WO2009107091A2

WO2009107091A2 - Detergent composition comprising lipase

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Publication number: WO2009107091A2
Application number: PCT/IB2009/050786
Authority: WO
Inventors: Philip Frank Souter; Neil Joseph Lant; Theresa Clare Haynes; Jesper Vind; Juergen Carsten Franz Knoetzel; Kim Borch; Allan Svendsen; Thomas Honger Callisen; Debbie Yaver; Mads Eskelund Bjornvad; Peter Kamp Hansen
Original assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
Priority date: 2008-02-29
Filing date: 2009-02-26
Publication date: 2009-09-03
Also published as: EP2247720A2; CN101960007A; AR070497A1; US20090217463A1; MX2010009456A; WO2009107091A3

Abstract

This invention relates to compositions comprising certain lipase enzymes and processes for making and using such compositions, including the use of such compositions to clean and/or treat a situs.

Description

DETERGENT COMPOSITION COMPRISING LIPASE

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to lipase variants with an improved wash effect to odor generation and to a method of preparing them. It particularly relates to variants of the Thermomyces lanuginosus lipase.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Lipases are useful, e.g., as detergent enzymes to remove lipid or fatty stains from clothes and other textiles. Thus, a lipase derived from Thermomyces lanuginosus (synonym Humicola lanuginosa, EP 258068 and EP 305216) is sold for detergent use under the trade name Lipolase^® (product of Novozymes A/S). WO 0060063 describes variants of the T. lanuginosus lipase with a particularly good first-wash performance in a detergent solution. WO 9704079, WO 9707202 and WO 0032758 also disclose variants of the T. lanuginosus lipase.

In some applications, it is of interest to minimize the formation of odor-generating short-chain fatty acids. Thus, it is known that laundry detergents with lipases may sometimes leave residual odors attached to cloth soiled with milk (EP 430315). WO 02062973 discloses lipase variants where the odor generation has been reduced by attaching a C-terminal extension. The recently published WO 07087508 discloses lipase variants where the odor generation has been reduced by introducing mutations in one or more regions identified in a parent lipase. WO 07087503 describes polypeptides having lipase activity and which further has a RP of at least 0.8 and a BR of at least 1.1 at the test conditions given in the specification.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In a first aspect, the invention relates to a detergent composition comprising a first polypeptide having lipase activity wherein said polypeptide is a polypeptide having at least one of: (a) a lipase activity (LU) relative to the absorbance at 280nm (A280) of less than 500 LU/A280, in which one unit of LU (1 LU) is defined as the amount of enzyme capable of releasing 1 micro mol of butyric acid per minute at 30⁰C at pH 7, and the absorbance of the polypeptide is measured at 280nm; (b) a Risk performance odor (R) below 0.5, in which R is calculated as the ratio between the amount butyric acid released from a polypeptide washed swatch and the amount butyric acid released from a reference polypeptide washed swatch, after both values have been corrected for the amount of butyric acid released from a non-polypeptide washed swatch; or (c) a Benefit Risk factor (BR) of at least 1.8, in which BR is defined as the average wash performance (RP_avg) divided with the risk performance odor (R).

In a second aspect, the invention relates to a detergent composition comprising a second polypeptide having lipase activity comprising alterations of the amino acids at the positions T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K and at least one of (a) S58A +V60S +A150G +L227G; or (b) E210V/G; which positions are corresponding to SEQ ID NO: 2.

In a further aspect, the invention relates to a method of reducing the formation of odor generating short chain fatty acids during lipid hydrolysis by employing the detergent composition comprising the polypeptide.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

Figure 1 shows the alignment of lipases.

Sequence listings

SEQ ID NO: 1 shows the DNA sequence encoding lipase from Thermomyces lanoginosus.

SEQ ID NO: 2 shows the amino acid sequence of a lipase from Thermomyces lanoginosus.

SEQ ID NO: 3 shows the amino acid sequence of a lipase from Absidia reflexa.

SEQ ID NO: 4 shows the amino acid sequence of a lipase from Absidia corymbifera.

SEQ ID NO: 5 shows the amino acid sequence of a lipase from Rhizomucor miehei.

SEQ ID NO: 6 shows the amino acid sequence of a lipase from Rhizopus oryzae.

SEQ ID NO: 7 shows the amino acid sequence of a lipase from Aspergillus niger.

SEQ ID NO: 8 shows the amino acid sequence of a lipase from Aspergillus tubingensis.

SEQ ID NO: 9 shows the amino acid sequence of a lipase from Fusarium oxysporrum.

SEQ ID NO: 10 shows the amino acid sequence of a lipase from Fusarium heterosporum.

SEQ ID NO: 11 shows the amino acid sequence of a lipase from Aspergillus oryzae. SEQ ID NO: 12 shows the amino acid sequence of a lipase from Penicillium camemberti.

SEQ ID NO: 13 shows the amino acid sequence of a lipase from Aspergillus foetidus.

SEQ ID NO: 14 shows the amino acid sequence of a lipase from Aspergillus niger.

SEQ ID NO: 15 shows the amino acid sequence of a lipase from Aspergillus oryzae.

SEQ ID NO: 16 shows the amino acid sequence of a lipase from Landerina penisapora.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Use of lipases to remove lipid and fatty stains is known in the art where the activities of lipases that result in release of free short chain lipids, such as e.g. butyric acid, are associated with an undesirable odor. Hydrolysis of the substrate tributyrin results in the release of butyric acid. The polypeptides of the present invention have surprisingly been found to have a low specific activity, measured as LU/A280; towards tributyrin at neutral pH cf. example 2 and table 3.

The Benefit Risk factor (BR) is calculated by dividing the relative (wash) performance (benefit, RP) with the risk performance odor (risk, R). The wash performance may be measured by an automated mechanical stress assay (AMSA) cf. example 3, and the odor generation may be measured directly by gas chromatography, cf. example 4 and table 3. A reduced odor affects the BR and may lead to an increase in BR. The polypeptides of the present invention have furthermore been found to have a reduced odor generation and an increased BR over the lipases known in the art cf. example 5 and table 3.

Lipase activity (LU): The term "lipase activity" as used herein means a carboxylic ester hydrolase activity which catalyses the hydrolysis of triacylglycerol under the formation of diacylglycerol and a carboxylate. For the purpose of the present invention, lipase activity is determined according to the following procedure: A substrate for lipase is prepared by emulsifying tributyrin (glycerin tributyrate) using gum Arabic as emulsifier. The hydrolysis of tributyrin at 30⁰C at pH 7 or 9 is followed in a pH-stat titration experiment. One unit of lipase activity (1 LU) is defined as the amount of enzyme capable of releasing 1 micro mol of butyric acid per minute at 30⁰C, pH 7.

Risk performance odor (R): The term "risk performance odor" as used herein means the ratio between the amount butyric acid released from a polypeptide washed swatch and the amount butyric acid released from a reference polypeptide washed swatch, after both values have been corrected for the amount of butyric acid released from a non-polypeptide washed swatch.

Relative performance (RP): The term "relative performance" as used herein means the wash performance of the polypeptide compared to the wash performance of a reference polypeptide. For the purpose of the present invention, relative performance is determined according to the procedure described in example 3.

Reference polypeptide: The term "reference polypeptide", "reference enzyme" or "reference lipase" as used herein means the mature part of SEQ ID NO: 2 with the substitutions T231R

+N233R.

Benefit Risk factor (BR): The term "Benefit Risk factor" as used herein means the average relative performance (RP_avg) compared to the risk for odor generation (R) and has the following formula: BR = RP_avg / R.

Nomenclature for amino acid modifications

In describing lipase variants according to the invention, the following nomenclature is used for ease of reference: Original amino acid(s):position(s): substituted amino acid(s).

According to this nomenclature, for instance the substitution of glutamic acid for glycine in position 195 is shown as G195E. A deletion of glycine in the same position is shown as G195*, and insertion of an additional amino acid residue such as lysine is shown as G 195 GK. Where a specific lipase contains a "deletion" in comparison with other lipases and an insertion is made in such a position this is indicated as *36D for insertion of an aspartic acid in position 36.

Multiple mutations are separated by pluses, i.e.: R170Y+G195E, representing mutations in positions 170 and 195 substituting tyrosine and glutamic acid for arginine and glycine, respectively.

X231 indicates the amino acid in a parent polypeptide corresponding to position 231, when applying the described alignment procedure. X231R indicates that the amino acid is replaced with R. For SEQ ID NO: 2 X is T, and X231R thus indicates a substitution of T in position 231 with R. Where the amino acid in a position (e.g. 231) may be substituted by another amino acid selected from a group of amino acids, e.g. the group consisting of R and P and Y, this will be indicated by X231R/P/Y. In all cases, the accepted IUPAC single letter or triple letter amino acid abbreviation is employed.

Identity: The term "identity" as used herein means the relatedness between two amino acid sequences or between two nucleotide sequences is described by the parameter "identity".

For purposes of the present invention, the alignment of two amino acid sequences is determined by using the Needle program from the EMBOSS package (http://emboss.org) version 2.8.0. The Needle program implements the global alignment algorithm described in Needleman, S. B. and Wunsch, C. D. (1970) J. MoI. Biol. 48, 443-453. The substitution matrix used is BLOSUM62, gap opening penalty is 10, and gap extension penalty is 0.5.

The degree of identity between an amino acid sequence of the present invention ("invention sequence"; e.g. amino acids 1 to 269 of SEQ ID NO: 2) and a different amino acid sequence ("foreign sequence") is calculated as the number of exact matches in an alignment of the two sequences, divided by the length of the "invention sequence" or the length of the "foreign sequence", whichever is the shortest. The result is expressed in percent identity.

An exact match occurs when the "invention sequence" and the "foreign sequence" have identical amino acid residues in the same positions of the overlap. The length of a sequence is the number of amino acid residues in the sequence (e.g. the length of SEQ ID NO: 2 are 269).

The above procedure may be used for calculation of identity as well as homology and for alignment. In the context of the present invention homology and alignment has been calculated as described below.

Homology and alignment

For purposes of the present invention, the degree of homology may be suitably determined by means of computer programs known in the art, such as GAP provided in the GCG program package (Program Manual for the Wisconsin Package, Version 8, August 1994, Genetics Computer Group, 575 Science Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, USA 53711) (Needleman, S.B. and Wunsch, CD., (1970), Journal of Molecular Biology, 48, 443-45), using GAP with the following settings for polypeptide sequence comparison: GAP creation penalty of 3.0 and GAP extension penalty of 0.1. In the present invention, corresponding (or homologous) positions in the lipase sequences of Absidia reflexa, Absidia corymbefera, Rhizmucor miehei, Rhizopus delemar, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus tubigensis, Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium heterosporum, Aspergillus oryzea, Penicilium camembertii, Aspergillus foetidus, Aspergillus niger, Thermomyces lanoginosus (synonym: Humicola lanuginose) and Landerina penisapora are defined by the alignment shown in Figure 1.

To find the homologous positions in lipase sequences not shown in the alignment, the sequence of interest is aligned to the sequences shown in Figure 1. The new sequence is aligned to the present alignment in Figure 1 by using the GAP alignment to the most homologous sequence found by the GAP program. GAP is provided in the GCG program package (Program Manual for the Wisconsin Package, Version 8, August 1994, Genetics Computer Group, 575 Science Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, USA 53711) (Needleman, S.B. and Wunsch, CD., (1970), Journal of Molecular Biology, 48, 443-45). The following settings are used for polypeptide sequence comparison: GAP creation penalty of 3.0 and GAP extension penalty of 0.1.

Sources of polypeptides having lipase activity

Any suitable polypeptide may be used. In some embodiments the polypeptide may be a fungal polypeptide.

The polypeptide may be a yeast polypeptide originating from genera such as a Candida, Kluyveromyces, Pichia, Saccharomyces, Schizosaccharomyces, or Yarrowia; or more preferably a filamentous fungal polypeptide originating from genera such as a Acremonium, Aspergillus, Aureobasidium, Cryptococcus, Filobasidium, Fusarium, Humicola, Magnaporthe, Mucor, Myceliophthora, Neocallimastix, Neurospora, Paecilomyces, Penicillium, Piromyces, Schizophyllum, Talaromyces, Thermoascus, Thielavia, Tolypocladium, Thermomyces or Trichoderma.

The polypeptide may furthermore be a Saccharomyces carlsbergensis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces diastaticus, Saccharomyces douglasii, Saccharomyces kluyveri, Saccharomyces norbensis, or Saccharomyces oviformis polypeptide having lipase activity.

Alternatively, the polypeptide is an Aspergillus aculeatus, Aspergillus awamori, Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus foetidus, Aspergillus japonicus, Aspergillus nidulans, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus oryzae, Aspergillus turbigensis, Fusarium bactridioides, Fusarium cerealis, Fusarium crookwellense, Fusarium culmorum, Fusarium graminearum, Fusarium graminum, Fusarium heterosporum, Fusarium negundi, Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium reticulatum, Fusarium roseum, Fusarium sambucinum, Fusarium sarcochroum, Fusarium sporotrichioides, Fusarium sulphureum, Fusarium torulosum, Fusarium trichothecioides, Fusarium venenatum, Humicola insolens, Thermomyces lanoginosus (synonym: Humicola lanuginose), Mucor miehei, Myceliophthora thermophila, Neurospora crassa, Penicillium purpurogenum, Trichoderma harzianum, Trichoderma koningii, Trichoderma longibrachiatum, Trichoderma reesei, or Trichoderma viride polypeptide.

