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Recombinant lipase and alpha-amylase variants

US5731280A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 15, 1995
Grant dateMar 24, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 15, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12N9/20
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to lipase and .alpha.-amylase variants, stabilized towards the inactiviation caused by peroxidase systems, in which variants a naturally occurring tryosine residue has been deleted, substituted with a different amino acid residue at one or more positions. The invention also relates to a method of stabilizing a lipase or an .alpha.-amylase towards the inactivation caused by the preoxidase systems, and detergent compositions comprising a lipase and/or .alpha.-amylase variant of the invention.

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