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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
Henrik Bisgang.rd-Frantzen, Lyngby, DK;
Torben Vedel Borchert, K.o slashed.benhavn, DK;
Allan Svendsen, Birker.o slashed.d, DK;
Marianne Thellersen, Frederiksberg, DK;
Pia Van der Zee, Virum, DK;
Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd, DK;
Abstract
A variant of a parent .alpha.-amylase enzyme having an improved washing and/or dishwashing performance as compared to the parent enzyme, wherein one or more amino acid residues of the parent enzyme have been replaced by a different amino acid residue and/or wherein one or more amino acid residues of the parent .alpha.-amylase have been deleted and/or wherein one or more amino acid residues have been added to the parent .alpha.-amylase enzyme, provided that the variant is different from one in which the methionine residue in position 197 of a parent B. licheniformis .alpha.-amylase has been replaced by alanine or threonine, as the only modification being made. The variant may be used for washing and dishwashing.