRPWYQEDA AKTYLERHVSTETKAYYERYANFLGRGFPDVAALSLNPDYPVIIGG ELGPNGGTSAAAPVVASIIALLNDARLCLGKPALGFLNPLIYQYADK GGFTDITSGQSWGCAGNTTQTGPPPPGAGVIPGAHWNATKGWD PVTGFGTPNFKKLLSLALSV	Trichoderma atroviride IMI 206040
15	SPLARRWDDFAEKHAWVEVPRGWEMVSEAPSDHTFDLRIGVKSS GMEQLIENLMQTSDPTHSRYGQHLSKEELHDFVQPHPDSTGAVE AWLEDFGISDDFIDRTGSGNWVTVRVSVAQAERMLGTKYNVYRH SESGESVVRTMSYSLPSELHSHIDWAPTTYFGTMKSMRVTSFLQ PEIEPVDPSAKPSAAPASCLSTTVITPDCLRDLYNTADYVPSATSRN AIGIAGYLDRSNRADLQTFFRRFRPDAVGFNYTTVQLNGGGDDQN DPGVEANLDIQYAAGIAFPTPATYWSTGGSPPFIPDTQTPTNTNEP YLDWINFVLGQDEIPQVISTSYGDDEQTVPEDYATSVCNLFAQLGS RGVTVFFSSGDFGVGGGDCLTNDGSNQVLFQPAFPASCPFVTAV GGTVRLDPEIAVSFSGGGFSRYFSRPSYQNQTVAQFVSNLGNTFN GLYNKNGRAYPDLAAQGNGFQVVIDGIVRSVGGTSASSPTVAGIF ALLNDFKLSRGQSTLGFINPLIYSSATSGFNDIRAGTNPGCGTRGF TAGTGWDPVTGLGTPDFLRLQGLI	Agaricus bisporus var. burnettii JB137-S8
16	RVFDSLPHPPRGWSYSHAAESTEPLTLRIALRQQNAAALEQVVLQ VSNPRHANYGQHLTRDELRSYTAPTPRAVRSVTSWLVDNGVDDY TVEHDWVTLRTTVGAADRLLGADFAWYAGPGETLQLRTLSYGVD DSVAPHVDLVQPTTRFGGPVGQASHIFKQDDFDEQQLKTLSVGFQ VMADLPANGPGSIKAACNESGVTPLCLRTLYRVNYKPATTGNLVA FASFLEQYARYSDQQAFTQRVLGPGVPLQNFSVETVNGGANDQQ SKLDSGEANLDLQYVMAMSHPIPILEYSTGGRGPLVPTLDQPNAN NSSNEPYLEFLTYLLAQPDSAIPQTLSVSYGEEEQSVPRDYAIKVC NMFMQLGARGVSVMFSSGDSGPGNDCVRASDNATFFGSTFPAG CPYVTSVGSTVGFEPERAVSFSSGGFSIYHARPDYQNEWPKYIES IKASGYEKFFDGNGRGIPDVAAQGARFWIDKGRVSLISGTSASSP AFAGMVALVNAARKSKDMPALGFLNPMLYQNAAAMTDIVNGAGIG CRKQRTEFPNGARFNATAGWDPVTGLGTPLFDKLLAVGAPGVPN A	Magnaporthe oryzae 70-15

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17	SDVVLESLREVPQGWKRLRDADPEQSIKLRIALEQPNLDLFEQTLY DISSPDHPKYGQHLKSHELRDIMAPREESTAAVIAWLQDAGLSGS QIEDDSDWINIQTTVAQANDMLNTTFGLFAQEGTEVNRIRALAYSV PEEIVPHVKMIAPIIRFGQLRPQMSHIFSHEKVEETPSIGTIKAAAIPS VDLNVTACNASITPECLRALYNVGDYEADPSKKSLFGVCGYLEQY AKHDQLAKFEQTYAPYAIGADFSVVTINGGGDNQTSTIDDGEANLD MQYAVSMAYKTPITYYSTGGRGPLVPDLDQPDPNDVSNEPYLDFV SYLLKLPDSKLPQTITTSYGEDEQSVPRSYVEKVCTMFGALGARG VSVIFSSGDTGVGSACQTNDGKNTTRFLPIFPAACPYVTSVGGTRY VDPEVAVSFSSGGFSDIFPTPLYQKGAVSGYLKILGDRWKGLYNP HGRGFPDVSGQSVRYHVFDYGKDVMYSGTSASAPMFAALVSLLN NARLAKKLPPMGFLNPWLYTVGFNGLTDIVHGGSTGCTGTDVYSG LPTPFVPYASWNATVGWDPVTGLGTPLFDKLLNLSTPNFHLPHIG GH	Togninia minima UCRPA7
18	STTSHVEGEVVERLHGVPEGWSQVGAPNPDQKLRFRIAVRSADS ELFERTLMEVSSPSHPRYGQHLKRHELKDLIKPRAKSTSNILNWLQ ESGIEARDIQNDGEWISFYAPVKRAEQMMSTTFKTYQNEARANIKK IRSLDYSVPKHIRDDIDIIQPTTRFGQIQPERSQVFSQEEVPFSALW NATCNKKITPDCLANLYNFKDYDASDANVTIGVSGFLEQYARFDDL KQFISTFQPKAAGSTFQVTSVNAGPFDQNSTASSVEANLDIQYTTG LVAPDIETRYFTVPGRGILIPDLDQPTESDNANEPYLDYFTYLNNLE DEELPDVLTTSYGESEQSVPAEYAKKVCNLIGQLGARGVSVIFSSG DTGPGSACQTNDGKNTTRFLPIFPASCPYVTSVGGTVGVEPEKAV SFSSGGFSDLWPRPAYQEKAVSEYLEKLGDRWNGLYNPQGRGF PDVAAQGQGFQVFDKGRLISVGGTSASAPVFASVVALLNNARKAA GMSSLGFLNPWIYEQGYKGLTDIVAGGSTGCTGRSIYSGLPAPLVP YASWNATEGWDPVTGYGTPDFKQLLTLATAPKSGERRVRRGGLG GQA	Bipolaris maydis C5
19	MLSSFLSQGAAVSLALLSLLPSPVAAEIFEKLSGVPNGWRYANNPH	Aspergillus kawachii IFO 4308
GNEVIRLQIALQQHDVAGFEQAVMDMSTPGHADYGKHFRTHDEM KRMLLPSDTAVDSVRDWLESAGVHNIQVDADWVKFHTTVNKANA LLDADFKWYVSEAKHIRRLRTLQYSIPDALVSHINMIQPTTRFGQIQ PNRATMRSKPKHADETFLTAATLAQNTSHCDSIITPHCLKQLYNIG DYQADPKSGSKVGFASYLEEYARYADLERFEQHLAPNAIGQNFSV VQFNGGLNDQLSLSDSGEANLDLQYILGVSAPVPVTEYSTGGRGE LVPDLSSPDPNDNSNEPYLDFLQGILKLDNSDLPQVISTSYGEDEQ TIPVPYARTVCNLYAQLGSRGVSVIFSSGDSGVGAACLTNDGTNR THFPPQFPASCPWVTSVGATSKTSPEQAVSFSSGGFSDLWPRPS YQQAAVQTYLTQHLGNKFSGLFNASGRAFPDVAAQGVNYAVYDK GMLGQFDGTSCSAPTFSGVIALLNDARLRAGLPVMGFLNPFLYGV GSESGALNDIVNGGSLGCDGRNRFGGTPNGSPWPFASWNATTG WDPVSGLGTPDFAKLRGVALGEAKAYGN
20	MAATGRFTAFWNVASVPALIGILPLAGSHLRAVLCPVCIWRHSKAV CAPDTLQAMRAFTRVTAISLAGFSCFAAAAAAAFESLRAVPDGWIY ESTPDPNQPLRLRIALKQHNVAGFEQALLDMSTPGHSSYGQHFGS YHEMKQLLLPTEEASSSVRDWLSAAGVEFEQDADWINFRTTVDQA NALLDADFLWYTTTGSTGNPTRILRTLSYSVPSELAGYVNMIQPTT RFGGTHANRATVRAKPIFLETNRQLINAISSGSLEHCEKAITPSCLA DLYNTEGYKASNRSGSKVAFASFLEEYARYDDLAEFEETYAPYAIG QNFSVISINGGLNDQDSTADSGEANLDLQYIIGVSSPLPVTEFTTGG RGKLIPDLSSPDPNDNTNEPFLDFLEAVLKLDQKDLPQVISTSYGE DEQTIPEPYARSVCNLYAQLGSRGVSVLFSSGDSGVGAACQTND GKNTTHFPPQFPASCPWVTAVGGTNGTAPESGVYFSSGGFSDYW	Aspergillus nidulans FGSC Α4

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	ARPAYQNAAVESYLRKLGSTQAQYFNRSGRAFPDVAAQAQNFAV VDKGRVGLFDGTSCSSPVFAGIVALLNDVRLKAGLPVLGFLNPWL YQDGLNGLNDIVDGGSTGCDGNNRFNGSPNGSPVIPYAGWNATE GWDPVTGLGTPDFAKLKALVLDA
21	MLSFVRRGALSLALVSLLTSSVAAEVFEKLHWPEGWRYASTPNP	Aspergillus ruber CBS 135680
KQPIRLQIALQQHDVTGFEQSLLEMSTPDHPNYGKHFRTHDEMKR MLLPNENAVHAVREWLQDAGISDIEEDADWVRFHTTVDQANDLLD ANFLWYAHKSHRNTARLRTLEYSIPDSIAPQVNVIQPTTRFGQIRAN RATHSSKPKGGLDELAISQAATADDDSICDQITTPHCLRKLYNVNG YKADPASGSKIGFASFLEEYARYSDLVLFEENLAPFAEGENFTVVM YNGGKNDQNSKSDSGEANLDLQYIVGMSAGAPVTEFSTAGRAPVI PDLDQPDPSAGTNEPYLEFLQNVLHMDQEHLPQVISTSYGENEQT IPEKYARTVCNMYAQLGSRGVSVIFSSGDSGVGSACMTNDGTNRT HFPPQFPASCPWVTSVGATEKMAPEQATYFSSGGFSDLFPRPKY QDAAVSSYLQTLGSRYQGLYNGSNRAFPDVSAQGTNFAVYDKGR LGQFDGTSCSAPAFSGIIALLNDVRLQNNKPVLGFLNPWLYGAGSK GLNDWHGGSTGCDGQERFAGKANGSPVVPYASWNATQGWDP VTGLGTPDFGKLKDLALSA
22	MLPSLVNNGALSLAVLSLLTSSVAGEVFEKLSAVPKGWHFSHAAQ	Aspergillus terreus NIH2624
ADAPINLKIALKQHDVEGFEQALLDMSTPGHENYGKHFHEHDEMK RMLLPSDSAVDAVQTWLTSAGITDYDLDADWINLRTTVEHANALLD TQFGWYENEVRHITRLRTLQYSIPETVAAHINMVQPTTRFGQIRPD RATFHAHHTSDARILSALAAASNSTSCDSVITPKCLKDLYKVGDYE ADPDSGSQVAFASYLEEYARYADMVKFQNSLAPYAKGQNFSWL YNGGVNDQSSSADSGEANLDLQTIMGLSAPLPITEYITGGRGKLIP DLSQPNPNDNSNEPYLEFLQNILKLDQDELPQVISTSYGEDEQTIP RGYAESVCNMLAQLGSRGVSWFSSGDSGVGAACQTNDGRNQT HFNPQFPASCPWVTSVGATTKTNPEQAVYFSSGGFSDFWKRPKY QDEAVAAYLDTLGDKFAGLFNKGGRAFPDVAAQGMNYAIYDKGTL GRLDGTSCSAPAFSAIISLLNDARLREGKPTMGFLNPWLYGEGRE ALNDWVGGSKGCDGRDRFGGKPNGSPWPFASWNATQGWDPV TGLGTPNFAKMLELAP
23	MIASLFNRRALTLALLSLFASSATADVFESLSAVPQGWRYSRTPSA	Penicillium digitatum Pd1
NQPLKLQIALAQGDVAGFEAAVIDMSTPDHPSYGNHFNTHEEMKR MLQPSAESVDSIRNWLESAGISKIEQDADWMTFYTTVKTANELLAA NFQFYINGVKKIERLRTLKYSVPDALVSHINMIQPTTRFGQLRAQRA ILHTEVKDNDEAFRSNAMSANPDCNSIITPQCLKDLYSIGDYEADPT NGNKVAFASYLEEYARYSDLALFEKNIAPFAKGQNFSVVQYNGGG NDQQSSSGSSEANLDLQYIVGVSSPVPVTEFSTGGRGELVPDLDQ PNPNDNNNEPYLEFLQNVLKLHKKDLPQVISTSYGEDEQSVPEKY ARAVCNLYSQLGSRGVSVIFSSGDSGVGAACQTNDGRNATHFPP QFPAACPWVTSVGATTHTAPERAVYFSSGGFSDLWDRPTWQEDA VSEYLENLGDRWSGLFNPKGRAFPDVAAQGENYAIYDKGSLISVD GTSCSAPAFAGVIALLNDARIKANRPPMGFLNPWLYSEGRSGLNDI VNGGSTGCDGHGRFSGPTNGGTSIPGASWNATKGWDPVSGLGS PNFAAMRKLANAE

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24	MHVPLLNQGALSLAWSLLASTVSAEVFDKLVAVPEGWRFSRTPS	Penicillium oxalicum 114-2
GDQPIRLQVALTQGDVEGFEKAVLDMSTPDHPNYGKHFKSHEEVK RMLQPAGESVEAIHQWLEKAGITHIQQDADWMTFYTTVEKANNLL DANFQYYLNENKQVERLRTLEYSVPDELVSHINLVTPTTRFGQLHA EGVTLHGKSKDVDEQFRQAATSPSSDCNSAITPQCLKDLYKVGDY KASASNGNKVAFTSYLEQYARYSDLALFEQNIAPYAQGQNFTVIQY NGGLNDQSSPADSSEANLDLQYIIGTSSPVPVTEFSTGGRGPLVP DLDQPDINDNNNEPYLDFLQNVIKMSDKDLPQVISTSYGEDEQSVP ASYARSVCNLIAQLGGRGVSVIFSSGDSGVGSACQTNDGKNTTRF PAQFPAACPWVTSVGATTGISPERGVFFSSGGFSDLWSRPSWQS HAVKAYLHKLGKRQDGLFNREGRAFPDVSAQGENYAIYAKGRLGK VDGTSCSAPAFAGLVSLLNDARIKAGKSSLGFLNPWLYSHPDALN DITVGGSTGCDGNARFGGRPNGSPVVPYASWNATEGWDPVTGL GTPNFQKLLKSAVKQK
25	MIASLFSRGALSLAVLSLLASSAAADVFESLSAVPQGWRYSRRPRA	Penicillium roqueforti FM164
DQPLKLQIALTQGDTAGFEEAVMEMSTPDHPSYGHHFTTHEEMKR MLQPSAESAESIRDWLEGAGITRIEQDADWMTFYTTVETANELLAA NFQFYVSNVRHIERLRTLKYSVPKALVPHINMIQPTTRFGQLRAHR GILHGQVKESDEAFRSNAVSAQPDCNSIITPQCLKDIYNIGDYQAN DTNGNKVGFASYLEEYARYSDLALFEKNIAPSAKGQNFSVTRYNG GLNDQSSSGSSSEANLDLQYIVGVSSPVPVTEFSVGGRGELVPDL DQPDPNDNNNEPYLEFLQNVLKLDKKDLPQVISTSYGEDEQSIPEK YARSVCNLYSQLGSRGVSVIFSSGDSGVGSACLTNDGRNATRFPP QFPAACPWVTSVGATTHTAPEQAVYFSSGGFSDLWARPKWQEE AVSEYLEILGNRWSGLFNPKGRAFPDVTAQGRNYAIYDKGSLTSV DGTSCSAPAFAGVVALLNDARLKVNKPPMGFLNPWLYSTGRAGL KDIVDGGSTGCDGKSRFGGANNGGPSIPGASWNATKGWDPVSG LGSPNFATMRKLANAE
26	MIASLFNRGALSLAVLSLLASSASADVFESLSAVPQGWRYSRRPR	Penicillium rubens Wisconsin 54-1255
ADQPLKLQIALAQGDTAGFEEAVMDMSTPDHPSYGNHFHTHEEM KRMLQPSAESADSIRDWLESAGIΝ Rl EQDADWMTFYTTVETAN ELL AANFQFYANSAKHIERLRTLQYSVPEALMPHINMIQPTTRFGQLRV QGAILHTQVKETDEAFRSNAVSTSPDCNSIITPQCLKNMYNVGDYQ ADDDNGNKVGFASYLEEYARYSDLELFEKNVAPFAKGQNFSVIQY NGGLNDQHSSASSSEANLDLQYIVGVSSPVPVTEFSVGGRGELVP DLDQPDPNDNNNEPYLEFLQNVLKMEQQDLPQVISTSYGENEQSV PEKYARTVCNLFSQLGSRGVSVIFASGDSGVGAACQTNDGRNAT RFPAQFPAACPWVTSVGATTHTAPEKAVYFSSGGFSDLWDRPKW QEDAVSDYLDTLGDRWSGLFNPKGRAFPDVSAQGQNYAIYDKGS LTSVDGTSCSAPAFAGVIALLNDARLKANKPPMGFLNPWLYSTGR DGLNDIVHGGSTGCDGNARFGGPGNGSPRVPGASWNATKGWDP VSGLGSPNFATMRKLANGE
27	MLSSTLYAGLLCSLAAPALGVVHEKLSAVPSGWTLVEDASESDTTT LSIALARQNLDQLESKLTTLATPGNAEYGKWLDQSDIESLFPTASD DAVIQWLKDAGVTQVSRQGSLVNFATTVGTANKLFDTKFSYYRNG ASQKLRTTQYSIPDSLTESIDLIAPTVFFGKEQDSALPPHAVKLPAL PRRAATNSSCANLITPDCLVEMYNLGDYKPDASSGSRVGFGSFLN QSANYADLAAYEQLFNIPPQNFSVELINGGANDQNWATASLGEAN LDVELIVAVSHALPVVEFITGGSPPFVPNVDEPTAADNQNEPYLQY YEYLLSKPNSHLPQVISNSYGDDEQTVPEYYARRVCNLIGLMGLR GITVLESSGDTGIGSACMSNDGTNTPQFTPTFPGTCPFITAVGGTQ SYAPEVAWDASSGGFSNYFSRPWYQYFAVENYLNNHITKDTKKY YSQYTNFKGRGFPDVSAHSLTPDYEVVLTGKHYKSGGTSAACPVF	Neosartorya fischeri NRRL 181

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	AGIVGLLNDARLRAGKSTLGFLNPLLYSILAEGFTDITAGSSIGCNGI NPQTGKPVPGGGIIPYAHWNATAGWDPVTGLGVPDFMKLKELVLS L
28	MLSSTLYAGWLLSLAAPALCWQEKLSAVPSGWTLIEDASESDTIT LSIALARQNLDQLESKLTTLATPGNPEYGKWLDQSDIESLFPTASD DAVLQWLKAAGITQVSRQGSLVNFATTVGTANKLFDTKFSYYRNG ASQKLRTTQYSIPDHLTESIDLIAPTVFFGKEQNSALSSHAVKLPAL PRRAATNSSCANLITPDCLVEMYNLGDYKPDASSGSRVGFGSFLN ESANYADLAAYEQLFNIPPQNFSVELINRGVNDQNWATASLGEAN LDVELIVAVSHPLPVVEFITGALPPVLRVLALQTQLPSSSGDFQLTV PEYYARRVCNLIGLMGLRGITVLESSGDTGIGSACMSNDGTNKPQ FTPTFPGTCPFITAVGGTQSYAPEVAWDGSSGGFSNYFSRPWYQ SFAVDNYLNNHITKDTKKYYSQYTNFKGRGFPDVSAHSLTPYYEV VLTGKHYKSGGTSAASPVFAGIVGLLNDARLRAGKSTLGFLNPLLY SILAEGFTDITAGSSIGCNGINPQTGKPVPGGGIIPYAHWNATAGW DPVTGLGVPDFMKLKELVLSL	Aspergillus fumigatus CAE 17675
SEQ ID No.:	Sequence	Origin
29	QEPSSCKGTLVFEGETFNVFQPDCLRTEYSVDGYTPSVKSGSRIG FGSFLNESASFADQALFEKHFNIPSQNFSWLINGGTDLPQPPSDA NDGEANLDAQTILTIAHPLPITEFITAGSPPYFPDPVEPAGTPNENE PYLQYYEFLLSKSNAEIPQVITNSYGDEEQTVPRSYAVRVCNLIGLL GLRGISVLHSSGDEGVGASCVATNSTTPQFNPIFPATCPYVTSVG GTVSFNPEVAWAGSSGGFSYYFSRPWYQQEAVGTYLEKYVSAET KKYYGPYVDFSGRGFPDVAAHSVSPDYPVFQGGELTPSGGTSAA SPWAAIVALLNDARLREGKPTLGFLNPLIYLHASKGFTDITSGQSE GCNGNNTQTGSPLPGAGFIAGAHWNATKGWDPTTGFGVPNLKKL LALVRF	Trichoderma reesei QM6a
30	CDSIITPTCLKELYNIGDYQADANSGSKIAFASYLEEYARYADLENF ENYLAPWAKGQNFSVTTFNGGLNDQNSSSDSGEANLDLQYILGVS APLPVTEFSTGGRGPLVPDLTQPDPNSNSNEPYLEFFQNVLKLDQ KDLPQVISTSYGENEQEIPEKYARTVCNLIAQLGSRGVSVLFSSGD SGVGEGCMTNDGTNRTHFPPQFPAACPWVTSVGATFKTTPERGT YFSSGGFSDYWPRPEWQDEAVSSYLETIGDTFKGLYNSSGRAFP DVAAQGMNFAVYDKGTLGEFDGTSASAPAFSAVIALLNDARLRAG KPTLGFLNPWLYKTGRQGLQDITLGASIGCTGRARFGGAPDGGPV VPYASWNATQGWDPVTGLGTPDFAELKKLA	Aspergillus oryzae RIB40
31	CDATITPQCLKTLYKIDYKADPKSGSKVAFASYLEQYARYNDLALFE KAFLPEAVGQNFSVVQFSGGLNDQNTTQDSGEANLDLQYIVGVSA PLPVTEFSTGGRGPWVADLDQPDEADSANEPYLEFLQGVLKLPQS ELPQVISTSYGENEQSVPKSYALSVCNLFAQLGSRGVSVIFSSGDS GPGSACQSNDGKNTTKFQPQYPAACPFVTSVGSTRYLNETATGF SSGGFSDYWKRPSYQDDAVKAYFHHLGEKFKPYFNRHGRGFPDV ATQGYGFRVYDQGKLKGLQGTSASAPAFAGVIGLLNDARLKAKKP TLGFLNPLLYSNSDALNDIVLGGSKGCDGHARFNGPPNGSPVIPYA	Phaeosphaer ia nodorum SN15

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	GWNATAGWDPVTGLGTPNFPKLLKAA
32	VFQPDCLRTEYSVNGYKPSAKSGSRIGFGSFLNQSASSSDLALFE KHFGFASQGFSVELINGGSNPQPPTDANDGEANLDAQNIVSFVQP LPITEFIAGGTAPYFPDPVEPAGTPDENEPYLEYYEYLLSKSNKELP QVITNSYGDEEQTVPQAYAVRVCNLIGLMGLRGISILESSGDEGVG ASCLATNSTTTPQFNPIFPATCPYVTSVGGTVSFNPEVAWDGSSG GFSYYFSRPWYQEAAVGTYLNKYVSEETKEYYKSYVDFSGRGFP DVAAHSVSPDYPVFQGGELTPSGGTSAASPIVASVIALLNDARLRA GKPALGFLNPLIYGYAYKGFTDITSGQAVGCNGNNTQTGGPLPGA GVIPGAFWNATKGWDPTTGFGVPNFKKLLELV	Trichoderma atroviride IMI 206040
33	CRSLVTTACLRELYGLGDRVTQARDDNRIGVSGFLEEYAQYRDLE LFLSRFEPSAKGFNFSEGLIAGGKNTQGGPGSSTEANLDMQYVVG LSHKAKVTYYSTAGRGPLIPDLSQPSQASNNNEPYLEQLRYLVKLP KNQLPSVLTTSYGDTEQSLPASYTKATCDLFAQLGTMGVSVIFSSG DTGPGSSCQTNDGKNATRFNPIYPASCPFVTSIGGTVGTGPERAV SFSSGGFSDRFPRPQYQDNAVKDYLKILGNQWSGLFDPNGRAFP DIAAQGSNYAVYDKGRMTGVSGTSASAPAMAAIIAQLNDFRLAKG SPVLGFLNPWIYSKGFSGFTDIVDGGSRGCTGYDIYSGLKAKKVPY ASWNATKGWDPVTGFGTPNFQALTKVL	Arthroderma benhamiae CBS 112371
34	CQTSITPSCLKQMYNIGDYTPKVESGSTIGFSSFLGESAIYSDVFLF EEKFGIPTQNFTTVLINNGTDDQNTAHKNFGEADLDAENIVGIAHPL PFTQYITGGSPPFLPNIDQPTAADNQNEPYVPFFRYLLSQKEVPAV VSTSYGDEEDSVPREYATMTCNLIGLLGLRGISVIFSSGDIGVGAG CLGPDHKTVEFNAIFPATCPYLTSVGGTVDVTPEIAWEGSSGGFSK YFPRPSYQDKAVKTYMKTVSKQTKKYYGPYTNWEGRGFPDVAGH SVSPNYEVIYAGKQSASGGTSAAAPVWAAIVGLLNDARFRAGKPS LGWLNPLVYKYGPKVLTDITGGYAIGCDGNNTQSGKPEPAGSGIV PGARWNATAGWDPVTGYGTPDFGKLKDLVLS	Fusarium qraminearum PH-1
35	CDLVITPPCLEAAYNYKNYMPDPNSGSRVSFTSFLEQAAQQSDLT KFLSLTGLDRLRPPSSKPASFDTVLINGGETHQGTPPNKTSEANLD VQWLAAVIKARLPITQWITGGRPPFVPNLRLRHEKDNTNEPYLEFF EYLVRLPARDLPQVISNSYAEDEQTVPEAYARRVCNLIGIMGLRGV TVLTASGDSGVGAPCRANDGSDRLEFSPQFPTSCPYITAVGGTEG WDPEVAWEASSGGFSHYFLRPWYQANAVEKYLDEELDPATRAYY DGNGFVQFAGRAYPDLSAHSSSPRYAYIDKLAPGLTGGTSASCPV VAGIVGLLNDARLRRGLPTMGFINPWLYTRGFEALQDVTGGRASG CQGIDLQRGTRVPGAGIIPWASWNATPGWDPATGLGLPDFWAMR GL	Acremonium alcalophilum
36	CATIITPPCLETAYNYKGYIPDPKSGSRVSFTSFLEQAAQQADLTKF LSLTRLEGFRTPASKKKTFKTVLINGGESHEGVHKKSKTSEANLDV QWLAAVTQTKLPITQWITGGRPPFVPNLRIPTPEANTNEPYLEFLE YLFRLPDKDLPQVISNSYAEDEQSVPEAYARRVCGLLGIMGLRGVT VLTASGDSGVGAPCRANDGSGREEFSPQFPSSCPYITTVGGTQA WDPEVAWKGSSGGFSNYFPRPWYQVAAVEKYLEEQLDPAAREY YEENGFVRFAGRAFPDLSAHSSSPKYAYVDKRVPGLTGGTSASCP WAGIVGLLNDARLRRGLPTMGFINPWLYAKGYQALEDVTGGAAV GCQGIDIQTGKRVPGAGIIPGASWNATPDWDPATGLGLPNFWAMR ELA	Sodiomyces alkalinus

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37	CADTITLSCLKEMYNFGNYTPSASSGSKLGFASFLNESASYSDLAK FERLFNLPSQNFSVELINGGVNDQNQSTASLTEADLDVELLVGVG HPLPVTEFITSGEPPFIPDPDEPSAADNENEPYLQYYEYLLSKPNSA LPQVISNSYGDDEQTVPEYYAKRVCNLIGLVGLRGISVLESSGDEGI GSGCRTTDGTNSTQFNPIFPATCPYVTAVGGTMSYAPEIAWEASS GGFSNYFERAWFQKEAVQNYLANHITNETKQYYSQFANFSGRGF PDVSAHSFEPSYEVIFYGARYGSGGTSAACPLFSALVGMLNDARL RAGKSTLGFLNPLLYSKGYKALTDVTAGQSIGCNGIDPQSDEAVAG AGIIPWAHWNATVGWDPVTGLGLPDFEKLRQLVLS	Aspergillus kawachii IFO 4308
38	CQTSITPACLKQMYNVGNYTPSVAHGSRVGFGSFLNQSAIFDDLF TYEKVNDIPSQNFTKVIIANASNSQDASDGNYGEANLDVQNIVGISH PLPVTEFLTGGSPPFVASLDTPTNQNEPYIPYYEYLLSQKNEDLPQ VISNSYGDDEQSVPYKYAIRACNLIGLTGLRGISVLESSGDLGVGA GCRSNDGKNKTQFDPIFPATCPYVTSVGGTQSVTPEIAWVASSGG FSNYFPRTWYQEPAIQTYLGLLDDETKTYYSQYTNFEGRGFPDVS AHSLTPDYQVVGGGYLQPSGGTSAASPVFAGIIALLNDARLAAGKP TLGFLNPFFYLYGYKGLNDITGGQSVGCNGINGQTGAPVPGGGIV PGAAWNSTTGWDPATGLGTPDFQKLKELVLS	Talaromyces stipitatus ATCC 10500
39	CQTSITPSCLKQMYNIGDYTPDAKSGSEIGFSSFLGQAAIYSDVFKF EELFGIPKQNYTTILINNGTDDQNTAHGNFGEANLDAENIVGIAHPL PFKQYITGGSPPFVPNIDQPTEKDNQNEPYVPFFRYLLGQKDLPAV ISTSYGDEEDSVPREYATLTCNMIGLLGLRGISVIFSSGDIGVGSGC LAPDYKTVEFNAIFPATCPYLTSVGGTVDVTPEIAWEGSSGGFSKY FPRPSYQDKAIKKYMKTVSKETKKYYGPYTNWEGRGFPDVAGHS VAPDYEVIYNGKQARSGGTSAAAPVWAAIVGLLNDARFKAGKKSL GWLNPLIYKHGPKVLTDITGGYAIGCDGNNTQSGKPEPAGSGLVP GARWNATAGWDPTTGYGTPNFQKLKDLVLS	Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 4
40	VFQPDCLRTEYNVNGYTPSAKSGSRIGFGSFLNQSASFSDLALFE KHFGFSSQNFSVVLINGGTDLPQPPSDDNDGEANLDVQNILTIAHP LPITEFITAGSPPYFPDPVEPAGTPDENEPYLQYFEYLLSKPNRDLP QVITNSYGDEEQTVPQAYAVRVCNLIGLMGLRGISILESSGDEGVG ASCVATNSTTPQFNPIFPATCPYVTSVGGTVNFNPEVAWDGSSGG FSYYFSRPWYQEEAVGNYLEKHVSAETKKYYGPYVDFSGRGFPD VAAHSVSPDYPVFQGGQLTPSGGTSAASPWASIIALLNDARLREG KPTLGFLNPLIYQYAYKGFTDITSGQSDGCNGNNTQTDAPLPGAG WLGAHWNATKGWDPTTGFGVPNFKKLLELI	Trichoderma virens Gv29-8
41	QIFHPDCLKTKYGVDGYAPSPRCGSRIGFGSFLNETASYSDLAQFE KYFDLPNQNLSTLLINGAIDVQPPSNKNDSEANMDVQTILTFVQPLP ITEFWAGIPPYIPDAALPIGDPVQNEPWLEYFEFLMSRTNAELPQVI ANSYGDEEQTVPQAYAVRVCNQIGLLGLRGISVIASSGDTGVGMS CMASNSTTPQFNPMFPASCPYITTVGGTQHLDNEIAWELSSGGFS NYFTRPWYQEDAAKTYLERHVSTETKAYYERYANFLGRGFPDVAA LSLNPDYPVIIGGELGPNGGTSAAAPWASIIALLNDARLCLGKPAL GFLNPLIYQYADKGGFTDITSGQSWGCAGNTTQTGPPPPGAGVIP GAHWNATKGWDPVTGFGTPNFKKLLSLALS	Trichoderma atroviride IMI 206040
42	TVITPDCLRDLYNTADYVPSATSRNAIGIAGYLDRSNRADLQTFFRR FRPDAVGFNYTTVQLNGGGDDQNDPGVEANLDIQYAAGIAFPTPA TYWSTGGSPPFIPDTQTPTNTNEPYLDWINFVLGQDEIPQVISTSY GDDEQTVPEDYATSVCNLFAQLGSRGVTVFFSSGDFGVGGGDCL TNDGSNQVLFQPAFPASCPFVTAVGGTVRLDPEIAVSFSGGGFSR YFSRPSYQNQTVAQFVSNLGNTFNGLYNKNGRAYPDLAAQGNGF QVVIDGIVRSVGGTSASSPTVAGIFALLNDFKLSRGQSTLGFINPLIY SSATSGFNDIRAGTNPGCGTRGFTAGTGWDPVTGLGTPDFLRLQ	Agaricus bisporus var. burnettii JB137-S8

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43	GVTPLCLRTLYRVNYKPATTGNLVAFASFLEQYARYSDQQAFTQR VLGPGVPLQNFSVETVNGGANDQQSKLDSGEANLDLQYVMAMSH PIPILEYSTGGRGPLVPTLDQPNANNSSNEPYLEFLTYLLAQPDSAI PQTLSVSYGEEEQSVPRDYAIKVCNMFMQLGARGVSVMFSSGDS GPGNDCVRASDNATFFGSTFPAGCPYVTSVGSTVGFEPERAVSF SSGGFSIYHARPDYQNEVVPKYIESIKASGYEKFFDGNGRGIPDVA AQGARFVVIDKGRVSLISGTSASSPAFAGMVALVNAARKSKDMPA LGFLNPMLYQNAAAMTDIVNGAGIGCRKQRTEFPNGARFNATAG WDPVTGLGTPLFDKLLA	Magnaporthe oryzae 70-15
44	CNASITPECLRALYNVGDYEADPSKKSLFGVCGYLEQYAKHDQLA KFEQTYAPYAIGADFSVVTINGGGDNQTSTIDDGEANLDMQYAVS MAYKTPITYYSTGGRGPLVPDLDQPDPNDVSNEPYLDFVSYLLKLP DSKLPQTITTSYGEDEQSVPRSYVEKVCTMFGALGARGVSVIFSS GDTGVGSACQTNDGKNTTRFLPIFPAACPYVTSVGGTRYVDPEVA VSFSSGGFSDIFPTPLYQKGAVSGYLKILGDRWKGLYNPHGRGFP DVSGQSVRYHVFDYGKDVMYSGTSASAPMFAALVSLLNNARLAK KLPPMGFLNPWLYTVGFNGLTDIVHGGSTGCTGTDVYSGLPTPFV PYASWNATVGWDPVTGLGTPLFDKLLNL	Togninia minima UCRPA7
45	CNKKITPDCLANLYNFKDYDASDANVTIGVSGFLEQYARFDDLKQF ISTFQPKAAGSTFQVTSVNAGPFDQNSTASSVEANLDIQYTTGLVA PDIETRYFTVPGRGILIPDLDQPTESDNANEPYLDYFTYLNNLEDEE LPDVLTTSYGESEQSVPAEYAKKVCNLIGQLGARGVSVIFSSGDTG PGSACQTNDGKNTTRFLPIFPASCPYVTSVGGTVGVEPEKAVSFS SGGFSDLWPRPAYQEKAVSEYLEKLGDRWNGLYNPQGRGFPDV AAQGQGFQVFDKGRLISVGGTSASAPVFASVVALLNNARKAAGMS SLGFLNPWIYEQGYKGLTDIVAGGSTGCTGRSIYSGLPAPLVPYAS WNATEGWDPVTGYGTPDFKQLLTLAT	Bipolaris maydis C5
46	CDSIITPHCLKQLYNIGDYQADPKSGSKVGFASYLEEYARYADLER FEQHLAPNAIGQNFSWQFNGGLNDQLSLSDSGEANLDLQYILGV SAPVPVTEYSTGGRGELVPDLSSPDPNDNSNEPYLDFLQGILKLD NSDLPQVISTSYGEDEQTIPVPYARTVCNLYAQLGSRGVSVIFSSG DSGVGAACLTNDGTNRTHFPPQFPASCPWVTSVGATSKTSPEQA VSFSSGGFSDLWPRPSYQQAAVQTYLTQHLGNKFSGLFNASGRA FPDVAAQGVNYAVYDKGMLGQFDGTSCSAPTFSGVIALLNDARLR AGLPVMGFLNPFLYGVGSESGALNDIVNGGSLGCDGRNRFGGTP NGSPWPFASWNATTGWDPVSGLGTPDFAKLRGV	Aspergillus kawachii IFO 4308
47	CEKAITPSCLADLYNTEGYKASNRSGSKVAFASFLEEYARYDDLAE FEETYAPYAIGQNFSVISINGGLNDQDSTADSGEANLDLQYIIGVSS PLPVTEFTTGGRGKLIPDLSSPDPNDNTNEPFLDFLEAVLKLDQKD LPQVISTSYGEDEQTIPEPYARSVCNLYAQLGSRGVSVLFSSGDSG VGAACQTNDGKNTTHFPPQFPASCPWVTAVGGTNGTAPESGVYF SSGGFSDYWARPAYQNAAVESYLRKLGSTQAQYFNRSGRAFPDV AAQAQNFAWDKGRVGLFDGTSCSSPVFAGIVALLNDVRLKAGLP VLGFLNPWLYQDGLNGLNDIVDGGSTGCDGNNRFNGSPNGSPVI PYAGWNATEGWDPVTGLGTPDFAKLKALVL	Aspergillus nidulans FGSC Α4
48	CDQITTPHCLRKLYNVNGYKADPASGSKIGFASFLEEYARYSDLVL FEENLAPFAEGENFTVVMYNGGKNDQNSKSDSGEANLDLQYIVG MSAGAPVTEFSTAGRAPVIPDLDQPDPSAGTNEPYLEFLQNVLHM DQEHLPQVISTSYGENEQTIPEKYARTVCNMYAQLGSRGVSVIFSS GDSGVGSACMTNDGTNRTHFPPQFPASCPWVTSVGATEKMAPE QATYFSSGGFSDLFPRPKYQDAAVSSYLQTLGSRYQGLYNGSNR AFPDVSAQGTNFAVYDKGRLGQFDGTSCSAPAFSGIIALLNDVRLQ NNKPVLGFLNPWLYGAGSKGLNDVVHGGSTGCDGQERFAGKAN	Aspergillus ruber CBS 135680

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	GSPVVPYASWNATQGWDPVTGLGTPDFGKLKDLAL
49	CDSVITPKCLKDLYKVGDYEADPDSGSQVAFASYLEEYARYADMV KFQNSLAPYAKGQNFSWLYNGGVNDQSSSADSGEANLDLQTIM GLSAPLPITEYITGGRGKLIPDLSQPNPNDNSNEPYLEFLQNILKLD QDELPQVISTSYGEDEQTIPRGYAESVCNMLAQLGSRGVSWFSS GDSGVGAACQTNDGRNQTHFNPQFPASCPWVTSVGATTKTNPE QAVYFSSGGFSDFWKRPKYQDEAVAAYLDTLGDKFAGLFNKGGR AFPDVAAQGMNYAIYDKGTLGRLDGTSCSAPAFSAIISLLNDARLR EGKPTMGFLNPWLYGEGREALNDVWGGSKGCDGRDRFGGKPN GSPVVPFASWNATQGWDPVTGLGTPNFAKMLELA	Aspergillus terreus NIH2624
50	CNSIITPQCLKDLYSIGDYEADPTNGNKVAFASYLEEYARYSDLALF EKNIAPFAKGQNFSVVQYNGGGNDQQSSSGSSEANLDLQYIVGVS SPVPVTEFSTGGRGELVPDLDQPNPNDNNNEPYLEFLQNVLKLHK KDLPQVISTSYGEDEQSVPEKYARAVCNLYSQLGSRGVSVIFSSG DSGVGAACQTNDGRNATHFPPQFPAACPWVTSVGATTHTAPERA VYFSSGGFSDLWDRPTWQEDAVSEYLENLGDRWSGLFNPKGRA FPDVAAQGENYAIYDKGSLISVDGTSCSAPAFAGVIALLNDARIKAN RPPMGFLNPWLYSEGRSGLNDIVNGGSTGCDGHGRFSGPTNGG TSIPGASWNATKGWDPVSGLGSPNFAAMRKLA	Penicillium diqitatum Pd1
51	CNSAITPQCLKDLYKVGDYKASASNGNKVAFTSYLEQYARYSDLAL FEQNIAPYAQGQNFTVIQYNGGLNDQSSPADSSEANLDLQYIIGTS SPVPVTEFSTGGRGPLVPDLDQPDINDNNNEPYLDFLQNVIKMSD KDLPQVISTSYGEDEQSVPASYARSVCNLIAQLGGRGVSVIFSSGD SGVGSACQTNDGKNTTRFPAQFPAACPWVTSVGATTGISPERGV FFSSGGFSDLWSRPSWQSHAVKAYLHKLGKRQDGLFNREGRAFP DVSAQGENYAIYAKGRLGKVDGTSCSAPAFAGLVSLLNDARIKAG KSSLGFLNPWLYSHPDALNDITVGGSTGCDGNARFGGRPNGSPV VPYASWNATEGWDPVTGLGTPNFQKLLKSAV	Penicillium oxalicum 114-2
52	CNSIITPQCLKDIYNIGDYQANDTNGNKVGFASYLEEYARYSDLALF EKNIAPSAKGQNFSVTRYNGGLNDQSSSGSSSEANLDLQYIVGVS SPVPVTEFSVGGRGELVPDLDQPDPNDNNNEPYLEFLQNVLKLDK KDLPQVISTSYGEDEQSIPEKYARSVCNLYSQLGSRGVSVIFSSGD SGVGSACLTNDGRNATRFPPQFPAACPWVTSVGATTHTAPEQAV YFSSGGFSDLWARPKWQEEAVSEYLEILGNRWSGLFNPKGRAFP DVTAQGRNYAIYDKGSLTSVDGTSCSAPAFAGVVALLNDARLKVN KPPMGFLNPWLYSTGRAGLKDIVDGGSTGCDGKSRFGGANNGG PSIPGASWNATKGWDPVSGLGSPNFATMRKLA	Penicillium roqueforti FM164
53	CNSIITPQCLKNMYNVGDYQADDDNGNKVGFASYLEEYARYSDLE LFEKNVAPFAKGQNFSVIQYNGGLNDQHSSASSSEANLDLQYIVG VSSPVPVTEFSVGGRGELVPDLDQPDPNDNNNEPYLEFLQNVLK MEQQDLPQVISTSYGENEQSVPEKYARTVCNLFSQLGSRGVSVIF ASGDSGVGAACQTNDGRNATRFPAQFPAACPWVTSVGATTHTAP EKAVYFSSGGFSDLWDRPKWQEDAVSDYLDTLGDRWSGLFNPK GRAFPDVSAQGQNYAIYDKGSLTSVDGTSCSAPAFAGVIALLNDA RLKANKPPMGFLNPWLYSTGRDGLNDIVHGGSTGCDGNARFGGP GNGSPRVPGASWNATKGWDPVSGLGSPNFATMRKLA	Penicillium rubens Wisconsin 54-1255

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54	CANLITPDCLVEMYNLGDYKPDASSGSRVGFGSFLNQSANYADLA AYEQLFNIPPQNFSVELINGGANDQNWATASLGEANLDVELIVAVS HALPVVEFITGGSPPFVPNVDEPTAADNQNEPYLQYYEYLLSKPNS HLPQVISNSYGDDEQTVPEYYARRVCNLIGLMGLRGITVLESSGDT GIGSACMSNDGTNTPQFTPTFPGTCPFITAVGGTQSYAPEVAWDA SSGGFSNYFSRPWYQYFAVENYLNNHITKDTKKYYSQYTNFKGR GFPDVSAHSLTPDYEVVLTGKHYKSGGTSAACPVFAGIVGLLNDA RLRAGKSTLGFLNPLLYSILAEGFTDITAGSSIGCNGINPQTGKPVP GGGIIPYAHWNATAGWDPVTGLGVPDFMKLKELVLS	Neosartorya fischeri NRRL 181
55	CANLITPDCLVEMYNLGDYKPDASSGSRVGFGSFLNESANYADLA AYEQLFNIPPQNFSVELINRGVNDQNWATASLGEANLDVELIVAVS HPLPVVEFITGALPPVLRVLALQTQLPSSSGDFQLTVPEYYARRVC NLIGLMGLRGITVLESSGDTGIGSACMSNDGTNKPQFTPTFPGTCP FITAVGGTQSYAPEVAWDGSSGGFSNYFSRPWYQSFAVDNYLNN HITKDTKKYYSQYTNFKGRGFPDVSAHSLTPYYEWLTGKHYKSG GTSAASPVFAGIVGLLNDARLRAGKSTLGFLNPLLYSILAEGFTDIT AGSSIGCNGINPQTGKPVPGGGIIPYAHWNATAGWDPVTGLGVPD FMKLKELVLS	Aspergillus fumigatus CAE 17675
SEQ ID No.:	Sequence	Origin
56	ATG G C AAAGTT G AG C ACT CTCCGGCTTGCGAGCCTT CTTT C C CT Τ GT CAGT GTGCAGGT AT CTGCCT CT GT CCAT CT ATT GGAGAGT C Τ GGAGAAGCTGCCT CATGGATGGAAAGCAGCT GAAACCCCGAG CCCTT CGT CT CAAATCGT CTTGCAGGTT GCT CT GACGCAGCAGA ACATT GACCAGCTT GAAT CGAGGCT CGCAGCT GT AT CCACACC CACTTCTAGCACCTACGGCAAATACTTGGATGTAGACGAGATCA ACAGCAT CTT CGCT CCAAGT GAT GCT AGCAGTT CTGCCGT CGA GTCTTGGCTTCAGTCCCACGGAGTGACGAGTTACACCAAGCAA GGCAGCAGCATTTGGTTT CAAACAAACAT CT CCACT GCAAATGC GAT GCT CAGCACCAATTT CCACACGT ACAGCGAT CT CACCGGC GCGAAGAAGGTGCGCACTCTCAAGTACTCGATCCCGGAGAGCC Τ CAT CGGCCAT GT CGAT CT CAT CT CT CCCACGACCT ATTTTGGC ACGACAAAGGCCAT GAGGAAGTT GAAAT CCAGT GGCGT GAGCC CAGCCGCTGATGCTCTAGCCGCTCGCCAAGAACCTTCCAGCTG CAAAGGAACT CT AGT CTTT GAGGGAGAAACGTT CAAT GT CTTT C AGCCAGACT GT CT CAGGACCGAGT AT AGT GTT GAT GGAT ACAC CCCGTCTGTCAAGTCTGGCAG C AG ΑΑΤΤ G G GTTT G GTT C CTTT C Τ CAAT GAGAGCGCAAGCTT CGCAGAT CAAGCACT CTTT GAGAA GCACTT CAACAT CCCCAGT CAAAACTT CT CCGTT GT CCT GAT CA ACGGTGGAACGGATCTCCCTCAGCCGCCTTCTGACGCCAACGA TGGCGAAGC C AAC CT G G AC G CT C AAAC C ΑΤΤΤΤ G AC CAT C G C A CAT CCT CT CCCCAT CACCGAATT CAT CACCGCCGGCAGT CCGC CATACTTCCCCGATCCAGTTGAACCTGCGGGAACACCCAACGA GAACGAGCCTT ΑΤΤΤ ACAGT ATT ACGAATTT CT GTT GT CCAAGT C CAACGCT GAAATT CCGCAAGT CATTACCAACT CCT ACGGCGAC GAGGAGCAAACT GTGCCGCGGT CAT ATGCCGTT CGAGTTTGCA AT CT GATT G GTCTGCT AG GACT AC GCG GT ATCTCTGTC CTT CAT TCCTCGGGCGACGAGGGTGTGGGCGCCTCTTGCGTTGCTACC AACAGCACCACGCCT CAGTTT AACCCCAT CTTT CCT GT AGGT CT Τ CT ACGT CAACACTT CCAGACAACCATTTT CT CCT ACT AACCACT CT ACCCT ACT CT CT GTT CACAT AGGCT ACAT GT CCTT AT GTT ACA AGTGTTGGCGGAACCGTGAGCTTCAATCCCGAGGTTGCCTGGG	Trichoderma reesei QM6a

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CT GGTT CAT CTGGAGGTTT CAGCT ACT ACTT CT CT AGACCCT GG Τ ACCAGCAGGAAGCT GTGGGT ACTT ACCTT GAGAAAT AT GT CAG TGCT GAGACAAAGAAAT ACT ATGGACCTT AT GTCGATTT CTCCG GACGAGGTTTCCCCGATGTTGCAGCCCACAGCGTCAGCCCCGA GT GAGTT CT ATT CCT ACCT ATGCAAAT CAT AGAAT GT AT GCT AAC Τ CGCCAT GAAGCT AT CCT GT GTTT CAGGGCGGT GAACT CACCC CAAGCGGAGGCACTTCAGCAGCCTCTCCTGTCGTAGCAGCCAT CGTGGCGCTGTTGAACGATGCCCGTCTCCGCGAAGGAAAACCC AC G CTTG G ΑΤΤΤ CT C ΑΑΤ C C G CT G ΑΤΤΤ ACCTACACGCCTC C ΑΑ AGGGTT CACCGACAT CACCT CGGGCCAAT CT GAAGGGT GCAAC GGCAATAACACCCAGACGGGCAGTCCTCTCCCAGGAGTATGCA G AAC AT C AAG AAG C CTTCTATCAGACGC C ΑΑΤ GCT AACTT GTG G ATAGGCCGGCTTCATTGCAGGCGCACACTGGAACGCGACCAAG GGAT GGGACCCGACGACT GGATTT GGT GTT CCAAACCT CAAAA AGCTCCTCGCACTTGTCCGGTTCTAA

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57 ATGTTCTTCAGTCGTGGAGCGCTTTCGCTCGCAGTGCTTTCACT GCTCAGCTCCTCCGCCGCAGGGGAGGCTTTTGAGAAGCTGTCT GCCGTTCCAAAGGGATGGCACTATTCTAGTACCCCTAAAGGCA ACACTGAGGTTTGTCTGAAGATCGCCCTCGCGCAGAAGGATGC Τ GCTGGGTT CGAAAAGACCGT CTT GGAGAT GT CGGAT CCCGAC CACCCCAGCTACGGCCAGCACTTCACCACCCACGACGAGATGA AGCGCATGCTT CTT CCCAGAGAT GACACCGTT GAT GCCGTT CG ACAATGGCTCGAAAACGGCGGCGTGACCGACTTTACCCAGGAT GCCGACTGGAT CAACTT CT GT ACT ACCGT CGAT ACCGCGAACA AACT CTT GAAT GCCCAGTT CAAAT GGT ACGT CAGCGAT GT GAAG CACAT CCGCCGTCT CAGAACACTGCAGT ACGACGT CCCCGAGT CGGT CACCCCT CACAT CAACACCAT CCAACCGACCACCCGTTTT GGCAAGATTAGCCCCAAGAAGGCCGTTACCCACAGCAAGCCCT CCCAGTTGGACGTGACCGCCCTTGCTGCCGCTGTCGTTGCAAA GAACAT CT CGCACT GT GATT CT AT CATT ACCCCCACCT GT CT GA AGGAGCTTTACAACATTGGTGATTACCAGGCCGATGCAAACTCG GGCAGCAAGATCGCCTTCGCCAGCTATCTGGAGGAGTACGCGC GCT ACGCT GACCTGGAGAACTTT GAGAACT ACCTT GCTCCCTG GGCTAAGGGCCAGAACTTCTCCGTTACCACCTTCAACGGCGGT CT CAAT GAT CAGAACT CCT CGTCCGAT AGCGGT GAGGCCAACC Τ GGACCT GCAGT ACATT CTT GGT GT CAGCGCT CCACT GCCCGT Τ ACT GAATT CAGCACCGGAGGCCGT GGTCCCCT CGTT CCT GAT CT GACCCAGCCGGAT CCCAACT CT AACAGCAAT GAGCCGT ACC ΤΤ GAGTT CTT CCAGAAT GT GTT GAAGCT CGACCAGAAGGACCT C CCCCAGGT CAT CT CGACCT CCT ATGGAGAGAACGAACAGGAAA Τ CCCCGAAAAGT ACGCT CGCACCGT CT GCAACCT GAT CGCTCA GCTTGGCAGCCGCGGTGTCTCCGTTCTCTTCTCCTCCGGTGAC TCTGGTGTTGGCGAGGGCTGCATGACCAACGACGGCACCAACC GGACTCACTTCCCACCCCAGTTCCCCGCCGCTTGCCCGTGGGT CACCTCCGTCGGCGCCACCTTCAAGACCACTCCCGAGCGCGG CACCT ACTT CT CCT CGGGCGGTTT CT CCGACT ACT GGCCCCGT CCCGAAT GGCAGGAT GAGGCCGT GAGCAGCT ACCT CGAGACG ATCGGCGACACTTTCAAGGGCCTCTACAACTCCTCCGGCCGTG CTTTCCCCGACGTCGCAGCCCAGGGCATGAACTTCGCCGTCTA CGACAAGGGCACCTTGGGCGAGTTCGACGGCACCTCCGCCTC CGCCCCGGCCTTCAGCGCCGTCATCGCTCTCCTGAACGATGCC CGTCTCCGCGCCGGCAAGCCCACTCTCGGCTTCCTGAACCCCT GGTTGTACAAGACCGGCCGCCAGGGTCTGCAAGATATCACCCT CGGTGCTAGCATTGGCTGCACCGGTCGCGCTCGCTTCGGCGG CGCCCCTGACGGTGGTCCCGTCGTGCCTTACGCTAGCTGGAAC GCTACCCAGGGCTGGGATCCCGTCACTGGTCTCGGAACTCCCG ΑΤΤΤ CGCCGAGCT C AAG AAG CTT G C C CTTG G C AACT ΑΑ Aspergillus oryzae RIB40 58 ATGGCGCCCATCCTCTCGTTCCTTGTTGGCTCTCTCCTGGCGG TTCGCGCT CTTGCT GAGCCATTT GAGAAGCT GTT CAGCACCCC GGAAGGATGGAAGAT GCAAGGT CTTGCT ACCAAT GAGCAGAT C GT CAAGCT CCAGATTGCT CTT CAGCAAGGCGAT GTTGCAGGTTT CGAGCAACAT GT GATT GACAT CT CAACGCCT AGCCACCCGAGC TATGGTGCTCACTATGGCTCGCATGAGGAGAT G AAG AG G AT G A Τ CCAGCCAAGCAGCGAGACAGT CGCTT CT GT GT CT GCAT GGCT GAAGGCCGCCGGTATCAACGACGCTGAGATTGACAGCGACTG GGT CACCTT CAAGACGACCGTT GGCGTT GCCAACAAGATGCT C GACACCAAGTTCGCTTGGTACGTGAGCGAGGAGGCCAAGCCC CGCAAGGT CCTT CGCACACT CGAGT ACT CT GT ACCAGAT GAT GT Τ GCAGAACACAT CAACTT GAT CCAGCCCACT ACTCGGTTT GCTG CGAT CCGCCAAAACCACGAGGTT GCGCACGAGATT GTT GGT CT Τ CAGTT CGCTGCT CTT GCCAACAACACCGTT AACT GCGAT GCCA CCAT CACT CCCCAGT GCTT GAAGACT CTTT ACAAGATT GACT AC AAGGCCGATCCCAAGAGT GGTT CCAAGGT CGCTTTT GCTT CGT ATTTGGAGCAGT ACGCGCGTT ACAAT GACCT CGCCCT CTT CGA GAAGGCCTTCCTCCCCGAAGCAGTTGGCCAGAACTTCTCTGTC GTCCAGTTCAGCGGCGGTCTCAACGACCAGAACACCACGCAAG ACAGTGGCGAGGCCAACTTGGACTTGCAGTACATTGTCGGTGT CAGCGCTCCTCTTCCCGTCACCGAGTTCAGCACCGGTGGTCGC GGCCCATGGGTCGCTGACCTAGACCAACCTGACGAGGCGGAC AGCGCCAACGAGCCCTACCTTGAATTCCTTCAGGGTGTGCTCA AACTT CCCCAGT CT GAGCT ACCT CAGGT CAT CT CCACAT CCT AT GGCGAGAAT GAGCAGAGT GT ACCT AAGT CAT ACGCT CTCTCCG TCTGCAACTTGTTCGCCCAACTCGGTTCCCGTGGCGTCTCCGT CATCTTCTCTTCTGGTGACAGCGGCCCTGGATCCGCATGCCAG AGCAACGACGGCAAGAACACGACCAAGTTCCAGCCTCAGTACC CCGCTGCCTGCCCCTTTGTCACCTCGGTTGGATCGACTCGCTA CCT C AAC G AG AC C G C AAC C G G CTTCT CAT CTG GTG GTTT CTC C GACTACTGGAAGCGCCCATCGTACCAGGACGATGCTGTTAAGG CGT ΑΤΤΤ CCACCACCT CGGT GAGAAATT CAAGCCAT ACTT CAAC CGCCACGGCCGTGGATTCCCCGACGTTGCAACCCAGGGATATG GCTTCCGCGTCTACGACCAGGGCAAGCTCAAGGGTCTCCAAGG TACTTCTGCCTCCGCGCCTGCATTCGCCGGTGTGATTGGTCTC CTCAACGACGCGCGATTGAAGGCGAAGAAGCCTACCTTGGGAT TCCT AAACCCACTGCTTT ACT CT AACT CAGACGCGCT ΑΑΑΤ GAC ATTGTTCTCGGTGGAAGCAAGGGATGCGATGGTCATGCTCGCT TTAACGGGCCGCCAAATGGCAGCCCAGTAATCCCATATGCGGG ATGGAACGCGACTGCTGGGTGGGATCCAGTGACTGGTCTTGGA ACGCCGAACTTCCCCAAGCTTCTTAAGGCTGCGGTGCCTAGCC GGTACAGGGCGTGA

