	US 11,920,290 B2
	Process for dyeing textiles and enzymes used therein
Jitka Eryilmaz, Bursa (TR); Fatih Konukoglu, Bursa (TR); Halil Ibrahim Akbas, Bursa (TR); Esref Tuncer, Bursa (TR); and Mahmut Ozdemir, Bursa (TR)
Assigned to Sanko Tekstil Isletmeleri San. Ve Tic A.S., Bursa (TR)
Filed by Sanko Tekstil Isletmeleri San. Ve Tic. A.S., Bursa (TR)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/148,706.
Claims priority of application No. 20151830 (EP), filed on Jan. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0214888 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. C12N 9/88 (2006.01); C11D 3/386 (2006.01); D06M 16/00 (2006.01); D06P 1/22 (2006.01); D06M 101/06 (2006.01); D06P 5/15 (2006.01)

CPC D06M 16/003 (2013.01) [C11D 3/38636 (2013.01); D06P 1/228 (2013.01); D06M 2101/06 (2013.01); D06P 5/158 (2013.01)]

13 Claims

1. A process for dyeing a textile including a cellulosic material, comprising the following steps:

a) providing indole or an indole derivative to at least part of said textile;

b) providing at least an oxidizing enzyme to at least part of said textile, whereby said at least part of textile includes said indole or indole derivative and said oxidizing enzyme;

c) converting at least part of said indole or indole derivative to indigo or indigo derivative, thereby dyeing at least part of said textile;

wherein said oxidizing enzyme is an oxidizing hybrid enzyme comprising a cellulose-binding domain (CBD), wherein said oxidizing enzyme is a flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO) and wherein said oxidizing hybrid enzyme is cellulose-binding domain-flavin-containing monooxygenase (CBD-FMO).