In some embodiments the invention relates to a polypeptide which is a Thermomyces lipase.

In some embodiments the invention relates to a polypeptide which is a Thermomyces lanuginosus lipase.

In some embodiments the invention relates to a polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide is at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99% or 100% identical to SEQ ID NO: 2.

Identification of alterations in polypeptides having lipase activity

The positions referred to below are the positions of the amino acid residues in SEQ ID NO: 2. The procedure described in the paragraph "Homology and alignment" is used to find the corresponding or homologous position of the amino acid residue in a different lipase.

In some embodiments the invention relates to a first polypeptide having lipase activity wherein said polypeptide is a polypeptide having at least one of: (a) a lipase activity (LU) relative to the absorbance at 280nm (A280) of less than 500, less than 450, less than 400, less than 350, less than 300, less than 250, less than 200, less than 150, less than 100 or less than 50 LU/A280, in which one unit of LU (1 LU) is defined as the amount of enzyme capable of releasing 1 micro mol of butyric acid per minute at 30⁰C at pH 7, and the absorbance of the polypeptide is measured at 280nm; (b) a Risk performance odor (R) below 0.5, below 0.4, below 0.3, below 0.2, below 0.1, or below 0.05, in which R is calculated as the ratio between the amount butyric acid released from a polypeptide washed swatch and the amount butyric acid released from a reference polypeptide washed swatch, after both values have been corrected for the amount of butyric acid released from a non-polypeptide washed swatch; or (c) a Benefit Risk factor (BR) of at least 1.8, at least 1.9, at least 2.0, at least 2.5, at least 3.0, at least 4.0, at least 5.0, or at least 6.0 in which BR is defined as the average wash performance (RP_avg) divided with the risk performance odor (R).

In some embodiments the invention relates to the first polypeptide wherein said polypeptide comprises alterations of the amino acids at the positions T231R +N233R +1255 A +P256K and at least one of (a) S58A +V60S +A150G +L227G; or (b) E210V/G; which positions are corresponding to SEQ ID NO: 2.

In some embodiments the invention relates to the first polypeptide further comprising at least one of the alteration of the amino acid at the positions I86V or T143S.

In some embodiments the invention relates to the first polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide comprises at least one further alteration selected from a substitution, a deletion or an addition of at least one amino acid at a position corresponding to position El, D27, N33, S83, G91, N94, K98, E99, D102, Di ll, G163, 1202, E210, S216, L259 or L269 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

In some embodiments the invention relates to the first polypeptide, wherein the at least one alteration is selected from the group consisting of: ElN/*, D27N, N33Q, S83T, G91N, N94R, K98I, E99K, D102A, Dl IlN, G163K, I202L, E210A, S216P, L259F, or L269APIA of SEQ ID NO: 2.

In some embodiments the invention relates to a second polypeptide comprising alterations of the amino acids at the positions T231R +N233R +1255 A +P256K and at least one of: (a) S58A +V60S +A150G +L227G; or (b) E210V/G; which positions are corresponding to SEQ ID NO: 2.

In some embodiments the invention relates to the second polypeptide further comprising at least one of the alterations of the amino acid at the positions I86V or T143S.

In some embodiments the invention relates to the second polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide comprises at least one further alteration selected from a substitution, a deletion or an addition of at least one amino acid at a position corresponding to position El, D27, N33, S83, G91, N94, K98, E99, D102, Di ll, G163, 1202, E210, S216, L259 or L269 of SEQ ID NO: 2.

In some embodiments the invention relates to the second polypeptide, wherein the at least one alteration is selected from the group consisting of: ElN/*, D27N, N33Q, S83T, G91N, N94R, K98I, E99K, D102A, Dl I lN, G163K, I202L, E210A, S216P, L259F, or L269APIA of SEQ ID NO: 2. In some embodiments the invention relates to the first polypeptide, wherein said polypeptide comprises alterations selected from the group consisting of: (a) T231R +N233R +L269APIA; (b) S58T +V60K +A150G +T231R +N233I +D234G; (c) S58T +V60K + I86V + D102A + A150G + L227G + T231R + N233R + P256K; (d) S58N +V60S +I86P +T231R +N233R +P256S; (e) S58N +V60S +I86S +L227G +T231R +N233R +P256S; and (f) S58N +V60S +I86T +L227G +T231R +N233R +P256L.

In some embodiments the invention relates to the first or the second polypeptide, wherein said polypeptide comprises alterations selected from the group consisting of: (a) S58A +V60S + S83T +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (b) S58A +V60S + I86V +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (c) S58A +V60S + I86V +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (d) S58A +V60S + I86V +T143S +A150G +G163K +S216P +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (e) El* +S58A +V60S + I86V +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (f) S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (g) ElN +S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +L227G +T23 IR +N233R +I255A +P256K +L259F; (h) S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +D102A +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (i) N33Q +S58A +V60S + I86V +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; G) El* +S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (k) ElN +S58A +V60S +I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +S216P +L227G +T23 IR +N233R +I255A +P256K; (1) D27N +S58A +V60S + I86V +G91N +N94R +Dl UN +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (m) ElN +S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +E210A +S216P +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (n) A150G +E210V +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; and (o) I202L +E210G +T231R +N233R +1255 A +P256K.

TABLE 1: Alterations that may be comprised in the polypeptides

In some embodiments the invention relates to a first polypeptide, wherein said polypeptide comprises alterations selected from the group consisting of: (a) T231R +N233R +L269APIA; (b) S58T +V60K +A150G +T231R +N233I +D234G; (c) S58T +V60K + I86V + D102A + A150G + L227G + T231R + N233R + P256K; (d) S58N +V60S +I86P +T231R +N233R +P256S; (e) S58N +V60S +I86S +L227G +T231R +N233R +P256S; and (f) S58N +V60S +I86T +L227G +T231R +N233R +P256L.

In some embodiments the invention relates to a first or a second polypeptide, wherein said polypeptide comprises alterations selected from the group consisting of: (a) S58A +V60S + S83T +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (b) S58A +V60S + I86V +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (c) S58A +V60S + I86V +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (d) S58A +V60S + I86V +T143S +A150G +G163K +S216P +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (e) El* +S58A +V60S + I86V +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (f) S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (g) ElN +S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K +L259F; (h) S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +D102A +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (i) N33Q +S58A +V60S + I86V +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (j) El* +S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (k) ElN +S58A +V60S +I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +S216P +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (1) D27N +S58A +V60S + I86V +G91N +N94R +Dl UN +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (m) ElN +S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +E210A +S216P +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (n) A150G +E210V +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; and (o) I202L +E210G +T231R +N233R +1255 A +P256K.

Uses

Enzymes of the present invention may be used, incl. industrial use for removing of fatty matter.

In some embodiments the invention relates to a formulation comprising the polypeptide. In further embodiments the invention relates to a formulation, wherein said formulation may be a solid or a liquid formulation. The polypeptide may be used both in a solid as well as in a liquid formulation.

In some embodiments the invention relates to a method of reducing the formation of odor generating short chain fatty acids during lipid hydrolysis by employing the polypeptide.

Compositions

Preferably, the compositions are enriched in the polypeptide as defined in the claims of the present invention. The term "enriched" indicates that the lipase activity of the composition has been increased, e.g., with an enrichment factor of 1.1.

The composition may comprise a polypeptide of the present invention as the major enzymatic component, e.g., a mono-component composition. Alternatively, the composition may comprise multiple enzymatic activities, such as an aminopeptidase, amylase, carbohydrase, carboxypeptidase, catalase, cellulase, chitinase, cutinase, cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase, deoxyribonuclease, esterase, alpha-galactosidase, beta-galactosidase, glucoamylase, alpha- glucosidase, beta-glucosidase, haloperoxidase, invertase, laccase, lipase, mannosidase, oxidase, pectinolytic enzyme, peptidoglutaminase, peroxidase, phytase, polyphenoloxidase, proteolytic enzyme, ribonuclease, transglutaminase, or xylanase. The additional enzyme(s) may be produced, for example, by a microorganism belonging to the genus Aspergillus, preferably Aspergillus aculeatus, Aspergillus awamori, Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus foetidus, Aspergillus japonicus, Aspergillus nidulans, Aspergillus niger, or Aspergillus oryzae; Fusarium, preferably Fusarium bactridioides, Fusarium cerealis, Fusarium crookwellense, Fusarium culmorum, Fusarium graminearum, Fusarium graminum, Fusarium heterosporum, Fusarium negundi, Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium reticulatum, Fusarium roseum, Fusarium sambucinum, Fusarium sarcochroum, Fusarium sulphureum, Fusarium toruloseum, Fusarium trichothecioides, or Fusarium venenatum; Humicola, preferably Humicola insolens or Humicola lanuginosa; or Trichoderma, preferably Trichoderma harzianum, Trichoderma koningii, Trichoderma longibrachiatum, Trichoderma reesei, or Trichoderma viride.

The compositions may be prepared in accordance with methods known in the art and may be in the form of a liquid or a dry composition. For instance, the polypeptide composition may be in the form of a granulate or a microgranulate. The polypeptide to be included in the composition may be stabilized in accordance with methods known in the art.

DETERGENT INGREDIENTS

The composition typically comprises one or more detergent ingredients. As used herein detergent compositions include articles and cleaning and treatment compositions. As used herein, the term "cleaning and/or treatment composition" includes, unless otherwise indicated, tablet, granular or powder-form all-purpose or "heavy-duty" washing agents, especially laundry detergents; liquid, gel or paste-form all-purpose washing agents, especially the so-called heavy-duty liquid types; liquid fine-fabric detergents; hand dishwashing agents or light duty dishwashing agents, especially those of the high-foaming type; machine dishwashing agents, including the various tablet, granular, liquid and rinse-aid types for household and institutional use. The compositions can also be in unit dose packages, including those known in the art and those that are water soluble, water insoluble and/or water permeable.

The detergent composition of the present invention can comprise one or more lipase variant(s) of the present invention. In addition to the lipase variant(s), the detergent composition will further comprise a detergent ingredient. The non-limiting list of detergent ingredients illustrated hereinafter are suitable for use in the instant compositions and may be desirably incorporated in certain embodiments of the invention, for example to assist or enhance cleaning performance, for treatment of the substrate to be cleaned, or to modify the aesthetics of the cleaning composition as is the case with colorants, dyes or the like. The precise nature of these additional components, and levels of incorporation thereof, will depend on the physical form of the composition and the nature of the cleaning operation for which it is to be used. Suitable detergent ingredients include, but are not limited to, surfactants, builders, chelating agents, dye transfer inhibiting agents, dispersants, enzymes, and enzyme stabilizers, bleach activators, hydrogen peroxide, sources of hydrogen peroxide, preformed peracids, polymeric dispersing agents, brighteners, suds suppressors, dyes, anti-corrosion agents, tarnish inhibitors, perfumes, perfume microcapsules, softeners, carriers, hydrotropes, processing aids, solvents and/or pigments.

Typical detergents would comprise by weight any combination of the following ingredients: 5 - 30% surfactant, preferably anionic surfactants such as linear alkylbenzenesulfonate and alcohol ethoxy sulfate; 0.005-0.1% protease active protein, wherein the protease is preferably selected from Coronase™, FNA, FN4 or Savinase™, 0.001-0.1% amylase active protein, wherein the amylase is preferably selected from Termamyl™ Natalase™, Stainzyme™ and Purastar™ and 0.1-3% chelants, preferably diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid. For granular and tablet products, such typical detergents would additionally comprise by weight: 5-20% bleach, preferably sodium percarbonate; 1-4% bleach activator, preferably TAED and/or 0-30%, preferably 5-30%, more preferably less than 10% builder, such as the aluminosilicate Zeolite A and/or tripolyphosphate.

Bleaching Agents - The detergent compositions of the present invention may comprise one or more bleaching agents.

In general, when a bleaching agent is used, the compositions of the present invention may comprise from about 0.1% to about 50% or even from about 0.1% to about 25% bleaching agent by weight of the subject cleaning composition. Examples of suitable bleaching agents include:

(1) sources of hydrogen peroxide, for example, inorganic perhydrate salts, including alkali metal salts such as sodium salts of perborate (usually mono- or tetra-hydrate), percarbonate, persulphate, perphosphate, persilicate salts and mixtures thereof. In one aspect of the invention the inorganic perhydrate salts are selected from the group consisting of sodium salts of perborate, percarbonate and mixtures thereof. (2) bleach activators having R-(C=O)-L wherein R is an alkyl group, optionally branched, having, when the bleach activator is hydrophobic, from 6 to 14 carbon atoms, or from 8 to 12 carbon atoms and, when the bleach activator is hydrophilic, less than 6 carbon atoms or even less than 4 carbon atoms; and L is leaving group. Examples of suitable leaving groups are benzoic acid and derivatives thereof - especially benzene sulphonate. Suitable bleach activators include dodecanoyl oxybenzene sulphonate, decanoyl oxybenzene sulphonate, decanoyl oxybenzoic acid or salts thereof, 3,5,5-trimethyl hexanoyloxybenzene sulphonate, tetraacetyl ethylene diamine (TAED) and nonanoyloxybenzene sulphonate (NOBS). Suitable bleach activators are also disclosed in WO 98/17767. While any suitable bleach activator may be employed, in one aspect of the invention the subject cleaning composition may comprise NOBS, TAED or mixtures thereof.

