Compositions and methods comprising variant microbial proteases

• Main Authors: LUIS G. CASCAO-PEREIRA, JOSHUA R. BASLER, DAVID A. ESTELL, JAMES T. KELLIS JR
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.06.2015
• Subjects: ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; ENZYMOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROCESSES USING MICROORGANISMS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; SPIRITS; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention provides variant subtilisins and compositions comprising at least one variant subtilisin set forth herein, as well as methods for using these variants and compositions. In some embodiments, the present invention provides variant subtilisins suitable for laundry cleaning applications.