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Phaeosphaer ia nodorum SN15

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59 ATGGCGAAACTGACAGCTCTTGCCGGTCTCCTGACCCTTGCCA GCGTGCAGGCAAATGCCGCCGTGCTCTTGGACAGCCTCGACAA GGTGCCTGTTGGATGGCAGGCTGCTTCGGCCCCGGCCCCGTC AT CCAAGAT CACCCT CCAAGTT GCCCT CACGCAGCAGAACATT G AT CAGTT GGAAT CAAAGCT CGCTGCCGTCT CCACGCCCAACT C CAGCAACT ATGGAAAGT ACCTGGAT GT CGAT GAGATT AACCAAA Τ CTT CGCT CCCAGCAGCGCCAGCACCGCTGCT GTT GAGT CCTG GCTCAAGTCGTACGGCGTGGACTACAAGGTGCAGGGCAGCAG CAT CTGGTTCCAGACGGATGTCTCCACGGC C AAC AAG AT G CTC AGCACAAACTTCCACACTTACACCGACTCGGTTGGTGCCAAGAA AGT GCGAACT CT CCAGT ACT CGGT CCCCGAGACCCT GGCCGAC C AC AT C G ATCT G ΑΤΤΤ C G C C C AC AAC CTACTTTGGCACGTC C ΑΑ GGCCATGCGGGCGTTGAAGATCCAGAACGCGGCCTCTGCCGT CTCGCCCCTGGCTGCTCGTCAGGAGCCCTCCAGCTGCAAGGG CACAATT GAGTTT GAGAACCGCACATT CAACGT CTT CCAGCCCG ACT GT CT CAGGACCGAGT ACAGCGT CAACGGAT ACAAGCCCT C AGCCAAGTCCGGTAGCAGGATTGGCTTCGGCTCTTTCCTGAAC CAGAGCGCCAGCT CCT CAGAT CTCGCT CT GTT CGAGAAGCACT TTGGCTTTGCCAGCCAGGGCTTCTCCGTCGAGCTCATCAATGG CGGATCAAACCCCCAGCCGCCCACAGACGCCAATGACGGCGA GGCCAACCTGGACGCCCAGAACATTGTGTCGTTTGTGCAGCCT CTGCCCATCACCGAGTTTATTGCTGGAGGAACTGCGCCGTACT Τ CCCAGACCCCGTT GAGCCGGCTGGAACT CCCGAT GAGAACGA GCCTT ACCT CGAGT ACT ACGAGT ACCT GCT CT CCAAGT CAAACA AGGAGCTT CCCCAAGT CAT CACCAACT CCT ACGGT GAT GAGGA GCAGACTGTTCCCCAGGCATATGCCGTCCGCGTGTGCAACCTC ATTGGATTGATGGGCCTTCGTGGTATCTCTATCCTCGAGTCATC CGGTGATGAGGGTGTTGGTGCCTCTTGTCTCGCTACCAACAGC ACCACCACT CCCCAGTT CAACCCCAT CTT CCCGGCT ACATGCC CCT AT GT CACCAGT GTT GGTGGAACCGT CAGCTT CAACCCCGA GGTTGCCTGGGACGGCTCATCCGGAGGCTTCAGCTACTACTTC TCAAGACCTTGGTACCAGGAGGCCGCAGTCGGCACATACCTTA ACAAGT AT GT CAGCGAGGAGACCAAGGAAT ACT ACAAGT CGT AT GTCGACTTTT CCGGACGT GGCTT CCCCGAT GTTGCAGCT CACA GCGTGAGCCCCGATTACCCCGTGTTCCAAGGCGGCGAGCTTAC CCCCAGCGGCGGTACTTCTGCGGCCTCTCCCATCGTGGCCAGT GTTATTGCCCTCCTGAACGATGCTCGTCTCCGTGCAGGCAAGC CT GCT CT CGGATT CTT GAACCCT CT GAT CT ACGGAT ATGCCT AC AAGGGCTTTACCGATATCACGAGTGGCCAAGCTGTCGGCTGCA ACGGCAACAACACTCAAACTGGAGGCCCTCTTCCTGGTGCGGG TGTT ATT C C AG GTG CTTT CTG G AAC G C G AC C AAG G G CTG G GAT CCT ACAACT GGATT CGGTGT CCCCAACTT CAAGAAGCT GCTT GA GCTTGTCCGAT AC ΑΤΤΤ AG

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Trichoderma atroviride IMI 206040

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60 ATGCGTCTTCTCAAATTTGTGTGCCTGTTGGCATCAGTTGCCGC C G C AAAG CCTACTCCAGGGGCGT C AC AC AAG GT C ATT G AAC AT CTT G ACTTT GTTC C AG AAG GATGGCAGATGGTTGGTGCCGCGG ACCCTGCTGCTAT C ATT G ΑΤΤΤ CTGGCTTGC CAT C G AG C G C G ΑΑ AACCCAGAAAAGCT CT ACGACACCAT CT AT GACGT CT CCACCCC Τ GGACGCGCACAAT ATGGCAAACATTT GAAGCGT GAGGAATT G GATGACTTACTACGCCCAAGGGCAGAGACGAGTGAGAGCATCA Τ CAACTGGCT CACCAATGGT GGAGT CAACCCACAACAT ATT CGG GAT GAAGGGGACTGGGT CAGATT CT CT ACCAAT GT CAAGACT G CCGAAACGTT GAT GAAT ACCCGCTT CAACGT CTT CAAGGACAAC CT ΑΑΑΤΤ CCGTTT CAAAAATT CGAACTTTGGAGT ATT CCGTCCCT GTAG CT AT AT CAGCT CAT GTC CAAAT GAT CCAG CCAACT ACCTT ATTTGGACGACAGAAGCCACAGAACAGTTT GAT CCT AAACCCCT Τ GACCAAGGAT CT AGAAT CCAT GT CCGTT GAAGAATTTGCT GCT Τ CT CAGT G CAG GT C CTT AGT GACT ACT G CCT G CCTT CG AGAATT GT ACG GACTT G GT G ACCGT GTCACT CAG G CT AG G GAT GACAAC C GT ATT G G AGT ATC C G G CTTTTT GGAGGAGTACGCC C ΑΑΤ ACC G C GAT CTT G AG CT CTTCCTCTCTCG CTTT G AG C CAT C C G C C AAA GGATTT ΑΑΤΤΤ CAGT GAAGGCCTT ATT GCCGGAGGAAAGAACAC TCAGGGTGGTCCTGGAAGCTCTACTGAGGCCAACCTTGATATG CAAT AT GTCGTCGGT CT GT CCCACAAGGCAAAGGT CACCT ATT A CT CCACCGCT GGCCGT GGCCCATT ΑΑΤΤ CCCGAT CT AT CT CAG CCAAGCCAAGCTT CAAACAACAACGAACCAT ACCTT GAA CAGCT GCGGTACCTCGTAAAGCTCCCCAAGAACCAGCTTCCATCTGTAT Τ GACAACTT CCT ATGGAGACACAGAACAGAGCTT GCCCGCCAG CT AT ACCAAAGCCACTT GCGACCT CTTT GCT CAGCT AGGAACT A TGGGTGTGTCTGTTATCTTCAGCAGTGGTGATACCGGGCCCGG AAGCT CATGCCAGACCAACGATGGCAAGAAT GCGACT CGCTT C AACCCT AT CT ACCCAGCTT CTTGCCCGTTT GT GACCT CCAT CGG Τ GGAACCGTTGGT ACCGGT CCT GAGCGTGCAGTTT CATT CT CCT CT GGTGGCTT CT CAGACAGGTT CCCCCGCCCACAAT AT CAGGA TAACGCTGTTAAAGACTACCTGAAAATTTTGGGCAACCAGTGGA GCGGATT GTTT GACCCCAACGGCCGT GCTTT CCCAGAT ATCGC AGCTCAGGGAT C ΑΑΑΤΤ ATGCTGTCTAT G AC AAG G G AAG GAT G A CTGGAGTCTCCGGCACCAGTGCATCCGCCCCTGCCATGGCTGC CAT CATT G C C C AG CTT AAC G ΑΤΤΤ CCGACTGG C AAAG G G CTCTC CTGTGCTGG GATT CTTG AAC C CAT G GATAT ATT C C AAG G GTTT C TCTGGCTTTACAGATATTGTTGATGGCGGTTCCAGGGGTTGCAC TGGTTACGATATATACAGCGGCTTGAAAGCGAAGAAGGTTCCCT ACG C AAG CTG GAAT G C AACT AAG G GAT GGGACCCAGTAACGGG ATTTGGT ACT CCCAACTT CCAAGCT CT CACT AAAGT GCTGCCCT ΑΑ

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Arthroderma benhamiae CBS 112371 61 AT GTATAT CACCT CAT CCCGCCT CGT GCTGGCCTTAGCGGCACT TC C G AC AG C ΑΤΤΤ G GT ΑΑΑΤ CAT ACTC C C AC CAT G C C G AAG C AC CAAAGGGATGGAAGGTCGACGACACCGCTCGTGTTGCCTCCAC CGGT AAACAACAGGT CTT CAGCAT CGCACT GACCATGCAAAAT G ΤΤ GAT CAGCT CGAGT CCAAGCT CCTT GACCT CT CCAGCCCCGA CAG CAAG AACT ATGG CCAGTG GAT GTCT CAAAAG GACGT AACA ACTGCTTT CT AT CCTT CGAAAGAAGCT GTTT CCAGT GT G AC AAA GTGGCTCAAGTCCAAGGGTGTCAAGCACTACAACGTCAACGGT G GTTT C ATT G ACTTT GCTCTCGATGT CAAG G GTG C C ΑΑΤ G C G CT ACTT GAT AGT GACT AT CAAT ACT ACACCAAAGAGG G CCAG AC CA AGTT GCGAACT CT GT CTT ACT CT ATCCCT GAT GAT GT AGCCGAA CACGTTCAGTTCGTCGACCCAAGCACCAACTTTGGCGGCACAC TGGCTTTCGCCCCTGTCACTCACCCATCGCGTACTCTAACCGA G C G CAAGAACAAG C C CAC CAAGAG CACAGTC GATG CTT CAT G C C AAAC CAG CAT C AC AC C CT CAT G CTT G AAG C AG AT GT AC AAC AT TGGT GACT ACACT CCCAAGGT CGAGT CTGGAAGCACT ATTGGTT TC AG C AG CTTC CTTG G C G AGT C C G C CAT CTACTCCGAT GTTTT C CT GTTT GAGGAGAAGTTTGGAATT CCCACGCAGAACTTT ACCAC Τ GTT CT CAT CAACAAC GG CACT GAT GACCAGAACACT G CT CACA AGAACTTTGGCGAGGCTGACTTGGATGCCGAGAACATTGTTGG ΑΑΤΤ GCCCACCCT CTT CCCTT CACCCAGT ACAT CACTGGCGGTT C AC C AC CTTTT CTTC C C AAC AT C GAT C AG C C AACT GCTGCCGAT AACCAGAACGAGCCTT AT GT GCCTTT CTT CCGCT ACCTT CT AT C GCAGAAGGAAGT CCCTGCAGTT GT CT CT ACCT CGT ATGGT GAC GAAGAAGAT AGCGT CCCTCGCGAAT AT GCT ACCAT GACCTGCA ACCT GATTGGT CTT CT CGGACTT CGAGGAAT CAGT GT CAT CTT C TCCTCTGGCGATATCGGCGTTGGTGCTGGATGTCTCGGCCCTG ACCACAAGACT GT CGAGTT CAACGCCAT CTT CCCT GCCACCT G CCCTTACCTCACCTCCGTCGGCGGTACCGTTGATGTCACCCCC G ΑΑΑΤ C G C CTG G G AAG GTTCTTCTGGTG GTTT C AG C AAGT ACTT CCCCCGACCCAGCTACCAGGACAAGGCTGTCAAGACGTACATG AAGACTGTCTCCAAGCAGACAAAGAAGTACTACGGCCCTTACAC CAACTGGGAAGGCCGAGGCTTCCCTGATGTTGCTGGCCACAGT GT CT CT CCCAACT AT GAGGTT AT CT AT GCTGGT AAGCAGAGT GC AAGCGGAGGTACCAGTGCTGCTGCTCCTGTTTGGGCTGCCATT GTCGGTCTGCTCAACGATGCCCGTTTCAGAGCTGGGAAGCCAA GCTTGGGATGGTTGAACCCTCTTGTTTACAAGTATGGACCAAAG GT GTT GACT GACAT CACTGGTGGTT ACGCCATTGGAT GT GAT G GCAACAACACCCAGTCCGGAAAGCCTGAGCCTGCAGGATCCG GTATTGTGCCCGGTGCCAGATGGAATGCCACTGCCGGATGGGA TCCTGT CACTGGTT ATGGT ACACCCGACTTTGGAAAGTT GAAGG ΑΤΤΤ G GTT CTTAG CTTCT ΑΑ

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Fusarium qraminearum PH-1

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62 ATGCGTTCCTCCGGTCTTTACGCAGCACTGCTGTGCTCTCTGG CCGCAT CGACCAACGCAGTT GTT CAT GAGAAGCT CGCCGCGGT CCCCTCGGGCTGGCACCATCTCGAAGATGCTGGCTCCGATCAC CAGATT AGCCT GT CGAT CGCATT GGCACGCAAGAACCT CGAT C AGCTT GAAT CCAAGCT GAAAGACTT GT CCACACCAGGT GAAT CG CAGTATGGCCAGTGGCTGGATCAAGAGGAAGTCGACACACTGT TCCCAGTGGCCAGCGACAAGGCCGTGATCAGCTGGTTGCGCA GCGCCAACATCACCCATATTGCCCGGCAGGGCAGCTTGGTGAA CTTT GCGACCACCGT CGACAAGGT GAACAAGCTT CT CAACACC ACTTTTGCTT ACT ACCAAAGAGGTT CTT CCCAGAGACT GCGCAC GACAGAGT ACT CCATT CCCGAT GAT CT GGT CGACTCGAT CGAC CT CAT CT CCCCGACAACCTTTTT CGGCAAGGAAAAGACCAGT GC TGGCCTGACCCAGCGGTCGCAGAAAGTCGACAACCATGTGGCC AAAC G CTC C AAC AG CTCGTCCTGCGCCGATAC CAT C AC GTTATC CTGCCT GAAGGAGAT GT ACAACTTTGGCAACT ACACT CCCAGC G C CT C GT C AG G AAG C AAG CTG G GATT CGCCAGCTTCCT G AAC G AGT CCGCCTCGT ATT CCGAT CTT GCCAAGTT CGAGAGACT GTT C AACTTGCCGT CT CAGAACTT CTCCGT GGAGCT GAT CAACGGCG GCGT CAAT GACCAGAACCAAT CGACGGCTT CT CT GACCGAGGC Τ GACCT CGAT GTGGAATTGCT CGTT GGCGT AGGT CAT CCT CTT C CGGT GACCGAGTTT AT CACTT CT GGCGAACCT CCTTT CATT CCC GACCCCGATGAGCCGAGTGCCGCCGATAATGAGAATGAGCCTT ACCTT CAGT ACT ACGAGT ACCT CCT CT CCAAGCCCAACT CGGCC CT GCCCCAAGT GATTT CCAACTCCT ACGGT GACGACGAACAGA CCGTTCCAGAATACTACGCCAAGCGAGTCTGCAACCTGATCGG ACTGGTCGGCCTGCGCGGCATCAGCGTCCTGGAATCATCCGGT GACGAAGGAATTGGATCTGGCTGCCGCACCACCGACGGCACTA AC AG C AC C C ΑΑΤΤ CAAT C C CAT CTTCCCCGC C AC CTGTCCCTAC GTGACCGCCGTAGGAGGCACCATGTCCTACGCGCCCGAAATTG CCT GGGAAGCCAGTT CCGGTGGTTT CAGCAACT ACTT CGAGCG AGCCTGGTTCCAGAAGGAAGCCGTGCAGAACTACCTGGCGAAC CACATCACCAACGAGACGAAGCAGTATTACTCACAATTCGCTAA CTTTAGCGGTCGCGGATTTCCCGATGTTTCGGCCCATAGCTTTG AGCCTTCGTACGAAGTTATCTTCTACGGCGCCCGTTACGGCTC CGGCGGTACTTCCGCCGCATGTCCTCTGTTCTCTGCGCTAGTG GGCATGTTGAACGATGCTCGTCTGCGGGCGGGCAAGTCCACG CTT GGTTT CTT GAACCCCCTGCT GT ACAGT AAGGGGT ACAAGG CGCTGACAGATGTCACGGCGGGACAATCGATCGGGTGCAATG GCATTGATCCGCAGAGTGATGAGGCTGTTGCGGGCGCGGGCA TTATCCCGTGGGCGCATTGGAATGCCACAGTCGGATGGGATCC GGT GACGGGATTGGGACTT CCT GATTTT GAGAAGTT GAGGCAG ΤΤ GGTGCT GT CGTT GT AG

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Aspergillus kawachii IFO 4308

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63 AT GAGT CGAAAT CT CCT CGTT GGTGCTGGCCT GTT GGCCCTCG CCCAATTGAGCGGTCAAGCTCTCGCTGCCGCTGCCCTCGTCGG CCATGAATCCCTAGCTGCGCTGCCAGTTGGCTGGGATAAGGTC AGCACGCCAGCTGCAGGGACGAACATTCAATTGTCCGTCGCCC TCGCTCT GCAAAACAT CGAGCAGCTGGAAGACCACTT GAAGT C Τ GT GT CAACCCCCGGTT CT GCCAGCT ACGGT CAGT ACCT GGAT TCCGACGGTATTGCCGCTCAATACGGTCCCAGCGACGCATCCG TTGAGGCTGTCACCAACTGGCTGAAGGAGGCCGGTGTCACTGA CAT CT ACAACAACGGCCAGT CGATT CACTT CGCAACCAGT GT CA G C AAG G C C AAC AG CTT GCTCGGGGCC G ΑΤΤΤ C AACT ACT ATT CT GATGGT AGTGCGACCAAGTTGCGT ACCTT AGCTT ATT CCGTT CC CAGT GACCT CAAAGAGGCCAT CGACCTT GT CT CGCCCACCACC Τ ΑΤΤΤ C G G C AAG AC CACTGCTTCTCGTAG CAT C C AG G CTT AC ΑΑ GAACAAGCGCGCCT CT ACT ACTT CCAAGT CTGGAT CGAGCT CT GTGCAAGT AT CTGCTT CCTGCCAGACCAGCAT CACT CCTGCCT GCTT GAAACAGAT GT ACAAT GTT GGCAACT ACACACCCAGCGT C GCTCACGGCAGTCGTGTCGGATTCGGTAGCTTCTTGAATCAATC Τ GCCAT CTTT GACGACTT GTT CACCT ACGAAAAGGT CAAT GAT A ΤΤ CCAT CACAGAATTT CACT AAGGT GATT ATT GCAAATGCAT CCA ACAGCCAAGATGCCAGCGATGGCAACTACGGCGAAGCCAACCT Τ GACGT GCAAAACATT GT CGGCAT CT CT CAT CCTCTCCCCGT GA CT GAATTCCT CACT GGTGGCT CACCT CCCTT CGTTGCT AGCCT C GACACCCCTACCAACCAGAACGAGCCATATATTCCTTACTACGA AT AT CTTTT GT CT CAGAAGAACGAGGAT CT CCCCCAGGT CATTT CCAACTCTTACGGAGACGACGAGCAGTCTGTGCCGTACAAGTA Τ GCCAT CCGTGCATGCAACCT GAT CGGCCT GACAGGTTT ACGA GGTATCTCGGTCTTGGAATCCAGCGGTGATCTCGGCGTTGGAG CCGGCTGT CGCAGCAACGAT GGCAAGAACAAGACT CAATTT GA CCCCAT CTT CCCT GCCACTTGCCCCT ACGTT ACCT CT GTT GGTG GT ACCCAAT CCGTT ACCCCT GAAATT GCCTGGGT CGCCAGCT C CGGTGGTTTCAGCAACTACTTCCCTCGTACCTGGTACCAGGAA CCCGCAATT CA GACCT AT CT CGGACT CCTT GACGAT GAGACCAA GACAT ACT ATT CT CAAT ACACCAACTTT GAAGGCCGT GGTTT CC CCGAT GTTT CCGCCCACAGCTT GACCCCT GATT ACCAGGT CGT CGGTGGTGGCTATCTCCAGCCAAGCGGTGGTACTTCCGCTGCT TCTCCT GT CTTTGCCGGCAT CATT GCGCTTTT GAACGACGCT CG Τ CT CGCTGCTGGCAAGCCCACT CTTGGCTT CTT GAACCCGTT CT TCTAC CTTT AT G GAT AC AAG G GTTT AAAC G ATATC ACTG G AG G A C AGTC AGTG G GTTG C AAC G GTAT C AAC G G C C AAACT G G G G CTC CTGTTCCCGGTGGTGGCATTGTTCCTGGAGCGGCCTGGAACTC TACTACTGGCTGGGACCCAGCCACTGGTCTCGGAACACCCGAC ΤΤ CCAGAAGTT G AAAG AACT CGT ACTT AG CTTTT ΑΑ Talaromyces stipitatus ATCC 10500 64 ATGTATATCTCCTCCCAAAATCTGGTACTCGCCTTATCGGCGCT G C CTT C AG C ΑΤΤΤ G G C ΑΑΑΤ CCTTCTCTCAC CAT G CT G AAG CT C CT CAAG GCT G G CAAGT CCAAAAG ACT G CCAAAGT CG CTT CCAA CACGCAGCAT GT CTT CAGT CTTGCACT AACCATGCAAAACGTGG AT CAGCT CGAAT CCAAGCTT CTT GACCT CT CCAGCCCCGACAG CGCCAACT ACGGT AACTGGCT CT CCCACGAT GAGCT CACAAGC ACTTT CTCT CCTT CCAAG GAG GCG GT G G CT AGT GT GACAAAGT GGCTCAAGTCAAAGGGCATCAAGCACTACAAGGTCAACGGTGC ΤΤΤ C ATT G ACTTT GCTGCTGATGTTGAGAAGGC C ΑΑΤ AC G CTTC Τ CGG AG GT GATT AC CAGT ACT ACACT AAG GAT G GT CAG ACG ΑΑ GCT GAGAACGCT GT CTT ACTCCATT CCT GAT GAT GTCGCCGGTC ACGTT CAATTT GTT GAT CCT AGCACAAACTT CGGTGGCACCGTT GCGTTCAACCCTGTGCCTCACCCCTCGCGCACCCTCCAAGAGC GCAAGGT CT CTCCCT CCAAGAGCACCGTT GATGCTT CAT GCCA GACAAGCAT CACCCCTT CTT GCCT CAAGCAGAT GT ACAACATT G GAGACT ACACT CCCGATGCCAAGT CT GGAAGT GAGATTGGTTT CAG C AG CTTT CTCGGCCAGGCTGCT ΑΤΤΤ ACTCTGATGTCTTCA AGTTT GAG GAGCT GTTT G GT ATT CCT AAG CAGAACT ACACCACT ATT CTGAT CAACAAT GGCACCGAT GAT CAGAATACTGCGCATGG AAACTTT GGAGAGGCTAACCTTGATGCT G AG AAC ATT GTTG G ΑΑ TCGCT CAT CCT CTT CCTTT CAAG CAGT ACATT ACT GGAGGTT CA C C AC CTTT C GTTC C C AAC AT C GAT C AG C C C AC C GAG AAG GAT ΑΑ CCAGAACGAGCCCT ACGTGCCTTT CTT CCGTT ACCT CTT GGGC CAGAAGGAT CT CCCAGCCGT CAT CT CCACTT CCT ACGGCGAT G AAGAAGACAGCGTT CCTCGT GAGT ATGCT ACACT CACCTGCAAC AT GAT CGGT CTT CTCGGT CT CCGTGGCAT CAGT GT CAT CTT CT C TTCCGGTGACATCGGTGTCGGTTCCGGCTGCCTTGCTCCCGAC Τ ACAAGACCGT CGAGTT CAAT GCCAT CTT CCCCGCCACAT GCC CCTACCTCACCTCCGTCGGCGGTACCGTCGACGTCACCCCCGA GATCGCCTGGGAGGGATCCTCCGGCGGATTCAGCAAGTACTTC CCCCGACCCAGCTACCAG G AC AAG G C CAT C AAG AAGT AC AT G A AGACAGTCTCCAAGGAGACCAAGAAGTACTACGGCCCTTACAC CAACTGGGAGGGCCGAGGTTTCCCTGATGTCGCTGGACACAGT GTT G CG CCT GACT ACGAG GTT AT CT AC ΑΑΤ GGT AAG CAG G CTC GAAGTGGAGGTACCAGCGCTGCTGCCCCTGTTTGGGCTGCTAT CGTTGGTCTGTT G AAC GATGCCCGCTT C AAG G CTG GT AAG AAG AG CTTG G G ATG GTT G AAC C CT CTTATCT AC AAG CAT G G AC C C ΑΑ GGT CTT GACT GACAT CACCGGTGGCT ATGCT ATTGGAT GT GAC GGTAACAACACTCAGTCTGGAAAGCCCGAGCCCGCTGGATCTG GTCTTGTTCCCGGTGCTCGATGGAACGCCACAGCTGGATGGGA TCCT ACCACTGGCT ATGGAACT CCCAACTTCCAGAAGTT GAAGG ACTT G GTTCT CAGCTT GT ΑΑ

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Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 4

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65 ATGCCTAAGTCCACAGCGCTTCGGCTTGTTAGCCTCCTTTCCCT GGCCAGT GTGCCGAT AT CTGCCT CCGTCCTT GTGGAAAGT CT C GAAAAGCTGCCTCACGGATGGAAAGCTGCTTCGGCTCCTAGCC CTT CCT CCCAGAT AACCCT ACAAGT CGCT CTT ACGCAGCAGAAC ATCGATCAGCTGGAATCGAGGCTCGCGGCTGTATCCACACCAA ATT CCAAGACAT ACGGAAATT AT CT GGAT CTT GAT GAGAT CAAT GAGATCTTCGCGCCAAGCGATGCCAGCAGCGCAGCCGTGGAG Τ CTT GGCT CCATT CT CACGGT GT GACAAAAT ACACGAAGCAAGG CAG CAGT AT CTGGTT CCAAACC GAAGTTT CT AC AG CAAAT G CAA Τ GTT GAGCACAAACTT CCACACTT ACAGT GATGCT GCT GGCGTT AAGAAGTTGCGAACT CTT CAGT ATT CAATT CCGGAGAGT CTT GT GGGCCAT GT CGAT CT CAT CT CACCCACGACCT ACTTTGGCACCT CT AACGCT AT GAGAGCTTT GAGAT CT AAAAGCGTGGCTT CAGTT GCT CAAAGT GTGGCAGCCCGCCAAGAACCTT CT AGCT GCAAGG GAACT CT GGTTTT CGAAGGAAGAACGTT CAAT GT CTT CCAACCA GATT GT CTT AG GACAGAGT ACAAT GT CAAT G GAT ACACT CCAT C AGCCAAGT CT GGT AGT AGAAT AGGATTT GGTT CCTT CTT AAACC AAAGT G CAAG CTTTT CAGACCT CG CACT CTTT G AAAAACACTTT G G GTTTT C C AG C C ΑΑΑΑΤΤΤ CTCCGTCGTTCT GAT CAAT G GT G G AACGGACCTGCCCCAACCACCCT CT GACGACAACGAT GGCGAG GCCAATTT GGAT GT CCAAAACATTTT G ACAAT CGCACACCCT CT GCCCAT CACT GAATT CAT CACTGCCGGAAGCCCGCCGTACTT C C CAG AT C C C GTT G AAC CTG CAG GAACT C C C GAT G AG AAC G AG C CTT ACTTGCAGT ACTTT GAGT AT CT GTT GT CGAAGCCCAACAGA GAT CTT CCT CAGGT CATT ACCAACT CTT ACGGT GAT GAGGAGCA AACAGT ACCT CAG G CTT ATG CTGT CCG AGT GT G CAAC CT ΑΑΤΤ G GATT GATGGGACT GCGTGGTAT CAGT AT CCT CGAGT CCTCCGG CGAT GAGGGAGT GGGT GCTT CCTGCGTT GCT ACCAACAGCACC ACTC CT C ΑΑΤΤΤ AAC C C C ΑΤΤΤΤ C C C G G CAAC AT GCCCCTATGT CACT AGCGT AGGTGGAACT GT GAACTT CAACCCAGAAGTT GCC TGGGACGGTT CAT CTGGAGGTTTCAGCTACT ΑΤΤΤ CTCCAGGCC AT G GT ACCAAG AG G AAG CAGTT GG AAACT ACCT AG AG AAG CAT GT CAGCGCCGAAACAAAGAAGT ACT ACGGGCCTT AT GT CGATTT CT CT GGACGT GGCTT CCCT GAT GTTGCAGCT CACAGCGT GAGC CCCGATT AT CCT GT GTT CCAAGGCGGCCAGCT CACT CCT AGCG GAGGCACTT CTGCGGCTT CTCCCGTCGT AGCCAGT AT CATT GC CCTT CT GAACGATGCACGCCT CCGT GAAGGCAAGCCCACACTT GGGTTCCTGAACCCGCTGATTTACCAATATGCTTACAAGGGTTT CACGGATATCACATCCGGCCAGTCTGATGGCTGCAATGGCAAC AACACCCAAACGGATGCCCCTCTTCCTGGAGCTGGCGTTGTCC TAG G AG C AC ACT G G ΑΑΤ G C G AC C AAAG GAT GGGATCCTACGAC AGGATTT GGTGTCCCT AACTTT AAGAAGCT ACT CGAGCT GAT CC GATATATATAG

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Trichoderma virens Gv29-8

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66 ATGGCTAAACTGACGGCACTTCGGCTCGTCAGCCTTCTTTGCCT TGCGGCTGCGCAGGCCTCTGCTGCTGTGCTCGTGGAAAGCCTC AAACAAGTGCCCAACGGGTGGAAT GCAGT CT CGACCCCAGACC CTTC G AC AT C GATT GTCTTG C ΑΑΑΤ CGCCCTCGCG C AAC AG ΑΑΤ ATCGATGAATTGGAATGGCGTCTCGCGGCTGTATCCACGCCCA ACTCT G G C ΑΑΤΤ ATG G C ΑΑΑΤ AC CTG GAT ATT G GAG AG ATT G ΑΑ G G ΑΑΤΤΤΤ C G C C C C AAG C ΑΑΤ G C CTCTT AC AAAG C C GTG G CAT C GTGGCT CCAGT CT CAT GGGGT GAAGAACTT CGT CAAACAAGCC GG CAGT ΑΤΤΤ G GTT CTACACT ACT GTCTCT ACCG CAAACAAGAT GCTT AGCACAGATTT CAAACACT AT AGCGAT CCT GTT GGCATT G AGAAGCTGCGT ACT CTT CAGT ACT CGAT CCCAGAAGAACT AGT C GGCCAT GTT GAT CT CAT CTCGCCT AC AAC AT ΑΤΤΤΤ GGAAACAA CCACCCCGCGACAGCGAGAACACCCAACATGAAGGCCATTAAC GT AAC CT AC C ΑΑΑΤ CTTTC AC C C AG ACT G C CTT AAAAC G ΑΑΑΤ A CGGCGTTGATGGCTATGCCCCATCTCCAAGATGTGGCAGCAGG ATT G GTTTT G G CT C ATT CCT C AAC G AAACT G C C AGTT ATT C G G A Τ CTT GCGCAGTTT GAGAAGT ACTTT GACCTT CCCAACCAAAACC ΤΤΤ CCACCTT ATT GAT CAAT GGCGCAAT CGACGTT CAGCCACCT Τ CCAACAAAAACGACAGCGAGGCCAACAT GGACGTT CAGACCA Τ CTT GACCTTT GTCCAACCT CTT CCT ATT ACT GAGTTT GTT GTT G CCGGAATCCCGCCGTATATTCCTGATGCGGCTTTGCCGATCGG CGACCCT GT CCAAAACGAGCCGTGGCTGGAAT ACTTT GAGTTTT Τ GAT GTCCAGGAC C AAC G C AG AG CTT C C C C AG GT C ATT G C C ΑΑ CTCATACGGTGACGAGGAACAAACGGTACCACAGGCGTATGCC GTCCGAGTATGCAACCAGATTGGGCTGTTGGGCCTTCGCGGTA Τ AT CCGTT AT CGCAT CAT CT GGCGAT ACGGGT GTTGGAAT GT CT Τ GT ATGGCTT CGAACAGCACT ACT CCT CAGTTT AACCCCAT GTT CCCGGCTT CGT GT CCTT AT AT CACCACT GTCGGT GGAACT CAG C AC CTT GAT ΑΑΤ GAG ATT GCTTGGGAG CTTT CAT CGGGAGGCTT CAGTAACTATTTCACAAGGCCATGGTATCAAGAAGACGCAGCCA AAACAT AT CTT GAACGT CAT GT CAGCACCGAGACAAAGGCAT AT TACGAACGTTACGCCAATTTCTTGGGACGCGGCTTTCCCGACG ΤΤ GCAGCACTT AGT CT CAACCCCGATT AT CCAGT GATT ATTGGC GGAGAACTTGGTCCCAATGGAGGCACTTCTGCGGCCGCACCC GTCGTCGCT AGT ATT ATTGCACT CTT GAACGAT GCACGCCTTT G CCT AGGCAAACCTGCCCTTGGGTT CTT GAACCCCCT GAT CT AT C AATATGCTGATAAGGGTGGCTTCACGGATATCACGTCCGGCCA GTCTTGGGGCTGTGCCGGAAATACCACTCAGACGGGGCCTCCT CCCCCTGGAGCTGGTGTCATTCCGGGGGCACACTGGAATGCG AC C AAG G GAT GGGATCCTGT AAC AG G ΑΤΤΤ G G AAC C C C G AACT Τ CAAGAAATT ACT CT CACT GGCCCTGTCCGTCT ΑΑ Trichoderma atroviride IMI 206040

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67 AT GTTTT GGCGT CCAGCTTTT GT CCTT CTT CTCGCT CAGCTT GT CACT GCT AGT CCTTT AGCT CGACGCTGGGAT GATTT CGCAGAAA AACATGCCTGGGTTGAAGTTCCTCGCGGGTGGGAAATGGTCTC CGAGGCT CCCAGT GACCAT ACCTTT GAT CTT CGCATT GGAGT ΑΑ AGT CAAGT GGCAT GGAGCAGCT CATT GAAAACTT GATGCAAACC AGCGAT CCT ACT CATT CCAGAT ATGGT CAACAT CTT AGT AAAGA AGAGCT CCAT GATTT CGTT CAGCCT CAT CCT GATT CT ACCGGAG CGGT CGAAGCATGGCTT GAAGATTT CGGTAT CT CCGAT GATTT C ATT GAT C GTACT GG AAGT GG CAACT G G GTT ACTGTT CGAGTTT C AGTAGCCCAGGCTGAACGTATGCTTGGTACCAAGTATAACGTCT AC C G C CATT CT G ΑΑΤ C AG G G G ΑΑΤ CGGTTGTAC G AAC ΑΑΤ GTCT Τ ATT CGCTT CCCAGCGAACTT CACT CCCACAT AGAT GTT GTCGC ACCCACCACTTATTTCGGCACGATGAAAAGCATGCGGGTGACC AGCTTCTTACAGCCGGAAATAGAGCCTGTTGACCCAAGCGCTA AACCAT CGGCTGCT CCAGCTT CCT GTTT GAGT ACCACT GT CAT A ACCCCCGATTGCCTCCGTGACCTTTATAATACGGCTGACTACGT TC CTTC C G C C ACTTC AC G G ΑΑΤ G C CATT G GT ATT GCTGGGTACT Τ GGAT CGTT CAAAT CGTGCAGAT CTT CAGACTTT CTT CCGACGC ΤΤ CCGGCCCGAT GCCGTTGGCTT CAATT ACACGACT GT CCAACT AAATGGCGGAGGAGACGACCAGAATGATCCCGGTGTAGAGGC C AAC CT C G AT ATT C ΑΑΤ ACGCCGCTGGT ATT G CTTT C C C C AC AC CAGCT ACAT ACT GGAGT ACTGGCGGCT CT CCACCTTT CATT CCA GAT ACT C AAAC C C C G AC AAAC AC C ΑΑΤ GAGCCCTACCTG GATT G GAT CAATTTT GT CCT AGGCCAGGACGAGATT CCACAGGT GATTT CAACGT CCT ATGGT GACGACGAGCAAACAGTTCCT GAAGATT AC GCTACTAGCGTGTGTAATCTCTTCGCGCAACTCGGCAGCCGTG GCGTT ACAGT ATT CTT CT CCAGCGGT GACTTT GGT GTTGGT GGT GGAGATT GCCT CACGAAT GAT GGCT CAAACCAAGT CCTTTT CCA GCCGGCTTTCCCCGCTTCCTGCCCATTCGTAACAGCTGTTGGC GG AACT GT CAGG CTT GAT C CT G AGATT G CT GT CAGTTT CTCTG G AG GAG G CTTTT CCCGTTACTTCTCCAGGC CAT C GT AC C AG ΑΑΤ C AAACT GTG G CT C ΑΑΤΤΤ GTTT CT ΑΑΤ CTTG G G AATAC ATT C AAC G G ACT CT AC ΑΑΤ ΑΑΑΑΑΤ G G AAG G G C CTAC C C AG ATCTT G C AG C A C AG G G C ΑΑΤ G G CTTC C AAGTT GTTATAGACGG CAT C GT C C GTT CGGTTGGAGGGACCAGCGCCAGCTCTCCGACGGTTGCCGGTA Τ CTTT GCGCTTTT GAAT GACTT CAAGCT CT CAAGAGGCCAGTCG AC ACTC G GATTT ATCAACCCACTTATATACTCCTCC G CTAC AT C C G G CTT C ΑΑΤ G AC AT CAGGGCGGGT AC AAAC C CTGGTTGTGGTA CTCGCGGATTTACCGCTGGTACTGGTTGGGATCCGGTCACTGG TCTGGGCACTCCC G ΑΤΤΤΤΤΤ GAGGCTTCAGGGACTT ΑΤΤΤ ΑΑ Agaricus bisporus var. burnettii JB137-S8 68 ATGCTCGACCGTATCCTTCTCCCCCTCGGCCTCCTGGCCTCCC ΤΤ GCCACCGCT CGT GT CTTT GACAGCCT ACCCCACCCT CCCCG AGGCTGGTCATACTCGCACGCGGCGGAATCGACGGAGCCGCT GACCCTGCGCATCGCCCTCCGCCAGCAAAATGCCGCCGCCCT GGAGCAGGTGGTGCTGCAGGTCTCGAACCCCAGGCACGCCAA TTACGGCCAGCACCTGACGCGCGACGAGCTGCGCAGCTACAC GGCGCCCACGCCGCGGGCCGTCCGCAGCGTGACGTCGTGGCT GGTCGACAACGGCGTCGACGACTACACGGTCGAGCACGACTG GGTGACGCTGCGCACGACGGTCGGGGCCGCGGACAGGCTGCT CGGCGCAGACTTTGCCTGGTATGCCGGCCCGGGCGAGACGCT GCAGCTGCGGACGCTCTCGTACGGCGTCGACGACTCGGTGGC GCCGCACGTCGACCTCGTGCAGCCCACGACGCGGTTTGGCGG TCCCGTCGGGCAGGCGTCG C AC AT CTT C AAG C AG G AC G ACTTT GACGAGCAGCAGCTCAAGACCTTGTCGGTGGGGTTCCAGGTCA TGGCTGACCTGCCGGCCAACGGGCCTGGGTCGATCAAGGCGG CATGTAACGAGTCTGGCGTGACGCCCCTGTGCCTGCGAACTCT GTACAGGGTCAACTACAAGCCGGCAACCACGGGGAACCTGGTC GCTTT CGCGT CGTT CCTGGAGCAGTACGCCAGGT ACAGT GAT C AGCAGGCATTCACTCAGCGGGTCCTTGGCCCTGGTGTTCCGTT GCAGAACTTTTCGGTCGAAACGGTCAACGGTGGAGCCAATGAC CAGCAGAGCAAACTTGACAGCGGCGAGGCGAACCTCGATCTGC AGT ACGT CAT GGCAAT GAGCCACCCT ATT CCAATTTTGGAGT AC AGCACTGGAGGCAGAGGACCCCTCGTCCCAACTCTGGACCAG C C C AAC G C C AAC AAC AG C AG C ΑΑΤ GAGCCTTACCTG G AGTT C C Τ GACGTACCT CCTGGCCCAACCCGACT CAGCCAT CCCT CAGAC CCTGTCGGTGTCGTATGGCGAGGAGGAACAGTCGGTGCCGCG CGACT ACGCCAT CAAGGTTT GCAACAT GTT CAT GCAGCT CGGC GCCCGCGGCGTGTCGGTTATGTTTTCGTCGGGCGACTCGGGC CCGGGT ΑΑΤ GACT GT GTT CGAGCCT CGGACAACGCAACCTTTTT TGGCTCAACATTCCCCGCAGGCTGCCCCTACGTCACGTCGGTG GGCTCCACCGTCGGCTTCGAGCCGGAGCGCGCCGTCTCCTTTT CCTCGGGCGGCTTCAGCATTTACCACGCTCGCCCCGACTACCA AAAC G AAGT G GTC C C C AAGT AC ATT G ΑΑΤ C GAT C AAG G CTTC G GGCTACGAAAAGTTCTTTGACGGCAACGGCCGCGGAATTCCCG ACGTGGCTGCCCAGGGCGCCCGCTTCGTCGTCATCGACAAGG GCCGCGTTTCTCTAATCTCGGGGACCAGCGCCAGCTCACCTGC GTTTGCTGGCATGGTGGCGCTCGTCAACGCCGCCCGCAAGTCA AAGGACATGCCGGCCTTGGGCTTCCTCAACCCCATGCTGTACC AGAACGCCGCGGCCATGACGGACATTGTCAACGGCGCTGGCA TCGGCTGCAGGAAGCAACGTACAGAATTCCCGAATGGCGCCAG GTTCAACGCCACGGCCGGCTGGGATCCCGTCACAGGGCTGGG GACGCCGTTGTTTGACAAGCTGCTGGCTGTTGGCGCACCTGGA GTTCCCAACGCGTGA

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Magnaporthe oryzae 70-15 69 ATGCGTAGCCAGTTGCTCTTCTGCACAG C ΑΤΤΤ GCTGCTCTCCA GTCGCTTGTGGAGGGCAGCGATGTGGTGTTGGAGTCATTGCGA GAGGTCCCTCAGGGCTGGAAGAGGCTTCGAGATGCGGACCCC GAGCAGTCCATCAAGCTGCGCATTGCGCTTGAGCAGCCTAACC Τ GGACCT GTTCGAGCAGACCCT CT ACGACAT CT CGT CACCGGA TCAC C C ΑΑΑΑΤATG G C CAG CATCTCAAG AG C CAC GAGTTAC G G GAT ATT ATGGCACCT CGCGAGGAGT CAACT GCTGCT GT CAT CG CTTGGCTGCAAGACGCTGGGCTTTCTGGCTCGCAGATTGAGGA CGACAGCGACT GGAT CAACAT CCAGACGACAGT CGCCCAAGCC AACGACAT GCT GAACACGACTTT CGGTCT CTT CGCCCAGGAAG GCACCGAGGT CAAT CGAATT CGAGCT CTGGCAT ATTCCGTGCC Τ GAGGAGAT CGTCCCT CACGT CAAGAT GATTGCT CCCAT CAT CC GCTT CGGT CAGTT GAGACCT CAGAT GAGCCACAT CTT CT CGCAT GAGAAAGTCGAGGAGACCCCGTCTATTGGCACCATCAAGGCCG CCGCTAT CCCAT CT GT GGAT CTT AACGT CACCGCTTGCAAT GCC AGCAT CACCCCCGAGT GCCT CCGAGCGCTTTACAACGTT GGTG ATT ACGAGGCGGACCCAT CGAAGAAGT CT CTTTT CGGAGT CT GT GGCTACTTG GAG CAATATG C C AAG C AC GAT C AG CTG G C C AAGT TTGAGCAGACCTACGCTCCGTATGCTATCGGTGCCGACTTCAG CGTCGTGACCATCAATGGCGGAGGCGACAACCAGACCAGTACG AT CGAT GAT GGAGAAGCCAACCT GGAT ATGCAGT ATGCTGTCA G CAT G G C AT AC AAG AC G C CAAT C AC AT ACT ATT CAACT G G G G GT CGAGGACCT CTT GTT CCAGAT CT CGACCAACCT GAT CCCAACG ACGT CT CAAACGAGCCGT ACCTT GATTTT GT GAGCT ACCTT CT C AAGCT GCCCGACT CCAAATT GCCGCAGACCAT CACAACTT CGTA CGGAGAGGAT GAGCAAT CCGTT CCACGCT CCT ACGTGGAGAAG GTCTGCACCATGTTCGGCGCGCTCGGTGCCCGAGGCGTGTCT GTGATCTTCTCCTCTGGTGATACCGGTGTCGGCTCAGCGTGCC AGACCAACGACGGCAAGAACACCACCCGCTTCCTGCCTATATT CCCTGCTGCGTGCCCTTATGTGACCTCGGTTGGAGGCACTCGC TATGTCGACCCGGAAGTCGCTGTGTCCTTCTCGTCTGGAGGCT Τ CT CGGACAT CTT CCCT ACGCCACT CT ACCAGAAGGGCGCT GT CTCTGGCTACCTGAAGATCCTCGGCGATCGCTGGAAGGGCCTC TATAACCCTCACGGCCGCGGTTTCCCTGACGTCTCCGGACAGA GT GT CAGAT ACCACGT CTT CGACT ACGGCAAGGACGT CAT GT A CTCTGGCACAAGTGCCTCTGCACCGATGTTCGCCGCGCTTGTC TCGCTGCTGAACAACGCCCGTCTCGCAAAGAAGTTGCCGCCCA Τ GGGATT CCT GAAT CCCTGGCTGTAT ACCGTTGGTTTT AACGGG CT G AC G GAT ATT GTGCACGGTG GAT CTACTGGGTGCACTGGCA CAGACGTGTACAGCGGCCTGCCCACACCTTTCGTTCCGTATGC GTCTTGGAACGCAACCGTGGGATGGGACCCCGTTACTGGACTT GGCACGCCTCT CTTT GAT AAG CTG CT C ΑΑΤΤΤ G AG C AC G C C AAA CTTCCACTTGCCG C AC ATT GGCGGTCACTAG

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Togninia minima UCRPA7 70 AT GAAGT ACAACACACT CCT CACCGGCCTGCTGGCT GTTGCCC ATGGCAGT GCCGTTT CCGCTT CAACT ACTT CACAT GT CGAGGGT GAAGTTGTCGAGCGACTTCATGGCGTTCCTGAGGGTTGGAGTC AAGTGGGCGCCCCCAATCCAGACCAGAAGCTGCGCTTTCGCAT CGCAGT ACGCT CGGT GAGT AATTGCTTTT GT GAACCCAT GTTT G AATCTTGCGGTGCTTTTTACTGAACATAACAGGCGGATAGCGAG CT GTTT GAGAGGACGCTT ATGGAGGTTT CTT CT CCCAGCCAT CC TCGCTACGGACAGCACCTAAAGCGACACGAACTCAAGGACCTC AT CAAACCGCGCGCCAAGT CAACTT CAAACAT CCT GAACT GGCT GCAAGAGT CT GGAATT GAGGCCAGAGATAT CCAGAACGATGGC GAGTGGATCAGCTTCTATGCTCCGGTTAAACGTGCCGAGCAAA Τ GAT GAGCACT ACATT CAAGACCT AT CAGAACGAGGCCCGAGC GAAT AT CAAGAAGATCCGCT CT CT AGACTACT CGGTGCCGAAG CACATT CGAGAT GACAT CGACAT CAT CCAGCCT ACGACTCGCTT C G G C C AG AT C C AAC C G G AG C GT AG C C AAGT CTTT AGT C AAG ΑΑ GAGGT CCCATT CT CAGCGCTT GTT GT CAATGCGACGT GT AACAA GAAAAT CACT CCCGACTGCCT CGCCAACCT CT ACAACTT CAAAG ACTATGATGCCAGCGATGCCAATGTCACTATCGGAGTCAGCGG CTT CCTGGAGCAAT ATGCT CGCTTT GACGACTT GAAGCAATT CA Τ CAGCACTTT CCAACCAAAAGCAGCTGGTT CCACATT CCAAGTT ACAT CT GT CAATGCAGGGCCTTTT GACCAGAACT CGACAGCCA GCAGT GTT GAAGCCAAT CTT GACATT CAGT ACACAACAGGT CTT GTTGCGCCCGACATT GAAACCCGCT ACTT CACT GTT CCCGGTC GCGGTATCCTGATCCCTGATCTGGACCAGCCTACGGAGAGCGA CAACGCT ΑΑΤ G AG CCGT AT CT G GATT ACTTT ACAT AT CTT ΑΑΤ ΑΑ CCT CGAAGACGAAGAACTCCCCGACGTGCTGACCACATCTT AC GGCGAGAGCGAGCAGAGTGTACCCGCCGAATATGCAAAAAAG GT GTGCAATTT GAT CGGCCAGTT GGGTGCTCGTGGTGTGTCCG TCATCTTCTCCAGCGGTGATACTGGCCCTGGCTCTGCATGCCA AACCAAT GATGGAAAAAACACGACACGTTT CTTGCCCAT CTT CC CTGCTTCTTGCCCCTACGTCACTTCGGTTGGCGGCACTGTTGG TGTTGAGCCCGAAAAGGCTGTCAGCTTCTCTTCGGGCGGCTTT Τ CT GACCT ATGGCCT CGACCCGCTT AT CAAGAGAAGGCCGT AT C AG ΑΑΤ AT CTT G AAAAG CT CGGAGACCGCTGGAACGGG CTTT A CAACCCTCAAGGACGCGGATTTCCTGATGTAGCTGCTCAGGGC CAAGGCTTCCAGGTGTTTGACAAGGGCAGGCTGATTTCGGTCG G AG G AAC GAGCGCTTCAGCTCCT GTTTT C G CAT CCGTAGTCGC ACTC CT G AAC ΑΑΤ G CT C G C AAG GCTGCCGG CAT GTCTTC ACTC GGCTTCTTGAACC CAT G GAT CTAC G AG C AAG GCT AC AAG G GCT TGACCGATATCGTTGCTGGAGGCTCGACAGGATGCACAGGAAG AT C CAT CT ATT CAGGCCTCCCAGCACCACTCGTGCCGTATGCTT CTTGGAATGCCACCGAAGGATGGGATCCGGTGACGGGCTATG GTACACCTGATTTCAAGCAATTGCTCACCCTCGCGACGGCACC CAAGTCTGGCGAGCGTCGCGTTCGTCGTGGCGGTCTCGGTGG CCAGGCTTAG

