Henkel Ag & Company, Kgaa

Ab Enzymes Oy

Basf Se Corporation

Henkel IP Holding Gmbh

Novozymes A/s

Bsh Hausgerate Gmbh

Rhodia Operations

Ab Enzymes Gmbh

Nina Mussmann

Sabine Griemert

Allan Svendsen

Matthias Sunder

Arnd Kessler

Peter Schmiedel

Daniela Herbst

Christian Degering

Inken Prueser

Thorsten Bastigkeit

Thomas Eiting

Konstantin Benda

Inga Kerstin Vockenroth

Rune Nygaard Monrad

Lars Anderson

Thorsten Eggert

Noelle Wrubbel

Hendrik Hellmuth

Sohel Dalal

Ulrich Schwaneberg

Terhi Puranen

Rajendra Kulothungan Sainathan

Patrick Lorenz

Vasudeva Prahlada Rao

Mette Louise Dissing Overgaard

Santhosh Vasu Mepadam

Geetha Hiremath Mendez

Karl-Heinz Maurer

Christian Kropf

Dorotea Raventos Segura

Marja T Paloheimo

Susanne Wieland

Timothy O'Connell

Thomas Weber

Jens Erik Nielsen

Leena Valtakari

Martin Stickel

Kari Juntunen

Pentti Ojapalo

Jarno Kallio

Lars Giger

Didier Gigmes

Alexander Schulz

Oliver Kurth

Mareile Job

Benoit Luneau

Denis Bertin

Petra Siegert

Stefan Evers

Volker Blank

Layla Fernandez

Christian Leggewie

Daria Strauss

Taija Leinonen

Claudia Lindner

Kasper D Rand

Pernille F Jensen

Silke Menke

Marion Merkel

Liv Christiansen

Susanne Tondera

Ronny Martinez

Susanna Mäkinen

Michael Seefried

Brian Laufs

Felix Jakob

Kristiina Jaervinen

Jari Vehmaanperae

Klaus Dorra

Trang Phan

Leigh Murphy

Céline Orizet

Britta Strauss

Inigo Gonzalez

Ayhan Aydemir

Daniela Dollak

Marie Thrysoe Kruse

Heinz Heissler

Renée Charlott Eichstaedt

Shilpi Agarwal

Garabed Antranikian

Quang Ngoc Tran

Ruth Schwerdtfeger

Shohana Islam

Edith Lambert

Rainer Stamminger

Michaela Gerstenlauer

Hans Hartmut Janke

Brigitte Kempen

Georgette Koerfer

Diana Linke

Mehdi Davari Dolatabadi

Lorena Palmén

Ljubica Vojcic

Peter F Hallin

Inken Prüser

Dorotea R S Raventos

Thomas Haarmann

Michael Puls

Barbara Peiffer

This invention relates to novel detergent compositions comprising bacterial mannanase enzymes. The detergent compositions comprising bacterial mannanases are useful in laundry and cleaning applications wherein degradation or modification of mannan is desired. The invention also relates to the use of said detergent compositions in laundry and cleaning applications as well as a method for degrading mannan.

Detergent compositions comprising bacterial mannanases

A washing or cleaning agent may include at least one amylase and at least one protease with an amino acid sequence having at least 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence specified in SEQ ID NO:1 over the entire length thereof and has an amino acid substitution at at least one of the positions corresponding to the positions 12, 43, 122, 127, 154, 156, 160, 211, 212, or 222, in each case based on the numbering according to SEQ ID NO:1. Corresponding cleaning methods and uses of such a washing or cleaning agent for cleaning textiles and/or hard surfaces are also disclosed.

Washing and cleaning agents comprising protease and amylase

Proteases may include an amino acid sequence having at least 70% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence given in SEQ ID NO:1 over its entire length. The proteases may further have, in each case based on the numbering according to SEQ ID NO:1, amino acid substitutions 9T, 130D/V, 133A, 144K, 217M, 252T and 271E at the positions corresponding to positions 9, 130, 133, 144, 217, 252 and 271. The proteases may further include at least one further amino acid substitution at at least one of the positions corresponding to positions 6, 89, 131, 166, 189, 211 or 224, and to the production and use thereof. Such proteases exhibit very good stability with good cleaning performance.

Stability-enhanced protease variants VI

Proteases may include an amino acid sequence having at least 70% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 1 over its entire length and, in each case based on the numbering according to SEQ ID NO: 1, may include (i) amino acid substitutions, such as selected from amino acid substitutions 9T, 144K, 252T and 271E, at positions corresponding to positions 9, 144, 252 and 271, and (ii) at least one additional amino acid substitution at least at one of the positions corresponding to positions 53, 120, 131, 149, 159, 162, 166, 172, 189, 192, 211, 215, 217, 224 and 274. Production and use of said proteases are described herein. Proteases of this kind demonstrate very good stability with a good cleaning performance.

Proteases having improved enzyme stability in washing and cleaning agents III

An agent, such as a detergent or cleaning agent, may include a polyesterase. A method for cleaning textiles may include applying the agent to a textile for removing soiling. The polyesterase may also help to reduce pilling effects in the agent.

