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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7893196 | Polypeptides having antimicrobial activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having antimicrobial activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as meth... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7892808 | Protease variants The invention relates to a novel 3D structure determined for a Nocardiopsis protease, as well as to variants of parent protease homologous to Nocardiopsis proteases, preferably of improved thermostability and/or with an altered temperature activity pro... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7883711 | Use of polypeptides having antimicrobial activity The present invention relates to the use of polypeptides related to a Bacillus licheniformis polypeptide (amino acids 1-85 of SEQ ID NO: 2) as antimicrobial agents, for example in pharmaceutical applications, including veterinary applications, as well as for ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7871800 | Polypeptides having glucoamylase activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to polypeptides having glucoamylase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding said polypeptides preferably derived from a strain of Peniphora rufomarginata. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7867745 | Polypeptides having alpha-glucuronidase activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having alpha-glucuronidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well a... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7867744 | Polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase II activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase II activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucl... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7833967 | Synthetic antimicrobial polypeptides The present invention relates to polypeptides having antimicrobial activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic aci... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7833772 | Glucoamylase variants The invention relates to a variant of a parent fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity using saccharide substrates. ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7833771 | Polypeptides having alpha-amylase activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to polypeptides having alpha-amylase activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to a polypeptide having carbohydrate-binding affinity and polynucleotides havi... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7829524 | Antimicrobial peptides The present invention relates to polypeptides having antimicrobial activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic aci... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7727756 | Subtilases The present invention relates to methods for producing variants of a parent JP170 subtilase and of a parent BPN′ subtilase and to JP170 and BPN′ variants having altered properties as compared to the parent JP170/BPN′ subtilase. ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7666650 | Amylase The inventors have identified amylases in fungal strains of Valsaria and found that the amylase can increase the shelf life of baked products. Particularly, the novel amylase in combination with a maltogenic amylase further improves the softness of bread crum... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7638317 | Lipolytic enzymes variants The inventors have developed improved polypeptides by substituting or deleting specified amino acids in fungal lipolytic enzymes. More particularly, the polypeptides result in a reduction of dough stickiness when they are added to a dough. The polypeptides may parti... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7622287 | laccase variants The present invention relates to a method of designing laccase mutants with increased oxidation potential and/or changed pH optimum and/or altered mediator pathway and/or altered O2/OH−-pathway, which method is based on the hitherto unknown t... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7588926 | Proteases The invention relates to a novel class of serine proteases of peptidase family S2A or S1E that are stable in the presence of copper (Cu2+) and/or inhibited by copper only to a limited extent. Structural features of potential relevance for this effect are also disclo... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7582458 | Fermentation processes and compositions The present invention provides improved fermentation processes, including for use in an ethanol production process. The improved fermentation processes include applying at least one fatty acid oxidizing enzyme (especially a lipoxygenase) in a fermentation process. T... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7575769 | Preparation of an edible product from dough The present invention is directed to mold control and extended shelf life methods and compositions for preparing edible dough-based products, such as, for example, breads, by treating the surface of the dough used to prepare the edible product with at least one pres... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7537922 | Proteases and variants thereof The present invention relates to isolated proteases of the RP-II type and variants of RP-II proteases exhibiting improved properties in comparison to the parent RP-II protease, DNA constructs and vectors coding for the expression of said proteases and variants, host... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7507569 | Variant subtilisin enzymes (subtilases) Novel subtilases having an improved wash performance on egg stains are disclosed. These subtilases are useful exhibiting excellent or improved wash performance on egg stains when used in e.g. cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7504375 | Antimicrobial polypeptides The present invention relates to polypeptides having antimicrobial activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic aci... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7396807 | Phospholipase The present invention is related to a method for producing a phospholipase by processing an expressed fungal peptide and to certain specified phospholipases. Furthermore the invention provides a method for producing cheese with a phospholipase. