Patent ID: 7919586

Claim:
A variant of a parent Fungamyl-like alpha-amylase, comprising an alteration at one or more regions selected from the group of: Region 98-110, Region 150-160, Region 161-167, Region 280-288, Region 448-455, Region 468-475, 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 and (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.