EP2748372A1 - Farbmodifizierung von textilien - Google Patents

Farbmodifizierung von textilien

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EP2748372A1
EP2748372A1 EP12834286.2A EP12834286A EP2748372A1 EP 2748372 A1 EP2748372 A1 EP 2748372A1 EP 12834286 A EP12834286 A EP 12834286A EP 2748372 A1 EP2748372 A1 EP 2748372A1
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peroxidase
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Yucheng Zhou
Chu Wang
Lisbeth Kalum
Lars Henrik ØSTERGAARD
Wenqi Huang
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06P—DYEING OR PRINTING TEXTILES; DYEING LEATHER, FURS OR SOLID MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES IN ANY FORM
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    • D06L—DRY-CLEANING, WASHING OR BLEACHING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS
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  • the present invention relates to a process for providing a modified color in the textile, especially in the dyed cellulosic fabric such as denim, with a peroxidase, a source of hydrogen peroxide, and a mediator.
  • Amylases are used for desizing, and cellulases are used for abrading. Enzymes such as laccases or perhydrolase have also been applied in textile processing for color modification, in place of harsh chemical bleaching treatment.
  • WO 96/12852 discloses a process for providing a bleached look in the colour density of the surface of dyed fabric, comprising contacting, in an aqueous medium, a dyed fabric with a phenol oxidizing enzyme system, such as a laccase together with oxygen, and an enhancing agent (mediator).
  • a phenol oxidizing enzyme system such as a laccase together with oxygen
  • an enhancing agent mediator
  • WO99/34054 discloses a process for removal of excess dye from dyed fabric with a rinse liquor comprising at least one peroxidise, an oxidase agent and at least one mediator, such as liquor comprising a peroxidase, hydrogen peroxidise and a mediator like 1-hydroxy-benzotriazole.
  • WO 201 1/025861 discloses compositions and methods for the enzymatic abrading and color modification of dyed textiles with perhydrolases.
  • the present invention relates to a composition and method to treat the textile.
  • composition comprising a peroxidase, a source of hydrogen peroxi aving the chemical structure:
  • U1 , U2 and U3 are identical or different, and are O, S or NOH; and R1 and R2 are identical or different, and are hydrogen, hydroxyl, formyl, carbamoyl or sulfono radical, ester or salt of the sulfono radical, sulfamoyl, nitro, nitroso, amino, cyano, phenyl, benzyl d-C 4 -alkyl, Ci-C 4 -alkoxy, Ci-C 4 -carbonyl, or carbonyl-Ci-C 4 -alkyl.
  • the method of treating textile comprising contacting a textile with a peroxidase, a source of hydrogen peroxide, and a mediator, wherein a mediator having the chemical structure:
  • U1 , U2 and U3 are identical or different, and are O, S or NOH; and R1 and R2 are identical or different, and are hydrogen, hydroxyl, formyl, carbamoyl or sulfono radical, ester or salt of the sulfono radical, sulfamoyl, nitro, nitroso, amino, cyano, phenyl, benzyl Ci-C 4 -alkyl, Ci-C 4 -alkoxy, Ci-C 4 -carbonyl, or carbonyl-Ci-C 4 -alkyl.
  • the method of the present invention causes a color modification in the textile.
  • the color modification is selected from at least one of the following effects: lightening of color, change of color, change in color cast, reduction of redeposition/backstaining, and bleaching.
  • the method for treating textile in an aqueous solution comprises (a) contacting the textile with cellulase to abrade the textile; (b) contacting a textile with a peroxidase, a source of hydrogen peroxide, and a mediator to modify the color of the textile.
  • a wash step between step (a) and (b), there is a wash step.
  • (a) and (b) are performed in a single bath without intervening wash steps.
  • (a) and (b) are performed sequentially or simultaneously in the same bath.
  • (a) and (b) are performed sequentially in a single bath, wherein (a) is performed prior to the (b).
  • step (a) is preceded by an enzymatic desizing step.
  • the enzymatic desizing step may be performed in the same bath as (a).
  • the enzymatic desizing step is performed sequentially or simultaneously in the same bath as (a) and (b).
  • the enzymatic desizing step is performed sequentially in the same bath as (a) and (b), wherein the order of the steps is enzymatic desizing, step (a) and (b).
  • the enzymatic desizing step is performed in one bath, followed by a wash step, and step (a) and (b) performed in the same bath.
  • the peroxidase enzyme may be a Coprinus cinereus peroxidase or a soybean peroxidase.
  • the textile is dyed textile.
  • the dyed textile is dyed fabric.
  • the dyed textile is denim.
  • the dye is indigo dye.
  • the dye is sulfur dye.
  • the method of treating textile is the method for manufacturing textile.
  • the method or the composition of the present invention achieve color modification on the front side of the textile.
  • references to “a peroxidase” include the use of one or more peroxidase.
  • a step of a method means at least one step, and it could be one, two, three, four, five or even more method steps.
  • sequential with reference to a plurality of enzymatic treatments of a textile, means that a second specified enzymatic treatment is performed after a first specified enzymatic treatment is performed. Sequential treatments may be separated by intervening wash steps. Where specified, sequential enzymatic treatments may be performed "in the same bath,” meaning in the substantially the same liquid medium without intervening wash steps. Single-bath sequential treatment may include pH adjustments, temperature adjustment, and/or the addition of salts, activators, mediators, and the like, but should not include washes or rinses.
  • EC-numbers may be used for classification of enzymes. Reference is made to the Recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Academic Press Inc., 1992.
  • enzyme as well as the various enzymes and enzyme classes mentioned herein, encompass wild-type enzymes, as well as any variant thereof that retains the activity in question. Such variants may be produced by recombinant techniques.
  • the wild-type enzymes may also be produced by recombinant techniques, or by isolation and purification from the natural source.
  • the enzyme in question is well-defined, meaning that only one major enzyme component is present. This can be inferred e.g. by fractionation on an appropriate size-exclusion column.
  • Such well-defined, or purified, or highly purified, enzyme can be obtained as is known in the art and/or described in publications relating to the specific enzyme in question.
  • a peroxidase according to the invention is a peroxidase enzyme comprised by the enzyme classification EC 1.1 1.1.7, or any fragment derived therefrom, exhibiting peroxidase activity.
  • the peroxidase according to the invention is a plant peroxidase e.g. soybean peroxidase (see SEQ ID NO:2), or a fungal or bacterial peroxidase.
  • Some preferred fungi include strains belonging to the subdivision Deuteromycotina, class Hyphomycetes, e.g., Fusarium, Humicola, Tricoderma, Myrothecium, Verticillum, Arthromyces, Caldariomyces, Ulocladium, Embellisia, Cladosporium or Dreschlera, in particular Fusarium oxysporum (DSM 2672), Humicola insolens, Trichoderma reesei, Myrothecium verrucaria (IFO 6113), Verticillum alboatrum, Verticillum dahlie, Arthromyces ramosus (FERM P-7754), Caldariomyces fumago, Ulocladium chartarum, Embellisia alii or Dreschlera halodes.
