Patent ID: 8877479

Claim:
An isolated polypeptide having α-amylase activity and having at least 90% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 12 or SEQ ID NO: 23 and including at least one of the following amino acid residues at the indicated amino acid position relative to SEQ ID NO: 12 or SEQ ID NO: 23, as determined by amino acid sequence alignment: E at position 3, E at position 20, M at position 25, N at position 26, L at position 40, D at position 68, E at position 82, Q at position 91, G at position 94, L at position 177, H at position 179, G at position 181, N at position 224, L at position 267, D at position 278, D at position 280, V at position 281, E at position 294, R at position 297, T at position 298, L at position 307, D at position 340, V at position 350, S at position 360, L at position 381, E at position 386, D at position 390, G at position 418, M at position 449, H at position 453, D at position 470, and Q at position 479.