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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2004
Hiroaki Udagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Rikako Taira, Tokyo, JP;
Shinobu Takagi, Chiba, JP;
Carsten Hjort, Vaerlose, DK;
Anders Vikso-nielsen, Slangerup, DK;
Eric Allain, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Shiro Fukuyama, Chiba, JP;
Tomoko Matsui, Chiba, JP;
Hiroaki Udagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Rikako Taira, Tokyo, JP;
Shinobu Takagi, Chiba, JP;
Carsten Hjort, Vaerlose, DK;
Anders Vikso-Nielsen, Slangerup, DK;
Eric Allain, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Shiro Fukuyama, Chiba, JP;
Tomoko Matsui, Chiba, JP;
Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd, DK;
Novozymes North America, Inc., Franklinton, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a hybrid enzyme comprising carbohydrate-binding module amino acid sequence and a fungal alpha-amylase amino acid sequence and to a variant of a fungal wild type enzyme comprising a carbohydrate-binding module and an alpha-amylase catalytic module. The invention also relates to the use of the hybrid enzyme or the variant in starch liquefaction.