  • DSM 2672 Fusarium oxysporum
  • Humicola insolens Trichoderma reesei
  • Myrothecium verrucaria IFO 6113
  • fungi include strains belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycotina, class Basidiomycetes, e.g., Coprinus, Phanerochaete, Coriolus or Trametes, in particular Coprinus cinereus f. microsporus (IFO 8371), Coprinus macrorhizus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium (e.g. NA-12) or Trametes (previously called Polyporus), e.g., T. versicolor (e.g. PR4 28-A).
  • Basidiomycotina class Basidiomycetes
  • Coprinus cinereus f. microsporus IFO 8371
  • Coprinus macrorhizus e.g. NA-12
  • Trametes previously called Polyporus
  • T. versicolor e.g. PR4 28-A
  • fungi include strains belonging to the subdivision Zygomycotina, class Mycoraceae, e.g., Rhizopus or Mucor, in particular Mucor hiemalis.
  • Some preferred bacteria include strains of the order Actinomycetales, e.g. Streptomyces spheroides (ATTC 23965), Streptomyces thermoviolaceus (IFO 12382) or StreptoverticiHum verticillium ssp. verticillium.
  • Actinomycetales e.g. Streptomyces spheroides (ATTC 23965), Streptomyces thermoviolaceus (IFO 12382) or StreptoverticiHum verticillium ssp. verticillium.
  • Rhodobacter sphaeroides Rhodomonas palustri, Streptococcus lactis, Pseudomonas purrocinia (ATCC 15958), Pseudomonas fluorescens (NRRL B-1 1) and Bacillus strains, e.g. Bacillus pumilus (ATCC 12905) and Bacillus stearothermophilus.
  • Further preferred bacteria include strains belonging to Myxococcus, e.g., M. virescens.
  • the peroxidase may furthermore be one which is producible by a method comprising cultivating a host cell transformed with a recombinant DNA vector which carries a DNA se- quence encoding said peroxidase as well as DNA sequences encoding functions permitting the expression of the DNA sequence encoding the peroxidase, in a culture medium under conditions permitting the expression of the peroxidase and recovering the peroxidase from the culture.
  • a peroxidase of the present invention is a peroxidase derived from a Coprinus sp. (also referred to as Coprinopsis sp.), in particular C. macrorhizus or C. cinereus (see e.g. SEQ ID NO:1).
  • the peroxidase of the methods and compositions of the invention comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence with a substitution, deletion, and/or insertion of one or more (or several) amino acids of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2, or a homologous sequence thereof.
  • the homologous sequence is at least 80% identity, such as at least 85% identity, at least 90% identity or at least 95% identity, to SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO:2.
  • the degree of sequence identity between two amino acid sequences is determined using the Needleman-Wunsch algorithm (Needleman and Wunsch, 1970, J. Mol. Biol. 48: 443-453) as implemented in the Needle program of the EMBOSS package (EMBOSS: The European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite, Rice et ai, 2000, Trends Genet. 16: 276-277), preferably version 3.0.0 or later.
  • the optional parameters used are gap open penalty of 10, gap extension penalty of 0.5, and the EBLOSUM62 (EMBOSS version of BLOSUM62) substitution matrix.
  • the output of Needle labeled "longest identity" (obtained using the -nobrief option) is used as the percent identity and is calculated as follows:
  • the degree of sequence identity between two deoxyribonucleotide sequences is determined using the Needleman-Wunsch algorithm (Needleman and Wunsch, 1970, supra) as implemented in the Needle program of the EMBOSS package (EMBOSS: The European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite, Rice et ai, 2000, supra), preferably version 3.0.0 or later.
  • the optional parameters used are gap open penalty of 10, gap extension penalty of 0.5, and the EDNAFULL (EMBOSS version of NCBI NUC4.4) substitution matrix.
  • the output of Needle labeled "longest identity" (obtained using the -nobrief option) is used as the percent identity and is calculated as follows:
  • the polypeptide sequence of the peroxidase can be variants comprising a substitution, deletion, and/or insertion of one or more (or several) amino acids of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2, or a homologous sequence thereof.
  • amino acid changes i.e.
  • substitution, deletion, and/or insertion of one or more (or several) amino acids) are of a minor nature, that is conservative amino acid substitutions or insertions that do not significantly affect the folding and/or activity of the protein; small deletions, typically of one to about 30 amino acids; small amino or carboxyl-terminal extensions, such as an amino- terminal methionine residue; a small linker peptide of up to about 20-25 residues; or a small extension that facilitates purification by changing net charge or another function, such as a poly-histidine tract, an antigenic epitope or a binding domain.
  • conservative substitutions are within the group of basic amino acids (arginine, lysine and histidine), acidic amino acids (glutamic acid and aspartic acid), polar amino acids (glutamine and asparagine), hydrophobic amino acids (leucine, isoleucine and valine), aromatic amino acids (phenylalanine, tryptophan and tyrosine), and small amino acids (glycine, alanine, serine, threonine and methionine).
  • Amino acid substitutions that do not generally alter specific activity are known in the art and are described, for example, by H. Neurath and R.L. Hill, 1979, In, The Proteins, Academic Press, New York.
  • the most commonly occurring exchanges are Ala/Ser, Val/lle, Asp/Glu, Thr/Ser, Ala/Gly, Ala/Thr, Ser/Asn, Ala/Val, Ser/Gly, Tyr/Phe, Ala/Pro, Lys/Arg, Asp/Asn, Leu/lle, Leu/Val, Ala/Glu, and Asp/Gly.
  • Essential amino acids in a parent polypeptide can be identified according to procedures known in the art, such as site-directed mutagenesis or alanine-scanning mutagenesis (Cunningham and Wells, 1989, Science 244: 1081-1085). In the latter technique, single alanine mutations are introduced at every residue in the molecule, and the resultant mutant molecules are tested for endoglucanse activity to identify amino acid residues that are critical to the activity of the molecule. See also, Hilton et al., 1996, J. Biol. Chem. 271 : 4699-4708.
  • the active site of the enzyme or other biological interaction can also be determined by physical analysis of structure, as determined by such techniques as nuclear magnetic resonance, crystallography, electron diffraction, or photoaffinity labeling, in conjunction with mutation of putative contact site amino acids. See, for example, de Vos et al., 1992, Science 255: 306-312; Smith et al., 1992, J. Mol. Biol. 224: 899-904; Wlodaver et al., 1992, FEBS Lett. 309: 59-64.
  • the identities of essential amino acids can also be inferred from analysis of identities with polypeptides that are related to the parent polypeptide.
  • Single or multiple amino acid substitutions, deletions, and/or insertions can be made and tested using known methods of mutagenesis, recombination, and/or shuffling, followed by a relevant screening procedure, such as those disclosed by Reidhaar-Olson and Sauer, 1988, Science 241 : 53-57; Bowie and Sauer, 1989, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86: 2152-2156; WO 95/17413; or WO 95/22625.
  • Other methods that can be used include error-prone PCR, phage display (e.g., Lowman et al., 1991 , Biochemistry 30: 10832-10837; U.S. Patent No. 5,223,409; WO 92/06204), and region-directed mutagenesis (Derbyshire et al., 1986, Gene 46: 145; Ner ef al., 1988, DNA 7: 127).