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Bipolaris maydis C5 71 AT GTT AT CTTCCTT CCTT AGCCAGGGAGCAGCCGT ATCCCTCGC GTT ATT GTCGCTGCT CCCTT CGCCTGT AGCCGCGGAGAT CTT C GAGAAGCTGTCCGGCGTCCCCAATGGCTGGAGATACGCCAACA AT CCT CACGGCAACGAGGT CATT CGCCTT CAAATCGCCCTT CAG C AG C AC GAT GTTG C C G GTTT C G AAC AAG C C GTG AT G G AC AT GT CCACCCCCGGTCACGCCGACTATGGAAAGCATTTCCGCACACA TGATGAGATGAAGCGCATGCTGCTCCCCAGCGACACTGCCGTC GACT CAGTT CGCGACT GGCT GGAAT CCGCCGGAGT CCACAAT A Τ CCAGGT CGACGCCGACTGGGT CAAGTT CCAT ACCACCGT CAA CAAGGCCAATGCCCTGCTGGATGCCGACTTCAAGTGGTATGTC AGCGAGGCCAAGCACATTCGTCGTCTACGCACCCTGCAATACT CCATCCCCGACGCCCTGGTCTCGCACATCAACATGATCCAGCC CACCACTCG CTTT G G C C AG ATC C AG C C G AAC C GTG C C AC CAT G CGCAGCAAGCCCAAGCACGCCGACGAGACATTCCTGACCGCA GCCACCTTGGCCCAGAACACCTCCCACTGCGACT CCAT CAT CA CGCCGCACT GT CT GAAGCAGCT CT ACAACAT CGGT GACT ACCA GGCCGACCCCAAGTCCGGTAGCAAGGTCGGCTTCGCCAGCTA CCT CGAAGAAT ACGCCCGGT ATGCCGAT CT CGAAAGGTT CGAG CAGCACCTGGCTCCCAACGCCATCGGCCAGAACTTCAGCGTCG ΤΤ C ΑΑΤΤ C AAC GGCGGCCT C AAC G AC CAG CTTT CATT G AG C G AC AGCGGCGAAGCCAACCTCGACCTGCAGTACATCCTGGGCGTCA GCGCTCCCGTCCCGGTCACTGAATACAGCACTGGCGGACGCG GCGAACTGGTCCCCGACCTGAGCTCCCCGGACCCCAACGACA ACAGCAACGAGCCCT ACCT CGACTT CCT CCAGGGT ATT CT CAAA CT CGACAATT CCGACCT CCCCCAAGT CAT CT CT ACCTCCT ACGG CGAAGACGAACAGACCATCCCCGTCCCCTACGCCCGCACAGTC TGCAATCTCTACGCCCAACTCGGCAGCCGCGGTGTCTCCGTGA TCTTCTCGAGCGGCGACTCCGGCGTCGGCGCCGCCTGCCTCA CCAACGACGGCACCAACCGCACCCACTTCCCTCCTCAATTCCC GGCCTCCTGCCCCTGGGTAACCTCCGTCGGTGCCACCAGCAAA ACCTCCCCGGAGCAAGCCGTCTCCTTCTCCTCAGGAGGCTTCT CCGACCTCTGGCCCCGCCCCTCCTACCAACAGGCTGCCGTCCA AACCTACCTCACCCAGCACCTGGGCAACAAGTTCTCAGGCCTC TTCAACGCCTCCGGCCGCGCCTTCCCCGACGTCGCCGCGCAG GGCGTCAACTACGCCGTCTACGACAAGGGCATGCTTGGCCAGT Τ CGATGGAACCAGTT GCTCCGCGCCGACGTT CAGT GGT GT CAT TGCCTTGTTGAATGACGCCAGACTGAGGGCGGGTTTGCCCGTT ATGGGATT CCT GAACCCGTT CCT CT ATGGAGTT GGT AGT GAGA GTGGCGCGTTGAATGATATTGTCAACGGCGGGAGCCTGGGTTG Τ GAT GGT AG G ΑΑΤ C G ΑΤΤΤ GGAGGCACGCC C ΑΑΤ GGAAGTCCC GTTGTGCCGTTTGCTAGTTGGAATGCGACCACCGGGTGGGATC CGGTTTCTGGGCTGGGAACGCCGGATTTTGCGAAGTTGAGGGG TGTGGCGTTGGGTGAAGCTAAGGCGTATGGTAATTAA Aspergillus kawachii IFO 4308

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72 AUGGCAGCGACUGGACGAUUCACUGCCUUCUGGAAUGUCGC GAGCGUGCCCGCCUUGAUUGGCAUUCUCCCCCUUGCUGGAU CUCAUUUAAGAGCUGUCCUUUGCCCUGUCUGUAUCUGGCGUC ACUCGAAGGCCGUUUGUGCACCAGACACUUUGCAAGCCAUGC GCGCCUUCACCCGUGUAACGGCCAUCUCCCUGGCCGGUUUC UCCUGCUUCGCUGCUGCGGCGGCUGCGGCUUUUGAGAGCCU GCGAGCUGUCCCUGACGGCUGGAUCUACGAGAGCACCCCCG ACCCUAACCAACCGCUGCGUCUACGCAUCGCGCUGAAACAGC ACAAUGUCGCCGGCUUCGAGCAGGCACUGCUGGAUAUGUCCA CACCCGGUCACUCCAGCUACGGGCAGCAUUUCGGCUCCUACC ACGAGAUGAAGCAGCUGCUUCUCCCUACCGAGGAGGCGUCCU CCUCGGUGCGAGACUGGCUCUCGGCGGCGGGCGUUGAGUUC GAACAGGACGCCGACUGGAUCAACUUCCGCACGACCGUCGAC CAGGCUAACGCCCUCCUCGACGCCGAUUUCCUCUGGUACACA ACGACCGGCUCGACGGGCAACCCGACGCGGAUCCUCCGAACC CUCUCCUACAGCGUUCCCAGCGAGCUCGCUGGAUACGUCAAC AUGAUCCAGCCGACUACGCGUUUCGGCGGCACGCAUGCCAAC CGGGCCACCGUUCGCGCGAAGCCGAUCUUCCUCGAGACCAAC CGGCAGCUCAUCAACGCCAUCUCCUCUGGCUCGCUCGAGCAC UGCGAGAAGGCCAUCACCCCAUCGUGCCUGGCGGAUCUGUAC AACACUGAAGGGUACAAGGCGUCCAACCGCAGCGGGAGCAAG GUGGCCUUUGCCUCCUUCCUCGAAGAGUACGCGCGCUACGA CGAUCUCGCCGAGUUCGAGGAGACCUACGCUCCCUAUGCGAU CGGGCAGAACUUCUCGGUUAUCUCCAUCAACGGCGGCCUCAA CGACCAGGACUCCACGGCCGACAGCGGCGAGGCGAACCUCGA CCUGCAGUACAUCAUCGGCGUCUCGUCGCCGCUACCUGUGAC CGAGUUCACAACCGGUGGCCGCGGCAAGCUCAUUCCUGACCU CUCCUCCCCCGACCCGAAUGACAACACCAACGAGCCUUUCCU UGACUUCCUUGAGGCCGUCCUCAAGCUCGAUCAGAAAGACCU GCCCCAGGUCAUCUCGACCUCCUACGGCGAGGACGAGCAGAC AAUCCCUGAGCCGUACGCCCGCUCCGUCUGCAACCUGUACGC UCAGCUCGGUUCCCGCGGCGUGUCUGUGCUCUUCUCCUCGG GUGACUCUGGCGUCGGCGCCGCCUGCCAGACCAACGAUGGC AAAAACACGACGCACUUCCCGCCGCAGUUCCCGGCCUCUUGC CCCUGGGUGACCGCCGUCGGCGGCACGAACGGCACAGCGCC CGAAUCCGGUGUAUACUUCUCCAGCGGCGGGUUCUCCGACUA CUGGGCGCGCCCGGCGUACCAGAACGCCGCGGUUGAGUCAU ACCUGCGCAAACUCGGUAGCACACAGGCGCAGUACUUCAACC GCAGCGGACGCGCCUUCCCGGACGUCGCAGCGCAGGCGCAG AACUUCGCUGUCGUCGACAAGGGCCGUGUCGGUCUCUUCGA CGGAACGAGCUGCAGUUCGCCUGUAUUUGCGGGCAUCGUGG CGUUGCUCAACGACGUGCGUCUGAAGGCAGGCCUGCCCGUG CUGGGAUUCCUCAACCCUUGGCUCUACCAGGAUGGCCUGAAC GGGCUCAACGAUAUCGUGGAUGGAGGGAGCACCGGCUGCGA CGGGAACAACCGGUUUAACGGAUCGCCAAAUGGGAGCCCCGU AAUCCCGUAUGCGGGUUGGAACGCGACGGAGGGGUGGGAUC CUGUGACGGGGCUGGGAACGCCGGAUUUCGCGAAGCUGAAA GCGCUCGUGCUUGAUGCUUAG

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Aspergillus nidulans FGSC Α4 73 AT GTT GT CATTT GTT CGT CGGGGAGCT CTCTCCCTCGCT CT CGT TTCGCT GTT GACCTCGT CT GT CGCCGCCGAGGT CTT CGAGAAG CT GCAT GTT GTGCCCGAAGGTTGGAGAT ATGCCT CCACTCCT ΑΑ CCCCAAACAACCCATT CGT CTT CAGAT CGCT CTGCAGCAGCAC GAT GT CACCGGTTTCGAACAGT CCCT CTTGGAGAT GT CGACT C CCGACCAT CCCAACT ACGGAAAACACTT CCGCACCCACGAT GA GAT GAAGCGCATGCTT CT CCCCAAT GAAAATGCCGTT CACGCC GTCCGCGAATGGCTGCAAGACGCCGGAATCAGCGACATCGAA GAAGACGCCGATTGGGTCCGTTTCCACACCACCGTGGACCAGG CCAACGACCTCCT CGACGCCAACTT CCT CT GGT ACGCGCACAA GAGCCATCGTAACACGGCGCGTCTCCGCACTCTCGAGTACTCG AT CCCAGACT CT ATT GCGCCGCAGGT CAACGT GAT CCAGCCAA CCACGCGATTCGGACAGATCCGTGCCAACCGGGCTACGCATAG CAGCAAGCCCAAGGGTGGGCTTGACGAGTTGGCTATCTCGCAG GCAGCTACGGCGGATGATGATAGCATTTGTGACCAGATCACCA CCCCACACT GT CTGCGGAAGCT GT ACAAT GT CAATGGCT ACAA GGCCGAT CCCGCT AGT GGT AGCAAGATCGGTTTTGCT AGTTT C CTGGAGGAATACGCGCGGTACTCTGATCTGGTACTGTTCGAGG AGAACCTGGCACCGTTT GCGGAGGGT GAGAACTTT ACT GT CGT CAT GT ACAACGGCGGCAAGAAT GACCAGAACT CCAAGAGCGAC AGCGGCGAGGCCAACCTCGATCTGCAGTACATCGTGGGAATGA GCGCGGGCGCGCCCGTGACCGAGTTCAGCACCGCCGGTCGC GCACCCGTCATCCCGGACCTGGACCAGCCCGACCCCAGCGCC GGTACCAACGAGCCGTACCTCGAGTTCCTGCAGAACGTGCTAC ACATGGACCAGGAGCACCTGCCGCAGGTGATCTCTACTTCCTA CGGTGAGAACGAACAGACCATCCCCGAAAAGTACGCCCGCACC GTTTGCAACATGTACGCGCAGCTGGGCAGCCGCGGTGTGTCG GTGATTTTCTCGTCGGGCGACTCCGGCGTCGGCTCTGCCTGTA TGACCAACGACGGTACAAACCGCACCCACTTCCCCCCGCAGTT CCCGGCGTCCTGCCCCTGGGTGACATCGGTCGGGGCCACTGA GAAGATGGCCCCCGAGCAAGCGACATATTTCTCCTCGGGCGGC ΤΤ CT CT GACCT CTT CCCGCGCCCAAAGT ACCAGGACGCTGCT G TCAGCAGCTACCTTCAGACCCTCGGATCCCGGTACCAGGGCTT GT ACAACGGTT CCAACCGT GCATT CCCT GACGT CT CGGCGCAG GGTACCAACTTTGCTGTGTACGACAAGGGCCGTCTAGGCCAGT Τ CGATGGT ACTT CTTGCT CTGCT CCCGCGTTT AGCGGT AT CAT C GCCTTGCT CAACGACGT CCGTCT CCAGAACAACAAGCCCGT CC TGGGCTTCTTGAACCCCTGGTTGTATGGCGCTGGGAGCAAGGG CCTGAACGACGTCGTGCACGGTGGCAGTACAGGATGCGATGG ACAGGAGCGGTTTGCAGGAAAGGCCAATGGAAGCCCCGTCGT GCCGTACGCTAGCTGGAATGCTACGCAAGGCTGGGATCCAGTC ACTGGCCTTG G AAC G C C G G ΑΤΤΤ C G G C AAGTT G AAG G ΑΤΤΤ G G CTCTGTCGGCTTAA

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Aspergillus ruber CBS 135680 74 AUGUUGCCCUCUCUUGUAAACAACGGGGCGCUGUCCCUGGC UGUGCUUUCGCUGCUCACCUCGUCCGUCGCCGGCGAGGUGU UUGAGAAGCUGUCGGCCGUGCCGAAAGGAUGGCACUUCUCC CACGCUGCCCAGGCCGACGCCCCCAUCAACCUGAAGAUCGCC CUGAAGCAGCAUGAUGUCGAGGGCUUCGAGCAGGCCCUGCU GGACAUGUCCACCCCGGGCCACGAGAACUACGGCAAGCACUU CCACGAGCACGACGAGAUGAAACGCAUGCUGCUCCCCAGCGA CUCCGCCGUCGACGCCGUCCAGACCUGGCUGACCUCCGCCG GCAUCACCGACUACGACCUCGACGCCGACUGGAUCAACCUGC GCACCACCGUCGAGCACGCCAACGCCCUGCUGGACACGCAGU UCGGCUGGUACGAGAACGAAGUGCGCCACAUCACGCGCCUGC GCACCCUGCAAUACUCCAUCCCCGAGACCGUCGCCGCGCACA UCAACAUGGUGCAGCCGACCACGCGCUUUGGCCAGAUCCGGC CCGACCGCGCGACCUUCCACGCGCACCACACCUCCGACGCGC GCAUCCUGUCCGCCCUGGCCGCCGCCAGCAACAGCACCAGCU GCGACUCAGUCAUCACCCCCAAGUGCCUCAAGGACCUCUACA AGGUCGGCGACUACGAGGCCGACCCGGACUCGGGCAGCCAG GUCGCCUUCGCCAGCUACCUCGAGGAAUACGCCCGCUACGCC GACAUGGUCAAGUUCCAGAACUCGCUCGCCCCCUACGCCAAG GGCCAGAACUUCUCGGUCGUCCUGUACAACGGCGGCGUCAAC GACCAGUCGUCCAGCGCCGACUCCGGCGAGGCCAACCUCGAC CUGCAGACCAUCAUGGGCCUCAGCGCGCCGCUCCCCAUCACC GAGUACAUCACCGGCGGCCGCGGCAAGCUCAUCCCCGAUCUC AGCCAGCCCAACCCCAACGACAACAGCAACGAGCCCUACCUC GAGUUCCUCCAGAACAUCCUCAAGCUGGACCAGGACGAGCUG CCGCAGGUGAUCUCGACCUCCUACGGCGAGGACGAGCAGACA AUCCCCCGUGGCUACGCCGAAUCCGUCUGCAACAUGCUGGCC CAGCUCGGCAGCCGCGGCGUGUCGGUGGUCUUCUCGUCAGG CGAUUCGGGCGUCGGCGCCGCCUGCCAGACCAACGACGGCC GCAACCAAACCCACUUCAACCCGCAGUUCCCGGCCAGCUGCC CGUGGGUGACGUCGGUCGGGGCCACGACCAAGACCAACCCG GAGCAGGCGGUGUACUUCUCGUCGGGCGGGUUCUCGGACUU CUGGAAGCGCCCGAAGUACCAGGACGAGGCGGUGGCCGCGU ACCUGGACACGCUGGGCGACAAGUUCGCGGGGCUGUUCAAC AAGGGCGGGCGCGCGUUCCCGGACGUCGCGGCGCAGGGCAU GAACUACGCCAUCUACGACAAGGGCACGCUGGGCCGGCUGGA CGGCACCUCGUGCUCGGCGCCGGCCUUCUCGGCCAUCAUCU CGCUGCUGAACGAUGCGCGCCUGCGCGAGGGUAAGCCGACC AUGGGCUUCUUGAACCCGUGGCUGUAUGGUGAGGGCCGCGA GGCGCUGAAUGAUGUUGUCGUGGGUGGGAGCAAGGGCUGUG AUGGGCGCGACCGGUUUGGCGGCAAGCCCAAUGGGAGCCCU GUCGUGCCUUUUGCUAGCUGGAAUGCUACGCAGGGCUGGGA CCCGGUUACUGGGCUGGGGACGCCGAACUUUGCGAAGAUGU UGGAGCUGGCGCCAUAG

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Aspergillus terreus Ν1Η2624 75 AT GATT G CAT C ATT ATT C AAC C GT AG G G C ATT GACGCTCG CTTT ATT GT CACTTTTTGCAT CCT CTGCCACAGCCGAT GTTTTT GAGA GTTT GT CTGCT GTT CCT CAGGGATGGAGAT ATT CT CGCACACCG AGT GCT ΑΑΤ CAGCCCTT GAAGCT ACAGATT GCTCTGGCT CAGG GAGAT GTT GCT GGGTTCGAGGCAGCT GT GAT CGAT AT GT CAAC CCCCGACCACCCCAGTTACGGGAACCACTTCAACACCCACGAG GAAATGAAGCGGATGCTGCAGCCTAGCGCGGAGTCCGTAGACT CGAT CCGT AACTGGCT CGAAAGT GCCGGT ΑΤΤΤ CCAAGAT CGA ACAGGACGCT GACTGGAT GACCTT CT AT ACCACCGT GAAGACA GCGAAT GAGCTGCTGGCAGCCAACTT CCAGTT CT ACAT CAAT G GAGT CAAGAAAAT AGAGCGT CT CCGCACACT CAAGT ACT CT GT C CCGGACGCTTTGGT GT CCCACATT AACAT GAT CCAGCCAACCA CCCGTTTCGGCCAGCTGCGCGCCCAGCGCGCCATTTTACACAC C G AG GT C AAG G AT AAC G AC GAG G CTTT C C G CT C ΑΑΑΤ G C CAT G TCCGCT ΑΑΤ CCGGACT GCAACAGCAT CAT CACT CCCCAGT GT CT CAAGGATTTGTACAGTATCGGTGACTATGAGGCCGACCCCACC AATGGGAACAAGGTCGCGTTTGCCAGCTACCTAGAGGAGTATG CCCGATACTCCGATCTCG C ATT ΑΤΤΤ G AG AAAAAC AT C G C C C C C ΤΤΤ G C C AAG G G AC AG ΑΑΤΤΤ CTCCGTTGTCCAGTAT AAC G G C G G TGGT ΑΑΤ GAT CAACAAT CGAGCAGTGGCAGT AGT GAGGCGAAT CTT GACTTGCAGT ACAT CGTTGGAGT CAGCT CT CCT GTT CCCGT TACAGAGTTTAGCACTGGAGGTCGCGGTGAACTTGTTCCGGAT CT CGACCAGCCGAAT CCCAAT GACAACAACAACGAGCCAT ACC ΤΤ GAATT CCT CCAGAACGTGCT CAAGTT GCACAAGAAGGACCT C CCCCAGGTGATTTCCACCTCTTATGGCGAGGACGAGCAGAGCG TTCCAGAGAAGTACGCCCGCGCCGTTTGCAACCTGTACTCCCA ACT CGGT AGCCGT GGT GT GTCCGT ΑΑΤ CTTTT CAT CCGGCGACT CTGGCGTTGGCGCCGCGTGTCAGACGAACGACGGCCGGAACG CGACCCACTTCCCACCCCAGTTCCCGGCCGCCTGCCCCTGGGT GACATCAGTCGGTGCGACAACCCACACTGCGCCCGAACGAGC CGTTTACTTCTCATCTGGCGGTTTCTCCGATCTCTGGGATCGCC CT ACGT GGCAAGAAGATGCT GT GAGT GAGT ACCT CGAGAACCT GGGCGACCGCTGGTCTGGCCTCTTCAACCCTAAGGGCCGTGC CTTCCCCGACGTCGCAGCCCAGGGTGAAAACTACGCCATCTAC GAT AAG G GTT CTTT GATCAGCGTCGATGGCACCTCTTGCTCGG CACCTGCGTTTGCCGGAGTCATCGCCCTCCTCAACGACGCCCG CATCAAGGCCAATAGACCACCCATGGGCTTCCTCAACCCTTGG CT GT ACT CT GAAGGCCGCAGCGGCCT AAACGACATT GT CAACG GCGGTAGCACTGGCTGCGACGGTCATGGCCGCTTCTCCGGCC CCACTAACGGTGGTACGTCGATTCCAGGTGCCAGCTGGAACGC TACTAAGGGCTGGGACCCTGTCTCCGGTCTTGGATCGCCCAAC ΤΤΤ G CT G C CAT G C G CAAACT C G C CAAC GCTGAGTAG Penicillium diqitatum Pd1

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76 ATGCATGTTCCTCTGTTGAACCAAGGCGCGCTGTCGCTGGCCG TCGTCTCGCTGTTGGCCTCCACGGTCTCGGCCGAAGTATTCGA CAAGCTTGTCGCTGTCCCTGAAGGATGGCGATTCTCCCGCACT CCCAGTGGAGACCAGCCCATCCGACTGCAGGTTGCCCTCACAC AGGGTGACGTTGAGGGCTTCGAGAAGGCCGTTCTGGACATGTC AACTCCCGACCACCCCAACTATGGCAAGCACTTCAAGTCACAC GAGGAAGTTAAGCGCATGCTGCAGCCTGCAGGCGAGTCCGTC GAAGCCATCCACCAGTGGCTCGAGAAGGCCGGCATCACCCACA ΤΤ CAACAGGATGCCGACTGGAT GACCTT CT ACACCACCGTT GA GAAGGCCAACAACCTGCTGGATGCCAACTT CCAGT ACT ACCT C AACGAGAACAAGCAGGTCGAGCGTCTGCGCACCTTGGAGTACT CGGTT CCT GACGAGCT CGT CT CGCACATT AACCTT GT CACCCC GACCACTCGCTTCGGCCAGCTGCACGCCGAGGGTGTGACGCT GCACGGCAAGTCTAAGGACGTCGACGAGCAATTCCGCCAGGCT GCTACTTCCCCTAGCAGCGACTGCAACAGTGCTATCACCCCGC AGT GCCT CAAGGACCT GT ACAAGGT CGGCGACT ACAAGGCCAG TGCCTCCAATGGCAACAAGGTCGCCTTCACCAGCTACCTGGAG CAGT ACGCCCGGT ACT CGGACCT GGCTCT GTTT GAGCAGAACA TTGCCCCCTATGCT CAGGGCCAGAACTT CACCGTT AT CCAGT AC AACGGTGGTCTGAACGACCAGAGCTCGCCTGCGGACAGCAGC GAGGCCAACCTGGATCTCCAGTACATTATCGGAACGAGCTCTC CCGTCCCCGT GACT GAGTT CAGCACCGGTGGT CGTGGT CCCTT GGT CCCCGACTT GGACCAGCCT GACAT CAACGACAACAACAAC GAGCCTT ACCT CGACTT CTT GCAGAAT GT CAT CAAGAT GAGCGA CAAGGAT CTT CCCCAGGTT AT CT CCACCTCGT ACGGT GAGGAC GAGCAGAGCGTCCCCGCAAGCTACGCTCGTAGCGTCTGCAACC TCATCGCTCAGCTCGGCGGCCGTGGTGTCTCCGTGATCTTCTC AT CT GGT GATT CCGGTGTGGGCTCTGCCTGT CAGACCAACGAC GGCAAGAACACCACTCGCTTCCCCGCTCAGTTCCCCGCCGCCT GCCCCTGGGTGACCTCTGTTGGTGCTACTACCGGTATCTCCCC CGAGCGCGGTGTCTTCTTCTCCTCCGGTGGCTTCTCCGACCTC TGGAGCCGCCCCTCGTGGCAAAGCCACGCCGTCAAGGCCTAC CTTCACAAGCTTGGCAAGCGTCAAGACGGTCTCTTCAACCGCG AAGGCCGTGCGTTCCCCGACGTGTCAGCCCAGGGTGAGAACTA CGCTATCTACGCGAAGGGTCGTCTCGGCAAGGTTGACGGCACT TCCTGCTCGGCTCCCGCTTTCGCCGGTCTGGTTTCTCTGCTGA ACGACGCTCGCATCAAGGCGGGCAAGTCCAGCCTCGGCTTCCT GAACCCCTGGTT GT ACT CGCACCCCGAT GCCTT GAACGACAT C ACCGTCGGTGGAAGCACCGGCTGCGACGGCAACGCTCGCTTC GGTGGTCGTCCCAACGGCAGTCCCGTCGTCCCTTACGCTAGCT GGAACGCTACTGAGGGCTGGGACCCCGTCACCGGTCTGGGTA CT CCCAACTT CCAGAAGCTGCT CAAGT CTGCCGTT AAGCAGAA GTAA

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Penicillium oxalicum 114-2

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77 ATGATTGCATCCCTATTTAGTCGTGGAGCATTGTCGCTCGCGGT CTT GT CGCTT CTCGCGTCCTCTGCT GCAGCCGAT GT ΑΤΤΤ GAGA GTTT GT CTGCT GTT CCT CAAGGAT GGAGAT ATT CT CGCAGGCCG CGTGCT GAT CAGCCCTT GAAGTT ACAGAT CGCTCT GACACAGG GGGATACTGCCGGCTTCGAAGAGGCTGTGATGGAGATGTCAAC CCCCGATCACCCTAGCTACGGGCACCACTTCACCACCCACGAA GAAATGAAGCGGATGCTACAGCCCAGTGCGGAGTCCGCGGAG TCAATCCGTGACTGGCTCGAAGGCGCGGGTATTACCAGGATCG AACAGGATGCAGATT GGAT GACCTT CT ACACCACCGTGGAGAC G G C ΑΑΑΤ GAGCTGCTGGCAGC C ΑΑΤΤΤ CCAGTTCTACGTCAGTA ATGT CAG G CACATT GAG CGT CTT CG CACACT CAAGT ACT CAGT C CCGAAGGCT CT GGTGCCACACAT CAACAT GAT CCAGCCAACCA CCCGTTTCGGCCAGCTGCGCGCCCATCGGGGCATATTACACGG CCAGGTCAAGGAATCCGACGAGGCTTTCCGCTCAAACGCCGTG TCCGCT CAGCCGGATT GCAACAGT AT CAT CACT CCT CAGT GT CT CAAGGAT ATAT AT ΑΑΤ ATC G GT GATT AC C AG G C C ΑΑΤ GAT AC C A ATGGGAACAAGGTCGGGTTTGCCAGCTACCTAGAGGAGTATGC ACGATACTCCGATCTGGCACT ΑΤΤΤ G AG ΑΑΑΑΑΤ ATCGCGCCCT CT GCCAAGGGCCAGAACTT CTCCGT CACCAGGT ACAACGGCGG TCTTAATGATCAAAGTTCCAGCGGTAGCAGCAGCGAGGCGAAC CT GGACTT GCAGT ACATT GTTGGAGT CAGCT CT CCT GTT CCCGT CACCGAATTTAGCGTTGGCGGCCGTGGTGAACTTGTTCCCGAT CT CGACCAGCCT GAT CCCAAT GAT AACAACAACGAGCCAT ACCT Τ GAATT CCT CCAGAACGT GCT CAAGCT GGACAAAAAGGACCTT C CCCAGGT GATTT CT ACCT CCT AT GGT GAGGACGAGCAGAGCAT Τ CCCGAGAAGT ACGCCCGCAGT GTTTGCAACTT GT ACT CGCAG CTCGGT AGCCGTGGT GT ATCCGT CATTTT CT CAT CTGGCGACT C CGGCGTTGGGTCCGCGTGCCTGACGAACGACGGCAGGAACGC GACCCGCTTCCCACCCCAGTTCCCCGCCGCCTGCCCGTGGGT GACATCAGTCGGCGCGACAACCCATACCGCGCCCGAACAGGC CGTGTACTTCTCGTCCGGCGGCTTTTCCGATCTCTGGGCTCGC CCGAAATGGCAAGAGGAGGCCGT GAGT GAGT ACCT CGAGAT CC TGGGTAACCGCTGGTCTGGCCTCTTCAACCCTAAGGGTCGTGC CTTCCCCGATGTCACAGCC C AAG GT C G C ΑΑΤΤ ACGCTATATACG ATAAGGGCTCGTTGACCAGCGTCGACGGCACCTCCTGCTCGGC ACCTGCCTTCGCCGGAGTCGTCGCCCTCCTCAACGACGCTCGC CT CAAAGT CAACAAACCACCAATGGGCTT CCTT ΑΑΤ CCTT GGCT GTACTCGACAGGGCGCGCCGGCCTAAAGGACATTGTCGATGG CGGCAGCACGGGTTGCGATGGCAAGAGCCGCTTCGGTGGTGC CAATAACGGTGGTCCGTCGATCCCAGGTGCTAGCTGGAACGCT ACTAAGGGTTGGGACCCTGTTTCTGGTCTCGGGTCGCCCAACT ΤΤ GCT ACCAT GCGCAAGCTTGCGAACGCT GAGT AG

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Penicillium roqueforti FM164 78 AUGAUUGCAUCUCUAUUUAACCGUGGAGCAUUGUCGCUCGCG GUAUUGUCGCUUCUCGCGUCUUCGGCUUCCGCUGAUGUAUU UGAGAGUUUGUCUGCUGUUCCUCAAGGAUGGAGAUAUUCUCG CAGACCGCGUGCUGAUCAGCCCCUGAAGCUACAGAUUGCUCU GGCACAAGGGGAUACUGCCGGAUUCGAAGAGGCUGUGAUGG ACAUGUCAACCCCUGAUCACCCCAGCUACGGGAACCACUUCC ACACCCACGAGGAAAUGAAGCGGAUGCUGCAGCCCAGCGCGG AGUCCGCAGACUCGAUCCGUGACUGGCUUGAAAGUGCGGGU AUCAAUAGAAUUGAACAGGAUGCCGACUGGAUGACAUUCUAC ACCACCGUCGAGACGGCAAAUGAGCUGCUGGCAGCCAAUUUC CAGUUCUAUGCCAACAGUGCCAAGCACAUUGAGCGUCUUCGC ACACUCCAGUACUCCGUCCCGGAGGCUCUGAUGCCACACAUC AACAUGAUCCAGCCAACCACUCGUUUCGGCCAGCUGCGCGUC CAGGGGGCCAUAUUGCACACCCAGGUCAAGGAAACCGACGAG GCUUUCCGCUCAAACGCCGUGUCCACUUCACCGGACUGCAAC AGUAUCAUCACUCCUCAGUGUCUCAAGAAUAUGUACAAUGUG GGUGACUACCAGGCCGACGACGACAAUGGGAACAAGGUCGGA UUUGCCAGCUACCUAGAGGAGUAUGCACGGUACUCCGAUUUG GAACUAUUUGAGAAAAAUGUCGCACCCUUCGCCAAGGGCCAG AACUUCUCCGUCAUCCAGUAUAACGGCGGUCUUAACGAUCAA CACUCGAGUGCUAGCAGCAGCGAGGCGAACCUUGACUUACAG UACAUUGUUGGAGUUAGCUCUCCUGUUCCAGUUACAGAGUUU AGCGUUGGCGGUCGUGGUGAACUUGUUCCCGAUCUUGACCA GCCUGAUCCCAAUGAUAACAACAACGAGCCAUACCUUGAAUU CCUCCAGAACGUGCUCAAGAUGGAACAACAGGACCUCCCCCA GGUGAUUUCCACCUCUUAUGGCGAGAACGAGCAGAGUGUUCC CGAGAAAUACGCCCGCACCGUAUGCAACUUGUUCUCGCAGCU UGGCAGCCGUGGUGUGUCCGUCAUCUUCGCAUCUGGCGACU CCGGCGUUGGCGCCGCGUGCCAGACGAAUGACGGCAGGAAC GCGACCCGCUUCCCGGCCCAGUUCCCUGCUGCCUGCCCAUG GGUGACAUCGGUCGGCGCGACAACCCACACCGCGCCCGAGAA GGCCGUGUACUUCUCGUCCGGUGGCUUCUCCGAUCUUUGGG AUCGCCCGAAAUGGCAAGAAGACGCCGUGAGUGACUACCUCG ACACCCUGGGCGACCGCUGGUCCGGCCUCUUCAAUCCUAAGG GCCGUGCCUUCCCCGACGUCUCAGCCCAAGGUCAAAACUACG CCAUAUACGAUAAGGGCUCGUUGACCAGCGUCGACGGCACCU CGUGCUCGGCACCCGCCUUCGCCGGUGUCAUCGCCCUCCUC AACGACGCCCGCCUCAAGGCCAACAAACCACCCAUGGGCUUC CUCAAUCCCUGGCUGUACUCGACAGGCCGUGACGGCCUGAAC GACAUUGUUCAUGGCGGCAGCACUGGCUGUGAUGGCAACGC CCGCUUCGGCGGCCCCGGUAACGGCAGUCCGAGGGUUCCAG GUGCCAGCUGGAACGCUACUAAGGGCUGGGACCCUGUUUCU GGUCUUGGAUCACCCAACUUUGCUACCAUGCGCAAGCUCGCG AACGGUGAGUAG

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Penicillium rubens Wisconsin 54-1255 79 AUGCUGUCCUCGACUCUCUACGCAGGGUUGCUCUGCUCCCU CGCAGCCCCAGCCCUUGGUGUGGUGCACGAGAAGCUCUCAG CUGUUCCUAGUGGCUGGACACUCGUCGAGGAUGCAUCGGAG AGCGACACGACCACUCUCUCAAUUGCCCUUGCUCGGCAGAAC CUCGACCAGCUCGAGUCCAAGUUGACCACACUGGCGACCCCA GGGAACGCGGAGUACGGCAAGUGGCUGGACCAGUCCGACAU UGAGUCCCUAUUUCCUACUGCAAGCGAUGACGCUGUUAUCCA AUGGCUCAAGGAUGCCGGGGUCACCCAAGUGUCUCGUCAGG GCAGCUUGGUGAACUUUGCCACCACUGUGGGAACGGCGAACA AGCUCUUUGACACCAAGUUCUCCUACUACCGCAAUGGUGCUU CCCAGAAACUGCGUACCACGCAGUACUCCAUUCCCGAUAGCC UGACAGAGUCGAUCGAUCUGAUUGCCCCCACUGUCUUCUUUG GCAAGGAGCAAGACAGCGCACUGCCACCUCACGCAGUGAAGC UUCCAGCCCUUCCCAGGAGGGCAGCCACCAACAGUUCUUGCG CCAACCUGAUCACUCCCGACUGCCUAGUGGAGAUGUACAACC UCGGCGACUACAAGCCUGAUGCAUCUUCGGGCAGUCGAGUC GGCUUUGGUAGCUUCUUGAAUCAGUCAGCCAACUAUGCAGAU CUGGCUGCUUAUGAGCAACUGUUCAACAUCCCACCCCAGAAU UUCUCAGUCGAAUUGAUUAACGGAGGCGCCAAUGAUCAGAAU UGGGCCACUGCUUCCCUCGGCGAGGCCAAUCUGGACGUGGA GUUGAUUGUAGCCGUCAGCCACGCCCUGCCAGUAGUGGAGU UUAUCACUGGCGGUUCACCUCCGUUUGUUCCCAAUGUCGACG AGCCAACCGCUGCGGACAACCAGAAUGAGCCCUACCUCCAGU ACUACGAGUACUUGCUCUCCAAACCCAACUCCCAUCUUCCUC AGGUGAUUUCCAACUCGUAUGGUGACGAUGAACAGACUGUUC CCGAGUACUACGCCAGGAGAGUUUGCAACUUGAUCGGCUUGA UGGGUCUUCGUGGUAUCACUGUGCUCGAGUCCUCUGGUGAU ACCGGAAUCGGCUCGGCGUGCAUGUCCAAUGACGGCACCAAC ACGCCUCAGUUCACUCCUACAUUCCCUGGCACCUGCCCCUUC AUCACCGCAGUUGGUGGUACACAGUCCUAUGCUCCUGAAGUU GCCUGGGACGCCAGCUCGGGUGGAUUCAGCAACUACUUCAG CCGUCCCUGGUACCAGUAUUUCGCGGUGGAGAACUACCUCAA UAAUCACAUUACCAAGGACACCAAGAAGUACUAUUCGCAGUAC ACCAACUUCAAGGGCCGUGGAUUCCCUGAUGUUUCUGCCCAU AGCUUGACCCCUGACUACGAGGUCGUCCUAACUGGCAAACAU UACAAGUCCGGUGGCACAUCGGCCGCCUGCCCCGUCUUUGC UGGUAUCGUCGGCCUGUUGAAUGACGCCCGUCUGCGCGCCG GCAAGUCCACCCUUGGCUUCCUGAACCCAUUGCUGUAUAGCA UACUCGCGGAAGGAUUCACCGAUAUCACUGCCGGAAGUUCUA UCGGUUGUAAUGGUAUCAACCCACAGACCGGAAAGCCAGUCC CCGGUGGUGGUAUCAUCCCCUACGCUCACUGGAACGCUACUG CCGGCUGGGAUCCUGUUACAGGUCUUGGGGUUCCUGAUUUC AUGAAGUUGAAGGAGUUGGUUUUGUCGUUGUAA

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Neosartorya fischeri NRRL 181

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80	AUGCUGUCCUCGACUCUCUACGCAGGGUGGCUCCUCUCCCU CGCAGCCCCAGCCCUUUGUGUGGUGCAGGAGAAGCUCUCAG CUGUUCCUAGUGGCUGGACACUCAUCGAGGAUGCAUCGGAGA GCGACACGAUCACUCUCUCAAUUGCCCUUGCUCGGCAGAACC UCGACCAGCUUGAGUCCAAGCUGACCACGCUGGCGACCCCAG GGAACCCGGAGUACGGCAAGUGGCUGGACCAGUCCGACAUU GAGUCCCUAUUUCCUACUGCAAGCGAUGAUGCUGUUCUCCAA UGGCUCAAGGCGGCCGGGAUUACCCAAGUGUCUCGUCAGGG CAGCUUGGUGAACUUCGCCACCACUGUGGGAACAGCGAACAA GCUCUUUGACACCAAGUUCUCUUACUACCGCAAUGGUGCUUC CCAGAAACUGCGUACCACGCAGUACUCCAUCCCCGAUCACCU GACAGAGUCGAUCGAUCUGAUUGCCCCCACUGUCUUCUUUGG CAAG GAGCAGAACAG CG CAC U G U CAU C U CACG CAG U GAAG C U UCCAGCUCUUCCUAGGAGGGCAGCCACCAACAGUUCUUGCGC CAACCUGAUCACCCCCGACUGCCUAGUGGAGAUGUACAACCU CGGCGACUACAAACCUGAUGCAUCUUCGGGAAGUCGAGUCGG CUUCGGUAGCUUCUUGAAUGAGUCGGCCAACUAUGCAGAUUU GGCUGCGUAUGAGCAACUCUUCAACAUCCCACCCCAGAAUUU CUCAGUCGAAUUGAUCAACAGAGGCGUCAAUGAUCAGAAUUG GGCCACUGCUUCCCUCGGCGAGGCCAAUCUGGACGUGGAGU UGAUUGUAGCCGUCAGCCACCCCCUGCCAGUAGUGGAGUUUA UCACUGGCGCCCUACCUCCAGUACUACGAGUACUUGCUCUCC AAACCCAACUCCCAUCUUCCUCAGGUGAUUUCCAACUCACUG UUCCCGAGUACUACGCCAGGAGAGUUUGCAACUUGAUCGGCU UGAUGGGUCUUCGUGGCAUCACGGUGCUCGAGUCCUCUGGU GAUACCGGAAUCGGCUCGGCAUGCAUGUCCAAUGACGGCACC AACAAGCCCCAAUUCACUCCUACAUUCCCUGGCACCUGCCCC UUCAUCACCGCAGUUGGUGGUACUCAGUCCUAUGCUCCUGAA GUUGCUUGGGACGGCAGUUCCGGCGGAUUCAGCAACUACUU CAGCCGUCCCUGGUACCAGUCUUUCGCGGUGGACAACUACCU CAACAACCACAUUACCAAGGAUACCAAGAAGUACUAUUCGCAG UACACCAACUUCAAGGGCCGUGGAUUCCCUGAUGUUUCCGCC CAUAGUUUGACCCCUUACUACGAGGUCGUCUUGACUGGCAAA CACUACAAGUCUGGCGGCACAUCCGCCGCCAGCCCCGUCUUU GCCGGUAUUGUCGGUCUGCUGAACGACGCCCGUCUGCGCGC CGGCAAGUCCACUCUUGGCUUCCUGAACCCAUUGCUGUAUAG CAUCCUGGCCGAAGGAUUCACCGAUAUCACUGCCGGAAGUUC AAUCGGUUGUAAUGGUAUCAACCCACAGACCGGAAAGCCAGU UCCUGGUGGUGGUAUUAUCCCCUACGCUCACUGGAACGCUAC UGCCGGCUGGGAUCCUGUUACUGGCCUUGGGGUUCCUGAUU UCAUGAAAUUGAAGGAGUUGGUUCUGUCGUUGUAA	Aspergillus fumigatus CAE 17675
SEQ ID No.:	Sequence	Origin

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81 ATGCAGACCTTCGGTG CTTTT CT C GTTT CCTTCCTCGCCGCCAG CGGCCTGGCCGCGGCCGAGCCCTTCGAGAAGCTCTTTAGCAC CCCCGAGGGCTGGAAGATGCAGGGCCTCGCCACCAACGAGCA GATCGTCAAGCTCCAGATCGCCCTCCAGCAGGGCGACGTGGC CGGCTTTGAGCAGCACGTCATCGACATCAGCACCCCCAGCCAC CCCAGCTACGGCGCTCACTACGGCAGCCACGAAGAGATGAAG CGCATGATCCAGCCCAGCAGCGAGACTGTCGCCAGCGTCAGC GCCTGGCTCAAGGCCGCTGGCATCAACGACGCCGAGATCGAC AGCGACTGGGTCACCTTCAAGACCACCGTCGGCGTCGCCAACA AGATGCTCGACACCAAGTTCGCCTGGTACGTCAGCGAGGAAGC CAAGCCCCGCAAGGTCCTCCGCACCCTTGAGTACAGCGTCCCC GACGACGTCGCCGAGCACATCAACCTCATCCAGCCCACCACCC GCTTCGCCGCCATCCGCCAGAACCACGAGGTCGCCCACGAGA TCGTCGGCCTCCAGTTTGCCGCCCTCGCCAACAACACCGTCAA CT GCGACGCCACCAT CACCCCCCAGT GCCT CAAGACCCT CT AC AAGATCGACTACAAGGCCGACCCCAAGAGCGGCAGCAAGGTC GCCTTCGCCAGCTACCTTGAGCAGTACGCCCGCTACAACGACC TCGCCCTCTTCGAGAAGGCCTTCCTGCCTGAGGCCGTCGGCCA GAACTTCAGCGTCGTCCAGTTCTCTGGCGGCCTCAACGACCAG AACACCACCCAGGATAGCGGCGAGGCCAACCTCGACCTCCAGT ACATCGTCGGCGTCAGCGCCCCTCTGCCCGTCACCGAGTTTAG CACTGGCGGCCGAGGCCCTTGGGTCGCCGATCTCGATCAGCC TGACGAGGCCGACAGCGCCAACGAGCCCTACCTTGAGTTCCTC CAGGGCGTCCTCAAGCTCCCCCAGAGCGAGCTGCCCCAGGTC ATCAGCACCTCGTACGGCGAGAACGAGCAGAGCGTCCCCAAGA GCTACGCCCTCAGCGTCTGCAACCTCTTCGCCCAGCTTGGCTC TCGCGGCGTCAGCGTCATCTTCAGCAGCGGCGATAGCGGCCC TGGCAGCGCCTGCCAGTCTAACGACGGCAAGAACACCACCAAG TTCCAGCCCCAGTACCCTGCCGCCTGCCCCTTCGTCACTAGCG TCGGCTCT ACCCGCT ACCT CAACGAGACTGCCACCGGCTT CAG CTCCGGCGGCTTCAGCGACTACTGGAAGCGCCCCAGCTACCA GGACGACGCCGTCAAGGCCTACTTCCACCACCTCGGCGAGAA GTTCAAGCCCTACTTCAACCGCCACGGCCGAGGCTTCCCTGAC GTCGCCACTCAGGGCTACGGCTTCCGCGTCTACGACCAGGGC AAGCTCAAGGGCCTCCAGGGCACTTCTGCCAGCGCCCCTGCCT TCGCCGGCGTCATTGGCCTGCTCAACGACGCCCGCCTCAAGG CCAAGAAGCCCACCCTCGGCTTTCTCAACCCCCTGCTCTACAG CAACAGCGACGCCCTCAACGACATCGTCCTCGGCGGCTCCAAG GGCTGCGACGGCCACGCTAGGTTTAACGGCCCTCCCAACGGC AGCCCCGTCATCCCTTACGCCGGCTGGAACGCCACTGCCGGCT GGGACCCTGTTACCGGCCTCGGCACCCCCAACTTCCCCAAGCT CCTCAAGGCCGCCGTCCCCTCTCGATACCGCGCTTAA Phaeosphaer ia nodorum SN15

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82 ATGCAGACCTTCGGTG CTTTT CT C GTTT CCTTCCTCGCCGCCAG CGGCCTGGCCGCGGCCAACGCTGCTGTCCTCCTCGACAGCCT CGACAAGGTCCCCGTCGGCTGGCAGGCTGCTTCTGCCCCTGCT CCCAGCAGCAAGATCACCCTCCAGGTCGCCCTCACCCAGCAGA ACATCGACCAGCTTGAGAGCAAGCTCGCCGCCGTCAGCACCCC CAACAGCAGCAACT ACGGCAAGT ACCT CGACGT CGACGAGAT C AACCAGATCTTCGCCCCCAGCAGCGCCAGCACTGCCGCTGTCG AGAGCTGGCTCAAGAGCTACGGCGTCGACTACAAGGTCCAGG GCAGCAGCATCTGGTTCCAGACCGACGTCAGCACGGCCAACAA GAT GCT CAGCACCAACTT CCACACCT ACACCGACAGCGT CGGC GCCAAGAAGGTCCGCACCCTCCAGTACAGCGTCCCCGAGACTC Τ CGCCGACCACAT CGACCT CAT CAGCCCCACCACCT ACTT CGG CACCAGCAAGGCCATGCGAGCCCTCAAGATCCAGAACGCCGC CAGCGCCGTCAGCCCTCTCGCTGCTCGACAAGAGCCCAGCAG CT GCAAGGGCACCAT CGAGTT CGAGAACCGCACCTT CAACGT C TTTCAGCCCGACTGCCTCCGCACCGAGTACAGCGTCAACGGCT ACAAGCCCAGCGCCAAGAGCGGCAGCCGAATCGGCTTCGGCA GCTTCCTCAACCAGAGCGCCAGCAGCAGCGACCTCGCCCTCTT C G AG AAG C ACTT CGGCTTCGCCAGCCAGGGCTTCAGCGTCGA GCTGATCAACGGCGGCAGCAACCCCCAGCCTCCCACCGATGCT AACGACGGCGAGGCCAACCTCGACGCCCAGAACATCGTCAGCT TCGTCCAGCCCCTGCCCATCACCGAGTTTATCGCTGGCGGCAC CGCCCCCTACTTCCCCGATCCTGTTGAGCCTGCCGGCACCCCC GACGAGAACGAGCCCT ACCTT GAGT ACT ACGAGT ACCT CCT CA GCAAGAGCAACAAGGAACTCCCCCAGGTCATCACCAACAGCTA CGGCGACGAGGAACAGACCGTCCCCCAGGCCTACGCCGTCCG CGTCTGCAACCTCATCGGCCTCATGGGCCTCCGCGGCATCAGC ATCCTTGAGAGCAGCGGCGACGAGGGCGTCGGCGCTTCTTGC CT CGCCACCAACAGCACCACCACCCCCCAGTT CAACCCCAT CT TCCCCGCCACGTGCCCCTACGTCACTAGCGTCGGCGGCACCG TCAGCTTCAACCCCGAGGTCGCTTGGGACGGCAGCAGCGGCG GCTTCAGCTACTACTTCAGCCGCCCCTGGTATCAAGAGGCCGC CGTCGGCACCT ACCT CAACAAGT ACGT CAGCGAGGAAACGAAG GAATATTACAAGAGCTACGTCGACTTCAGCGGCCGAGGCTTCC CT GACGT CGCCGCT CACT CT GT CAGCCCCGACT ACCCCGT CTT TCAGGGCGGCGAGCTGACTCCTTCTGGCGGCACTTCTGCCGC CAGCCCCATCGTCGCCAGCGTCATTGCCCTGCTCAACGACGCC CGACTCCGAGCCGGCAAGCCTGCCCTCGGCTTTCTCAACCCCC Τ CAT CT ACGGCT ACGCCT ACAAGGGCTT CACCGACAT CACCT C CGGCCAGGCCGTTGGCTGCAACGGCAACAACACCCAGACCGG CGGACCCCTTCCTGGCGCTGGCGTTATCCCTGGCGCCTTCTGG AACGCCACCAAGGGCTGGGACCCCACCACCGGCTTTGGCGTC CCCAACTTCAAGAAGCTCCTTGAGCTGGTCCGCTACATC Trichoderma atroviride IMI 206040

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83 ATGCAGACCTTCGGTG CTTTT CT C GTTT CCTTCCTCGCCGCCAG CGGCCTGGCCGCGGCCAAGCCTACTCCTGGCGCTTCCCACAA GGTCATCGAGCACCTCGACTTCGTCCCCGAGGGCTGGCAGATG GTCGGCGCTGCTGACCCTGCCGCCATCATCGACTTTTGGCTCG CCAT CGAGCGCGAGAACCCCGAGAAGCT CT ACGACACCAT CT A CGACGTCAGCACCCCCGGACGCGCCCAGTACGGCAAGCACCT CAAGCGCGAGGAACTCGACGACCTCCTCCGCCCTCGCGCCGA GACT AGCGAGAGCAT CAT CAACTGGCT CACCAACGGCGGCGT C AACCCCCAGCACATTCGCGACGAGGGCGACTGGGTCCGCTTCA GCACCAACGT CAAGACCGCCGAGACT CT CAT GAACACCCGCTT CAACGT CTTT AAGGACAACCT CAACAGCGT CAGCAAGAT CCGC ACCCTTGAGTACAGCGTCCCCGTCGCCATCAGCGCCCACGTCC AGATGATCCAGCCCACCACCCTCTTCGGCCGCCAGAAGCCCCA GAACAGCCT CAT CCT CAACCCCCT CACCAAGGACCTT GAGAGC ATGAGCGTCGAAGAGTTCGCCGCCAGCCAGTGCCGCAGCCTC GTCACTACTGCCTGCCTCCGCGAGCTGTACGGCCTCGGCGATC GAGTCACCCAGGCCCGCGACGACAACCGAATTGGCGTCAGCG GCTT CCTCGAAGAGT ACGCCCAGT ACCGCGACCTT GAGCT GTT CCTCAGCCGCTTCGAGCCCAGCGCCAAGGGCTTCAACTTCAGC GAGGGCCTGATCGCTGGCGGCAAGAACACCCAGGGTGGCCCT GGCTCT AGCACCGAGGCCAACCT CGACATGCAGT ACGTCGT CG GCCTCAGCCACAAGGCCAAGGTCACCTACTACAGCACTGCCGG CCGAGGCCCCCTCATCCCTGATCTCTCACAGCCCAGCCAGGCC AGCAACAACAACGAGCCCTACCTTGAGCAGCTCCGCTACCTCG TCAAGCTCCCCAAGAACCAGCTCCCCAGCGTCCTCACCACCAG CTACGGCGACACCGAGCAGAGCCTCCCCGCCAGCTACACCAA GGCCACGTGCGACCTCTTCGCCCAGCTCGGCACTATGGGCGT C AG C GT CAT CTTC AG C AG C G G C G AC ACT GGCCCTGGCAGCTC GTGCCAGACCAACGACGGCAAGAACGCCACGCGCTTCAACCC CATCTACCCCGCCAGCTGCCCCTTCGTCACCAGCATTGGCGGC ACCGTCGGCACCGGCCCTGAGCGAGCTGTCAGCTTTAGCAGC GGCGGCTTCAGCGACCGCTTCCCTCGCCCTCAGTACCAGGACA ACGCCGT CAAGGACT ACCT CAAGAT CCT CGGCAACCAGT GGTC CGGCCTCTTCGACCCTAACGGCCGAGCCTTCCCCGACATTGCC GCCCAGGGCAGCAACTACGCCGTCTACGACAAGGGCCGCATG ACCGGCGTTAGCGGCACTTCTGCTTCCGCCCCTGCTATGGCCG CCATCATTGCCCAGCTCAACGACTTCCGCCTCGCCAAGGGCAG CCCCGTCCTCGGCTTTCTCAACCCCTGGATCTACAGCAAGGGC TTCAGCGGCTTCACCGACATCGTCGACGGCGGCTCTAGGGGCT GCACCGGCTACGACATCTACAGCGGCCTCAAGGCCAAGAAGGT CCCCTACGCCAGCTGGAACGCCACCAAGGGCTGGGACCCCGT CACCGGCTTTGGCACCCCCAACTTCCAGGCCCTGACCAAGGTC CTGCCCTAA

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Arthroderma benhamiae CBS 112371 84 ATGCAGACCTTCGGTG CTTTT CT C GTTT CCTTCCTCGCCGCCAG CGGCCTGGCCGCGGCCAAGAGCTACTCTCACCACGCCGAGGC CCCCAAGGGCTGGAAGGTCGACGATACTGCCCGCGTCGCCAG C AC C G G C AAG C AG C AG GT CTTTT CGATCGCCCT G AC CAT G C AG AACGT CGACCAGCTT GAGAGCAAGCT CCTCGACCT CAGCAGCC CCGACAGCAAGAACTACGGCCAGTGGATGAGCCAGAAGGACG TCACCACCGCCTTCTACCCCAGCAAGGAAGCCGTCAGCAGCGT CACCAAGTGGCT C AAG AG C AAG G G C GT C AAG C ACT AC AAC GTC AACGGCGGCTT CAT CGACTT CGCCCT CGACGT GAAGGGCGCCA ACGCCCTCCTCGACAGCGACTACCAGTACTACACCAAGGAAGG CCAGACCAAGCTCCGCACCCTCAGCTACAGCATCCCCGACGAC GT CGCCGAGCACGT CCAGTT CGT CGACCCCAGCACCAACTT CG GCGGCACCCTCGCCTTTGCCCCCGTCACTCACCCTAGCCGCAC CCTCACCGAGCGCAAGAACAAGCCCACCAAGAGCACCGTCGAC GCCAGCTGCCAGACCAGCATCACCCCCAGCTGCCTCAAGCAGA TGTACAACATCGGCGACTACACCCCCAAGGTCGAGAGCGGCAG CACGATCGGCTTCAGCAGCTTCCTCGGCGAGAGCGCTATCTAC AGCGACGT CTTT CT GTT CGAGGAAAAGTT CGGCAT CCCCACCC AGAACTT CACCACCGT CCT CAT CAACAACGGCACCGACGACCA GAACACCGCCCACAAGAACTTCGGCGAGGCCGACCTCGACGC CGAGAACAT CGT CGGCATT GCCCACCCCCTGCCCTT CACCCAG Τ ACAT CACT GGCGGCAGCCCCCCCTT CCTGCCCAACAT CGAT C AGCCCACTGCCGCCGACAACCAGAACGAGCCCTACGTCCCCTT CTT CCGCT ACCT CCT CAGCCAGAAGGAAGT CCCCGCCGTCGTC AGCACCAGCTACGGCGACGAAGAGGACAGCGTCCCCCGCGAG TACGCCACCATGACCTGCAACCTCATCGGCCTGCTCGGCCTCC GCGGCATCAGCGTCATCTTCAGCAGCGGCGACATCGGCGTCG GCGCTGGCTGTCTTGGCCCCGACCACAAGACCGTCGAGTTCAA CGCCATCTTCCCCGCCACGTGCCCCTACCTCACTAGCGTCGGC GGCACGGTCGACGTCACCCCCGAGATTGCTTGGGAGGGCAGC AGCGGCGGCTTCAGCAAGTACTTCCCTCGCCCCAGCTACCAGG ACAAGGCCGTCAAGACCTACATGAAGACCGTCAGCAAGCAGAC CAAGAAGTACTACGGCCCCTACACCAACTGGGAGGGCCGAGG CTTTCCTGACGTCGCCGGCCACAGCGTCAGCCCCAACTACGAG GTCATCTACGCCGGCAAGCAGAGCGCCTCTGGCGGCACTTCTG CTGCCGCCCCTGTCTGGGCTGCCATCGTCGGCCTGCTCAACGA CGCCCGATTCCGAGCCGGCAAGCCTAGCCTCGGCTGGCTCAA CCCCCTCGTCTACAAGTACGGCCCCAAGGTCCTCACCGACATC ACCGGCGGCTACGCCATTGGCTGCGACGGCAACAACACCCAG AGCGGCAAGCCCGAGCCTGCCGGCTCTGGCATTGTCCCTGGC GCCCGATGGAACGCCACTGCCGGATGGGACCCTGTCACCGGC TACGGCACCCCCGACTTCGGCAAGCTCAAGGACCTCGTCCTCA GCTTCTAA

