Patent ID: 9670436
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: C11D,C12N,C12Y

Claim:
1. A cleaning composition comprising: (a) a variant of a alpha-amylase wherein the variant has at least 80%, but less than 100% sequence identity with the mature alpha-amylase polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO:1 and wherein the variant comprises an amino acid substitution selected from the group consisting of G477E, G477Q, G477K, G477M, and G477R corresponding to position G477 of said SEQ ID NO: 1 and further comprises an amino acid sequence alteration at one or more positions: D134, W140, W189, E260, F262, W284, G304, W347, W439, W469, and G476 of said SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein each alteration is independently an amino acid substitution, deletion or insertion, and wherein the variant has alpha-amylase activity; and (b) a cleaning adjunct, in an amount from 0.01 to 99.9 wt %.