Abstract: Home care compositions including a surfactant and an amylase. The amylase includes a recombinant, non-naturally-occurring variant of a parent alpha-amylase, the variant alpha-amylase having at least about 80% identity to SEQ ID NO: 5 and having amino acid substitutions at positions 415 and/or 51 with respect to SEQ ID NO: 5.

Abstract: Home care compositions including a surfactant and an amylase.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods relating to maltopentaose/maltohexaose-forming ?-amylases. The variant ?-amylases are useful, for example, for starch liquefaction and saccharification, for cleaning starchy stains in laundry, dishwashing, and other applications, for textile processing (e.g., desizing), in animal feed for improving digestibility, and for baking and brewing.

Abstract: An automatic dishwashing cleaning composition comprising a variant ?-amylase wherein the variant ?-amylase comprises amino acid substitution(s) selected from the group consisting of: i) a mutation at position 91 and one or more mutation(s) at an amino acid residue at the base of the ?-amylase TIM barrel structure, defined as residues 6, 7, 40, 96, 98, 100, 229, 230, 231, 262, 263, 285, 286, 287, 288, 322, 323, 324, 325, 362, 363 and 364; and/or ii) a mutation at position 172 and a mutation in position 288 or 324; and/or iii) Y364L referring to SEQ ID NO: 1 for numbering.

Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for deriving components or products from tobacco biomass. In particular the invention relates to a process for deriving two or more components or products from a single tobacco biomass stock, wherein during the process, at least one component or product, for example nicotine, is extracted from a liquid phase and at least one component or product, for example an organic molecule such as an alcohol, is produced from a solid phase. The invention also relates to products, particularly plastics, synthesised from the organic molecules derived from the biomass stock.