(3) Pre-formed peracids.

When present, the peracid and/or bleach activator is generally present in the composition in an amount of from about 0.1 to about 60 wt%, from about 0.5 to about 40 wt % or even from about 0.6 to about 10 wt% based on the composition. One or more hydrophobic precursors thereof may be used in combination with one or more hydrophilic peracid or precursor thereof.

The amounts of hydrogen peroxide source and peracid or bleach activator may be selected such that the molar ratio of available oxygen (from the peroxide source) to peracid is from 1:1 to 35:1, or even 2: 1 to 10: 1.

Surfactants - The detergent compositions according to the present invention may comprise a surfactant or surfactant system wherein the surfactant can be selected from nonionic surfactants, anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, ampholytic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, semi- polar nonionic surfactants and mixtures thereof. When present, surfactant is typically present at a level of from about 0.1% to about 60%, from about 0.1% to about 40%, from about 0.1% to about 12%, from about 1% to about 50% or even from about 5% to about 40% by weight of the subject composition.

When included therein the detergent will usually contain from about 1 % to about 40% of an anionic surfactant such as linear alkylbenzenesulfonate, alpha-olefinsulfonate, alkyl sulfate (fatty alcohol sulfate), alcohol ethoxy sulfate, secondary alkanesulfonate, alpha-sulfo fatty acid methyl ester, alkyl- or alkenylsuccinic acid or soap. The detergent may optionally contain from about 0.2% to about 40% of a non-ionic surfactant such as alcohol ethoxylate, nonylphenol ethoxylate, alkylpolyglycoside, alkyldimethylamineoxide, ethoxylated fatty acid monoethanolamide, fatty acid monoethanolamide, polyhydroxy alkyl fatty acid amide, or N-acyl N-alkyl derivatives of glucosamine ("glucamides").

Builders - The detergent compositions of the present invention may comprise one or more detergent builders or builder systems. When a builder is used, the subject composition will typically comprise at least about 1%, from about 5% to about 60% or even from about 10% to about 40% builder by weight of the subject composition.

The detergent composition may comprise: (a) from 0wt% to 10wt%, preferably from 0wt% to 5wt% zeolite builder; (b) from 0wt% to 10wt%, preferably from 0wt% to 5wt% phosphate builder; and (c) optionally, from 0wt% to 5wt% silicate salt.

Builders include, but are not limited to, the alkali metal, ammonium and alkanolammonium salts of polyphosphates, alkali metal silicates or layered silicates, alkaline earth and alkali metal carbonates, aluminosilicate builders and the various alkali metal, ammonium and substituted ammonium salts of polyacetic acids such as ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid and nitrilotriacetic acid, as well as polycarboxylates such as mellitic acid, succinic acid, citric acid, oxydisuccinic acid, polymaleic acid, benzene 1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid, carboxymethyloxysuccinic acid, and soluble salts thereof.

Chelating Agents - The detergent compositions herein may contain a chelating agent. Suitable chelating agents include copper, iron and/or manganese chelating agents and mixtures thereof. When a chelating agent is used, the subject composition may comprise from about 0.005% to about 15% or even from about 3.0% to about 10% chelating agent by weight of the subject composition.

Amine compound - Preferably, the composition comprises a compound having the following general structure: bis((C₂H₅θ)(C₂H₄θ)n)(CH₃)-N⁺-C_xH₂χ-N⁺-(CH₃)-bis((C₂H₅θ)(C₂H₄O)n), wherein n = from 20 to 30, and x = from 3 to 8, or sulphated or sulphonated variants thereof.

Brighteners - The detergent compositions of the present invention can also contain additional components that may alter appearance of articles being cleaned, such as fluorescent brighteners. These brighteners absorb in the UV-range and emit in the visible. Suitable fluorescent brightener levels include lower levels of from about 0.01, from about 0.05, from about 0.1 or even from about 0.2 wt % to upper levels of 0.5 or even 0.75 wt %.

Dispersants - The compositions of the present invention can also contain dispersants. Suitable water-soluble organic materials include the homo- or co-polymeric acids or their salts, in which the polycarboxylic acid comprises at least two carboxyl radicals separated from each other by not more than two carbon atoms.

Enzymes - In addition to the lipase variant(s) of the present invention the detergent composition can comprise one or more further enzymes which provide cleaning performance and/or fabric care benefits such as a protease, another lipase, a cutinase, an amylase, a carbohydrase, a cellulase, a pectinase, a mannanase, an arabinase, a galactanase, a xylanase, an oxidase, e.g., a laccase, and/or a peroxidase.

In general the properties of the chosen enzyme(s) should be compatible with the selected detergent, (i.e. pH-optimum, compatibility with other enzymatic and non-enzymatic ingredients, etc.), and the enzyme(s) should be present in effective amounts.

Suitable proteases include those of animal, vegetable or microbial origin. Microbial origin is preferred. Chemically modified or protein engineered mutants are included. The protease may be a serine protease or a metallo protease, preferably an alkaline microbial protease or a trypsin- like protease. Examples of alkaline proteases are subtilisins, especially those derived from Bacillus, e.g., subtilisin Novo, subtilisin Carlsberg, subtilisin 309, subtilisin 147 and subtilisin 168 (described in WO 89/06279), SEQ ID no 4 and SEQ ID no 7 in WO 05/103244. Other suitable serine proteases include those from Micrococcineae spp especially Cellulonas spp and variants thereof as disclosured in WO2005052146. Examples of trypsin-like proteases are trypsin (e.g. of porcine or bovine origin) and the Fusarium protease described in WO 89/06270 and WO 94/25583.

Examples of useful proteases are the variants described in WO 92/19729, WO 98/20115, WO 98/20116, and WO 98/34946, especially the variants with substitutions in one or more of the following positions: 27, 36, 57, 68, 76, 87, 97, 101, 104, 106, 120, 123, 167, 170, 194, 206, 218, 222, 224, 235, 245, 252 and 274, and amongst other variants with the following mutations: (K27R, V104Y, N123S, T124A), (N76D, S103A, V104I), or (SlOlG, S103A, V104I, G159D, A232V, Q236H, Q245R, N248D, N252K). Other examples of useful proteases are the variants described in WO 05/052146 especially the variants with substitutions in one or more of the following positions: 14, 16, 35, 65, 75, 76, 79, 123, 127, 159 and 179.

Preferred commercially available protease enzymes include Alcalase™, Savinase™, Primase™, Duralase™, Esperase™, Coronase™, Polarzyme™ and Kannase™ (Novozymes A/S), Maxatase™, Maxacal™, Maxapem™, Properase™, Purafect™, Purafect Prime™, Purafect O_xpτ^M _{5 FNAj FN}2₅ FN3 and FN4 (Genencor International Inc.).

Lipases include those of bacterial or fungal origin. Chemically modified or protein engineered mutants are included. Examples of useful lipases include lipases from Humicola (synonym Thermomyces), e.g. from H. lanuginosa (synonymous T. lanuginosus) as described in EP 258 068 and EP 305 216 or from H. insolens as described in WO 96/13580, a Pseudomonas lipase, e.g. from P. alcaligenes or P. pseudoalcaligenes (EP 218 272), P. cepacia (EP 331 376), P. stutzeri (GB 1,372,034), P. fluoresces, Pseudomonas sp. strain SD 705 (WO 95/06720 and WO 96/27002), P. wisconsinensis (WO 96/12012), a Bacillus lipase, e.g. from B. subtilis (Dartois et al. (1993), Biochemica et Biophysica Acta, 1131, 253-360), B. stearothermophilus (JP 64/744992) or B . pumilus (WO 91/16422) .

Other examples are lipase variants such as those described in WO 92/05249, WO 94/01541, EP 407 225, EP 260 105, WO 95/35381, WO 96/00292, WO 95/30744, WO 94/25578, WO 95/14783, WO 95/22615, WO 97/04079 and WO 97/07202.

Other commercially available lipase enzymes include Lipolase™, Lipolase Ultra™ and Lipex™ (Novozymes A/S).

Suitable amylases (α and/or β) include those of bacterial or fungal origin. Chemically modified or protein engineered mutants are included. Amylases include, for example, α-amylases obtained from Bacillus, e.g. a special strain of B. licheniformis, described in more detail in GB 1,296,839.

Examples of useful amylases are the variants described in WO 94/02597, WO 94/18314, WO 96/23873, and WO 97/43424, especially the variants with substitutions in one or more of the following positions: 15, 23, 105, 106, 124, 128, 133, 154, 156, 181, 188, 190, 197, 202, 208, 209, 243, 264, 304, 305, 391, 408, and 444. Commercially available amylases are Duramyl™, Termamyl™, Stainzyme™ , Stainzyme Ultra™, Stainzyme Plus™, Fungamyl™ and BAN™ (Novozymes A/S), Rapidase™ and Purastar™ (from Genencor International Inc.).

Suitable cellulases include those of bacterial or fungal origin. Chemically modified or protein engineered mutants are included. Suitable cellulases include cellulases from the genera Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Humicola, Fusarium, Thielavia, Acremonium, e.g. the fungal cellulases produced from Humicola insolens, Myceliophthora thermophila and Fusarium oxysporum disclosed in US

4,435,307, US 5,648,263, US 5,691,178, US 5,776,757 and WO 89/09259.

Especially suitable cellulases are the alkaline or neutral cellulases having colour care benefits. Examples of such cellulases are cellulases described in EP 0 495 257, EP 0 531 372, WO

96/11262, WO 96/29397, WO 98/08940. Other examples are cellulase variants such as those described in WO 94/07998, EP 0 531 315, US 5,457,046, US 5,686,593, US 5,763,254, WO 95/24471, WO 98/12307 and PCT/DK98/00299.

Commercially available cellulases include Renozyme™, Celluclean™, Endolase™, Celluzyme™, and Carezyme™ (Novozymes A/S), Clazinase™, and Puradax HA™ (Genencor International Inc.), and KAC-500(B)™ (Kao Corporation).

Peroxidases/Oxidases :

Suitable peroxidases/oxidases include those of plant, bacterial or fungal origin. Chemically modified or protein engineered mutants are included. Examples of useful peroxidases include peroxidases from Coprinus, e.g. from C. cinereus, and variants thereof as those described in WO 93/24618, WO 95/10602, and WO 98/15257.

Commercially available peroxidases include Guardzyme™ (Novozymes A/S).

When present in a cleaning composition, the aforementioned enzymes may be present at levels from about 0.00001% to about 2%, from about 0.0001% to about 1% or even from about 0.001% to about 0.5% enzyme protein by weight of the composition.

Enzyme Stabilizers - Enzymes for use in detergents can be stabilized by various techniques. The enzymes employed herein can be stabilized by the presence of water-soluble sources of calcium and/or magnesium ions in the finished compositions that provide such ions to the enzymes. Further conventional stabilizing agents, e.g., a polyol such as propylene glycol or glycerol, a sugar or sugar alcohol, lactic acid, boric acid, or a boric acid derivative, e.g., an aromatic borate ester, or a phenyl boronic acid derivative such as 4-formylphenyl boronic acid, may also be used and the composition may be formulated as described in e.g. WO 92/19709 and WO 92/19708.

Solvents - Suitable solvents include water and other solvents such as lipophilic fluids. Examples of suitable lipophilic fluids include siloxanes, other silicones, hydrocarbons, glycol ethers, glycerine derivatives such as glycerine ethers, perfluorinated amines, perfluorinated and hydrofluoroether solvents, low-volatility nonfluorinated organic solvents, diol solvents, other environmentally-friendly solvents and mixtures thereof.

Photobleach - The composition may comprise a photobleach. Preferably the photobleach is selected from xanthene dye photobleach, a photo-initiator and mixtures thereof.

