Patent ID: 6905853

Claim:
An isolated polynucleotide encoding an enzymatically active variant of a phenol oxidizing enzyme, wherein said phenol oxidizing enzyme has the amino acid sequence as disclosed in SEQ ID NO:2, said variant comprising a sequence that differs from that of said phenol oxidizing enzyme in at least one of the positions 48, 67, 70, 76, 83, 98, 115, 119, 134, 171, 175, 177, 179, 188, 236, 246, 253, 254, 269, 272, 296, 302, 308, 318, 329, 331, 346, 348, 349, 365, 390, 391, 394, 404, 415, 423, 425, 428, 434, 465, 479, 481, 483, 499, 550, 562, 570, and 573, or sequence positions corresponding thereto.