EP2175876A1 - Mittel enthaltend proteasen aus stenotrophomonas maltophilia - Google Patents
Mittel enthaltend proteasen aus stenotrophomonas maltophiliaInfo
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- C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
- C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
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- the invention relates to compositions compositions, in particular detergents and cleaners containing a protease from a strain of the species Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and these proteases themselves. Furthermore, the invention relates to purification processes in which these agents are used and uses of these agents. Furthermore, the invention relates to the preparation and use of these proteases themselves.
- proteases of the subtilisin type are preferably used.
- subtilisins BPN 'and Carlsberg the protease PB92, the subtilisins 147 and 309, the alkaline protease from Bacillus lentus, subtilisin DY, and the subtilases, not but more to the subtilisins in the narrower sense, enzymes thermitase, proteinase K and the proteases TW3 and TW7.
- Subtilisin Carlsberg is available in a further developed form under the trade name Alcalase® from Novozymes A / S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark.
- the subtilisins 147 and 309 are sold under the trade names Esperase®, and Savinase® by the company Novozymes.
- the protease from Bacillus lentus DSM 5483 (WO 91/02792 A1) is derived from the variants described under the name BLAP®, which are described in particular in WO 92/21760 A1, WO 95/23221 A1, WO 02/088340 A2 and WO 03 / 038082 A2.
- Other useful proteases from various Bacillus sp. and B. gibsonii are apparent from the patent applications WO 03/054185 A1, WO 03/056017 A2, WO 03/055974 A2 and WO 03/054184 A1.
- proteases are, for example, those under the trade names Durazym®, Relase®, Everlase®, Nafizym, Natalase®, Kannase® and Ovozyme® from Novozymes, which are available under the trade names, Purafect®, Purafect® OxP, Purafect® Prime and Properase ® from Genencor, sold under the trade name Protosol® by Advanced Biochemicals Ltd., Thane, India, under the trade name Wuxi® by Wuxi Snyder Bioproducts Ltd., China, under the trade names Proleather® and Protease P From Amano Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Nagoya, Japan, and that available under the name Proteinase K-16 from Kao Corp., Tokyo, Japan.
- proteases used in the compositions according to the invention are either originally derived from microorganisms, for example the genera Bacillus, Streptomyces, Humicola or Pseudomonas, and / or are produced by biotechnological methods known per se by suitable microorganisms, for example by transgenic expression hosts of the genera Bacillus or by filamentous fungi ,
- a disadvantage of these preferably in detergents and cleaning agents used proteases from the prior art is that they have, particularly at low temperatures, for example between 2O 0 C and 6O 0 C, no satisfactory proteolytic activity and, therefore, in particular in laundry detergents and dishwashing detergents in this Temperature range does not show optimal cleaning performance.
- the present invention is therefore based on the object to provide means that at low temperatures, in particular in a temperature range between 20 and 60 0 C, an improved removal of proteinaceous residues with respect to at least one soiling, preferably with respect to several soils show.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide such protease enzymes which are suitable for use in agents according to the invention and which are distinguished by a good, preferably improved proteolytic activity with respect to at least one soiling, preferably with respect to several soils, in the above-mentioned temperature range, when used in inventive compositions.
- An object of the invention thus comprises agents comprising a protease which is naturally present in a bacterial strain of the species Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and / or which comprises an amino acid sequence which corresponds to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 2 or SEQ ID NO. 6 or SEQ ID NO. 8 or SEQ ID NO. 10 or SEQ ID NO. 12 amino acid sequence in a portion of at least 100 contiguous amino acid residues is at least 50% identical.
- the agents comprise a protease which comprises an amino acid sequence which corresponds to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 2 or SEQ ID NO. 6 or SEQ ID NO. 8 or SEQ ID NO. 10 or SEQ ID NO.
- the agents comprise a protease which comprises an amino acid sequence which corresponds to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 2 or SEQ ID NO. 6 or SEQ ID NO. 8 or SEQ ID NO. 10 or SEQ ID NO. 12 indicated amino acid sequence is at least 50% identical.
- proteases and nucleic acids or corresponding portions described in the present application are preferably naturally present in a bacterial strain of the species Stenotrophomonas maltophilia or in bacteria belonging to such a bacterial strain. They are therefore also available from such bacteria.
- protease is a bacterial protease that can be isolated from the bacterium. Therefore, in particular those proteases which have been introduced into a bacterial strain according to the invention by means of genetic engineering methods and are not included in it are not included be expressed recombinantly.
- General proteases known from the prior art and produced using a bacterial strain according to the invention - ie for which the bacterial strain of the species Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is merely the production organism on the basis of the introduction of the gene coding for the protease into this organism by means of genetic engineering processes - are therefore not the subject of the invention.
- sections according to the invention is essential for the consideration of all subject invention, since the proteases are posttranslationally modified.
- they may comprise amino acid sequences such as, for example, one or more N-terminal signal peptide (s) (eg as a secretion signal) and / or one or more further propeptide (s) and / or one or more further domain (s) present in the mature protein, ie the mature protease, are no longer present.
- Parts particularly preferred according to the invention in particular for use in agents, methods and uses according to the invention, are therefore those which confer the proteolytic activity, i. which are proteolytically active.
- the cuts according to the invention are the finished processed, i. mature proteases formed by bacteria of the respective bacterial strain of the species Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. In addition to possible further modifications, for example, these no longer have an N-terminal signal peptide.
- the classical procedure for obtaining the enzymes is known to the expert in the field of enzyme technology and consists of removing the microorganism-containing samples from, for example, natural habitats and cultivating them under the conditions considered suitable, for example in an alkaline medium. In this way, enrichment cultures of the microorganisms containing the desired enzymes, in this case the protease enzymes, which are active under the conditions in question, are obtained. From this, the microorganisms with the most efficient enzymes are then selected and purified or cloned, for example, by plating on proteinaceous agar plates and measuring the lysis farms formed.
- WO 00/24882 A1 also discloses a method for producing a gene bank which is obtained by cultivating and thus enriching samples containing microorganisms from any habitat, for example the rumen, under the conditions of interest and isolating and cloning nucleic acids of interest ,
- a gene bank which is obtained by cultivating and thus enriching samples containing microorganisms from any habitat, for example the rumen, under the conditions of interest and isolating and cloning nucleic acids of interest ,
- any habitat for example the rumen
- Detergents and cleaning agents used For example, after logging in
- alkaline proteases which are formed by microorganisms which can be isolated from natural habitats are described, for example, in the applications WO 03/054185 A1 (from Bacillus gibsonii (DSM 14391)), WO 03/056017 A2 (from Bacillus sp. (DSM 14390) ), WO 03/055974 A2 (from Bacillus sp. (DSM 14392)) and WO 03/054184 A1 (from Bacillus gibsonii (DSM 14393)). All of these applications also disclose corresponding detergents and cleaners containing these novel alkaline proteases.
- the protease contained in the agents according to the invention comprises an amino acid sequence which corresponds to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 2 or SEQ ID NO. 6 or SEQ ID NO. 8 or SEQ ID NO. 10 or SEQ ID NO. 12 amino acid sequence in a portion of at least 100 contiguous amino acid residues increasingly preferably at least 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 95.5%, 96%, 96.5%, 97%, 97.5% 98%, 98.5%, 99%, 99.5%, and most preferably 100% identical.
- the agents comprise a protease which comprises an amino acid sequence which corresponds to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 2 or SEQ ID NO. 6 or SEQ ID NO. 8 or SEQ ID NO. 10 or SEQ ID NO. 12 amino acid sequence in a portion of increasingly preferred 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 477, 500, 550, 578 contiguous amino acid residues increasingly preferably at least 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75% , 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 95.5%, 96%, 96.5%, 97%, 97.5% 98%, 98.5%, 99%, 99.5% and all more preferably 100% identical.
- the portion is selected such that its C-terminus corresponds to position 470 or position 471 or position 472 or position 473 or position 474 or position 475 or position 476 or position 477 or position 478 or position 479 or position 480, based on SEQ ID NO. 2.
- the agents comprise a protease which comprises an amino acid sequence which corresponds to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 2 or SEQ ID NO. 6 or SEQ ID NO. 8 or SEQ ID NO. 10 or SEQ ID NO. 12 is more preferably at least 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 95.5%, 96%, 96.5%, 97%, 97.5% 98%, 98.5%, 99%, 99.5% and most preferably 100% identical.
- the agent is characterized in that the washing performance of the protease contained corresponds at least to that of a protease which comprises an amino acid sequence which corresponds to that shown in SEQ ID NO. 12 indicated amino acid sequence or in SEQ ID NO.
- the washing performance is determined in a washing system comprising a detergent in one Dosage between 4.5 and 7.0 grams per liter of wash liquor and the protease contains, wherein the proteases to be compared are used in the same activity and the washing performance against a soy Whole / soot or whole egg / pigment on cotton, especially the soiling Vollei / pigment on Cotton 10N, is determined by measuring the whiteness of the washed textiles, the washing process for at least 30 minutes, optionally 60 minutes, at a temperature of 4O 0 C and the water has a water hardness between 15.5 and 16.5 ° German hardness.
- the terms whole egg / carbon black or whole egg / pigment are to be regarded as equivalent and mutually corresponding with regard to soiling.
- a suitable soiling is, for example, the commercially available soiling 10N (full egg / pigment) of the wfk Testgewebe GmbH (Christenfeld 10, D-41379 Brüggen-Bracht, Germany).
- a preferred liquid detergent for such a washing system is composed as follows (all figures in weight percent): 0.3- 0.5% xanthan gum, 0.2-0.4% anti-foaming agent, 6-7% glycerol, 0.3-0.5% ethanol, 4-7% FAEOS (fatty alcohol ether sulfate), 24-28% nonionic surfactants, 1% boric acid, 1-2% sodium citrate (dihydrate), 2-4% soda, 14-16% coconut Fatty acids, 0.5% HEDP (1-hydroxyethane- (1, 1-di-phosphonic acid)), 0-0.4% PVP (polyvinylpyrrolidone), 0-0.05% optical brightener, 0-0.001% dye, Rest demineralized water.
