Patent ID: 7341858
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: A21D,C12C,C12N,C12P,C12Y,C13K,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A variant of a parent Fungamyl-like alpha-amylase, comprising an alteration at one or more regions selected from the group consisting of region 98-110 and region 161-167, wherein (a) the alteration(s) are independently (i) an insertion of an amino acid downstream of the amino acid which occupies the position, (ii) a deletion of the amino acid which occupies the position, or (iii) a substitution of the amino acid which occupies the position with a different amino acid, (b) the variant has alpha-amylase activity; (c) each region or position corresponds to a region or position of the amino acid sequence of the parent Fungamyl-like alpha-amylase having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and (d) wherein the parent Fungamyl-like alpha-amylase is an alpha-amylase from