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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert M. Caldwell, San Carlos, CA (US);
Colin Mitchinson, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Traci H Ropp, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Genecor International, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/386 ; C12N 9/26 ; C12N 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/386 ; C12N 9/26 ; C12N 1/500 ;
Abstract
Novel &agr;-amylase enzymes are disclosed having a substution equivalent to G475R in,The disclosed &agr;-amylase enzymes show improved specific activity and starch hydrolysis performance. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding such enzymes, expression vectors including such polynucleotides, host cells transformed with such expression vectors, and the use of such enzymes in detergent compositions.