Amylolytic enzyme extracted from bacillus sp. A 7-7 (DSM 12368) and washing and cleaning agents containing this novel amylolytic enzyme

US7153818B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Henkel AG & Co. KGaA · DE

Inventors

• Roland Breves · Mettmann, DE
• Karl-Heinz Maurer · Erkrath, DE
• Beatrix Kottwitz · Erkrath, DE
• Laura Polanyi-Bald · Frechen, DE
• Angela Hellebrandt
• Irmgard Schmidt · Solingen, DE
• Regina Stehr · Goldkronach, DE
• Angrit Weber · Sankt Augustin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 19, 2001
• Grant date: Dec 26, 2006
• Expiry date: Dec 16, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T156/1111
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a novel amylolytic enzyme extracted from the micro-organism Bacillus sp. A7-7 (DSM 12368), to sufficiently similar proteins having an amylolytic function, to methods for the production thereof and to diverse fields of application for these proteins. In addition, they can be further developed beyond the implemented fields of application for other, above all, technical purposes. The invention particularly relates to washing and cleaning agents containing amylolytic proteins of the aforementioned type, to methods for cleaning textiles or hard surfaces that involve the use of such amylolytic proteins or analogous agents, and to their use for cleaning textiles or hard surfaces.