公开(公告)号：US20210198643A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-01

申请号：US17057853

申请日：2019-05-29

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Hugo URBINA ,  Asfia QURESHI ,  Adrienne HUSTON DAVENPORT ,  Xuqiu TAN ,  Jochen KUTSCHER ,  Andreas FUNKE ,  Michael SEITTER ,  Stefan HAEFNER ,  Anh-Huy Phan LE

IPC: C12N9/28 ,  A21D8/04

Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of an alpha-amylase which have an increased exoamylase activity compared to the parent alpha-amylase. The present invention also relates to methods of making the variant alpha-amylase and the use of the variant alpha-amylase in baking, detergents, personal care products, in the processing of textiles, in pulp and paper processing, in the production of ethanol, lignocellulosic ethanol or syrups and as viscosity breaker in oilfield and mining industries.