Suitable photobleaches include catalytic photobleaches and photo-initiators. Suitable catalytic photobleaches include catalytic photobleaches selected from the group consisting of water soluble phthalocyanines of the formula:

in which:

PC is the phthalocyanine ring system;

Me is Zn; Fe(II); Ca; Mg; Na; K; Al-Zi; Si(IV) ; P(V); Ti(IV); Ge(IV); Cr(VI); Ga(III); Zr(IV); In(III); Sn(IV) or Hf(VI) ;

Zi is a halide; sulfate; nitrate; carboxylate; alkanolate; or hydroxyl ion;

q is 0; 1 or 2;

r is 1 to 4;

Qi₁ is a sulfo or carboxyl group; or a radical of the formula

-SO₂X₂-Ri-X₃ ⁺; -0-Ri-X₃ ⁺; or -(CH₂),-Yi⁺; in which

Ri is a branched or unbranched Ci-Cg alkylene; or 1,3- or 1,4-phenylene;

X₂ is -NH-; or -N-Ci-C₅ alkyl;

X₃ ^"1" is a group of the formula

or, in the case where Ri = Ci-Cgalkylene, also a group of the formula

Yi⁺ is a group of the formula

t is 0 or 1

where in the above formulae

R₂ and R₃ independently of one another are alkyl

R₄ is C₁-C₅ alkyl; C₅-C₇ cycloalkyl or NR₇R₈; R₅ and R₆ independently of one another are C₁-C₅ alkyl;

R₇ and R₈ independently of one another are hydrogen or C₁-C₅ alkyl;

R₉ and

independently of one another are unsubstituted C₁-C₆ alkyl or C₁-C₆ alkyl substituted by hydroxyl, cyano, carboxyl, carb- C₁-C₆alkoxy, C₁-C₆ alkoxy, phenyl, naphthyl or pyridyl;

u is from 1 to 6;

Ai is a unit which completes an aromatic 5- to 7-membered nitrogen heterocycle, which may where appropriate also contain one or two further nitrogen atoms as ring members, and

Bi is a unit which completes a saturated 5- to 7-membered nitrogen heterocycle, which may where appropriate also contain 1 to 2 nitrogen, oxygen and/or sulfur atoms as ring members;

Q₂ is hydroxyl; C₁- C₂₂ alkyl; branched C₃-C₂₂ alkyl; C₂- C₂₂ alkenyl; branched C₃-C₂₂ alkenyl and mixtures thereof; C₁-C₂₂ alkoxy; a sulfo or carboxyl radical; a radical of the formula

a branched alkoxy radical of the formula

an alkylethyleneoxy unit of the formula

or an ester of the formula

in which

B₂ is hydrogen; hydroxyl; C₁-C₃₀ alkyl; Ci- C₃₀ alkoxy; -CO₂H; -CH₂COOH; -SO₃-Mi; OSO₃-Mi; -PO₃ ² Mi; -OPO₃ ² Mi; and mixtures thereof;

B₃ is hydrogen; hydroxy lkoxy;

Mi is a water-soluble cation;

and X₄ independently of one another are -0-; -NH- or -N-Ci-Csalkyl; Rn and Ri₂ independently of one another are hydrogen; a sulfo group and salts thereof; a carboxyl group and salts thereof or a hydroxyl group; at least one of the radicals Rn and R₁₂ being a sulfo or carboxyl group or salts thereof,

Rn and R₁₄ independently of one another are hydrogen; C₁-C₆ alkyl; hydroxy-C₁-C₆ alkyl; cyano- C₁-C₆ alkyl; sulfo- C₁-C₆ alkyl; carboxy or halogen-C₁-C₆ alkyl; unsubstituted phenyl or phenyl substituted by halogen, C₁-C₄ alkyl or C₁-C₄ alkoxy; sulfo or carboxyl or R₁₃ and R₁₄ together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded form a saturated 5- or 6- membered heterocyclic ring which may additionally also contain a nitrogen or oxygen atom as a ring member;

R₁₅ and R₁₆ independently of one another are C₁-C₆ alkyl or aryl-C₁-C₆ alkyl radicals;

Rn is hydrogen; an unsubstituted C₁-C₆ alkyl or C₁-C₆ alkyl substituted by halogen, hydroxyl, cyano, phenyl, carboxyl, carb-C₁-C₆ alkoxy or C₁-C₆ alkoxy;

Ri8 is C₁- C₂₂ alkyl; branched C3-C22 alkyl; C1-C22 alkenyl or branched C3- C22 alkenyl; C₃-C₂₂ glycol; C₁-C₂₂ alkoxy; branched C₃-C₂₂ alkoxy; and mixtures thereof;

M is hydrogen; or an alkali metal ion or ammonium ion,

Z₂- is a chlorine; bromine; alkylsulfate or arylsulfate ion;

a is 0 or 1 ;

b is from 0 to 6;

c is from 0 to 100;

d is 0; or 1;

e is from 0 to 22;

v is an integer from 2 to 12;

w is 0 or 1 ; and

A- is an organic or inorganic anion, and s is equal to r in cases of monovalent anions A^" and less than or equal to r in cases of polyvalent anions, it being necessary for A_s ^~ to compensate the positive charge; where, when r is not equal to 1, the radicals Qi can be identical or different,

and where the phthalocyanine ring system may also comprise further solubilising groups;

Other suitable catalytic photobleaches include xanthene dyes and mixtures thereof. In another aspect, suitable catalytic photobleaches include catalytic photobleaches selected from the group consisting of sulfonated zinc phthalocyanine, sulfonated aluminium phthalocyanine, Eosin Y, Phoxine B, Rose Bengal, C.I. Food Red 14 and mixtures thereof. In another aspect a suitable photobleach may be a mixture of sulfonated zinc phthalocyanine and sulfonated aluminium phthalocyanine, said mixture having a weight ratio of sulfonated zinc phthalocyanine to sulfonated aluminium phthalocyanine greater than 1, greater than 1 but less than about 100, or even from about 1 to about 4.

Suitable photo-initiators include photo-initiators selected from the group consisting of Aromatic 1,4-quinones such as anthraquinones and naphthaquinones; Alpha amino ketones, particularly those containing a benzoyl moiety, otherwise called alpha-amino acetophenones; Alphahydroxy ketones, particularly alpha-hydroxy acetophenones; Phosphorus -containing photoinitiators, including monoacyl, bisacyl and trisacyl phosphine oxide and sulphides; Dialkoxy acetophenones; Alpha-haloacetophenones; Trisacyl phosphine oxides; Benzoin and benzoin based photoinitiators, and mixtures thereof. In another aspect, suitable photo-initiators include photo-initiators selected from the group consisting of 2-ethyl anthraquinone; Vitamin K3; 2-sulphate-anthraquinone; 2-methyl l-[4-phenyl]-2-morpholinopropan-l-one (Irgacure® 907); (2-benzyl-2-dimethyl amino- l-(4-morpholinophenyl)-butan-l-one (Irgacure® 369); (l-[4- (2-hydroxyethoxy) -phenyl] -2 hydroxy-2-methyl-l-propan-l-one) (Irgacure® 2959); 1-hydroxy- cyclohexyl-phenyl-ketone (Irgacure® 184); oligo[2-hydroxy 2-methyl- l-[4(l-methyl)-phenyl] propanone (Esacure® KIP 150); 2-4-6-(trimethylbenzoyl)diphenyl- phosphine oxide, bis(2,4,6- trimethylbenzoyl)-phenyl-phosphine oxide (Irgacure® 819); (2,4,6 trimethylbenzoyl)phenyl phosphinic acid ethyl ester (Lucirin® TPO-L); and mixtures thereof.

The aforementioned photobleaches can be used in combination (any mixture of photobleaches can be used). Suitable photobleaches can be purchased from Aldrich, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Frontier Scientific, Logan, Utah, USA; Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland; BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany; Lamberti S.p.A, Gallarate, Italy; Dayglo Color Corporation, Mumbai, India; Organic Dyestuffs Corp., East Providence, Rhode Island, USA; and/or made in accordance with the examples contained herein.

Fabric hueing agent - the composition comprises a fabric hueing agent. Fabric hueing agents can alter the tint of a surface as they absorb at least a portion of the visible light spectrum. Suitable fabric hueing agents include dyes, dye-clay conjugates, and pigments that satisfy the requirements of Test Method 1 described in more detail in WO2007/087257, detailed on pages 15 and 16 therein and incorporated herein by reference. Suitable dyes include small molecule dyes and polymeric dyes. Suitable small molecule dyes include small molecule dyes selected from the group consisting of dyes falling into the Colour Index (CI.) classifications of Direct Blue, Direct Red, Direct Violet, Acid Blue, Acid Red, Acid Violet, Basic Blue, Basic Violet and Basic Red, or mixtures thereof, for example:

(1) Tris-azo direct blue dyes of the formula

where at least two of the A, B and C napthyl rings are substituted by a sulfonate group, the C ring may be substituted at the 5 position by an NH₂ or NHPh group, X is a benzyl or naphthyl ring substituted with up to 2 sulfonate groups and may be substituted at the 2 position with an OH group and may also be substituted with an NH₂ or NHPh group.

(2) bis-azo Direct violet dyes of the formula:

where Z is H or phenyl, the A ring is preferably substituted by a methyl and methoxy group at the positions indicated by arrows, the A ring may also be a naphthyl ring, the Y group is a benzyl or naphthyl ring, which is substituted by sulfate group and may be mono or disubstituted by methyl groups.

(3) Blue or red acid dyes of the formula

where at least one of X and Y must be an aromatic group. In one aspect, both the aromatic groups may be a substituted benzyl or naphthyl group, which may be substituted with non water- solubilising groups such as alkyl or alkyloxy or aryloxy groups, X and Y may not be substituted with water solubilising groups such as sulfonates or carboxylates. In another aspect, X is a nitro substituted benzyl group and Y is a benzyl group

(4) Red acid dyes of the structure

where B is a naphthyl or benzyl group that may be substituted with non water solubilising groups such as alkyl or alkyloxy or aryloxy groups, B may not be substituted with water solubilising groups such as sulfonates or carboxylates.

(5) Dis-azo dyes of the structure

wherein X and Y, independently of one another, are each hydrogen, C₁-C₄ alkyl or Ci-C₄-alkoxy, Ra is hydrogen or aryl, Z is C₁-C₄ alkyl; Ci-C₄-alkoxy; halogen; hydroxyl or carboxyl, n is 1 or 2 and m is 0, 1 or 2, as well as corresponding salts thereof and mixtures thereof

(6) Triphenylmethane dyes of the following structures

and mixtures thereof. In another aspect, suitable small molecule dyes include small molecule dyes selected from the group consisting of Colour Index (Society of Dyers and Colourists, Bradford, UK) numbers Direct Violet 9, Direct Violet 35, Direct Violet 48, Direct Violet 51, Direct Violet 66, Direct Blue 1, Direct Blue 71, Direct Blue 80, Direct Blue 279, Acid Red 17, Acid Red 73, Acid Red 88, Acid Red 150, Acid Violet 15, Acid Violet 17, Acid Violet 24, Acid Violet 43, Acid Red 52, Acid Violet 49, Acid Blue 15, Acid Blue 17, Acid Blue 25, Acid Blue 29, Acid Blue 40, Acid Blue 45, Acid Blue 75, Acid Blue 80, Acid Blue 83, Acid Blue 90 and Acid Blue 113, Acid Black 1, Basic Violet 1, Basic Violet 3, Basic Violet 4, Basic Violet 10, Basic Violet 35, Basic Blue 3, Basic Blue 16, Basic Blue 22, Basic Blue 47, Basic Blue 66, Basic Blue 75, Basic Blue 159 and mixtures thereof. In another aspect, suitable small molecule dyes include small molecule dyes selected from the group consisting of Colour Index (Society of Dyers and Colourists, Bradford, UK) numbers Acid Violet 17, Acid Violet 43, Acid Red 52, Acid Red 73, Acid Red 88, Acid Red 150, Acid Blue 25, Acid Blue 29, Acid Blue 45, Acid Blue 113, Acid Black 1, Direct Blue 1, Direct Blue 71, Direct Violet 51 and mixtures thereof. In another aspect, suitable small molecule dyes include small molecule dyes selected from the group consisting of Colour Index (Society of Dyers and Colourists, Bradford, UK) numbers Acid Violet 17, Direct Blue 71, Direct Violet 51, Direct Blue 1, Acid Red 88, Acid Red 150, Acid Blue 29, Acid Blue 113 or mixtures thereof.

Suitable polymeric dyes include polymeric dyes selected from the group consisting of polymers containing conjugated chromogens (dye -polymer conjugates) and polymers with chromogens co- polymerized into the backbone of the polymer and mixtures thereof.

In another aspect, suitable polymeric dyes include polymeric dyes selected from the group consisting of fabric-substantive colorants sold under the name of Liquitint® (Milliken, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA), dye-polymer conjugates formed from at least one reactive dye and a polymer selected from the group consisting of polymers comprising a moiety selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl moiety, a primary amine moiety, a secondary amine moiety, a thiol moiety and mixtures thereof. In still another aspect, suitable polymeric dyes include polymeric dyes selected from the group consisting of Liquitint® (Milliken, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA) Violet CT, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) conjugated with a reactive blue, reactive violet or reactive red dye such as CMC conjugated with C.I. Reactive Blue 19, sold by Megazyme, Wicklow, Ireland under the product name AZO-CM-CELLULOSE, product code S-ACMC, alkoxylated triphenyl-methane polymeric colourants, alkoxylated thiophene polymeric colourants, and mixtures thereof.