- the dosage of the liquid detergent is between 4.5 and 5.5 grams per liter of wash liquor, for example, 4.9 grams per liter of wash liquor. Preference is given to washing in a pH range between pH 8 and pH 10.5, preferably between pH 8 and pH 9.
- a preferred powdered detergent for such a washing system is composed as follows (all figures in weight percent): 10% linear alkylbenzenesulfonate (sodium salt), 1.5% C12-C18 fatty alcohol sulfate (sodium salt), 2.0% C12-C18 fatty alcohol with 7 EO, 20% sodium carbonate, 6.5% sodium bicarbonate, 4.0% amorphous sodium disilicate, 17% sodium carbonate peroxohydrate, 4.0% TAED, 3.0% polyacrylate, 1.0% carboxymethylcellulose, 1.0% phosphonate, 25 % Sodium sulfate, balance: optional foam inhibitors, optical brightener, fragrances and possibly water ad 100%.
- the dosage of the liquid detergent is between 6.0 and 7.0 grams per liter of wash liquor, for example, 6.7 grams per liter of wash liquor.
- the degree of whiteness i. the brightening of the stains, is preferably determined by optical measuring methods, preferably photometrically.
- a suitable device for this purpose is for example the spectrometer Minolta CM508d.
- the devices used for the measurement are previously calibrated with a white standard, preferably a supplied white standard.
- the activity-like use ensures that, even if the ratio of active substance to total protein (the values of the specific activity) diverge, the respective enzymatic properties, for example the washing performance of certain soils, are compared. In general, a low specific activity can be compensated by adding a larger amount of protein.
- Methods for the determination of the protease activities are familiar to the expert in the field of enzyme technology and are routinely used by him. For example, such methods are disclosed in Tenside, Vol. 7 (1970), pp. 125-132.
- the protease activity is preferably indicated in PE (protease units).
- suitable protease activities are 5 or 10 PE (protease units) per ml wash liquor. However, the protease activity is not equal to zero.
- the agent is characterized in that the agent comprises a detergent, hand washing detergent, dishwashing detergent, hand dishwashing detergent, machine dishwashing detergent, cleaning agent, denture or contact lens care agent, rinse aid, disinfectant or a means for treating filter media, textiles, furs, Paper, skins or leather, is.
- the agent is characterized in that it is a laundry detergent or a dishwashing detergent.
- compositions especially mixtures, formulations, solutions, etc., the utility of which is improved by addition of a protein of the invention described above, within the scope of the present invention.
- these may be, for example, solid mixtures, for example powders with freeze-dried or encapsulated proteins, or gel or liquid agents.
- Preferred formulations contain, for example, buffer substances, stabilizers, reaction partners and / or cofactors of the proteases and / or other ingredients synergistic with the proteases.
- this appropriation is to be understood as the areas of application set out below. Further fields of application emerge from the prior art and are described, for example, in the manual "Industrial Enzymes and their Applications" by H. UhNg, Wiley-Verlag, New York, 1998.
- an agent according to the invention is characterized in that it comprises a detergent, hand washing detergent, dishwashing detergent, hand dishwashing detergent, machine dishwashing detergent, cleaning agent, denture or contact lens care agent, rinse aid, disinfectant, cosmetic agent, pharmaceutical agent or a means for treating filter media, textiles , Furs, paper, skins or leather, is.
- This subject of the invention are attributed as a preferred embodiment means, which are detergents or cleaning agents.
- This subject matter of the invention includes all conceivable types of detergents, both concentrates and agents to be used undiluted, for use on a commercial scale, in the washing machine or in hand washing or cleaning.
- detergents for textiles, carpets, or natural fibers, for which according to the present invention the term laundry detergent is used.
- laundry detergent includes, for example, dishwashing detergents for dishwashers or manual dishwashing detergents or cleaners for hard surfaces such as metal, glass, porcelain, ceramics, tiles, stone, painted surfaces, plastics, wood or leather; for such according to the present invention, the term cleaning agent is used.
- An agent according to the invention can be either a means for large consumers or technical users as well as a product for the private consumer, wherein all types of detergents and cleaning agents established in the prior art also constitute embodiments of the present invention. These include, for example, concentrates and undiluted agents for use on a commercial scale, in the washing machine or in hand washing or cleaning. Likewise, for example, laundry detergents for textiles, carpets, or natural fibers, for which according to the present invention, the term detergent is used. Furthermore, these include, for example, dishwashing detergents for dishwashers or manual dishwashing detergents or hard surface cleaners such as metal, Glass, porcelain, ceramics, tiles, stone, painted surfaces, plastics, wood or leather; for such according to the present invention, the term cleaning agent is used.
- Embodiments of the present invention include all established and / or all appropriate dosage forms. These include, for example, solid, powdery, liquid, gelatinous or pasty agents, which may optionally also consist of several phases and may be present in compressed or uncompressed form. Another subject of the invention are therefore agents which are characterized in that they are present as a one-component system. Such means preferably consist of one phase. Of course, means according to the invention may also consist of several phases. A further subject of the invention therefore form means which are characterized in that they are divided into several components.
- the dosage forms according to the invention also include extrudates, granules, tablets or pouches, which may be present both in large packages and in portions.
- an agent according to the invention is characterized in that it contains the protease in an amount of from 2 ⁇ g to 20 mg, preferably from 5 ⁇ g to 17.5 mg, more preferably from 20 ⁇ g to 15 mg and most preferably from 50 ⁇ g to 10 mg contains per g of the agent.
- the detergents or cleaning agents according to the invention may contain, in addition to the active ingredient used according to the invention - a protease according to the invention - in principle all known ingredients customary in such agents, where at least another ingredient is present in the agent.
- the agents according to the invention may in particular be builders, surface-active surfactants, bleaches based on organic and / or inorganic peroxygen compounds, bleach activators, water-miscible organic solvents, enzymes, sequestering agents, electrolytes, pH regulators and other auxiliaries such as optical brighteners, grayness inhibitors, foam regulators and dyes and fragrances and combinations thereof.
- a combination of a protease according to the invention with one or more further ingredients of the compositions proves to be advantageous, since such an agent has an improved cleaning performance by resulting synergisms, in particular between the protease and the further ingredient.
- the agent effects an improved removal of stains, for example proteinaceous stains, in comparison with an agent which either contains only one of the two components or also in comparison with the expected cleaning performance of an agent with both components due to the mere addition of respective individual contributions of these two components to the cleaning performance of the agent.
- an inventive Protease with one of the surfactants and / or builders and / or bleaches described below, such synergism is achieved.
- compositions according to the invention may comprise one or more surfactants, in particular anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants and mixtures thereof, but also cationic, zwitterionic and amphoteric surfactants.
- Suitable nonionic surfactants are in particular alkyl glycosides and ethoxylation and / or propoxylation of alkyl glycosides or linear or branched alcohols each having 12 to 18 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety and 3 to 20, preferably 4 to 10 alkyl ether groups. Furthermore, corresponding ethoxylation and / or propoxylation of N-alkyl-amines, vicinal diols, fatty acid esters and fatty acid amides, which correspond to said long-chain alcohol derivatives with respect to the alkyl moiety, and of alkylphenols having 5 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical.
- the nonionic surfactants used are preferably alkoxylated, advantageously ethoxylated, in particular primary, alcohols having preferably 8 to 18 carbon atoms and on average 1 to 12 moles of ethylene oxide (EO) per mole of alcohol, in which the alcohol radical can be linear or preferably methyl-branched in the 2-position or may contain linear and methyl-branched radicals in the mixture, as they are usually present in Oxoalkoholresten.
- EO ethylene oxide
- alcohol ethoxylates with linear radicals of alcohols of natural origin having 12 to 18 carbon atoms, for example of coconut, palm, tallow or oleyl alcohol, and on average 2 to 8 EO per mole of alcohol are preferred.
- Preferred ethoxylated alcohols include, for example, C 12 - C 4 alcohols containing 3 EO or 4 EO, C 9 -C i-alcohols containing 7 EO, C 3 -C 5 alcohols containing 3 EO, 5 EO, 7 EO or 8 EO, Ci 2 -Ci 8 alcohols with 3 EO, 5 EO or 7 EO and mixtures of these, such as mixtures of Ci 2 -Ci 4 -alcohol with 3 EO and Ci 2 -C- 8- alcohol with 7 EO.
- the degrees of ethoxylation given represent statistical means which, for a particular product, may be an integer or a fractional number.
- Preferred alcohol ethoxylates have a narrow homolog distribution (narrow rank ethoxylates, NRE).
- fatty alcohols with more than 12 EO can also be used. Examples of these are (TaIg) fatty alcohols with 14 EO, 16 EO, 20 EO, 25 EO, 30 EO or 40 EO.
- agents for use in mechanical processes usually extremely low-foam compounds are used. These include, preferably, C 12 -C 18 -alkyl polyethylene glycol polypropylene glycol ethers, each containing up to 8 moles of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide units in the molecule.
- low-foam nonionic surfactants such as, for example, C 12 -C 18 -alkylpolyethyleneglycol-polybutylene glycol ethers having up to 8 mol of ethylene oxide and butylene oxide units in the molecule as well as end-capped alkylpolyalkylene glycol mixed ethers.
- hydroxyl-containing alkoxylated alcohols as described in European Patent Application EP 0 300 305, so-called hydroxy mixed ethers.
- the nonionic surfactants also include alkyl glycosides of the general formula RO (G) x in which R is a primary straight-chain or methyl-branched, in particular 2-methyl-branched aliphatic radical having 8 to 22, preferably 12 to 18 carbon atoms and G represents a glycose unit having 5 or 6 C atoms, preferably glucose.
- the degree of oligomerization x which indicates the distribution of monoglycosides and oligoglycosides, is an arbitrary number - which, as a variable to be determined analytically, may also assume fractional values - between 1 and 10; preferably x is 1, 2 to 1, 4.
- polyhydroxy fatty acid amides of the formula (III) in which R 1 is CO for an aliphatic acyl radical having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, R 2 is hydrogen, an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and [Z] is a linear or branched polyhydroxyalkyl radical having 3 to 10 carbon atoms and 3 to 10 hydroxyl groups:
- the polyhydroxy fatty acid amides are preferably derived from reducing sugars having 5 or 6 carbon atoms, in particular from glucose.
