Glucoamylase variants with altered properties

US9447397B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9447397-B2
Application numberUS-44325507-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateOct 9, 2007
Priority dateOct 10, 2006
Publication dateSep 20, 2016
Grant dateSep 20, 2016

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Abstract

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The present invention relates to variants of a parent glucoamylase having altered properties (e.g., improved thermostability and/or specific activity). In particular, the present invention provides compositions comprising the variant glucoamylases, including starch hydrolyzing compositions, animal feed compositions and cleaning compositions. The invention also relates to DNA constructs encoding the variants and methods of producing the glucoamylase variants in host cells.

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What is claimed is: 1. An isolated glucoamylase variant comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein said variant includes at least a substitution selected from I43R/F/D/Y/S compared to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2. 2. The isolated glucoamylase variant of claim 1 , wherein said variant includes at least the substitution I43R compared to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2. 3. The isolated glucoamylase variant of claim 1 , which comprises the amino acid sequence that is the I43R substitution variant of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2. 4. The isolated glucoamylase variant of claim 1 , wherein the variant further comprises a substitution in a position selected from: D4L/E/R/S/C/A/Q/W, F5C/M/N/R/S/T/V/W, I12L/R, D24E/L/Y/T, F29L/I/D/C/S/V/W, D44E/H/K/S/N/Y/F/R, Y47W, Y49N, Q70R/K/M/P/G/L/F, Q75R/K/A, R76L/M/K/T/P, P94L, D100W/I/Q/M/P/A/N, N119P/T/Y/D/E, N146S/G/C/H/E/D/T/W/L/M, Q148V/Y/H/A/C/D/G/M/R/S/T, Y169D/F, Q172C/A/D/R/E/F/H/V/L/M/N/S/T/V, E180A/C/G/H/I/L/N/P/Q/R/S/T/V/Y, V181E/C/D/G/H/I/P/T/Y/S/K/F/A, Q208L/A/C/E/N/F/H/T, S211C/R/E/A/Y/W/M/H/L/I/R/Q/T, E243S/R/N/M/Y/A/L, R245A/E/M/I/P/V, I292D/H/P/R/T/N/V/F/L, G294D/E/T/Q/I/A, K297F/L/P/T/M/D/N/Q/A/Y/H/S/R/W, R309A/C/G/H/I/N/P/Q/S/T/W/Y/L, Y310E/G/L/P/S/W/R/Q, D313Q, V314A/R/N/D/C/E/Q/G/H/I/K/L/M/F/P/S/T/W/Y, Y315F, Y316Q/R, N317T/H, K340D/T, K341F/D/P/V/G/S, T350S/E/A/N, Q356H/D/E, T363L/R/C/H/W, S368W/D/F/L, S369F, N376Q/T/H/S/V, Y395Q/R/S, A398S/I/T, S401C/V, R408S, N409W/T/K, T412A/h/K/G, R433H/Q, I436A/T and S451M/T/H compared to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2. 5. The isolated glucoamylase variant of claim 1 , wherein said variant exhibits increased thermostability as compared to the glucoamylase of SEQ ID NO: 2. 6. The isolated glucoamylase variant of claim 1 , wherein said variant exhibits increased specific activity compared to the glucoamylase of SEQ ID NO: 2.

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  • C12N9/2428Primary

    Glucan 1,4-alpha-glucosidase (3.2.1.3), i.e. glucoamylase · CPC title

  • Glucan 1,4-alpha-glucosidase (3.2.1.3), i.e. glucoamylase · CPC title

  • Recombinant DNA-technology · CPC title

  • Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

  • Biofuels, e.g. bio-diesel · CPC title

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What does patent US9447397B2 cover?
The present invention relates to variants of a parent glucoamylase having altered properties (e.g., improved thermostability and/or specific activity). In particular, the present invention provides compositions comprising the variant glucoamylases, including starch hydrolyzing compositions, animal feed compositions and cleaning compositions. The invention also relates to DNA constructs encoding…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Aehle Wolfgang, Van Solingen Piet, Scheffers Martijn S, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification C12N9/2428. Mapped technology areas include Chemistry & Metallurgy.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Sep 20 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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