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  • Amylase variants
    Patent number: 7432099
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants (mutants) of polypeptides, in particular Termamyl-like alpha-amylases, which variant has alpha-amylase activity and exhibits an alteration in at least one of the following properties relative to said parent alpha-amylase: substrate specificity, substrate binding, substrate cleavage pattern, thermal stability, pH/activity profile, pH/stability profile, stability towards oxidation, Ca2+ dependency, specific activity, and solubility, in particular under production conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Bjarne Rønfeldt Nielsen