- the group of polyhydroxy fatty acid amides also includes compounds of the formula (IV)
- R 3 is a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having 7 to 12 carbon atoms
- R 4 is a linear, branched or cyclic alkylene residue or an arylene radical having 2 to 8 carbon atoms
- R 5 is a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group or a Aryl radical or an oxy-alkyl radical having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, wherein dC 4 alkyl or phenyl radicals are preferred
- [Z] is a linear polyhydroxyalkyl radical whose alkyl chain is substituted with at least two hydroxyl groups, or alkoxylated, preferably ethoxylated or propoxylated derivatives this rest stands.
- [Z] is also obtained here preferably by reductive amination of a sugar such as glucose, fructose, maltose, lactose, galactose, mannose or xylose.
- a sugar such as glucose, fructose, maltose, lactose, galactose, mannose or xylose.
- the N-alkoxy- or N-aryloxy-substituted compounds can then be converted into the desired polyhydroxy fatty acid amides, for example by reaction with fatty acid methyl esters in the presence of an alkoxide as catalyst.
- nonionic surfactants used either as the sole nonionic surfactant or in combination with other nonionic surfactants, in particular together with alkoxylated fatty alcohols and / or alkyl glycosides, are alkoxylated, preferably ethoxylated or ethoxylated and propoxylated fatty acid alkyl esters, preferably having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain, in particular fatty acid methyl ester.
- Nonionic surfactants of the amine oxide type for example N-cocoalkyl-N, N-dimethylamine oxide and N-tallowalkyl-N, N-dihydroxyethylamine oxide, and the fatty acid alkanolamides may also be suitable.
- nonionic surfactants are so-called gemini surfactants. These are generally understood as meaning those compounds which have two hydrophilic groups per molecule. These groups are usually separated by a so-called "spacer". This spacer is typically a carbon chain that should be long enough for the hydrophilic groups to be spaced sufficiently apart for them to act independently of each other. Such surfactants are generally characterized by an unusually low critical micelle concentration and the ability to greatly reduce the surface tension of the water. In exceptional cases, the term gemini surfactants not only such "dimer”, but also corresponding to "trimeric” surfactants understood.
- Suitable gemini surfactants are, for example, sulfated hydroxy mixed ethers or dimer alcohol bis and trimer alcohol tris sulfates and ether sulfates. End-capped dimeric and trimeric mixed ethers are characterized in particular by their antibiotic activity. Thus, the end-capped surfactants mentioned have good wetting properties and are low foaming, so that they are particularly suitable for use in machine washing or cleaning processes. However, it is also possible to use gemini-polyhydroxy fatty acid amides or poly-polyhydroxy fatty acid amides.
- Schwefelkladoester the ethoxylated with 1 to 6 moles of ethylene oxide, linear or branched C 7 -C 2 i-alcohols such as 2-methyl-branched C 9 -CN alcohols containing on average 3.5 mol ethylene oxide (EO) or C 2 - Ci 8 fatty alcohols with 1 to 4 EO.
- the preferred anionic surfactants also include the salts of alkylsulfosuccinic acid, which are also referred to as sulfosuccinates or as sulfosuccinic acid esters, and the monoesters and / or diesters of sulfosuccinic acid with alcohols, preferably fatty alcohols and in particular ethoxylated fatty alcohols.
- alcohols preferably fatty alcohols and in particular ethoxylated fatty alcohols.
- Preferred sulfosuccinates contain C 8 - to C 8 - fatty alcohol radicals or mixtures thereof.
- Particularly preferred sulfosuccinates contain a fatty alcohol residue derived from ethoxylated fatty alcohols, which by themselves are nonionic surfactants.
- Sulfosuccinates whose fatty alcohol residues are derived from ethoxylated fatty alcohols with a narrow homolog distribution, are again particularly preferred.
- alk (en) ylsuccinic acid having preferably 8 to 18 carbon atoms in the Al k (en) yl chain or salts thereof.
- Suitable further anionic surfactants are fatty acid derivatives of amino acids, for example N-methyltaurine (Tauride) and / or N-methylglycine (sarcosides).
- sarcosides or the sarcosinates and here especially sarcosinates of higher and optionally monounsaturated or polyunsaturated fatty acids such as oleyl sarcosinate.
- anionic surfactants are particularly soaps into consideration.
- Particularly suitable are saturated fatty acid soaps, such as the salts of lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, hydrogenated erucic acid and behenic acid and, in particular, soap mixtures derived from natural fatty acids, for example coconut, palm kernel or tallow fatty acids. Together with these soaps or as a substitute for soaps, it is also possible to use the known alkenylsuccinic acid salts.
- the anionic surfactants may be in the form of their sodium, potassium or ammonium salts and as soluble salts of organic bases, such as mono-, di- or triethanolamine.
- the anionic surfactants are preferably present in the form of their sodium or potassium salts, in particular in the form of the sodium salts.
- Surfactants are present in inventive compositions in proportions of preferably 5 wt .-% to 50 wt .-%, in particular from 8 wt .-% to 30 wt .-%.
- An agent according to the invention preferably contains at least one water-soluble and / or water-insoluble, organic and / or inorganic builder.
- the water-soluble organic builder substances include polycarboxylic acids, in particular citric acid and sugar acids, monomeric and polymeric aminopolycarboxylic acids, in particular methylglycine diacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and polyaspartic acid, polyphosphonic acids, in particular aminotris (methylenephosphonic acid), ethylenediaminetetrakis (methylenephosphonic acid) and 1-hydroxyethane-1, 1-diphosphonic acid, polymeric hydroxy compounds such as dextrin and polymeric (poly) carboxylic acids, in particular the accessible by oxidation of polysaccharides or dextrins polycarboxylates, polymeric acrylic acids, methacrylic acids, maleic acids and copolymers thereof, which also small amounts of polymerizable substances without carboxylic acid functionality
- the molecular weight of the homopolymers of unsaturated carboxylic acids is generally between 3,000 and 200,000, of the copolymers between 2,000 and 200,000, preferably 30,000 to 120,000, each based on the free acid.
- a particularly preferred acrylic acid-maleic acid copolymer has a molecular weight of from 30,000 to 100,000.
- Commercially available products are, for example, Sokalan® CP 5, CP 10 and PA 30 from BASF.
- Suitable, although less preferred, compounds of this class are copolymers of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid with vinyl ethers, such as vinylmethyl ethers, vinyl esters, ethylene, propylene and styrene, in which the proportion of the acid is at least 50% by weight.
- the first acidic monomer relates to The salt thereof is derived from a monoethylenically unsaturated C 3 -C 8 -carboxylic acid and preferably from a C 3 -C 4 -monocarboxylic acid, in particular from (meth) -acrylic acid.
- the second acidic monomer or its salt may be a derivative of a C 4 -C 8 -dicarboxylic acid, with maleic acid being particularly preferred, and / or a derivative of an allylsulfonic acid substituted in the 2-position with an alkyl or aryl radical.
- Such polymers generally have a molecular weight between 1,000 and 200,000.
- Further preferred copolymers are those which preferably have as monomers acrolein and acrylic acid / acrylic acid salts or vinyl acetate.
- the organic builder substances can be used, in particular for the preparation of liquid agents, in the form of aqueous solutions, preferably in the form of 30 to 50 percent by weight aqueous solutions. All of the acids mentioned are generally used in the form of their water-soluble salts, in particular their alkali metal salts.
- organic builder substances may be present in amounts of up to 40% by weight, in particular up to 25% by weight and preferably from 1% by weight to 8% by weight. Quantities close to the stated upper limit are preferably used in paste-form or liquid, in particular water-containing, agents according to the invention.
- Suitable water-soluble inorganic builder materials are, in particular, alkali metal silicates, alkali metal carbonates and alkali metal phosphates, which may be in the form of their alkaline, neutral or acidic sodium or potassium salts.
- alkali metal silicates alkali metal carbonates and alkali metal phosphates, which may be in the form of their alkaline, neutral or acidic sodium or potassium salts.
- examples of these are trisodium phosphate, tetra sodium diphosphate, disodium dihydrogen diphosphate, pentasodium triphosphate, so-called sodium hexametaphosphate, oligomeric trisodium phosphate with degrees of oligomerization of from 5 to 1000, in particular from 5 to 50, and the corresponding potassium salts or mixtures of sodium and potassium salts.
- Crystalline or amorphous alkali metal aluminosilicates in amounts of up to 50% by weight, preferably not more than 40% by weight, and in liquid agents, in particular from 1% by weight to 5% by weight, are particularly suitable as water-insoluble, water-dispersible inorganic builder materials.
- suitable aluminosilicates have no particles with a particle size greater than 30 .mu.m and preferably consist of at least 80% by weight of particles having a size of less than 10 .mu.m.
- Their calcium binding capacity which can be determined according to the specifications of the German patent DE 24 12 837, is generally in the range of 100 to 200 mg CaO per gram.
- Suitable substitutes or partial substitutes for the said aluminosilicate are crystalline alkali silicates which may be present alone or in a mixture with amorphous silicates.
- the in the Inventive agents useful as builders alkali metal silicates preferably have a molar ratio of alkali metal oxide to SiO 2 below 0.95, in particular from 1: 1, 1 to 1: 12 and can be present amorphous or crystalline.
- Preferred alkali metal silicates are the sodium silicates, in particular the amorphous sodium silicates, with a molar ratio of Na 2 O: SiO 2 of 1: 2 to 1: 2.8.
- the crystalline silicates which may be present alone or in admixture with amorphous silicates, are crystalline layer silicates with the general formula Na 2 Si x O y are used 2x + 1 H 2 O, in which x, known as the modulus, an integer of 1, 9 to 22, in particular 1, 9 to 4 and y is a number from 0 to 33 and preferred values for x are 2, 3 or 4.
- Preferred crystalline phyllosilicates are those in which x in the abovementioned general formula assumes the values 2 or 3. In particular, both ⁇ - and ⁇ -sodium disilicates (Na 2 Si 2 O 5 y H 2 O) are preferred.
- amorphous alkali silicates practically anhydrous crystalline alkali silicates of the abovementioned general formula in which x is a number from 1, 9 to 2.1, can be used in inventive compositions.
