Patent ID: 8022027

Claim:
A composition comprising: (a) a lipase, wherein the lipase is a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence which: has at least 90% identity with the wild-type lipase derived from Humicola lanuginosa strain DSM 4109; and compared to said wild-type lipase, comprises a substitution of an electrically neutral or negatively charged amino acid at the surface of the three-dimensional structure within 15 Å of E1 or Q249 with a positively charged amino acid; and (b) a bleach catalyst that is capable of accepting an oxygen atom from a peroxyacid and transferring the oxygen atom to an oxidizeable substrate, wherein the bleach catalyst has a chemical structure corresponding to the chemical formula: wherein R 13 is a branched alkyl group containing from 3 to 24 carbons, or a linear alkyl group containing from 1 to 24 carbons.