Disclosed herein are detergent compositions comprising novel phenol oxidizing enzymes encoded by nucleic acid capable of hybridizing to the nucleic acid having the sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:1 and in particular those obtainable from fungus, in particular from Bipolaris spicifera, Curvularia pallescens and Amerosporium atrum. The present invention provides expression vectors and host cells comprising nucleic acid encoding phenol oxidizing enzymes, methods for producing the phenol oxidizing enzyme as well as methods for constructing expression osts.