- a crystalline sodium layer silicate with a modulus of 2 to 3 is used, as can be prepared from sand and soda. Crystalline sodium silicates with a modulus in the range of 1.9 to 3.5 are used in a further preferred embodiment of compositions according to the invention.
- Crystalline layer-form silicates of formula (I) given above are sold by Clariant GmbH under the trade name Na-SKS, eg Na-SKS-1 (Na 2 Si 22 O 45 XH 2 O, Kenyaite), Na-SKS-2 (Na 2 Si 14 O 29 XH 2 O, magadiite), Na-SKS-3 (Na 2 Si 8 O 17 XH 2 O) or Na-SKS-4 (Na 2 Si 4 O 9 XH 2 O, makatite).
- Na-SKS eg Na-SKS-1 (Na 2 Si 22 O 45 XH 2 O, Kenyaite)
- Na-SKS-2 Na 2 Si 14 O 29 XH 2 O, magadiite
- Na-SKS-3 Na 2 Si 8 O 17 XH 2 O
- Na-SKS-4 Na 2 Si 4 O 9 XH 2 O, makatite
- Na-SKS-5 OC-Na 2 Si 2 O 5
- Na-SKS-7 ⁇ -Na 2 Si 2 0 5 , natrosilite
- Na-SKS-9 NaHSi 2 O 5 3H 2 O
- Na-SKS-10 NaHSi 2 O 5 3H 2 O, kanemite
- Na-SKS-11 t-Na 2 Si 2 0 5
- Na-SKS-13 NaHSi 2 O 5
- Na-SKS-6 5-Na 2 Si 2 O 5 .
- composition according to the invention a granular compound of crystalline phyllosilicate and citrate, of crystalline phyllosilicate and of the above-mentioned (co-) polymeric polycarboxylic acid, or of alkali silicate and alkali metal carbonate, such as, for example, commercially available under the name Nabion® 15, is used ,
- Builder substances are preferably present in the compositions according to the invention in amounts of up to 75% by weight, in particular 5% by weight to 50.
- suitable peroxygen compounds are in particular organic peracids or pers acid salts of organic acids, such as phthalimidopercaproic acid, perbenzoic acid or salts of diperdodecanedioic acid, hydrogen peroxide and under the washing conditions hydrogen peroxide donating inorganic salts, which include perborate, percarbonate, persilicate and / or persulfate Caroat belong into consideration.
- organic peracids or pers acid salts of organic acids such as phthalimidopercaproic acid, perbenzoic acid or salts of diperdodecanedioic acid, hydrogen peroxide and under the washing conditions hydrogen peroxide donating inorganic salts, which include perborate, percarbonate, persilicate and / or persulfate Caroat belong into consideration.
- solid peroxygen compounds are to be used, they can be used in the form of powders or granules, which can also be enveloped in a manner known in principle.
- an agent according to the invention contains peroxygen compounds, these are available in quantities of preferably up to 50% by weight, in particular from 5% by weight to 30% by weight.
- bleach stabilizers such as phosphonates, borates or metaborates and metasilicates and magnesium salts such as magnesium sulfate may be useful.
- bleach activators it is possible to use compounds which, under perhydrolysis conditions, give aliphatic peroxycarboxylic acids having preferably 1 to 10 C atoms, in particular 2 to 4 C atoms, and / or optionally substituted perbenzoic acid.
- Suitable substances are those which carry O- and / or N-acyl groups of the stated C atom number and / or optionally substituted benzoyl groups.
- polyacylated alkylenediamines in particular tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED), acylated triazine derivatives, in particular 1,5-diacetyl-2,4-dioxohexahydro-1,3,5-triazine (DADHT), acylated glycolurils, in particular tetraacetylglycoluril (TAGU), N- Acylimides, in particular N-nonanoylsuccinimide (NOSI), acylated phenolsulfonates, in particular n-nonanoyl or isononanoyloxybenzenesulfonate (n- or iso-NOBS), carboxylic anhydrides, in particular phthalic anhydride, acylated polyhydric alcohols, in particular triacetin, ethylene glycol diacetate, 2,5-diacetoxy- 2,5-dihydrofuran and enol esters
- TAED
- hydrophilic substituted acyl acetals and the acyl lactams are also preferably used.
- Combinations of conventional bleach activators can also be used.
- Such bleach activators can, in particular in the presence of the abovementioned hydrogen peroxide-supplied bleach, in the usual amount range, preferably in amounts of from 0.5 wt .-% to 10 wt .-%, in particular 1 wt .-% to 8 wt .-%, based on However, total agent, be included, missing when using percarboxylic acid as the sole bleach, preferably completely.
- sulfone imines and / or bleach-enhancing transition metal salts or transition metal complexes may also be present as so-called bleach catalysts.
- organic solvents which can be used in addition to water include alcohols having 1 to 4 C atoms, in particular methanol, ethanol, isopropanol and tert-butanol, diols having 2 to 4 C -Atomen, in particular ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, and mixtures thereof and derived from the classes of compounds mentioned ether.
- Such water-miscible solvents are preferably present in the compositions according to the invention in amounts of not more than 30% by weight, in particular from 6% by weight to 20% by weight.
- the compositions according to the invention may contain system and environmentally acceptable acids, in particular citric acid, acetic acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, lactic acid, glycolic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid and / or adipic acid, but also mineral acids, in particular sulfuric acid, or bases, in particular ammonium or alkali metal hydroxides.
- Such pH regulators are present in the compositions according to the invention in amounts of preferably not more than 20% by weight, in particular from 1.2% by weight to 17% by weight.
- Graying inhibitors have the task of keeping suspended from the textile fiber dirt suspended in the fleet.
- Water-soluble colloids of mostly organic nature are suitable for this purpose, for example starch, glue, gelatin, salts of ether carboxylic acids or ether sulfonic acids of starch or of cellulose or salts of acidic sulfuric acid esters of cellulose or starch.
- water-soluble polyamides containing acidic groups are suitable for this purpose.
- starch derivatives can be used, for example aldehyde starches.
- cellulose ethers such as carboxymethylcellulose (Na salt), methylcellulose, hydroxyalkylcellulose and mixed ethers, such as methylhydroxyethylcellulose, methylhydroxypropylcellulose, methylcarboxymethylcellulose and mixtures thereof, for example in amounts of from 0.1 to 5% by weight, based on the compositions ,
- Detergents according to the invention may contain, for example, derivatives of diaminostilbenedisulfonic acid or their alkali metal salts as optical brighteners, although they are preferably free of optical brighteners for use as color detergents.
- optical brighteners for use as color detergents.
- salts of 4,4'-bis (2-anilino-4-morpholino-1, 3,5-triazinyl-6-amino) stilbene-2,2'-disulphonic acid or compounds of similar construction which are used instead of the morpholino Group carry a diethanolamino group, a methylamino group, an anilino group or a 2-methoxyethylamino group.
- brighteners of the substituted diphenylstyrene type may be present, for example, the alkali salts of 4,4'-bis (2-sulfostyryl) -diphenyl, 4,4'-bis (4-chloro-3-sulfostyryl) -diphenyl, or 4 - (4-chlorostyryl) -4 '- (2-sulfostyryl).
- Mixtures of the aforementioned optical brightener can be used.
- foam inhibitors are, for example, soaps of natural or synthetic origin, which have a high proportion of C 18 -C 24 fatty acids.
- Suitable non-surfactant foam inhibitors are, for example, organopolysiloxanes and mixtures thereof with microfine, optionally silanized silica and paraffins, waxes, Microcrystalline waxes and their mixtures with silanated silica or bis-fatty acid alkylenediamides. It is also advantageous to use mixtures of various foam inhibitors, for example those of silicones, paraffins or waxes.
- the foam inhibitors in particular silicone and / or paraffin-containing foam inhibitors, are bound to a granular, water-soluble or dispersible carrier substance.
- a granular, water-soluble or dispersible carrier substance In particular, mixtures of paraffins and bistearylethylenediamide are preferred.
- the ingredients to be selected as well as the conditions under which the agent is used should be optimized for the particular cleaning problem.
- usual temperatures for detergents and cleaning agents are present in areas of 1O 0 C for manual compositions over 4O 0 C and 6O 0 C to 95 ° for machine agents or industrial applications. Since the temperature is usually infinitely adjustable in modern washing machines and dishwashers, all intermediate stages of the temperature are included.
- the ingredients of the respective agents are coordinated. Synergies in terms of cleaning performance are preferred. Particularly preferred in this regard are synergies that exist in a temperature range between 2O 0 C and 6O 0 C, as well as the protease contained in the agents is catalytically active in this temperature range.
- an agent according to the invention in particular a washing or cleaning agent, furthermore comprises
- grayness inhibitor 0.01 to 5% by weight of grayness inhibitor and / or
- the agent may further comprise optical brighteners, preferably from 0.01% to 5% by weight.
- optical brighteners preferably from 0.01% to 5% by weight.
- the preparation of solid compositions according to the invention presents no difficulties and can be carried out in a known manner, for example by spray-drying or granulation, enzymes and possibly other thermally sensitive ingredients such as, for example, bleaching agents optionally being added separately later.
- inventive compositions having an increased bulk density in particular in the range from 650 g / l to 950 g / l, a process comprising an extrusion step is preferred.
- compositions according to the invention in tablet form, which may be monophasic or multiphase, monochromatic or multicolor and in particular consist of one or more layers, in particular two layers
- the procedure is preferably such that all constituents - if appropriate one per layer - in one Mixer mixed together and the mixture by means of conventional tablet presses, such as eccentric or rotary presses, pressed with compressive forces in the range of about 50 to 100 kN, preferably at 60 to 70 kN.
- a tablet produced in this way has a weight of 10 g to 50 g, in particular 15 g up to 40 g.
- the spatial form of the tablets is arbitrary and can be round, oval or angular, with intermediate forms are also possible. Corners and edges are advantageously rounded. Round tablets preferably have a diameter of 30 mm to 40 mm.
- the size of rectangular or cuboid-shaped tablets, which are introduced predominantly via the metering device, for example the dishwasher, is dependent on the geometry and the volume of this metering device.
