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α-amylase variants

US6887986B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 16, 1999
Grant dateMay 3, 2005
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Expiry dateNov 16, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12N9/2417
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a variant of a parent Termamyl-like α-amylase, comprising mutations in two, three, four, five or six regions/positions. The variants have increased stability at high temperatures (relative to the parent). The invention also relates to a DNA construct comprising a DNA sequence encoding an α-amylase variant of the invention, a recombinant expression vector which carries a DNA construct of the invention, a cell which is transformed with a DNA construct of the invention, the use of an α-amylase variant of the invention for washing and/or dishwashing, textile desizing, starch liquefaction, a detergent additive comprising an α-amylase variant of the invention, a manual or automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising an α-amylase variant of the invention, a method for generating a variant of a parent Termamyl-like α-amylase, which variant exhibits increased.

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