| abstract |
The following are claimed (A) a mutant subtilisin enzyme in which the amino acid residue at one or more of the positions: 6,9,11-12,19,25,36-38,53-59,67,71,89,111,115,120,121-122,124, 128,131,140,153,154,156,158-166,168,170,172,175,180,182,186,187 191,194,195,199,218,219,226,234-238,241,260-262,265,268 or 275 is changed by substn. with another amino acid residue, or insertion or deletion of one or more amino acid residues; (B) a mutant subtilin enzyme 309 comprising the amino acid sequence shown; (C) a mutant subtilisin enzyme 147 comprising the amino acid sequence shown; (D) recombinant DNA molecules comprising all or part of the nucleotide sequences coding for the mutant subtilisin enzymes of (A)-(C). |