High-alkaline protease and its use arginine-substituted subtilisin composition and use

US6190904A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL, INC. · US

Inventors

• Antoine Amory · Rixensart, BE
• Andre Clippe · Brussels, BE
• Gerhard Konieczny-Janda · Pattensen, DE
• Hubert Herrmann · Lehre, DE
• Karsten Borner · Sehnde, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 1996
• Grant date: Feb 20, 2001
• Expiry date: Dec 18, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D3/39
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a novel high-alkaline protease, its use in the industrial or domestic fields and also compositions for said uses containing this protease. The protease of the invention is a selected triple mutant derived from certain precursor proteases from the subtilisin group, especially of the "subtilisin 309" type.