- Exemplary preferred embodiments have a base area of (20 to 30 mm) x (34 to 40 mm), in particular of 26x36 mm or 24x38 mm.
- Liquid or pasty compositions according to the invention in the form of customary solvent-containing solutions are generally prepared by simply mixing the ingredients, which can be added in bulk or as a solution in an automatic mixer.
- Embodiments of the present invention thus comprise all such solid, powdered, liquid, gelatinous or paste-like administration forms of the agents, which if appropriate can also consist of several phases and can be present in compressed or uncompressed form.
- a further embodiment of the invention therefore represents agents which are characterized in that they are present as a one-component system. Such means preferably consist of one phase. Of course, means according to the invention may also consist of several phases. In a further embodiment of the invention the washing or cleaning agent is therefore characterized in that it is divided into several components.
- the solid dosage forms according to the invention also include extrudates, granules, tablets or pouches, which may be present both in large packages and in portions.
- the agent is present as a free-flowing powder, in particular with a bulk density of 300 g / l to 1200 g / l, in particular 500 g / l to 900 g / l or 600 g / l to 850 g / l.
- agents according to the invention may also be liquid, gelatinous or pasty.
- a further embodiment of the invention is therefore characterized in that the washing or cleaning agent is in liquid, gel or pasty form, in particular in the form of a non-aqueous liquid detergent or a non-aqueous paste or in the form of an aqueous liquid detergent or a water-containing paste.
- the washing or cleaning agent according to the invention may be packaged in a container, preferably an air-permeable container, from which it is released shortly before use or during the washing process.
- the protease contained in the composition and / or other ingredients of the composition may further be coated with a substance which is impermeable to the enzyme at room temperature or in the absence of water, which becomes permeable to the enzyme under conditions of use of the agent.
- Such an embodiment of the invention is thus characterized in that the protease is coated with a substance which is impermeable to the protease at room temperature or in the absence of water.
- compositions according to the invention may contain only one protease. Alternatively, they may also contain other proteases or other enzymes in a concentration effective for the effectiveness of the agent.
- a further subject of the invention thus represents agents which further comprise one or more further enzymes, wherein in principle all enzymes established in the prior art for these purposes can be used.
- Preferred enzymes which can be used as enzymes are all enzymes which can develop a catalytic activity in the agent according to the invention, in particular proteases, amylases, cellulases, hemicellulases, mannanases, tannases, xylanases, xanthanases, .beta.-glucosidases, carrageenases, oxidases, oxidoreductases or lipases, and preferably their mixtures.
- These enzymes are basically of natural origin; Starting from the natural molecules, improved variants are available for use in detergents and cleaners, which are preferably used accordingly.
- compositions according to the invention preferably contain enzymes in total amounts of 1 ⁇ 10 -8 to 5 percent by weight, based on active protein.
- the enzymes are from 0.001 to 5 weight percent, more preferably from 0.01 to 5 weight percent, even more preferably from 0.05 to 4 Wt .-% and particularly preferably from 0.075 to 3.5 wt .-% in inventive compositions, wherein each enzyme contained can be present in the stated proportions.
- the protein concentration can be determined by known methods, for example, the BCA method (bicinchoninic acid, 2,2'-biquinolyl-4,4'-dicarboxylic acid) or the biuret method (AG Gornall, CS Bardawill and MM David, J. Biol. Chem., X] l (1948), pp. 751-766).
- the further enzymes particularly preferably support the effect of the agent, for example the cleaning performance of a washing or cleaning agent, with regard to certain stains or stains. Most preferably, the enzymes exhibit synergistic effects on their action against certain soils or stains, i. the enzymes contained in the middle composition mutually support each other in their cleaning performance.
- the agent according to the invention is therefore characterized in that it contains at least one further enzyme which comprises a protease, amylase, cellulase, hemicellulase, mannanase, tannase, xylanase, xanthanase, ⁇ -glucosidase, carrageenase, oxidase, oxidoreductase or a lipase.
- the enzymes used in agents of the invention are either originally from microorganisms, such as the genera Bacillus, Streptomyces, Humicola, or Pseudomonas, and / or are produced by biotechnological methods known per se by suitable microorganisms, for example by transgenic expression hosts of the genera Bacillus or by filamentous fungi ,
- protease activity in such agents can be determined by the method described in Tenside, Vol. 7 (1970), pp. 125-132. It is accordingly stated in PE (protease units).
- a separate subject of the invention is the use of an above-described agent according to the invention for the removal of protease-sensitive stains on textiles or hard surfaces, i. for cleaning textiles or hard surfaces.
- agents according to the invention can be used, in particular in accordance with the properties described above, to remove proteinaceous impurities from textiles or from hard surfaces.
- Embodiments include, for example, hand washing, manual removal of stains from fabrics or hard surfaces, or use in conjunction with a machine process.
- the relevant agents according to the invention preferably detergents or cleaning agents, are provided according to one of the embodiments set forth above.
- a further subject of the invention are processes for the cleaning of textiles or of hard surfaces, in which an agent according to the invention is used at least in one of the process steps.
- the process for the cleaning of textiles or hard surfaces is accordingly characterized in that an agent according to the invention is used in at least one process step.
- Methods for cleaning textiles are generally distinguished by the fact that various cleaning-active substances are applied to the items to be cleaned in a plurality of process steps and washed off after the action time, or that the items to be cleaned are otherwise treated with a detergent or a solution of this agent.
- the relevant enzymes according to the invention are provided in the context of one of the formulations set forth above for agents according to the invention, preferably detergents or cleaners according to the invention.
- a single substep of such a process for the mechanical cleaning of textiles may consist in optionally adding, in addition to stabilizing compounds, Salts or buffer substances is applied as the only cleaning-active component of an enzyme according to the invention. This represents a particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide protease enzymes which are suitable for use in agents according to the invention and which are characterized by a good, preferably improved proteolytic activity with respect to at least one soiling, preferably in Reference to several soils, distinguished in the above-mentioned temperature range, when used in inventive compositions.
- proteases comprising an amino acid sequence which in a portion of at least 100 contiguous amino acid residues to the in SEQ ID NO.
- 2 is at least 97.2% identical, more preferably at least 97.25%, 97.5%, 97.75%, 98%, 98.25%, 98.5%, 98.75%, 99%, 99.25%, 99.5%, 99.75%, and most preferably 100%, or to the one shown in SEQ ID NO.
- 6 is at least 93.7% identical, more preferably at least 94%, 94.25%, 94.5%, 94.75%, 95%, 95.25%, 95.5%, 95, 75%, 96%, 96.25%, 96.5%, 96.75%, 97%, 97.25%, 97.5%, 97.75%, 98%, 98.25%, 98.5 %, 98.75%, 99%, 99.25%, 99.5%, 99.75%, and most preferably 100%, or to that shown in SEQ ID NO.
- 8 is at least 92.4% identical, more preferably at least 92.75%, 93%, 93.25%, 93.5%, 93.75%, 94%, 94.25%, 94, 5%, 94.75%, 95%, 95.25%, 95.5%, 95.75%, 96%, 96.25%, 96.5%, 96.75%, 97%, 97.25 %, 97.5%, 97.75%, 98%, 98.25%, 98.5%, 98.75%, 99%, 99.25%, 99.5%, 99.75% and more especially preferably to 100%, or to the in SEQ ID NO.
- 12 is at least 92.4% identical, more preferably at least 92.75%, 93%, 93.25%, 93.5%, 93.75%, 94%, 94.25%, 94, 5%, 94.75%, 95%, 95.25%, 95.5%, 95.75%, 96%, 96.25%, 96.5%, 96.75%, 97%, 97.25%, 97.5%, 97.75%, 98%, 98.25%, 98.5%, 98.75%, 99%, 99.25%, 99.5%, 99.75% and most preferably 100%, and especially one naturally present in a bacterial strain of the species Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
- the protease is characterized in that the above identities are based on a portion of increasingly preferably 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 477 , 500, 550 or 578 contiguous amino acid residues.
- the portion is selected such that its C-terminus corresponds to position 470 or position 471 or position 472 or position 473 or position 474 or position 475 or position 476 or position 477 or position 478 or position 479 or position 480, based on SEQ ID NO. 2. This means that in an alignment, the C-terminal amino acid of the fragment according to the invention of said position in SEQ ID NO.
- the protease is characterized in that the above identities are based on the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 2 or SEQ ID NO. 6 or SEQ ID NO. 8 or SEQ ID NO. 10 or SEQ ID NO. 12 indicated amino acid sequences.
- proteases according to the invention were sequence comparisons between proteases according to the invention and a protease named StmPr2, which in each case the next-like protease based on the amino acid sequences according to SEQ ID NO. 2 or SEQ ID NO. 6 or SEQ ID NO. 8 or SEQ ID NO. 10 or SEQ ID NO. 12 represents.
- the amino acid sequence of this protease StmPr2 is deposited under the accession number AAP13815 or AY253983 (nucleic acid sequence and corresponding amino acid sequence) in the NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894) publicly accessible database and according to SEQ ID NO.4 attached to this application.
- sequence comparisons and determinations of homology and / or identity values were performed using the computer program Vector NTI ® Suite 7.0, available from InforMax, Inc., Bethesda, USA with the preset default parameters. This sequence comparison provided the following identity values:
- proteases which, as described above, are at least 97.2% identical to SEQ ID NO. 2 or to a portion thereof, at least 93.7% identical to SEQ ID NO. 6 or to a portion thereof, at least 92.4% identical to SEQ ID NO. 8 or to a portion thereof, at least 96.8% identical to SEQ ID NO. 10 or to a portion thereof and at least 92.4% identical to SEQ ID NO. 12 or to a portion thereof.
- the protease is characterized in that its washing performance corresponds at least to that of a protease which comprises an amino acid sequence which corresponds to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 12 indicated amino acid sequence or in SEQ ID NO.
- the washing performance is determined in a washing system comprising a detergent in one Dosage between 4.5 and 7.0 grams per liter of wash liquor and the protease contains, wherein the proteases to be compared are used in the same activity and the washing performance against a soy Whole / soot or whole egg / pigment on cotton, especially the soiling Vollei / pigment on Cotton 1 ON, is determined by measuring the whiteness of the washed textiles, the washing process for at least 30 minutes, optionally 60 minutes, at a temperature of 4O 0 C and the water has a water hardness between 15.5 and 16.5 ° German hardness ,
- an enzyme is to be understood as meaning a protein which has a specific biocatalytic function.