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Fusarium qraminearum PH-1

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85 ATGCAGACCTTCGGTG CTTTT CT C GTTT CCTTCCTCGCCGCCAG CGGCCTGGCCGCGGCCGCCGTCGTCATTCGCGCCGCCGTCCT CCCCGACGCCGTCAAGCTGATGGGCAAGGCCATGCCCGACGA CATT ΑΤΤΤ CCCT CCAGTTTT CCCT GAAGCAGCAGAACAT CGACC AGCTGGAGACCCGCCTCCGCGCCGTCTCGGACCCCAGCTCCC CCGAGTACGGCCAGTACATGAGCGAGTCCGAGGTCAACGAGTT CTTTAAGCCCCGCGACGACTCGTTCGCCGAGGTCATTGACTGG GTCGCCGCCAGCGGCTTTCAGGACATCCACCTGACGCCCCAG GCTGCCGCCATTAACCTCGCCGCCACCGTCGAGACGGCCGAC CAGCTCCTGGGCGCCAACTTCAGCTGGTTTGACGTCGACGGCA CCCGCAAGCTCCGCACCCTGGAGTACACGATCCCCGACCGCCT CGCCGACCACGTCGACCTGATTTCCCCCACCACGTACTTCGGC CGCGCCCGACTGGACGGCCCCCGCGAGACCCCCACGCGCCTC GACAAGCGCCAGCGCGACCCCGTCGCCGACAAGGCCTACTTC CACCTCAAGTGGGACCGCGGCACCAGCAACTGCGACCTGGTC ATCACGCCCCCCTGCCTGGAGGCCGCCTACAACTACAAGAACT ACATGCCCGACCCCAACTCGGGCAGCCGCGTCTCGTTCACCAG CTTTCTGGAGCAGGCCGCCCAGCAGAGCGACCTCACCAAGTTC CTCTCCCTGACGGGCCTCGACCGCCTGCGCCCCCCCAGCAGC AAGCCCGCCAGCTTCGACACGGTCCTGATCAACGGCGGCGAG ACCCACCAGGGCACGCCCCCCAACAAGACCTCCGAGGCCAAC CTCGACGTCCAGTGGCTGGCCGCCGTCATTAAGGCCCGACTCC CCATCACCCAGTGGATTACGGGCGGCCGCCCCCCCTTCGTCCC CAACCTCCGCCTGCGCCACGAGAAGGACAACACGAACGAGCC CTACCTGGAGTTCTTTGAGTACCTCGTCCGCCTGCCCGCCCGC GACCTCCCCCAGGTCATCTCCAACTCGTACGCCGAGGACGAGC AGACCGTCCCCGAGGCCTACGCCCGACGCGTCTGCAACCTCAT CGGCATTATGGGCCTGCGCGGCGTCACCGTCCTCACGGCCTC CGGCGACTCGGGCGTCGGCGCCCCCTGCCGCGCCAACGACG GCAGCGACCGCCTGGAGTTCTCCCCCCAGTTTCCCACCTCGTG CCCCTACATCACCGCCGTCGGCGGCACGGAGGGCTGGGACCC CGAGGTCGCCTGGGAGGCCTCCTCGGGCGGCTTCAGCCACTA CTTTCTCCGCCCCTGGTACCAGGCCAACGCCGTCGAGAAGTAC CTCGACGAGGAGCTGGACCCCGCCACCCGCGCCTACTACGAC GGCAACGGCTTCGTCCAGTTTGCCGGCCGAGCCTACCCCGAC CTGTCCGCCCACAGCTCCTCGCCCCGCTACGCCTACATCGACA AGCTCGCCCCCGGCCTGACCGGCGGCACGAGCGCCTCCTGCC CCGTCGTCGCCGGCATCGTCGGCCTCCTGAACGACGCCCGAC TCCGCCGCGGCCTGCCCACGATGGGCTTCATTAACCCCTGGCT GTACACGCGCGGCTTTGAGGCCCTCCAGGACGTCACCGGCGG CCGCGCCTCGGGCTGCCAGGGCATCGACCTCCAGCGCGGCAC CCGCGTCCCCGGCGCCGGCATCATTCCCTGGGCCTCCTGGAA CGCCACCCCCGGCTGGGACCCCGCCACGGGCCTCGGCCTGCC CGACTTCTGGGCCATGCGCGGCCTCGCCCTGGGCCGCGGCAC CTAA

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Acremonium alcalophilum 86 ATGCAGACCTTCGGTG CTTTT CT C GTTT CCTTCCTCGCCGCCAG CGGCCTGGCCGCGGCCGCCGTCGTCATTCGCGCCGCCCCCCT CCCCGAGAGCGTCAAGCTCGTCCGCAAGGCCGCCGCCGAGGA CGGCATT AACCT CCAGCT CTCCCT GAAGCGCCAGAACATGGAC CAGCTGGAGAAGTT CCTCCGCGCCGT CAGCGACCCCTTTT CCC CCAAGTACGGCCAGTACATGTCGGACGCCGAGGTCCACGAGAT CTTCCGCCCCACCGAGGACTCCTTTGACCAGGTCATTGACTGG CTC AC C AAGT CGGGCTTCGG C AAC CT G C AC AT CACGCCCCAGG CTGCCGCCATTAACGTCGCCACCACGGTCGAGACCGCCGACCA GCTGTTTGGCGCCAACTTCTCCTGGTTTGACGTCGACGGCACG CCCAAGCTCCGCACCGGCGAGTACACGATCCCCGACCGCCTC GTCGAGCACGTCGACCTGGTCAGCCCCACCACGTACTTCGGCC GCATGCGCCCCCCCCCTCGCGGCGACGGCGTCAACGACTGGA TCACCGAGAACTCGCCCGAGCAGCCCGCCCCCCTGAACAAGC GCGACACCAAGACGGAGAGCGACCAGGCCCGCGACCACCCCT CCTGGGACTCGCGCACCCCCGACTGCGCCACCATCATTACGCC CCCCTGCCTGGAGACGGCCTACAACTACAAGGGCTACATCCCC GACCCCAAGTCCGGCTCGCGCGTCAGCTTCACCAGCTTCCTGG AGCAGGCCGCCCAGCAGGCCGACCTGACCAAGTTCCTCAGCC TGACGCGCCTGGAGGGCTTTCGCACCCCCGCCAGCAAGAAGA AGACCTTCAAGACGGTCCTGATCAACGGCGGCGAGTCCCACGA GGGCGTCCACAAGAAGTCGAAGACCAGCGAGGCCAACCTCGA CGTCCAGTGGCTGGCCGCCGTCACCCAGACGAAGCTGCCCAT CACCCAGTGGATTACGGGCGGCCGCCCCCCCTTCGTCCCCAA CCTCCGCATCCCCACCCCCGAGGCCAACACGAACGAGCCCTAC CT GGAGTT CCTGGAGT ACCT CTTT CGCCT GCCCGACAAGGACC Τ CCCCCAGGT CAT CAGCAACT CCT ACGCCGAGGACGAGCAGAG CGTCCCCGAGGCCTACGCCCGACGCGTCTGCGGCCTCCTGGG CATTATGGGCCTCCGCGGCGTCACCGTCCTGACGGCCTCCGG CGACTCGGGCGTCGGCGCCCCCTGCCGCGCCAACGACGGCTC GGGCCGCGAGGAGTTCAGCCCCCAGTTTCCCAGCTCCTGCCC CTACATCACCACGGTCGGCGGCACCCAGGCCTGGGACCCCGA GGTCGCCTGGAAGGGCAGCAGCGGCGGCTTCTCCAACTACTTT CCCCGCCCCTGGTACCAGGTCGCCGCCGTCGAGAAGTACCTG GAGGAGCAGCTGGACCCCGCCGCCCGCGAGTACTACGAGGAG AACGGCTTCGTCCGCTTTGCCGGCCGAGCCTTCCCCGACCTGA GCGCCCACAGCAGCAGCCCCAAGTACGCCTACGTCGACAAGC GCGTCCCCGGCCTCACCGGCGGCACGTCGGCCAGCTGCCCCG TCGTCGCCGGCATCGTCGGCCTCCTGAACGACGCCCGACTCC GCCGCGGCCTGCCCACGATGGGCTTCATTAACCCCTGGCTCTA CGCCAAGGGCTACCAGGCCCTGGAGGACGTCACCGGCGGCGC CGCCGTCGGCTGCCAGGGCATCGACATTCAGACGGGCAAGCG CGTCCCCGGCGCCGGCATCATTCCCGGCGCCAGCTGGAACGC CACCCCCGACTGGGACCCCGCCACGGGCCTCGGCCTGCCCAA CTTCTGGGCCATGCGCGAGCTCGCCCTGGAGGACTAA Sodiomyces alkalinus 87 ATGCAGACCTTCGGTG CTTTT CT C GTTT CCTTCCTCGCCGCCAG CGGCCTGGCCGCGGCCGTCGTCCATGAGAAGCTCGCTGCTGT CCCCAGCGGCTGGCACCACCTTGAGGATGCCGGCAGCGACCA CCA GAT CAGCCT CTCGATT GCCCT CGCCCGCAAGAACCTCGAC CAGCTTGAGAGCAAGCTCAAGGACCTCAGCACCCCTGGCGAGA GCCAGTACGGCCAGTGGCTCGACCAAGAGGAAGTCGACACCC TGTTCCCCGTCGCCAGCGACAAGGCCGTCATCAGCTGGCTCCG CAGCGCCAACATCACCCACATTGCCCGCCAGGGCAGCCTCGTC AACTT CGCCACCACCGT CGACAAGGT CAACAAGCT CCT CAACA CCACCTTCGCCTACTACCAGCGCGGCAGCTCTCAGCGCCTCCG CACCACCGAGT ACAGCAT CCCCGACGACCT CGT CGACAGCAT C GACCT GAT CAGCCCCACCACGTT CTT CGGCAAGGAAAAGACCT CTGCCGGCCTCACCCAGCGCAGCCAGAAGGTCGATAACCACGT CGCCAAGCGCAGCAACAGCAGCAGCTGCGCCGACACCATCAC CCT CAGCTGCCT CAAGGAAAT GT AC AACTT CGGCAACT ACACCC CCAGCGCCAGCAGCGGCAGCAAGCTCGGCTTCGCCAGCTTCC TCAACGAGAGCGCCAGCTACAGCGACCTCGCCAAGTTCGAGCG CCT CTT CAACCTCCCCAGCCAGAACTT CAGCGTCGAGCT GAT C AACGGCGGCGTCAACGACCAGAACCAGAGCACCGCCAGCCTC ACCGAGGCCGACCTCGATGTCGAGCTGCTTGTCGGCGTCGGC CACCCCCTGCCCGTCACCGAGTTTATCACCAGCGGCGAGCCCC CCTT CATCCCCGACCCT GAT GAGCCTT CT GCCGCCGACAACGA GAACGAGCCCTACCTCCAGTACTACGAGTACCTCCTCAGCAAG CCCAACAGCGCCCTGCCCCAGGTCATCAGCAACAGCTACGGC GACGACGAGCAGACCGTCCCCGAGTACTACGCCAAGCGCGTC TGCAACCTCATCGGCCTCGTCGGCCTCCGCGGCATCAGCGTCC TTGAGTCTAGCGGCGACGAGGGCATCGGCTCTGGCTGCCGAA CCACCGACGGCACCAACAGCACCCAGTTCAACCCCATCTTCCC CGCCACGTGCCCCTACGTCACTGCCGTCGGCGGCACCATGAG CTACGCCCCCGAGATTGCTTGGGAGGCCAGCTCCGGCGGCTT CAGCAACTACTTCGAGCGAGCCTGGTTCCAGAAGGAAGCCGTC CAGAACTACCTCGCCAACCACATCACCAACGAGACTAAGCAGT ACTACAGCCAGTTCGCCAACTTCAGCGGCCGAGGCTTCCCCGA CGTCAGCGCCCACAGCTTCGAGCCCAGCTACGAGGTCATCTTC TACGGCGCTCGCTACGGCAGCGGCGGCACTTCTGCTGCCTGC CCCCTGTTTTCTGCCCTCGTCGGCATGCTCAACGACGCCCGAC TCCGAGCCGGCAAGTCGACCCTCGGCTTCCTCAACCCCCTGCT CTACAGCAAGGGCTACAAGGCCCTCACCGACGTCACCGCTGGC C AG AG C ATT G G CTG C AAC G G CAT C G AC C CCCAGAGCGACGAG GCTGTCGCTGGCGCTGGCATCATTCCCTGGGCCCACTGGAACG CCACCGTCGGCTGGGACCCTGTCACTGGCCTTGGCCTCCCCG ACTT CGAGAAGCT CCGCCAGCT CGTCCT CAGCCT CT ΑΑ Aspergillus kawachii IFO 4308

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88 ATGCAGACCTTCGGTG CTTTT CT C GTTT CCTTCCTCGCCGCCAG CGGCCTGGCCGCGGCCGCTGCTGCTCTTGTTGGCCACGAGTC TCTCGCCGCCCTCCCTGTCGGCTGGGACAAGGTCAGCACTCCT GCCGCTGGCACCAACATCCAGCTCAGCGTCGCCCTCGCCCTCC AG AACAT C GAGCAG CTT GAG GACCAC CT CAAGAG CGT CAG CAC CCCCGGCTCTGCCAGCTACGGCCAGTACCTCGACAGCGACGG CATTGCCGCCCAGTACGGCCCTTCTGACGCCAGCGTCGAGGC CGTCACCAACTGGCTCAAGGAAGCCGGCGTCACCGACATCTAC AACAACGGCCAGAGCATCCACTTCGCCACCAGCGTCAGCAAGG CCAACAGCCTCCTCGGCGCCGACTTCAACTACTACAGCGACGG CTCCGCCACCAAGCTCCGCACCCTCGCTTACAGCGTCCCCAGC GACCT GAAGGAAGCCAT CGACCT CGT CAGCCCCACCACCT ACT TCGGCAAGACCACCGCCAGCCGCAGCATCCAGGCCTACAAGAA CAAGCGAGCCAGCACCACCAGCAAGAGCGGCAGCAGCAGCGT CCAGGTCAGCGCCTCTTGCCAGACCAGCATCACCCCCGCCTGC CTCAAGCAGATGTACAACGTCGGCAACTACACCCCCAGCGTCG CCCACGGCTCTCGCGTTGGCTTCGGCAGCTTCCTCAACCAGAG CGCCAT CTT CGACGACCT CTT CACCT ACGAGAAGGT CAACGAC ATCCCCAGCCA G A ACTT CAC C A AG GTCATCATTGCCAACGCCA GCAACAGCCAGGACGCCAGCGACGGCAACTACGGCGAGGCCA ACCTCGACGTCCAGAACATTGTCGGCATCAGCCACCCCCTGCC CGT CACCGAGTTT CT CACTGGCGGCAGCCCACCCTT CGTCGCC AGCCTCGACACCCCCACCAACCAGAACGAGCCCTACATCCCCT ACTACGAGTACCTCCTCAGCCAGAAGAACGAGGACCTCCCCCA GGTCATCAGCAACAGCTACGGCGACGACGAGCAGAGCGTCCC CTACAAGTACGCCATCCGCGCCTGCAACCTCATCGGCCTCACT GGCCTCCGCGGCATCAGCGTCCTTGAGAGCAGCGGCGATCTC GGCGTTGGCGCTGGCTGCCGATCCAACGACGGCAAGAACAAG ACCCAGTTCGACCCCATCTTCCCCGCCACGTGCCCCTACGTCA CTAGCGTCGGCGGCACCCAGAGCGTCACCCCCGAGATTGCTT GGGTCGCTTCCAGCGGCGGCTTCAGCAACTACTTCCCCCGCAC CTGGTATCAAGAGCCCGCCATCCAGACCTACCTCGGCCTCCTC GACGACGAGACT AAGACCT ACT ACAGCCAGT ACACCAACTT CG AGGGCCGAGGCTTCCCCGACGTCAGCGCCCATTCTCTCACCCC CGACTACCAGGTCGTCGGCGGAGGCTACCTTCAGCCTTCTGGC GGCACTTCTGCCGCCAGCCCTGTCTTTGCCGGCATCATTGCCC TGCTCAACGACGCCCGACTCGCCGCTGGCAAGCCCACCCTCG GCTTT CT CAACCCCTT CTT CT ACCT CT ACGGCT ACAAGGGCCT C AACGACATCACTGGCGGCCAGAGCGTCGGCTGCAACGGCATC AACGGCCAGACTGGCGCCCCTGTTCCCGGCGGAGGAATTGTC CCTGGCGCCGCTTGGAACAGCACCACCGGATGGGACCCTGCC ACCGGCCTTGGCACCCCCGACTTTCAGAAGCTCAAGGAACTCG TCCTCAGCTTCTAA

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Talaromyces stipitatus ATCC 10500 89 ATGCAGACCTTCGGTG CTTTT CT C GTTT CCTTCCTCGCCGCCAG CGGCCTGGCCGCGGCCAAGTCGTTTTCCCACCACGCCGAGGC CCCCCAGGGCTGGCAGGTCCAGAAGACCGCCAAGGTCGCCTC CAACACGCAGCACGT CTTT AGCCT CGCCCT GACCATGCAGAAC GT CGACCAGCTGGAGT CGAAGCT CCT GGACCT GAGCT CCCCC GACAGCGCCAACTACGGCAACTGGCTCAGCCACGACGAGCTG ACCTCCACGTTCTCGCCCAGCAAGGAGGCCGTCGCCTCGGTCA CCAAGT GG CT G AAG AG CAAG G GCAT CAAG CACT ACAAG GT CAA CGGCGCCTTCATTGACTTTGCCGCCGACGTCGAGAAGGCCAAC ACCCTCCTGGGCGGCGACTACCAGTACTACACGAAGGACGGC CAGACCAAGCTGCGCACGCTCTCCTACTCGATCCCCGACGACG TCGCCGGCCACGTCCAGTTCGTCGACCCCAGCACCAACTTCGG CGGCACGGTCGCCTTTAACCCCGTCCCCCACCCCTCCCGCACC CTCCAGGAGCGCAAGGTCTCCCCCTCCAAGTCGACGGTCGAC GCCT CCTGCCAGACCT CGAT CACGCCCAGCT GCCT GAAGCAGA TGTACAACATTGGCGACTACACCCCCGACGCCAAGAGCGGCTC CGAGATCGGCTTCAGCAGCTTCCTCGGCCAGGCCGCCATTTAC AGCGACGTCTT C AAGTTT GAG GAG CT CTTC G G CAT C C C CAAG C AGAACTACACCACGATCCTGATTAACAACGGCACCGACGACCA GAACACGGCCCACGGCAACTTTGGCGAGGCCAACCTCGACGC CGAGAACATCGTCGGCATTGCCCACCCCCTGCCCTTCAAGCAG TACATCACCGGCGGCAGCCCCCCCTTTGTCCCCAACATTGACC AGCCCACGGAGAAGGACAACCAGAACGAGCCCTACGTCCCCTT CTTTCGCTACCTCCTGGGCCAGAAGGACCTGCCCGCCGTCATC TCGACCAGCTACGGCGACGAGGAGGACTCCGTCCCCCGCGAG TACGCCACCCTCACGTGCAACATGATCGGCCTCCTGGGCCTGC GCGGCATCTCCGTCATTTTCTCCTCGGGCGACATTGGCGTCGG CTCGGGCTGCCTCGCCCCCGACTACAAGACCGTCGAGTTCAAC GCCATCTTTCCCGCCACCTGCCCCTACCTGACGTCCGTCGGCG GCACCGTCGACGTCACGCCCGAGATTGCCTGGGAGGGCAGCT CCGGCGGCTTCTCCAAGTACTTTCCCCGCCCCTCGTACCAGGA CAAGGCCAT CAAGAAGT ACAT GAAGACCGT CT CGAAGGAGACG AAGAAGTACTACGGCCCCTACACCAACTGGGAGGGCCGCGGC TTCCCCGACGTCGCCGGCCACTCCGTCGCCCCCGACTACGAG GTCATCTACAACGGCAAGCAGGCCCGATCCGGCGGCACCAGC GCCGCCGCCCCCGTCTGGGCCGCCATCGTCGGCCTCCTGAAC GACGCCCGATTCAAGGCCGGCAAGAAGAGCCTGGGCTGGCTC AACCCCCTGATCTACAAGCACGGCCCCAAGGTCCTCACCGACA TCACGGGCGGCTACGCCATTGGCTGCGACGGCAACAACACCC AGAGCGGCAAGCCCGAGCCCGCCGGCTCCGGCCTGGTCCCCG GCGCCCGATGGAACGCCACCGCCGGCTGGGACCCCACCACGG GCTACGGCACGCCCAACTTCCAGAAGCTCAAGGACCTCGTCCT GTCCCTCTAA

[383]

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 4

[384]

90 ATGCAGACCTTCGGTG CTTTT CT C GTTT CCTTCCTCGCCGCCAG CGGCCTGGCCGCGGCCGTCGTCCATGAGAAGCTCGCTGCTGT CCCCAGCGGCTGGCACCACCTTGAGGATGCCGGCAGCGACCA CCA GAT CAGCCT CTCGATT GCCCT CGCCCGCAAGAACCTCGAC CAGCTTGAGAGCAAGCTCAAGGACCTCAGCACCCCTGGCGAGA GCCAGTACGGCCAGTGGCTCGACCAAGAGGAAGTCGACACCC TGTTCCCCGTCGCCAGCGACAAGGCCGTCATCAGCTGGCTCCG CAGCGCCAACATCACCCACATTGCCCGCCAGGGCAGCCTCGTC AACTT CGCCACCACCGT CGACAAGGT CAACAAGCT CCT CAACA CCACCTTCGCCTACTACCAGCGCGGCAGCTCTCAGCGCCTCCG CACCACCGAGT ACAGCAT CCCCGACGACCT CGT CGACAGCAT C GACCT GAT CAGCCCCACCACGTT CTT CGGCAAGGAAAAGACCT CTGCCGGCCTCACCCAGCGCAGCCAGAAGGTCGATAACCACGT CGCCAAGCGCAGCAACAGCAGCAGCTGCGCCGACACCATCAC CCT CAGCTGCCT CAAGGAAAT GT AC AACTT CGGCAACT ACACCC CCAGCGCCAGCAGCGGCAGCAAGCTCGGCTTCGCCAGCTTCC TCAACGAGAGCGCCAGCTACAGCGACCTCGCCAAGTTCGAGCG CCT CTT CAACCTCCCCAGCCAGAACTT CAGCGTCGAGCT GAT C AACGGCGGCGTCAACGACCAGAACCAGAGCACCGCCAGCCTC ACCGAGGCCGACCTCGATGTCGAGCTGCTTGTCGGCGTCGGC CACCCCCTGCCCGTCACCGAGTTTATCACCAGCGGCGAGCCCC CCTT CATCCCCGACCCT GAT GAGCCTT CT GCCGCCGACAACGA GAACGAGCCCTACCTCCAGTACTACGAGTACCTCCTCAGCAAG CCCAACAGCGCCCTGCCCCAGGTCATCAGCAACAGCTACGGC GACGACGAGCAGACCGTCCCCGAGTACTACGCCAAGCGCGTC TGCAACCTCATCGGCCTCGTCGGCCTCCGCGGCATCAGCGTCC TTGAGTCTAGCGGCGACGAGGGCATCGGCTCTGGCTGCCGAA CCACCGACGGCACCAACAGCACCCAGTTCAACCCCATCTTCCC CGCCACGTGCCCCTACGTCACTGCCGTCGGCGGCACCATGAG CTACGCCCCCGAGATTGCTTGGGAGGCCAGCTCCGGCGGCTT CAGCAACTACTTCGAGCGAGCCTGGTTCCAGAAGGAAGCCGTC CAGAACTACCTCGCCAACCACATCACCAACGAGACTAAGCAGT ACTACAGCCAGTTCGCCAACTTCAGCGGCCGAGGCTTCCCCGA CGTCAGCGCCCACAGCTTCGAGCCCAGCTACGAGGTCATCTTC TACGGCGCTCGCTACGGCAGCGGCGGCACTTCTGCTGCCTGC CCCCTGTTTTCTGCCCTCGTCGGCATGCTCAACGACGCCCGAC TCCGAGCCGGCAAGTCGACCCTCGGCTTCCTCAACCCCCTGCT CTACAGCAAGGGCTACAAGGCCCTCACCGACGTCACCGCTGGC C AG AG C ATT G G CTG C AAC G G CAT C G AC C CCCAGAGCGACGAG GCTGTCGCTGGCGCTGGCATCATTCCCTGGGCCCACTGGAACG CCACCGTCGGCTGGGACCCTGTCACTGGCCTTGGCCTCCCCG ACTT CGAGAAGCT CCGCCAGCT CGTCCT CAGCCT CT ΑΑ Trichoderma virens Gv29-8

[385]

91 ATGCAGACCTTCGGTG CTTTT CT C GTTT CCTTCCTCGCCGCCAG CGGCCTGGCCGCGGCCGCTGTCCTTGTCGAGTCTCTCAAGCA GGTCCCCAACGGCTGGAACGCCGTCAGCACCCCTGACCCCAG CACCAGCAT CGTCCT CCAGAT CGCCCTCGCCCAGCAGAACAT C GACGAGCTTGAGTGGCGCCTCGCCGCCGTGTCTACCCCCAACT CTGGCAACTACGGCAAGTACCTCGACATCGGCGAGATCGAGGG CATCTTCGCCCCCAGCAACGCCAGCTACAAGGCCGTCGCTTCC TGGCTCCAGAGCCACGGCGTCAAGAACTTCGTCAAGCAGGCCG GCAGCAT CTGGTT CT ACACCACCGT CAGCACCGCCAACAAGAT GCTCAGCACCGACTTCAAGCACTACAGCGACCCCGTCGGCATC GAGAAGCT CCGCACCCT CCAGT ACAGCAT CCCCGAGGAACT CG TCGGCCACGTCGACCTCATCAGCCCCACCACCTACTTCGGCAA CAACCACCCTGCCACCGCCCGCACCCCCAACATGAAGGCCATC AACGT CACCT ACCAGAT CTT CCACCCCGACTGCCT CAAGACCAA GTACGGCGTCGACGGCTACGCCCCCTCACCTCGATGCGGCAG CCGAATCGGCTTCGGCAGCTTCCTCAACGAGACTGCCAGCTAC AGCGACCT CGCCCAGTT CGAGAAGT ACTT CGACCTCCCCAACC AGAACCTCAGCACCCTCCTCATCAACGGCGCCATCGACGTCCA GCCCCCCAGCAACAAGAACGACAGCGAGGCCAACATGGACGT CCAGACCATCCT CACCTT CGT CCAGCCCCT GCCCAT CACCGAG TTCGTCGTCGCCGGCATCCCCCCCTACATTCCCGATGCCGCCC Τ CCCCATT GGCGACCCCGTT CAGAACGAGCCCT GGCTT GAGT A CTT CGAGTT CCT CAT GAGCCGCACCAACGCCGAGCTGCCCCAG GT CATTGCCAACAGCT ACGGCGACGAGGAACAGACCGT CCCCC AGGCCTACGCCGTCCGCGTCTGCAACCAGATTGGCCTCCTCGG CCTCCGCGGCATCAGCGTCATTGCCTCTAGCGGCGACACCGG CGTCGGCATGTCTTGCATGGCCAGCAACAGCACCACCCCCCAG ΤΤ CAACCCCAT GTTCCCCGCCAGCT GCCCCT ACAT CACCACCG TCGGCGGCACCCAGCACCTCGACAACGAGATCGCCTGGGAGC TGAGCAGCGGCGGCTTCAGCAACTACTTCACCCGCCCCTGGTA TCAAGAGGACGCCGCCAAGACCTACCTTGAGCGCCACGTCAGC ACCGAGACTAAGGCCTACTACGAGCGCTACGCCAACTTCCTGG GCCGAGGCTTTCCTGACGTCGCCGCCCTCAGCCTCAACCCCGA CTACCCCGTCATCATCGGCGGCGAGCTTGGCCCTAACGGCGG CACTTCTGCTGCCGCCCCTGTCGTCGCCAGCATCATTGCCCTG CTCAACGACGCCCGCCTCTGCCTCGGCAAGCCTGCCCTCGGCT TTCTCAACCCCCTCATCTACCAGTACGCCGACAAGGGCGGCTT CACCGACATCACCAGCGGCCAGTCTTGGGGCTGCGCCGGCAA CACCACTCAGACTGGACCTCCCCCTCCTGGCGCTGGCGTCATT CCTGGCGCTCACTGGAACGCCACCAAGGGCTGGGACCCCGTC AC C G G CTTT G G C AC C C C C AACTT C AAG AAG CTCCTCAGCCTCG CCCTCAGCGTCTAA

[386]

Trichoderma atroviride IMI 206040

[387]

92 ATGCAGACCTTCGGTG CTTTT CT C GTTT CCTTCCTCGCCGCCAG CGGCCTGGCCGCGGCCTCTCCTCTTGCTCGACGCTGGGACGA CTT CGCCGAGAAGCACGCCT GGGT CGAGGTT CCT CGCGGCT G GGAGATGGTCAGCGAGGCCCCTAGCGACCACACCTTCGACCTC CGCATCGGCGTCAAGAGCAGCGGCATGGAACAGCTCATCGAG AACCTCATGCAGACCAGCGACCCCACCCACAGCCGCTACGGCC AGCACCTCAGCAAGGAAGAACTCCACGACTTCGTCCAGCCCCA CCCCGACTCTACTGGCGCCGTCGAGGCCTGGCTTGAGGACTTC GGCATCAGCGACGACTTCATCGACCGCACCGGCAGCGGCAAC TGGGTCACCGTCCGAGTCTCTGTCGCCCAGGCCGAGCGAATG CTCGGCACCAAGTACAACGTCTACCGCCACAGCGAGAGCGGC GAGTCCGTCGTCCGCACCATGAGCTACAGCCTCCCCAGCGAGC Τ GCACAGCCACAT CGACGT CGT CGCCCCCACCACCT ACTT CGG CACCAT GAAGTCGATGCGCGT CACCT CGTT CCT CCAGCCCGAG ATCGAGCCCGTCGACCCCTCTGCCAAGCCTTCTGCTGCTCCCG CCAGCTGCCTCAGCACCACCGTCATTACCCCCGACTGCCTCCG CGACCTCTACAACACCGCCGACTACGTCCCCAGCGCCACCAGC CGCAACGCCATTGGCATTGCCGGCTACCTCGACCGCAGCAACC GAGCCGACCTCCAGACCTTCTTCCGCCGCTTTCGCCCTGACGC CGTCGGCTTCAACTACACCACCGTCCAGCTCAACGGCGGAGGC GACGACCAGAACGACCCTGGCGTCGAGGCCAACCTCGACATC CAGTACGCCGCTGGCATTGCCTTCCCCACCCCCGCCACCTACT GGTCTACTGGCGGCAGCCCCCCCTTCATCCCCGACACCCAGAC CCCCACCAACACCAACGAGCCCT ACCT CGACT GGAT CAACTT C GT CCT CGGCCAGGAT GAGAT CCCCCAGGT CAT CAGCACCAGCT ACGGCGACGACGAGCAGACCGTCCCCGAGGACTACGCCACCA GCGTCTGCAACCTCTTCGCCCAGCTTGGCTCTCGCGGCGTCAC CGTCTTTTTCAGCAGCGGCGACTTCGGCGTCGGCGGTGGCGA CTGCCTCACTAACGACGGCAGCAACCAGGTCCTCTTCCAGCCC GCCTTCCCTGCCAGCTGCCCCTTTGTCACTGCCGTCGGCGGCA CCGTCCGACTCGACCCTGAGATCGCCGTCAGCTTCAGCGGCG GTGGCTTCAGCCGCTACTTCAGCCGCCCCAGCT AC C AG AAC C A GACCGTCGCCCAGTTCGTCAGCAACCTCGGCAACACCTTCAAC GGCCTCTACAACAAGAACGGCCGAGCCTACCCCGACCTCGCC GCTCAGGGCAACGGCTTCCAGGTCGTCATCGACGGCATCGTCC GATCGGTCGGCGGCACTTCTGCCAGCAGCCCTACCGTCGCCG GCAT CTT CGCCCTGCT CAACGACTT CAAGCT CTCTCGCGGCCA G AG C AC C CTC G G CTT CAT C AAC C C C CT CAT CTACAGCAGCGCC ACCTCCGGCTTCAACGACATCCGAGCCGGCACCAACCCTGGCT GTGGCACCCGAGGCTTTACCGCCGGCACTGGCTGGGACCCTG TCACCGGACTCGGCACCCCTGACTTTCTCCGCCTCCAGGGCCT CATCTAA

[388]

Agaricus bisporus var. burnettii JB137-S8 93 ATGCAGACCTTCGGTG CTTTT CT C GTTT CCTTCCTCGCCGCCAG CGGCCTGGCCGCGGCCCGCGTCTTTGATTCTCTCCCTCACCCC CCTCGCGGCTGGTCCTACTCTCACGCCGCTGAGAGCACCGAG CCCCTCACCCTCCGAATTGCCCTCCGCCAGCAGAACGCCGCTG CCCTTGAGCAGGTCGTCCTCCAGGTCAGCAACCCCCGCCACGC CAACT ACGGCCAGCACCT CACCCGAGAT GAGCT GCGCT CTT AC ACCGCCCCTACCCCTCGCGCTGTCCGCTCTGTCACTAGCTGGC TCGT CGACAACGGCGT CGACGACT ACACCGT CGAGCACGACT G GGTCACCCTCCGCACCACTGTCGGCGCTGCCGATCGACTCCTC GGCGCCGACTTTGCCTGGTACGCTGGCCCTGGCGAGACTCTC CAGCTCCGCACTCTCAGCTACGGCGTGGACGACAGCGTCGCC CCTCACGTCGATCTCGTCCAGCCCACCACCCGCTTTGGCGGCC CTGTTGGCCAGGCCAGCCACATCTTCAAGCAGGACGACTTCGA CGAGCAGCAGCTCAAGACCCTCAGCGTCGGCTTCCAGGTCATG GCCGACCTCCCTGCTAACGGCCCTGGCAGCATTAAGGCCGCCT GCAACGAGAGCGGCGTCACCCCTCTCTGCCTCCGCACCCTCTA CCGCGTCAACTACAAGCCCGCCACCACCGGCAACCTCGTCGCC TTCGCCAGCTTCCTTGAGCAGTACGCCCGCTACAGCGACCAGC AGGCCTTCACCCAGCGAGTCCTTGGCCCTGGCGTCCCGCTCCA GAACTTCAGCGTCGAGACTGTCAACGGCGGAGCCAACGACCAG CAGAGCAAGCTCGATAGCGGCGAGGCCAACCTCGACCTCCAGT ACGT CAT GGCCAT GT CCCACCCCAT CCCCAT CCTT GAGT ACAG CACTGGCGGCCGAGGCCCCCTCGTCCCTACTCTCGATCAGCCC AACGCCAACAACAGCAGCAACGAGCCCTACCTTGAGTTCCTCA CCTACCTGCTCGCCCAGCCCGACAGCGCCATTCCCCAGACTCT CAGCGTGAGCTACGGCGAGGAAGAACAGAGCGTCCCCCGCGA CTAC G C CAT C AAG GT CTG C AAC AT GTT CAT GCAGCTCGGCGCT CGCGGCGTCAGCGTCATGTTTAGCAGCGGCGATAGCGGCCCT GGCAACGACTGCGT CCGAGCCT CT GACAACGCCACCTT CTT CG GCAGCACCTTCCCTGCCGGCTGCCCCTACGTCACTAGCGTCGG CAGCACCGTCGGCTTCGAGCCTGAGCGAGCCGTCAGCTTTAGC TCCGGCGGCTTCAGCATCTACCACGCCCGACCCGACTACCAGA ACGAGGTCGTCCCCAAGTACATCGAGAGCATCAAGGCCAGCGG CTACGAGAAGTTCTTCGACGGCAACGGCCGAGGCATCCCCGAT GTCGCTGCTCAGGGCGCTCGCTTCGTCGTCATCGACAAGGGCC GCGTCAGCCTCATCAGCGGCACTAGCGCTTCCAGCCCCGCCTT CGCTGGCATGGTCGCCCTCGTCAACGCCGCTCGCAAGAGCAA GGATATGCCCGCCCTCGGCTTCCTCAACCCCATGCTCTACCAG AACGCTGCCGCCATGACCGACATCGTCAACGGCGCTGGCATCG GCTGCCGCAAGCAGCGCACCGAGTTTCCCAACGGTGCCCGCTT CAACGCCACCGCCGGATGGGACCCTGTCACTGGCCTTGGCAC CCCCCTGTTCGACAAGCTCCTCGCCGTTGGCGCTCCCGGCGTC CCTAACGCCTAA

[389]

Magnaporthe oryzae 70-15 94 ATGCAGACCTTCGGTG CTTTT CT C GTTT CCTTCCTCGCCGCCAG CGGCCTGGCCGCGGCCTCCGATGTCGTCCTTGAGTCTCTCCGC GAGGTCCCCCAGGGCTGGAAGCGACTCCGAGATGCCGACCCC GAGCAGAGCATCAAGCTCCGCATTGCCCTTGAGCAGCCCAACC Τ CGACCT CTT CGAGCAGACCCT CT ACGACAT CAGCAGCCCCGA CCACCCCAAGTACGGCCAGCACCTCAAGAGCCACGAGCTGCG CGACAT CAT GGCCCCT CGCGAGGAAT CCACT GCCGCCGT CATT GCCTGGCTCCAGGATGCTGGCCTCAGCGGCAGCCAGATCGAG GACGACAGCGACT GGAT CAACAT CCAGACCACCGT CGCCCAGG C C AAC G AC AT G CT C AAC AC CACCTTCGGCCTCTTCGCC C AAG A GGGCACCGAGGTCAACCGCATTCGCGCCCTCGCCTACAGCGT CCCCGAGGAAATT GT CCCCCACGT CAAGAT GAT CGCCCCCAT C ATCCGCTTCGGCCAGCTCCGCCCTCAGATGAGCCACATCTTCA GCCACGAGAAGGTCGAGGAAACCCCCAGCATCGGCACCATCAA GGCCGCTGCCATCCCCAGCGTCGACCTCAACGTCACCGCCTG CAACGCCAGCATCACCCCCGAGTGCCTCCGCGCCCTCTACAAC GTCGGCGACTACGAGGCCGACCCCAGCAAGAAGTCCCTCTTCG GCGTCTGCGGCTACCTTGAGCAGTACGCCAAGCACGACCAGCT CGCCAAGTTCGAGCAGACGTACGCCCCCTACGCCATCGGCGC CGACTTCAGCGTCGTCACCATCAACGGCGGAGGCGACAACCAG ACCAGCACCATCGACGACGGCGAGGCCAACCTCGACATGCAGT ACGCCGTCAGCATGGCCTACAAGACCCCCATCACCTACTACAG CACTGGCGGCCGAGGCCCCCTCGTCCCTGATCTCGATCAGCC CGACCCCAACGACGT CAGCAACGAGCCCT ACCT CGACTT CGTC AGCTACCTCCTCAAGCTCCCCGACAGCAAGCTCCCCCAGACCA TCACCACCAGCTACGGCGAGGACGAGCAGAGCGTCCCCCGCA GCTACGTCGAGAAGGTCTGCACCATGTTCGGCGCCCTTGGCGC CCGAGGCGTCAGCGTCATTTTCAGCTCTGGCGACACCGGCGTC GGCAGCGCCTGCCAGACTAACGACGGCAAGAACACCACCCGC TTTCTGCCCATCTTCCCTGCCGCCTGCCCCTACGTCACTAGCGT CGGCGGCACCCGCTACGTCGATCCTGAGGTCGCCGTCAGCTT CAGCAGCGGCGGCTTCAGCGACATCTTCCCCACCCCCCTGTAC CAGAAGGGCGCCGTCAGCGGCTACCTCAAGATCCTCGGCGAC CGCTGGAAGGGCCTCTACAACCCTCACGGCCGAGGCTTCCCTG ACGT CAGCGGCCAGT CTGTCCGCT ACCACGT CTTT GACT ACGG CAAGGACGTCATGTACAGCGGCACCAGCGCCAGCGCCCCCAT GTTTGCTGCTCTCGTCAGCCTCCTCAACAACGCCCGCCTCGCC AAGAAGCTCCCCCCTATGGGCTTCCTCAACCCCTGGCTCTACA CCGTCGGCTTCAACGGCCTCACCGACATCGTCCACGGCGGCTC TACTGGCTGCACCGGCACCGATGTCTACAGCGGCCTGCCTACC CCCTTCGTCCCCTACGCCTCTTGGAACGCCACCGTCGGCTGGG ACCCTGTCACTGGCCTTGGCACCCCCCTGTTCGACAAGCTCCT CAACCTCAGCACCCCCAACTTCCACCTCCCCCACATCGGCGGC CACTAA

[390]

Togninia minima UCRPA7

[391]

95	ATGCAGACCTTCGGTG CTTTT CT C GTTT CCTTCCTCGCCGCCAG	Bipolaris maydis C5
CGGCCTGGCCGCGGCCTCTACCACTTCTCACGTCGAGGGCGA GGTCGTCGAGCGCCTTCATGGCGTCCCTGAGGGCTGGTCACA GGTCGGCGCTCCCAACCCCGACCAGAAGCTCCGCTTCCGCATT GCCGTCCGCAGCGCCGACAGCGAGCTGTTCGAGCGCACCCTC ATGGAAGTCAGCAGCCCCAGCCACCCCCGCTACGGCCAGCAC CTCAAGCGCCACGAGCTGAAGGACCTCATCAAGCCTCGCGCCA AG AG C AC C AG C AAC AT C CT C AACT G G CTC C AAG AG AG C G G CAT CGAGGCCCGCGACATCCAGAACGACGGCGAGTGGATCAGCTT CTACGCCCCCGT C AAG C G AG C C G AG C AG AT GAT G AG C AC C AC CTTCAAGACCTACCAGAACGAGGCCCGAGCCAACATCAAGAAG ATCCGCAGCCTCGACTACAGCGTCCCCAAGCACATCCGCGACG AC AT C G AC AT CAT CCAGCCCACCACGCGCTTCGGC C AG AT C C A GCCTGAGCGCAGCCAGGTCTTTAGCCAAGAGGAAGTCCCCTTC AGCGCCCT CGTCGT CAACGCCACGT GCAACAAGAAGAT CACCC CCGACTGCCTCGCCAACCTCTACAACTTCAAGGACTACGACGC CAGCGACGCCAACGTCACGATCGGCGTCAGCGGCTTCCTTGAG CAGT ACGCCCGCTT CGACGACCT CAAGCAGTT CAT CAGCACCT TCCAGCCCAAGGCCGCTGGCTCCACCTTCCAGGTCACCAGCGT CAACGCTGGCCCCTTCGACCAGAACAGCACCGCCTCTAGCGTC GAGGCCAACCTCGACATCCAGTACACCACCGGCCTCGTCGCCC CCGACATCGAGACTCGCTACTTCACCGTCCCCGGACGCGGCAT CCTCATCCCCGACCTCGACCAGCCTACCGAGAGCGACAACGCC AACGAGCCCT ACCT CGACT ACTT CACCT ACCT CAACAACCTT GA GGACGAGGAACTCCCCGACGTCCTCACCACCAGCTACGGCGA GAGCGAGCAGAGCGTCCCTGCCGAGTACGCCAAGAAGGTCTG CAACCTCATCGGCCAGCTCGGCGCTCGCGGCGTCAGCGTCATT TTCAGCAGCGGCGACACCGGCCCTGGCAGCGCCTGCCAGACT AAC G AC G G C AAG AAC AC C AC C C G CTTT CTG C C CAT CTTC C C C G CCAGCTGCCCCTACGTCACTAGCGTCGGCGGCACTGTCGGCG TCGAGCCTGAGAAGGCCGTCAGCTTTAGCAGCGGCGGCTTCAG CGACCTCTGGCCCCGACCTGCCTACCAAGAGAAGGCCGTGAG CGAGTACCTTGAGAAGCTCGGCGACCGCTGGAACGGCCTCTAC AACCCTCAGGGCCGAGGCTTCCCTGACGTCGCTGCTCAGGGC CAGGGCTTCCAGGTCTTTGACAAGGGCCGCCTCATCTCGGTCG GCGGCACATCTGCTTCCGCCCCTGTCTTTGCCAGCGTCGTCGC CCTCCTCAACAACGCCCGAAAGGCTGCCGGAATGAGCAGCCTC GGCTTCCTCAACCCCTGGATCTACGAGCAGGGCTACAAGGGCC TCACCGACATCGTCGCTGGCGGCTCTACTGGCTGCACCGGCC GCTCTATCTACAGCGGCCTCCCTGCCCCCCTGGTCCCTTACGC TTCTTGGAACGCCACCGAGGGCTGGGACCCCGTCACTGGCTAT GGCACCCCCGACTTCAAGCAGCTCCTCACCCTCGCCACCGCCC CCAAGTCTGGCGAGCGACGAGTTCGACGAGGCGGCCTTGGAG GCCAGGCTTAA

SEQ Description Sequence Origin

[392]

[393]

No.:

[394]

TRI045 Genomic

[395]

sequence CDS ATGCGT CTT CT CAAATTT GT GTGCCT GTTGGCAT C AGTTGCCGCCGCAAAGCCTACTCCAGGGGCGTC ACACAAGGT CATT GAACAT CTT GACTTT GTT CCAG AAGGATGGCAGATGGTTGGTGCCGCGGACCCTG CTG CTAT CATT G ΑΤΤΤ CTGGCTTGC CAT C G AG C G C GAAAACCCAGAAAAGCT CT AC G AC AC CAT CT AT G ACGTCTCCACCCCTGGACGCGCACAATATGGCAA ACATTT GAAGCGT GAGGAATTGGAT GACTT ACT AC GCCCAAGGGCAGAGACGAGT GAGAGCAT CAT CA ACTGGCT CACCAATGGT GGAGT CAACCCACAACA ΤATT C G G G AT G AAG GGGACTGGGT C AG ATT CTCT ACCAAT GT CAAGACT GCCGAAACGTT GAT GAAT A CCCGCTT CAACGT CTT CAAGGACAACCT ΑΑΑΤΤ CC GTTT CAAAAATT CGAACTTT GGAGT ATT CCGTCCC TGTAGCTATATCAGCTCATGTCCAAATGATCCAGC CAACTACCTTATTTGGACGACAGAAGCCACAGAA CAGTTT GAT CCT AAACCCCTT GACCAAGGAT CT AG ΑΑΤ CCAT GT CCGTT GAAGAATTTGCT GCTT CT CAG TGCAGGT CCTT AGT GACT ACTGCCT GCCTT CGAG ΑΑΤΤ GT ACGGACTT GGT GACCGT GT CACT CAGGC TAGGGATGACAACCGTATTGGAGTATCCGGCTTT TTGGAGGAGTACGCCCAATACCGCGATCTTGAGC TCTTCCTCTCTCGCTTTGAGCCATCCGCCAAAGG ΑΤΤΤ ΑΑΤΤΤ CAGT GAAGGCCTT ATT GCCGGAGGAA AGAACACT CAGGGTGGT CCT GGAAGCTCTACT GA GGCCAACCTT GAT ATGCAAT AT GTCGTCGGTCTG TCCCACAAGGCAAAGGTCACCTATTACTCCACCG CTGGCCGT GGCCCATT ΑΑΤΤ CCCGAT CT AT CT CA G C C AAG C C AAG CTT C AAAC AAC AAC G AAC CAT AC CTTGAACAGCTGCGGTACCTCGTAAAGCTCCCCA AGAACCAGCTT CCAT CT GT ATT GACAACTT CCT AT GGAGACACAGAACAGAGCTTGCCCGCCAGCTATA CCAAAGCCACTTGCGACCT CTTTGCT CAGCT AGG AACTATG GGTGTGTCT GTT AT CTT CAG CAGT G GTG ATACCGGGCCCGGAAGCTCATGCCAGACCAACG ATG G C AAG ΑΑΤ GCGACTCGCTT C AAC C CTATCTA CCCAGCTT CTTGCCCGTTT GT GACCT CCAT CGGT GGAACCGTT GGT ACCGGT CCT GAGCGTGCAGTTT CATT CT CCT CTGGT GGCTT CT CAGACAGGTT CCC CCGCCCACAATATCAGGATAACGCTGTTAAAGAC TAC CT G ΑΑΑΑΤΤΤΤ G G G C AAC CAGTGGAGCG GAT Τ GTTT G AC C C C AAC G G C C GTG CTTT C C CAG AT AT C G C AG CT C AG G G AT C ΑΑΑΤΤ ATGCTGTCTATGAC AAGGGAAGGATGACTGGAGTCTCCGGCACCAGT GCATCCGCCCCTGCCATGGCTGCCATCATTGCCC AGCTTAACGATTTCCGACTGGCAAAGGGCTCTCC TGTGCTGG GATT CTTG AAC C CAT G GAT ATATT C C A AG GGTTT CT CT G GCTTT ACAGAT ATT GTT GAT G G C GGTTCCAGGGGTTGCACTGGTTACGATATATACA G C G G CTT G AAAG C G AAG AAG GTTCCCTACG C AAG CTGGAATGCAACTAAGGGATGGGACCCAGTAACG GGATTTGGT ACT CCCAACTTCCAAGCT CT CACT ΑΑ AGTGCTGCCCTAA

[396]

Human skin fungus Arthroderma benhamiae TRI045 Synthetic Gene optimized for expression in trichoderma with trichoderma signal sequence underlined ATGCAGACCTT CGGT GCTTTT CT CGTTT CCTT CCT CGCCGCCAGCGGCCTGGCCGCGGCCAAGCCTAC TCCTGGCGCTTCCCACAAGGTCATCGAGCACCTC GACTTCGTCCCCGAGGGCTGGCAGATGGTCGGC GCTGCTGACCCTGCCGC CAT CAT C G ACTTTT G G C TCGCCATCGAGCGCGAGAACCCCGAGAAGCTCTA CGACACCATCTACGACGTCAGCACCCCCGGACG CGCCCAGTACGGCAAGCACCTCAAGCGCGAGGA ACTCGACGACCTCCTCCGCCCTCGCGCCGAGACT AG C GAG AG CAT CAT C AACT G G CTC AC C AAC G G C G GCGTCAACCCCCAGCACATTCGCGACGAGGGCG ACTGGGTCCGCTTCAGCACCAACGTCAAGACCGC CGAGACT CT CAT GAACACCCGCTT CAACGT CTTT A AGGACAACCTCAACAGCGTCAGCAAGATCCGCAC CCTTGAGTACAGCGTCCCCGTCGCCATCAGCGCC CACGT CCAGAT GAT CCAGCCCACCACCCT CTT CG GCCGCCAGAAGCCCCAGAACAGCCT CAT CCT CAA CCCCCT CACCAAGGACCTT GAGAGCAT GAGCGT C GAAGAGTTCGCCGCCAGCCAGTGCCGCAGCCTC GTCACTACTGCCTGCCTCCGCGAGCTGTACGGCC TCGGCGATCGAGTCACCCAGGCCCGCGACGACA ACCGAATT GGCGT CAGCGGCTT CCT CGAAGAGT A CGCCCAGTACCGCGACCTTGAGCTGTTCCTCAGC CGCTTCGAGCCCAGCGCCAAGGGCTTCAACTTCA GCGAGGGCCTGATCGCTGGCGGCAAGAACACCC AGGGTGGCCCTGGCTCTAGCACCGAGGCCAACC TCGACATGCAGTACGTCGTCGGCCTCAGCCACAA GGCCAAGGTCACCTACTACAGCACTGCCGGCCG AGGCCCCCT CAT CCCT GAT CT CT CACAGCCCAGC CAGGCCAGCAACAACAACGAGCCCTACCTTGAGC AGCTCCGCTACCTCGT CAAG CTC C C CAAGAAC CA GCTCCCCAGCGTCCTCACCACCAGCTACGGCGA CACCGAGCAGAGCCTCCCCGCCAGCTACACCAA GGCCACGTGCGACCTCTTCGCCCAGCTCGGCAC TATGGGCGTCAGCGTCATCTTCAGCAGCGGCGAC ACTGGCCCTGGCAGCTCGTGCCAGACCAACGAC GGCAAGAACGCCACGCGCTTCAACCCCATCTACC CCGCCAGCTGCCCCTTCGTCACCAGCATTGGCG GCACCGTCGGCACCGGCCCTGAGCGAGCTGTCA GCTTTAGCAGCGGCGGCTTCAGCGACCGCTTCCC TCGCCCTCAGTACCAGGACAACGCCGTCAAGGAC TACCTCAAGATCCTCGGCAACCAGTGGTCCGGCC TCTTCGACCCTAACGGCCGAGCCTTCCCCGACAT TGCCGCCCAGGGCAGCAACTACGCCGTCTACGA CAAGGGCCGCATGACCGGCGTTAGCGGCACTTC TGCTTCCGCCCCTGCTATGGCCGCCATCATTGCC CAGCTCAACGACTTCCGCCTCGCCAAGGGCAGC CCCGTCCT CGGCTTT CT CAACCCCT GGAT CT ACA G C AAG G G CTT C AG C G G CTTC AC C G AC AT C GTC G A CGGCGGCTCTAGGGGCTGCACCGGCTACGACAT CTACAGCGGCCTCAAGGCCAAGAAGGTCCCCTAC GCCAGCTGGAACGCCACCAAGGGCTGGGACCCC GTCACCGGCTTTGGCACCCCCAACTTCCAGGCCC Human skin fungus Arthroderma benhamiae

[397]

		TGACCAAGGTCCTGCCCTAA
98	TRI045 pre_pro amino acid sesquence	KPTPGASHKVIEHLDFVPEGWQMVGAADPAAIIDFW LAIERENPEKLYDTIYDVSTPGRAQYGKHLKREELD DLLRPRAETSESIINWLTNGGVNPQHIRDEGDWVRF STNVKTAETLMNTRFNVFKDNLNSVSKIRTLEYSVP VAISAHVQMIQPTTLFGRQKPQNSLILNPLTKDLESM SVEEFAASQCRSLVTTACLRELYGLGDRVTQARDD NRIGVSGFLEEYAQYRDLELFLSRFEPSAKGFNFSE GLIAGGKNTQGGPGSSTEANLDMQYVVGLSHKAKV TYYSTAGRGPLIPDLSQPSQASNNNEPYLEQLRYLV KLPKNQLPSVLTTSYGDTEQSLPASYTKATCDLFAQ LGTMGVSVIFSSGDTGPGSSCQTNDGKNATRFNPIY PASCPFVTSIGGTVGTGPERAVSFSSGGFSDRFPR PQYQDNAVKDYLKILGNQWSGLFDPNGRAFPDIAA QGSNYAVYDKGRMTGVSGTSASAPAMAAIIAQLND FRLAKGSPVLGFLNPWIYSKGFSGFTDIVDGGSRGC TGYDIYSGLKAKKVPYASWNATKGWDPVTGFGTPN FQALTKVLP	Human skin fungus Arthroderma benhamiae
99	TRI045 mature Interpro domain IPR000209 Peptidase S8/S53 dom	CRSLVTTACLRELYGLGDRVTQARDDNRIGVSGFLE EYAQYRDLELFLSRFEPSAKGFNFSEGLIAGGKNTQ GGPGSSTEANLDMQYVVGLSHKAKVTYYSTAGRGP LIPDLSQPSQASNNNEPYLEQLRYLVKLPKNQLPSV LTTSYGDTEQSLPASYTKATCDLFAQLGTMGVSVIF SSGDTGPGSSCQTNDGKNATRFNPIYPASCPFVTSI GGTVGTGPERAVSFSSGGFSDRFPRPQYQDNAVK DYLKILGNQWSGLFDPNGRAFPDIAAQGSNYAVYD KGRMTGVSGTSASAPAMAAIIAQLNDFRLAKGSPVL GFLNPWIYSKGFSGFTDIVDGGSRGCTGYDIYSGLK AKKVPYASWNATKGWDPVTGFGTPNFQALTKVLP	Human skin fungus Arthroderma benhamiae

[398]

The at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may:

[399]

(a) comprise the amino acid sequence SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID Νο.6, SEQ ID No. 7, SEQ ID No. 8, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 11, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 13, SEQ ID No. 14, SEQ ID No. 15, SEQ ID No. 16, SEQ ID No. 17, SEQ ID No. 18, SEQ ID No. 19, SEQ ID No. 20, SEQ ID No. 21, SEQ ID No. 22, SEQ ID No. 23, SEQ ID No. 24, SEQ ID No. 25, SEQ ID No. 26, SEQ ID No. 27, SEQ ID No. 28, SEQ ID No. 30, SEQ ID No. 31, SEQ ID No. 32, SEQ ID No. 33, SEQ ID No. 34, SEQ ID No. 35, SEQ ID No. 36, SEQ ID No. 37, SEQ ID No. 38, SEQ ID No. 39, SEQ ID No. 40, SEQ ID No. 41, SEQ ID No. 42, SEQ ID No. 43, SEQ ID No. 44, SEQ ID No. 45, SEQ ID No. 46, SEQ ID No. 47, SEQ ID No. 48, SEQ ID No. 49, SEQ ID No. 50, SEQ ID No. 51, SEQ ID No. 52, SEQ ID No. 53, SEQ ID No. 54, SEQ ID No. 55, SEQ ID No. 98, SEQ ID No. 99 or a functional fragment thereof;

[400]

(b) comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID Νο.6, SEQ ID No. 7, SEQ ID No. 8, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 11, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 13, SEQ ID No. 14, SEQ ID No. 15, SEQ ID No. 16, SEQ ID No. 17, SEQ ID No. 18, SEQ ID No. 19, SEQ ID No. 20, SEQ ID No. 21, SEQ ID No. 22, SEQ ID No. 23, SEQ ID No. 24, SEQ ID No. 25, SEQ ID No. 26, SEQ ID No. 27, SEQ ID No. 28, SEQ ID No. 30, SEQ ID No. 31, SEQ ID No. 32, SEQ ID No. 33, SEQ ID No. 34, SEQ ID No. 35, SEQ ID No. 36, SEQ ID No. 37, SEQ ID No. 38, SEQ ID No. 39, SEQ ID No. 40, SEQ ID No. 41, SEQ ID No. 42, SEQ ID No. 43, SEQ ID No. 44, SEQ ID No. 45, SEQ ID No. 46, SEQ ID No. 47, SEQ ID No. 48, SEQ ID No. 49, SEQ ID No. 50, SEQ ID No. 51, SEQ ID No. 52, SEQ ID No. 53, SEQ ID No. 54, SEQ ID No. 55, SEQ ID No. 98, SEQ ID No. 99 or a functional fragment thereof;

[401]

(c) be encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence SEQ ID No. 56, SEQ ID No. 57, SEQ ID No. 58, SEQ ID No. 59, SEQ ID No. 60, SEQ ID No. 61, SEQ ID No. 62, SEQ ID No. 63, SEQ ID No. 64, SEQ ID No. 65, SEQ ID No. 66, SEQ ID No. 67, SEQ ID No. 68, SEQ ID No. 69, SEQ ID No. 70, SEQ ID No. 71, SEQ ID No. 72, SEQ ID No. 73, SEQ ID No. 74, SEQ ID No. 75, SEQ ID No. 76, SEQ ID No. 77, SEQ ID No. 78, SEQ ID No. 79, SEQ ID No. 80, SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94,SEQ ID No. 95, SEQ ID No. 96 or SEQ ID No. 97;

[402]

(d) be encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising at least about 70% sequence identity to SEQ ID No. 56, SEQ ID No. 57, SEQ ID No. 58, SEQ ID No. 59, SEQ ID No. 60, SEQ ID No. 61, SEQ ID No. 62, SEQ ID No. 63, SEQ ID No. 64, SEQ ID No. 65, SEQ ID No. 66, SEQ ID No. 67, SEQ ID No. 68, SEQ ID No. 69, SEQ ID No. 70, SEQ ID No. 71, SEQ ID No. 72, SEQ ID No. 73, SEQ ID No. 74, SEQ ID No. 75, SEQ ID No. 76, SEQ ID No. 77, SEQ ID No. 78, SEQ ID No. 79, SEQ ID No. 80, SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94, SEQ ID No. 95, SEQ ID No. 96 or SEQ ID No. 97;

[403]

(℮) be encoded by a nucleotide sequence which hybridises to SEQ ID No. 56, SEQ ID No. 57, SEQ ID No. 58, SEQ ID No. 59, SEQ ID No. 60, SEQ ID No. 61, SEQ ID No. 62, SEQ ID No. 63, SEQ ID No. 64, SEQ ID No. 65, SEQ ID No. 66, SEQ ID No. 67, SEQ ID No. 68, SEQ ID No. 69, SEQ ID No. 70, SEQ ID No. 71, SEQ ID No. 72, SEQ ID No. 73, SEQ ID No. 74, SEQ ID No. 75, SEQ ID No. 76, SEQ ID No. 77, SEQ ID No. 78, SEQ ID No. 79, SEQ ID No. 80, SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94, SEQ ID No. 95, SEQ ID No. 96 or SEQ ID No. 97 under medium stringency conditions; or

[404]

(f) be encoded by a nucleotide sequence which differs from SEQ ID No. 56, SEQ ID No. 57, SEQ ID No. 58, SEQ ID No. 59, SEQ ID No. 60, SEQ ID No. 61, SEQ ID No. 62, SEQ ID No. 63, SEQ ID No. 64, SEQ ID No. 65, SEQ ID No. 66, SEQ ID No. 67, SEQ ID No. 68, SEQ ID No. 69, SEQ ID No. 70, SEQ ID No. 71, SEQ ID No. 72, SEQ ID No. 73, SEQ ID No. 74, SEQ ID No. 75, SEQ ID No. 76, SEQ ID No. 77, SEQ ID No. 78, SEQ ID No. 79, SEQ ID No. 80, SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94, SEQ ID No. 95, SEQ ID No. 96 or SEQ ID No. 97 due to degeneracy of the genetic code.

