1. l-Xylose and l-lyxose production from xylitol using Alcaligenes 701B strain and immobilized l-rhamnose isomerase enzyme
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Granström, Tom Birger, Takata, Goro, Morimoto, Kenji, Leisola, Matti, and Izumori, Ken
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POLYOLS , *ENZYMES , *DEHYDROGENASES , *BIOMASS - Abstract
Abstract: Xylitol was used as a raw material for production of l-xylose and l-lyxose using Alcaligenes 701B strain and immobilized l-rhamnose isomerase enzyme. Alcaligenes 701B converted xylitol to l-xylulose with a yield of 34% in the bioreactor. l-Xylulose was converted to l-xylose and l-lyxose using immobilized l-rhamnose isomerase enzyme. The final equilibrium between l-xylulose, l-xylose and l-lyxose was 53:26:21. The enzyme assays indicated that Alcaligenes 701B strain has an NAD-dependent xylitol dehydrogenase enzyme responsible for l-xylulose production. Furthermore, NAD(P)H-dependent l-xylulose reductase enzyme was active during conversion of xylitol to l-xylulose. The highest l-xylulose production rate corresponded with the highest growth rate. The Alcaligenes 701B strain used d-xylose for biomass growth, but xylitol was used only for l-xylulose production during conversion phase. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2005
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