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US 9,040,280 B2Granted
Protease variants
AssigneeNovozymes A/S
InventorsTomoko Matsui, Allan Noergaard, Thomas Agersten Poulsen, John Matthews
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Abstract
The present invention relates to proteases having at least 75% identity to a protease derived from Thermoascus aurantiacus and comprises at least one modification in the amino acid sequence thereof. These protease variants have improved thermostability. The invention also relates to DNA encoding these proteases, methods of their production, as well as the use thereof.
Claims4
An isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to residues 1-177 of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 and a substitution at position 142 of SEQ ID NO:
- 2, wherein the amino acid sequence has the protease specificity of the amino acid sequence of 1-177 of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 and has, at 80° C.-95° C., improved thermostability compared to the amino acids sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 1-177 of SEQ ID NO:
- 2.
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