Patent ID: 7312059

Claim:
A composition comprising a Taq DNA polymerase mutant, wherein said polymerase mutant comprises one or more amino acid substitutions selected from the group consisting of Ala661Glu; Ala661Pro; Thr664Pro; Thr664Asn; Thr664Arg; Asn666Val; Thr664Pro and Val669Ile; Arg660Pro and Leu670Thr; Arg660Trp and Thr664Lys; Ala662Gly and Thr664Asn; Ala661Gly and Asn666Ile; Ala661Pro and Asn666Ile; and Ala661Ser, Ala662Gly, Thr664Ser and Asn666Ile, and a template nucleic acid molecule.