An alkaline lipase isolated from Vibrio metschnikovii RH530 and a polynucleotide
sequence encoding the same are provided. The isolated alkaline lipase has an amino
acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and the polynucleotide having a base sequence of
SEQ ID NO: 4 encodes the alkaline lipase. The isolated alkaline lipase exhibits
an optimal activity at a high pH level, that is, at pH 1011, and has very
high ratio of residual enzyme activity and high compatibility with a surfactant,
so that it can be suitably used as an enzyme for a laundry detergent.