  • Mutagenesis/shuffling methods can be combined with high-throughput, automated screening methods to detect activity of cloned, mutagenized polypeptides expressed by host cells (Ness et ai, 1999, Nature Biotechnology 17: 893-896). Mutagen ized DNA molecules that encode active polypeptides can be recovered from the host cells and rapidly sequenced using standard methods in the art. These methods allow the rapid determination of the importance of individual amino acid residues in a polypeptide.
  • the total number of amino acid substitutions, deletions and/or insertions of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2 is not more than 10, e.g., 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9.
  • the polypeptide may be hybrid polypeptide in which a portion of one polypeptide is fused at the N-terminus or the C-terminus of a portion of another polypeptide.
  • the polypeptide may be a fused polypeptide or cleavable fusion polypeptide in which another polypeptide is fused at the N-terminus or the C-terminus of the polypeptide of the present invention.
  • a fused polypeptide is produced by fusing a polynucleotide encoding another polypeptide to a polynucleotide of the present invention.
  • Techniques for producing fusion polypeptides are known in the art, and include ligating the coding sequences encoding the polypeptides so that they are in frame and that expression of the fused polypeptide is under control of the same promoter(s) and terminator.
  • Fusion proteins may also be constructed using intein technology in which fusions are created post-translationally (Cooper et ai, 1993, EMBO J. 12: 2575-2583; Dawson et ai, 1994, Science 266: 776-779).
  • a fusion polypeptide can further comprise a cleavage site between the two polypeptides. Upon secretion of the fusion protein, the site is cleaved releasing the two polypeptides.
  • cleavage sites include, but are not limited to, the sites disclosed in Martin et al., 2003, J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 3: 568-576; Svetina et ai, 2000, J. Biotechnol. 76: 245-251 ; Rasmussen-Wilson et al., 1997, Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
  • the source of hydrogen peroxide required by the peroxidase, or compounds exhibiting peroxidase activity may be provided as an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide or a hydrogen peroxide precursor for in situ production of hydrogen peroxide. Any solid entity which liberates upon dissolution a peroxide which is useable by peroxidase can serve as a source of hydrogen peroxide.
  • Compounds which yield hydrogen peroxide upon dissolution in water or an appropriate aqueous based medium include but are not limited to metal peroxides, percarbonates, persulphates, perphosphates, peroxyacids, alkyperoxides, acylperoxides, peroxyesters, urea peroxide, ozone, perborates and peroxycarboxylic acids or salts thereof.
  • Another source of hydrogen peroxide is a hydrogen peroxide generating enzyme system, such as an oxidase together with a substrate for the oxidase. Examples of combinations of oxidase and substrate comprise, but are not limited to, amino acid oxidase (see e.g.
  • glucose oxidase see e.g. WO 95/29996
  • glucose lactate oxidase and lactate
  • galactose oxidase see e.g. WO 00/50606
  • galactose see e.g. WO 99/31990
  • aldose oxidase see e.g. WO 99/31990
  • the mediators according to the invention act as electron donors for the peroxidase.
  • the mediator compounds improve the electron transfer between the peroxidase and the textile to improve the bleaching effect of the methods of the invention.
  • the mediators according to the invention have the chemical structure:
  • U1 , U2 and U3 are identical or different, and are O, S or NOH; and R1 and R2 are identical or different, and are hydrogen, hydroxyl, formyl, carbamoyl or sulfono radical, ester or salt of the sulfono radical, sulfamoyl, nitro, nitroso, amino, cyano, phenyl, benzyl, d-C 4 -alkyl, Ci-C 4 -alkoxy, Ci-C 4 -carbonyl, carbonyl-Ci-C 4 -alkyl.
  • U1 , U2 and U3 are identical or different, and are O or S; and R1 and R2 are identical or different, and are hydrogen, hydroxyl, formyl, carbamoyl or sulfono radical, ester or salt of the sulfono radical, sulfamoyl, nitro, nitroso, amino, cyano, phenyl, benzyl, C C 4 -alkyl, Ci-C 4 -alkoxy, Ci-C 4 -carbonyl, carbonyl-Ci-C 4 -alkyl.
  • U1 , U2 and U3 are O; and R1 and R2 are identical or different, and are hydrogen, hydroxyl, formyl, carbamoyl or sulfono radical, ester or salt of the sulfono radical, sulfamoyl, nitro, nitroso, amino, cyano, phenyl, benzyl, Ci-C 4 -alkyl, Ci-C 4 -alkoxy, C C 4 - carbonyl, carbonyl-Ci-C 4 -alkyl.
  • U1 , U2 and U3 are identical or different, and are O, S or NOH; and R1 and R2 are identical or different, and are hydrogen, hydroxyl, methyl, ethyl, phenyl, benzyl, formyl, amino, cyano, nitroso, methoxy and/or ethoxy.
  • U1 , U2 and U3 are identical or different, and are O or S; and R1 and R2 are identical or different, and are hydrogen, hydroxyl, methyl, ethyl, phenyl, benzyl, formyl, amino, cyano, nitroso, methoxy and/or ethoxy.
  • U1 , U2 and U3 are O; and R1 and R2 are identical or different, and are hydrogen, hydroxyl, methyl, ethyl, phenyl, benzyl, formyl, amino, cyano, nitroso, methoxy and/or ethoxy.
  • Preferred mediators are 1-methylvioluric acid, 1 ,3-dimethylvioluric acid, thiovioluric acid and violuric acid or their hydrates.
  • a particularly preferred mediator is alloxan-5-oxime (violuric acid) and/or its esters, ethers or salts or hydrates.
  • the term "textile” refers to fibers, yarns, fabrics, garments, and non- wovens.
  • the term encompasses textiles made from natural, synthetic (e.g., manufactured), and various natural and synthetic blends. Textiles may be unprocessed or processed fibers, yarns, woven or knit fabrics, non-wovens, and garments and may be made using a variety of materials, some of which are mentioned, herein.
  • the process of the invention is most beneficially applied to cellulose-containing fabrics, such as cotton, viscose, rayon, ramie, linen, Tencel, or mixtures thereof, or mixtures of any of these fibres, or mixtures of any of these fibres together with synthetic fibres such as mixtures of cotton and spandex (stretch-denim).
  • the fabric is dyed fabric, preferably is denim.
  • the denim fabric may be dyed with vat dyes such as indigo, or indigo-related dyes such as thioindigo.
  • the fabric is indigo-dyed denim, including clothing items manufactured therefrom.
  • the processing of a fabric, such as of a cellulosic material, into material ready for garment manufacture involves several steps: spinning of the fiber into a yarn; construction of woven or knit fabric from the yarn; and subsequent preparation processes, dyeing/printing and finishing operations.
  • Preparation processes are necessary for removing natural and man-induced impurities from fibers and for improving their aesthetic appearance and processability prior to for instance dyeing/printing and finishing.
  • Common preparation processes comprise desizing (for woven goods), scouring, and bleaching, which produce a fabric suitable for dyeing or finishing.
