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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Danisco Us Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wolfgang Aehle, Zwingenberg, DE;
Richard R. Bott, Burlingame, CA (US);
Martijn Scheffers, Leiden, NL;
Pieter van Solingen, Naaldwijk, NL;
Casper Vroemen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Danisco US Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/56 (2006.01); C12N 9/34 (2006.01); C12P 7/06 (2006.01); C12P 19/14 (2006.01); C12P 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/2428 (2013.01); C12P 7/06 (2013.01); C12P 19/02 (2013.01); C12P 19/14 (2013.01); Y02E 50/17 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to variants of a parent glucoamylase having altered properties (e.g., improved thermostability and/or specific activity). In particular, the present disclosure provides compositions comprising the variant glucoamylases, including starch hydrolyzing compositions and cleaning compositions. The disclosure also relates to DNA constructs encoding the variants and methods of producing the glucoamylase variants in host cells.