Suitable dye clay conjugates include dye clay conjugates selected from the group comprising at least one cationic/basic dye and a smectite clay, and mixtures thereof. In another aspect, suitable dye clay conjugates include dye clay conjugates selected from the group consisting of one cationic/basic dye selected from the group consisting of C.I. Basic Yellow 1 through 108, C.I. Basic Orange 1 through 69, C.I. Basic Red 1 through 118, C.I. Basic Violet 1 through 51, C.I. Basic Blue 1 through 164, C.I. Basic Green 1 through 14, C.I. Basic Brown 1 through 23, CI Basic Black 1 through 11, and a clay selected from the group consisting of Montmorillonite clay, Hectorite clay, Saponite clay and mixtures thereof. In still another aspect, suitable dye clay conjugates include dye clay conjugates selected from the group consisting of: Montmorillonite Basic Blue B7 C.I. 42595 conjugate, Montmorillonite Basic Blue B9 C.I. 52015 conjugate, Montmorillonite Basic Violet V3 C.I. 42555 conjugate, Montmorillonite Basic Green Gl C.I. 42040 conjugate, Montmorillonite Basic Red Rl C.I. 45160 conjugate, Montmorillonite C.I. Basic Black 2 conjugate, Hectorite Basic Blue B7 C.I. 42595 conjugate, Hectorite Basic Blue B9 C.I. 52015 conjugate, Hectorite Basic Violet V3 C.I. 42555 conjugate, Hectorite Basic Green Gl C.I. 42040 conjugate, Hectorite Basic Red Rl C.I. 45160 conjugate, Hectorite C.I. Basic Black 2 conjugate, Saponite Basic Blue B7 C.I. 42595 conjugate, Saponite Basic Blue B9 C.I. 52015 conjugate, Saponite Basic Violet V3 C.I. 42555 conjugate, Saponite Basic Green Gl C.I. 42040 conjugate, Saponite Basic Red Rl C.I. 45160 conjugate, Saponite C.I. Basic Black 2 conjugate and mixtures thereof.

Suitable pigments include pigments selected from the group consisting of flavanthrone, indanthrone, chlorinated indanthrone containing from 1 to 4 chlorine atoms, pyranthrone, dichloropyranthrone, monobromodichloropyranthrone, dibromodichloropyranthrone, tetrabromopyranthrone, perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid diimide, wherein the imide groups may be unsubstituted or substituted by C1-C3 -alkyl or a phenyl or heterocyclic radical, and wherein the phenyl and heterocyclic radicals may additionally carry substituents which do not confer solubility in water, anthrapyrimidinecarboxylic acid amides, violanthrone, isoviolanthrone, dioxazine pigments, copper phthalocyanine which may contain up to 2 chlorine atoms per molecule, polychloro-copper phthalocyanine or polybromochloro-copper phthalocyanine containing up to 14 bromine atoms per molecule and mixtures thereof.

In another aspect, suitable pigments include pigments selected from the group consisting of Ultramarine Blue (CI. Pigment Blue 29), Ultramarine Violet (CI. Pigment Violet 15) and mixtures thereof.

The aforementioned fabric hueing agents can be used in combination (any mixture of fabric hueing agents can be used). Suitable fabric hueing agents can be purchased from Aldrich, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland; BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany; Dayglo Color Corporation, Mumbai, India; Organic Dyestuffs Corp., East Providence, Rhode Island, USA; Dystar, Frankfurt, Germany; Lanxess, Leverkusen,

Germany; Megazyme, Wicklow, Ireland; Clariant, Muttenz, Switzerland; Avecia, Manchester, UK and/or made in accordance with the examples contained herein.

Suitable hueing agents are described in more detail in US 7,208,459 B2.

Preferred fabric hueing agents are selected from Direct Violet 9, Direct Violet 99, Acid Red 52, Acid Blue 80 and mixtures thereof.

Bleach catalyst - typically, the bleach catalyst is capable of accepting an oxygen atom from a peroxyacid and/or salt thereof, and transferring the oxygen atom to an oxidizeable substrate. Suitable bleach catalysts include, but are not limited to: iminium cations and polyions; iminium zwitterions; modified amines; modified amine oxides; N-sulphonyl imines; N-phosphonyl imines; N-acyl imines; thiadiazole dioxides; perfluoroimines; cyclic sugar ketones and mixtures thereof.

Suitable iminium cations and polyions include, but are not limited to, N-methyl-3,4- dihydroisoquinolinium tetrafluoroborate, prepared as described in Tetrahedron (1992), 49(2), 423-38 (see, for example, compound 4, p. 433); N-methyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolinium p-toluene sulphonate, prepared as described in U.S. Pat. 5,360,569 (see, for example, Column 11, Example 1); and N-octyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolinium p-toluene sulphonate, prepared as described in U.S. Pat. 5,360,568 (see, for example, Column 10, Example 3).

Suitable iminium zwitterions include, but are not limited to, N-(3-sulfopropyl)-3,4- dihydroisoquinolinium, inner salt, prepared as described in U.S. Pat. 5,576,282 (see, for example, Column 31, Example II); N-[2-(sulphooxy)dodecyl]-3,4-dihydroisoquinolinium, inner salt, prepared as described in U.S. Pat. 5,817,614 (see, for example, Column 32, Example V); 2- [3-[(2-ethylhexyl)oxy]-2-(sulphooxy)propyl]-3,4-dihydroisoquinolinium, inner salt, prepared as described in WO05/047264 (see, for example, page 18, Example 8), and 2-[3-[(2- butyloctyl)oxy]-2-(sulphooxy)propyl]-3,4-dihydroisoquinolinium, inner salt.

Suitable modified amine oxygen transfer catalysts include, but are not limited to, 1,2,3,4- tetrahydro-2-methyl-l-isoquinolinol, which can be made according to the procedures described in Tetrahedron Letters (1987), 28(48), 6061-6064. Suitable modified amine oxide oxygen transfer catalysts include, but are not limited to, sodium l-hydroxy-N-oxy-N-[2- (sulphooxy)decyl]-l,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline.

Suitable N-sulphonyl imine oxygen transfer catalysts include, but are not limited to, 3-methyl- 1 ,2-benzisothiazole 1,1 -dioxide, prepared according to the procedure described in the Journal of Organic Chemistry (1990), 55(4), 1254-61.

Suitable N-phosphonyl imine oxygen transfer catalysts include, but are not limited to, [R-(E)J-N- [(2-chloro-5-nitrophenyl)methylene]-P-phenyl-P-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)- phosphinic amide, which can be made according to the procedures described in the Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications (1994), (22), 2569-70.

Suitable N-acyl imine oxygen transfer catalysts include, but are not limited to, [N(E)J-N- (phenylmethylene)acetamide, which can be made according to the procedures described in Polish Journal of Chemistry (2003), 77(5), 577-590.

Suitable thiadiazole dioxide oxygen transfer catalysts include but are not limited to, 3-methyl-4- phenyl-l,2,5-thiadiazole 1,1-dioxide, which can be made according to the procedures described in U.S. Pat. 5,753,599 (Column 9, Example 2). Suitable perfluoroimine oxygen transfer catalysts include, but are not limited to, (Z)- 2,2,3, 3,4,4,4-heptafluoro-N-(nonafluorobutyl)butanimidoyl fluoride, which can be made according to the procedures described in Tetrahedron Letters (1994), 35(34), 6329-30.

Suitable cyclic sugar ketone oxygen transfer catalysts include, but are not limited to, l,2:4,5-di- O-isopropylidene-D-erythro-2,3-hexodiuro-2,6-pyranose as prepared in U.S. Pat. 6,649,085 (Column 12, Example 1).

Preferably, the bleach catalyst comprises an iminium and/or carbonyl functional group and is typically capable of forming an oxaziridinium and/or dioxirane functional group upon acceptance of an oxygen atom, especially upon acceptance of an oxygen atom from a peroxyacid and/or salt thereof. Preferably, the bleach catalyst comprises an oxaziridinium functional group and/or is capable of forming an oxaziridinium functional group upon acceptance of an oxygen atom, especially upon acceptance of an oxygen atom from a peroxyacid and/or salt thereof. Preferably, the bleach catalyst comprises a cyclic iminium functional group, preferably wherein the cyclic moiety has a ring size of from five to eight atoms (including the nitrogen atom), preferably six atoms. Preferably, the bleach catalyst comprises an aryliminium functional group, preferably a bi-cyclic aryliminium functional group, preferably a 3,4-dihydroisoquinolinium functional group. Typically, the imine functional group is a quaternary imine functional group and is typically capable of forming a quaternary oxaziridinium functional group upon acceptance of an oxygen atom, especially upon acceptance of an oxygen atom from a peroxyacid and/or salt thereof.

Preferably, the bleach catalyst has a chemical structure corresponding to the following chemical formula

wherein: n and m are independently from 0 to 4, preferably n and m are both 0; each R¹ is independently selected from a substituted or unsubstituted radical selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, fused aryl, heterocyclic ring, fused heterocyclic ring, nitro, halo, cyano, sulphonato, alkoxy, keto, carboxylic, and carboalkoxy radicals; and any two vicinal R¹ substituents may combine to form a fused aryl, fused carbocyclic or fused heterocyclic ring; each R² is independently selected from a substituted or unsubstituted radical independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxy, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkaryl, aryl, aralkyl, alkylenes, heterocyclic ring, alkoxys, arylcarbonyl groups, carboxyalkyl groups and amide groups; any R may be joined together with any other of R to form part of a common ring; any geminal R may combine to form a carbonyl; and any two R may combine to form a substituted or unsubstituted fused unsaturated moiety; R³ is a Ci to C₂₀ substituted or unsubstituted alkyl; R⁴ is hydrogen or the moiety Q_t-A, wherein: Q is a branched or unbranched alkylene, t = 0 or 1 and A is an anionic group selected from the group consisting of OS(V, S(V, CO₂ ^", OCO₂ ^", OPO₃ ^2", OPO₃H^" and OPO₂ ^"; R⁵ is hydrogen or the moiety

[(CR⁹R¹⁰)_y-O]_k-R⁸, wherein: each Y is independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, N-H, or N-R⁸; and each R⁸ is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl and heteroaryl, said moieties being substituted or unsubstituted, and whether substituted or unsubsituted said moieties having less than 21 carbons; each G is independently selected from the group consisting of CO, SO₂, SO, PO and PO₂; R⁹ and R¹⁰ are independently selected from the group consisting of H and C₁-C₄ alkyl; R¹¹ and R¹² are independently selected from the group consisting of H and alkyl, or when taken together may join to form a carbonyl; b = 0 or 1 ; c can = 0 or 1, but c must = 0 if b = 0; y is an integer from 1 to 6; k is an integer from 0 to 20; R⁶ is H, or an alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl moiety; said moieties being substituted or unsubstituted; and X, if present, is a suitable charge balancing counterion, preferably X is present when R⁴ is hydrogen, suitable X, include but are not limited to: chloride, bromide, sulphate, methosulphate, sulphonate, p-toluenesulphonate, borontetraflouride and phosphate.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the bleach catalyst has a structure corresponding to general formula below:

wherein R¹³ is a branched alkyl group containing from three to 24 carbon atoms (including the branching carbon atoms) or a linear alkyl group containing from one to 24 carbon atoms; preferably R¹³ is a branched alkyl group containing from eight to 18 carbon atoms or linear alkyl group containing from eight to eighteen carbon atoms; preferably R¹³ is selected from the group consisting of 2-propylheptyl, 2-butyloctyl, 2-pentylnonyl, 2-hexyldecyl, n-dodecyl, n-tetradecyl, n-hexadecyl, n-octadecyl, iso-nonyl, iso-decyl, iso-tridecyl and iso-pentadecyl; preferably R¹³ is selected from the group consisting of 2-butyloctyl, 2-pentylnonyl, 2-hexyldecyl, iso-tridecyl and iso-pentadecyl.

Glycosyl hydrolase - the glycosyl hydrolase typically has enzymatic activity towards both xyloglucan and amorphous cellulose substrates. Preferably, the glycosyl hydrolase is selected from GH families 5, 12, 44 or 74.

The enzymatic activity towards xyloglucan substrates is described in more detail below. The enzymatic activity towards amorphous cellulose substrates is described in more detail below.

The glycosyl hydrolase enzyme preferably belongs to glycosyl hydrolase family 44. The glycosyl hydrolase (GH) family definition is described in more detail in Biochem J. 1991, v280, 309-316.

The glycosyl hydrolase enzyme preferably has a sequence at least 70%, or at least 75% or at least 80%, or at least 85%, or at least 90%, or at least 95% identical to sequence ID No. 1.

For purposes of the present invention, the degree of identity between two amino acid sequences is determined using the Needleman-Wunsch algorithm (Needleman and Wunsch, 1970, /. MoI. Biol. 48: 443-453) as implemented in the Needle program of the EMBOSS package (EMBOSS: The European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite, Rice et ah, 2000, Trends in Genetics 16: 276-277), preferably version 3.0.0 or later. The optional parameters used are gap open penalty of 10, gap extension penalty of 0.5, and the EBLOSUM62 (EMBOSS version of BLOSUM62) substitution matrix. The output of Needle labeled "longest identity" (obtained using the -nobrief option) is used as the percent identity and is calculated as follows: (Identical Residues x 100)/(Length of Alignment - Total Number of Gaps in Alignment).

