Patent 7510857 was granted and assigned to C5-6 TECHNOLOGIES on March, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A Clostridium thermocellum thermostable cellulase enzyme with both endocellulase activity and exocellulase activity that is able to degrade cellulose in the absence of scaffolding and other cellulosomic proteins is provided. The use of the enzyme to degrade cellulosic materials to soluble sugars is also provided.