  • Woven fabric is constructed by weaving "filling" or “weft” yarns between warp yarns stretched in the longitudinal direction on the loom.
  • the warp yarns must be sized before weaving in order to lubricate and protect them from abrasion at the high speed insertion of the filling yarns during weaving.
  • Common size agents are starches (or starch derivatives and modified starches), polyvinyl alcohol), carboxyl methyl cellulose (i.e. CMC) where starches are dominant. Paraffin, acrylic binders and variety of lubricants are often included in the size mix.
  • the filling yarn can be woven through the warp yarns in a "over one - under the next" fashion (plain weave) or by "over one - under two" (twill) or any other myriad of permutations.
  • dresses, shirts, pants, sheeting's, towels, draperies, etc. are produced from woven fabric. After the fabric is made, size on the fabric must be removed again (i.e. desizing).
  • Knitting is forming a fabric by joining together interlocking loops of yarn.
  • weaving which is constructed from two types of yarn and has many "ends"
  • knitted fabric is produced from a single continuous strand of yarn.
  • Desizing is the degradation and/or removal of sizing compounds from warp yarns in a woven fabric. Starch is usually removed by an enzymatic desizing procedure. In addition, oxidative desizing and chemical desizing with acids or bases are sometimes used.
  • the desizing enzyme is an amylolytic enzyme, such as an alpha- amylase, a beta-amylase, a mannanase, a glucoamylase, or a combination thereof.
  • Suitable alpha and beta-amylases include those of bacterial or fungal origin, as well as chemically or genetically modified mutants and variants of such amylases.
  • Suitable alpha- amylases include alpha-amylases obtainable from Bacillus species.
  • Suitable commercial amylases include but are not limited to OPTISIZE ® NEXT, OPTISIZE ® FLEX and OPTISIZE ® COOL (all from Genencor International Inc.), and DURAMYLTM, ERMAMYLTM, FUNGAMYLTM TERMAMYLTM, AQUAZYMETM and BANTM (all available from Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark).
  • amylolytic enzymes include the CGTases (cyclodextrin glucanotransferases, EC 2.4.1.19), e.g., those obtained from species of Bacillus, Thermoanaerobactor or Thermoanaero-bacterium.
  • CGTases cyclodextrin glucanotransferases, EC 2.4.1.19
  • Scouring is used to remove impurities from the fibers, to swell the fibers and to remove seed coat. It is one of the most critical steps.
  • the main purposes of scouring is to a) uniformly clean the fabric, b) soften the motes and other trashes, c) improve fabric absorbency, d) saponify and solubilize fats, oils, and waxes, and e) minimize immature cotton.
  • Sodium hydroxide scouring at about boiling temperature is the accepted treatment for 100% cotton, while calcium hydroxide and sodium carbonate are less frequently used.
  • Synthetic fibers are scoured at much milder conditions.
  • Surfactant and chelating agents are essential for alkaline scouring. Enzymatic scouring has been introduced, wherein cellulase, hemicellulase, pectinase, lipase, and protease are all reported to have scouring effects. Bleaching
  • Bleaching is the destruction of pigmented color and/or colored impurities as well as seed coat fragment removal. It is the most critical chemical treatment since a balance between the degrees of whiteness without fiber damage must be maintained. Bleaching is performed by the use of oxidizing or reducing chemistry. Oxidizing agents can be further subdivided into those that employ or generate: a) hypochlorite (OCI " ), b) chloride dioxide (CI0 2 ), and hydroperoxide species (OOH " and/or OOH). Reducing agents are typical sulfur dioxide, hydrosulfite salts, etc. Enzymatic bleaching using glucose oxidase has been reported. Traditionally, hydrogen peroxide is used in this process. Printing and dyeing
  • Printing and dyeing of textiles is carried out by applying dyes to the textile by any appropriate method for binding the dyestuff to the fibres in the textiles.
  • the dyeing of textiles is for example carried out by passing the fabric through a concentrated solution of dye, followed by storage of the wet fabric in a vapour tight enclosure to permit time for diffusion and reaction of the dye with the fabric substrate prior to rinsing off un-reacted dye. Alternatively, the dye may be fixed by subsequent steaming of the textile prior to rinsing.
  • the dyes include synthetic and natural dyes. Typical dyes are those with anionic functional groups (e.g. acid dyes, direct dyes, Mordant dyes and reactive dyes), those with cationic groups (e.g. basic dyes), those requiring chemical reaction before application (e.g. vat dyes, sulphur dyes and azoic dyes), disperse dyes and solvent dyes.
  • Biopolishing As used herein, the term “biopolishing”, “depilling” and “anti-pilling” are interchangeable.
  • Biopolishing is a method to treat cellulosic fabrics during their manufacture by enzymes such as cellulases, which improves fabric quality with respect to "reduced pilling formation".
  • the most important effects of biopolishing can be characterized by less fuzz and pilling, increased gloss/luster, improved fabric handle, increased durable softness and/or improved water absorbency.
  • Biopolishing usually takes place in the wet processing of the manufacture of knitted and woven fabrics or garments. Wet processing comprises such steps as e.g., desizing, scouring, bleaching, washing, dying/printing and finishing. Biopolishing could be performed as a separate step after any of the wetting steps or in combination with any of those wetting steps. Manufacturing of Denim Fabric
  • the yarns are dyed before weaving.
  • the warp yarns are dyed for example with indigo, and sized, before weaving.
  • the dyeing of the denim yarn is a ring-dyeing.
  • a preferred embodiment of the invention is ring-dyeing of the yarn with a vat dye such as indigo, or an indigo-related dye such as thioindigo, or a sulfur dye, or a direct dye, or a reactive dye, or a naphthol.
  • the yarn may also be dyed with more than one dye, e.g., first with a sulphur dye and then with a vat dye, or vice versa.
  • the yarns undergo scouring and/or bleaching before they are dyed, in order to achieve higher quality of denim fabric.
  • the dyed fabric or garment proceeds to a desizing stage, preferably followed by a biostoning step and/or a color modification step.
  • the desizing process as used herein is the same process as mentioned above in the text.
  • the dyed fabric undergoes a biostoning step.
  • the biostoning step can be performed with enzymes or pumice stones or both.
  • biostoning stone washing
  • abrasion are interchangeable, which means agitating the denim in an aqueous medium containing a mechanical abrasion agent such as pumice, an abrading cellulase or a combination of these, to provide a "stone-washed” look .
  • mechanical action is needed to remove the dye, and the treatment is usually carried out in washing machines, like drum washers, belly washers.
  • the abrasion is followed by a color modification step.
  • color modification or “color adjustment” are used without distinction to refer to any change to the color of a textile resulting from the destruction, modification, or removal of a dyestuff associated with the textile. Without being limited to a theory, it is proposed that color modification results from the modification of chromaphores associated with a textile material, thereby changing its visual appearance.
  • the chromophores may be naturally-associated with the material used to manufacture a textile (e.g., the white color of cotton) or associated with special finishes, such as dying or printing.
  • Color modification encompasses chemical modification to a chromophore as well as chemical modification to the material to which a chromophore is attached.
