Izumoring: a novel and complete strategy for bioproduction of rare sugars.
Starch, whey or hemicellulosic waste can be used as a raw material for the industrial production of rare sugars. D-glucose from starch, whey and hemicellulose, D-galactose from whey, and D-xylose from hemicellulose are the main starting monosaccharides for production of rare sugars. We can produce all monosaccharides; tetroses, pentoses and hexoses, from these raw materials. This is achieved by using D-tagatose 3-epimerase, aldose isomerase, aldose reductase, and oxidoreductase enzymes or whole cells as biocatalysts. Bioproduction strategies for all rare sugars are illustrated using ring form structures given the name Izumoring.
Granström
Tom Birger
TB
Rare Sugar Research Center, Kagawa University, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan.
Takata
Goro
G
Tokuda
Masaaki
M
Izumori
Ken
K