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396670 | Asparaginases and method of preparing a heat-treated product The formation of acrylamide during heat treatment in the production of a food product is reduced by treating the raw material with an enzyme before the heat treatment. The enzyme is capable of reacting on asparagine or glutamine (optionally substituted) as a substra... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396657 | Lipase variants Attaching a peptide extension to the C-terminal amino acid of a lipase reduces the tendency to form odor. This may lead to lipase variants with a reduced odor generation when washing textile soiled with fat which includes relatively short-chain fatty acyl groups (e.... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7361736 | Family 44 xyloglucanases The present invention relates to xyloglucanases belonging to family 44 of glycosyl hydrolases and having a relative xyloglucanase activity of at least 30% between pH 5 and pH 8 are derived from the genus Paenibacillus especially from a strain of Paenibacil... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7273738 | Family GH-61 polypeptides The present invention relates to use of an anti-staling GH-61 polypeptide for preparing an edible product. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273745 | Pectate lyases The present invention relates to pectate lyases comprising the amino acid sequence Asn Leu Asn Ser Arg Val Pro (NLNSRVP) (amino acids 236-242 of SEQ ID NO: 2) belonging to Family 1 of polysaccharide lyases have good performance in industrial processes under neutral ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7250398 | Synthetic antimicrobial polypeptides The present invention relates to polypeptides having antimicrobial activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic aci... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7244597 | Secondary liquefaction in ethanol production The invention relates to a method of producing ethanol by fermentation, said method comprising a secondary liquefaction step in the presence of a thermostable acid alpha-amylase or, a thermostable maltogenic acid alpha-amylase. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241463 | Methods for processing crustacean material The inventor has found that enzymatic treatment of crustaceans with lipolytic enzymes promotes the extraction of coloured pigment. Accordingly, the invention relates to a method for recovering coloured pigment, e.g. astaxanthin, and/or chitin or chitosan and/or lyso... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238350 | Phytase polypeptides The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having phytase activity, the corresponding cloned DNA sequences, a process for preparing such polypeptides, and the use thereof for a number of industrial applications. In particular, the invention relates to ph... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238378 | Phytase variants The present invention relates to phytase variants derived from a parent phytase which is homologous to a Peniophora lycii phytase and comprises at least one substitution in at least one of a number of positions corresponding to a position in the Peniophora... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226773 | Endoglucanases The present invention relates to enzyme preparations consisting essentially of an enzyme which has cellulytic activity and comprises a first amino acid sequence having the following sequence | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220566 | Subtilisin variants New subtilisin homologues (both nucleic acids and proteins) are provided. Compositions which include these new proteins, recombinant cells, shuffling methods involving the new homologues, antibodies to the new homologues, and methods of using the homologues are also... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217433 | Animal feed additives The present invention relates to animal feed additives, which additives comprise a monocomponent xylanase derived from a strain of Byssochlamus, Chaetomium, Humicola, Malbranchea, Mucor, Myceliophthora, Paecilomyces, Talaromyces, Thermoascus, or Thielavia | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217554 | Proteases and variants thereof The present invention relates to isolated proteases of the RP-II type and variants of RP-II proteases exhibiting improved properties in comparison to the parent RP-II protease, DNA constructs and vectors coding for the expression of said proteases and variants, host... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7208310 | Proteases The present invention relates to proteases of high specific activity homologous to proteases derived from Nocardiopsis, and the production thereof by the wild-type, and in recombinant host cells including transgenic plants and non-human transgenic animals. Th... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7189553 | Modified subtilisins and detergent, compositions containing same The present invention relates to enzymes produced by mutating the genes for a number of subtilisin proteases and expressing the mutated genes in suitable hosts are presented. The enzymes exhibit improved wash performance in comparison to their wild type parent enzym... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7183093 | Mannanases The present invention relates to mannanases comprising e.g., a sequence of amino acids 32–330 of SEQ ID NO: 2 or their homologues may be derived from e.g., Bacillus sp. I633, or may be encoded by polynucleotide molecules comprising a sequence of nucleotides... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179630 | Thermostable proteases The present invention relates to thermostable proteases having an amino acid sequence which homologous to the amino acid sequence of proteases derived from Nocardiopsis, and the production thereof by wild-type and recombinant host cells including transgenic p... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172887 | Methods for producing citric acid using host cells deficient in oxaloacetate hydrolase The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides having oxaloacetate hydrolase activity. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid sequences as well as recombinant... | 02/06/2007 |
