Abstract: The present disclosure lies in the field of enzyme technology. The present disclosure relates to amylases which may be used in particular with regard to use in detergents and cleaning products, all sufficiently similar amylases with a correspondingly similar sequence according to SEQ ID NO. 1 or SEQ ID NO. 2 and the nucleic acids coding them. The present disclosure further relates to their preparation as well as the method for using these amylases, their use as such and products containing them, in particular detergents and cleaning products.

Abstract: The invention relates to alpha-amylases which comprise an amino acid sequence that, over its entire length, shares at least 70% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1, and to the production and use thereof. Said type of alpha-amylases have a good cleaning performance.

Abstract: A laccase is provided herein. The laccase includes an amino acid sequence which is at least about 70% identical to the amino acid sequence indicated in SEQ ID NO. 1, over the entire length thereof. A detergent is also provided herein. The detergent includes the at least one laccase. A method for washing textiles in aqueous solutions is also provided herein. The aqueous solutions include surfactants. The method includes utilizing a solution which includes surfactant and the at least one laccase.

Abstract: A peroxidase, a method for producing the peroxidase, and an agent including at least one peroxidase are provided herein. The peroxidase includes an amino acid sequence that has a sequence identity of at least 60% to the amino acid sequence specified in SEQ ID NO:1 (Gap MnP1), across the entire length thereof; or has a sequence identity of at least 60% to the amino acid sequence specified in SEQ ID NO:2 (Gap MnP2), across the entire length thereof; or has a sequence identity of at least 80% to the amino acid sequence specified in SEQ ID NO:3 (Bja LiP), across the entire length thereof; or has a sequence identity of at least 60% to the amino acid sequence specified in SEQ ID NO:4 (Bja DyP), across the entire length thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to peroxidases having activity for carotenoids and comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence specified in SEQ ID NO:1 across its entire length, washing and cleaning agents that contain such peroxidases and the use thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing flavor-active terpenes from terpene hydrocarbons. According to said method, a lyophilized mycel which is first rehydrated and is then mixed with the substrate is used preferably in a submerged culture in the framework of selective biotransformation with the aid of microorganisms. The inventive method, which can be carried out especially in an enantioselective, stereoselective, and/or regioselective manner, makes it possible to obtain terpenoid alcohols, epoxides, aldehydes, ketones, polyalcohols, carbonyls, and carbonyl alcohols with the aid of fusarium, pleutorus, penicillium, and chaetomium species, the obtained substances being isolated particularly from cellular components. Said method should be carried out above all in a stirred tank, surface reactor, or fixed bed reactor while preferably taking place in a two-phase system with reduced carbon source moieties.

Abstract: A microbial oxidoreductase capable of converting carotenoid substrates is provided. The oxidoreductase may be obtained from basidiomycetes, especially Lepista irina. An isolated nucleic acid encoding an open reading frame for the oxidoreductase is also provided, together with a polypeptide encoded by the nucleic acid. Carotenoids may be converted by incubation with the enzyme. Applications for the oxidoreductase include inclusion in detergent compositions for use in the treatment of stains, especially carotene-based stains.

Abstract: Enzymes active in the hydrolysis of carotenoid esters have been obtained from Pleurotus sapidus. A particularly active enzyme has been identified having an isoelectric point of about 5.7 and a molecular weight of about 101 kDA. A method of preparing carotenoid compounds from their respective esters comprises contacting the ester with the aforementioned enzyme. Carotene—comprising stains can be treated by the aforementioned enzyme, preferably followed by treatment with a conventional detergent or an enzyme active in cleaving carotenoids. A detergent comprising the aforementioned enzymes is also provided.