Patent ID: 8859255

Claim:
An isolated variant of a parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, comprising an alteration at one or more positions selected from the group of: W13, G48, T49, S50, Q51, A52, D53, V54, G57, G107, G108, A111, S168, M197, 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; (c) the variant has at least 90% sequence identity with an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 6, and SEQ ID NO: 8; and (d) the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 is used for position numbering.