Agent containing a recombinant polyesterase

This present disclosure relates to novel detergent compositions comprising bacterial mannanase enzymes. The detergent compositions comprising bacterial mannanases are useful in laundry and cleaning applications wherein degradation or modification of mannan is desired. The present disclosure also relates to the use of said detergent compositions in laundry and cleaning applications as well as a method for degrading mannan.

Proteases may include an amino acid sequence which has at least 70% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence given in SEQ ID NO:1 over its entire length and has (i) one or more first amino acid substitutions at positions corresponding to positions 3, 4, 99, 199, or combinations thereof, and (ii) one or more second amino acid substitutions at positions corresponding to positions 9, 21, 42, 44, 105, 112, 113, 131, 137, 139, 141, 145, 159, 168, 176, 177, 182, 193, 198, 204, 205, 206, 210, 212, 230, 234, 250, 253, 255, 259, 267, or combinations thereof based on the numbering according to SEQ ID NO:1, and relates to the preparation and use thereof. Proteases of this kind demonstrate very good stability with good cleaning performance.

Performance-enhanced and storage stable protease variants

An amino acid sequence may have at least 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence identified in SEQ ID No. 1 over its entire length, and (a) an amino acid substitution on the position corresponding to the position 271, and (b1) at least one other amino acid substitution for at least one of the positions corresponding to the positions 18, 61, 92, 99, 137, 149, 156, 159, 162, 166, 172, 192, 199, 217, 265, or combinations thereof; and/or (b2) an amino acid substitution on the position corresponding to the position 9, and another amino acid substitution for at least one position corresponding to the positions 29, 48, 101, 130, 31, 133, 144, 217, 224, 252, or combinations thereof. Such proteases are useful for in washing or cleaning agents.

Performance-enhanced protease variants I

Detergent compositions may include endoglucanase variants and methods of using such detergent compositions. The endoglucanase may have an alteration at one or more positions where the variant has at least 60% but less than 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2.

Detergent compositions comprising GH9 endoglucanase variants II

The present disclosure relates to proteases having an amino acid sequence with at least 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence given in SEQ ID No. 1, across its whole length, and comprising an amino acid substitution on at least one of the positions P9, Q10, Q62, L82, P86, N130, T141, N187, S236 or T253, relating in each case to the numbering according to SEQ ID No. 1. The present disclosure also relates to the production and use thereof. Said type of proteases have a very good cleaning performance.

Proteases with improved enzyme stability in detergents

An amino acid sequence may have at least 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence identified in SEQ ID No. 1 over its entire length, and (a) amino acid substitutions at the positions corresponding to the positions 9 and 271 in each case based on the numbering according to SEQ ID No. 1, and (b) an amino acid substitution on at least one of the positions corresponding to the positions 29, 48, 101, 30, 131, 133, 144, 224 or 252, in each case based on the numbering according to SEQ ID No. 1. Such proteases are particularly suitable for having an improved cleaning performance.

Performance-enhanced protease variants II

Proteases may include an amino acid sequence which has at least 70% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence given in SEQ ID NO:1 over its entire length and has, based on the numbering according to SEQ ID NO:1, (i) two or more first amino acid substitutions at positions corresponding to positions 3, 4, 99, 199, or combinations thereof; and (ii) one or more second amino acid substitutions at positions corresponding to positions 74, 136, 143, 154, 161, 163, 171, 200, 203, 209, 212, 256, or combinations thereof. Proteases of this kind demonstrate very good stability with good cleaning performance.

A cleaning agent for hard surfaces and methods for cleaning are provided herein. In one embodiment, the cleaning agent includes at least one first amylase, wherein the first amylase is an &#x3b1;-amylase fromsp. No. 707 or a functional fragment or a variant thereof. The cleaning agent further includes at least one second amylase, wherein the second amylase is an AA560 &#x3b1;-amylase fromsp. or a functional fragment or a variant thereof. In another embodiment, the method includes dispensing the cleaning agent into the interior of an automatic dishwasher while a dishwashing program is being executed, before the main washing cycle begins, or in the course of the main washing cycle.

Cleaning agent containing amylases

An amino acid sequence may have at least 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence identified in SEQ ID No. 1 over its entire length, and (a) an amino acid substitution N130D on the position corresponding to the position 30 based on the numbering according to SEQ ID No. 1, and (b) an amino acid substitution on at least one of the positions corresponding to the positions 101, 133, 144, 224, 252 or 271, in each case based on the numbering according to SEQ ID No. 1. Such proteases are particularly suitable for having an improved cleaning performance.

Performance-enhanced protease variants III

In a dishwashing liquid, the cleaning performance, in particular on bleachable stains such as, for example, tea stains, is to be improved. This succeeds using a dishwashing liquid which comprises a hydrogen peroxide source, a bleaching catalyst and a protease that, in native electrophoresis on a polyacrylamide gel, has a migration distance that is longer than the migration distance of the protease as per SEQ ID NO. 1.

Dishwashing liquid having bleaching catalyst and protease

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