- protease is understood as meaning an enzyme which catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptide bonds and is thereby able to cleave peptides or proteins.
- a protein is understood as meaning a polymer composed of the natural amino acids and having a largely linear structure and assuming the function of a mostly three-dimensional structure, ie a polypeptide.
- the proteinogenic, naturally occurring L-amino acids are designated by the internationally used 1- and 3-letter codes.
- Numerous proteins are formed as so-called pre-proteins, ie together with a signal peptide. By this is meant the N-terminal part of the protein, the function of which is usually to ensure the discharge of the protein formed from the producing cell into the periplasm or the surrounding medium and / or its correct folding.
- Pro-proteins are inactive precursors of proteins. Their signal sequence precursors are referred to as pre-pro proteins.
- pre-pro proteins For technical applications, due to their enzymatic activity, the mature, ie mature, peptides, ie the enzymes processed after their preparation, are preferred over the preproteins.
- the proteins may be modified by the cells producing them after production of the polypeptide chain, for example, by attachment of sugar molecules, formylations, aminations, etc. Such modifications are referred to as post-translational modifications. These post-translational modifications may or may not have an effect on the function of the protein.
- the enzymatic activity of a considered enzyme can be deduced from the amino acid or nucleotide sequence. This can be qualitatively or quantitatively modified by other regions of the protein that are not involved in the actual reaction. This could, for example, relate to enzyme stability, activity, reaction conditions or substrate specificity.
- Such a comparison is accomplished by associating similar sequences in the nucleotide or amino acid sequences of the proteins of interest. This is called homologization.
- a tabular assignment of the respective positions is referred to as alignment.
- alignments are created using computer programs, such as the algorithms FASTA or BLAST; this procedure is described, for example, by D.J. Lipman and W.R. Pearson (1985) in Science, Vol. 227, pp. 1435-1441.
- a summary of all matching positions in the compared sequences is called a consensus sequence.
- Such a comparison also allows a statement about the similarity or homology of the compared sequences to each other. This is in percent identity, that is the proportion of identical nucleotides or amino acid residues at the same or in an alignment corresponding positions reproduced. A broader concept of homology includes the conserved amino acid substitutions in this value. It then speaks of percent similarity. Such statements can be made about whole proteins or genes or only over individual areas.
- homologous regions of different proteins are defined by matches in amino acid sequence. These can also be identified by identical function. It goes as far as complete identities in the smallest areas, so-called boxes, which contain only a few amino acids and usually perform essential functions for the overall activity.
- the functions of the homologous regions are to be understood as the smallest partial functions of the function carried out by the entire protein, such as, for example, the formation of individual hydrogen bonds for the complexation of a substrate or transition complex.
- the protease according to the invention is characterized in that it is naturally present in a bacterial strain of the species Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
- the protease may also be naturally present in a bacterial strain of the species Stenotrophomonas rhizophilia.
- Proteases or enzymes in general can be prepared by various methods, e.g. targeted genetic modification by mutagenesis, further developed and optimized for specific uses or specific properties such as catalytic activity, stability, etc.
- proteases which are characterized in that they are obtainable from a protease according to the invention as a starting molecule by fragmentation, deletion, insertion or substitution mutagenesis and an amino acid sequence comprising over a length of at least 100 and increasingly preferred at least 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400 and most preferably at least 450 contiguous amino acid positions match the parent molecule. Also included are proteases obtainable from the aforementioned proteases of the invention by derivatization or inversion mutation, in which case, of course It is essential that the above-mentioned contiguous amino acid positions are retained.
- Fragments are understood as meaning all proteins or peptides which are smaller than natural proteins and, for example, can be obtained synthetically. Due to their amino acid sequences, they can be assigned to the relevant complete proteins. For example, they may adopt the same structures or perform proteolytic or partial activities, such as the complexation of a substrate. Fragments and deletion variants of starting proteins are in principle similar; while fragments tend to be smaller fragments, the deletion mutants tend to lack only short regions, and thus only individual subfunctions.
- chimeras or hybrid proteins are to be understood as meaning those proteins whose sequence comprises the sequences or partial sequences of at least two starting proteins.
- the source proteins may be derived from different or from the same organism.
- Chimeric or hybrid proteins may be obtained, for example, by recombinant mutagenesis.
- the purpose of such recombination may be to induce or modify a particular enzymatic function using the fused protein portion.
- it is irrelevant whether such a chimeric protein consists of a single polypeptide chain or several subunits on which different functions can be distributed.
- proteins obtained by insertion mutation are meant those variants obtained by inserting a protein fragment into the starting sequences. They are due to their principle similarity to the chimeric proteins. They differ from those only in the size ratio of the unchanged protein part to the size of the entire protein. In such insertionsmut elected proteins, the proportion of foreign protein is lower than in chimeric proteins.
- Inversion mutagenesis ie a partial sequence reversal
- derivatives are understood as meaning proteins whose pure amino acid chain has been chemically modified.
- Such derivatizations can for example, biologically in connection with the protein biosynthesis by the host cell.
- they can also be carried out chemically, for example by the chemical transformation of a side chain of an amino acid or by covalent binding of another compound to the protein.
- Such a compound may, for example, also be other proteins which are bound, for example via bifunctional chemical compounds, to proteins according to the invention.
- modifications may, for example, affect the substrate specificity or binding strength to the substrate or cause a temporary blockage of the enzymatic activity when the coupled substance is an inhibitor. This can be useful, for example, for the period of storage.
- derivatization is understood to mean covalent attachment to a macromolecular carrier, as well as noncovalent inclusion in suitable macromolecular cage structures.
- Proteins can also be grouped into groups of immunologically related proteins by reaction with an antiserum or antibody.
- the members of a group are characterized by having the same antigenic determinant recognized by an antibody.
- a further subject of the invention therefore proteases, which are characterized in that they have at least one and increasingly preferably two, three or four matching antigenic determinants with a protease according to the invention.
- the pH profile of the enzymes according to the invention is compatible with the required pH during industrial use and with typical agents according to the invention, in particular products such as detergents and cleaners.
- nucleic acid molecules which code for a protease according to the invention as well as vectors containing such a nucleic acid.
- the nucleic acid coding for a protease according to the invention comprises a nucleic acid sequence which, in a portion of at least 300 contiguous nucleotides to that in SEQ ID NO. 1 nucleic acid sequence is at least 95% identical, in particular increasingly preferably at least 95.5%, 96%, 96.5%, 97%, 97.25%, 97.5%, 97.75%, 98%, 98.25%, 98.5%, 98.75%, 99%, 99.25%, 99.5%, 99.75% and most preferably 100%, or to the in SEQ ID NO.
- 5 is at least 90% identical, more preferably at least 90.5%, 91%, 91.5%, 92%, 92.5%, 93%, 93.5%, 94%, 94.5 %, 95%, 95.5%, 96%, 96.5%, 97%, 97.25%, 97.5%, 97.75%, 98%, 98.25%, 98.5%, 98 , 75%, 99%, 99.25%, 99.5%, 99.75% and most preferably 100%, or to the one shown in SEQ ID NO.
- 9 is at least 90% identical, more preferably at least 90.5%, 91%, 91.5%, 92%, 92.5%, 93%, 93.5%, 94%, 94.5 %, 95%, 95.5%, 96%, 96.5%, 97%, 97.25%, 97.5%, 97.75%, 98%, 98.25%, 98.5%, 98 , 75%, 99%, 99.25%, 99.5%, 99.75% and most preferably 100%, or to the one shown in SEQ ID NO.
- 11 is at least 90% identical, more preferably at least 90.5%, 91%, 91.5%, 92%, 92.5%, 93%, 93.5%, 94%, 94.5 %, 95%, 95.5%, 96%, 96.5%, 97%, 97.25%, 97.5%, 97.75%, 98%, 98.25%, 98.5%, 98 , 75%, 99%, 99.25%, 99.5%, 99.75% and most preferably 100%, or to the one shown in SEQ ID NO.
- 13 is at least 90% identical, more preferably at least 90.5%, 91%, 91, 5%, 92%, 92.5%, 93%, 93.5%, 94%, 94.5 %, 95%, 95.5%, 96%, 96.5%, 97%, 97.25%, 97.5%, 97.75%, 98%, 98.25%, 98.5%, 98 , 75%, 99%, 99.25%, 99.5%, 99.75% and most preferably 100%.
- Such a nucleic acid is particularly preferably naturally present in a bacterial strain of the species Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
- the nucleic acid is characterized in that the above identities are related to a portion of increasingly preferred 450, 600, 750, 900, 1050, 1200, 1350, 1431, 1500, 1650, 1734 contiguous nucleic acid residues. More preferably, such a section does not contain a stop codon.
- the segment is selected such that the last codon coding for an amino acid (base triplet) codes for a C-terminal amino acid of the segment corresponding to position 470 or position 471 or position 472 or position 473 or position 474 or position 475 or position 476 or position 477 or position 478 or position 479 or position 480, based on SEQ ID NO. 2.
- the protease is characterized in that the above identities are based on the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 1 or SEQ ID NO. 5 or SEQ ID NO. 7 or SEQ ID NO. 9 or SEQ ID NO. 11 or SEQ ID NO. 13 indicated nucleic acid sequences.
- nucleic acids according to SEQ ID NO. 1 1 and SEQ ID NO. 13 differ in only a few base pairs, namely in two base pairs, although they are derived from different Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strains. They therefore code for mutually identical amino acid sequences which are shown in SEQ ID NO. 12 and SEQ ID NO. 14 are indicated.
- nucleic acids are understood to mean the molecules which are naturally constructed from nucleotides and serve as information carriers, which code for the linear amino acid sequence in proteins or enzymes. They can be present as a single strand, as a single strand that is complementary to this single strand, or as a double strand. As the naturally more durable information carrier, the nucleic acid DNA is preferred for molecular biology work. In contrast, for the realization of the invention in a natural environment, such as in an expressing cell, an RNA is formed, which is why essential RNA molecules of the invention are also embodiments of the present invention.