[405]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be expressed as a polypeptide sequence which undergoes further post-transcriptional and/or post-translational modification.

[406]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise the amino acid sequence SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID No.6, SEQ ID No. 7, SEQ ID No. 8, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 11, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 13, SEQ ID No. 14, SEQ ID No. 15, SEQ ID No. 16, SEQ ID No. 17, SEQ ID No. 18, SEQ ID No. 19, SEQ ID No. 20, SEQ ID No. 21, SEQ ID No. 22, SEQ ID No. 23, SEQ ID No. 24, SEQ ID No. 25, SEQ ID No. 26, SEQ ID No. 27, SEQ ID No. 28, SEQ ID No. 98 or a functional fragment thereof.

[407]

In another embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID Νο.6, SEQ ID No. 7, SEQ ID No. 8, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 11, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 13, SEQ ID No. 14, SEQ ID No. 15, SEQ ID No. 16, SEQ ID No. 17, SEQ ID No. 18, SEQ ID No. 19, SEQ ID No. 20, SEQ ID No. 21, SEQ ID No. 22, SEQ ID No. 23, SEQ ID No. 24, SEQ ID No. 25, SEQ ID No. 26, SEQ ID No. 27, SEQ ID No. 28, SEQ ID No. 98 or a functional fragment thereof.

[408]

[409]

[410]

In another embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be a “mature” proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase which has undergone post-transcriptional and/or post-translational modification (e.g. post-translational cleavage). Suitably such modification may lead to an activation of the enzyme.

[411]

Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise the amino acid sequence SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 30, SEQ ID No. 31, SEQ ID No. 32, SEQ ID No. 33, SEQ ID No. 34, SEQ ID No. 35, SEQ ID No. 36, SEQ ID No. 37, SEQ ID No. 38, SEQ ID No. 39, SEQ ID No. 40, SEQ ID No. 41, SEQ ID No. 42, SEQ ID No. 43, SEQ ID No. 44, SEQ ID No. 45, SEQ ID No. 46, SEQ ID No. 47, SEQ ID No. 48, SEQ ID No. 49, SEQ ID No. 50, SEQ ID No. 51, SEQ ID No. 52, SEQ ID No. 53, SEQ ID No. 54, SEQ ID No. 55, SEQ ID No. 99 or a functional fragment thereof.

[412]

In another embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 30, SEQ ID No. 31, SEQ ID No. 32, SEQ ID No. 33, SEQ ID No. 34, SEQ ID No. 35, SEQ ID No. 36, SEQ ID No. 37, SEQ ID No. 38, SEQ ID No. 39, SEQ ID No. 40, SEQ ID No. 41, SEQ ID No. 42, SEQ ID No. 43, SEQ ID No. 44, SEQ ID No. 45, SEQ ID No. 46, SEQ ID No. 47, SEQ ID No. 48, SEQ ID No. 49, SEQ ID No. 50, SEQ ID No. 51, SEQ ID No. 52, SEQ ID No. 53, SEQ ID No. 54, SEQ ID No. 55, SEQ ID No. 99 or a functional fragment thereof.

[413]

In a yet further embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise the amino acid sequence SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 30, SEQ ID No. 31, SEQ ID No. 32, SEQ ID No. 33, SEQ ID No. 34, SEQ ID No. 35, SEQ ID No. 36, SEQ ID No. 37, SEQ ID No. 38, SEQ ID No. 39, SEQ ID No. 40, SEQ ID No. 41, SEQ ID No. 42, SEQ ID No. 43, SEQ ID No. 44, SEQ ID No. 45, SEQ ID No. 99 or a functional fragment thereof.

[414]

[415]

The term “functional fragment” is a portion of an amino acid sequence that retains its peptidase enzyme activity. Therefore, a functional fragment of a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is a portion of a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having

[416]

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

[417]

[418]

(ii) (a’) Proline at ΡΤ; and

[419]

(b’) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine or synthetic amino acids at ΡΤ. Alternatively or additionally a functional fragment of a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is a portion of a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity and capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having proline at Ρ1 and ΡΤ.

[420]

The “portion” is any portion that still has the activity as defined above, suitably a portion may be at least 50 amino acids in length, more suitably at least 100. In other embodiments the portion may be about 150 or about 200 amino acids in length.

[421]

In one embodiment the functional fragment may be portion of a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase following post transcriptional and/or post-translational modification (e.g. cleavage). Suitably the functional fragment may comprise a sequence shown as: SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 30, SEQ ID No. 31, SEQ ID No. 32, SEQ ID No. 33, SEQ ID No. 34, SEQ ID No. 35, SEQ ID No. 36, SEQ ID No. 37, SEQ ID No. 38, SEQ ID No. 39, SEQ ID No. 40, SEQ ID No. 41, SEQ ID No. 42, SEQ ID No. 43, SEQ ID No. 44, SEQ ID No. 45, SEQ ID No. 46, SEQ ID No. 47, SEQ ID No. 48, SEQ ID No. 49, SEQ ID No. 50, SEQ ID No. 51, SEQ ID No. 52, SEQ ID No. 53, SEQ ID No. 54, SEQ ID No. 55 or SEQ ID NO: 98.

[422]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 1, or a functional fragment thereof.

[423]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 1 or a functional fragment thereof.

[424]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 2, or a functional fragment thereof.

[425]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 2 or a functional fragment thereof.

[426]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 3 or a functional fragment thereof.

[427]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 3 or a functional fragment thereof.

[428]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 4 or a functional fragment thereof.

[429]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 4 or a functional fragment thereof.

[430]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 5 or a functional fragment thereof.

[431]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 5 or a functional fragment thereof.

[432]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No.6 or a functional fragment thereof.

[433]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No.6 or a functional fragment thereof.

[434]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 7 or a functional fragment thereof.

[435]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 7 or a functional fragment thereof.

[436]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 8 or a functional fragment thereof.

[437]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 8 or a functional fragment thereof.

[438]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 9 or a functional fragment thereof.

[439]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 9 or a functional fragment thereof.

[440]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 10 or a functional fragment thereof.

[441]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 10 or a functional fragment thereof.

[442]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 11 or a functional fragment thereof.

[443]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 11 or a functional fragment thereof.

[444]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 12 or a functional fragment thereof.

[445]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 12 or a functional fragment thereof.

[446]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 13 or a functional fragment thereof.

[447]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 13 or a functional fragment thereof.

[448]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 14 or a functional fragment thereof.

[449]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 14 or a functional fragment thereof.

[450]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 15 or a functional fragment thereof.

[451]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 15 or a functional fragment thereof.

[452]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 16 or a functional fragment thereof.

[453]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 16 or a functional fragment thereof.

[454]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 17 or a functional fragment thereof.

[455]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 17 or a functional fragment thereof.

[456]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 18 or a functional fragment thereof.

[457]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 18 or a functional fragment thereof.

[458]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 19 or a functional fragment thereof.

[459]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 19 or a functional fragment thereof.

[460]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 20 or a functional fragment thereof.

[461]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 20 or a functional fragment thereof.

[462]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 21 or a functional fragment thereof.

[463]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 21 or a functional fragment thereof.

[464]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 22 or a functional fragment thereof.

[465]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 22 or a functional fragment thereof.

[466]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 23 or a functional fragment thereof.

[467]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 23 or a functional fragment thereof.

[468]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 24 or a functional fragment thereof.

[469]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 24 or a functional fragment thereof.

[470]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 25 or a functional fragment thereof.

[471]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 25 or a functional fragment thereof.

[472]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 26 or a functional fragment thereof.

[473]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 26 or a functional fragment thereof.

[474]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 27 or a functional fragment thereof.

[475]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 27 or a functional fragment thereof.

[476]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 28, or a functional fragment thereof.

[477]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 28 or a functional fragment thereof.

[478]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 29, or a functional fragment thereof.

[479]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 29 or a functional fragment thereof.

[480]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 30 or a functional fragment thereof.

[481]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 30 or a functional fragment thereof.

[482]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 31 or a functional fragment thereof.

[483]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 31 or a functional fragment thereof.

[484]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 32 or a functional fragment thereof.

[485]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 32 or a functional fragment thereof.

[486]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No.33 or a functional fragment thereof.

[487]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No.33 or a functional fragment thereof.

[488]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 34 or a functional fragment thereof.

[489]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 34 or a functional fragment thereof.

[490]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 35 or a functional fragment thereof.

[491]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 35 or a functional fragment thereof.

[492]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 36 or a functional fragment thereof.

[493]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 36 or a functional fragment thereof.

[494]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 37 or a functional fragment thereof.

[495]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 37 or a functional fragment thereof.

[496]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 38 or a functional fragment thereof.

[497]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 38 or a functional fragment thereof.

[498]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 39 or a functional fragment thereof.

[499]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 39 or a functional fragment thereof.

[500]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 40 or a functional fragment thereof.

[501]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 40 or a functional fragment thereof.

[502]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 41 or a functional fragment thereof.

[503]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 41 or a functional fragment thereof.

[504]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 42 or a functional fragment thereof.

[505]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 42 or a functional fragment thereof.

[506]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 43 or a functional fragment thereof.

[507]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 43 or a functional fragment thereof.

[508]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 44 or a functional fragment thereof.

[509]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 44 or a functional fragment thereof.

[510]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 45 or a functional fragment thereof.

[511]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 45 or a functional fragment thereof.

[512]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 46 or a functional fragment thereof.

[513]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 46 or a functional fragment thereof.

[514]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 47 or a functional fragment thereof.

[515]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 47 or a functional fragment thereof.

[516]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 48 or a functional fragment thereof.

[517]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 48 or a functional fragment thereof.

[518]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 49 or a functional fragment thereof.

[519]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 49 or a functional fragment thereof.

[520]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 50 or a functional fragment thereof.

[521]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 50 or a functional fragment thereof.

[522]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 51 or a functional fragment thereof.

[523]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 51 or a functional fragment thereof.

[524]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 52 or a functional fragment thereof.

[525]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 52 or a functional fragment thereof.

[526]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 53 or a functional fragment thereof.

[527]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 53 or a functional fragment thereof.

[528]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 54 or a functional fragment thereof.

[529]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 54 or a functional fragment thereof.

[530]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 55 or a functional fragment thereof.

[531]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 55 or a functional fragment thereof.

[532]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 98 or a functional fragment thereof.

[533]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 98 or a functional fragment thereof.

[534]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 99 or a functional fragment thereof.

[535]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 99 or a functional fragment thereof.

[536]

Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID Νο.6, SEQ ID No. 7, SEQ ID No. 8, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 11, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 13, SEQ ID No. 14, SEQ ID No. 15, SEQ ID No. 16, SEQ ID No. 17, SEQ ID No. 18, SEQ ID No. 19, SEQ ID No. 20, SEQ ID No. 21, SEQ ID No. 22, SEQ ID No. 23, SEQ ID No. 24, SEQ ID No. 25, SEQ ID No. 26, SEQ ID No. 27, SEQ ID No. 28, SEQ ID No. 30, SEQ ID No. 31, SEQ ID No. 32, SEQ ID No. 33, SEQ ID No. 34, SEQ ID No. 35, SEQ ID No. 36, SEQ ID No. 37, SEQ ID No. 38, SEQ ID No. 39, SEQ ID No. 40, SEQ ID No. 41, SEQ ID No. 42, SEQ ID No. 43, SEQ ID No. 44, SEQ ID No. 45, SEQ ID No. 46, SEQ ID No. 47, SEQ ID No. 48, SEQ ID No. 49, SEQ ID No. 50, SEQ ID No. 51, SEQ ID No. 52, SEQ ID No. 53, SEQ ID No. 54, SEQ ID No. 55, SEQ ID No. 98, SEQ ID No. 99 or a functional fragment thereof.

[537]

Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 85% identity to SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID Νο.6, SEQ ID No. 7, SEQ ID No. 8, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 11, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 13, SEQ ID No. 14, SEQ ID No. 15, SEQ ID No. 16, SEQ ID No. 17, SEQ ID No. 18, SEQ ID No. 19, SEQ ID No. 20, SEQ ID No. 21, SEQ ID No. 22, SEQ ID No. 23, SEQ ID No. 24, SEQ ID No. 25, SEQ ID No. 26, SEQ ID No. 27, SEQ ID No. 28, SEQ ID No. 30, SEQ ID No. 31, SEQ ID No. 32, SEQ ID No. 33, SEQ ID No. 34, SEQ ID No. 35, SEQ ID No. 36, SEQ ID No. 37, SEQ ID No. 38, SEQ ID No. 39, SEQ ID No. 40, SEQ ID No. 41, SEQ ID No. 42, SEQ ID No. 43, SEQ ID No. 44, SEQ ID No. 45, SEQ ID No. 46, SEQ ID No. 47, SEQ ID No. 48, SEQ ID No. 49, SEQ ID No. 50, SEQ ID No. 51, SEQ ID No. 52, SEQ ID No. 53, SEQ ID No. 54, SEQ ID No. 55, SEQ ID No. 98, SEQ ID No. 99 or a functional fragment thereof.

[538]

Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID Νο.6, SEQ ID No. 7, SEQ ID No. 8, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 11, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 13, SEQ ID No. 14, SEQ ID No. 15, SEQ ID No. 16, SEQ ID No. 17, SEQ ID No. 18, SEQ ID No. 19, SEQ ID No. 20, SEQ ID No. 21, SEQ ID No. 22, SEQ ID No. 23, SEQ ID No. 24, SEQ ID No. 25, SEQ ID No. 26, SEQ ID No. 27, SEQ ID No. 28, SEQ ID No. 30, SEQ ID No. 31, SEQ ID No. 32, SEQ ID No. 33, SEQ ID No. 34, SEQ ID No. 35, SEQ ID No. 36, SEQ ID No. 37, SEQ ID No. 38, SEQ ID No. 39, SEQ ID No. 40, SEQ ID No. 41, SEQ ID No. 42, SEQ ID No. 43, SEQ ID No. 44, SEQ ID No. 45, SEQ ID No. 46, SEQ ID No. 47, SEQ ID No. 48, SEQ ID No. 49, SEQ ID No. 50, SEQ ID No. 51, SEQ ID No. 52, SEQ ID No. 53, SEQ ID No. 54, SEQ ID No. 55, SEQ ID No. 98, SEQ ID No. 99 or a functional fragment thereof.

[539]

Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 95% identity to SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID Νο.6, SEQ ID No. 7, SEQ ID No. 8, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 11, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 13, SEQ ID No. 14, SEQ ID No. 15, SEQ ID No. 16, SEQ ID No. 17, SEQ ID No. 18, SEQ ID No. 19, SEQ ID No. 20, SEQ ID No. 21, SEQ ID No. 22, SEQ ID No. 23, SEQ ID No. 24, SEQ ID No. 25, SEQ ID No. 26, SEQ ID No. 27, SEQ ID No. 28, SEQ ID No. 30, SEQ ID No. 31, SEQ ID No. 32, SEQ ID No. 33, SEQ ID No. 34, SEQ ID No. 35, SEQ ID No. 36, SEQ ID No. 37, SEQ ID No. 38, SEQ ID No. 39, SEQ ID No. 40, SEQ ID No. 41, SEQ ID No. 42, SEQ ID No. 43, SEQ ID No. 44, SEQ ID No. 45, SEQ ID No. 46, SEQ ID No. 47, SEQ ID No. 48, SEQ ID No. 49, SEQ ID No. 50, SEQ ID No. 51, SEQ ID No. 52, SEQ ID No. 53, SEQ ID No. 54, SEQ ID No. 55, SEQ ID No. 98, SEQ ID No. 99 or a functional fragment thereof.

[540]

Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 97% identity to SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID Νο.6, SEQ ID No. 7, SEQ ID No. 8, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 11, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 13, SEQ ID No. 14, SEQ ID No. 15, SEQ ID No. 16, SEQ ID No. 17, SEQ ID No. 18, SEQ ID No. 19, SEQ ID No. 20, SEQ ID No. 21, SEQ ID No. 22, SEQ ID No. 23, SEQ ID No. 24, SEQ ID No. 25, SEQ ID No. 26, SEQ ID No. 27, SEQ ID No. 28, SEQ ID No. 30, SEQ ID No. 31, SEQ ID No. 32, SEQ ID No. 33, SEQ ID No. 34, SEQ ID No. 35, SEQ ID No. 36, SEQ ID No. 37, SEQ ID No. 38, SEQ ID No. 39, SEQ ID No. 40, SEQ ID No. 41, SEQ ID No. 42, SEQ ID No. 43, SEQ ID No. 44, SEQ ID No. 45, SEQ ID No. 46, SEQ ID No. 47, SEQ ID No. 48, SEQ ID No. 49, SEQ ID No. 50, SEQ ID No. 51, SEQ ID No. 52, SEQ ID No. 53, SEQ ID No. 54, SEQ ID No. 55, SEQ ID No. 98, SEQ ID No. 99 or a functional fragment thereof.

[541]

Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid having at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID Νο.6, SEQ ID No. 7, SEQ ID No. 8, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 11, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 13, SEQ ID No. 14, SEQ ID No. 15, SEQ ID No. 16, SEQ ID No. 17, SEQ ID No. 18, SEQ ID No. 19, SEQ ID No. 20, SEQ ID No. 21, SEQ ID No. 22, SEQ ID No. 23, SEQ ID No. 24, SEQ ID No. 25, SEQ ID No. 26, SEQ ID No. 27, SEQ ID No. 28, SEQ ID No. 30, SEQ ID No. 31, SEQ ID No. 32, SEQ ID No. 33, SEQ ID No. 34, SEQ ID No. 35, SEQ ID No. 36, SEQ ID No. 37, SEQ ID No. 38, SEQ ID No. 39, SEQ ID No. 40, SEQ ID No. 41, SEQ ID No. 42, SEQ ID No. 43, SEQ ID No. 44, SEQ ID No. 45, SEQ ID No. 46, SEQ ID No. 47, SEQ ID No. 48, SEQ ID No. 49, SEQ ID No. 50, SEQ ID No. 51, SEQ ID No. 52, SEQ ID No. 53, SEQ ID No. 54, SEQ ID No. 55, SEQ ID No. 98, SEQ ID No. 99 or a functional fragment thereof.

[542]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid sequence selected from one more of the group consisting of: SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID Νο.6, SEQ ID No. 7, SEQ ID No. 8, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 11, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 13, SEQ ID No. 14, SEQ ID No. 15, SEQ ID No. 16, SEQ ID No. 17, SEQ ID No. 18, SEQ ID No. 19, SEQ ID No. 20, SEQ ID No. 21, SEQ ID No. 22, SEQ ID No. 23, SEQ ID No. 24, SEQ ID No. 25, SEQ ID No. 26, SEQ ID No. 27, SEQ ID No. 28, SEQ ID No. 30, SEQ ID No. 31, SEQ ID No. 32, SEQ ID No. 33, SEQ ID No. 34, SEQ ID No. 35, SEQ ID No. 36, SEQ ID No. 37, SEQ ID No. 38, SEQ ID No. 39, SEQ ID No. 40, SEQ ID No. 41, SEQ ID No. 42, SEQ ID No. 43, SEQ ID No. 44, SEQ ID No. 45, SEQ ID No. 46, SEQ ID No. 47, SEQ ID No. 48, SEQ ID No. 49, SEQ ID No. 50, SEQ ID No. 51, SEQ ID No. 52, SEQ ID No. 53, SEQ ID No. 54, SEQ ID No. 55, SEQ ID No. 98 and SEQ ID No. 99.

[543]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid sequence selected from one more of the group consisting of: SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 30, SEQ ID No. 98, and SEQ ID No. 99 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto,suitably a sequence having at least 80% thereto or at least 90% thereto. In some embodiments it may be suitable that the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 30 and SEQ ID No. 31, or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto,suitably a sequence having at least 80% thereto or at least 90% thereto.

[544]

In some embodiments it may be suitable that the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID No. 98 and SEQ ID No. 99, or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto, suitably a sequence having at least 80% thereto or at least 90% thereto.

[545]

Advantageously these particular amino acid sequences may be particularly suited to cleaving peptide and/or protein substrates enriched in lysine, arginine and/or glycine. Particularly where lysine, arginine and/or glycine are present at the Ρ1 position.

[546]

Suitably, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise an amino acid sequence selected from one more of the group consisting of: SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID No. 6, SEQ ID No. 7, SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 32, SEQ ID No. 33 and SEQ ID No. 34, or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto,suitably a sequence having at least 80% thereto or at least 90% thereto.

[547]

Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may have the sequence SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2 or SEQ ID No. 29.

[548]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise one or more of the sequence motifs selected from the group consisting of: xEANLD, y’Tzx’G and QNFSV.

[549]

Suitably, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise xEANLD.

[550]

χ may be one or more amino acid selected from the group consisting of: G, Τ, S and V.

[551]

In another embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise y’Tzx’G.

[552]

y’ may be one or more amino acid selected from the group consisting of: I, L and V.

[553]

ζ may be one or more amino acid selected from the group consisting of: S and Τ.

[554]

x’ may be one or more amino acid selected from the group consisting of: I and V.

[555]

In another embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise the sequence motif QNFSV.

[556]

In a further embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise the sequence motifs xEANLD and y’Tzx’G or xEANLD and QNFSV.

[557]

In a yet further embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise the sequence motifs y’Tzx’G and QNFSV.

[558]

Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may comprise the sequence motifs xEANLD, y’Tzx’G and QNFSV.

[559]

One or more of the motifs are present in the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases for use in the present invention. Figure 17 indicates the positioning of these motifs.

[560]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be encoded by a nucleotide sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 56, SEQ ID No. 57, SEQ ID No. 58, SEQ ID No. 59, SEQ ID No. 60, SEQ ID No. 61, SEQ ID No. 62, SEQ ID No. 63, SEQ ID No. 64, SEQ ID No. 65, SEQ ID No. 66, SEQ ID No. 67, SEQ ID No. 68, SEQ ID No. 69, SEQ ID No. 70, SEQ ID No. 71, SEQ ID No. 72, SEQ ID No. 73, SEQ ID No. 74, SEQ ID No. 75, SEQ ID No. 76, SEQ ID No. 77, SEQ ID No. 78, SEQ ID No. 79, SEQ ID No. 80, SEQ ID No. 96, SEQ ID No. 97 or a nucleotide sequence having at least 70% identity thereto, suitably a sequence having at least 80% thereto or at least 90% thereto.

[561]

Preferably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be encoded by a nucleotide sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID No. 56, SEQ ID No. 57, SEQ ID No. 58, SEQ ID No. 59, SEQ ID No. 60, SEQ ID No. 61, SEQ ID No. 62, SEQ ID No. 63, SEQ ID No. 64, SEQ ID No. 65, SEQ ID No. 66, SEQ ID No. 67, SEQ ID No. 68, SEQ ID No. 69, SEQ ID No. 70, SEQ ID No. 71, SEQ ID No. 72, SEQ ID No. 73, SEQ ID No. 74, SEQ ID No. 75, SEQ ID No. 76, SEQ ID No. 77, SEQ ID No. 78, SEQ ID No. 79, SEQ ID No. 80, SEQ ID No. 96 or SEQ ID No. 97, more preferably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 56, SEQ ID No. 57, SEQ ID No. 58, SEQ ID No. 59, SEQ ID No. 60, SEQ ID No. 61, SEQ ID No. 62, SEQ ID No. 63, SEQ ID No. 64, SEQ ID No. 65, SEQ ID No. 66, SEQ ID No. 67, SEQ ID No. 68, SEQ ID No. 69, SEQ ID No. 70, SEQ ID No. 71, SEQ ID No. 72, SEQ ID No. 73, SEQ ID No. 74, SEQ ID No. 75, SEQ ID No. 76, SEQ ID No. 77, SEQ ID No. 78, SEQ ID No. 79, SEQ ID No. 80, SEQ ID No. 96 or SEQ ID No. 97.

[562]

In another embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be encoded by a nucleotide sequence which hybridises to SEQ ID No. 56, SEQ ID No. 57, SEQ ID No. 58, SEQ ID No. 59, SEQ ID No. 60, SEQ ID No. 61, SEQ ID No. 62, SEQ ID No. 63, SEQ ID No. 64, SEQ ID No. 65, SEQ ID No. 66, SEQ ID No. 67, SEQ ID No. 68, SEQ ID No. 69, SEQ ID No. 70, SEQ ID No. 71, SEQ ID No. 72, SEQ ID No. 73, SEQ ID No. 74, SEQ ID No. 75, SEQ ID No. 76, SEQ ID No. 77, SEQ ID No. 78, SEQ ID No. 79, SEQ ID No. 80, SEQ ID No. 96 or SEQ ID No. 97 under medium stringency conditions. Suitably, a nucleotide sequence which hybridises to SEQ ID No. 56, SEQ ID No. 57, SEQ ID No. 58, SEQ ID No. 59, SEQ ID No. 60, SEQ ID No. 61, SEQ ID No. 62, SEQ ID No. 63, SEQ ID No. 64, SEQ ID No. 65, SEQ ID No. 66, SEQ ID No. 67, SEQ ID No. 68, SEQ ID No. 69, SEQ ID No. 70, SEQ ID No. 71, SEQ ID No. 72, SEQ ID No. 73, SEQ ID No. 74, SEQ ID No. 75, SEQ ID No. 76, SEQ ID No. 77, SEQ ID No. 78, SEQ ID No. 79, SEQ ID No. 80, SEQ ID No. 96 or SEQ ID No. 97 under high stringency conditions.

[563]

In a further embodiment, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be encoded by a nucleotide sequence which differs from SEQ ID No. 56, SEQ ID No. 57, SEQ ID No. 58, SEQ ID No. 59, SEQ ID No. 60, SEQ ID No. 61, SEQ ID No. 62, SEQ ID No. 63, SEQ ID No. 64, SEQ ID No. 65, SEQ ID No. 66, SEQ ID No. 67, SEQ ID No. 68, SEQ ID No. 69, SEQ ID No. 70, SEQ ID No. 71, SEQ ID No. 72, SEQ ID No. 73, SEQ ID No. 74, SEQ ID No. 75, SEQ ID No. 76, SEQ ID No. 77, SEQ ID No. 78, SEQ ID No. 79, SEQ ID No. 80, SEQ ID No. 96 or SEQ ID No. 97 due to degeneracy of the genetic code.

[564]

In one embodiment the nucleotide sequence comprising a nucleotide sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 56, SEQ ID No. 57, SEQ ID No. 58, SEQ ID No. 59, SEQ ID No. 60, SEQ ID No. 61, SEQ ID No. 62, SEQ ID No. 63, SEQ ID No. 64, SEQ ID No. 65, SEQ ID No. 66, SEQ ID No. 67, SEQ ID No. 68, SEQ ID No. 69, SEQ ID No. 70, SEQ ID No. 71, SEQ ID No. 72, SEQ ID No. 73, SEQ ID No. 74, SEQ ID No. 75, SEQ ID No. 76, SEQ ID No. 77, SEQ ID No. 78, SEQ ID No. 79, SEQ ID No. 80, SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94, SEQ ID No. 95, SEQ ID No. 96 or SEQ ID No. 97 may be a DNA, cDNA, synthetic DNA and/or RNA sequence.

[565]

Preferably the sequence is a DNA sequence, more preferably a cDNA sequence coding for the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase of the present invention.

[566]

In one aspect, preferably the amino acid and/or nucleotide sequence for use in the present invention is in an isolated form. The term “isolated” means that the sequence is at least substantially free from at least one other component with which the sequence is naturally associated in nature and as found in nature. The amino acid and/or nucleotide sequence for use in the present invention may be provided in a form that is substantially free of one or more contaminants with which the substance might otherwise be associated. Thus, for example it may be substantially free of one or more potentially contaminating polypeptides and/or nucleic acid molecules.

[567]

In one aspect, preferably the amino acid and/or nucleotide sequence for use in the present invention is in a purified form. The term “purified” means that a given component is present at a high level. The component is desirably the predominant component present in a composition. Preferably, it is present at a level of at least about 90%, or at least about 95% or at least about 98%, said level being determined on a dry weight/dry weight basis with respect to the total composition under consideration.

ENZYMES

[568]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 1, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 1. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 1.

[569]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 2, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 2. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 2.

[570]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 3, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 3. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 3.

[571]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 4, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 4. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 4.

[572]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 5, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 5. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 5.

[573]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 6, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 6. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 6.

[574]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 7, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 7. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 7.

[575]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 8, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 8. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 8.

[576]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 9, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 9. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 9.

[577]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 10, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 10. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 10.

[578]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 11, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 11. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 11.

[579]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 12, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 12. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 12.

[580]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 13, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 13. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 13.

[581]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 14, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 14. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 14.

[582]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 15, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 15. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 15.

[583]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 16, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 16. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 16.

[584]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 17, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 17. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 17.

[585]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 18, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 18. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 18.

[586]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 19, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 19. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 19.

[587]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 20, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 20. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 20.

[588]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 21, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 21. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 21.

[589]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 22, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 22. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 22.

[590]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 23, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 23. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 23.

[591]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 24, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 24. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 24.

[592]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 25, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 25. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 25.

[593]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 26, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 26. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 26.

[594]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 27, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 27. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 27.

[595]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 28, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 28. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 28.

[596]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 29, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 29. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 29.

[597]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 30, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 30. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 30.

[598]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 31, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 31. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 31.

[599]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 32, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 32. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 32.

[600]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 33, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 33. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 33.

[601]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 34, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 34. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 34.

[602]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 35, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 35. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 35.

[603]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 36, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 36. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 36.

[604]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 37, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 37. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 37.

[605]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 38, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 38. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 38.

[606]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 39, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 39. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 39.

[607]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 40, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 40. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 40.

[608]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 41, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 41. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 41.

[609]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 42, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 42. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 42.

[610]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 43, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 43. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 43.

[611]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 44, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 44. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 44.

[612]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 45, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 45. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 45.

[613]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 46, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 46. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 46.

[614]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 47, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 47. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 47.

[615]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 48, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 48. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 48.

[616]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 49, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 49. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 49.

[617]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 50, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 50. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 50.

[618]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 51, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 51. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 51.

[619]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 52, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 52. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 52.

[620]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 53, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 53. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 53.

[621]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 54, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 54. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 54.

[622]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 55, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 55. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 55.

[623]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 98, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 98. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 98.

[624]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase comprising SEQ ID No. 99, a functional fragment thereof or a sequence having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 99. Suitably the enzyme may have at least 80%, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 99.

[625]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 56 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[626]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 57 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[627]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 58 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[628]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 59 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[629]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 60 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[630]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 61 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[631]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 62 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[632]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 63 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[633]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 64 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[634]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 65 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[635]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 66 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[636]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 67 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[637]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 68 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[638]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 69 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[639]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 70 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[640]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 71 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[641]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 72 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[642]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 73 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[643]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 74 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[644]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 75 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[645]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 76 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[646]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 77 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[647]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 78 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[648]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 79 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[649]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 80 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[650]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 81 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[651]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 82 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[652]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 83 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[653]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 84 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[654]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 85 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[655]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 86 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[656]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 87 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[657]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 88 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[658]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 89 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[659]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 90 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[660]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 91 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[661]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 92 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[662]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 93 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[663]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 94 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[664]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 95 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[665]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 96 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

[666]

In one embodiment the enzyme for use in the present invention may be a tripeptidyl peptidase encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 97 or a sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably at least 80% identity, suitably at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, preferably at least 97%, suitably at least 99% identity thereto.

NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE

[667]

The scope of the present invention encompasses nucleotide sequences encoding proteins having the specific properties as defined herein.

[668]

The term “nucleotide sequence” as used herein refers to an oligonucleotide sequence or polynucleotide sequence, and variant, homologues, fragments and derivatives thereof (such as portions thereof). The nucleotide sequence may be of genomic or synthetic or recombinant origin, which may be double-stranded or single-stranded whether representing the sense or anti-sense strand.

[669]

The term "nucleotide sequence" in relation to the present invention includes genomic DNA, cDNA, synthetic DNA, and RNA. Preferably it means DNA, more preferably cDNA sequence coding for the present invention.

[670]

In a preferred embodiment, the nucleotide sequence when relating to and when encompassed by the per se scope of the present invention does not include the native nucleotide sequence according to the present invention when in its natural environment and when it is linked to its naturally associated sequence(s) that is/are also in its/their natural environment. For ease of reference, we shall call this preferred embodiment the “non-native nucleotide sequence”. In this regard, the term "native nucleotide sequence" means an entire nucleotide sequence that is in its native environment and when operatively linked to an entire promoter with which it is naturally associated, which promoter is also in its native environment. However, the amino acid sequence encompassed by scope the present invention can be isolated and/or purified post expression of a nucleotide sequence in its native organism. Preferably, however, the amino acid sequence encompassed by scope of the present invention may be expressed by a nucleotide sequence in its native organism but wherein the nucleotide sequence is not under the control of the promoter with which it is naturally associated within that organism.

[671]

Typically, the nucleotide sequence encompassed by the scope of the present invention is prepared using recombinant DNA techniques (i.e. recombinant DNA). However, in an alternative embodiment of the invention, the nucleotide sequence could be synthesised, in whole or in part, using chemical methods well known in the art (see Caruthers ΜΗ et at., (1980) Nuc Acids Res Symp Ser 215-23 and Horn Τ et at., (1980) Nuc Acids Res Symp Ser 225-232).

PREPARATION OF THE NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE

[672]

A nucleotide sequence encoding either a protein which has the specific properties as defined herein or a protein which is suitable for modification may be identified and/or isolated and/or purified from any cell or organism producing said protein. Various methods are well known within the art for the identification and/or isolation and/or purification of nucleotide sequences. By way of example, PCR amplification techniques to prepare more of a sequence may be used once a suitable sequence has been identified and/or isolated and/or purified.

[673]

By way of further example, a genomic DNA and/or cDNA library may be constructed using chromosomal DNA or messenger RNA from the organism producing the enzyme. If the amino acid sequence of the enzyme is known, labelled oligonucleotide probes may be synthesised and used to identify enzyme-encoding clones from the genomic library prepared from the organism. Alternatively, a labelled oligonucleotide probe containing sequences homologous to another known enzyme gene could be used to identify enzyme-encoding clones. In the latter case, hybridisation and washing conditions of lower stringency are used.

[674]

Alternatively, enzyme-encoding clones could be identified by inserting fragments of genomic DNA into an expression vector, such as a plasmid, transforming enzyme-negative bacteria with the resulting genomic DNA library, and then plating the transformed bacteria onto agar plates containing a substrate for enzyme (i.e. maltose), thereby allowing clones expressing the enzyme to be identified.

[675]

In a yet further alternative, the nucleotide sequence encoding the enzyme may be prepared synthetically by established standard methods, e.g. the phosphoroamidite method described by Beucage S.L. etal., (1981) Tetrahedron Letters 22, ρ 1859-1869, or the method described by Matthes et at., (1984) ΕΜΒΟ J. 3, ρ 801-805. In the phosphoroamidite method, oligonucleotides are synthesised, e.g. in an automatic DNA synthesiser, purified, annealed, ligated and cloned in appropriate vectors.

[676]

The nucleotide sequence may be of mixed genomic and synthetic origin, mixed synthetic and cDNA origin, or mixed genomic and cDNA origin, prepared by ligating fragments of synthetic, genomic or cDNA origin (as appropriate) in accordance with standard techniques. Each ligated fragment corresponds to various parts of the entire nucleotide sequence. The DNA sequence may also be prepared by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using specific primers, for instance as described in US 4,683,202 or in Saiki R Κ etal., (Science (1988) 239, ρρ 487-491).

AMINO ACID SEQUENCES

[677]

The scope of the present invention also encompasses amino acid sequences of enzymes having the specific properties as defined herein.

[678]

As used herein, the term “amino acid sequence” is synonymous with the term “polypeptide” and/or the term “protein”. In some instances, the term “amino acid sequence” is synonymous with the term “peptide”. In some instances, the term “amino acid sequence” is synonymous with the term “enzyme”.

[679]

The amino acid sequence may be prepared/isolated from a suitable source, or it may be made synthetically or it may be prepared by use of recombinant DNA techniques.

[680]

The protein encompassed in the present invention may be used in conjunction with other proteins, particularly enzymes. Thus the present invention also covers a combination of proteins wherein the combination comprises the protein/enzyme of the present invention and another protein/enzyme, which may be another protein/enzyme according to the present invention. This aspect is discussed in a later section.

[681]

Preferably the amino acid sequence when relating to and when encompassed by the per se scope of the present invention is not a native enzyme. In this regard, the term "native enzyme" means an entire enzyme that is in its native environment and when it has been expressed by its native nucleotide sequence.

ISOLATED

[682]

In one aspect, preferably the amino acid sequence, or nucleic acid, or enzyme according to the present invention is in an isolated form. The term “isolated” means that the sequence or enzyme or nucleic acid is at least substantially free from at least one other component with which the sequence, enzyme or nucleic acid is naturally associated in nature and as found in nature. The sequence, enzyme or nucleic acid of the present invention may be provided in a form that is substantially free of one or more contaminants with which the substance might otherwise be associated. Thus, for example it may be substantially free of one or more potentially contaminating polypeptides and/or nucleic acid molecules.

PURIFIED

[683]

In one aspect, preferably the sequence, enzyme or nucleic acid according to the present invention is in a purified form. The term “purified” means that the given component is present at a high level. The component is desirably the predominant component present in a composition. Preferably, it is present at a level of at least about 80% said level being determined on a dry weight/dry weight basis with respect to the total composition under consideration. Suitably it may be present at a level of at least about 90%, or at least about 95, or at least about 98% said level being determined on a dry weight/dry weight basis with respect to the total composition under consideration.

SEQUENCE IDENTITY OR SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY

[684]

The present invention also encompasses the use of sequences having a degree of sequence identity or sequence homology with amino acid sequence(s) of a polypeptide having the specific properties defined herein or of any nucleotide sequence encoding such a polypeptide (hereinafter referred to as a “homologous sequence(s)”). Here, the term “homologue” means an entity having a certain homology with the subject amino acid sequences and the subject nucleotide sequences. Here, the term “homology” can be equated with “identity”.

[685]

The homologous amino acid sequence and/or nucleotide sequence should provide and/or encode a polypeptide which retains the functional activity and/or enhances the activity of the enzyme.

[686]

In the present context, a homologous sequence is taken to include an amino acid or a nucleotide sequence which may be at least 75, 85 or 90% identical, preferably at least 95 or 98% identical to the subject sequence. Typically, the homologues will comprise the same active sites etc. as the subject amino acid sequence for instance. Although homology can also be considered in terms of similarity (i.e. amino acid residues having similar chemical properties/functions), in the context of the present invention it is preferred to express homology in terms of sequence identity.

[687]

In one embodiment, a homologous sequence is taken to include an amino acid sequence or nucleotide sequence which has one or several additions, deletions and/or substitutions compared with the subject sequence.

[688]

In one embodiment the present invention relates to a protein whose amino acid sequence is represented herein or a protein derived from this (parent) protein by substitution, deletion or addition of one or several amino acids, such as 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 amino acids, or more amino acids, such as 10 or more than 10 amino acids in the amino acid sequence of the parent protein and having the activity of the parent protein.

[689]

Suitably, the degree of identity with regard to an amino acid sequence is determined over at least 20 contiguous amino acids, preferably over at least 30 contiguous amino acids, preferably over at least 40 contiguous amino acids, preferably over at least 50 contiguous amino acids, preferably over at least 60 contiguous amino acids, preferably over at least 100 contiguous amino acids, preferably over at least 200 contiguous amino acids.

[690]

In one embodiment the present invention relates to a nucleic acid sequence (or gene) encoding a protein whose amino acid sequence is represented herein or encoding a protein derived from this (parent) protein by substitution, deletion or addition of one or several amino acids, such as 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 amino acids, or more amino acids, such as 10 or more than 10 amino acids in the amino acid sequence of the parent protein and having the activity of the parent protein.

[691]

In the present context, a homologous sequence is taken to include a nucleotide sequence which may be at least 75, 85 or 90% identical, preferably at least 95 or 98% identical to a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of the present invention (the subject sequence). Typically, the homologues will comprise the same sequences that code for the active sites etc. as the subject sequence. Although homology can also be considered in terms of similarity (i.e. amino acid residues having similar chemical properties/functions), in the context of the present invention it is preferred to express homology in terms of sequence identity.

[692]

Homology comparisons can be conducted by eye, or more usually, with the aid of readily available sequence comparison programs. These commercially available computer programs can calculate % homology between two or more sequences.

[693]

% homology may be calculated over contiguous sequences, i.e. one sequence is aligned with the other sequence and each amino acid in one sequence is directly compared with the corresponding amino acid in the other sequence, one residue at a time. This is called an “ungapped” alignment. Typically, such ungapped alignments are performed only over a relatively short number of residues.

[694]

Although this is a very simple and consistent method, it fails to take into consideration that, for example, in an otherwise identical pair of sequences, one insertion or deletion will cause the following amino acid residues to be put out of alignment, thus potentially resulting in a large reduction in % homology when a global alignment is performed. Consequently, most sequence comparison methods are designed to produce optimal alignments that take into consideration possible insertions and deletions without penalising unduly the overall homology score. This is achieved by inserting “gaps” in the sequence alignment to try to maximise local homology.

[695]

However, these more complex methods assign “gap penalties” to each gap that occurs in the alignment so that, for the same number of identical amino acids, a sequence alignment with as few gaps as possible - reflecting higher relatedness between the two compared sequences - will achieve a higher score than one with many gaps. “Affine gap costs” are typically used that charge a relatively high cost for the existence of a gap and a smaller penalty for each subsequent residue in the gap. This is the most commonly used gap scoring system. High gap penalties will of course produce optimised alignments with fewer gaps. Most alignment programs allow the gap penalties to be modified. However, it is preferred to use the default values when using such software for sequence comparisons.

[696]

Calculation of maximum % homology or % identity therefore firstly requires the production of an optimal alignment, taking into consideration gap penalties. A suitable computer program for carrying out such an alignment is the Vector NTI (Invitrogen Corp.). Examples of software that can perform sequence comparisons include, but are not limited to, the BLAST package (see Ausubel et al 1999 Short Protocols in Molecular Biology, 4th Ed - Chapter 18), BLAST 2 (see FEMS Microbiol Lett 1999 174(2): 247-50; FEMS Microbiol Lett 1999 177(1): 187-8 and tatiana@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov), FASTA (Altschul et al 1990 J. Mol. Biol. 403-410) and AlignX for example. At least BLAST, BLAST 2 and FASTA are available for offline and online searching (see Ausubel et al 1999, pages 7-58 to 7-60), such as for example in the GenomeQuest search tool (www.genomequest.com).

[697]

Although the final % homology can be measured in terms of identity, the alignment process itself is typically not based on an all-or-nothing pair comparison. Instead, a scaled similarity score matrix is generally used that assigns scores to each pairwise comparison based on chemical similarity or evolutionary distance. An example of such a matrix commonly used is the BLOSUM62 matrix - the default matrix for the BLAST suite of programs. Vector NTI programs generally use either the public default values or a custom symbol comparison table if supplied (see user manual for further details). For some applications, it is preferred to use the default values for the Vector NTI package.

[698]

Alternatively, percentage homologies may be calculated using the multiple alignment feature in Vector NTI (Invitrogen Corp.), based on an algorithm, analogous to CLUSTAL (Higgins DG & Sharp PM (1988), Gene 73(1), 237-244).

[699]

Once the software has produced an optimal alignment, it is possible to calculate % homology, preferably % sequence identity. The software typically does this as part of the sequence comparison and generates a numerical result.

[700]

Should Gap Penalties be used when determining sequence identity, then preferably the following parameters are used for pairwise alignment:

[701]

FOR BLAST
GAP OPEN	9
GAP EXTENSION	2

FOR CLUSTAL	DNA	PROTEIN
Weight Matrix	IUB	Gonnet 250
GAP OPENING	15	10
GAP EXTEND	6.66	0.1

[702]

In one embodiment, CLUSTAL may be used with the gap penalty and gap extension set as defined above.

[703]

Suitably, the degree of identity with regard to a nucleotide sequence is determined over at least 20 contiguous nucleotides, preferably over at least 30 contiguous nucleotides, preferably over at least 40 contiguous nucleotides, preferably over at least 50 contiguous nucleotides, preferably over at least 60 contiguous nucleotides, preferably over at least 100 contiguous nucleotides.

[704]

Suitably, the degree of identity with regard to a nucleotide sequence is determined over at least 100 contiguous nucleotides, preferably over at least 200 contiguous nucleotides, preferably over at least 300 contiguous nucleotides, preferably over at least 400 contiguous nucleotides, preferably over at least 500 contiguous nucleotides, preferably over at least 600 contiguous nucleotides, preferably over at least 700 contiguous nucleotides, preferably over at least 800 contiguous nucleotides.

[705]

Suitably, the degree of identity with regard to a nucleotide sequence may be determined over the whole sequence.

[706]

Suitably, the degree of identity with regard to a protein (amino acid) sequence is determined over at least 100 contiguous amino acids, preferably over at least 200 contiguous amino acids, preferably over at least 300 contiguous amino acids.

[707]

Suitably, the degree of identity with regard to an amino acid or protein sequence may be determined over the whole sequence taught herein.

[708]

In the present context, the term “query sequence” means a homologous sequence or a foreign sequence, which is aligned with a subject sequence in order to see if it falls within the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, such query sequence can for example be a prior art sequence or a third party sequence.

[709]

In one preferred embodiment, the sequences are aligned by a global alignment program and the sequence identity is calculated by identifying the number of exact matches identified by the program divided by the length of the subject sequence.

[710]

In one embodiment, the degree of sequence identity between a query sequence and a subject sequence is determined by 1) aligning the two sequences by any suitable alignment program using the default scoring matrix and default gap penalty, 2) identifying the number of exact matches, where an exact match is where the alignment program has identified an identical amino acid or nucleotide in the two aligned sequences on a given position in the alignment and 3) dividing the number of exact matches with the length of the subject sequence.

[711]

In yet a further preferred embodiment, the global alignment program is selected from the group consisting of CLUSTAL and BLAST (preferably BLAST) and the sequence identity is calculated by identifying the number of exact matches identified by the program divided by the length of the subject sequence.

[712]

The sequences may also have deletions, insertions or substitutions of amino acid residues which produce a silent change and result in a functionally equivalent substance. Deliberate amino acid substitutions may be made on the basis of similarity in polarity, charge, solubility, hydrophobicity, hydrophilicity, and/or the amphipathic nature of the residues as long as the secondary binding activity of the substance is retained. For example, negatively charged amino acids include aspartic acid and glutamic acid; positively charged amino acids include lysine and arginine; and amino acids with uncharged polar head groups having similar hydrophilicity values include leucine, isoleucine, valine, glycine, alanine, asparagine, glutamine, serine, threonine, phenylalanine, and tyrosine.

[713]

Conservative substitutions may be made, for example according to the Table below. Amino acids in the same block in the second column and preferably in the same line in the third column may be substituted for each other:

[714]

ALIPHATIC	Non-polar	GAP
I L V
Polar - uncharged	CSTM
Ν Q
Polar - charged	D Ε
Κ R
AROMATIC		Η F WY

[715]

The present invention also encompasses homologous substitution (substitution and replacement are both used herein to mean the interchange of an existing amino acid residue, with an alternative residue) that may occur i.e. like-for-like substitution such as basic for basic, acidic for acidic, polar for polar etc. Non-homologous substitution may also occur i.e. from one class of residue to another or alternatively involving the inclusion of unnatural amino acids such as ornithine (hereinafter referred to as Ζ), diaminobutyric acid ornithine (hereinafter referred to as Β), norleucine ornithine (hereinafter referred to as O), pyriylalanine, thienylalanine, naphthylalanine and phenylglycine.

