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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2017
Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas Llc, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Ryan David Woodyer, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Richard W. Armentrout, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas LLC, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Abstract
The disclosure provides a method of producing allulose by contacting a protein having at least 90% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6 with a fructose substrate, wherein the protein has allulose 3-epimerase activity, and at least partially purifying the allulose. The disclosure also provides a method of producing allulose by providing a vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule having a polynucleotide sequence encoding a protein having at least 90% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6, wherein the protein has allulose 3-epimerase activity, synthesizing the protein having allulose 3-epimerase activity, contacting fructose with the protein having allulose 3-epimerase activity, and partially purifying the allulose produced.