Suitable glycosyl hydrolases are selected from the group consisting of: GH family 44 glycosyl hydrolases from Paenibacillus polyxyma (wild-type) such as XYG1006 described in WO 01/062903 or are variants thereof; GH family 12 glycosyl hydrolases from Bacillus licheniformis (wild-type) such as Seq. No. ID: 1 described in WO 99/02663 or are variants thereof; GH family 5 glycosyl hydrolases from Bacillus agaradhaerens (wild type) or variants thereof; GH family 5 glycosyl hydrolases from Paenibacillus (wild type) such as XYG1034 and XYG 1022described in WO 01/064853 or variants thereof; GH family 74 glycosyl hydrolases from Jonesia sp. (wild type) such as XYGl 020 described in WO 2002/077242 or variants thereof; and GH family 74 glycosyl hydrolases from Trichoderma Reesei (wild type), such as the enzyme described in more detail in Sequence ID no. 2 of WO03/089598, or variants thereof.

Preferred glycosyl hydrolases are selected from the group consisting of: GH family 44 glycosyl hydrolases from Paenibacillus polyxyma (wild-type) such as XYG1006 or are variants thereof.

Glycosyl hydrolase activity towards xyloglucan substrates

An enzyme is deemed to have activity towards xyloglucan if the pure enzyme has a specific activity of greater than 50000 XyloU/g according to the following assay at pH 7.5.

The xyloglucanase activity is measured using AZCL- xyloglucan from Megazyme, Ireland as substrate (blue substrate).

A solution of 0.2% of the blue substrate is suspended in a 0.1M phosphate buffer pH 7.5, 20⁰C under stirring in a 1.5ml Eppendorf tubes (0.75ml to each), 50 microlitres enzyme solution is added and they are incubated in an Eppendorf Thermomixer for 20 minutes at 40⁰C, with a mixing of 1200 rpm. After incubation the coloured solution is separated from the solid by 4 minutes centrifugation at 14,000 rpm and the absorbance of the supernatant is measured at 600nm in a lcm cuvette using a spectrophotometer. One XyIoU unit is defined as the amount of enzyme resulting in an absorbance of 0.24 in a lcm cuvette at 600nm.

Only absorbance values between 0.1 and 0.8 are used to calculate the XyIoU activity. If an absorbance value is measured outside this range, optimization of the starting enzyme concentration should be carried out accordingly. Glycosyl hydrolase activity towards amorphous cellulose substrates

An enzyme is deemed to have activity towards amorphous cellulose if the pure enzyme has a specific activity of greater than 20000 EBG/g according to the following assay at pH 7.5. Chemicals used as buffers and substrates were commercial products of at least reagent grade.

Endoglucanase Activity Assay Materials:

0.1M phosphate buffer pH 7.5

Cellazyme C tablets, supplied by Megazyme International, Ireland.

Glass microfiber filters, GF/C, 9cm diameter, supplied by Whatman.

Method:

In test tubes, mix ImI pH 7,5 buffer and 5ml deionised water.

Add 100 microliter of the enzyme sample (or of dilutions of the enzyme sample with known weight:weight dilution factor). Add 1 Cellazyme C tablet into each tube, cap the tubes and mix on a vortex mixer for 10 seconds. Place the tubes in a thermostated water bath, temperature 40⁰C. After 15, 30 and 45 minutes, mix the contents of the tubes by inverting the tubes, and replace in the water bath. After 60 minutes, mix the contents of the tubes by inversion and then filter through a GF/C filter. Collect the filtrate in a clean tube.

Measure Absorbance (Aenz) at 590nm, with a spectrophotometer. A blank value, Awater, is determined by adding lOOμl water instead of 100 microliter enzyme dilution.

Calculate Adelta = Aenz - Awater.

Adelta must be <0.5. If higher results are obtained, repeat with a different enzyme dilution factor.

Determine DFO.1, where DFO.1 is the dilution factor needed to give Adelta = 0.1 .

Unit Definition: 1 Endo-Beta-Glucanase activity unit (1 EBG) is the amount of enzyme that gives Adelta = 0.10, under the assay conditions specified above. Thus, for example, if a given enzyme sample, after dilution by a dilution factor of 100, gives Adelta= 0.10, then the enzyme sample has an activity of 100 EBG/g. Amphiphilic alkoxylated grease cleaning polymer - Amphiphilic alkoxylated grease cleaning polymers of the present invention refer to any alkoxylated polymers having balanced hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties such that they remove grease particles from fabrics and surfaces. Specific embodiments of the amphiphilic alkoxylated grease cleaning polymers of the present invention comprise a core structure and a plurality of alkoxylate groups attached to that core structure.

The core structure may comprise a polyalkylenimine structure comprising, in condensed form, repeating units of formulae (I), (II), (III) and (IV):

(I) (H) (Hi) (IV)

wherein # in each case denotes one-half of a bond between a nitrogen atom and the free binding position of a group A¹ of two adjacent repeating units of formulae (I), (II), (III) or (IV); * in each case denotes one-half of a bond to one of the alkoxylate groups; and A¹ is independently selected from linear or branched C₂-C₆-alkylene; wherein the polyalkylenimine structure consists of 1 repeating unit of formula (I), x repeating units of formula (II), y repeating units of formula (III) and y+1 repeating units of formula (IV), wherein x and y in each case have a value in the range of from 0 to about 150; where the average weight average molecular weight, Mw, of the polyalkylenimine core structure is a value in the range of from about 60 to about 10,000 g/mol.

The core structure may alternatively comprise a polyalkanolamine structure of the condensation products of at least one compound selected from N-(hydroxyalkyl)amines of formulae (La) and/or (Lb),

wherein A are independently selected from C₁-C₆-alkylene; R¹, R¹*, R², R²*, R³, R³*, R⁴, R⁴*, R and R * are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl, wherein the last three mentioned radicals may be optionally substituted; and R⁶ is selected from hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl, wherein the last three mentioned radicals may be optionally substituted.

The plurality of alkylenoxy groups attached to the core structure are independently selected from alkylenoxy units of the formula (V)

^*+^A-°-U-^CH2-^CH ₂-°-HΓ^A3-^O:1-^R

(V)

wherein * in each case denotes one-half of a bond to the nitrogen atom of the repeating unit of formula (I), (II) or (IV); A² is in each case independently selected from 1 ,2-propylene, 1,2- butylene and 1,2-isobutylene; A³ is 1,2-propylene; R is in each case independently selected from hydrogen and Ci-C₄-alkyl; m has an average value in the range of from 0 to about 2; n has an average value in the range of from about 20 to about 50; and p has an average value in the range of from about 10 to about 50.

Specific embodiments of the amphiphilic alkoxylated grease cleaning polymers may be selected from alkoxylated polyalkylenimines having an inner polyethylene oxide block and an outer polypropylene oxide block, the degree of ethoxylation and the degree of propoxylation not going above or below specific limiting values. Specific embodiments of the alkoxylated polyalkylenimines according to the present invention have a minimum ratio of polyethylene blocks to polypropylene blocks (n/p) of about 0.6 and a maximum of about 1.5(x+2y+l)^1/2. Alkoxykated polyalkyenimines having an n/p ratio of from about 0.8 to about 1.2(x+2y+l)^1/2 have been found to have especially beneficial properties.

The alkoxylated polyalkylenimines according to the present invention have a backbone which consists of primary, secondary and tertiary amine nitrogen atoms which are attached to one another by alkylene radicals A and are randomly arranged. Primary amino moieties which start or terminate the main chain and the side chains of the polyalkylenimine backbone and whose remaining hydrogen atoms are subsequently replaced by alkylenoxy units are referred to as repeating units of formulae (I) or (IV), respectively. Secondary amino moieties whose remaining hydrogen atom is subsequently replaced by alkylenoxy units are referred to as repeating units of formula (II). Tertiary amino moieties which branch the main chain and the side chains are referred to as repeating units of formula (III).

Since cyclization can occur in the formation of the polyalkylenimine backbone, it is also possible for cyclic amino moieties to be present to a small extent in the backbone. Such polyalkylenimines containing cyclic amino moieties are of course alkoxylated in the same way as those consisting of the noncyclic primary and secondary amino moieties.

The polyalkylenimine backbone consisting of the nitrogen atoms and the groups A¹, has an average molecular weight Mw of from about 60 to about 10,000 g/mole, preferably from about 100 to about 8,000 g/mole and more preferably from about 500 to about 6,000 g/mole.

The sum (x+2y+l) corresponds to the total number of alkylenimine units present in one individual polyalkylenimine backbone and thus is directly related to the molecular weight of the polyalkylenimine backbone. The values given in the specification however relate to the number average of all polyalkylenimines present in the mixture. The sum (x+2y+2) corresponds to the total number amino groups present in one individual polyalkylenimine backbone.

The radicals A¹ connecting the amino nitrogen atoms may be identical or different, linear or branched C₂-C₆-alkylene radicals, such as 1 ,2-ethylene, 1,2-propylene, 1,2-butylene, 1,2- isobutylene,l,2-pentanediyl, 1 ,2-hexanediyl or hexamethylen. A preferred branched alkylene is 1 ,2-propylene. Preferred linear alkylene are ethylene and hexamethylene. A more preferred alkylene is 1 ,2-ethylene.

The hydrogen atoms of the primary and secondary amino groups of the polyalkylenimine backbone are replaced by alkylenoxy units of the formula (V).

(V)

In this formula, the variables preferably have one of the meanings given below:

A² in each case is selected from 1,2-propylene, 1,2-butylene and 1,2-isobutylene; preferably A² is 1,2-propylene. A³ is 1,2-propylene; R in each case is selected from hydrogen and Ci-C₄-alkyl, such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl and tert.-butyl; preferably R is hydrogen. The index m in each case has a value of 0 to about 2; preferably m is 0 or approximately 1 ; more preferably m is 0. The index n has an average value in the range of from about 20 to about 50, preferably in the range of from about 22 to about 40, and more preferably in the range of from about 24 to about 30. The index p has an average value in the range of from about 10 to about 50, preferably in the range of from about 11 to about 40, and more preferably in the range of from about 12 to about 30.

Preferably the alkylenoxy unit of formula (V) is a non-random sequence of alkoxylate blocks. By non-random sequence it is meant that the [-A -O-]_m is added first (i.e., closest to the bond to the nitrgen atom of the repeating unit of formula (I), (II), or (III)), the [-CH₂-CH₂-O-J_n is added second, and the [-A³-O-]_p is added third. This orientation provides the alkoxylated polyalkylenimine with an inner polyethylene oxide block and an outer polypropylene oxide block.

The substantial part of these alkylenoxy units of formula (V) is formed by the ethylenoxy units - [CH₂-CH₂-O)J_n- and the propylenoxy units -[CH₂-CH₂(CH₃)-O]_P-. The alkylenoxy units may additionally also have a small proportion of propylenoxy or butylenoxy units -[A -O]_m-, i.e. the polyalkylenimine backbone saturated with hydrogen atoms may be reacted initially with small amounts of up to about 2 mol, especially from about 0.5 to about 1.5 mol, in particular from about 0.8 to about 1.2 mol, of propylene oxide or butylene oxide per mole of NH- moieties present, i.e. incipiently alkoxylated.

This initial modification of the polyalkylenimine backbone allows, if necessary, the viscosity of the reaction mixture in the alkoxylation to be lowered. However, the modification generally does not influence the performance properties of the alkoxylated polyalkylenimine and therefore does not constitute a preferred measure.

The amphiphilic alkoxylated grease cleaning polymers are present in the detergent and cleaning compositions of the present invention at levels ranging from about 0.05% to 10% by weight of the composition. Embodiments of the compositions may comprise from about 0.1% to about 5% by weight. More specifically, the embodiments may comprise from about 0.25 to about 2.5% of the grease cleaning polymer.

Random graft co-polymer - The random graft co-polymer comprises: (i) hydrophilic backbone comprising monomers selected from the group consisting of: unsaturated C₁-C₆ carboxylic acids, ethers, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, esters, sugar units, alkoxy units, maleic anhydride, saturated polyalcohols such as glycerol, and mixtures thereof; and (ii) hydrophobic side chain(s) selected from the group consisting of: C₄-C₂₅ alkyl group, polypropylene, polybutylene, vinyl ester of a saturated C₁-C₆ mono-carboxylic acid, Ci-C ₆ alkyl ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid, and mixtures thereof.

The polymer preferably has the general formula:

wherein X, Y and Z are capping units independently selected from H or a Ci_-6 alkyl; each R¹ is independently selected from methyl and ethyl; each R² is independently selected from H and methyl; each R³ is independently a Ci_-4 alkyl; and each R⁴ is independently selected from pyrrolidone and phenyl groups. The weight average molecular weight of the polyethylene oxide backbone is typically from about 1,000 g/mol to about 18,000 g/mol, or from about 3,000 g/mol to about 13,500 g/mol, or from about 4,000 g/mol to about 9,000 g/mol. The value of m, n, o, p and q is selected such that the pendant groups comprise, by weight of the polymer at least 50%, or from about 50% to about 98%, or from about 55% to about 95%, or from about 60% to about 90%. The polymer useful herein typically has a weight average molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 100,000 g/mol, or preferably from about 2,500 g/mol to about 45,000 g/mol, or from about 7,500 g/mol to about 33,800 g/mol, or from about 10,000 g/mol to about 22,500 g/mol.

