Alkaline protease and washing and cleaning products containing said novel alkaline protease

US7811076B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Henkel AG & Co. KGaA · DE

Inventors

• Susanne Wieland · Nievenheim, DE
• Karl-Heinz Maurer · Erkrath, DE
• Beatrix Kottwitz · Erkrath, DE
• Frank Niehaus · Heppenheim, DE
• Patrick Lorenz · Lorsch, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 22, 2006
• Grant date: Oct 12, 2010
• Expiry date: May 10, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/54
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An alkaline protease, the DNA thereof having been taken from a bottom sample, alkaline proteases that are at least 40% identical, and nucleic acids with an identity at least 50% homologous with the associated nucleic acids. The invention also relates to the fragment of said protease comprising the amino acid positions 108 to 325, in addition to the gene fragment coding therefor, and alkaline proteases that are at least 60% identical or nucleic acids that are at least 70% identical. Furthermore, the invention defines technical possibilities of use for said proteases, especially use thereof in washing and cleaning products.