Disclosed herein are variants enzymes that are structurally classified as CE-7enzymes and have perhydrolysis activity.Also disclosed herein is a process for producing peroxycarboxylic acids fromcarboxylic acid esters using the aforementionedvariant enzymes as well as methods and compositions comprising the variantenzymes. Further, disinfectant formulationscomprising the peroxycarboxylic acids produced by the processes describedherein are provided.