- the information unit corresponding to a protein is also referred to as gene within the meaning of the present application.
- the present invention involves the production of recombinant proteins. According to the invention, these are to be understood as meaning all genetic engineering or microbiological processes which are based on the genes for the proteins of interest being introduced into a suitable host cell for the production and being transcribed and translated by it. Suitably, the introduction of the relevant genes via vectors, in particular expression vectors; but also those that cause the gene of interest in the host cell to be inserted into an already existing genetic element, such as the chromosome or other vectors.
- the functional unit of gene and promoter and any other genetic elements is referred to as expression cassette according to the invention. However, it does not necessarily have to exist as a physical entity.
- a person skilled in the art can use well-known methods such as chemical synthesis or the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in combination with molecular biological and / or proteinchemical standard methods, using known DNA and / or amino acid sequences, the corresponding nucleic acids to complete genes manufacture.
- PCR polymerase chain reaction
- Such methods are known, for example, from Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E.F. and Maniatis, T. 2001. Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual, 3rd Edition CoId Spring Laboratory Press.
- mutations Changes in the nucleotide sequence, as can be brought about, for example, by molecular biological methods known per se, are referred to as mutations.
- deletion, insertion or substitution mutations or those in which different genes or parts of genes are fused or recombined with one another are known; these are gene mutations.
- the associated organisms are called mutants.
- the proteins derived from mutant nucleic acids are called variants.
- deletion, insertion substitution mutations or fusions lead to deletion, insertion-substitution-mutated or fusion genes and, at the protein level, to corresponding deletion, insertion or substitution variants or fusion proteins.
- vectors are understood as consisting of nucleic acids which contain a gene of interest as a characteristic nucleic acid region. They can establish this in a species or cell line over several generations or cell divisions as a stable genetic element.
- Vectors especially when used in bacteria, are special plasmids, ie circular genetic elements.
- Cloning vectors One distinguishes in the genetic engineering on the one hand between such vectors, which serve the storage and thus to a certain extent also the genetic engineering work, the so-called Cloning vectors, and on the other hand, those that fulfill the function to realize the gene of interest in the host cell, that is, to allow the expression of the protein in question.
- expression vectors are referred to as expression vectors.
- the nucleic acid is suitably cloned into a vector.
- the molecular-biological dimension of the invention thus consists in vectors with the genes for the corresponding proteins. These may include, for example, those derived from bacterial plasmids, viruses or bacteriophages, or predominantly synthetic vectors or plasmids with elements of various origins. With the other genetic elements in each case, vectors are able to establish themselves as stable units in the respective host cells over several generations. For the purposes of the invention, it is irrelevant whether they establish themselves as extrachomosomal units or integrate them into a chromosome. Which of the numerous systems known from the prior art is chosen depends on the individual case. Decisive factors may be, for example, the achievable copy number, the selection systems available, in particular antibiotic resistances, or the cultivability of the host cells capable of accepting the vectors.
- the vectors form suitable starting points for molecular biological and biochemical investigations of the relevant gene or protein and for further developments according to the invention and ultimately for the amplification and production of proteins according to the invention. They represent embodiments of the present invention insofar as the sequences of the nucleic acid regions according to the invention contained are each within the homology regions specified above.
- a further subject of the invention thus represents vectors which contain at least one nucleic acid molecule which codes for a protease according to the invention, in particular a nucleic acid molecule as described above.
- the vector is characterized in that the vector is a cloning vector.
- These cloning vectors are suitable in addition to the storage, the biological amplification or the selection of the gene of interest for the characterization of the gene in question, such as the creation of a restriction map or sequencing.
- Cloning vectors are also preferred embodiments of the present invention because they are a transportable and storable form of the claimed DNA. They are also preferred starting points for molecular biology techniques that are not bound to cells, such as the polymerase chain reaction.
- the vector is characterized in that the vector is an expression vector.
- Expression vectors are chemically similar to the cloning vectors, but differ in those partial sequences which enable them to replicate in the host cells or host organisms optimized for the production of proteins and to express the gene contained therein.
- Preferred embodiments are expression vectors which themselves carry the genetic elements necessary for expression.
- the expression is influenced, for example, by promoters which regulate the transcription of the gene.
- expression may be by the natural promoter originally located upstream of this gene, but also by genetic engineering, both by a host cell promoter provided on the expression vector and by a modified or completely different promoter from another organism or host cell.
- Preferred embodiments are those expression vectors which are regulatable via changes in culture conditions or addition of certain compounds, such as cell density or specific factors.
- Expression vectors allow the associated protein to be produced heterologously, that is in a cell or host cell other than that from which it can naturally be obtained.
- the cells may well belong to different organisms or come from different organisms.
- homologous protein recovery from a gene cell naturally expressing the gene via an appropriate vector is within the scope of the present invention. This may have the advantage that natural translational-related modification reactions on the resulting protein are performed exactly as they would naturally occur.
- a further embodiment represents expression systems in which additional genes, for example those which are provided on other vectors, influence the production of proteins according to the invention. These may be modifying gene products or those which are to be purified together with the protein according to the invention, for example in order to influence its enzymatic function. These may be, for example, other proteins or enzymes, inhibitors or elements that influence the interaction with various substrates.
- Alternative embodiments of the present invention may also be cell-free expression systems in which protein biosynthesis is understood in vitro. Such expression systems are also established in the art.
- Another object of the invention is a non-human host cell which includes a protease of the invention or a fragment thereof or which stimulates their production can be, preferably using an expression vector.
- the in vivo synthesis of an enzyme according to the invention ie by living cells, requires the transfer of the associated gene into a host cell, the so-called transformation thereof.
- all cells that is to say prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells, are suitable as host cells.
- preferred host cells are characterized by good microbiological and biotechnological handling.
- each protein of the invention can be obtained in this way from a variety of host cells. Also, those host cells are preferred, which are characterized in that they have been obtained after transformation with one of the vectors described above. These may, for example, be cloning vectors which have been introduced for storage and / or modification, for example into any bacterial strain or another host cell according to the invention. Such steps are common in the storage and further development of related genetic elements. Since the relevant genetic elements can be directly transferred from these host cells into subsequent host cells suitable for expression, the preceding transformation products are also realizations of the subject matter of the invention.
- Preferred embodiments represent such host cells, which are regulatable in their activity due to genetic regulatory elements which are provided, for example, on the expression vector, but may also be present in these cells from the outset. For example, by controlled addition of chemical compounds that serve as activators, by changing the culture conditions or when reaching a specific cell density, these can be excited for expression. This allows a very economical production of the proteins of interest.
- Preferred host cells are prokaryotic or bacterial cells.
- bacteria are distinguished from eukaryotes by shorter generation times and lower demands on culturing conditions.
- cost-effective methods for obtaining proteins according to the invention can be established.
- Gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli (E. coli)
- E. coli Escherichia coli
- a large number of proteins are secreted into the periplasmic space, ie into the compartment between the two membranes enclosing the cells. This can be advantageous for special applications.
- Gram-positive bacteria such as Bacilli or Actinomycetes or other representatives of Actinomycetales
- have no outer membrane so that secreted proteins are released immediately into the nutrient medium surrounding the cells, from which, according to a further preferred embodiment, the expressed proteins according to the invention can be purified directly.
- Preferred dimensions of the host cell is therefore characterized in that it secretes the protein of the invention or a fragment or derivative thereof into the surrounding medium.
- a further subject of the invention thus represent host cells which are characterized in that they secrete the protease or a fragment thereof into the medium surrounding the host cell.
- the host cell according to the invention is characterized in that it is a bacterium, in particular one which is selected from the group of the genera of Escherichia, Bacillus and Arthrobacter, Streptomyces, Stenotrophomonas and Pseudomonas.
- the host cell is a bacterium which is selected from the group of Escherichia coli, Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus alcalophilus and Arthrobacter oxidans, Streptomyces lividans, Streptomyces coelicolor and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
- the host cells may be altered in their culture conditions requirements, have different or additional selection markers, or express other or additional proteins.
- these may be those host cells which, in addition to the protein produced according to the invention, also express further, in particular economically interesting, proteins.
- the host cell may also be a eukaryotic cell, which is characterized in that it has a cell nucleus.
- a further subject of the invention therefore represents a host cell, which is characterized in that it has a cell nucleus.
- eukaryotic cells are capable of post-translationally modifying the protein formed.
- examples thereof are fungi such as Actinomycetes or yeasts such as Saccharomyces or Kluyveromyces. This may be particularly advantageous, for example, if the proteins are to undergo specific modifications in the context of their synthesis that enable such systems. These include, for example, the binding of low molecular weight compounds such as membrane anchors or oligosaccharides.
- the host cells according to the invention are cultured and fermented in a manner known per se, for example in discontinuous or continuous systems.
- a inoculated suitable nutrient medium with the host cells and harvested the product after an experimentally determined period of time from the medium.
- Continuous fermentations are characterized by achieving a flow equilibrium in which over a relatively long period of time cells partly die off but also regrow and at the same time product can be removed from the medium.
- Fermentation processes are known per se from the prior art and represent the actual large-scale production step, usually followed by a suitable purification method of the product produced, for example the recombinant protein. All fermentation processes which are based on one of the above-described processes for the preparation of the recombinant proteins represent correspondingly preferred embodiments of this subject matter of the invention.
- the optimum conditions for the production processes used, for the host cells and / or the proteins to be produced must be experimentally determined on the basis of the previously optimized culture conditions of the relevant strains according to the knowledge of the person skilled in the art, for example regarding fermentation volume, media composition, oxygen supply or stirrer speed.
- Fermentation processes which are characterized in that the fermentation is carried out via a feed strategy, are also contemplated.
- the media components consumed by the ongoing cultivation are fed;
- considerable increases in both the cell density and in the dry biomass and / or especially the activity of the protein of interest can be achieved.
- the fermentation can also be designed so that unwanted metabolic products are filtered out or neutralized by the addition of buffer or matching counterions.
- the produced protein can be harvested subsequently from the fermentation medium.
- This fermentation process is preferred over dry matter product processing, but requires the provision of suitable secretion markers and transport systems.