  • color modification examples include but are not limited to, bleaching, reduction of redeposition/backstaining, fading, imparting a grey cast, altering hue, saturation, or luminescence, and the like.
  • the amount and type of color modification can be determined by comparing the color of a textile following enzymatic treatment with a perhydrolase enzyme (i.e., residual color) to the color of the textile prior to enzymatic treatment (i.e., original color) using known spectrophotometric or visual inspection methods.
  • a method for modifying the color of a textile product involves contacting the textile with a peroxidase, a source of hydrogen peroxide, and a mediator.
  • the textile is contacted with a peroxidase, a source of hydrogen peroxide, and a mediator in an aqueous solution.
  • composition of the present invention could also achieve a specific bleached pattern on denim through a simple 'rub-wash' way, i.e. applying the mixture of a peroxidase and a mediator as defined in the present invention onto dry denim, after washing with H 2 0 2 bath the treated area would turn out bleached.
  • color modification is measured by the bleaching level on the front side of the textile.
  • This bleaching level indicates the production of a brighter and/or whiter textile, e.g., in the context of a textile processing application, as well as lightening of the color of a stain, e.g., in the context of a cleaning application.
  • the bleaching level on the front side of the textile is measured under protocol as specified in Example 1 , by treatment with a peroxidase, a source of hydrogen peroxide, and a mediator as defined in the present invention, at 55°C, pH 5.0 for 30 minutes and peroxidase dosage of 0.015 mg enzyme protein/g fabric, mediator dosage of 0.5 mM/L and hydrogen peroxide dosage of 0.05g/L in an aqueous solution.
  • the hydrogen peroxide dosage refers to the dosage of hydrogen peroxide added during the process, or the source of hydrogen peroxide added in an amount which will generate hydrogen peroxide at the level of 0.05 g/L.
  • the method or the composition of the present invention show the color modification with the bleaching level on the front side of at least 1.5 Delta L* unit, more preferably at least 1.6, more preferably at least 1.7, more preferably at least 1.8, more preferably at least 1.9, more preferably at least 2, more preferably at least 2.1 , more preferably at least 2.2, more preferably at least 2.3, more preferably at least 2.4, more preferably at least 2.5, more preferably at least 2.6, even more preferably at least 2.7, even more preferably at least 2.8, even more preferably at least 2.9, even most preferably at least 3 Delta L* unit.
  • Delta L* unit is defined in the material and method section under colour measurement.
  • the color modification on the back side of the textile is defined as bleaching level of Delta b* unit. Since the dyestuff on the back side of the textile is generally in a small amount, the color modification on the back side of the dyed textile is not easily detectable.
  • the bleaching level on the back side of the textile is measured under protocol as specified in Example 1 , by treatment with a peroxidase, a source of hydrogen peroxide, and a mediator as defined in the present invention, at 55°C, pH 5.0 for 30 minutes and peroxidase dosage of 0.015 mg enzyme protein/g fabric, mediator dosage of 0.5 mM/L and hydrogen peroxide dosage of 0.05 g/L in an aqueous solution, wherein preferably, such method or the composition of the present invention shows the color modification on the back side with the bleaching level of Delta b* unit >0. Delta b* unit is defined in the material and method section under colour measurement.
  • cellulase, perhydrolase, laccase, amylase, lipase, mannanase, amylase, protease, oxidase, catalase or other enzyme mentioned, herein may be used as additional enzyme in the present compositions and methods.
  • additional enzymes or enzyme systems can be combined with the present compositions and methods without defeating the spirit of the disclosure.
  • the protease may for example be a metalloprotease (EC 3.4.17 or EC 3.4.24) or a serine protease (EC 3.4.21), preferably an alkaline microbial protease or a trypsin-like protease.
  • proteases are subtilisins (EC 3.4.21.62), especially those derived from Bacillus, e.g., subtilisin Novo, subtilisin Carlsberg, subtilisin 309, subtilisin 147 and subtilisin 168 (described in WO 89/06279).
  • trypsin-like proteases are trypsin (e.g., of porcine or bovine origin) and the Fusarium protease described in WO 89/06270 and WO 94/25583.
  • cellulase refers to an enzyme which catalyses the degradation of cellulose to glucose, cellobiose, triose and other cello-oligosaccharides.
  • Cellulase includes those usually identified as, e.g., cellobiohydrolases, endoglucanases, and beta-glucosidases.
  • Examples of commercially available cellulase enzyme products useful in the method of the present invention are: Cellusoft ® Celluclast ® , Denimax ® Acid, Denimax ® Ultra (all available from Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark); Indiage TM , Primafast TM (both from Genencor International Inc., U.S.A.); Powerstone TM (from logen, Canada) and Ecostone TM , BiotouchTM (both from AB Enzymes, Finland).
  • a "perhydrolase” is an enzyme capable of catalyzing a perhydrolysis reaction that results in the production of a sufficiently high amount of peracid for use in an oxidative dye decolorization method as described. Generally, the perhydrolase enzyme exhibits a high perhydrolysis to hydrolysis ratio.
  • the perhydrolase enzyme is a naturally occurring Mycobacterium smegmatis perhydrolase enzyme or a variant thereof. This enzyme, its enzymatic properties, its structure, and numerous variants and homologs, thereof, are described in detail in International Patent Application Publications WO 05/056782A and WO 08/063400A and U.S. Patent Application Publications US2008145353 and US2007167344, which are incorporated by reference.
  • laccase is a multi-copper containing oxidase (EC 1.10.3.2) that catalyzes the oxidation of phenols, polyphenols, and anilines by single-electron abstraction, with the concomitant reduction of oxygen to water in a four-electron transfer process.
  • laccase enzyme products useful in the method of the present invention are: EcoFade LT100 (available Genencor International Inc., U.S.A.) and Novoprime Base 268 (available Novozymes A/S).
  • the method of treating textile by contacting a textile with a peroxidase, a source of hydrogen peroxide, and a mediator is provided.
  • a suitable liquor/textile ratio to be used in the present method may be in the range of from about 20:1 to about 1 : 1 , preferably in the range of from about 15:1 to about 3:1 , more preferably in the range of from 15:1 to 5: 1 (volumn/ weight).
  • the reaction time is usually in the range of from about 1 minute to about 5 hours. Preferably the reaction time is within the range of from about 3 minutes to about 180 minutes, more preferably the reaction time is within the range of from about 5 minutes to about 60 minutes, even more preferably within 5 to 30 minutes, and most preferably 10-30 minutes.
  • the process of the present invention is carried out at a pH of from about 2 to about 8, preferably at a pH from about 3 to about 7, more preferably at a pH from about 4 to about 7, even more preferably at a pH from about 4 to about 6, and most preferably at a pH from about 4 to about 5.
  • the process of the present invention is able to function at a temperature below 90°C, preferably below 75°C, more preferably below 65°C, more preferably below 60°C, more preferably below 55°C, more preferably below 45°C, even more preferably below 35°C.