Suitable graft co-polymers are described in more detail in WO07/138054, WO06/108856 and WO06/113314.

Reserve Alkalinity - The composition may have a reserve alkalinity of greater than 4.0, preferably greater than 7.5. As used herein, the term "reserve alkalinity" is a measure of the buffering capacity of the detergent composition (g/NaOH/100g detergent composition) determined by titrating a 1 % (w/v) solution of detergent composition with hydrochloric acid to pH 7.5 i.e in order to calculate Reserve Alkalinity as defined herein:

Reserve Alkalinity (to pH 7.5) as % alkali in g NaOH/100 g product = (T x M x 40 x VoI) / (1O x Wt x Aliquot)

T = titre (ml) to pH 7.5

M = Molarity of HCl = 0.2

40 = Molecular weight of NaOH

VoI = Total volume (ie. 1000 ml)

W = Weight of product ( 10 g)

Aliquot = (100 ml)

Obtain a 1Og sample accurately weighed to two decimal places, of fully formulated detergent composition. The sample should be obtained using a Pascall sampler in a dust cabinet. Add the 1Og sample to a plastic beaker and add 200 ml of carbon dioxide-free deionised water. Agitate using a magnetic stirrer on a stirring plate at 150 rpm until fully dissolved and for at least 15 minutes. Transfer the contents of the beaker to a 1 litre volumetric flask and make up to 1 litre with deionised water. Mix well and take a 100 mis * 1 ml aliquot using a 100 mis pipette immediately. Measure and record the pH and temperature of the sample using a pH meter capable of reading to +0.0IpH units, with stirring, ensuring temperature is 21°C +/- 2°C. Titrate whilst stirring with 0.2M hydrochloric acid until pH measures exactly 7.5. Note the millilitres of hydrochloric acid used. Take the average titre of three identical repeats. Carry out the calculation described above to calculate RA to pH 7.5.

The RA of the detergent compositions of the invention will be greater than 7.5 and preferably greater than 8. The RA may be greater than 9 or even greater than 9.5 or 10 or higher. The RA may be up to 20 or higher.

Adequate reserve alkalinity may be provided, for example, by one or more of alkali metal silicates (excluding crystalline layered silicate), typically amorphous silicate salts, generally 1.2 to 2.2 ratio sodium salts, alkali metal typically sodium carbonate, bicarbonate and/or sesquicarbonates. STPP and persalts such as perborates and percarbonates also contribute to alkalinity. Buffering is necessary to maintain an alkaline pH during the wash process counteracting the acidity of soils, especially fatty acids liberated by the lipase enzyme.

Perfume - The composition may comprise perfume. The perfume may be encapsulated, for example by starch. The perfume may be encapsulated by a urea-formaldehyde or melamine- formaldehyde material. Such perfume encapsulates may be in the form of a perfume microcapsule.

The composition may comprise an encapsulated perfume and an unencapsulated perfume, wherein the weight ratio of perfume raw materials having the general structure: R¹R²R³CC(O)OR⁴, wherein R¹ R² R³ are each independently selected from H, alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, cyclic alkyl, and wherein either at least one, preferably at least two, of R¹ R² R³ are H, present in the encapsulated perfume to those perfume raw materials also having the above general structure present in the unencapsulated perfume is greater than 3:1, preferably greater than 4:1, or even greater than 5:1, or 10:1, or 15:1 or even 20:1.

Typical perfume raw materials having the above general structure include: benzyl acetate, hexyl acetate, allyl caproate, geranyl butyrate, geranyl acetate, ethyl butyrate, neryl butyrate, citronellyl acetate, ethyl-2-methyl pentanoate, isopropyl 2-methyl butyrate and allyl amyl glycolate. Other perfume raw materials having the above general structure include: manzanate™ supplied by Quest, Ashford, Kent, UK; and vertenex , verdox , violiff supplied by International Flavors and Fragrances, New Jersey, USA.

The composition may comprises a perfume, wherein the perfume comprising at least 10wt% of one or more perfume raw materials having a molecular weight of greater than 0 but less than or equal to 350 daltons, at least 80wt% of said one or more perfume raw materials having a cLogP of at least 2.4, said perfume composition comprising at least 5wt% of said one or more perfume components having a cLogP of at least 2.4.

The perfume compositions disclosed herein are especially useful for masking odors, particularly fatty acid odors, more particularly short-chain fatty acid odors such the odor of butyric acid, such perfume compositions are especially useful in detergent powders.

In one aspect of the invention said perfume comprises at least 10 % , 20%, 30%, 40% , 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, or even 90% of one or more perfume raw materials having a molecular weight of greater than 0 but less than or equal to 350 daltons, from about 100 daltons to about 350 daltons, from about 130 daltons to about 270 daltons, or even from about 140 daltons to about 230 daltons; at least 80wt%, 85wt%, 90wt% or even 95wt% of said one or more perfume raw materials having a cLogP of at least 2.4, from about 2.75 to about 8.0 or even from about 2.9 to about 6.0, said perfume comprising at least 5wt%, 15wt%, 25wt%, 35wt%, 45wt%, 55wt%, 65wt%, 75wt%, 85wt%, or even 95wt% of said one or more perfume components having a cLogP in the range of at least 2.4, from about 2.75 to about 8.0 or even from about 2.9 to about 6.0. In said aspect of the invention said one or more perfume components may be selected from the group consisting of a Schiff's base, ether, phenol, ketone, alcohol, ester, lactone, aldehyde, nitrile, natural oil or mixtures thereof.

WASHING METHOD

The present invention includes a method for cleaning and /or treating a situs inter alia a surface or fabric. Such method includes the steps of contacting an embodiment of Applicants' cleaning composition, in neat form or diluted in a wash liquor, with at least a portion of a surface or fabric then optionally rinsing such surface or fabric. The surface or fabric may be subjected to a washing step prior to the aforementioned rinsing step. For purposes of the present invention, washing includes but is not limited to, scrubbing, and mechanical agitation. As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, the cleaning compositions of the present invention are ideally suited for use in laundry applications. Accordingly, the present invention includes a method for laundering a fabric. The method comprises the steps of contacting a fabric to be laundered with a said cleaning laundry solution comprising at least one embodiment of Applicants' cleaning composition, cleaning additive or mixture thereof. The fabric may comprise most any fabric capable of being laundered in normal consumer use conditions. The solution preferably has a pH of from about 8 to about 10.5. The compositions may be employed at concentrations of from about 100 ppm, preferably 500ppm to about 15,000 ppm in solution. The water temperatures typically range from about 5 ⁰C to about 90⁰C. The invention may be particularly beneficial at low water temperatures such as below 30⁰C or below 25 or 20⁰C. The water to fabric ratio is typically from about 1 : 1 to about 30:1.

EXAMPLES

The present invention is further described by the following examples which should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention.

Chemicals used as buffers and substrates were commercial products of at least reagent grade.

Example 1 - Production of lipase variants

A plasmid containing the gene encoding the polypeptide is constructed and transformed into a suitable host cell using standard methods of the art.

Fermentation is carried out as a fed-batch fermentation using a constant medium temperature of 34°C and a start volume of 1.2 liter. The initial pH of the medium is set to 6.5. Once the pH has increased to 7.0 this value is maintained through addition of 10% H₃PO₄. The level of dissolved oxygen in the medium is controlled by varying the agitation rate and using a fixed aeration rate of 1.0 liter air per liter medium per minute. The feed addition rate is maintained at a constant level during the entire fed-batch phase.

The batch medium contains maltose syrup as carbon source, urea and yeast extract as nitrogen source and a mixture of trace metals and salts. The feed added continuously during the fed-batch phase contains maltose syrup as carbon source whereas yeast extract and urea is added in order to assure a sufficient supply of nitrogen.

Purification of the polypeptide may be done by use of standard methods known in the art, e.g. by filtering the fermentation supernatant and subsequent hydrophobic chromatography and ion exchange chromatography, e.g. as described in EP 0 851 913 EP, Example 3. Example 2 - Lipase activity Unit (LU) relative to absorbance at 280nm (LU/A280)

The activity of the lipase (LU) is determined as described above in the section Lipase activity. The absorbance of the lipase at 280 nm is measured (A280). The specific activity of a polypeptide may be expressed as the ratio of LU/A280.

The relative LU/A280 is calculated as the LU/A280 of the polypeptide divided by the LU/A280 of a reference enzyme. In the context of the present invention the reference enzyme is the lipase of SEQ ID NO:2 with the substitutions T231R +N233R.

Example 3 - Calculation of the Relative Performance (RP) from data obtained from the Automated Mechanical Stress Assay (AMSA)

Polypeptides of the present invention are tested using the Automatic Mechanical Stress Assay (AMSA). With the AMSA test the wash performance of a large quantity of small volume enzyme-detergent solutions can be examined. The AMSA plate has a number of slots for test solutions and a lid firmly squeezing the textile swatch to be washed against all the slot openings. During the washing time, the plate, test solutions, textile and lid are vigorously shaken to bring the test solution in contact with the textile and apply mechanical stress. For further description see WO 02/42740 especially the paragraph "Special method embodiments" at page 23-24. The containers, which contain the detergent test solution, consist of cylindrical holes (6 mm diameter, 10 mm depth) in a metal plate. The stained fabric (test material) lies on the top of the metal plate and is used as a lid and seal on the containers. Another metal plate lies on the top of the stained fabric to avoid any spillage from each container. The two metal plates together with the stained fabric are vibrated up and down at a frequency of 30 Hz with an amplitude of 2 mm.

TABLE 2: The experimental conditions for AMSA

Ingredient %wt

Sodium alkyl ether sulphate 12.0

Test solution

(Surfac LC70)

Alkylbenzenesulfonate (LAS) 7.0 Soap Tallow/Coconut 80/20 3.2

Alcohol ethoxylate (Neodol 23-9) 2.4

Alkyl dimethylamine oxide 2.0

(Empigen OB)

Citric acid (sodium) 2.8

Sodium hydroxide 1.6

Glycerin 2.3

Monoethanolamine 2.7

Monopropylenglycol (MPG) 4.7

Water 59.2

Test solution volume 160 micro 1

As is (~8.3), adjusted with Sodium pH hydroxide and Citric acid

Wash time 20 minutes

Temperature 30⁰C

6°dH

Water hardness

Ratio of Ca²⁺/Mg²⁺/NaHCO₃: 2: 1:4.5

Enzyme concentration in test solution 0.125, 0.25, 0.50, 0.50 mg ep / 1 Performance: After washing the textile pieces (coffee cream turmeric) are immediately flushed in tap water and air- Drying dried at 85°C in 5 min.

Odor: After washing the textile pieces (cream turmeric) are immediately flushed in tap water and dried at room temperature (20⁰C) for 2 hours

Cream turmeric swatch or coffee cream turmeric swatch as described below

Test material (EMP A221 used as cotton textile obtained from EMPA St. Gallen, Lerchfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland)

Cream-turmeric swatches and coffee cream turmeric swatches were prepared by mixing 5g of turmeric (Santa Maria, Denmark) with lOOg cream (38% fat, Aria, Denmark) and lOOg coffee cream (9% fat, Aria, Denmark) at 50⁰C, respectively. The mixture was left at this temperature for about 20 minutes and filtered (50⁰C) to remove any un-dissolved particles. The mixture was cooled to 20⁰C and woven cotton swatches, EMPA221, were immersed in the cream-turmeric mixture and afterwards allowed to dry at room temperature over night and frozen until use. The preparation of cream-turmeric swatches is disclosed in WO 06125437.

The performance of the polypeptide was measured as the brightness of the color of the textile samples washed with that specific polypeptide. Brightness can also be expressed as the intensity of the light reflected from the textile sample when illuminated with white light. When the textile is stained the intensity of the reflected light is lower, than that of a clean textile. Therefore the intensity of the reflected light can be used to measure wash performance of a polypeptide variant.

Color measurements were made with a professional flatbed scanner (PFU DL2400pro), which is used to capture an image of the washed textile samples. The scans were made with a resolution of 200 dpi and with an output color depth of 24 bits. In order to get accurate results, the scanner was frequently calibrated with a Kodak reflective IT8 target.

To extract a value for the light intensity from the scanned images, a special designed software application was used (Novozymes Color Vector Analyzer). The program retrieves the 24 bit pixel values from the image and converts them into values for red, green and blue (RGB). The intensity value (Int) is calculated by adding the RGB values together as vectors and then taking the length of the resulting vector:

The wash performance (P) of the polypeptides was calculated in accordance with the formula:

P = Int(v) - Int(r),

where Int(v) is the light intensity value of textile surface washed with enzyme, and Int(r) is the light intensity value of textile surface washed without enzyme.

A relative performance score is given as the result of the AMSA wash in accordance with the definition: Relative Performance scores (RP) are summing up the performances (P) of the tested polypeptide against the reference polypeptide:

RP = P(test polypeptide) / Preference polypeptide).

