Enzymes for detergents

US6197589A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien · DE

Inventors

• Karl-Heinz Maurer · Erkrath, DE
• Albrecht Weiss · Linden, DE
• Christian Paech · Santa Rosa, US
• Dean Goddette · Abdulrahman Khaleefah Street, US
• Teresa Margaret Christianson · Cotati, US
• Maria Tang · Fairfield, US
• Charles R. Wilson · Santa Rosa, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 7, 1998
• Grant date: Mar 6, 2001
• Expiry date: May 7, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D3/386
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to proteases with improved application properties in cleaners and detergents. The improvement's achieved by substituting positively charged or uncharged amino acids in the substrate binding region of the wild type subtilisin protease.