  • the process of the present invention is conducted at the temperature range of 10-90°C, preferably 15-80°C, more preferably 20-70°C, more preferably 30-70°C, more preferably 35-65°C, and even more preferably 30-50°C.
  • Enzyme dosage greatly depends on the enzyme reaction time and enzyme activity, i.e. a relatively short enzymatic reaction time or low enzymatic activity necessitates a relatively increased enzyme dosage, and vice versa.
  • enzyme dosage may be stipulated in accordance with the reaction time available.
  • the dosage of the peroxidase and additional enzymes is from about 0.0001 milligram (mg) enzyme protein to about 10 mg enzyme protein (of each enzyme) per gram of fabric, preferably 0.0005 mg enzyme protein to 5 mg enzyme protein per gram of fabric, more preferably 0.0008 mg enzyme protein to 3 mg enzyme protein per gram of fabric, more preferably 0.001 mg enzyme protein to 2 mg enzyme protein per gram of fabric, more preferably 0.001 mg enzyme protein to 1 mg enzyme protein per gram of fabric, more preferably 0.001 mg enzyme protein to 0.5 mg enzyme protein per gram of fabric, even more preferably 0.001 mg enzyme protein to 0.1 mg enzyme protein per gram of fabric.
  • these amounts refer to the amount of each enzyme.
  • the mediator may be present in a concentration in the range of from 0.01 mM to 100 mM, preferably in the range of from 0.02 mM to 50 mM, more preferably in the range of from 0.05 mM to 10 mM, and even more preferably in the range of from 0.05 mM to 5 mM, and even more preferably in the range of from 0.1 mM to 1 mM, and most preferably in the range of from 0.1 mM to 0.5 mM.
  • Source of hydrogen peroxide may be added at the beginning of or during the process, e.g., typically in an amount corresponding to levels of from 0.001 mM to 25 mM, preferably to levels of from 0.005 mM to 5 mM, and particularly to levels of from 0.01 to 1 mM hydrogen peroxide, and more particularly to levels of from 0.01 to 0.5 mM hydrogen peroxide.
  • the dosage of the source of hydrogen peroxide refers to the amount of hydrogen peroxide added, or the source of hydrogen peroxide added in an amount which will generate hydrogen peroxide at the level of the indicated ranges.
  • Molecular oxygen from the atmosphere will usually be present in sufficient quantity, if required. Therefore, the reaction may conveniently be carried out in an open reactor, i.e. at atmospheric pressure.
  • Surfactants and/or dispersants are often present in, and/or added to a textile.
  • the process and use of the present invention may be carried out in the presence of an anionic, non-ionic, cationic and/or zwitterionic surfactant and/or dispersant conventionally used in textile processsing.
  • anionic surfactants are carboxylates, sulphates, sulphonates or phosphates of alkyi, substituted alkyi or aryl.
  • non-ionic surfactants are polyoxyethylene compounds, such as alcohol ethoxylates, propoxylates or mixed ethoxy-/propoxylates, poly-glycerols and other polyols, as well as certain block- copolymers.
  • cationic surfactants are water-soluble cationic polymers, such as quartenary ammonium sulphates and certain amines, e.g. epichlorohydrin/dimethylamine polymers (EPI-DMA) and cross-linked solutions thereof, polydiallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride (DADMAC), DADMAC/Acrylamide co-polymers, and ionene polymers, such as those disclosed in US patents nos.
  • zwitterionic or amphoteric surfactants are betains, glycinates, amino propionates, imino propionates and various imidazolin-derivatives. Also the polymers disclosed in US patent no. 5,256,252 may be used.
  • the peroxidase may be applied alone or together with an additional enzyme.
  • an additional enzyme means at least one additional enzyme, e.g. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten or even more additional enzymes.
  • the term “applied together with” means that the additional enzyme may be applied in the same, or in another step of the process of the invention.
  • the other process step may be upstream or downstream in the textile manufacturing process, as compared to the step in which the textile is treated with a peroxidase.
  • the additional enzyme is an enzyme which has protease, lipase, xylanase, cutinase, oxidoreductase, cellulase, endoglucanase, amylase, and/or mannanase.
  • oxidoreductase enzymes are enzymes with laccase, perhydrolase, and/or peroxidase activity.
  • the additional enzyme is laccase.
  • the method for treating textile comprises (a) contacting the textile with cellulase; (b) contacting a textile with a peroxidase, a source of hydrogen peroxide, and a mediator.
  • a wash step between step (a) and (b), there is a wash step.
  • (a) and (b) are performed in a single bath without intervening wash steps.
  • (a) and (b) are performed sequentially or simultaneously in the same bath.
  • (a) and (b) are performed sequentially in a single bath, wherein (a) is performed prior to the (b).
  • (a) is preceded by an enzymatic desizing step.
  • the enzymatic desizing step may be performed in the same bath as (a). In some embodiments, the enzymatic desizing step is performed sequentially or simultaneously in the same bath as (a) and (b). In some embodiments, the enzymatic desizing step is performed sequentially in the same bath as (a) and (b), wherein the order of the steps is enzymatic desizing, step (a) and (b). In some embodiments, the enzymatic desizing step is performed in one bath, followed by a wash step, and step (a) and (b) performed in the same bath.
  • Peroxidases can also be used in other aspects of textile manufacturing, generally including aspects of treatment, processing, finishing, polishing, production of fibers, or the like.
  • peroxidases can be used in de-coloring dyed waste (including indigo-dyed waste), in fabric dyeing, in textile bleaching, in fiber modification; in achieving enhanced fiber or fabric properties, and the like.
  • the present composition or process may also be applied in textile bleaching to destruct pigmented color and/or colored impurities of cotton fabric.
  • the step of applying a peroxidase, a source of hydrogen peroxide and a mediator to destruct pigmented color and/or colored impurities of cotton fabric is performed after the scouring step.
  • the present compositions may also be used in a method for modifying the color of wool.
  • the present compositions may also be used in a method to remove excess dye after dyeing/printing step. Excess soluble dyestuff not bound to the fibres can be removed by applying the present composition after dyeing, to ensure fastness of the dyed textiles and to prevent unwanted dye transfer during laundering of the textiles by the consumer.
  • compositions may also be used in the field of waste-water treatment.
  • peroxidases can be used in decolorization of colored compounds.
  • dyes include, but are not limited to, azo, monoazo, disazo, nitro, xanthene, quinoline, anthroquinone, triarylmethane, paraazoanyline, azineoxazine, stilbene, aniline, and phthalocyanine dyes, or mixtures thereof.
  • the dye is an azo dye (e.g., Reactive Black 5 (2,7- naphthalenedisulfonic acid, 4-amino-5- hydroxy-3,6-bis((4-((2- (sulfooxy)ethyl)sulfonyl)phenyl)azo)-tetrasodium salt), Reactive Violet 5, methyl yellow, Congo red).
  • the dye is an anthraquinone dye (e.g., remazol blue), indigo (indigo carmine), a triarylmethane/paraazoanyline dye (e.g., crystal violet, malachite green), or a sulfur- based dye.
  • the dye is a reactive, direct, disperse, or pigment dye.
  • the dye is a component of an ink.
