Patent ID: 6376445
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A detergent composition comprising a detergent ingredient, selected from the group consisting of a surfactant, a bleaching agent, a builder, and mixtures thereof from about 0.001% to about 2% of a protease enzyme and from about 0.0001% to about 2% of a mannanase enzyme selected from the group consisting of:i) a polypeptide produced by Bacillus agaradherens, NCIMB 40482; ii) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence as shown in positions 32-342 of SEQ ID NO:2; iii) polynucleotide molecules encoding a polypeptide having mannanase activity and comprising a sequence of nucleotides as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 from nucleotide 97 to nucleotide 1029; iv) species homologs of (iii); v) polynucleotide molecules that encode a polypeptide having mannanase activity that is at least 70% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 from amino acid residue 32 to amino acid residue 343; vi) the mannanase from the Bacillus subitlisis strain 168, which mannanase: a) is encoded by the coding part of the DNA sequence shown in SED ID NO: 5 or an analogue of said sequence; b) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence as shown SEQ ID NO: 6; vii) polynucleotide molecules encoding a polypeptide having mannanase activity and comprising a sequence of nucleotides as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5; viii) species homologs of (vii) and; ix) polynucleotide molecules that encode a polypeptide having mannanase activity that is at least 70% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6.