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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
May. 29, 2019
Basf SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Hugo Urbina, San Diego, CA (US);
Asfia Qureshi, San Diego, CA (US);
Adrienne Huston Davenport, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Xuqiu Tan, San Diego, CA (US);
Jochen Kutscher, Balzheim, DE;
Andreas Funke, Dietenheim, DE;
Michael Seitter, Voehringen, DE;
Stefan Haefner, Speyer, DE;
Anh-Huy Phan Le, San Diego, CA (US);
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to variants of an alpha-amylase which have an increased exoamylase activity compared to the parent alpha-amylase. The present invention also relates to methods of making the variant alpha-amylase and the use of the variant alpha-amylase in baking, detergents, personal care products, in the processing of textiles, in pulp and paper processing, in the production of ethanol, lignocellulosic ethanol or syrups and as viscosity breaker in oilfield and mining industries.