  • compositions As described above, the present compositions include a peroxidase, a source of hydrogen peroxide and a mediator.
  • composition can also be provided in the form of a "ready to use” (RTU) composition
  • RTU ready to use
  • the mediator is selected from 1 -methylvioluric acid, 1 ,3-dimethylvioluric acid, thiovioluric acid, violuric acid, and esters, ethers, salts or hydrates thereof.
  • the source of hydrogen peroxide is selected from percarbonates, persulphates, perphosphates, peroxyacids, alkyperoxides, acylperoxides, peroxyesters, urea peroxide, perborates and peroxycarboxylic acids or salts thereof.
  • the RTU composition may further contain one or more compounds to provide a pH buffer when the composition is in solution.
  • the composition contains phosphate buffer or adipic acid bufferring system.
  • the adipic acid bufferring system is acetic acid buffering system .
  • the RTU composition may be in a solid, granular form for ease of storage and transportation.
  • RTU compositions may also include any number of additional reagents, such as dispersants, surfactant, blockers, polymers, preservatives, and the like.
  • POXU peroxidase unit
  • a method of treating textile comprising contacting a textile with a peroxidase, a source of hydrogen peroxide, and a mediator having the chemical structure:
  • U1 , U2 and U3 are identical or different, and are O, S or NOH; and R1 and R2 are identical or different, and are hydrogen, hydroxyl, formyl, carbamoyl or sulfono radical, ester or salt of the sulfono radical, sulfamoyl, nitro, nitroso, amino, cyano, phenyl, benzyl d-C 4 -alkyl, Ci-C 4 -alkoxy, Ci-C 4 -carbonyl, or carbonyl-Ci-C 4 -alkyl.
  • U1 , U2 and U3 are identical or different, and are O or S; and R1 and R2 are identical or different, and are hydrogen, hydroxyl, methyl, ethyl, phenyl, benzyl, formyl, amino, cyano, nitroso, methoxy and/or ethoxy.
  • U1 , U2 and U3 are O; and R1 and R2 are identical or different, and are hydrogen, hydroxyl, methyl, ethyl, phenyl, benzyl, formyl, amino, cyano, nitroso, methoxy and/or ethoxy.
  • the mediator is selected from 1-methylvioluric acid, 1 ,3-dimethylvioluric acid, thiovioluric acid, violuric acid, and esters, ethers, salts or hydrates thereof.
  • the textile is dyed textile, preferably the textile is dyed fabric, more preferable the textile is denim.
  • the method conducted in an aqueous solution having a pH of from about 2 to about 8, preferably about 3 to about 7, more preferably about 4 to about 7.
  • the peroxidase comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence which has at least 80% identity, such as at least 85% identity, at least 90% identity or at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:2.
  • the method of treating textile comprising (a) contacting the textile with cellulase; (b) contacting a textile with a peroxidase, a source of hydrogen peroxide, and a mediator according to any one of claims 1-8, wherein step (a) and (b) are performed sequentially or simultaneously in the same bath.
  • step (a) is preceded by an enzymatic desizing step. 1 1.
  • the enzymatic desizing step is to contact textile with amylase.
  • step of contacting textile with amylase, step (a) and step (b) occur sequentially or simultaneously in the same bath.
  • the treating textile is manufacturing the textile.
  • the method of any of the preceding paragraphs achieves color modification on the front side of the textile.
  • a composition comprising a peroxidase, a source of hydrogen peroxide, and a mediator havin the chemical structure:
  • U1 , U2 and U3 are identical or different, and are O, S or NOH; and R1 and R2 are identical or different, and are hydrogen, hydroxyl, formyl, carbamoyl or sulfono radical, ester or salt of the sulfono radical, sulfamoyl, nitro, nitroso, amino, cyano, phenyl, benzyl d-C 4 -alkyl, Ci-C 4 -alkoxy, Ci-C 4 -carbonyl, or carbonyl-Ci-C 4 -alkyl.
  • U1 , U2 and U3 are O; and R1 and R2 are identical or different, and are hydrogen, hydroxyl, methyl, ethyl, phenyl, benzyl, formyl, amino, cyano, nitroso, methoxy and/or ethoxy.
  • the mediator is selected from 1- methylvioluric acid, 1 ,3-dimethylvioluric acid, thiovioluric acid, violuric acid, and esters, ethers, salts or hydrates thereof.
  • any of paragraphs 15-17 which is an aqueous composition with a pH of from about a pH of from about 2 to about 8, preferably, preferably about 3 to about 7, more preferably preferably more preferably about 4 to about 7.
  • the method or the composition of the present invention achieve color modification on the front side of the textile, preferably the color modification with the bleaching level on the front side of at least 1.5 Delta L* unit, more preferably at least 1.6, more preferably at least 1.7, more preferably at least 1.8, more preferably at least 1.9, more preferably at least 2, more preferably at least 2.1 , more preferably at least 2.2, more preferably at least 2.3, more preferably at least 2.4, more preferably at least 2.5, more preferably at least 2.6, even more preferably at least 2.7, even more preferably at least 2.8, even more preferably at least 2.9, even most preferably at least 3 Delta L* unit under testing conditions as specified in Example 1.
  • Coprinus cinereus peroxidase (CiP) is shown as SEQ ID NO: 1
  • SBP soybean peroxidase
  • MtL Myceliophthora thermophila laccase
  • Cellusoft L® (a Trichoderma reesei multi-component cellulase product, commercially available from Novozymes A/S)
  • Denimax® Core 1380 S (an enzyme product containing cellulase and alpha-amylase, commercially available from Novozymes A/S)
  • the bleaching level of the denim samples were determined by measuring the reflectance with pre-calibrated DataColor SF450X, alternatively an equivalent apparatus can be used. Four readings were taken for each sample, and the average of the readings were used. The bleaching level was evaluated with the index CIE L* on the blue side (front side) of the sample, and the index CIE b* on the back side of the sample.
  • L* indicates the color change in white/black on a scale from 0 to 100, and a decrease in
  • L* means an increase in black colour (decrease in white colour) and an increase in L* means an increase in white colour (decrease in black colour).
  • Delta L* unit L* of the swatch treated with a certain enzyme - L* of the swatch before enzyme treatment. The larger the Delta L* unit is, the brighter and/or whiter the denim is, thus the higher is the bleaching level (e.g. a Delta L* unit of 6 has higher bleaching level than Delta L* unit of 4).
  • b* indicates the color change in blue/yellow
  • a decrease in b* means an increase in blue colour (decrease in yellow colour)
  • an increase in b* means an increase in yellow colour (decrease in blue colour).
  • Delta b* units b* of the swatch treated with a certain enzyme - b* of the swatch before enzyme treatment. The larger the Delta b* unit is, the brighter and/or whiter the back side of the denim is, thus the higher is the bleaching level on the back side (e.g. a Delta b* unit of 3 has higher bleaching level than Delta b* unit of 1).
  • the enzyme protein in an enzyme product can be measured with BCATM Protein Assay Kit (product number 23225, commercial available from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.) according to the product manual.