[716]

Replacements may also be made by synthetic amino acids (e.g. unnatural amino acids) include; alpha* and alpha-disubstituted* amino acids, N-alkyl amino acids*, lactic acid*, halide derivatives of natural amino acids such as trifluorotyrosine*, p-CI-phenylalanine*, p-Brphenylalanine*, p-l-phenylalanine*, L-allyl-glycine*, β-8ΐ8η1η℮% L-a-amino butyric acid*, L-yamino butyric acid*, L-a-amino isobutyric acid*, L-s-amino caproic acid^#, 7-amino heptanoic acid*, L-methionine sulfone^#*, L-norleucine*, L-norvaline*, p-nitro-L-phenylalanine*, Lhydroxyproline^#, L-thioproline*, methyl derivatives of phenylalanine (Phe) such as 4-methyl-Phe*, pentamethyl-Phe*, L-Phe (4-amino)^#, L-Tyr (methyl)*, L-Phe (4-isopropyl)*, L-Tic (1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxyl acid)*, L-diaminopropionic acid^# and L-Phe (4-benzyl)*. The notation * has been utilised for the purpose of the discussion above (relating to homologous or non-homologous substitution), to indicate the hydrophobic nature of the derivative whereas # has been utilised to indicate the hydrophilic nature of the derivative, #* indicates amphipathic characteristics.

[717]

Variant amino acid sequences may include suitable spacer groups that may be inserted between any two amino acid residues of the sequence including alkyl groups such as methyl, ethyl or propyl groups in addition to amino acid spacers such as glycine or p-alanine residues. A further form of variation, involves the presence of one or more amino acid residues in peptoid form, will be well understood by those skilled in the art. For the avoidance of doubt, “the peptoid form” is used to refer to variant amino acid residues wherein the a-carbon substituent group is on the residue’s nitrogen atom rather than the a-carbon. Processes for preparing peptides in the peptoid form are known in the art, for example Simon RJ eta!., PNAS (1992) 89(20), 9367-9371 and Horwell DC, Trends Biotechnol. (1995) 13(4), 132-134.

[718]

The nucleotide sequences for use in the present invention may include within them synthetic or modified nucleotides. A number of different types of modification to oligonucleotides are known in the art. These include methylphosphonate and phosphorothioate backbones and/or the addition of acridine or polylysine chains at the 3' and/or 5' ends of the molecule. For the purposes of the present invention, it is to be understood that the nucleotide sequences described herein may be modified by any method available in the art. Such modifications may be carried out in order to enhance the in vivo activity or life span of nucleotide sequences of the present invention.

[719]

The present invention also encompasses the use of nucleotide sequences that are complementary to the sequences presented herein, or any derivative, fragment or derivative thereof. If the sequence is complementary to a fragment thereof then that sequence can be used as a probe to identify similar coding sequences in other organisms etc.

[720]

Polynucleotides which are not 100% homologous to the sequences of the present invention but fall within the scope of the invention can be obtained in a number of ways. Other variants of the sequences described herein may be obtained for example by probing DNA libraries made from a range of individuals, for example individuals from different populations. In addition, other homologues may be obtained and such homologues and fragments thereof in general will be capable of selectively hybridising to the sequences shown in the sequence listing herein. Such sequences may be obtained by probing cDNA libraries made from or genomic DNA libraries from other animal species, and probing such libraries with probes comprising all or part of any one of the sequences in the attached sequence listings under conditions of medium to high stringency. Similar considerations apply to obtaining species homologues and allelic variants of the polypeptide or nucleotide sequences of the invention.

[721]

Variants and strain/species homologues may also be obtained using degenerate PCR which will use primers designed to target sequences within the variants and homologues encoding conserved amino acid sequences within the sequences of the present invention. Conserved sequences can be predicted, for example, by aligning the amino acid sequences from several variants/homologues. Sequence alignments can be performed using computer software known in the art. For example the GCG Wisconsin PileUp program is widely used.

[722]

The primers used in degenerate PCR will contain one or more degenerate positions and will be used at stringency conditions lower than those used for cloning sequences with single sequence primers against known sequences.

[723]

Alternatively, such polynucleotides may be obtained by site directed mutagenesis of characterised sequences. This may be useful where for example silent codon sequence changes are required to optimise codon preferences for a particular host cell in which the polynucleotide sequences are being expressed. Other sequence changes may be desired in order to introduce restriction enzyme recognition sites, or to alter the property or function of the polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides.

[724]

Polynucleotides (nucleotide sequences) of the invention may be used to produce a primer, e.g. a PCR primer, a primer for an alternative amplification reaction, a probe e.g. labelled with a revealing label by conventional means using radioactive or non-radioactive labels, or the polynucleotides may be cloned into vectors. Such primers, probes and other fragments will be at least 15, preferably at least 20, for example at least 25, 30 or 40 nucleotides in length, and are also encompassed by the term polynucleotides of the invention as used herein.

[725]

Polynucleotides such as DNA polynucleotides and probes according to the invention may be produced recombinantly, synthetically, or by any means available to those of skill in the art. They may also be cloned by standard techniques.

[726]

In general, primers will be produced by synthetic means, involving a stepwise manufacture of the desired nucleic acid sequence one nucleotide at a time. Techniques for accomplishing this using automated techniques are readily available in the art.

[727]

Longer polynucleotides will generally be produced using recombinant means, for example using a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) cloning techniques. The primers may be designed to contain suitable restriction enzyme recognition sites so that the amplified DNA can be cloned into a suitable cloning vector.

HYBRIDISATION

[728]

The present invention also encompasses sequences that are complementary to the nucleic acid sequences of the present invention or sequences that are capable of hybridising either to the sequences of the present invention or to sequences that are complementary thereto.

[729]

The term “hybridisation” as used herein shall include “the process by which a strand of nucleic acid joins with a complementary strand through base pairing” as well as the process of amplification as carried out in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technologies.

[730]

The present invention also encompasses the use of nucleotide sequences that are capable of hybridising to the sequences that are complementary to the sequences presented herein, or any derivative, fragment or derivative thereof.

[731]

The term “variant” also encompasses sequences that are complementary to sequences that are capable of hybridising to the nucleotide sequences presented herein.

[732]

Preferably, the term “variant” encompasses sequences that are complementary to sequences that are capable of hybridising under medium stringency conditions (e.g. 50°C and 0.2xSSC {1xSSC = 0.15 Μ NaCI, 0.015 Μ Na₃citrate pH 7.0}) to the nucleotide sequences presented herein.

[733]

More preferably, the term “variant” encompasses sequences that are complementary to sequences that are capable of hybridising under high stringency conditions (e.g. 65°C and O.IxSSC {1xSSC = 0.15 Μ NaCI, 0.015 Μ Na₃citrate pH 7.0}) to the nucleotide sequences presented herein.

[734]

The present invention also relates to nucleotide sequences that can hybridise to the nucleotide sequences of the present invention (including complementary sequences of those presented herein).

[735]

The present invention also relates to nucleotide sequences that are complementary to sequences that can hybridise to the nucleotide sequences of the present invention (including complementary sequences of those presented herein).

[736]

Also included within the scope of the present invention are polynucleotide sequences that are capable of hybridising to the nucleotide sequences presented herein under conditions of intermediate to maximal stringency.

[737]

In a preferred aspect, the present invention covers nucleotide sequences that can hybridise to the nucleotide sequence of the present invention, or the complement thereof, under medium stringency conditions (e.g. 50°C and 0.2xSSC {1xSSC = 0.15 Μ NaCI, 0.015 Μ Na₃citrate pH 7.0}).

[738]

In a more preferred aspect, the present invention covers nucleotide sequences that can hybridise to the nucleotide sequence of the present invention, or the complement thereof, under high stringent conditions (e.g. 65°C and O.IxSSC {1xSSC = 0.15 Μ NaCI, 0.015 Μ Na₃citrate pH 7.0}).

[739]

Preferably hybridisation is analysed over the whole of the sequences taught herein.

MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

[740]

As a non-limiting example, it is possible to produce numerous site directed or random mutations into a nucleotide sequence, either in vivo or in vitro, and to subsequently screen for improved functionality of the encoded polypeptide by various means.

[741]

In addition, mutations or natural variants of a polynucleotide sequence can be recombined with either the wildtype or other mutations or natural variants to produce new variants. Such new variants can also be screened for improved functionality of the encoded polypeptide. The production of new preferred variants can be achieved by various methods well established in the art, for example the Error Threshold Mutagenesis (WO 92/18645), oligonucleotide mediated random mutagenesis (US 5,723, 323), DNA shuffling (US 5,605,793), exo-mediated gene assembly WOOO/58517. The application of these and similar random directed molecular evolution methods allows the identification and selection of variants of the enzymes of the present invention which have preferred characteristics without any prior knowledge of protein structure or function, and allows the production of ηοηpredictable but beneficial mutations or variants. There are numerous examples of the application of molecular evolution in the art for the optimisation or alteration of enzyme activity, such examples include, but are not limited to one or more of the following: optimised expression and/or activity in a host cell or in vitro, increased enzymatic activity, altered substrate and/or product specificity, increased or decreased enzymatic or structural stability, altered enzymatic activity/specificity in preferred environmental conditions, e.g. temperature, pH, substrate.

SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS

[742]

Once a protein-encoding nucleotide sequence has been isolated, or a putative protein-encoding nucleotide sequence has been identified, it may be desirable to mutate the sequence in order to prepare a protein of the present invention.

[743]

Mutations may be introduced using synthetic oligonucleotides. These oligonucleotides contain nucleotide sequences flanking the desired mutation sites.

[744]

A suitable method is disclosed in Morinaga et at., {Biotechnology (1984) 2, ρ646-649). Another method of introducing mutations into enzyme-encoding nucleotide sequences is described in Nelson and Long {Analytical Biochemistry {1989), 180, ρ 147-151).

RECOMBINANT

[745]

In one aspect the sequence for use in the present invention is a recombinant sequence - i.e. a sequence that has been prepared using recombinant DNA techniques.

[746]

These recombinant DNA techniques are within the capabilities of a person of ordinary skill in the art. Such techniques are explained in the literature, for example, J. Sambrook, Ε. F. Fritsch, and Τ. Maniatis, 1989, Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Second Edition, Books 1-3, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

SYNTHETIC

[747]

In one aspect the sequence for use in the present invention is a synthetic sequence - i.e. a sequence that has been prepared by in vitro chemical or enzymatic synthesis. It includes, but is not limited to, sequences made with optimal codon usage for host organisms - such as the methylotrophic yeasts Pichia and Hansenula.

EXPRESSION OF ENZYMES

[748]

The nucleotide sequence for use in the present invention may be incorporated into a recombinant replicable vector. The vector may be used to replicate and express the nucleotide sequence, in protein/enzyme form, in and/or from a compatible host cell.

[749]

Expression may be controlled using control sequences e.g. regulatory sequences.

[750]

The protein produced by a host recombinant cell by expression of the nucleotide sequence may be secreted or may be contained intracellularly depending on the sequence and/or the vector used. The coding sequences may be designed with signal sequences which direct secretion of the substance coding sequences through a particular prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell membrane.

EXPRESSION VECTOR

[751]

The term "expression vector" means a construct capable of in vivo or in vitro expression.

[752]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and/or endoprotease for use in the present invention may be encoded by a vector. In other words the vector may comprise a nucleotide sequence encoding the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase.

[753]

Preferably, the expression vector is incorporated into the genome of a suitable host organism. The term “incorporated” preferably covers stable incorporation into the genome.

[754]

The nucleotide sequence of the present invention may be present in a vector in which the nucleotide sequence is operably linked to regulatory sequences capable of providing for the expression of the nucleotide sequence by a suitable host organism.

[755]

The vectors for use in the present invention may be transformed into a suitable host cell as described below to provide for expression of a polypeptide of the present invention.

[756]

The choice of vector e.g. a plasmid, cosmid, or phage vector will often depend on the host cell into which it is to be introduced.

[757]

The vectors for use in the present invention may contain one or more selectable marker genes- such as a gene, which confers antibiotic resistance e.g. ampicillin, kanamycin, chloramphenicol or tetracyclin resistance. Alternatively, the selection may be accomplished by co-transformation (as described in W091/17243).

[758]

Vectors may be used in vitro, for example for the production of RNA or used to transfect, transform, transduce or infect a host cell.

[759]

Thus, in a further embodiment, the invention provides a method of making nucleotide sequences of the present invention by introducing a nucleotide sequence of the present invention into a replicable vector, introducing the vector into a compatible host cell, and growing the host cell under conditions which bring about replication of the vector.

[760]

The vector may further comprise a nucleotide sequence enabling the vector to replicate in the host cell in question. Examples of such sequences are the origins of replication of plasmids pUC19, pACYC177, ρℓΐΒ110, ρΕ194, ρΑΜΒ1 and plJ702.

CODON OPTIMISATION

[761]

The nucleotide sequence and/or vector encoding the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and/or the endoprotease may be codon optimised for expression in a particular host organism.

[762]

The nucleotide sequence and/or vector encoding the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and/or the endoprotease may be codon optimised for expression in a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell. Suitably, the nucleotide sequence and/or vector encoding the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and/or the endoprotease may be codon optimised for expression in a fungal host organism (e.g. Trichoderma, preferably Trichoderma reesei).

[763]

Codon optimisation refers to a process of modifying a nucleic acid sequence for enhanced expression in a host cell of interest by replacing at least one codon (e.g. at least about more than 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50, 60, 70, 80 or 100 codons) of the native sequence with codons that are more frequently used in the genes of the host cell, whilst maintaining the native amino acid sequence. Various species exhibit particular bias for certain codons of a particular amino acid. Codon bias (differences in codon usage between organisms) often correlates with the efficiency of translation of messenger RNA (mRNA), which is in turn believed to be dependent on, amongst other things, the properties of the codons being translated and the availability of particular transfer RNA (tRNA) molecules. The predominance of selected tRNAs in a cell is generally a reflection of the codons used most frequently in peptide synthesis.

[764]

Accordingly, genes can be tailored for optimal gene expression in a given organism based on codon optimisation. A nucleotide sequence and/vector that has undergone this tailoring can be referred to therefore as a “codon optimised” nucleotide sequence and/or vector.

[765]

Codon usage tables are readily available, for example, at the "Codon Usage Database", and these tables can be adapted in a number of ways. See Nakamura, Υ., et al. "Codon usage tabulated from the international DNA sequence databases: status for the year 2000" Nucl. Acids Res. 28:292 (2000). Computer algorithms for codon optimising a particular sequence for expression in a particular host cell are also available, such as Gene Forge (Aptagen;

[766]

Jacobus,Pa.). In some embodiments, one or more codons (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50, or more, or all codons) in a sequence encoding a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and/or endoprotease for use in the present invention correspond to the most frequently used codon for a particular amino acid.

[767]

In one embodiment the nucleotide sequence encoding the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be a nucleotide sequence which has been codon optimised for expression in Trichoderma reesei.

[768]

In one embodiment the codon optimised sequence may comprise a nucleotide sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94, SEQ ID No. 95, SEQ ID No. 97 or a nucleotide sequence having at least 70% identity thereto. Suitably a sequence having at least 80% thereto or at least 90% thereto.

[769]

Preferably the codon optimised sequence may comprise a nucleotide sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94, SEQ ID No. 95, more preferably at least 99% identity to SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94, SEQ ID No. 95 or SEQ ID No. 97.

[770]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be encoded by a nucleotide sequence which hybridises to SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94, SEQ ID No. 95 or SEQ ID No. 97 under medium stringency conditions. Suitably, a nucleotide sequence which hybridises to SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94, SEQ ID No. 95 or SEQ ID No. 97 under high stringency conditions.

[771]

In a further embodiment, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be encoded by a nucleotide sequence which differs from SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94, SEQ ID No. 95 or SEQ ID No. 97 due to degeneracy of the genetic code.

[772]

There is also provided a vector (e.g. plasmid) comprising one or more of the sequences selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94, SEQ ID No. 95 or SEQ ID No. 97.

REGULATORY SEQUENCES

[773]

In some applications, the nucleotide sequence for use in the present invention is operably linked to a regulatory sequence which is capable of providing for the expression of the nucleotide sequence, such as by the chosen host cell. By way of example, the present invention covers a vector comprising the nucleotide sequence of the present invention operably linked to such a regulatory sequence, i.e. the vector is an expression vector.

[774]

The term "operably linked" refers to a juxtaposition wherein the components described are in a relationship permitting them to function in their intended manner. A regulatory sequence "operably linked" to a coding sequence is ligated in such a way that expression of the coding sequence is achieved under condition compatible with the control sequences.

[775]

The term “regulatory sequences” includes promoters and enhancers and other expression regulation signals.

[776]

The term "promoter" is used in the normal sense of the art, e.g. an RNA polymerase binding site.

[777]

Enhanced expression of the nucleotide sequence encoding the enzyme of the present invention may also be achieved by the selection of heterologous regulatory regions, e.g. promoter, secretion leader and terminator regions.

[778]

Preferably, the nucleotide sequence according to the present invention is operably linked to at least a promoter.

[779]

Other promoters may even be used to direct expression of the polypeptide of the present invention.

[780]

Examples of suitable promoters for directing the transcription of the nucleotide sequence in a bacterial, fungal or yeast host are well known in the art.

[781]

The promoter can additionally include features to ensure or to increase expression in a suitable host. For example, the features can be conserved regions such as a Pribnow Box or a TATA box.

CONSTRUCTS

[782]

The term "construct" - which is synonymous with terms such as "conjugate", "cassette" and "hybrid" - includes a nucleotide sequence for use according to the present invention directly or indirectly attached to a promoter.

[783]

An example of an indirect attachment is the provision of a suitable spacer group such as an intron sequence, such as the Sh1-intron or the ADH intron, intermediate the promoter and the nucleotide sequence of the present invention. The same is true for the term "fused" in relation to the present invention which includes direct or indirect attachment. In some cases, the terms do not cover the natural combination of the nucleotide sequence coding for the protein ordinarily associated with the wild type gene promoter and when they are both in their natural environment.

[784]

The construct may even contain or express a marker, which allows for the selection of the genetic construct.

[785]

For some applications, preferably the construct of the present invention comprises at least the nucleotide sequence of the present invention operably linked to a promoter.

HOST CELLS

[786]

The term “host cell” - in relation to the present invention includes any cell that comprises either the nucleotide sequence or an expression vector as described above and which is used in the recombinant production of a protein having the specific properties as defined herein.

[787]

Thus, a further embodiment of the present invention provides host cells transformed or transfected with a nucleotide sequence that expresses the protein of the present invention. The cells will be chosen to be compatible with the said vector and may for example be prokaryotic (for example bacterial), fungal, yeast or plant cells.

[788]

Examples of suitable bacterial host organisms are gram positive or gram negative bacterial species.

[789]

Depending on the nature of the nucleotide sequence encoding the polypeptide of the present invention, and/or the desirability for further processing of the expressed protein, eukaryotic hosts such as yeasts or other fungi may be preferred. In general, yeast cells are preferred over fungal cells because they are easier to manipulate. However, some proteins are either poorly secreted from the yeast cell, or in some cases are not processed properly (e.g. hyperglycosylation in yeast). In these instances, a different fungal host organism should be selected.

[790]

The use of suitable host cells - such as yeast, fungal and plant host cells - may provide for post-translational modifications (e.g. myristoylation, glycosylation, truncation, lipidation and tyrosine, serine or threonine phosphorylation) as may be needed to confer optimal biological activity on recombinant expression products of the present invention.

[791]

The host cell may be a protease deficient or protease minus strain. This may for example be the protease deficient strain Aspergillus oryzae JaL 125 having the alkaline protease gene named “alp” deleted. This strain is described in W097/35956.

[792]

Suitably, the host cell may be a Trichoderma host cell, preferably a Trichoderma reesei host cell. In other embodiments, the host cell may be any member belonging to the genera Escherichia, Bacillus, Thermomyces, Acremonium, Aspergillus, Penicillium, Mucor, Neurospora, Humicola and the like.

ORGANISM

[793]

The term "organism" in relation to the present invention includes any organism that could comprise the nucleotide sequence coding for the polypeptide according to the present invention and/or products obtained therefrom, and/or wherein a promoter can allow expression of the nucleotide sequence according to the present invention when present in the organism.

[794]

Suitable organisms may include a prokaryote, fungus, yeast or a plant.

[795]

The term "transgenic organism" in relation to the present invention includes any organism that comprises the nucleotide sequence coding for the polypeptide according to the present invention and/or the products obtained therefrom, and/or wherein a promoter can allow expression of the nucleotide sequence according to the present invention within the organism. Preferably the nucleotide sequence is incorporated in the genome of the organism.

[796]

The term “transgenic organism” does not cover native nucleotide coding sequences in their natural environment when they are under the control of their native promoter which is also in its natural environment.

[797]

Therefore, the transgenic organism of the present invention includes an organism comprising any one of, or combinations of, the nucleotide sequence coding for the polypeptide according to the present invention, constructs according to the present invention, vectors according to the present invention, plasmids according to the present invention, cells according to the present invention, tissues according to the present invention, or the products thereof.

[798]

For example the transgenic organism may also comprise the nucleotide sequence coding for the polypeptide of the present invention under the control of a heterologous promoter.

TRANSFORMATION OF HOST CELLS/ORGANISM

[799]

As indicated earlier, the host organism can be a prokaryotic or a eukaryotic organism. Examples of suitable prokaryotic hosts include Ε. coli and Bacillus spp., including Bacillus subtilis and Β. licheniformis.

[800]

Teachings on the transformation of prokaryotic hosts are well documented in the art, for example see Sambrook et al (Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd edition, 1989, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press). If a prokaryotic host is used then the nucleotide sequence may need to be suitably modified before transformation - such as by removal of introns.

[801]

Filamentous fungi cells may be transformed using various methods known in the art - such as a process involving protoplast formation and transformation of the protoplasts followed by regeneration of the cell wall in a manner known. The use of Aspergillus as a host microorganism is described in ΕΡ 0 238 023.

[802]

Another host organism can be a plant. A review of the general techniques used for transforming plants may be found in articles by Potrykus (Annu Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Biol [ 1991] 42:205-225) and Christou (Agro-Food-Industry Hi-Tech March/April 1994 17-27). Further teachings on plant transformation may be found in EP-A-0449375.

[803]

General teachings on the transformation of fungi, yeasts and plants are presented in following sections.

TRANSFORMED FUNGUS

[804]

A host organism may be a fungus - such as a mould. Examples of suitable such hosts include any member belonging to the genera Thermomyces, Acremonium, Aspergillus, Penicillium, Mucor, Neurospora, Trichoderma and the like.

[805]

In one embodiment, the host organism may be a filamentous fungus.

[806]

Transforming filamentous fungi is discussed in US-A-5741665 which states that standard techniques for transformation of filamentous fungi and culturing the fungi are well known in the art. An extensive review of techniques as applied to Ν. crassa is found, for example in Davis and de Serres, Methods Enzymol (1971) 17Α: 79-143.

[807]

Further teachings which may also be utilised in transforming filamentous fungi are reviewed in US-A-5674707.

[808]

In addition, gene expression in filamentous fungi is taught in in Punt et al. (2002) Trends Biotechnol 2002 May;20(5):200-6, Archer & Peberdy Crit Rev Biotechnol (1997) 17(4):273-306.

[809]

The present invention encompasses the production of transgenic filamentous fungi according to the present invention prepared by use of these standard techniques.

[810]

Suitably the host organism is a Trichoderma host organism, e.g. a Trichoderma reesei host organism.

[811]

In another embodiment, the host organism can be of the genus Aspergillus, such as Aspergillus niger.

[812]

A transgenic Aspergillus according to the present invention can also be prepared by following, for example, the teachings of Turner G. 1994 (Vectors for genetic manipulation. In:

[813]

Martinelli S.D., Kinghorn J.R.( Editors) Aspergillus: 50 years on. Progress in industrial microbiology vol 29. Elsevier Amsterdam 1994. ρρ. 641-666).

TRANSFORMED YEAST

[814]

In another embodiment, the transgenic organism can be a yeast.

[815]

A review of the principles of heterologous gene expression in yeast are provided in, for example, Methods Mol Biol (1995), 49:341-54, and Curr Opin Biotechnol (1997) Oct;8(5):554-60

[816]

In this regard, yeast - such as the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae or Pichia pastoris (see FEMS Microbiol Rev (2000 24(1):45-66), may be used as a vehicle for heterologous gene expression.

[817]

A review of the principles of heterologous gene expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and secretion of gene products is given by Ε Hinchcliffe Ε Kenny (1993, "Yeast as a vehicle for the expression of heterologous genes", Yeasts, Vol 5, Anthony Η Rose and J Stuart Harrison, eds, 2nd edition, Academic Press Ltd.).

[818]

For the transformation of yeast, several transformation protocols have been developed. For example, a transgenic Saccharomyces according to the present invention can be prepared by following the teachings of Hinnen et al., (1978, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 75, 1929); Beggs, J D (1978, Nature, London, 275, 104); and Ito, Η et al (1983, J Bacteriology 153, 163-168).

[819]

The transformed yeast cells may be selected using various selective markers - such as auxotrophic markers dominant antibiotic resistance markers.

CULTURING AND PRODUCTION

[820]

Host cells transformed with the nucleotide sequence of the present invention may be cultured under conditions conducive to the production of the encoded polypeptide and which facilitate recovery of the polypeptide from the cells and/or culture medium.

[821]

The medium used to cultivate the cells may be any conventional medium suitable for growing the host cell in questions and obtaining expression of the polypeptide.

[822]

The protein produced by a recombinant cell may be displayed on the surface of the cell.

[823]

The protein may be secreted from the host cells and may conveniently be recovered from the culture medium using well-known procedures.

SECRETION

[824]

Often, it is desirable for the protein to be secreted from the expression host into the culture medium from where the protein may be more easily recovered. According to the present invention, the secretion leader sequence may be selected on the basis of the desired expression host. Hybrid signal sequences may also be used with the context of the present invention.

[825]

Typical examples of heterologous secretion leader sequences are those originating from the fungal amyloglucosidase (AG) gene (glaA - both 18 and 24 amino acid versions e.g. from Aspergillus), the a-factor gene (yeasts e.g. Saccharomyces, Kluyveromyces and Hansenula) or the a-amylase gene {Bacillus).

[826]

By way of example, the secretion of heterologous proteins in Ε. coli is reviewed in Methods Enzymol (1990) 182:132-43.

POST-TRANSCRIPTION AND POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS

[827]

Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and/or the endoprotease for use in the present invention may be encoded by any one of the nucleotide sequences taught herein.

[828]

Depending upon the host cell used post-transcriptional and/or post-translational modifications may be made. It is envisaged that the enzymes (e.g. the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and/or the endoprotease) for use in the present methods and/or uses encompasses enzymes (e.g. the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and/or the endoprotease) which have undergone post-transcriptional and/or post-translational modification.

[829]

One non-limiting example of a post-transcriptional and/or post-translational modifications is “clipping” or “cleavage” of a polypeptide (e.g. of the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and/or the endoprotease).

[830]

In some embodiments the polypeptide (e.g. the tripeptidyl peptidase of the present invention e.g. proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and/or the endoprotease) may be clipped or cleaved. This may result in the conversion of the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and/or the endoprotease from an inactive or substantially inactive state to an active state (i.e. capable of performing the activity described herein).

[831]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be a pro-peptide which undergoes further post-translational modification to a mature peptide, i.e. a polypeptide which has the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase activity.

[832]

By way of example only SEQ ID No. 1 is the same as SEQ ID No. 29 except that SEQ ID No. 1 has undergone post-translational and/or post-transcriptional modification to remove some amino acids, more specifically 197 amino acids from the N-terminus. Therefore the polypeptide shown herein as SEQ ID No. 1 could be considered in some circumstances (i.e. in some host cells) as a pro-peptide - which is further processed to a mature peptide (SEQ ID No. 29) by post-translational and/or post-transcriptional modification. The precise modifications, e.g. cleavage site(s), in respect of the post-translational and/or post-transcriptional modification may vary slightly depending on host species. In some host species there may be no post translational and/or post-transcriptional modification, hence the pro-peptide would then be equivalent to the mature peptide (i.e. a polypeptide which has the tripeptidyl peptidase activity of the present invention). Without wishing to be bound by theory, the cleavage site(s) may be shifted by a few residues (e.g. 1, 2 or 3 residues) in either direction compared with the cleavage site shown by reference to SEQ ID No. 29 compared with SEQ ID Νο.1. In other words, rather than cleavage at position 197 (R) for example, the cleavage may be at position 196-Α, 195-Α, 194-Α, 198Q, 199Ε, 200Ρ for example. In addition or alternatively, the cleavage may result in the removal of about 197 amino acids, in some embodiments the cleavage may result in the removal of between 194 and 200 residues.

[833]

Other examples of post-transcriptional and/or post-translational modifications include but are not limited to myristoylation, glycosylation, truncation, lipidation and tyrosine, serine or threonine phosphorylation. The skilled person will appreciate that the type of post-transcriptional and/or post-translational modifications that may occur to a protein (e.g. the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and/or the endoprotease) may depend on the host organism in which the protein (e.g. the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and/or the endoprotease) is expressed.

DETECTION

[834]

A variety of protocols for detecting and measuring the expression of the amino acid sequence are known in the art. Examples include enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), radioimmunoassay (RIA) and fluorescent activated cell sorting (FACS).

[835]

A wide variety of labels and conjugation techniques are known by those skilled in the art and can be used in various nucleic and amino acid assays.

[836]

A number of companies such as Pharmacia Biotech (Piscataway, NJ), Promega (Madison, Wl), and US Biochemical Corp (Cleveland, OH) supply commercial kits and protocols for these procedures.

[837]

Suitable reporter molecules or labels include those radionuclides, enzymes, fluorescent, chemiluminescent, or chromogenic agents as well as substrates, cofactors, inhibitors, magnetic particles and the like. Patents teaching the use of such labels include US-A-3,817,837; US-A-3,850,752; US-A-3,939,350; US-A-3,996,345; US-A-4,277,437; US-A-4,275,149 and US-A-4,366,241.

[838]

Also, recombinant immunoglobulins may be produced as shown in US-A-4,816,567.

FUSION PROTEINS

[839]

The amino acid sequence for use according to the present invention may be produced as a fusion protein, for example to aid in extraction and purification. Examples of fusion protein partners include glutathione-S-transferase (GST), 6xHis, GAL4 (DNA binding and/or transcriptional activation domains) and (p-galactosidase). It may also be convenient to include a proteolytic cleavage site between the fusion protein partner and the protein sequence of interest to allow removal of fusion protein sequences.

[840]

Preferably, the fusion protein will not hinder the activity of the protein sequence.

[841]

Gene fusion expression systems in Ε. coli have been reviewed in Curr Opin Biotechnol (1995) 6(5):501-6.

[842]

In another embodiment of the invention, the amino acid sequence may be ligated to a heterologous sequence to encode a fusion protein. For example, for screening of peptide libraries for agents capable of affecting the substance activity, it may be useful to encode a chimeric substance expressing a heterologous epitope that is recognised by a commercially available antibody.

GENERAL RECOMBINANT DNA METHODOLOGY TECHNIQUES

[843]

The present invention employs, unless otherwise indicated, conventional techniques of chemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, recombinant DNA and immunology, which are within the capabilities of a person of ordinary skill in the art. Such techniques are explained in the literature. See, for example, J. Sambrook, Ε. F. Fritsch, and Τ. Maniatis, 1989, Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Second Edition, Books 1-3, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; Ausubel, F. Μ. et al. (1995 and periodic supplements; Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, ch. 9, 13, and 16, John Wiley & Sons, New York, Ν.Υ.); Β. Roe, J. Crabtree, and A. Kahn, 1996, DNA Isolation and Sequencing: Essential Techniques, John Wiley & Sons; Μ. J. Gait (Editor), 1984, Oligonucleotide Synthesis: A Practical Approach, Irl Press; and, D. Μ. J. Lilley and J. Ε. Dahlberg, 1992, Methods of Enzymology: DNA Structure Part A: Synthesis and Physical Analysis of DNA Methods in Enzymology, Academic Press. Each of these general texts is herein incorporated by reference.

DOSAGES

[844]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and/or the endoprotease for use in the methods and/or uses of the present invention may be dosed in any suitable amount.

[845]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be dosed in an amount of about 0.01 mg -100 mg; 0.5 mg -100 mg; 1 mg -50 mg; 5 mg -100 mg; 5 mg - 20 mg, 10 mg

[846]

-100 mg; 0.05 mg - 50 mg; or 0.10 mg -10 mg of enzyme per kg of feed additive composition. In certain embodiments the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be dosed in an amount of about 0.01 g to 1000 g of enzyme per kg of feed additive composition, such as 0.1 g to 500 g, such as 0.5 g to 700 g, such as in an amount of about 0.01 g - 200 g, 0.01 g -100 g;

[847]

0.5 g -100 g; 1 g - 50 g; 5 g -100 g; 5 g - 20 g, 5 g - 15 g, 10 g -100 g; 0.05 g - 50 g; or 0.10 g -10 g of enzyme per kg of feed additive composition.

[848]

In one preferred embodiment, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be dosed in an amount of about 5 mg - 20 mg of enzyme per kg of feed additive composition,

[849]

The exact amount will depend on the particular type of composition employed and on the specific protease activity per mg of protein.

[850]

In another embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be dosed in an amount of about 1 mg to about 1 kg of enzyme per kg of feed and/or feedstuff and/or premix. Suitably the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be dosed at about 1 mg to about 250 g per kg of feed and/or feedstuff and/or premix. Preferably at about 1 mg to about 100 g (more preferably at about 1 mg to about 1 g) per kg of feed and/or feedstuff and/or premix.

[851]

The endoprotease may be dosed in an amount of less than about 6.0 g of enzyme per metric ton (ΜΤ) of feed.

[852]

Suitably, the endoprotease may be dosed in an amount of less than about 4.0 g of enzyme per ΜΤ, suitably less than about 2.0 g of enzyme per ΜΤ.

[853]

In another embodiment the endoprotease may be dosed at between about 0.5 g and about 5.0 g of enzyme per ΜΤ of feed. Suitably the endoprotease may be dosed at between about 0.5 g and about 3.0 g of enzyme per ΜΤ of feed. More suitably, the endoprotease may be dosed at about 1.0 g to about 2.0 g of enzyme per ΜΤ of feed.

[854]

In one embodiment the aminopeptidase may be dosed in an amount of between about 0.5 mg to about 2 g of enzyme per kg of protein substrate and/or feed additive composition. Suitably the aminopeptidase may be dosed in an amount of between about 1 mg to about 2 g of enzyme per kg of protein substrate and/or feed additive composition. More suitably in an amount of between about 5 mg to about 1.5 g of enzyme per kg of protein substrate and/or feed additive composition.

ANIMAL

[855]

The term “animal”, as used herein, means an animal that is to be or has been administered with a feed additive composition according to the present invention or a feedstuff comprising said feed additive composition according to the present invention.

[856]

Preferably, the animal is a mammal, a ruminant animal, monogastric animal, fish or crustacean including for example livestock or a domesticated animal (e.g. a pet).

[857]

In one embodiment the “animal” is livestock.

[858]

The term “livestock”, as used herein refers to any farmed animal. Preferably, livestock is one or more of cows or bulls (including calves), pigs (including piglets, swine, growing pigs, sows), poultry (including broilers, chickens, egg layers and turkeys), birds, fish (including freshwater fish, such as salmon, cod, trout and carp, e.g. koi carp, and marine fish, such as sea bass), crustaceans (such as shrimps, mussels and scallops), horses (including race horses), sheep (including lambs).

[859]

In another embodiment the “animal” is a domesticated animal or pet or an animal maintained in a zoological environment.

[860]

The term “domesticated animal or pet or animal maintained in a zoological environment” as used herein refers to any relevant animal including canines (e.g. dogs), felines (e.g. cats), rodents (e.g. guinea pigs, rats, mice), birds, fish (including freshwater fish and marine fish), and horses.

[861]

In one embodiment the animal is a monogastric animal. In a preferred embodiment the monogastric animal may be poultry or pig (or a combination thereof).

[862]

In another embodiment the animal is a ruminant animal.

[863]

The term animal is not intended to refer to a human being.

PACKAGING

[864]

In one embodiment the feed additive composition and/or premix and/or feed or feedstuff according to the present invention is packaged.

[865]

In one preferred embodiment the feed additive composition and/or premix and/or feed or feedstuff is packaged in a bag, such as a paper bag.

[866]

In an alternative embodiment the feed additive composition and/or premix and/or feed or feedstuff may be sealed in a container. Any suitable container may be used.

[867]

FEED

[868]

The feed additive composition of the present invention may be used as - or in the preparation of - a feed.

[869]

The term “feed” is used synonymously herein with “feedstuff’.

[870]

The feed may be in the form of a solution or as a solid - depending on the use and/or the mode of application and/or the mode of administration.

[871]

When used as - or in the preparation of - a feed - such as functional feed - the composition of the present invention may be used in conjunction with one or more of: a nutritionally acceptable carrier, a nutritionally acceptable diluent, a nutritionally acceptable excipient, a nutritionally acceptable adjuvant, a nutritionally active ingredient.

[872]

In a preferred embodiment the feed additive composition of the present invention is admixed with a feed component to form a feedstuff.

[873]

The term “feed component” as used herein means all or part of the feedstuff. Part of the feedstuff may mean one constituent of the feedstuff or more than one constituent of the feedstuff, e.g. 2 or 3 or 4. In one embodiment the term “feed component” encompasses a premix or premix constituents.

[874]

In one embodiment a feed additive composition comprising a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of: a wheat carrier, a polyol, a sugar, a salt and a preservative (optionally in combination with an endoprotease) may be admixed with at least one protein or portion thereof is an animal protein or a vegetable protein (e.g. selected from one or more of a gliadin, a beta-casein, a beta-lactoglobulin or an immunogenic fragment of a gliadin, a beta-casein, a beta-lactoglobulin, glycinin, beta-conglycinin, cruciferin, napin, collagen, whey protein, fish protein or meal, meat protein or meal including meat bone meal, feather protein or meal, egg protein, soy protein or grain protein), preferably comprised in corn, soybean meal, corn dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS), wheat, wheat proteins including gluten, wheat by products, wheat bran, corn by products including corn gluten meal, barley, oat, rye, triticale, full fat soy, animal by-product meals, an alcohol-soluble protein (preferably a zein (e.g. a maize zein maize) and/or a kafirin (e.g. from sorghum)), a protein from oil seeds (preferably from soybean seed proteins, sun flower seed proteins, rapeseed proteins, canola (rape) seed proteins or combinations thereof) or a combination thereof.

[875]

Preferably the feed may be a fodder, or a premix thereof, a compound feed, or a premix thereof. In one embodiment the feed additive composition according to the present invention may be admixed with a compound feed, a compound feed component or to a premix of a compound feed or to a fodder, a fodder component, or a premix of a fodder.

[876]

The term fodder as used herein means any food which is provided to an animal (rather than the animal having to forage for it themselves). Fodder encompasses plants that have been cut.

[877]

The term fodder includes hay, straw, silage, compressed and pelleted feeds, oils and mixed rations, and also sprouted grains and legumes.

[878]

Fodder may be obtained from one or more of the plants selected from: alfalfa (Lucerne), barley, birdsfoot trefoil, brassicas, Chau moellier, kale, rapeseed (canola), rutabaga (swede), turnip, clover, alsike clover, red clover, subterranean clover, white clover, grass, false oat grass, fescue, Bermuda grass, brome, heath grass, meadow grasses (from naturally mixed grassland swards, orchard grass, rye grass, Timothy-grass, corn (maize), millet, oats, sorghum, soybeans, trees (pollard tree shoots for tree-hay), wheat, and legumes.

[879]

The term “compound feed” means a commercial feed in the form of a meal, a pellet, nuts, cake or a crumble. Compound feeds may be blended from various raw materials and additives. These blends are formulated according to the specific requirements of the target animal.

[880]

Compound feeds can be complete feeds that provide all the daily required nutrients, concentrates that provide a part of the ration (protein, energy) or supplements that only provide additional micronutrients, such as minerals and vitamins.

[881]

The main ingredients used in compound feed are the feed grains, which include corn, wheat, rye, maize, soybeans, sorghum, oats, and barley.

[882]

Suitably a premix as referred to herein may be a composition composed of microingredients such as vitamins, minerals, chemical preservatives, antibiotics, fermentation products, and other essential ingredients. Premixes are usually compositions suitable for blending into commercial rations.

[883]

Vitamins for use in the present invention may include vitamin A, vitamin D3, vitamin Ε, vitamin Κ3, vitamin Β1, vitamin Β2, vitamin Β6, vitamin Β12, Niacin, Pantothenic acid or mixtures thereof.

[884]

Any feedstuff of the present invention may comprise one or more feed materials selected from the group comprising a) cereals, such as small grains (e.g., wheat, barley, rye, oats and combinations thereof) and/or large grains such as maize or sorghum; b) by products from plants, such as Distillers Dried Grain Solubles (DDGS), wheat bran, wheat middlings, wheat shorts, rice bran, rice hulls, oat hulls, palm kernel, citrus pulp, corn fibre, corn germ meal, com bran, Hominy feed, com gluten feed, gluten meal, wheat shorts, wheat middlings or combinations thereof; c) protein obtained from sources such as soya, sunflower, peanut, lupin, peas, fava beans, cotton, canola (rapeseed), fish meal, dried plasma protein, meat and bone meal, potato protein, whey, copra, sesame; d) oils and fats obtained from vegetable and animal sources; ℮) minerals and vitamins.

[885]

A feedstuff of the present invention may contain at least 30%, at least 40%, at least 50% or at least 60% by weight corn and soybean meal or corn and full fat soy, or wheat meal or sunflower meal.

[886]

In addition or in the alternative, a feedstuff of the present invention may comprise at least one high fibre feed material and/or at least one by-product of the at least one high fibre feed material to provide a high fibre feedstuff. Examples of high fibre feed materials include:

[887]

wheat, barley, rye, oats, by products from plants (e.g. cereals), such as Distillers Dried Grain Solubles (DDGS), wheat bran, wheat middlings, wheat shorts, rice bran, rice hulls, oat hulls, palm kernel, citrus pulp, corn fibre, corn germ meal, corn bran, Hominy feed, corn gluten feed, gluten meal, wheat shorts, wheat middlings or combinations thereof. Some protein sources may also be regarded as high fibre: protein obtained from sources such as sunflower, lupin, fava beans and cotton.

[888]

In the present invention the feed may be one or more of the following: a compound feed and premix, including pellets, nuts or (cattle) cake; a crop or crop residue: corn, soybeans, sorghum, oats, barley, corn stover, copra, straw, chaff, sugar beet waste; fish meal; freshly cut grass and other forage plants; meat and bone meal; molasses; oil cake and press cake;

[889]

oligosaccharides; conserved forage plants: hay and silage; seaweed; seeds and grains, either whole or prepared by crushing, milling etc.; sprouted grains and legumes; yeast extract.

[890]

The term “feed” in the present invention also encompasses in some embodiments pet food. A pet food is plant or animal material intended for consumption by pets, such as dog food or cat food. Pet food, such as dog and cat food, may be either in a dry form, such as kibble for dogs, or wet canned form. Cat food may contain the amino acid taurine.

[891]

The term “feed” in the present invention also encompasses in some embodiments fish food. A fish food normally contains macro nutrients, trace elements and vitamins necessary to keep captive fish in good health. Fish food may be in the form of a flake, pellet or tablet. Pelleted forms, some of which sink rapidly, are often used for larger fish or bottom feeding species. Some fish foods also contain additives, such as beta carotene or sex hormones, to artificially enhance the colour of ornamental fish.

[892]

The term “feed” in the present invention also encompasses in some embodiment bird food. Bird food includes food that is used both in birdfeeders and to feed pet birds. Typically bird food comprises of a variety of seeds, but may also encompass suet (beef or mutton fat).

[893]

As used herein the term "contacting" refers to the indirect or direct application of the composition of the present invention to the product (e.g. the feed). Examples of the application methods which may be used, include, but are not limited to, treating the product in a material comprising the feed additive composition, direct application by mixing the feed additive composition with the product, spraying the feed additive composition onto the product surface or dipping the product into a preparation of the feed additive composition.

[894]

In one embodiment the feed additive composition of the present invention is preferably admixed with the product (e.g. feedstuff). Alternatively, the feed additive composition may be included in the emulsion or raw ingredients of a feedstuff.

[895]

For some applications, it is important that the composition is made available on or to the surface of a product to be affected/treated. This allows the composition to impart one or more of the following favourable characteristics: biophysical characteristic is selected from the group consisting of one or more of the following: performance of the animal, growth performance of an animal, feed conversion ratio (FCR), ability to digest a raw material (e.g. nutrient digestibility, including starch , fat, protein, fibre digestibility), nitrogen digestibility (e.g. ileal nitrogen digestibility) and digestible energy (e.g. ileal digestible energy) nitrogen retention, carcass yield, growth rate, weight gain, body weight, mass, feed efficiency, body fat percentage, body fat distribution, growth, egg size, egg weight, egg mass, egg laying rate, lean gain, bone ash %, bone ash mg, back fat %, milk output, milk fat %, reproductive outputs such as litter size, litter survivability, hatchability % and environmental impact, e.g. manure output and/or nitrogen excretion.

[896]

The feed additive compositions of the present invention may be applied to intersperse, coat and/or impregnate a product (e.g. feedstuff or raw ingredients of a feedstuff) with a controlled amount of enzyme(s).

[897]

Preferably, the feed additive composition of the present invention will be thermally stable to heat treatment up to about 70°C; up to about 85°C; or up to about 95°C. The heat treatment may be performed for up to about 1 minute; up to about 5 minutes; up to about 10 minutes;

[898]

up to about 30 minutes; up to about 60 minutes. The term thermally stable means that at least about 75% of the enzyme components that were present/active in the additive before heating to the specified temperature are still present/active after it cools to room temperature. Preferably, at least about 80% of the enzyme components that were present and active in the additive before heating to the specified temperature are still present and active after it cools to room temperature.

[899]

In a particularly preferred embodiment the feed additive composition is homogenized to produce a powder.

[900]

In an alternative preferred embodiment, the feed additive composition is formulated to granules as described in W02007/044968 (referred to as ΤΡΤ granules) incorporated herein by reference.

[901]

In another preferred embodiment when the feed additive composition is formulated into granules the granules comprise a hydrated barrier salt coated over the protein core. The advantage of such salt coating is improved thermo-tolerance, improved storage stability and protection against other feed additives otherwise having adverse effect on the enzyme.

[902]

Preferably, the salt used for the salt coating has a water activity greater than 0.25 or constant humidity greater than 60 % at 20°C.

[903]

Preferably, the salt coating comprises a Na₂S0₄.

[904]

The method of preparing a feed additive composition may also comprise the further step of pelleting the powder. The powder may be mixed with other components known in the art. The powder, or mixture comprising the powder, may be forced through a die and the resulting strands are cut into suitable pellets of variable length.

[905]

Optionally, the pelleting step may include a steam treatment, or conditioning stage, prior to formation of the pellets. The mixture comprising the powder may be placed in a conditioner, e.g. a mixer with steam injection. The mixture is heated in the conditioner up to a specified temperature, such as from 60-100°C, typical temperatures would be 70°C, 80°C, 85°C, 90°C or 95°C. The residence time can be variable from seconds to minutes and even hours. Such as 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minutes 2 minutes., 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes and 1 hour.

[906]

It will be understood that the feed additive composition of the present invention is suitable for addition to any appropriate feed material.

[907]

As used herein, the term “feed material” refers to the basic feed material to be consumed by an animal. It will be further understood that this may comprise, for example, at least one or more unprocessed grains, and/or processed plant and/or animal material such as soybean meal or bone meal.

[908]

As used herein, the term “feedstuff” refers to a feed material to which one or more feed additive compositions have been added.

[909]

It will be understood by the skilled person that different animals require different feedstuffs, and even the same animal may require different feedstuffs, depending upon the purpose for which the animal is reared.

[910]

Preferably, the feedstuff may comprise feed materials comprising maize or corn, wheat, barley, triticale, rye, rice, tapioca, sorghum, and/ or any of the by-products, as well as protein rich components like soybean mean, rape seed meal, canola (rapeseed) meal, cotton seed meal, sunflower seed mean, animal-by-product meals and mixtures thereof. More preferably, the feedstuff may comprise animal fats and / or vegetable oils.

[911]

Optionally, the feedstuff may also contain additional minerals such as, for example, calcium and/or additional vitamins.

[912]

Preferably, the feedstuff is a corn soybean meal mix.

[913]

In another aspect there is provided a method of preparing a feedstuff comprising contacting a feed component with a feed additive composition or feed ingredient of the invention or a feed additive composition obtainable (preferably obtained) by a method of the invention or a premix of the invention or at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

[914]

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

[915]

(Β) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid,

[916]

cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine,

[917]

lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine,

[918]

valine or synthetic amino acids at Ρ1; or

[919]

(ii) (a’) Proline at Ρ1 and

[920]

(b’) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic

[921]

acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine,

[922]

leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine,

[923]

tryptophan, tyrosine, valine or synthetic amino acids at Ρ1 ’

[924]

optionally in combination with at least one endoprotease.

[925]

There is also provided a feedstuff comprising a feed additive composition or feed ingredient of the invention or a feed additive composition obtainable (preferably obtained) by a method of the invention or a premix of the invention.

[926]

Feedstuff is typically produced in feed mills in which raw materials are first ground to a suitable particle size and then mixed with appropriate additives. The feedstuff may then be produced as a mash or pellets; the later typically involves a method by which the temperature is raised to a target level and then the feed is passed through a die to produce pellets of a particular size. The pellets are allowed to cool. Subsequently liquid additives such as fat and enzyme may be added. Production of feedstuff may also involve an additional step that includes extrusion or expansion prior to pelleting - in particular by suitable techniques that may include at least the use of steam.

[927]

The feedstuff may be a feedstuff for a monogastric animal, such as poultry (for example, broiler, layer, broiler breeders, turkey, duck, geese, water fowl), swine (all age categories), a pet (for example dogs, cats) or fish, preferably the feedstuff is for poultry.

[928]

By way of example only a feedstuff for chickens, e.g. broiler chickens may be comprises of one or more of the ingredients listed in the table below, for example in the %ages given in the table below:

[929]

Ingredients	Starter (%)	Finisher (%)
Maize	46.2	46.7
Wheat Middlings	6.7	10.0
Maize DDGS	7.0	7.0
Soyabean Meal 48%CP	32.8	26.2
An/Veg Fat blend	3.0	5.8
L-Lysine HCI	0.3	0.3
DL-methionine	0.3	0.3
L-threonine	0.1	0.1
Salt	0.3	0.4
Limestone	1.1	1.1
Dicalcium Phosphate	1.2	1.2
Poultry Vitamins and Micro-minerals	0.3	0.3

[930]

By way of example only the diet specification for chickens, such as broiler chickens, may be as set out in the Table below:

[931]

Diet specification
Crude Protein (%)	23.00	20.40
Metabolizable Energy Poultry (kcal/kg)	2950	3100
Calcium (%)	0.85	0.85
Available Phosphorus (%)	0.38	0.38
Sodium (%)	0.18	0.19
Dig. Lysine (%)	1.21	1.07
Dig. Methionine (%)	0.62	0.57
Dig. Methionine + Cysteine (%)	0.86	0.78
Dig. Threonine (%)	0.76	0.68

[932]

By way of example only a feedstuff laying hens may be comprises of one or more of the ingredients listed in the table below, for example in the %ages given in the table below:

[933]

Ingredient	Laying phase (%)
Maize	10.0
Wheat	53.6
Maize DDGS	5.0
Soybean Meal 48%CP	14.9
Wheat Middlings	3.0
Soybean Oil	1.8
L-Lysine HCI	0.2
DL-methionine	0.2
L-threonine	0.1
Salt	0.3
Dicalcium Phosphate	1.6
Limestone	8.9
Poultry Vitamins and Micro-minerals	0.6

[934]

By way of example only the diet specification for laying hens may be as set out in the Table below:

[935]

Diet specification
Crude Protein (%)	16.10
Metabolizable Energy Poultry (kcal/kg)	2700
Lysine (%)	0.85
Methionine (%)	0.42
Methionine + Cysteine (%)	0.71
Threonine (%)	0.60
Calcium (%)	3.85
Available Phosphorus (%)	0.42
Sodium (%)	0.16

[936]

By way of example only a feedstuff for turkeys may be comprises of one or more of the ingredients listed in the table below, for example in the %ages given in the table below:

[937]

Ingredient	Phase 1 (%)	Phase 2 (%)	Phase 3 (%)	Phase 4 (%)
Wheat	33.6	42.3	52.4	61.6
Maize DDGS	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0
Soyabean Meal 48%CP	44.6	36.6	27.2	19.2
Rapeseed Meal	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Soyabean Oil	4.4	4.2	3.9	3.6
L-Lysine HCI	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4
DL-methionine	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2
L-threonine	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
Salt	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Limestone	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.0
Dicalcium Phosphate	3.5	3.0	2.7	2.0
Poultry Vitamins and Micro-minerals	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4

[938]

By way of example only the diet specification for turkeys may be as set out in the Table below:

[939]

Diet specification
Crude Protein (%)	29.35	26.37	22.93	20.00
Metabolizable Energy Poultry (kcal/kg)	2.850	2.900	2.950	3.001
Calcium (%)	1.43	1.33	1.22	1.02
Available Phosphorus (%)	0.80	0.71	0.65	0.53
Sodium (%)	0.16	0.17	0.17	0.17
Dig. Lysine (%)	1.77	1.53	1.27	1.04
Dig. Methionine (%)	0.79	0.71	0.62	0.48
Dig. Methionine + Cysteine (%)	1.12	1.02	0.90	0.74
Dig. Threonine (%)	1.03	0.89	0.73	0.59

[940]

By way of example only a feedstuff for piglets may be comprises of one or more of the ingredients listed in the table below, for example in the %ages given in the table below:

[941]

Ingredient	Phase 1 (%)	Phase 2 (%)
Maize	20.0	7.0
Wheat	25.9	46.6
Rye	4.0	10.0
Wheat middlings	4.0	4.0
Maize DDGS	6.0	8.0
Soyabean Meal 48% CP	25.7	19.9
Dried Whey	10.0	0.0
Soyabean Oil	1.0	0.7
L-Lysine HCI	0.4	0.5
DL-methionine	0.2	0.2
L-threonine	0.1	0.2
L-tryptophan	0.03	0.04
Limestone	0.6	0.7
Dicalcium Phosphate	1.6	1.6
Swine Vitamins and Micro-minerals	0.2	0.2
Salt	0.2	0.4

[942]

By way of example only the diet specification for piglets may be as set out in the Table below:

[943]

Diet specification
Crude Protein (%)	21.50	20.00
Swine Digestible Energy (kcal/kg)	3380	3320
Swine Net Energy (kcal/kg)	2270	2230
Calcium (%)	0.80	0.75
Digestible Phosphorus (%)	0.40	0.35
Sodium (%)	0.20	0.20
Dig. Lysine (%)	1.23	1.14
Dig. Methionine (%)	0.49	0.44
Dig. Methionine + Cysteine (%)	0.74	0.68
Dig. Threonine (%)	0.80	0.74

[944]

By way of example only a feedstuff for grower/finisher pigs may be comprises of one or more of the ingredients listed in the table below, for example in the %ages given in the table below:

[945]

Ingredient	Grower/ Finisher (%)
Maize	27.5
Soyabean Meal 48% CP	15.4
Maize DDGS	20.0
Wheat bran	11.1
Rice bran	12.0
Canola seed meal	10.0
Limestone	1.6
Dicalcium phosphate	0.01
Salt	0.4
Swine Vitamins and Micro-minerals	0.3
Lysine-HCI	0.2
Vegetable oil	0.5

[946]

By way of example only the diet specification for grower/finisher pigs may be as set out in the Table below:

[947]

Diet specification
Crude Protein (%)	22.60
Swine Metabolizable Energy (kcal/kg)	3030
Calcium (%)	0.75
Available Phosphorus (%)	0.29
Digestible Lysine (%)	1.01
Dig. Methionine + Cysteine (%)	0.73
Digestible Threonine (%)	0.66

[948]

FORMS

[949]

The feed additive composition of the present invention and other components and/or the feedstuff comprising same may be used in any suitable form.

