Patent ID: 8039241

Claim:
An isolated polypeptide having alpha-amylase activity, selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polypeptide with at least 90% sequence identity with the sequence of amino acids 1 to 450 of SEQ ID NO: 4; (b) a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide with at least 90% sequence identity with the sequence of nucleotides 68 to 1417 of SEQ ID NO: 3; (c) a polypeptide with at least 90% sequence identity to the polypeptide encoded by the amylase encoding part of the polynucleotide inserted into a plasmid present in the E. coli host deposited under the Budapest Treaty with DSMZ under accession number DSM 15334; and (d) a fragment of the sequence of amino acids 1 to 450 of SEQ ID NO: 4 that has alpha-amylase activity.