RP_aVg indicates the average relative performance compared to the reference polypeptide of measurements done at 0.5 mg ep/1.

RP_avg = avg(RP(0.5))

A polypeptide is considered to exhibit improved wash performance, if it performs better than the reference. In the context of the present invention the reference enzyme is the lipase of SEQ ID NO:2 with the substitutions T231R + N233R.

Example 4 - Calculation of risk factor (R) from Solid Phase Micro Extraction Gas Chromatograph measurements.

The butyric acid release from the lipase washed swatches were measured by Solid Phase Micro Extraction Gas Chromatography (SPME-GC) using the following method. Four pieces of textiles (5 mm in diameter), washed in the specified solution in Table 2 containing 0.5 mg/1 lipase, were transferred to a Gas Chromatograph (GC) vial. The samples were incubated at 30⁰C for 24 h and subsequently heated to 140⁰C for 30 min and stored at 20°C-25°C for at least 4 h before analysis. The analysis was performed on a Varian 3800 GC equipped with a Stabilwax- DA w/Integra- Guard column (30m, 0.32mm ID and 0.25 micro-m df) and a Carboxen PDMS SPME fibre (85 micro-m). Sampling from each GC vial was done at 50⁰C for 8 min with the SPME fibre in the head-space over the textile pieces and the sampled compounds were subsequently injected onto the column (injector temperature = 250⁰C). Column flow = 2 ml Helium/min. Column oven temperature gradient: 0 min = 50⁰C, 2 min = 50⁰C, 6 min 45 s = 240⁰C, 11 min 45 s = 240⁰C. Detection was done using a Flame Ionization Detector (FID) and the retention time for butyric acid was identified using an authentic standard.

The risk performance odor (R) of a polypeptide is the ratio between the amount butyric acid released (peak area) from a polypeptide washed swatch and the amount butyric acid released (peak area) from a reference polypeptide washed swatch, after both values have been corrected for the amount of butyric acid released (peak area) from a non-polypeptide washed swatch (blank). The reference polypeptide is the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2 with the substitutions T231R + N233R. The risk performance odor (R) of the polypeptide is calculated in accordance with the below formula:

Odor = measured butyric acid (peak area) released from the textile surface.

A polypeptide is considered to exhibit reduced odor compared to the reference if the R factor is lower than 1.

Example 5 - Benefit Risk factor (BR).

The Benefit Risk factor describing the wash performance compared to the reduced risk for odor is thus defined as:

A variant is considered to exhibit improved wash performance and reduced odor, if the BR factor is higher than 1.

TABLE 3: Specific activity (LU/A280), risk performance odor (R) and Benefit Risk factor (BR) for some polypeptides of the invention

DETERGENT EXAMPLES

Abbreviated component identifications for the examples are as follows:

LAS Sodium linear

_O alkyl benzene sulphonate.

CxyAS Sodium y alkyl sulfate.

CxyEzS sodium alkyl sulfate condensed with an average of z

moles of ethylene oxide.

CxyEy alcohol with an average of ethoxylation of z

QAS with ₂

Silicate Amorphous Sodium Silicate

Zeolite A Hydrated Sodium Aluminosilicate of formula

27H₂O having a primary particle size in the range from 0.1 to 10 micrometers (Weight expressed on an anhydrous basis). (Na-)SKS-6 Crystalline layered silicate of formula 6-Na₂Si₂Os

Citrate Tri- sodium citrate dihydrate.

Citric Anhydrous citric acid.

Carbonate Anhydrous sodium carbonate.

Sulphate Anhydrous sodium sulphate.

MA/ AA Random copolymer of 4:1 acrylate/maleate, average molecular weight about 70,000-80,000.

AA polymer Sodium polyacrylate polymer of average molecular weight 4,500.

PBl / PB4 Anhydrous sodium perborate monohydrate / tetrahydrate.

PC3 Anhydrous sodium percarbonate [ 2.74 Na₂CO₃JH₂O₂ ]

TAED Tetraacetyl ethylene diamine.

NOBS Nonanoyloxybenzene sulfonate in the form of the sodium salt.

DTPA Diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid.

HEDP Hydroxyethane di phosphonate

EDDS Na salt of Ethylenediamine-N,N'-disuccinic acid, (S, S) isomer

STPP Sodium tripolyphosphate

Protease Proteolytic enzyme sold under the tradename Savinase® ,

Alcalase®, Everlase®, Coronase®, Polarzyme®, by Novozymes

A/S, Properase®, Purafect®, Purafect MA® and Purafect Ox® sold by Genencor and proteases described in patents WO 91/06637 and/or WO 95/10591 and/or EP 0 251 446 such as FNA, FN3 and/or FN4. Amylase Amylolytic enzyme sold under the tradename Purastar®> Purafect Oxam® sold by Genencor; Termamyl®, Fungamyl® Duramyl®, Stainzyme® and Natalase® sold by Novozymes A/S .

Lipase Any lipase variant 1 to 5 described in example 5 table 2, and combinations thereof.

Mannanase Mannaway® sold by Novozymes

CMC or HEC Carboxymethyl or Hydroxyethyl or ester modified cellulose. or EMC

SS Agglom. Suds Suppressor agglomerate: 12% Silicone/silica, 18% stearyl alcohol,70% starch in granular form.

TEPAE Tetreaethylenepentaamine ethoxylate.

pH Measured as a 1% solution in distilled water at 20⁰C.

Example A

Bleaching detergent compositions having the form of granular laundry detergents are exemplified by the following formulations.

Any of the compositions in Example A is used to launder fabrics at a concentration of 600 -

10000 ppm in water, with typical median conditions of 2500ppm, 25°C, and a 25:1 wateπcloth ratio. The typical pH is about 10 but can be can be adjusted by altering the proportion of acid to Na- salt form of alkylbenzenesulfonate.

Example B

Any of the above compositions in Example B is used to launder fabrics at a concentration of 10,000 ppm in water, 20-90 ⁰C, and a 5:1 wateπcloth ratio.

Example C

Numbers quoted in mg enzyme/ lOOg ¹ as described in US 4,597,898.

² available under the tradename LUTENSIT® from BASF and such as those described in WO 01/05874

The dimensions and values disclosed herein are not to be understood as being strictly limited to the exact numerical values recited. Instead, unless otherwise specified, each such dimension is intended to mean both the recited value and a functionally equivalent range surrounding that value. For example, a dimension disclosed as "40 mm" is intended to mean "about 40 mm".

Claims

CLAIMSWhat is claimed is:

1. A detergent composition comprising a polypeptide having lipase activity wherein said polypeptide is a polypeptide having at least one of:

(a) a lipase activity (LU) relative to the absorbance at 280nm (A280) of less than 500 LU/A280, in which one unit of LU (1 LU) is defined as the amount of enzyme capable of releasing 1 micro mol of butyric acid per minute at 30⁰C at pH 7, and the absorbance of the polypeptide is measured at 280nm; (b) a Risk performance odor (R) below 0.5, in which R is calculated as the ratio between the amount butyric acid released from a polypeptide washed swatch and the amount butyric acid released from a reference polypeptide washed swatch, after both values have been corrected for the amount of butyric acid released from a non-polypeptide washed swatch; or (c) a Benefit Risk factor (BR) of at least 1.8, in which BR is defined as the average wash performance (RP_avg) divided by the risk performance odor (R);

2. The composition of claim 1, wherein the polypeptide comprises alterations of the amino acids at the positions T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K and at least one of:

(a) S58A +V60S +A150G +L227G; or (b) E210V/G; wherein the positions are corresponding to SEQ ID NO: 2.

3. The composition of any preceding claim, wherein the polypeptide comprises at least one of these alterations of the amino acid at the positions I86V or T143S.

4. The composition of claim 2, wherein the polypeptide comprises at least one further alteration selected from a substitution, a deletion or an addition of at least one amino acid at a position corresponding to position El, D27, N33, S83, G91, N94, K98, E99, D102, Di l l, G163, 1202, E210, S216, L259 or L269 of SEQ ID NO:2.

5. The composition of claim 4, wherein the polypeptide comprises at least one alteration selected from the group consisting of: ElN/*, D27N, N33Q, S83T, G91N, N94R, K98I, E99K, D102A, Dl IlN, G163K, I202L, E210A, S216P, L259F, or L269APIA of SEQ ID NO: 2.

6. A detergent composition comprising a polypeptide comprising alterations of the amino acids at the positions T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K and at least one of:

(a) S58A +V60S +A150G +L227G; or (b) E210V/G; which positions are corresponding to SEQ ID NO: 2.

7. The composition of claim 6, wherein the polypeptide comprises at least one of the alteration of the amino acid at the positions I86V or T143S.

8. The composition of claim 6, wherein the polypeptide comprises at least one further alteration selected from a substitution, a deletion or an addition of at least one amino acid at a position corresponding to position El, D27, N33, S83, G91, N94, K98, E99, D102, Di l l, G163, 1202, E210, S216, L259 or L269 of SEQ ID NO:2.

9. The composition of claim 8, wherein the polypeptide comprises at least one alteration is selected from the group consisting of: ElN/*, D27N, N33Q, S83T, G91N, N94R, K98I, E99K, D102A, Dl IlN, G163K, I202L, E210A, S216P, L259F, or L269APIA of SEQ ID NO:2.

10. The composition of claim 1, wherein the polypeptide comprises alterations selected from the group consisting of:

(a) T231R +N233R +L269APIA;

(b) S58T +V60K +A150G +T231R +N233I +D234G;

(c) S58T +V60K + I86V + D102A + A150G + L227G + T231R + N233R + P256K; (d) S58N +V60S +I86P +T231R +N233R +P256S;

(e) S58N +V60S +I86S +L227G +T231R +N233R +P256S; and

(f) S58N +V60S +I86T +L227G +T231R +N233R +P256L.

11. The composition of claim 1, wherein the polypeptide comprises alterations selected from the group consisting of:

(a) S58A +V60S + I83T +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K;

(b) S58A +V60S + I86V +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K;

(c) S58A +V60S + I86V +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (d) S58A +V60S + I86V +T143S +A150G +G163K +S216P +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K;

(e) El* +S58A +V60S + I86V +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K;

(f) S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K;

(g) ElN +S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K +L259F;

(h) S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +D102A +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R

+I255A +P256K; (i) N33Q +S58A +V60S + I86V +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K;

G) El* +S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R

+I255A +P256K;

(k) ElN +S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +S216P +L227G +T231R

+N233R +I255A +P256K; (1) D27N +S58A +V60S + I86V +G91N +N94R +Dl UN +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R

+N233R +I255A +P256K;

(m) ElN +S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +E210A +S216P +L227G

+T231R +N233R +1255 A +P256K;

(n) A150G +E210V +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; and (o) 202L +E210G +T23 IR +N233R +I255A +P256K.

12. The composition of claim 6, wherein the polypeptide comprises alterations selected from the group consisting of:

(a) S58A +V60S + I83T +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (b) S58A +V60S + I86V +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K;

(c) S58A +V60S + I86V +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K;

(d) S58A +V60S + I86V +T143S +A150G +G163K +S216P +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K;

(e) El* +S58A +V60S + I86V +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (f) S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A

+P256K;

(g) ElN +S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R

+I255A +P256K +L259F; (h) S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +D102A +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K;

(i) N33Q +S58A +V60S + I86V +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; G) El* +S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K;

(k) ElN +S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +S216P +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K;

(1) D27N +S58A +V60S + I86V +G91N +N94R +Dl UN +T143S +A150G +L227G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; (m) ElN +S58A +V60S + I86V +K98I +E99K +T143S +A150G +E210A +S216P +L227G +T231R +N233R +1255 A +P256K;

(n) A150G +E210V +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K; and (o) 202L +E210G +T231R +N233R +I255A +P256K.

13. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said polypeptide is at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99% or 100% identical to SEQ ID NO:2.

14. A composition according to claim 6, wherein said polypeptide is at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99% or 100% identical to SEQ ID NO:2.

15. A composition according to claim 1, wherein the composition comprises:

(a) from 0wt% to 10wt% zeolite builder; (b) from 0wt% to 10wt% phosphate builder; and

(c) optionally, from 0wt% to 5wt% silicate salt; and wherein the composition optionally has a reserve alkalinity of greater than 7.5.

16. A composition according to claim 6, wherein the composition comprises: (a) from 0wt% to 10wt% zeolite builder;

(b) from 0wt% to 10wt% phosphate builder; and

17. A composition according to any preceding claim, wherein the composition comprises a photobleach selected from xanthene dye photobleach, a photo-initiator and mixtures thereof.

18. A composition according to any preceding claim, wherein the composition comprises a fabric hueing agent.

19. A composition according to claim 18, wherein the fabric hueing agent is selected from Direct Violet 9, Direct Violet 99, Acid Red 52, Acid Blue 80 and mixtures thereof.

20. A composition according to claim 19, wherein the fabric hueing agent is selected from Direct Violet 9, Direct Violet 99, Acid Red 52, Acid Blue 80 and mixtures thereof.