Patent ID: 9301533
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: A21D,C12N,C12Y

Claim Text:
1. A variant polypeptide having alpha-amylase activity, wherein the variant has an amino acid sequence which, when aligned with an alpha-amylase comprising the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2, comprises at least one substitution of an amino acid residue corresponding to any of amino acid positions 13, 70, 75, 129, 133, 254, 281, 282, and 358, said positions being defined with reference to SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the variant is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 2, and wherein the variant has at least one altered property as compared with a reference polypeptide having alpha-amylase activity, wherein the at least one altered property is increased sucrose tolerance.