  • Example 1 Color modification with CiP/VA in Launder-O-meter under different dosages
  • Coprinus cinereus peroxidase / violuric acid (CiP/VA) was tested in Launder-O-Meter (SDL-Atlas LP2), including the bleaching level under different dosages.
  • Denim after abrasion was cut to 16 cm tall and 27 cm long.
  • the denim was sewn, forming a tube with height of 12.5 cm and weight of about 22g.
  • the tubes were placed in a condition room (65% relative humidity, 20°C) for 24 hours before they were numbered, weighted by the analytical balance and recorded.
  • One conditioned tube was placed in 200ml each breaker, with the blue side facing inward.
  • LOM Launder-O-Meter
  • the bleaching level of the denim samples were determined by measuring the reflectance with pre-calibrated DataColor SF450X. Four readings were taken for each sample. The bleaching level was evaluated with the index CIE L* of the blue side of the sample, and with the index CIE b* of the back of the sample. For both L* and b*, 4 readings were conducted for each fabric and the average of the four readings were used.
  • Cip/VA system resulted in surprisingly high increase in bleaching level (higher Delta L* and Delta b* units) compared with blank group (without adding CiP, VA and H 2 0 2 ) and control group (adding H 2 0 2 ).
  • the optimum dosages for CiP, VA and H 2 0 2 are 0.015 mg enzyme protein/g fabric, 0.5 mM/L and 0.05g/L respectively.
  • Coprinus cinereus peroxidase and violur acid (CiP/VA) system works well over a broad dosage range, by increasing the bleaching level on both sides.
  • CiP/VA The effects of the CiP/VA on denim were tested under the reaction conditions as shown in Table 2 with the same protocol as Example 1.
  • the dosage of CiP was set as 0.015 mg enzyme protein/g fabric, VA was 0.5 mM/L and H 2 0 2 was 0.05 g/L.
  • Blank group without adding CiP, VA and H 2 0 2
  • control group asdding H 2 0 2 with 0.1 g/l
  • CiP/VA shows activity over a broad temperature range from 25 to 65°C) and pH range from 4 to 7. It works better in low temperature such as from 25 to 45°C.
  • the reaction rate of CiP/VA is very rapid with the main bleaching action finished within the first 10 minutes.
  • CiP/VA, CiP/HOBT, SBP/VA, and MtL/MeS were evaluated under the reaction conditions as shown in Table 3 with the same protocol as Example 1.
  • the treating time in this example was set as 30 minutes.
  • CiP SEQ ID NO: 1
  • SBP SEQ ID NO:2
  • the CiP/VA or SBP/VA system is more efficient than CiP/HOBT system with increased bleaching level (higher Delta L* unit and higher Delta b*).
  • VA is superior to the HOBT mediator in the peroxidase/mediator system for color modification.
  • CiP/VA or SBP/VA systems perform better in bleaching level compared with the commercial laccase/mediator system (MtL/MeS).
  • Example 4 Color modification with CiP/VA in combination with cellulase in LOM in one bath
  • the one-bath combined abrasion and bleaching process refers to doing denim abrasion and bleaching step by step in the same bath without draining and rinsing in between, while normally the abrasion and bleaching are two separated processes carried out in different treating baths.
  • the normal processes of abrasion and bleaching were set as the control, where the denim was rinsed after abrasion while bleaching happened in another bath afterwards.
  • Control process (bleaching in a different bath from the abrasion bath):
  • the abrasion bath was drained and the swatch was rinsed in hot water for 2 times and in cold water for 2 times.
  • the swatch was then placed in the beaker again with nuts as described in paragraph 2 of Example 1.
  • peroxidase, mediator and H 2 0 2 according to Table 4, with the liquid to fabric ratio of 8:1 (v/w, ml/g).
  • the beaker was reloaded in LOM and the washing program was continued for 30 min at 55°C for the bleaching step.
  • Table 4 shows that the combined process could reach the same Delta L* level as that in the control process, when the dosage of CiP/VA/H202 system is somewhere between the double and the triple dosage as used for the control process.
  • the example shows that CiP/VA/H202 system is suitable for use in the combined abrasion and bleaching process in one bath.
  • Example 5 Color modification with CiP/VA in combination with desizing and abrasion in a one-bath
  • the one-bath combined process in this example refers to conducting denim desizing, abrasion and bleaching in the same bath without draining and rinsing in between.
  • the control process was first to do desizing and abrasion in the same bath simultaneously, then the denim swatch was rinsed while bleaching happened in another bath afterwards.
  • WASCATOR Electrically, Switzerland
  • WASCATOR is a washer extractor with a capacity of 7 kg fabric, controlled by a microprocessor-based program control unit, which generates a higher mechanical action than LOM, so the sizing agent in the denim fabric could be easily removed with the help of amylase to ensure the fabric with enough desizing and abrasion effects prepared for the next bleaching step.
  • 1 kg of denim tubes were loaded into WASCATOR and the washing program ran as below:
  • the swatches for combined process were cut into small tubes and placed in the beakers with nuts as described in Example 1.
  • the bath collection from WASCATOR was adjusted to pH 5 by acetic acid, and added into the beakers.
  • the peroxidase, mediator and H 2 0 2 were added according to Table 5, with the liquid to fabric ratio of 10: 1 (v/w ml/g).
  • the beakers were reloaded in LOM and the washing program was continued for 30 min at 40°C for the bleaching.
  • Table 5 shows that the combined process could reach the same Delta L* level as the control process, when the dosage of CiP/VA/H202 system was somewhere between six and seven times of the dosage used for the control process.
  • the example shows that CiP/VA/H202 system is suitable for use in the combined desizing, abrasion and bleaching process in one bath.
  • Example 6 Color modification with CiP/VA using sodium percarbonate or urea hydrogen peroxide as hydrogen peroxide donor in WASCATOR Denim bleaching trials were conducted in Wascator (Electrolux, Switzerland). For each trial, six pieces of large denim tubes weighed up around 1 kg were loaded together. 50mM of sodium acetate buffer was used to control the bath at pH 5. The peroxidase, mediator and hydrogen peroxide source (H 2 0 2 or sodium percarbonate or urea hydrogen peroxide) were added according to Table 6. The H 2 0 2 release amount of the sodium percarbonate and urea hydrogen peroxide is 28.30% and 35.08% respectively. At the dosages in Table 6, both sodium percarbonate and urea hydrogen peroxide would release H 2 0 2 to the amount of 0.06 g/L. The trials conditions were described as below:
  • Example 7 Local color modification with CiP/VA.
  • Denim after abrasion was cut to 16 cm tall and 27 cm long. The denim was sewn, forming a rectangle swatch with height of 12.5 cm and weight of about 22g. Place the swatch blue side up onto a hoop with a diameter of 10 cm to make the central part of the swatch horizontally suspended.
  • the swatch was made into a tube shape and placed in the beaker with nuts as described in Example 1.
  • H 2 0 2 were then added, making the bath had a H 2 0 2 content of 0.69 g/L and a liquid to fabric ratio of 10:1 (v/w ml/g).
  • the beaker was loaded in LOM and the washing program was continued for 20 min at 25°C.

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