[950]

The feed additive composition of the present invention may be used in the form of solid or liquid preparations or alternatives thereof. Examples of solid preparations include powders, pastes, boluses, capsules, pellets, tablets, dusts, and granules which may be wettable, spray-dried or freeze-dried. Examples of liquid preparations include, but are not limited to, aqueous, organic or aqueous-organic solutions, suspensions and emulsions.

[951]

In some applications, feed additive composition of the present invention may be mixed with feed or administered in the drinking water.

[952]

Suitable examples of forms include one or more of: powders, pastes, boluses, pellets, tablets, pills, granules, capsules, ovules, solutions or suspensions, which may contain flavouring or colouring agents, for immediate-, delayed-, modified-, sustained-, pulsed- or controlled-release applications.

[953]

By way of example, if the composition of the present invention is used in a solid, e.g. pelleted form, it may also contain one or more of: excipients such as microcrystalline cellulose, lactose, sodium citrate, calcium carbonate, dibasic calcium phosphate and glycine;

[954]

disintegrants such as starch (preferably corn, potato or tapioca starch), sodium starch glycollate, croscarmellose sodium and certain complex silicates; granulation binders such as polyvinylpyrrolidone, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC), hydroxypropylcellulose (HPC), sucrose, gelatin and acacia; lubricating agents such as magnesium stearate, stearic acid, glyceryl behenate and talc may be included.

[955]

Examples of nutritionally acceptable carriers for use in preparing the forms include, for example, water, salt solutions, alcohol, silicone, waxes, petroleum jelly, vegetable oils, polyethylene glycols, propylene glycol, liposomes, sugars, gelatin, lactose, amylose, magnesium stearate, talc, surfactants, silicic acid, viscous paraffin, perfume oil, fatty acid monoglycerides and diglycerides, petroethral fatty acid esters, hydroxymethyl-cellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and the like.

[956]

Preferred excipients for the forms include lactose, starch, a cellulose, milk sugar or high molecular weight polyethylene glycols.

[957]

For aqueous suspensions and/or elixirs, the composition of the present invention may be combined with various sweetening or flavouring agents, colouring matter or dyes, with emulsifying and/or suspending agents and with diluents such as water, propylene glycol and glycerin, and combinations thereof.

COMBINATION WITH OTHER COMPONENTS

[958]

The feed additive composition, or feed ingredient, or feed or feedstuff or premix of the present invention may be used in combination with other components.

[959]

The combination of the present invention feed additive composition, or feed ingredient, or feed or feedstuff or premix of the present invention and another component which is suitable for animal consumption and is capable of providing a medical or physiological benefit to the consumer.

[960]

In one embodiment the “another component” may be one or more enzymes.

[961]

Suitable additional enzymes for use in the present invention may be one or more of the enzymes selected from the group consisting of: endoglucanases (E.C. 3.2.1.4);

[962]

celliobiohydrolases (E.C. 3.2.1.91), 3-glucosidases (E.C. 3.2.1.21), cellulases (E.C. 3.2.1.74), lichenases (E.C. 3.1.1.73), lipases (E.C. 3.1.1.3), lipid acyltransferases (generally classified as E.C. 2.3.1.x), phospholipases (E.C. 3.1.1.4, E.C. 3.1.1.32 or E.C. 3.1.1.5), phytases (e.g. 6-phytase (E.C. 3.1.3.26) or a 3-phytase (E.C. 3.1.3.8), alpha-amylases (E.C. 3.2.1.1), xylanases (E.C. 3.2.1.8, E.C. 3.2.1.32, E.C. 3.2.1.37, E.C. 3.1.1.72, E.C. 3.1.1.73), glucoamylases (E.C. 3.2.1.3), proteases (e.g. subtilisin (E.C. 3.4.21.62) ora bacillolysin (E.C. 3.4.24.28) or an alkaline serine protease (E.C. 3.4.21 .χ) or a keratinase (E.C. 3.4.χ.χ)) and/or mannanases (e.g. a 3-mannanase (E.C. 3.2.1.78)).

[963]

Suitably the other component may be a phytase (e.g. a 6-phytase (E.C. 3.1.3.26) or a 3-phytase (E.C. 3.1.3.8)).

[964]

In one embodiment (particularly for feed applications) the other component may be one or more of the enzymes selected from the group consisting of xylanases (E.C. 3.2.1.8, E.C. 3.2.1.32, E.C. 3.2.1.37, E.C. 3.1.1.72, E.C. 3.1.1.73), an amylase (including a-amylases (E.C. 3.2.1.1), G4-forming amylases (E.C. 3.2.1.60), p-amylases (E.C. 3.2.1.2) and γamylases (E.C. 3.2.1.3); and/or a protease (e.g. subtilisin (E.C. 3.4.21.62) or a bacillolysin (E.C. 3.4.24.28) or an alkaline serine protease (E.C. 3.4.21 .χ) or a keratinase (E.C. 3.4.χ.χ)).

[965]

In one embodiment (particularly for feed applications) the other component may be a

[966]

combination of an amylase (e.g. a-amylases (E.C. 3.2.1.1)) and a protease (e.g. subtilisin (E.C. 3.4.21.62)).

[967]

In one embodiment (particularly for feed applications) the other component may be a βglucanase, e.g. an endo-1,3(4)-3-glucanases (E.C. 3.2.1.6).

[968]

In one embodiment (particularly for feed applications) the other component may be a mannanases (e.g. a 3-mannanase (E.C. 3.2.1.78)).

[969]

In one embodiment (particularly for feed applications) the other component may be a lipase (E.C. 3.1.1.3), a lipid acyltransferase (generally classified as E.C. 2.3.1.x), or a phospholipase (E.C. 3.1.1.4, E.C. 3.1.1.32 or E.C. 3.1.1.5), suitably a lipase (E.C. 3.1.1.3).

[970]

In one embodiment (particularly for feed applications) the other component may be a protease (e.g. subtilisin (E.C. 3.4.21.62) or a bacillolysin (E.C. 3.4.24.28) or an alkaline serine protease (E.C. 3.4.21 .χ) or a keratinase (E.C. 3.4.χ.χ)).

[971]

In another embodiment the other component may be a further protease. Suitably, the further protease may be selected from the group consisting of: an aminopeptidase, and a carboxypeptidase.

[972]

The term “aminopeptidase” as used in this context refers to an exopeptidase which is able to cleave single amino acids, di-amino acids or combinations thereof from the N-terminus of a protein and/or peptide substrate. Preferably, an aminopeptidase is able to cleave single amino acids only from the N-terminus of a protein and/or peptide substrate.

[973]

The aminopeptidase may be obtainable (e.g. obtained) from Lactobacillus, suitably obtainable from Lactobacillus helveticus.

[974]

In one embodiment the aminopeptidase may be an aminopeptidase Ν (e.g. Ρ℮ρΝ) (EC 3.4.11.2).

[975]

In one embodiment the aminopeptidase may comprise the sequence shown as:

[976]

MAVKRFYKTFHPEHYDLRINVNRKNKTINGTSTITGDVIENPVFINQKFM

[977]

TIDSVKVDGKNVDFDVIEKDEAIKIKTGVTGKAVIEIAYSAPLTDTMMGI

[978]

YPSYYELEGKKKQIIGTQFETTFARQAFPCVDEPEAKATFSLALKWDEQD

[979]

GEVALANMPEVEVDKDGYHHFEETVRMSSYLVAFAFGELQSKTTHTKDGV

[980]

LIGVYATKAHKPKELDFALDIAKRAIEFYEEFYQTKYPLPQSLQLALPDF

[981]

SAGAMENWGLVTYREAYLLLDPDNTSLEMKKLVATVITHELAHQWFGDLV

[982]

TMKWWDNLWLNESFANMMEYLSVDGLEPDWHIWEMFQTSEAASALNRDAT DGVQPIQMEINDPADIDSVFDGAIVYAKGSRMLVMVRSLLGDDALRKGLK YYFDHHKFGNATGDDLWDALSTATDLDIGKIMHSWLKQPGYPVVNAFVAE DGHLKLTQKQFFIGEGEDKGRQWQIPLNANFDAPKIMSDKEIDLGNYKVL REEAGHPLRLNVGNNSHFIVEYDKTLLDDILSDVNELDPIDKLQLLQDLR LLAEGKQISYASIVPLLVKFADSKSSLVINALYTTAAKLRQFVEPESNEE KNLKKLYDLLSKDQVARLGWEVKPGESDEDVQIRPYELSASLYAENADSI KAAHQIFTENEDNLEALNADIRPYVLINEVKNFGNAELVDKLIKEYQRTA DPSYKVDLRSAVTSTKDLAAIKAIVGDFENADVVKPQDLCDWYRGLLANH YGQQAAWDWIREDWDWLDKTVGGDMEFAKFITVTAGVFHTPERLKEFKEF FEPKINVPLLSREIKMDVKVIESKVNLIEAEKDAVNDAVAKAID

[983]

The term “carboxypeptidase” as used herein has its usual meaning in the art and refers to an exopeptidase that is capable of cleaving η amino acids from the C-terminus of a peptide and/or protein substrate. In one embodiment η may be at least 1, suitably η may be at least 2. In other embodiments η may be at least 3, suitably at least 4.

[984]

In other embodiments, the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase (optionally in combination with an endoprotease) may be used with one or more further exopeptidase

[985]

In one embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase (optionally in combination with an endoprotease) is not combined with a proline-specific exopeptidase.

[986]

In a particularly preferred embodiment the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may not be combined with an enzyme having the following polypeptide sequence:

[987]

MRTAAASLTLAATCLFELASALMPRAPLIPAMKAKVALPSGNATFEQYIDHNNPGLG TFPQRYWYNPEFWAGPGSPVLLFTPGESDAADYDGFLTNKTIVGRFAEEIGGAVILLE HRYWGASSPYPELTTETLQYLTLEQSIADLVHFAKTVNLPFDEIHSSNADNAPWVMT GGSYSGALAAWTASIAPGTFWAYHASSAPVQAIYDFWQYFVPWEGMPKNCSKDL NRWEYIDHVYESGDIERQQEIKEMFGLGALKHFDDFAAAITNGPWLWQDMNFVSG YSRFYKFCDAVENVTPGAKSVPGPEGVGLEKALQGYASWFNSTYLPGSCAEYKYW TDKDAVDCYDSYETNSPIYTDKAVNNTSNKQWTWFLCNEPLFYWQDGAPKDEST IVSRIVSAEYWQRQCHAYFPEVNGYTFGSANGKTAEDVNKWTKGWDLTNTTRLIW ANGQFDPWRDASVSSKTRPGGPLQSTEQAPVHVIPGGFHCSDQWLVYGEANAGVQ KVIDEEVAQIKAWVAEYPKYRKP

[988]

In one embodiment the additional component may be a stabiliser or an emulsifier or a binder or carrier or an excipient or a diluent or a disintegrant.

[989]

The term “stabiliser” as used here is defined as an ingredient or combination of ingredients that keeps a product (e.g. a feed product) from changing over time.

[990]

The term “emulsifier” as used herein refers to an ingredient (e.g. a feed ingredient) that prevents the separation of emulsions. Emulsions are two immiscible substances, one present in droplet form, contained within the other. Emulsions can consist of oil-in-water, where the droplet or dispersed phase is oil and the continuous phase is water; or water-in-oil, where the water becomes the dispersed phase and the continuous phase is oil. Foams, which are gas-in-liquid, and suspensions, which are solid-in-liquid, can also be stabilised through the use of emulsifiers.

[991]

As used herein the term “binder” refers to an ingredient (e.g. a feed ingredient) that binds the product together through a physical or chemical reaction. During "gelation” for instance, water is absorbed, providing a binding effect. However, binders can absorb other liquids, such as oils, holding them within the product. In the context of the present invention binders would typically be used in solid or low-moisture products for instance baking products:

[992]

pastries, doughnuts, bread and others. Examples of granulation binders include one or more of: polyvinylpyrrolidone, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC), hydroxypropylcellulose (HPC), sucrose, maltose, gelatin and acacia.

[993]

"Carriers" mean materials suitable for administration of the enzyme and include any such material known in the art such as, for example, any liquid, gel, solvent, liquid diluent, solubilizer, or the like, which is non-toxic and which does not interact with any components of the composition in a deleterious manner.

[994]

In one embodiment, the present invention provides the use of a composition (e.g. a feed additive composition) comprising an enzyme of the present invention formulated with at least one physiologically acceptable carrier selected from at least one of maltodextrin, limestone (calcium carbonate), cyclodextrin, wheat or a wheat component, sucrose, starch, Na₂S0₄, Talc, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), sorbitol, benzoate, sorbiate, glycerol, sucrose, propylene glycol, 1,3-propane diol, glucose, parabens, sodium chloride, citrate, acetate, phosphate, calcium, metabisulfite, formate and mixtures thereof.

[995]

In a preferred embodiment the present invention provides a composition (e.g. a feed additive composition) or the use thereof and methods of making the same comprising an enzyme of the present invention formulated with a compound selected from one or more of the group consisting of a salt, polyol including sorbitol and glycerol, wheat or a wheat component, sodium acetate, sodium acetate trihydrate, potassium sorbate Talc, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), benzoate, sorbiate, 1,3-propane diol, glucose, parabens, sodium chloride, citrate, metabisulfite, formate or a combination thereof.

[996]

Examples of “excipients” include one or more of: microcrystalline cellulose and other celluloses, lactose, sodium citrate, calcium carbonate, dibasic calcium phosphate, glycine, starch, milk sugar and high molecular weight polyethylene glycols.

[997]

Examples of “disintegrants” include one or more of: starch (preferably corn, potato or tapioca starch), sodium starch glycollate, croscarmellose sodium and certain complex silicates.

[998]

Examples of “diluents” include one or more of: water, ethanol, propylene glycol and glycerin, and combinations thereof.

[999]

The other components may be used simultaneously (e.g. when they are in admixture together or even when they are delivered by different routes) or sequentially (e.g. they may be delivered by different routes) to the feed additive of the present invention.

[1000]

In one embodiment preferably the feed additive composition, or feed ingredient, or feed or feedstuff or premix according to the present invention does not comprise chromium or organic chromium.

[1001]

In one embodiment preferably the feed additive composition, or feed ingredient, or feed or feedstuff or premix according to the present invention does not contain sorbic acid.

BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC

[1002]

In one aspect there is provided a method for improving a biophysical characteristic of an animal or for improving protein digestibility of an animal which method comprises administering to an animal a feed additive composition obtainable (e.g. obtained) by a method or use of the invention or a feed additive composition, feedstuff or premix of the invention or at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

[1003]

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

[1004]

(Β) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid,

[1005]

cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine,

[1006]

lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine,

[1007]

valine or synthetic amino acids at Ρ1; or

[1008]

(ii) (a’) Proline at ΡΤ; and

[1009]

(b’) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid,

[1010]

cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine,

[1011]

lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine,

[1012]

valine or synthetic amino acids at ΡΤ.

[1013]

The term “administering” as used herein may mean feeding the animal the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase or said feed additive composition either before, after or simultaneously with a feedstuff (e.g. the animals usual diet). Alternatively the term “administering” as used herein may mean feeding the animal with a feedstuff or premix comprising said feed additive composition.

[1014]

Suitably the the at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase may be capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

[1015]

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

[1016]

[1017]

(ii) (a’) Proline at Ρ1 and

[1018]

[1019]

In another aspect there is provided the use of a feed additive composition or feed ingredient of the invention or a feed additive composition obtainable (preferably obtained) by a method of the invention or a feed feedstuff or premix of the invention for improving a biophysical characteristic of an animal or for improving protein digestibility in an animal or at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

[1020]

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

[1021]

[1022]

(ii) (a’) Proline at Ρ1 and

[1023]

[1024]

for improving protein digestibility in an animal or for improving a biophysical characteristic of an animal.

[1025]

Suitably the method and/or use may further comprising administering to an animal at least one feed component, at least one mineral, at least one vitamin or combinations thereof.

[1026]

Alternatively or additionally the method and/or use may further comprise administering to an animal at least one endoprotease.

[1027]

As used herein, “biophysical characteristic” means any biophysical property of an animal which improves its health and/or performance and/or output.

[1028]

By way of example, the biophysical characteristic may be one or more selected from the group consisting of one or more of the following: performance of the animal, growth performance of an animal, feed conversion ratio (FCR), ability to digest a raw material (e.g. nutrient digestibility, including starch , fat, protein, fibre digestibility), nitrogen digestibility (e.g. ileal nitrogen digestibility) and digestible energy (e.g. ileal digestible energy), nitrogen retention, carcass yield, growth rate, weight gain, body weight, mass, feed efficiency, body fat percentage, body fat distribution, growth, egg size, egg weight, egg mass, egg laying rate, lean gain, bone ash %, bone ash mg, back fat %, milk output, milk fat %, reproductive outputs such as litter size, litter survivability, hatchability % and environmental impact, e.g. manure output and/or nitrogen excretion.

[1029]

Suitably the biophysical characteristic may be one or more selected from the group consisting of: feed conversion ratio, nitrogen digestibility (e.g. ileal nitrogen digestibility) and digestible energy (e.g. ileal digestible energy).

[1030]

In a preferred embodiment the biophysical characteristic may be the ability to digest a protein.

[1031]

In one embodiment the biophysical characteristic of the animal means the performance of the animal.

[1032]

Suitably, administering to an animal a feed additive composition and/or feed and/or feedstuff and/or feed ingredient and/or premix of the invention may not substantially increase the incidence of necrotic enteritis in the animal when compared to an animal not fed with the feed additive composition and/or feed and/or feedstuff and/or feed ingredient and/or premix of the invention.

[1033]

The term “substantially increase the incidence of necrotic enteritis” as used herein means that the incidence is not increased by more than about 20%, suitably not increased by more than about 10%. Preferably it is meant that the incidence of necrotic enteritis is not increased by more than about 5%, more preferably more than about 1%.

PERFORMANCE

[1034]

As used herein, “performance of the animal” may be determined by the feed efficiency and/or weight gain of the animal and/or by the feed conversion ratio and/or by the digestibility of a nutrient in a feed (e.g. amino acid digestibility) and/or digestible energy or metabolizable energy in a feed and/or by nitrogen retention.

[1035]

Preferably “performance of the animal” is determined by feed efficiency and/or weight gain of the animal and/or by the feed conversion ratio.

[1036]

By “improved performance of the animal” it is meant that there is increased feed efficiency, and/or increased weight gain and/or reduced feed conversion ratio and/or improved digestibility of nutrients or energy in a feed and/or by improved nitrogen retention in the subject resulting from the use of feed additive composition of the present invention compared with feeding the animal a feed composition which does not contain the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase in accordance with the present invention.

[1037]

Preferably, by “improved animal performance” it is meant that there is increased feed efficiency and/or increased weight gain and/or reduced feed conversion ratio.

[1038]

As used herein, the term “feed efficiency” refers to the amount of weight gain in an animal that occurs when the animal is fed ad-libitum or a specified amount of food during a period of time.

[1039]

By “increased feed efficiency” it is meant that the use of a feed additive composition according the present invention in feed results in an increased weight gain per unit of feed intake compared with an animal fed with the feed composition which does not contain the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase in accordance with the present invention.

FEED CONVERSION RATIO (FCR1

[1040]

As used herein, the term “feed conversion ratio” refers to the amount of feed fed to an animal to increase the weight of the animal by a specified amount.

[1041]

An improved feed conversion ratio means a lower feed conversion ratio.

[1042]

By “lower feed conversion ratio” or “improved feed conversion ratio” it is meant that the use of the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase or a feed additive composition in accordance with the present invention in feed results in a lower amount of feed being required to be fed to an animal to increase the weight of the animal by a specified amount compared to the amount of feed required to increase the weight of the animal by the same amount without said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase or without said feed additive composition in accordance with the present invention.

NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY

[1043]

Nutrient digestibility as used herein means the fraction of a nutrient that disappears from the gastro-intestinal tract or a specified segment of the gastrointestinal tract, e.g. the small intestine. Nutrient digestibility may be measured as the difference between what is administered to the subject and what comes out in the faeces of the subject, or between what is administered to the subject and what remains in the digesta on a specified segment of the gastro intestinal tract, e.g. the ileum.

[1044]

Nutrient digestibility as used herein may be measured by the difference between the intake of a nutrient and the excreted nutrient by means of the total collection of excreta during a period of time; or with the use of an inert marker that is not absorbed by the animal, and allows the researcher calculating the amount of nutrient that disappeared in the entire gastro-intestinal tract or a segment of the gastro-intestinal tract. Such an inert marker may be titanium dioxide, chromic oxide or acid insoluble ash. Digestibility may be expressed as a percentage of the nutrient in the feed, or as mass units of digestible nutrient per mass units of nutrient in the feed.

[1045]

Nutrient digestibility as used herein encompasses starch digestibility, fat digestibility, protein digestibility, and amino acid digestibility.

[1046]

Suitably use of a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase according to the methods and/or uses or any of the aspects of the present invention (optionally in combination with at least one endoprotease) increases protein and/or amino acid digestibility in an animal fed with the feed additive composition and/or feed ingredient and/or feed and/or feedstuff and/or premix of the invention.

[1047]

Energy digestibility as used herein means the gross energy of the feed consumed minus the gross energy of the faeces or the gross energy of the feed consumed minus the gross energy of the remaining digesta on a specified segment of the gastro-intestinal tract of the animal, e.g. the ileum. Metabolizable energy as used herein refers to apparent metabolizable energy and means the gross energy of the feed consumed minus the gross energy contained in the faeces, urine, and gaseous products of digestion. Energy digestibility and metabolizable energy may be measured as the difference between the intake of gross energy and the gross energy excreted in the faeces or the digesta present in specified segment of the gastro-intestinal tract using the same methods to measure the digestibility of nutrients, with appropriate corrections for nitrogen excretion to calculate metabolizable energy of feed.

NITROGEN RETENTION

[1048]

Nitrogen retention as used herein means as subject’s ability to retain nitrogen from the diet as body mass. A negative nitrogen balance occurs when the excretion of nitrogen exceeds the daily intake and is often seen when the muscle is being lost. A positive nitrogen balance is often associated with muscle growth, particularly in growing animals.

[1049]

Nitrogen retention may be measured as the difference between the intake of nitrogen and the excreted nitrogen by means of the total collection of excreta and urine during a period of time. It is understood that excreted nitrogen includes undigested protein from the feed, endogenous proteinaceous secretions, microbial protein, and urinary nitrogen.

CARCASS YIELD AND MEAT YIELD

[1050]

The term carcass yield as used herein means the amount of carcass as a proportion of the live body weight, after a commercial or experimental process of slaughter. The term carcass means the body of an animal that has been slaughtered for food, with the head, entrails, part of the limbs, and feathers or skin removed. The term meat yield as used herein means the amount of edible meat as a proportion of the live body weight, or the amount of a specified meat cut as a proportion of the live body weight.

WEIGHT GAIN

[1051]

The present invention further provides a method of increasing weight gain in a subject, e.g. poultry or swine, comprising feeding said subject a feedstuff comprising a feed additive composition according to the present invention.

[1052]

An “increased weight gain” refers to an animal having increased body weight on being fed feed comprising a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase or feed additive composition according to the present invention compared with an animal being fed a feed not comprising said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase or said feed additive composition according to the present invention.

ADVANTAGES

[1053]

The inventors have shown for the first time that such a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is highly advantageous for use in feed and feedstuffs and confers advantages to an animal fed the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase or a feed and/or feedstuff and/or feed additive composition comprising the same.

[1054]

[1055]

The present invention also provides for proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase that, in addition to having the activities described above, may be tolerant of proline at position Ρ2, P2’, Ρ3 and P3’. This is advantageous as it allows the efficient cleavage of peptide and/or protein substrates having stretches of proline and allows cleavage of a wide range of peptide and/or protein substrates.

[1056]

The present invention also provides for thermostable proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases which are less prone to being denatured and/or will therefore retain activity for a longer period of time in e.g. an animal when compared to a non-thermostable variant.

[1057]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases herein may be active at an acid pH. Advantageously, a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase having activity at an acidic pH can be active in the upper gastrointestinal tract of an animal (e.g. in the gizzard, proventriculus or stomach) and/or can digest a peptide and/or protein substrate in combination with endogenous proteases (e.g. pepsin) that are present in the gastrointestinal tract of the animal.

[1058]

[1059]

[1060]

[1061]

Advantageously feeding a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase to an animal results in increased body weight gain and/or a reduction in feed conversion ratio and/or increased nitrogen digestibility (e.g. ileal nitrogen digestibility) and/or increased energy digestion (e.g. ileal energy digestion).

[1062]

In one embodiment the compositions and proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase of the present invention has been shown to be less harmful to cells (e.g. of the Gl tract) compared with conventional proteases used in feed applications. Without wishing to be bound by theory, as ATP plays a central role in cellular metabolism, it is present in all metabolically active cells, and its intracellular level is regulated precisely in healthy cells. ATP has been used as a tool for the functional integrity of living cells since all cells require ATP to remain alive and carry out their specialized function. Most ATP is found within living cells and links catabolic and anabolic processes. Cell injury or oxygen / substrate depletion results in a rapid decrease in cytoplasmic ATP. The decrease in ATP indicates often either an injury in mitochondria, that produce the ATP, or an increase in level of ATPases that degrade ATP. ATPases are located for instance in transporters that couple transportation of a specific molecules to the transportation. However, peptide transportation in the intestine usually is mediated by sodium cotransport, or the sodium binds to the transporter along the peptide. After binding, the sodium ion then moves down its electrochemical gradient to the interior of the cell and pulls the amino acid or peptide along with it. Of course, after the peptide transportation, the sodium would be transported against the concentration gradient back outside the cells by utilising the ATP energy, but normally this decrease in ATP is restored quite rapidly (Normal, healthy cells produce ATP as fast as they use it). Thus ATP content can be used as an indicator of healthy cells. The present inventors have surprisingly found that commercially available proteases uses in the feed industry have a negative effect on living cells. In contrast with the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases of the present invention such a negative effect was not observed.

[1063]

Likewise a decrease in tight junction integrity was observed with commercially available proteases uses in the feed industry, which again was not the case with the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases of the present invention.

ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS

[1064]

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. Singleton, et at., DICTIONARY OF MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 20 ED., John Wiley and Sons, New York (1994), and Hale & Marham, THE HARPER COLLINS DICTIONARY OF BIOLOGY, Harper Perennial, NY (1991) provide one of skill with a general dictionary of many of the terms used in this disclosure.

[1065]

This disclosure is not limited by the exemplary methods and materials disclosed herein, and any methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of embodiments of this disclosure. Numeric ranges are inclusive of the numbers defining the range. Unless otherwise indicated, any nucleic acid sequences are written left to right in 5' to 3' orientation; amino acid sequences are written left to right in amino to carboxy orientation, respectively.

[1066]

The headings provided herein are not limitations of the various aspects or embodiments of this disclosure which can be had by reference to the specification as a whole. Accordingly, the terms defined immediately below are more fully defined by reference to the specification as a whole.

[1067]

Amino acids are referred to herein using the name of the amino acid, the three letter abbreviation or the single letter abbreviation.

[1068]

The term “protein", as used herein, includes proteins, polypeptides, and peptides.

[1069]

[1070]

The terms "protein" and "polypeptide" are used interchangeably herein. In the present disclosure and claims, the conventional one-letter and three-letter codes for amino acid residues may be used. The 3-letter code for amino acids as defined in conformity with the IUPACIUB Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (JCBN). It is also understood that a polypeptide may be coded for by more than one nucleotide sequence due to the degeneracy of the genetic code.

[1071]

Other definitions of terms may appear throughout the specification. Before the exemplary embodiments are described in more detail, it is to understand that this disclosure is not limited to particular embodiments described, as such may, of course, vary. It is also to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only, and is not intended to be limiting, since the scope of the present disclosure will be limited only by the appended claims.

[1072]

Where a range of values is provided, it is understood that each intervening value, to the tenth of the unit of the lower limit unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, between the upper and lower limits of that range is also specifically disclosed. Each smaller range between any stated value or intervening value in a stated range and any other stated or intervening value in that stated range is encompassed within this disclosure. The upper and lower limits of these smaller ranges may independently be included or excluded in the range, and each range where either, neither or both limits are included in the smaller ranges is also encompassed within this disclosure, subject to any specifically excluded limit in the stated range. Where the stated range includes one or both of the limits, ranges excluding either or both of those included limits are also included in this disclosure.

[1073]

It must be noted that as used herein and in the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to “a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase”, “an endoprotease” or "an enzyme" includes a plurality of such candidate agents and reference to “the feed”, “the feedstuff”, “the premix” or “the feed additive composition” includes reference to one or more feeds, feedstuffs, premixes and equivalents thereof known to those skilled in the art, and so forth.

[1074]

The publications discussed herein are provided solely for their disclosure prior to the filing date of the present application. Nothing herein is to be construed as an admission that such publications constitute prior art to the claims appended hereto.

[1075]

The invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the following Figures and Examples.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Cloning and expression of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases in Trichoderma reesei.

[1076]

Synthetic genes encoding proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases were generated using preferred codons for expression in Trichoderma reesei except for TRI079 (SEQ ID No. 57) and TRI083 (SEQ ID No. 56) that were generated as genomic sequences. The predicted secretion signal sequences (SignalP 4.0: Discriminating signal peptides from transmembrane regions. Thomas Nordahl Petersen, Soren Brunak, Gunnar von Heijne & Henrik Nielsen. Nature Methods, 8:785-786, 2011) were replaced (except for TRI079 and TRI083) by the secretion signal sequence from the Trichoderma reesei acidic fungal protease (AFP) and an intron from a Trichoderma reesei glucoamylase gene (TrGA1) (see Figure 7 lower panel).

[1077]

Synthetic genes were introduced into the destination vector pTTT-pyrG13 (as described in US8592194 Β2 the teaching of which is incorporated herein by reference) using LR Clonase™ enzyme mix (Life Technologies) resulting in the construction of expression vectors pTTT-pyrG13 for the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases herein. Expression vectors encoding SEQ ID No’s 1, 2 and 29 are shown in Figure 1 and encoding SEQ ID No’s 12 and 39 are shown in Figure 7. Expression vectors encoding SEQ ID No’s 96 or 97 (TRI045) are shown in Figure 2.

[1078]

5-10 pg of the expression vectors were transformed individually into a suitable Trichoderma reesei strain using PEG mediated protoplast transformation essentially as described previously (US8592194 Β2). Germinating spores were harvested by centrifugation, washed and treated with 45 mg/ml of lysing enzyme solution (Trichoderma harzianum , Sigma L1412) to lyse the fungal cell walls. Further preparation of protoplasts was performed by a standard method, as described by Penttila et al. [Gene 61(1987) 155-164] the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

[1079]

Spores were harvested using a solution of 0.85% NaCI, 0.015% Tween 80. Spore suspensions were used to inoculate liquid cultures Cultures were grown for 7 days at 28°C and 80% humidity with shaking at 180 rpm. Culture supernatants were harvested by vacuum filtration and used to measure expression and enzyme performance.

Purification and Characterization

A. Purification of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase

[1080]

Desalting of samples was performed on PD10 column (GE Life Sciences, USA) equilibrated with 20 mM Na-acetate, pH 4.5 (buffer A). For ion exchange chromatography on Source S15 HR25/5 (GE Life Sciences, USA) the column was equilibrated with buffer A. The desalted sample (7 ml) was applied to the column at a flow rate of 6 ml/min and the column was washed with buffer A. The bound proteins were eluted with a linier gradient of 0-0.35 Μ NaCI in 20 mM Na-acetate, pH 4.5 (35 min). During the entire run 10 ml fractions were collected. The collected samples were assayed for tripeptidyl amino-activity as described below. Protein concentration was calculated based on the absorbance measure at 280 nm and the theoretical absorbance of the protein calculated using the ExPASy ProtParam tool (http://web.expasy.org/cgi-bin/protparam/protparam).

Β. Determination of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and endopeptidase activity

[1081]

The chromogenic peptide H-Ala-Ala-Ala-pNA (MW = 387.82; Bachem, Switzerland) was used to determine the activity of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase in the samples produced as described above. The assay was conducted as follows, 10 pl_ of the chromogenic peptide solution (10 mM dissolved in dimethly sulfoxide; DMSO) were added to 130 μΐ Na-acetate (20 mM, adjusted to pH 4.0 with acetic acid) in a microtiter plate and heated for 5 minutes at 40°C. 10 pL of appropriately diluted enzyme was added and the absorption was measured in an ΜΤΡ reader (Versa max, Molecular Devices, Denmark) at 405 nm. One katal of proteolytic activity was defined as the amount of enzyme required to release 1 mole of p-nitroaniline per second.

[1082]

Azoscasein assay for endoprotease activity.

[1083]

A modified version of the endoprotease assay described by Iversen and Jorgensen, 1995 is used. An enzyme sample of 50 μΐ is added to 250 μΐ of azocasein (0.25% w/v; from Sigma) in 4 times diluted Mcllvaine buffer, pH 5 and incubated for 15 min at 40°C with shaking (800 rpm). The reaction is terminated by adding 50 pi of 2 Μ TCA and centrifugation for 5 min at 20,000 g. To a 195 μΐ sample of the supernatant 65 μΐ of 1 Μ NaOH is added and absorbance at 450 nm is measured. One unit of endoprotease activity is defined as the amount which yields an increase in absorbance of 0.1 in 15 min at 40°C.

[1084]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase samples produced as described in Example 1 were found to be essentially free of endopeptidase side-activity. Upon purification as described in Example 2Α, substantially no endopeptidase side activity was detected.

C. pH profile

[1085]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase assay described with H-Ala-Ala-Ala-pNA substrate above with modification of using the buffers 20 mM Na-glycine (pH 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0) or 20 mM Na-acetate buffer (pH 4.0, 4.5 and 5.5) was used to determine the pH profile of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase TRI083 (Figure 2) and TRI045 (Figure 24). Optimum pH of TRI083 and TRI045 was observed to be 4.0.

D. Temperature profile

[1086]

The proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase assay described above was used at temperatures 25, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80 and 85°C. The optimum temperature of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase TRI083 was found to be 50° C, whereas no activity was found at 70°C and higher temperatures (Figure 3).

Protein hydrolysis using a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase in combination with an endoprotease (Alphalase® AFP)

[1087]

The enzymes: Alphalase® AFP and the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase TRI083 expressed as described in Example 1.

[1088]

Assay buffer: 50 mM NaOAc, pH 4.0, 3% dimethylhemoglobin, 37 °C, 1h incubation (100 μΐ reaction mixture per ΜΤΡ well).

[1089]

Stop/colour reagent: 0.05% trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid in 125 mM Na borate pH 8.6 (200 μΐ per well).

[1090]

The plate was read at 450 nm using a Versa max microplate reader (Molecular Devices) after about 20 min incubation with stop/colour reagent. The results of the assay (Figure 4) show a synergistic effect when an endoprotease (Alphalase® AFP) is used in combination with the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase.

[1091]

Hydrolysis of 33-mer gliadin peptide

[1092]

The tripeptidyl amino-peptidase was examined for its ability to hydrolyse a synthetic substrate from alpha gliadin (alpha-2-gliadin) by LC-MS and label-free quantification. It was found to cleave the substrate into tri-peptides irrespective of high proline content in the substrate.

Experimental set-up

[1093]

The 33-mer of gliadin (alpha-2-gliadin) (aa56-88) Η-LQLQPFPQPQLPYPQPQLPYPQPQLPYPQPQPF-OH (Zedira GmbH; D-64293 Darmstadt, Germany) C190H273N43O47 (MW=3911.46) (1 mg/ml; 0.26 mM) was incubated at 24 C in the presence of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase (0.01 mg/ml) in a total volume of 1000 ul buffer (ρΗ=4.5) (the ratio substrate/enzyme 100:1, w/w). Aliquots (100 ul) of enzyme reaction were stopped with 20 ul 5% trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) after 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 15 and 30 minutes, respectively. The samples were then transferred to new vials and analyzed on the LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometer.

Data Acquisition, label free quantification and MS/MS data analysis

[1094]

Nano LC-MS/MS analyses were performed using an Easy LC system (Thermo Scientific, Odense, DK) interfaced to a LTQ Orbitrap Classic hybrid mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific, Bremen, Germany). Samples were loaded onto a custom-made 2 cm trap column (100 pm i.d., 375 pm o.d., packed with Reprosil C18, 5 pm reversed phase particles (Dr. Maisch GmbH, Ammerbuch-Entringen, Germany)) connected to a 10 cm analytical column (75 pm i.d., 375 pm o.d., packed with Reprosil C18, 3 pm reversed phase particles (Dr. Maisch GmbH, Ammerbuch-Entringen, Germany)) with a steel needle. Separation was performed at a flow rate of 300nl_/min using a 10 min gradient of 0-34% Solvent Β (H20/CH3CN/TFE/HC00H (100/800//100/1 ν/ν/ν/ν)) into the nanoelectrospray ion source (Thermo Scientific, Odense, DK). The LTQ Orbitrap Classic instrument was operated in a data-dependent MS/MS mode. The peptide masses were measured by the Orbitrap (MS scans were obtained with a resolution of 60 000 at m/z 400), and up to 2 of the most intense peptide m/z were selected and subjected to fragmentation using CID in the linear ion trap (LTQ). Dynamic exclusion was enabled with a list size of 500 masses, duration of 40 s, and an exclusion mass width of ±10 ppm relative to masses on the list.

[1095]

The RAW files were accessed with the open source program Skyline 1.4.0.4421 (available from MacCoss Lab Software, University of Washington, Department of Genome Sciences, 3720 15^th Αν℮ ΝΕ Seattle, Washington, US) which can use the MS1 intensities to build chromatograms. The precursor isotopic import filter was set to a count of three, (Μ, M+1, and Μ+2) at a resolution of 60,000 and the most intense charge state was used. Peptide sequences of the two substrates as well as their cleavage products were typed into Skyline and intensities were calculated in each sample.

[1096]

The LC-MS/MS data was manually annotated using GPMAW to calculate theoretical values of fragmentation.

[1097]

The triple charged mass of the intact alpha-2-gliadin peptide was isolated and followed over time. The intact peptide was not detectable after 3 min and was very fast hydrolyzed (Table 1). Full hydrolysis of the 33-mer alpha-2-gliadin peptide would give the following tri-peptides:

[1098]

LQL' QPF' POP' QLP' YPQ' PQL' PYP' QPQ' LPY' POP' QPF. The intermediate product YPQPQLPYPQPQLPYPQPQPF resulting from cleaving off the four tri-peptides LQL, QPF, PQP and QLP from the alpha-2-gliadin substrate was found to accumulate and then to decrease (Table 1).

Table 1: Relative MS peak intensities of alpha-2-gliadin and derived peptides

[1099]

	0 min	1 min	3min	5 min	10 min	15 min	30 min
Alpha-2 gliadin	100	10	0	0	0	0	0
YPQPQLPYPQP QLPYPQPQPF	79	100	52	23	23	23	20
LQL	3	91	88	94	94	100	100
QPF	0	4	55	7	129	26	100
PQL	8	21	30	32	42	58	100
PYP	4	7	12	15	28	48	101
LPY	5	21	46	62	90	100	94

[1100]

The accumulation of most of the expected tri-peptides was detected. The underlined tri-peptides were found and confirmed based their MS/MS fragmentation: LQL' QPF' PQP' QLP' YPQ' POL' PYP' QPQ' LPY' PQP' QPF, whereas the QPF tri-peptides were found only based on their mass.

[1101]

In conclusion, proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase was found to cleave the substrate alpha-2-gliadin consecutively into tri-peptides irrespective of a high proline content. During the hydrolysis proline was present in P3,P2,P1,P1’,P2'and P3' positions, respectively.

[1102]

This is in contrast to that previously found tripeptidyl amino-peptidase do not cleave proline in Ρ1 or P1' positions (US7972808B2, US5821104, Reichard et al. 2006, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72, 1739-1748).

Cleavage of ΑΑΡΡΑ peptide

[1103]

Proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase was examined for its ability to hydrolyse a synthetic substrate ΑΑΡΡΑ by LC-MS and label free quantification. The peptide Η-ΑΑΡΡΑ-ΝΗ2 (MW=424.49, from Schafer-N, Copenhagen) was dissolved in 20 mM MES buffer, ρΗ=4.0 (1 mg/ml). 1000 ul of the Η-ΑΑΡΡΑ-ΝΗ2 solution was incubated with 200 ul proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083) solution (40ug/ml) (substrate/enzyme 100:0.8) at room temperature. At seven time points (0, 5, 15, 60, 180, 720 and 1440 min) 100 ul samples were withdrawn, diluted with 50ul 5% TFA, heat inactivated (10 min at 80°C) and kept at -20°C until LC-MS analysis.

[1104]

Nano LC-MS/MS analyses were performed using an Easy LC system (Thermo Scientific, Odense, DK) interfaced to a LTQ Orbitrap Classic hybrid mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific, Bremen, Germany). Samples were loaded onto a custom-made 2 cm trap column (100 pm i.d., 375 pm o.d., packed with Reprosil C18, 5 pm reversed phase particles (Dr. Maisch GmbH, Ammerbuch-Entringen, Germany)) connected to a 10 cm analytical column (75 pm i.d., 375 pm o.d., packed with Reprosil C18, 3 pm reversed phase particles (Dr. Maisch GmbH, Ammerbuch-Entringen, Germany)) with a steel needle. Separation was performed at a flow rate of 300nL/min using a 10 min gradient of 0-34% Solvent Β (H20/CH3CN/TFE/HC00H (100/800//100/1 ν/ν/ν/ν)) into the nanoelectrospray ion source (Thermo Scientific, Odense, DK). The LTQ Orbitrap Classic instrument was operated in a data-dependent MS/MS mode. The peptide masses were measured by the Orbitrap (MS scans were obtained with a resolution of 60 000 at m/z 400), and up to 2 of the most intense peptide m/z were selected and subjected to fragmentation using CID in the linear ion trap (LTQ). Dynamic exclusion was enabled with a list size of 500 masses, duration of 40 s, and an exclusion mass width of ±10 ppm relative to masses on the list.

[1105]

The RAW files were accessed with the open source program Skyline 1.4.0.4421 which can use the MS1 intensities to build chromatograms. The precursor isotopic import filter was set to a count of three, (Μ, Μ+1, and Μ+2) at a resolution of 60,000 and the most intense charge state was used. Peptide sequences of the substrate as well as a cleavage product was typed into Skyline and intensities were calculated in each sample.

[1106]

The analysis showed that proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083) over time is able to degrade the peptide ΑΑΡΡΑ (Figure 5) and generate the product ΑΑΡ (Figure 6), indicating that the ΡΡ peptide bond in ΑΑΡΡΑ is hydrolysed by proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083).

EXAMPLE 2

Materials and Methods

1. Enzyme treatment of cornsoy feed.

[1107]

Feed flour was sifted to a particle size less than 212pm and suspended in water to 10% (w/w) slurry and pH adjusted to ρΗ3.5. Then, 138pL 10 % this slurry was added to each well in 96 ΜΤΡ well-plate using a Beckman Coulter Biomek ΝΧρ laboratory automation workstaton. Wide bore tips were used. Then 20 pi of enzyme solution containing proteases to be tested in 20mM acetate pH 3.5 was added, after that 10pL (1.14U/pL) pepsin dissolved in water was added. The plate was incubated at 40°C for 45minutes in iEMS incubator/shaker at 1150 rpm. Then 34pL pancreatin 1.126mg/mL in 1Μ Na-bicarbonate was added and the plate was incubated at 40°C for 60minutes in iEMS at 1150 rpm. Afterwards, the plate was centrifuged at 5°C, 4000 rpm for 15 min, 10pL supernatant was transferred to new plates (corning plate #3641 nonbinding) containing 190pL water in each well to a 20χ dilution. The obtained plates (master plates) were stored in the freezer -20°C.

2. Degree of Hydrolysis measurements.

[1108]

The method of analysis of degree of hydrolysis (DH) of soluble protein is based on the reaction of primary amino groups with o-phthaldialdehyde (ΟΡΑ - assay). Reference: Ρ.Μ.

[1109]

Nielsen, D. Petersen and C. Dambmann. Improved Method for Determining Food Protein Degree of Hydrolysis. Journal of Food Science. 66 (2001) 642-646.

[1110]

For ΟΡΑ assay the following procedure was carried on. 10-25 μΐ feed sample treated by enzyme from master plate was transferred to the new plate, then 175 μΐ of ΟΡΑ reagent containing sodium borate, dodecyl sulfate and dithiothreitol, were added to the plate. The end point measurements of optical density at 340 nm were performed right after 2 min and 5 second mixing.

The effect of Alphalase® AFP (an acid protease) on cornsoy feed in the presence of pepsin and pancreatin.In vitrostudies.

[1111]

The composition of cornsoy feed is presented in the Table below (Interactions of phytate and myoinositol phosphate esters (ΐΡ1-5) including IP₅ isomers with dietary protein and iron and inhibition of pepsin. S. Yu, A. Cowieson, C. Gilbert, Ρ. Plumstead and S. Dalsgaard J. Anim. Sci. 90 (2012) 1824-1832. Supplementary Information).

[1112]

Ingredient	Amount, %
Corn	60.01
Soybean meal	31.52
Soy oil	4.00
Salt	0.40
DL-Methionine	0.20
Limestone	1.16
Dicalcium Phosphate	1.46
Vitamin and mineral mixture	1.25

[1113]

Cornsoy feed were treated with Alphalase® AFP (NSP24, available at Genencor Division, Food Enzymes) (herein referred to as “AFP”) at different concentrations (450, 1000 and 1500 ppm in relation to the cornsoy feed) in the presence of pepsin and pancreatin (Figure 8). The results are presented below; the level of improvement of cornsoy feed DH is 4.5, 6.3 and 9.0 %, respectively.

EXAMPLE 3

The effect of a proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase on cornsoy feed in the presence of pepsin and pancreatin and in the presence and in the absence of Alphalase® AFP.In vitrostudies.

[1114]

In these studies Alphalase® AFP and proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase were used only at the dosages of 1000 and 450 ppm, respectively. The experiment was carried out as per Example 2. The results are presented in Table 2. In the control experiment only pepsin and pancreatin were used. Improvement of hydrolysis is the ratio between the treatment and control.

[1115]

Table 2. The effect of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and Alphalase®

	Control	3ΡΡ	AFP	AFP+3PP
Degree of hydrolysis, %	24.5±2.0	25.5±1.6	28.6±3.6	32.3±2.6
Improvement of hydrolysis, %.	100±8.2	104±6.5	117±14.7	132±10.7

[1116]

AFP on hydrolysis of cornsoy feed.

[1117]

As can be seen from Table 2 proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase on its own does not give sufficient benefit in cornsoy protein hydrolysis. The performance of Alphalase® AFP is similar to the results presented in the Example 2. However, the combination of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and Alphalase® AFP gives the maximal results and can be associated with the synergetic action of endo- and ℮χο- proteases.

[1118]

EXAMPLE 4a

Validation of dose response of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase (sometimes referred to herein as 3ΡΡ) in combination with endo-proteases on cornsoy feed hydrolysis in the absence of pepsin and pancreatin.

[1119]

The aim of the work was to identify the origin of the enzymes performance and truly monitor possible additive or synergetic performance of endo- and exo-proteases. For this reason, the experiments were performed in the absence of pepsin and pancreatin and the results are summarized in Figure 9. Otherwise the experiment was carried out as per Example 2.

[1120]

As can be seen from Figure 9, the degree of hydrolysis when proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is used with endoproteases is very pronounced. It is clear that this phenomenon is synergetic, since the dose response depends on the level of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase and the nature of endoprotease. In the case of Alphalase® the effect is much more pronounced.

[1121]

EXAMPLE 4b

Validation of dose response of 3ΡΡ in combination with different dosages of AFP endo-proteases on cornsoy feed hydrolysis in the presence of pepsin and pancreatin.

[1122]

To estimate the level of synergism between AFP and 3ΡΡ, the experiment carried out in accordance with Example 2 with different dosages of the enzymes and in the presence of pepsin and pancreatin were performed.

[1123]

As can be seen from Figure 10 the level of degree of hydrolysis increases with the inclusion of AFP at both 1000 and 2000ppm. Addition of 3ΡΡ further increases the hydrolysis. This is the case for a reaction time of 100 and 200min.

EXAMPLE 5

[1124]

The stability of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases in the presence of pepsinMaterial and Methods

[1125]

Pepsin solution: Swine pepsin from Sigma (Ρ7000, 674 Sigma units/mg) was used in this example and was prepared in MilliQ water at 10000 Sigma unit/ml. The tripeptidyl peptidase pepsin pre-incubation mixture contained: 2.5μΐ tripeptidyl peptidase sample, 95μΐ GAT buffer (50mM glycine-50mM acetic acid-50mM tris, ρΗ3.5), 5μΐ pepsin in milliQ water (10000 Sigma unit/ml) (final pepsin unit concentration: 500 Sigma unit/ml reaction mixture) in a half bottom area 96 well Corning ΜΤΡ. For control, the pre-incubation mixture contained 5μΐ water instead of 5μΐ pepsin. The mixture was incubated at 40°C for 60min and then kept on ice. For residual activity, the assay mixture contained the pre-incubation mixture 5μΐ, 0.1 Μ acetic acid-sodium acetate (ρΗ4.0) 85μΐ, 5μΐ substrate AAF-pNA (2.5mg/ml )(H-Ala-Ala-Phe-pNA .

[1126]

BACHEM, L-1095). The 410nm reading using a microplate reader (Power Wave Xfrom Bio-Tek Instruments Inc.) was followed every 0.5min at 30°C. Ν=2.

Results

[1127]

Table 3 shows that under the assay conditions and pre-incubation at 40°C for 60min, the residual activity was found to be over 80% for all the tripeptidyl peptidases in the presence of 500 units pepsin/ml pre-incubation mixture.

[1128]

Table 3: Activity recovery for tripeptidyl peptidases

Samples	TRI043	TRI050	TRI053	TRI071	TRI071	TRI071	TRI071
No pepsin	0.379	0.919	0.525	1.219	1.105	0.936	1.214
With pepsin	0.529	0.880	0.588	1.118	1.127	0.924	1.091
Activity recovery (%)	140	96	112	112	102	99	90

EXAMPLE 6

Analysis of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases (3ΡΡ) for their low pH stability at pH 2.5 40°C 60min

[1129]

As a requirement for utilization of the enzymes in feed for monogastric animals, the enzymes should be active at lower pH. For this reason the number of tripeptidyl peptidases has been tested with the reaction on synthetic substrate AAF-pNA, at pH 2.5.

[1130]

The tripeptide substrate AAF-pNA was prepared at 2.5mg/ml in DMSO. Tripeptidyl peptidases were used as broth. The reaction mixture containing 2.5μ1 enzyme and 90pL GAT buffer (pH 2.5) was prepared in 96 well incubation plates.

[1131]

The incubation plate was mixed and incubated at 40°C for 60min. Then 50μ1 0.2Μ Mes-NaOH ρΗ6.0 was added to each well, mixed at 600rpm for 2min. After that, 5μ1 of the incubation mixture were taken to 96 well assay plate already filled with 85μ1 0.1 Μ acetic acid buffer, ρΗ4.0 and 5μΐ 2.5mg/ml AAF-pNA solution.

[1132]

The reaction mixture was stirred at 600rpm for 2min and read directly in a microplate reader at 410nm at 30°C every 0.5min for 15min.

[1133]

To measure initial enzyme activity, similar procedure was performed except the step of enzyme incubation at 40°C for 60 min.

[1134]

The results of measuring initial and final activity with activity recovery are presented in Table 4.

Table 4. Initial, final activity and its recovery for tripeptidyl peptidases.

[1135]

Protein name	OD410nm (Initial)	OD410nm (Final)	Activity recovery (%)
TRI050.3 (SEQ ID No. 7/SEQ ID No. 34)	0.603	0.501	83
TRI053.1 (SEQ ID No. 10/SEQ ID No. 37)	0.345	0.356	103
29.9 Induction control
Morph 1.1 Background
TRI050 (SEQ ID No. 7/SEQ ID No. 34)	0.895	0.814	91
TRI071 (pooh) 2% glu/soph (SEQ ID No. 12/SEQ ID No. 39)	0.757	0.589	78
TRI071 (pooh) 2% glu/soph (SEQ ID No. 12/SEQ ID No. 39)	0.815	0.672	82
TRI071 (pooh) 4% glu/soph (SEQ ID No. 12/SEQ ID No. 39)	0.466	0.453	97
TRI071 (pooh) 4% glu/soph (SEQ ID No. 12/SEQ ID No. 39)	0.67	0.6	90

[1136]

From Table 4 it can been seen that the tripeptidyl peptidases listed above are considerably stable at ρΗ2.5 and 40°C for 60min since over 70% activities were retained. From these results it can be concluded that the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases listed above are stale at low pH, for example in the upper digest tract of monogastrics.

Conclusions

[1137]

This work demonstrated the activity of the enzymes under conditions mimicking the monogastric digestion system. It is shown that the tripeptidyl peptidases listed above are stable at low pH and in the presence of pepsin and thus are ideal for feed applications.

EXAMPLE 7

Proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase in animal feed

[1138]

A total of 288 one day old Ross 308 male broiler chicks were purchased from a commercial hatchery. At study initiation, 8 birds were randomly allocated to battery cages according to respective treatments by blocks. Only healthy birds were selected for the experiment, and no birds were replaced throughout the course of the study. The study consisted of the following treatments (Table 5):

Table 5 - Experimental design

[1139]

Commercial protease product A is a trypsin family protease and Commercial protease product Β is a subtilisin family protease, neither of which are proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases in accordance with the present invention.

Dietary treatment	Protease inclusion	Phytase level (FTU/kg)
1. Negative control (NC)	-	500
2. NC + commercial protease product A (trypsin family protease 75000 PROT/g activity)	0.2g/ kg	500
3. NC + commercial protease product Β (subtilisin family protease 2750-3500 GSU/g activity)	4000U/kg	500
4. NC + tripeptidyl peptidase	0.01 g/ kg	500

[1140]

Bird weights were recorded at study initiation (dO), day 14, and at study termination (d21). The cage is the experimental unit. Diets were fed in mash form and were formulated to meet or exceed NRC standards, except for Ca and ΑνΡ (Table 5). All feed was mixed using a Davis S-20 mixer, the mixer was flushed between each treatment to prevent cross contamination between rations. Samples were collected from each treatment diet from the beginning, middle and end of each batch and were minced together for analysis of enzyme activity in feed.

