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  • preparation of d Gulose from disaccharide lactitol using microbial and chemical methods
    Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 2013
    Co-Authors: Kenji Morimoto, Tsuyoshi Shimonishi, Seiki Miyake, Goro Takata, Ken Izumori
    Abstract:

    When an M31 strain of Agrobacterium tumefaciens was grown in a mineral salt medium at 30 °C containing 1.0% lactitol as sole carbon source, a keto-sugar was efficiently accumulated in the supernatant. This oxidation from lactitol to the keto-sugar was caused by M31 cells grown with medium containing a disaccharide unit, including sucrose, lactitol, lactose, maltose, or maltitol, suggesting that the enzyme is inducible. M31 also demonstrated good growth characteristics in Tryptic Soy Broth (TSB) medium containing 1.0% sucrose, and cells grown under these conditions showed strong lactitol transformation activity. The keto-sugar product was reduced by chemical hydrogenation and the resulting product was hydrolyzed to D-Gulose, D-galactose, and D-sorbitol by acid hydrolysis, revealing that the reduced products are lactitol and D-gulosyl-(β-1,4)-D-sorbitol. Taken together, these results indicate that M31 can convert lactitol to 3-ketolactitol and thus provide access to the rare sugar D-Gulose.

  • preparation of l talose and d Gulose from l tagatose and d sorbose respectively using immobilized l rhamnose isomerase
    Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 1999
    Co-Authors: Shakhawat Hossain Bhuiyan, Yoshiyuki Itami, Goro Takada, Ken Izumori
    Abstract:

    l-Rhamnose isomerase of Pseudomonas sp. LL172 immobilized on BCW 2603 Chitopearl beads was used to produce l-talose and d-Gulose. At equilibrium, the production yields of l-talose and d-Gulose were determined to be 12 and 10% from l-tagatose and d-sorbose, respectively. The crystallized products were confirmed by HPLC, IR and NMR spectra, and optical rotation measurement analyses.

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Bo Jiang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • L-Rhamnose isomerase and its use for biotechnological production of rare sugars.
    Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2016
    Co-Authors: Wenli Zhang, Tao Zhang, Bo Jiang
    Abstract:

    L-Rhamnose isomerase (L-RI, EC 5.3.1.14), catalyzing the isomerization between L-rhamnose and L-rhamnulose, plays an important role in microbial L-rhamnose metabolism and thus occurs in a wide range of microorganisms. It attracts more and more attention because of its broad substrate specificity and its great potential in enzymatic production of various rare sugars. In this article, the enzymatic properties of various reported L-RIs were compared in detail, and their applications in the production of L-rhamnulose and various rare sugars including D-allose, D-Gulose, L-lyxose, L-mannose, L-talose, and L-galactose were also reviewed.