- the purification of the protein from the cell mass may be required, and various methods are known, such as precipitation, for example, by ammonium sulfate or ethanol, or the chromatographic purification, if necessary, to homogeneity.
- precipitation for example, by ammonium sulfate or ethanol
- chromatographic purification if necessary, to homogeneity.
- the majority of the described technical methods should manage with an enriched, stabilized preparation. All of the elements already described above can be combined to form methods for producing proteins according to the invention. It is conceivable for each protein of the invention a variety of possible combinations of process steps. The optimal method must be determined experimentally for each specific case.
- the proteases according to the invention can be made available in the amount required for industrial use.
- An independent subject of the invention thus also constitute processes for the preparation of a protease according to the invention.
- Embodiments of the present invention may also be cell-free expression systems in which protein biosynthesis is understood in vitro. All of the elements already described above can also be combined to form new methods for producing proteins according to the invention. For each protein according to the invention, a multitude of possible combinations of process steps is conceivable, so that optimal processes must be determined experimentally for each specific individual case. According to what has been said above, among the methods mentioned, preference is furthermore given to those in which the nucleotide sequence has been adapted in one, preferably a plurality of codons, to the codon usage of the host strain.
- a further subject of the invention are processes for the purification of textiles or of hard surfaces, in which a protease according to the invention is used at least in one of the process steps.
- the process for the purification of textiles or hard surfaces is accordingly characterized in that in at least one process step a protease according to the invention is proteolytically active.
- Methods for cleaning textiles are generally distinguished by the fact that various cleaning-active substances are applied to the items to be cleaned in a plurality of process steps and washed off after the action time, or that the items to be cleaned are otherwise treated with a detergent or a solution of this agent.
- the protease is used in an amount of from 40 ⁇ g to 4 g, preferably from 50 ⁇ g to 3 g, more preferably from 100 ⁇ g to 2 g and most preferably from 200 ⁇ g to 1 g per application.
- the relevant polypeptides according to the invention are provided in the context of one of the formulations set forth above for agents according to the invention, preferably detergents or cleaners according to the invention.
- Embodiments of this subject matter represent processes for the treatment of textile raw materials or for textile care, in which a protease according to the invention becomes active in at least one of the process steps.
- methods for textile raw materials, fibers or textiles with natural components are preferred, and especially for those with wool or silk.
- These may be, for example, processes in which materials for processing in textiles are prepared, for example for anti-fungal finishing, or, for example, for processes which enrich the cleaning of worn textiles with a nourishing component.
- processes in which materials for processing in textiles are prepared for example for anti-fungal finishing, or, for example, for processes which enrich the cleaning of worn textiles with a nourishing component.
- they are processes for the treatment of textile raw materials, fibers or textiles with natural constituents, in particular with wool or silk.
- Another subject of the invention is the use of a protease according to the invention described above for the removal of protease-sensitive stains on textiles or hard surfaces, i. for cleaning textiles or hard surfaces.
- Proteases according to the invention can be used, in particular because of the properties described above, to eliminate proteinaceous impurities from textiles or hard surfaces.
- Embodiments include, for example, hand washing, manual removal of stains from fabrics or hard surfaces, or use in conjunction with a machine process.
- the subject proteases of this invention are provided according to any of the above recipes.
- a preferred use of a protease according to the invention is characterized in that the protease is present in an amount of from 40 ⁇ g to 4 g, preferably from 50 ⁇ g to 3 g, more preferably from 100 ⁇ g to 2 g and most preferably from 200 ⁇ g to 1 g is used per application.
- Example 1 Identification of proteolytically active Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strains
- the bacterial cultures were plated on NB plates (nutrient broth agar, all in grams per liter: peptone from casein 3.5, peptone from meat 2.5, peptone from gelatin 2.5, yeast extract 2.5, sodium chloride 5.0, agar 12) and two to three days on Skim-Milk plates (all figures in grams per liter: peptone from casein 5, yeast extract 2.5, glucose 1, 0, further: 100 ml / l 10% skimmed milk solution, 15% agar ). After 48 hours of incubation at 25 to 3O 0 C, the cultures were inoculated with clear Lysehöfen again on NB plates. Then 25 ml liquid culture were inoculated from these plates and incubated for two days at 25 to 3O 0 C.
- the media supernatant was assayed for protease activity and protease activity was determined.
- 250 .mu.l Azocaseinuß (2% azocasein in 50 mM Phosphate buffer pH 7) were incubated with 150 ul of enzyme at 37 0 C exactly 30 minutes, the reaction mixture with 1, 2 ml of 10% trichloroacetic acid and after 15 minutes incubation of the precipitate at 8,000 g centrifuged off.
- 600 ⁇ l of supernatant were mixed with 700 ⁇ l of 1 M NaOH and measured photometrically at a wavelength of 440 nm.
- 1 unit is the amount of enzyme needed to achieve an absorbance change of 1.0 per minute in a 1 cm thick cuvette.
- the genes coding for proteases according to the invention were obtained by PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification from the genomic DNA of the corresponding strains in the usual way. The resulting genes were cloned into suitable expression vectors, transformed into E. coli BL21-Gold bacteria and the proteases were recombinantly expressed in these bacteria.
- proteases from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia are recombinantly expressed, the nomenclature and numbering agreeing with that of the following example for the documentation of the washing performance:
- SEQ ID NO. 6 (Protease No. 1 in the following example)
- SEQ ID NO. 8 (Protease No. 5 in the following example)
- SEQ ID NO. 10 (Protease No. 7 in the following example)
- SEQ ID NO. 12 (Protease No. 10 in the following example)
- SEQ ID NO. 14 (Protease No. 6 in the following example)
- Example 3 Determination of the Washing Performance when Used in Commercial Detergent Formulations Standardized, dirty textiles were used for this example, which were tested by the Eidgenössische Material-Prüfungs- und -Versuchsweg, St. Gallen, Switzerland (EMPA), or the wfk Testgewebe GmbH (Christenfeld 10, D-41379 Brüggen-Bracht, Germany). The following stains and textiles were used: A (grass on cotton, EMPA 164), B (wholegrain / soot on cotton, 10N), C (blood / milk on cotton, C-5 (044)).
- the detergent formulation was treated with the same activity with different proteases from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strains according to the invention for the different test series.
- the proteases were either recombinantly expressed or obtained from the culture medium (or as a culture supernatant) of corresponding Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strains in the usual way.
- the reference enzyme used was the protease which is shown in FIG. 2 or SEQ ID NO. 3 of International Publication WO 03/057713. This protease showed the best washing performance among the subtilisins tested in the formulations used, and therefore represents a suitable reference enzyme (referred to as reference 1 hereinafter).
- Table 1 shows the washing results of a liquid agent composition of the present invention containing a protease of the invention (SmP2, SEQ ID NO: 2) compared to an agent composition containing Protease Reference 1. It becomes clear that the agent composition according to the invention or the protease according to the invention exceeds the subtilisin washing performance at 4O 0 C on the soils, in particular in soils B (whole soot) and C (blood / milk).
- Table 2 shows the washing results of a powdered agent composition of the invention containing a protease of the invention (SmP2, SEQ ID NO: 2) compared with an agent composition containing Protease Reference 2. It is clear that the composition of the invention or the protease of the invention at 4O 0 C exceeds the subtilisin washing performance.
- Table 3 a) to e) shows the washing results of other liquid agent compositions according to the invention containing proteases from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (proteases Nos. 1 to 8, 10 to 20 and 22 to 25) compared to an agent composition containing the protease reference 1 contains.
- the amino acid sequences of the proteases numbered 1, 5, 6, 7 and 10 are shown in SEQ ID NO. 6 (Protease No. 1), SEQ ID NO. 8 (Protease No. 5), SEQ ID NO. 14 (Protease No. 6), SEQ ID NO. 10 (Protease No. 7) and SEQ ID NO. 12 (Protease No. 10), the corresponding nucleic acid sequences in SEQ ID NO. 5, SEQ ID NO.
- Table 4 shows the washing results of other powdered compositions of the invention containing proteases from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia as indicated, as compared to an agent composition containing the reference 3 protease.
- the amino acid sequences of the proteases numbered 1, 5, 6, 7 and 10 are shown in SEQ ID NO. 6 (Protease No. 1), SEQ ID NO. 8 (Protease No. 5), SEQ ID NO. 14 (Protease No. 6), SEQ ID NO. 10 (Protease No. 7) and SEQ ID NO. 12 (Protease No. 10), the corresponding nucleic acid sequences in SEQ ID NO. 5, SEQ ID NO. 7, SEQ ID NO. 13, SEQ ID NO. 9 and SEQ ID NO. 1 1. It can be seen that the compositions according to the invention or the proteases according to the invention exceed the subtilisin washing performance at 4O 0 C on the soils, in particular in soils A (grass) and C (blood / milk).
- FIG. 1 Sequence comparison (alignment) of the following amino acid sequences:
- Protease of the invention (SmP2) from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (S. maltophilia DSM 50170) according to SEQ ID NO. 2,
- Protease StmPr2 (SEQ ID NO: 4) from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia according to accession number AAP13815 or AY253983 (nucleic acid sequence and corresponding amino acid sequence) of NCBI's National Access to Information Center, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894),
- Protease StmPri (SEQ ID NO: 3) from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia according to the publication by Windhorst et al. (Journal of Biological Chemistry Vol. 277, No. 13: 11042-11049, 2002), GenBank TM accession number AJ291488, and the
- Protease BPN ' as an example of a subtilisin-type protease.
- sequence comparison provides the following identity values:
- FIG. 2 Sequence comparison (alignment) of the amino acid sequences of the proteases according to the invention according to SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 12 and SEQ ID NO. 14. Additionally indicated is the amino acid sequence of the protease StmPr2 (SEQ ID NO: 4) from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia according to accession number AAP13815 or AY253983 (nucleic acid sequence and corresponding amino acid sequence) of the NCBI's publicly accessible database.
- SEQ ID NO. 2 Sequence comparison (alignment) of the amino acid sequences of the proteases according to the invention according to SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 12 and SEQ ID NO. 14. Additionally indicated is the amino acid sequence of the protease StmPr2 (SEQ ID NO: 4) from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
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