[1141]

All birds were fed a corn soy base ration until day 14; from day 14 the treatment rations were fed. Phytase was added to all treatment rations. At the feed change, feeders were removed from the cages, weighed back, emptied, and refilled with the appropriate treatment diet. On the final day of the study (d21), feed and birds were weighed, to determine feed intake (FI) and body weight gain (BWG) for the experimental period. Pens were checked daily for mortality. When a bird was culled or found dead, the date and removal weight (kg) were recorded. A gross necropsy was performed on all dead or culled birds to determine the possible cause of death. Feed conversion ratio (FOR) corrected for mortality was determined.

[1142]

On d21, all birds per cage were euthanised by intracardial injection of sodium pentobarbitone and contents of the lower ileum were expressed by gentle flushing with distilled water. Digesta from birds within a cage were pooled, resulting in eight samples per dietary treatment. The digesta samples were frozen immediately after collection, lyophilised and processed. Diets and digesta samples were analysed for the marker, nitrogen (Ν) and gross energy to enable calculation of digestibility co-efficients.

Table 6 - Diet formulations

[1143]

Ingredient %	0-14 days	14-21 days
Maize	48.78	57.09
Soybean Meal, 48%CP	40.06	34.7
Canola meal	4	4⁵
Soybean Oil	3	1.35
L-Lysine HCI	0.13	0.07
DL-methionine	0.28	0.22
L-threonine	0.03	0
Salt	0.33	0.33¹⁰
Limestone	1	0.98
Dicalcium Phosphate	2.09	0.97
Poultry Vits/TE's	0.3	0.3
Calculated Analyses		15
PROTEIN %	24.98	22.97
ΜΕΡ MJ/KG	12.4	12.34
CALCIUM %	1.05	0.76
AV PHOS %	0.5	0.3
ALYS %	1.27	1.1 20
AM+C %	0.94	0.84
ATHRE %	0.83	0.73
ATRYP %	0.26	0.23

Statistical Analysis

[1144]

Data were analyzed using ANOVA, and means separation conductedtest differences between the different enzymes and enzyme dosages. Cage was usedthe experimental unit.

Results

Table 7 - Performance and digestibility results

[1145]

Each value represents the mean of 9 replicates (8 birds per replicate).

	BWG (g)	fi (g)	FCR (kg/kg)	Ileal Ν Digestibility %	Ileal digestible energy (MJ/kg)
NC	386.3^d	576.3^a	1.496^a	79.6°	12.45°
NC + commercial protease A (trypsin family protease 75000 PROT/g activity)	414.1^ab	582^a	1.429^b	81.7^a	12.98^a
NC + commercial protease Β (subtilisin family protease 2750-3500 GSU/g activity)	386.2^b	572.2^a	1.486^a	80.3°	12.89^a
NC + tripeptidyl peptidase	420.8^a	597.7^a	1.422°	81.7^a	13.12^a
SEM	11.1	9.4	0.018	0.4	0.112
Effect tests
Treatment	0.0627	0.2563	0.0092	0.0016	0.0011

[1146]

^ab Means in a column not sharing a common superscript are different (Ρ < 0.05).

[1147]

Commercial protease A is a trypsin family protease and Commercial protease Β is a subtilisin family protease, neither of which are proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases in accordance with the present invention.

[1148]

Supplementation of the proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase resulted in a significant reduction in FCR compared to the negative control and commercial protease Β and a numerical reduction in comparison to commercial protease A.

[1149]

Proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase supplementation significantly increased BWG compared to the NC, this was not the case for either commercial protease A or commercial protease Β.

[1150]

Proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase significantly increased ileal Ν digestibility % compared to the control and commercial protease Β (Figure 11). Proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase also significantly increased the energy digested to a level significantly greater than the negative control and numerically greater than the two commercial proteases (Figure 12).

Conclusions

[1151]

In conclusion, supplementation of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase resulted in significantly better bird performance than the NC and commercial protease Β in terms of FCR and BWG. There was a numerical increase in BWG and reduction in FCR when proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase was supplemented compared to commercial protease A.

[1152]

The improvements in bird performance ware driven by improved energy and protein (Ν) digestibility compared to the commercial proteases.

EXAMPLE 8

Combination of acid fungal protease (Alphalase® AFP) and proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083) in Animal Feed

[1153]

A total of 432 one day old Ross 308 male broiler chicks were purchased form a commercial hatchery. At study initiation, 8 birds were randomly allocated to battery cages according to respective treatments by blocks. Only healthy birds were selected for the experiment, and no birds were replaced throughout the course of the study. The study consisted of the following treatments (Table 8):

[1154]

Table 8 - Experimental design

Dietary treatment	Protease inclusion	Phytase level (FTU/kg)
1. Negative control (NC)	-	500
2. NC + commercial protease product A	0.2g/ kg	500
3. NC + commercial protease product Β	4000U/kg	500
4. NC + acid fungal protease (AFP)	0.0015g/ kg of AFP	500
5. NC + AFP + 0.0035g/ kg tripeptidyl peptidase	0.0015g/ kg of AFP 0.0035g/ kg tripeptidyl peptidase	500
6. NC + AFP + 0.007g/ ΜΤ tripeptidyl peptidase	0.0015g/ kg of AFP 0.007g/ kg of tripeptidyl peptidase	500

[1155]

[1156]

Bird weights were recorded at study initiation (dO), day 14, and at study termination (d21). The cage is the experimental unit. Diets were fed in mash form and were formulated to meet or exceed NRC standards, except for Ca and ΑνΡ (Table 9.2). All feed was mixed using a Davis S-20 mixer, the mixer was flushed between each treatment to prevent cross contamination between rations. Samples were collected from each treatment diet from the beginning, middle and end of each batch and were minced together for analysis of enzyme activity in feed.

[1157]

Table 7 - Diet formulations

Ingredient %	0-14 days	14-21 days	nr
Maize	48.78	57.09
Soybean Meal, 48%CP	40.06	34.7
Canola meal	4	4
Soybean Oil	3	1.35
L-Lysine HCI	0.13	0.07
DL-methionine	0.28	0.22	15
L-threonine	0.03	0
Salt	0.33	0.33
Limestone	1	0.98
Dicalcium Phosphate	2.09	0.97
Poultry Vits/TE's	0.3	0.3
Calculated Analyses			20
PROTEIN %	24.98	22.97
ΜΕΡ MJ/KG	12.4	12.34
CALCIUM %	1.05	0.76
AV PHOS %	0.5	0.3
ALYS %	1.27	1.1
AM+C %	0.94	0.84	75
ATHRE %	0.83	0.73
ATRYP %	0.26	0.23

[1158]

All birds were fed a corn soy base ration until day 14; from day 14 the treatment rations were fed. Enzyme doses used in the study were selected for being most commercially relevant. Phytase was added to all treatment rations. At the feed change, feeders were removed from the cages, weighed back, emptied, and refilled with the appropriate treatment diet. On the final day of the study (d21), feed and birds were weighed, to determine feed intake (FI) and body weight gain (BWG) for the experimental period. Pens were checked daily for mortality. When a bird was culled or found dead, the date and removal weight (kg) were recorded. A gross necropsy was performed on all dead or culled birds to determine the possible cause of death. Feed conversion ratio (FOR) corrected for mortality was determined.

[1159]

Statistical Analysis

[1160]

Data were analyzed using ANOVA, and means separation conducted to test differences between the different enzymes and enzyme dosages. Cage was used as the experimental unit.

[1161]

Table 8 - Performance and digestibility results

	BWG (g)	Fi (g)	(kg/kg)	Ileal Ν Digestibilit y %	Ileal digestible energy (MJ/kg)
NC	386.3	576.3	1.496a	79.6c	12.45b
NC + commercial protease A	414.1	582.0	1.429c	81.7a	12.98a
NC + commercial protease Β	386.2	572.2	1.486ab	80.3bc	12.89a
NC + acid fungal protease (AFP)	391.2	575.8	1.475abc	79.8bc	12.67ab
NC + AFP + 0.0035g/ kg tripeptidyl peptidase	418.1	595.9	1,428c	80.9ab	12.78a
NC + AFP + 0.007g/ ΜΤ tripeptidyl peptidase	404.6	583.3	1.443bc	81.5a	12.92a
SEM	10.5	8.9	0.017	0.406	0.11
Effect tests
Treatment	0.1258	0.489 1	0.021	0.0012	0.0144

Results

[1162]

Each value represents the mean of 9 replicates (8 birds per replicate).

[1163]

^ab Means in a column not sharing a common superscript are different (Ρ < 0.05).

[1164]

From Table 8 it can be seen that there was a significant effect of treatment on FCR, there was no significant difference between birds fed the NC diet and the AFP alone, even though there was a numerical reduction in FCR. However, diets supplemented with a combination of AFP and proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase significantly reduced FCR to a level lower than the control and commercial protease Β.

[1165]

There was a numerical increase in ileal Ν digestibility (%) when the NC diet was supplemented with AFP alone. There was a stepwise improvement in ileal Ν digestibility (%) as tripeptidyl peptidase dose increased on top of the AFP, with the combination of AFP and 0.007g/MT tripeptidyl peptidase having significantly higher ileal Ν digestibility (%) than the NC, commercial protease Β and the AFP alone.

[1166]

Similarly there was a stepwise numerical increase in ileal energy digestibility as tripeptidyl peptidase was added in increasing doses on top of the AFP, in all cases the combination of AFP and tripeptidyl peptidase was significantly better than the negative control.

Conclusions

[1167]

In conclusion, there is a beneficial effect of the combination of AFP and proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase on improving bird performance. This is driven by an increase in the ileal digestibility of Ν and energy in birds fed the combination rather than just the AFP enzyme alone. The combination of AFP and proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase conferred significantly higher levels of Ν and energy digestibility than some commercial proteases.

EXAMPLE 9

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Evaluation of the protein content in the proteases

[1168]

In order to add equivalent amounts of proteases into the tests, the protein contents of the proteases were measured using Pierce™ BCA protein assay kit. Enzymes stock solution was prepared, whereas rest of the enzymes were in the liquid form. Proteases were diluted 1:10, 1:100 and 1:1000 with MQ water, after which the protein content was measured according to the instructions in the kit.

In vitro digestion of the feed with proteases

[1169]

In vitro digestions were performed by simulation of the upper gastrointestinal tract (UGIT) with soy-corn based feed to produce test material for HT-29 ΜΤΧ Ε12 cell culture experiments. 5.0 g of pelletized chicken feed was crushed by a mortar and hydrated with 15 ml of MQ water. Proteases were added to the digestions according to Table 1, pH adjusted to 5.5, and the digestions were incubated at 39°C water bath for 20 min by mixing the bottles at five minutes intervals. The conditions of proventriculus and gizzard were simulated by adding 2.5 ml of 1.5 Μ HCI and 2.5 ml of pepsin solution (1.8 mg/ml in MQ-water) to the digestions, adjusting pH to 2.5, and incubating the bottles at 39°C water bath for 40 min with mixing at 5 min intervals. The condition of small intestine was simulated by adding 2.5 ml of NaHC0₃ containing 18.5 mg pancreatin, adjusting the pH to 6.3-6.5, and incubating the bottles at 39°C water bath for 60 min by mixing at 5 min intervals. Digestions were centrifuged at 30 000 χ g for 30 min and the supernatants were collected to new tubes. Digestive and protease enzymes were inactivated by incubating the supernatants in boiling water for 4 minutes. The digestions were cooled on ice and stored in freezer (-20°C) for cell culture experiments.

[1170]

The protein amount was adjusted so that for each protein the final concentration was about 1 pg/ml solution added to the cells.

[1171]

Table 9: Amount of protease in the digestions

Treatment #	Protease product	Dose (microgram/g feed)
1	Control	0
2	Commercial Protease A	10
3	Commercial Protease Β	1000
4	TRI083	10
5	TRI083 + Alphalase® AFP	10+10

Cell culture

[1172]

HT-29 ΜΤΧ Ε12 cells (ΗΡΑ Cultures, Salisbury, England) were maintained in DMEM (high glucose) supplemented with 10 % FBS, 1* MEM non-essential amino acids, 1* sodium pyruvate, 1χ antibiotic-antimycotic at 37 °C, in 8% C0₂ atmosphere. All the media and supplements were purchased from Life Technologies.

[1173]

For studies investigating the effects of proteases on tight junctions and inflammation markers on differentiated cells, the HT-29 ΜΤΧ Ε12 cells were seeded at a density of 5.7 χ 10⁴ cells/well on cell culture inserts coated with rat tail collagen type I in complete cultivation medium and differentiated for 14 days. On the 4^th day of differentiation, the cells were moved to asymmetric serum-conditions using the serum-free cultivation medium on the apical side and the complete medium on the basal side of the insert. This condition was used until the end of the differentiation by changing the media at three days intervals. The test solutions were applied on the apical chamber of the cells.

ATP measurements

[1174]

HT-29 ΜΤΧΕ12 cells were seeded at a density of 2500 cells/well on white 96-well microplates with complete cultivation medium overnight, and then the serum-free medium was changed to the cells for yet another overnight incubation. On the third day of cultivation, the cells were treated with test materials and the ATP measurement was performed. As a test material, proteases were diluted as such 0.01, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2.5, and 5 pg/ml (based on their protein amount) in SFM. For combination of proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083) and Alphalase® AFP, the amount of both enzymes was added the equal amount. When proteases in feed were used the feed supernatant was diluted 1:1 in SFM and equal amount of proteases were added as was in the in vitro digestion (table 3). The ATP content of the cells was measured using ATPLite™ monitoring system (Perkin Elmer) following the manufacturer’s instructions after 15 min or 1h from starting the experiment.

FITC-Dextran permeability assay

[1175]

The effect of proteases on macromolecular permeability of epithelial layer was studied by monitoring the FITC dextran flux through the differentiated HT-29 ΜΤΧ Ε12 cell layer. Differentiated cells were washed with HBSS medium and equilibrated in HBSS at +37°C, with for 30 minutes. HBSS medium was removed and 0.5 ml of test solutions were added to the cells. Test solutions were prepared by diluting the in vitro digested feed 1:1 with HBSS and adding two amounts of proteases into the samples (1 and 10 pg/ml). The FITC-Dextran (mol wt 10 000) was included in the test solutions as 1 mg/ml. The HBSS in the apical chambers of the cells were replaced with the test solutions, and the cells were placed in the incubator for 1 h. The cells were shaken with orbital shaker (30 rpm) during this time to minimize the effect of the unstirred water layer. After 1 h 200 pi samples were drawn from the basolateral chamber, and 200 pi of fresh HBSS was added into the basolateral side. This was continued for additional 3 hours. The final sample was drawn after 24 hours had gone from the beginning of the study. After that the fluorescence of the samples was measured, and the Papp calculated using the following formula:

[1176]

F(em³) a (im |i»)

[1177]

TKCf

[1178]

TEER measurements

[1179]

The integrity of HT-29 ΜΤΧΕ12 cell monolayer was studied by measurement of Transepithelial Electrical Resistance (TEER) using Epithelial Voltohmmeter. TEER was measured before and after the treatment, the resistance of an empty filter without cells was subtracted from the measured values, multiplied with the surface area of the filter, and the results were expressed as Qxcm². A percentual change in TEER after treatment was calculated by subtracting the TEER measured before treatment from the TEER measured after treatment, dividing this value with the TEER measured before treatment and multiplying with 100.

RESULTS

[1180]

Example 9.1

Effect of proteases on ATP content in the cells treated by proteases

[1181]

ATP deficiency is a marker for cytotoxicity but it also describes the overall situation in the energy reservoir of the cells. ATP content was measured from HT-29 MTXE12cells after treatment with proteases mixed directly with cell cultivation medium by ATPLiteTM system. Significant dose-dependent changes were observed after one hour treatment with Commercial Protease 1 and Commercial Protease 2 (Figure 13). That would lead to the assumption that Commercial Protease 1 and Commercial Protease 2 have a negative effect on living cells.

[1182]

Example 9.2

Effect of in vitro digested feed with proteases on cellular ATP content

[1183]

ATP content was also measured from HT-29 ΜΤΧΕ12 cells after one-hour treatment using in vitro digested feed containing proteases. The highest amount of Commercial Protease 1 and Commercial Protease 2 are showing significant reduction in the amount of ATP compared to control in vitro digested feed, and thus leading to the possible cytotoxicity of cells. That would confirm the negative effect of high dosages of Commercial Protease 1 and Commercial Protease 2 on living cells (see Figure 14).

[1184]

Example 9.3

Permeability assessment

[1185]

The effect of the in vitro digested feed with proteases on macromolecular permeability was studied using FITC-Dextran permeability assay. For the after the heat inactivation of the digested feed 1 and 10 pg/ml of protease was added. In some of the assays medium with pH 6.5 was used in order to evaluate the effect of lower pH. For the FITC-Dextran permeability, the tracer was mixed with the in vitro digested feed and applied on the apical compartment. After the four hours the permeability was calculated (Figure 15).

[1186]

As can be seen from the figure that both Commercial Protease 1 and Commercial Protease 2 significantly increase the macromolecular permeability of cells, thus it has a negative effect on those cells. Neither TRI083 alone nor in combination with Alphalase® AFP induced such response.

[1187]

A similar phenomenon was observed during the TEER measurement. A decrease in tight junction integrity was observed both for Commercial Protease 1 and Commercial Protease 2 (Figure 16)which would also lead to the conclusion of negative effect of Commercial Protease 1 and Commercial protease 2 on living cells, while TRI083 alone or in combination with Alphalase® AFP does not contribute to any negative effects for the cells.

[1188]

EXAMPLE 10

Supplementation of tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083) in animal feed improves nutrient digestibility

[1189]

[1190]

Table 10.1 - Experimental design

Dietary treatment	Protease inclusion	Phytase level (FTU/kg)
1. Negative control (NC)	-	500
2. NC + commercial product A	0.2g/ kg	500
3. NC + commercial product Β	4000U/kg	500
4. NC + tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083)	0.01 g/ kg of TRI083	500

[1191]

Bird weights were recorded at study initiation (dO) on day 14, and at study termination (d21). The cage is the experimental unit. Diets were fed in mash form and were formulated to meet or exceed NRC standards, except for Ca and ΑνΡ (Table 10.2). All feed was mixed using a Davis S-20 mixer, the mixer was flushed between each treatment to prevent cross contamination between rations. Samples were collected from each treatment diet from the beginning, middle and end of each batch and were minced together for analysis of enzyme activity in feed.

[1192]

Table 10.2 - Diet formulations

Ingredient %	0-14 days	14-21 days
Maize	48.48	56.78
Soybean Meal 48%CP	40.06	34.7	5
Canola meal	4	4
Soybean Oil	3	1.35
L-Lysine HCI	0.13	0.07
DL-methionine	0.28	0.22
L-threonine	0.03	0
Salt	0.33	0.33	10
Limestone	1	0.98
Dicalcium Phosphate	2.09	0.97
Poultry Vits/TE's	0.3	0.3
Calculated Analyses
PROTEIN %	24.98	22.97
ΜΕΡ MJ/KG	12.4	12.34
CALCIUM %	1.05	0.76	15
AV PHOS %	0.5	0.3
ALYS %	1.27	1.1
AM+C %	0.94	0.84
ATHRE %	0.83	0.73
ATRYP %	0.26	0.23

[1193]

[1194]

On d 21, all birds per cage were euthanised by intracardial injection of sodium pentobarbitone and contents of the lower ileum were expressed by gentle flushing with distilled water. Digesta from birds within a cage were pooled, resulting in eight samples per dietary treatment. The digesta samples were frozen immediately after collection, lyophilised and processed. Diets and digesta samples were analysed for the marker, nitrogen (Ν) and gross energy to enable calculation of digestibility co-efficients.

Statistical Analysis

[1195]

Data were analyzed using ANOVA, and means separation conducted to test differences between the different enzymes and enzyme dosages. Cage was used as the experimental unit.

Results

Table 10.3 - Performance and digestibility results

[1196]

	BWG (g)	fi (g)	(kg/kg)	Ileal Ν Digestibility %	Ileal digestible energy (MJ/kg)
NC	386.3^y	576.3	1.496^a	79.6^b	12.45^b
NC + commercial protease A	414.1^xy	582.0	1.429^b	81.7^a	12.98^a
NC + commercial protease Β	386.2^y	572.2	1.486^a	80.3^b	12.89^a
NC + tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083)	420.8^X	597.7	1.422^b	81.7^a	13.12^a
SEM	11.1	9.4	0.018	0.4	0.112
Effect tests
Treatment	0.0627	0.2563	0.0092	0.0016	0.0011
Each value represents the mean of 9 replicates (8	oirds per replicate).

[1197]

^ab Means in a column not sharing a common superscript are different (Ρ < 0.05).

[1198]

^xy Means in a column not sharing a common superscript are different (Ρ < 0.1)

[1199]

There was a significant effect of treatment on FCR, birds fed the tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083) has significantly lower FCR than the NC diet and commercial protease A.

[1200]

There was a significant increase in ileal Ν digestibility (%) when the NC diet was supplemented with tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083). The increase in Ν digestibility % was comparable between tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083) and commerical protease A, both conferred significantly higher Ν digestibility than commercial protease Β (Figure 18).

[1201]

Similarly, there was a significant increase in ileal digestible energy versus the negative control when each of the protease enzymes was supplemented; ileal energy digestibility was numerically highest when tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083) was supplemented (Figure 19).

Conclusions

[1202]

In conclusion, there is a beneficial effect of tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083) on improving bird performance through reducing FCR. This is driven by an increase in the ileal digestibility of Ν and energy in birds fed tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083).

[1203]

Tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083) conferred significantly higher levels of Ν and energy digestibility than some commercial proteases.

[1204]

EXAMPLE 11

Supplementation of tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083) in animal feed improves broiler performance

[1205]

A total of 1600 one day old Ross 708 male broiler chicks were purchased from a commercial hatchery. At study initiation, 40 birds were randomly allocated to floor pens according to respective treatments by blocks. Only healthy birds were selected for the experiment, and no birds were replaced throughout the course of the study. The study consisted of the following treatments (Table 11.1):

[1206]

Dietary treatment	Protease inclusion	Phytase level (FTU/kg)
1. Positive control (PC)		500
2. Negative control (NC)	-	500
3. NC + commercial protease A	0.2g/ kg	500
4. NC + commercial protease Β	4000U/kg	500
5. NC + tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083)	0.01 g/ kg of TRI083	500

Table 11.1 - Experimental design

[1207]

Bird weights were recorded at study initiation (dO) and at diet changes on d 10, d25 and at study termination (d42). The pen is the experimental unit. All diets were fed in mash form. The PC diets were formulated to meet or exceed NRC standards and the NC diets were down-specified by 50% of the undigested fraction of the amino acids in the PC diets (Table 11.2). All feed was mixed using a Davis S-20 mixer, the mixer was flushed between each treatment to prevent cross contamination between rations. Samples were collected from each treatment diet from the beginning, middle and end of each batch and were minced together for analysis of enzyme activity in feed.

[1208]

Table 11.2 - Diet formulations

	Starter	Grower	Finisher
	PC	NC	PC	NC	PC	NC
Maize	59.75	61.22	64.91	70.35	69.14	74.34
SBM 48% CP	30.99	27.82	25.31	21.70	21.23	17.95
Rapeseed Meal	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Wheat Bran	0.00	2.78	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Soybean Oil	1.03	0.00	2.15	0.24	2.26	0.33
L-Lysine HCI	0.310	0.314	0.280	0.304	0.247	0.272
DL-methionine	0.327	0.300	0.280	0.257	0.237	0.210
L-threonine	0.097	0.079	0.085	0.075	0.066	0.051
Sodium Bicarbonate	0.17	0.17	0.00	0.17	0.00	0.00
Salt	0.23	0.22	0.34	0.22	0.35	0.35
Limestone	1.26	1.27	1.05	1.06	1.03	1.04
Dicalcium Phosphate	1.29	1.27	1.04	1.06	0.90	0.91
Poultry Vits/TE's	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
Enzymes	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25
Calculated Nutrients
[VOLUME]	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
DRY_MAT	87.94	87.80	87.94	87.69	87.88	87.62
PROTEIN %	21.34	20.32	18.94	17.63	17.24	16.06
ΜΕΡ MJ/KG	12.52	12.18	13.07	12.74	13.27	12.93
ΜΕΡ Kcal/KG	2992	2911	3124	3045	3172	3090
TLYSINE %	1.40	1.33	1.22	1.14	1.08	1.01
ALYS %	1.27	1.20	1.10	1.03	0.97	0.91
ΜΕΤΗ %	0.67	0.63	0.60	0.56	0.53	0.49
ΑΜΕΤΗ %	0.64	0.60	0.57	0.53	0.51	0.47
M+C %	1.04	0.99	0.93	0.88	0.85	0.79
AM+C %	0.94	0.89	0.84	0.79	0.76	0.71
THREO %	0.96	0.89	0.84	0.78	0.76	0.69
ATHRE %	0.83	0.77	0.73	0.67	0.65	0.59
TRYPTO %	0.28	0.26	0.24	0.22	0.22	0.20
ATRYP %	0.27	0.25	0.23	0.21	0.20	0.18
ARGINI %	1.51	1.42	1.31	1.20	1.17	1.07
AARG %	1.31	1.21	1.14	1.04	1.02	0.93
ISOLEUC %	1.04	0.97	0.91	0.83	0.81	0.74
AISO %	0.95	0.87	0.82	0.75	0.73	0.67
VAL %	1.17	1.09	1.03	0.96	0.94	0.88
AVAL %	1.04	0.97	0.92	0.85	0.83	0.77
CALCIUM %	0.92	0.92	0.77	0.77	0.72	0.72
TPHOS %	0.63	0.64	0.56	0.55	0.52	0.51
AV PHOS %	0.35	0.35	0.30	0.30	0.27	0.27
ΝΑ %	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16

[1209]

All birds were fed treatment rations throughout the study. Enzyme doses used in the study were selected for being most commercially relevant. Phytase was added to all treatment rations at 500 FTU/kg. At the feed change, feeders were removed from the cages, weighed back, emptied, and refilled with the appropriate treatment diet. On the final day of the study (d42), feed and birds were weighed, to determine feed intake (FI) and body weight gain (BWG) for the experimental period. Pens were checked daily for mortality. When a bird was culled or found dead, the date and removal weight (kg) were recorded. A gross necropsy was performed on all dead or culled birds to determine the possible cause of death. Feed conversion ratio (FOR) corrected for mortality was determined.

Statistical Analysis

[1210]

Data were analyzed using ANOVA, and means separation conducted to test differences between the different enzymes and enzyme dosages. Pen was used as the experimental unit.

[1211]

Results

	BWG (g/ bird)	FI (kg/ pen)	(kg/kg)
PC	2235^a	159.37	1.870^b
NC	2135^c	158.75	1.957³
NC + commercial protease A	2145^c	157.70	1,940^a
NC + commercial protease Β	2160^bc	159.52	1,949^a
NC + tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083)	2215^ab	158.82	1.888^b
SEM	23.4	2.4	0.018
Effect tests
Treatment	0.01	0.986	0.004

Table 11.3 - Performance results

[1212]

Each value represents the mean of 9 replicates (8 birds per rep

[1213]

icate).

[1214]

^ab Means in a column not sharing a common superscript are different (Ρ < 0.05).

[1215]

There was a significant effect of treatment on BWG; birds fed the NC diet had significantly lower bodyweights than birds fed the PC diet. Enzyme treatment with commercial proteases A + Β numerically increased bodyweight but not to a level significantly different to the NC birds. Supplementation with tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083) significantly increased bodyweight gain of birds compared to the NC to a level not significantly different to the PC birds (Figure 20).

[1216]

Similarly, FCR in NC birds was significantly higher than the PC birds. There was no significant effect of commercial protease A + Β on FCR compared to the NC. Tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083) significantly reduced FCR compared to the NC birds to a level not significantly different to the PC birds (Figure 21).

Conclusions

[1217]

In conclusion, there is a beneficial effect of tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083) on improving bird performance through reducing FCR and increasing BWG in nutrient deficient diets.

[1218]

Tripeptidyl peptidase (TRI083) increased BWG and reduced FCR to greater levels than commercial proteases A + Β.

[1219]

EXAMPLE 12

Stability of TRI045 (SEQ ID No. 99) tripeptidyl peptidase in the presence of pepsin

Material and methods

[1220]

Pepsin solution: Swine pepsin from Sigma (Ρ7000, 674 Sigma units/mg, www.sigma.com) was used in this example and prepared in MilliQ water at 10000 Sigma unit/ml at 10000 Sigma unit/mL.

[1221]

Pre-incubation mixture contained: 2.5μΐ sedolisin sample, 95μΐ GAT buffer (50mM glycine-50mM acetic acid-50mM Tris, ρΗ3.5), 5μΐ pepsin in milliQ water (10000 Sigma unit/ml) (final pepsin unit concentration: 500 Sigma unit/ml reaction mixture) in a half bottom area 96 well Corning ΜΤΡ. For control, the pre-incubation mixture contained 5μΐ water instead of 5μΐ pepsin. The mixture was incubated at 40°C for 60min and then kept on ice. For assaying the residual activity, the assay mixture contained the pre-incubation mixture 5μΐ, 0.1 Μ acetic acid-sodium acetate (ρΗ4.0) 85μΐ, 5μΐ H-Ala-Ala-Phe-pNA (2.5mg/ml) from BACHEM.com (L-1095.0250). The 410nm reading was followed in a microplate reader every 0.5min at 30°C. Ν=2.

Results

[1222]

Under the assay conditions and pre-incubation at 40°C for 60min, the residual activity was found to be over 90% for TRI045 in the presence of 500 units pepsin/mL pre-incubation mixture.

[1223]

EXAMPLE 13

TRI045 (SEQ ID No. 99) as feed enzyme to promote feed protein hydrolysis

[1224]

Animals produce and secrete proteases into their digestive tracts for feed digestion. These proteases include endoproteases of pepsin, trypsin and chymotrypsin and the exopeptidases of Carboxypeptidase A and Β etc. However, animals do not produce aminopeptidases as digestive enzymes or at least not in appreciable amount. As shown in this example, the addition of the tripeptidyl peptidase TRI045 (sedolisin) promotes protein digestion in an in vitro system for corn soy based feed. This example shows that TRI045 had high activity between pH 4 and 6.5

Material and Methods

[1225]

The tripeptide substrate H-Ala-Ala-Phe-pNA (AAF-pNAfrom BACHEM.com, L-1095.0250) for sedolisin was prepared at 2.5mg/ml in DMSO. The reaction was prepared by mixing 8.5μΐ AAF-pNA, 7 μΐ DMSO, 32μΐ water and 50 μΐ buffer with ρΗ4.14-6.57, and 0.8 μΐ or 1.5ul TRI045. The reaction was started at 30°C by the addition of the enzyme TRI045. The initial reaction rate was recorded using a microplate reader at every 0.5min interval at 410nm in 96 well plate.

Results

[1226]

Table 12 shows that TRI045 had optimal activity around ρΗ5.0, but still had around 50% activity at around ρΗ4 and ρΗ6.5, which is ideal for gastric feed digestion. Figure 22 furthers shows that the final reaction degree reached at ρΗ5, ρΗ5.5 and ρΗ6 are very similar. The high pH optimum is ideal for animal feed as in such situation pancreatin would have time to make more oligopeptide substrates for TRI045.

[1227]

Table 12. Effect of pH on the TRI045 activity using H-Ala-Ala-Phe-pNA as substrate (values are the average one test with 0.8μΐ TRI045 (η=2) and one test with 1.5μΐ TRI045 dose (η=1).

Buffer	0.1 Μ HAC- NaAC	0.1Μ HAC- NaAC	0.1Μ HAC- NaAC	0.1Μ HAC- NaAC	0.1Μ Mes- NaOH	0.1Μ Mes- NaOH
pH	4.1	4.6	5.0	5.6	6.0	6.6
Relative activity with pH 5.01 as 100%	59.4	81.7	100.0	80.7	72.2	48.5

[1228]

EXAMPLE 14

Effect of TRI045 (SEQ ID No. 99) plus pepsin and pancreatin on hydrolysis of corn soy feed substrate.

[1229]

The in vitro reaction system contained 140μΐ 10% (w/v) com soy feed slurry (14mg corn soy feed), 10μΐ TRI045 in 50m Μ MES-NaOH pH 6.0, 10μΐ swine pepsin (1,14U/pL in water). The reaction was incubated with shaking at 40°C for 45min and subsequently 34μΐ swine pancreatin (0.4636mg/ml_ in 1Μ Na-bicarbonate) were added and further incubated for additional 60min. After incubation, the 96-well plate was centrifuged and supernatants were used for residual TRI045 activity assay and for ΟΡΑ andBCA assays (see below).

[1230]

The degree of Hydrolysis measurements of soluble protein is based on the reaction of primary amino groups with o-phthaldialdehyde (ΟΡΑ - assay). Reference: Ρ.Μ. Nielsen, D. Petersen and C. Dambmann. Improved Method for Determining Food Protein Degree of Hydrolysis. Journal of Food Science. 66 (2001) 642-646.

[1231]

For ΟΡΑ assay the following procedure was carried out. 10-25 μΐ feed sample treated by enzyme from master plate was transferred to the new plate, then 175 μΐ of ΟΡΑ reagent containing sodium borate, dodecyl sulfate and dithiothreitol, were added to the plate. The end point measurements of optical density at 340 nm were performed right after 2 min and 5 second mixing.

[1232]

To quantify the protein concentrations of each protease samples, the Pierce BCA Protein Assay Reagent Kit (Thermo Scientific, cat no. 23228) was used. The TRI045 sample was not purified before quantification. The Pierce BCA Protein Assay Kit is a detergent-compatible formulation based on bicinchoninic acid (BCA) for colorimetric detection and quantification of total proteins. This method combines the well-known reduction of Cu²⁺ to Cu¹⁺ by protein in an alkaline medium with the highly sensitive and selective colorimetric detection of the cuprous cat ion (Cu⁺¹) using a unique reagent containing bicinchoinic acid. The purplecoloured reaction product of this assay is formed by the chelation of two molecules of BCA with one cuprous ion. This water soluble complex exhibits a strong absorbance at 562nm that is nearly linear with increasing protein concentration over a broad working range (20-2000pg/mL). The macromolecular structure of protein, the number of peptide bonds and the presence of four particular amino acids Cysteine, Cystine, Trytophan and Tyrosine are reported to be responsible for colour formation with BCA.

[1233]

For ΟΡΑ (total amino group released) and BCA (total protein in the soluble fraction) determinations the supernatants were diluted 20 times and 10ul was used.

[1234]

In the system containing TRI045 at lOOOppm, in the presence of swine pepsin and pancreatin, the release of free amino groups from corn soy feed (as a measure of protein hydrolysis (ΟΡΑ value)) increased by 9% and the protein solubility increased by 5%.

[1235]

In order to test the stability of TRI045 under the in vitro assay conditions described above (incubation in the presence of pepsin at ρΗ3 for 45min at 40°C and subsequently in the presence of pancreatin for 60min at 40°C). The residual activity of TRI045 was subsequently assayed. The reaction mixture contained 50μ1 buffer 0.1Μ HAC-NaAC (ρΗ5.0), 10μΐ the supernatant, and 5μΐ AAF-pNA (5mg/ml in DMSO). The reaction rate was followed at 410nm and 30°C every 30 seconds using a microplate reader. As a control, a commercial protease at the same concentration of lOOOppm was used.

Conclusion for Examples 12-14

[1236]

The reaction rate for the control (pepsin and pancreatin only) was 4.3mOD/min, for the commercial protease it was 11.0 mOD/min, and for TRI045 it was 19.3 mOD/min. After the subtraction of the control (4.3mOD/min), the residual activity of TRI045 on AAF-pNA substrate was 2.2 times higher than for the commercial protease. These results indicate that TRI045 is stable to pepsin and pancreatin at 40°C for at least 100 minutes.

[1237]

In conclusion, this example demonstrates that TRI045 is stable to pepsin and pancreatin when incubated for 105min at 40°C in the presence of corn soy feed at a pH range of 3 to 7. It has also the additional effect of increasing protein solubilization and protein hydrolysis in the presence of pepsin and pancreatin when corn soy feed was used as the substrate under conditions mimicking the monogastric digestion system (BEDFORD, M.R., & CLASSEN, H.L. (1993) “An in vitro assay for prediction of broiler intestinal viscosity and growth when fed ryebased diets in the presence of exogenous enzymes”. Poultry Science, 72: 137-143)., /.℮., the reaction was carried out at 40°C at ρΗ3.0-3.3 in the presence of pepsin for 45min and then pH raised to ρΗ6.5-7.0 and addition of pancreatin for additional 60min incubation,

[1238]

Various modifications and variations of the described methods and system of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention. Although the present invention has been described in connection with specific preferred embodiments, it should be understood that the invention as claimed should not be unduly limited to such specific embodiments. Indeed, various modifications of the described modes for carrying out the invention which are obvious to those skilled in biochemistry and biotechnology or related fields are intended to be within the scope of the following claims.

A method of preparing a feed additive composition comprising: (a) admixing at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having (i) (A)Proline at P1; and (B) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine or synthetic amino acids at P1; or (ii) (a') Proline at PV; and (b') An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine or synthetic amino acids or amines at PV; and one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of a salt, polyol including sorbitol and glycerol, wheat or a wheat component, sodium acetate, sodium acetate trihydrate, potassium sorbate Talc, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), benzoate, sorbiate, 1,3-propane diol, glucose, parabens, sodium chloride, citrate, metabisulfite, formate or a combination thereof; and (b) optionally packaging as well as uses of such proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidases, feed additive compositions, feed additive kits, feeds or feedstuffs and/or premixes.

1. A method of preparing a feed additive composition comprising:

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

(ii) (a’) Proline at Ρ1 and

one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of: a salt, polyol including sorbitol and glycerol, wheat or a wheat component, sodium acetate, sodium acetate trihydrate, potassium sorbate Talc, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), benzoate, sorbiate, 1,3-propane diol, glucose, parabens, sodium chloride, citrate, metabisulfite, formate or a combination thereof and

(b) optionally packaging.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the feed additive composition further comprises at least one endoprotease.

3. A method according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

(ii) (a’) Proline at ΡΤ; and

4. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is further capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the Νterminus of a peptide having Proline at Ρ1 and Ρ1

5. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one endoprotease is an acid endoprotease.

6. A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the endoprotease and proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase are admixed with a composition comprising at least one protein or at least a portion of a protein, wherein the composition, the endoprotease and proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase or combinations thereof are in a dry or substantially dry state when admixed.

7. A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase or the at least one endoprotease according to any one of claims 2-6, or a combination thereof is encapsulated or otherwise inactivated prior to admixing with said composition.

8. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one protein or portion thereof is an animal protein or a vegetable protein (e.g. selected from one or more of a gliadin, a beta-casein, a beta-lactoglobulin or an immunogenic fragment of a gliadin, a beta-casein, a beta-lactoglobulin, glycinin, beta-conglycinin, cruciferin, napin, hordeins, keratins, feather or hair meals, collagen, whey protein, fish protein, fish meals, meat protein, egg protein, soy protein or grain protein), preferably comprised in corn, soybean meal, corn dried distillers grains with solubles (cDDGS), wheat, wheat proteins including gluten, wheat by products, wheat bran, wheat dried distillers grains with solubles (wDDGS), corn by products including corn gluten meal, barley, oat, rye, triticale, full fat soy, animal by-product meals, an alcohol-soluble protein (preferably a zein (e.g. a maize zein maize) and/or a kafirin (e.g. from sorghum)), a protein from oil seeds (preferably from soybean seed proteins, sun flower seed proteins, rapeseed proteins, canola seed proteins or combinations thereof) or a combination thereof.

9. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is obtainable from Trichoderma, preferably Trichoderma reesei.

10. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase:

(a) comprises the amino acid sequence SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID Νο.6, SEQ ID No. 7, SEQ ID No. 8, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 11, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 13, SEQ ID No. 14, SEQ ID No. 15, SEQ ID No. 16, SEQ ID No. 17, SEQ ID No. 18, SEQ ID No. 19, SEQ ID No. 20, SEQ ID No. 21, SEQ ID No. 22, SEQ ID No. 23, SEQ ID No. 24, SEQ ID No. 25, SEQ ID No. 26, SEQ ID No. 27, SEQ ID No. 28, SEQ ID No. 30, SEQ ID No. 31, SEQ ID No. 32, SEQ ID No. 33, SEQ ID No. 34, SEQ ID No. 35, SEQ ID No. 36, SEQ ID No. 37, SEQ ID No. 38, SEQ ID No. 39, SEQ ID No. 40, SEQ ID No. 41, SEQ ID No. 42, SEQ ID No. 43, SEQ ID No. 44, SEQ ID No. 45, SEQ ID No. 46, SEQ ID No. 47, SEQ ID No. 48, SEQ ID No. 49, SEQ ID No. 50, SEQ ID No. 51, SEQ ID No. 52, SEQ ID No. 53, SEQ ID No. 54, SEQ ID No. 55, SEQ ID No. 98, SEQ ID No. 99 or a functional fragment thereof;

(b) comprises an amino acid having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID Νο.6, SEQ ID No. 7, SEQ ID No. 8, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 11, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 13, SEQ ID No. 14, SEQ ID No. 15, SEQ ID No. 16, SEQ ID No. 17, SEQ ID No. 18, SEQ ID No. 19, SEQ ID No. 20, SEQ ID No. 21, SEQ ID No. 22, SEQ ID No. 23, SEQ ID No. 24, SEQ ID No. 25, SEQ ID No. 26, SEQ ID No. 27, SEQ ID No. 28, SEQ ID No. 30, SEQ ID No. 31, SEQ ID No. 32, SEQ ID No. 33, SEQ ID No. 34, SEQ ID No. 35, SEQ ID No. 36, SEQ ID No. 37, SEQ ID No. 38, SEQ ID No. 39, SEQ ID No. 40, SEQ ID No. 41, SEQ ID No. 42, SEQ ID No. 43, SEQ ID No. 44, SEQ ID No. 45, SEQ ID No. 46, SEQ ID No. 47, SEQ ID No. 48, SEQ ID No. 49, SEQ ID No. 50, SEQ ID No. 51, SEQ ID No. 52, SEQ ID No. 53, SEQ ID No. 54, SEQ ID No. 55, SEQ ID No. 98, SEQ ID No. 99 or a functional fragment thereof;

(c) is encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence SEQ ID No. 56, SEQ ID No. 57, SEQ ID No. 58, SEQ ID No. 59, SEQ ID No. 60, SEQ ID No. 61, SEQ ID No. 62, SEQ ID No. 63, SEQ ID No. 64, SEQ ID No. 65, SEQ ID No. 66, SEQ ID No. 67, SEQ ID No. 68, SEQ ID No. 69, SEQ ID No. 70, SEQ ID No. 71, SEQ ID No. 72, SEQ ID No. 73, SEQ ID No. 74, SEQ ID No. 75, SEQ ID No. 76, SEQ ID No. 77, SEQ ID No. 78, SEQ ID No. 79, SEQ ID No. 80, SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94, SEQ ID No. 95, SEQ ID No. 96 or SEQ ID No. 97;

(d) is encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising at least about 70% sequence identity to SEQ ID No. 56, SEQ ID No. 57, SEQ ID No. 58, SEQ ID No. 59, SEQ ID No. 60, SEQ ID No. 61, SEQ ID No. 62, SEQ ID No. 63, SEQ ID No. 64, SEQ ID No. 65, SEQ ID No. 66, SEQ ID No. 67, SEQ ID No. 68, SEQ ID No. 69, SEQ ID No. 70, SEQ ID No. 71, SEQ ID No. 72, SEQ ID No. 73, SEQ ID No. 74, SEQ ID No. 75, SEQ ID No. 76, SEQ ID No. 77, SEQ ID No. 78, SEQ ID No. 79, SEQ ID No. 80, SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94, SEQ ID No. 95, SEQ ID No. 96 or SEQ ID No. 97;

(℮) is encoded by a nucleotide sequence which hybridises to SEQ ID No. 56, SEQ ID No. 57, SEQ ID No. 58, SEQ ID No. 59, SEQ ID No. 60, SEQ ID No. 61, SEQ ID No. 62, SEQ ID No. 63, SEQ ID No. 64, SEQ ID No. 65, SEQ ID No. 66, SEQ ID No. 67, SEQ ID No. 68, SEQ ID No. 69, SEQ ID No. 70, SEQ ID No. 71, SEQ ID No. 72, SEQ ID No. 73, SEQ ID No. 74, SEQ ID No. 75, SEQ ID No. 76, SEQ ID No. 77, SEQ ID No. 78, SEQ ID No. 79, SEQ ID No. 80, SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94, SEQ ID No. 95, SEQ ID No. 96 or SEQ ID No. 97 under medium stringency conditions; or

(f) is encoded by a nucleotide sequence which differs from SEQ ID No. 56, SEQ ID No. 57, SEQ ID No. 58, SEQ ID No. 59, SEQ ID No. 60, SEQ ID No. 61, SEQ ID No. 62, SEQ ID No. 63, SEQ ID No. 64, SEQ ID No. 65, SEQ ID No. 66, SEQ ID No. 67, SEQ ID No. 68, SEQ ID No. 69, SEQ ID No. 70, SEQ ID No. 71, SEQ ID No. 72, SEQ ID No. 73, SEQ ID No. 74, SEQ ID No. 75, SEQ ID No. 76, SEQ ID No. 77, SEQ ID No. 78, SEQ ID No. 79, SEQ ID No. 80, SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94, SEQ ID No. 95, SEQ ID No. 96 or SEQ ID No. 97 due to degeneracy of the genetic code.

11. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising SEQ ID No. 56, SEQ ID No. 57, SEQ ID No. 58, SEQ ID No. 59, SEQ ID No. 60, SEQ ID No. 61, SEQ ID No. 62, SEQ ID No. 63, SEQ ID No. 64, SEQ ID No. 65, SEQ ID No. 66, SEQ ID No. 67, SEQ ID No. 68, SEQ ID No. 69, SEQ ID No. 70, SEQ ID No. 71, SEQ ID No. 72, SEQ ID No. 73, SEQ ID No. 74, SEQ ID No. 75, SEQ ID No. 76, SEQ ID No. 77, SEQ ID No. 78, SEQ ID No. 79, SEQ ID No. 80, SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94, SEQ ID No. 95, SEQ ID No. 96, SEQ ID No. 97 or a nucleotide sequence having at least 90% identity thereto or a sequence which hybridises to SEQ ID No. 56, SEQ ID No. 57, SEQ ID No. 58, SEQ ID No. 59, SEQ ID No. 60, SEQ ID No. 61, SEQ ID No. 62, SEQ ID No. 63, SEQ ID No. 64, SEQ ID No. 65, SEQ ID No. 66, SEQ ID No. 67, SEQ ID No. 68, SEQ ID No. 69, SEQ ID No. 70, SEQ ID No. 71, SEQ ID No. 72, SEQ ID No. 73, SEQ ID No. 74, SEQ ID No. 75, SEQ ID No. 76, SEQ ID No. 77, SEQ ID No. 78, SEQ ID No. 79, SEQ ID No. 80, SEQ ID No. 81, SEQ ID No. 82, SEQ ID No. 83, SEQ ID No. 84, SEQ ID No. 85, SEQ ID No. 86, SEQ ID No. 87, SEQ ID No. 88, SEQ ID No. 89, SEQ ID No. 90, SEQ ID No. 91, SEQ ID No. 92, SEQ ID No. 93, SEQ ID No. 94, SEQ ID No. 95, SEQ ID No. 96 or SEQ ID No. 97 under high stringency conditions.

12. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase comprises the amino acid sequence SEQ ID No. 29, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID Νο.6, SEQ ID No. 7, SEQ ID No. 8, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 11, SEQ ID No. 12, SEQ ID No. 13, SEQ ID No. 14, SEQ ID No. 15, SEQ ID No. 16, SEQ ID No. 17, SEQ ID No. 18, SEQ ID No. 19, SEQ ID No. 20, SEQ ID No. 21, SEQ ID No. 22, SEQ ID No. 23, SEQ ID No. 24, SEQ ID No. 25, SEQ ID No. 26, SEQ ID No. 27, SEQ ID No. 28, SEQ ID No. 30, SEQ ID No. 31, SEQ ID No. 32, SEQ ID No. 33, SEQ ID No. 34, SEQ ID No. 35, SEQ ID No. 36, SEQ ID No. 37, SEQ ID No. 38, SEQ ID No. 39, SEQ ID No. 40, SEQ ID No. 41, SEQ ID No. 42, SEQ ID No. 43, SEQ ID No. 44, SEQ ID No. 45, SEQ ID No. 46, SEQ ID No. 47, SEQ ID No. 48, SEQ ID No. 49, SEQ ID No. 50, SEQ ID No. 51, SEQ ID No. 52, SEQ ID No. 53, SEQ ID No. 54, SEQ ID No. 55, SEQ ID No. 98, SEQ ID No. 99 or an amino acid sequence having at least about 90% identity thereto.

13. A feed additive composition obtainable (e.g. obtained) by the method according to any one of the preceding claims.

14. A feed additive composition or a feed ingredient comprising at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of: a salt, polyol including sorbitol and glycerol, wheat or a wheat component, sodium acetate, sodium acetate trihydrate, potassium sorbate Talc, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), benzoate, sorbiate, 1,3-propane diol, glucose, parabens, sodium chloride, citrate, metabisulfite, formate or a combination thereof.

15. A feed additive composition or feed ingredient according to claim 14, wherein said feed additive composition or feed ingredient further comprises at least one endoprotease.

16. A feed additive composition or a feed ingredient according to claim 15 wherein the at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the Νterminus of a peptidehaving

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

(ϋ) (a’) Proline at ΡΤ; and

17. A kit comprising at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

(ϋ) (a’) Proline at ΡΤ; and

(b’) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine,

leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine or synthetic amino acids or amines at Ρ1 and instructions for administering same to an animal.

18. A kit according to claim 17 wherein the kit further comprises at least one endoprotease.

19. A kit according to claim 17 or 18 wherein the at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

(ii) (a’) Proline at Ρ1 and

20. A premix comprising a feed additive composition or feed ingredient according to any one of claims 13 to 16 or a feed additive composition obtainable (preferably obtained) by the method of any one of claims 1-12 and at least one mineral and/or at least one vitamin.

21. A method of preparing a feedstuff comprising contacting a feed component with a feed additive composition or feed ingredient according to any one of claims 13 to 16 or a feed additive composition obtainable (preferably obtained) by the method of any one of claims 1-12 or a premix according to claim 20 or at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

(ii) (a’) Proline at Ρ1 and

22. A feedstuff comprising a feed additive composition or feed ingredient according to any one of claims 13 to 16 or a feed additive composition obtainable (preferably obtained) by the method of any one of claims 1-12 or claim 21 or a premix according to claim 20 or comprising at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

(ii) (a’) Proline at Ρ1 and

23. A method for improving a biophysical characteristic of an animal or for improving protein digestibility of an animal which method comprises administering to an animal a feed additive composition obtainable (e.g. obtained) by the method or use of any one of claims 1-12 or a feed additive composition according to any one of claims 13 to 16 or a feedstuff according to claim 22 or a premix according to claim 20 or at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

(ϋ) (a’) Proline at Ρ1 and

optionally at least one feed component and/or at least one mineral and/or at least one vitamin.

24. A method according to claim 23, wherein the method comprises administering to an animal at least one endoprotease.

25. A method according to claim 23 or 24 wherein the at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

(ii) (a’) Proline at Ρ1 and

26. Use of a feed additive composition or feed ingredient according to any one of claims 13-16 or a feed additive composition obtainable (preferably obtained) by the method according to any one of claims 1-12 or a feed or feedstuff according to claim 22 or a premix according to claim 20 or at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

(ii) (a’) Proline at Ρ1 and

27. A use according to claim 26 wherein at least one endoprotease is used in combination.

28. A use according to claim 26 or 27 wherein the at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having:

(i) (A) Proline at Ρ1; and

(ii) (a’) Proline at Ρ1 and

29. A method according to any one of claims 23-25 or a use according to any one of claims 26-28, wherein the biophysical characteristic is selected from the group consisting of one or more of the following: performance of the animal, growth performance of an animal, feed conversion ratio (FCR), ability to digest a raw material (e.g. nutrient digestibility, including starch, fat, protein, fibre digestibility), nitrogen digestibility (e.g. ileal nitrogen digestibility) and digestible energy (e.g. ileal digestible energy), nitrogen retention, carcass yield, growth rate, weight gain, body weight, mass, feed efficiency, body fat percentage, body fat distribution, growth, egg size, egg weight, egg mass, egg laying rate, lean gain, bone ash %, bone ash mg, back fat %, milk output, milk fat %, reproductive outputs such as litter size, litter survivability, hatchability % and environmental impact, e.g. manure output and/or nitrogen excretion.

30. A method according to any one of claims 23-25 or 29, or a use according to any one of claims 26-29, wherein the biophysical characteristic is the ability to digest protein.

31. A method according to any one of claims 1-12 or 23-25 or 29-30 or a use according to any one of claims 26-30 wherein the at least one endoprotease, proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase or combination thereof is admixed with the at least one protein or portion thereof immediately prior to feeding the feed additive composition to an animal.

32. A method according to any one of claims 1-12 or 23-25 or 29-31 or a use according to any one of claims 26-31 wherein the at least one endoprotease, proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase or combination thereof is activated by feeding the at least one endoprotease, tripeptidyl peptidase or combination thereof to an animal.

33. A method according to any one of claims 1-12 or 23-25 or 29-32 or a use according to any one of claims 26-32 wherein the endoprotease and proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is functional, or primarily functional, in the gastrointestinal tract of the animal.

34. A method according to any one of claims 1-12 or 23-25 or 29-33 or a use according to any one of claims 26-32 or feed additive composition according to any one of claims 13-16 or premix according to claim 20 or feedstuff according to claim 22 wherein the endoprotease and/or proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase are inactive (or substantially inactive) in the feed additive composition and/or in the premix and/or in the feedstuff prior to feeding the feed additive composition and/or premix and/or feedstuff to an animal.

35. A method according to any one of claims 1-12 or 23-25 or 29-34 or a use according to any one of claims 26-34, wherein the at least one endoprotease and at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase are active in the duodenum and parts of the gastrointestinal tract of the animal preceding the duodenum.

36. A method according to any one of claims 1-12 or 23-25 or 29-35 or a use according to any one of claims 26-35, wherein when fed to an animal the feed additive composition does not substantially increase the incidence of necrotic enteritis in said animal when compared to an animal not fed said feed additive composition.

37. A method, use, feed additive composition, feed additive kit, feed or feedstuff or premix as described herein with reference to the description, examples and figures.

CPC - классификация

A A2 A23 A23J A23J3 A23J3/A23J3/3 A23J3/34 A23K A23K1 A23K10 A23K10/A23K10/1 A23K10/14 A23K2 A23K20 A23K20/A23K20/1 A23K20/14 A23K20/147 A23K5 A23K50 A23K50/A23K50/3 A23K50/30 A23K50/7 A23K50/75 C C1 C12 C12N C12N9 C12N9/C12N9/4 C12N9/48 C12N9/485 C12P C12P2 C12P21 C12P21/C12P21/0 C12P21/06 C12Y C12Y3 C12Y30 C12Y304 C12Y304/C12Y304/1 C12Y304/14 C12Y304/140 C12Y304/1400 C12Y304/14009

IPC - классификация

A A2 A23 A23J A23J3 A23J3/A23J3/3 A23J3/34 C C1 C12 C12N C12N9 C12N9/C12N9/4 C12N9/48 C12P C12P2 C12P21 C12P21/C12P21/0 C12P21/06

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