The present invention is related to variants of fungal serine protease enzyme, which have serine protease activity of Malbranchea protease. Also disclosed are isolated nucleic acid molecules, comprising polynucleotide sequences which encode variants of fungal serine protease enzyme, nucleic acid sequences encoding said protease variants, a host cell and a process of producing polypeptides having serine protease activity. Said protease variants are useful as enzyme preparations applicable in detergent compositions and for treating fibers, wool, hair, leather, or silk, for treating food or feed, or for any applications involving modification, degradation or removal of proteinaceous material.

A method of covalently bonding a modifier to a polymeric microcapsule wall, which wall comprises entities capable of reaction with acrylic moieties, comprising the provision on the wall of a linking compound to which the modifier is subsequently attached, the linking compound having the Formula I

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in which

n=1 to 30; R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are independently selected from the following moieties:

R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 are H and Me; and

X is selected from O and NH; and

R.sub.2 is selected from CH.sub.2, CH.sub.2CH(OH)CH.sub.2, and CH.sub.2,CH.sub.2.

Microcapsuies thus modified exhibit enhanced substantivity to substrates such as textiles when used in laundry preparations.

The present disclosure provides lipolytic enzyme variants having two or more modifications as compared to a parent lipolytic enzyme. Specifically, the present disclosure provides one or more lipolytic enzyme variants that has at least one improved performance when compared to one or more reference lipolytic enzymes. In addition, the present disclosure provides compositions comprising a lipolytic enzyme variant of the disclosure. The present disclosure also provides methods of cleaning using compositions comprising a lipolytic enzyme variant of the disclosure.

Silica microcapsules, each of which includes a shell, and a core containing one or more organic compounds inside the shell, a softener composition containing the silica microcapsules, and a method of producing the silica microcapsules is described. In the silica microcapsules, the shell contains silica as a constituent component, and the organic compound contains a primary alcohol.

Unit dose detergent packs and detergent compositions are provided. A unit dose detergent pack includes a pouch made of a water-soluble film and a detergent composition encapsulated within the pouch. The detergent composition includes a surfactant component including (1) an alcohol ethoxy sulfate having a C.sub.8-C.sub.20 backbone ethoxylated with from about 1 to about 10 moles of ethylene oxide, (2) at least one non-ionic surfactant having an alkoxylated alcohol, and (3) at least one anionic surfactant having a linear alkylbenzene sulfonate wherein (1), (2), and (3) are present in a weight ratio of actives of about (0 to 0.5):(0.05 to 0.9):(0 to 0.75). The detergent composition also includes water and a rheology control agent. The rheology control agent is selected from ethylene glycol monohexyl ether, ethylene glycol monopropyl ether, an ethoxylated ester, polyethylene glycol 400, an alkoxylated amine, and combinations of two or more thereof.

Cleaning compositions may include a mix of enzymes that include a dispersin and a carbohydrase. Said compositions may be used in cleaning processes and/or for deep cleaning of organic stains.

Fabric conditioning compositions that include a poly alpha-1,3-glucan ether compound and depositable actives, where the poly alpha-1,3-glucan ether compound may be characterized by certain molecular weights and degrees of cationic substitution. Related methods of using and making such compositions.

A method of treating a fabric, including a treatment step of subjecting the fabric to an aqueous liquor which includes an anionic surfactant and from about 100 ppm to about 7,000 ppm of an acidifying agent wherein the treatment step is not followed by a rinse off step.

A process of laundering fabrics, comprising the step of separately delivering a detergent and a whitening additive wherein the whitening additive comprises a soil release polymer, a hueing dye, and wherein if the whitening additive comprises a surfactant, the weight ratio of the polymer to the surfactant is at least 1:1, the whitening additive is substantially free of surfactant.

The present invention is directed to a method for producing advantageous microcapsules. Moreover, the present invention provides microcapsules obtained/obtainable by the method according to the invention.