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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2007
Yoshikiyo Sakakibara, Tsukuba, JP;
Badal C. Saha, Peoria, IL (US);
Paul Taylor, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Yoshikiyo Sakakibara, Tsukuba, JP;
Badal C. Saha, Peoria, IL (US);
Paul Taylor, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Recombinant microorganisms are useful for producing xylitol by fermentation of arabinose. The recombinant microorganisms are produced by transformation of host microorganisms with heterologous polynucleotide sequences coding for each of L-xylulose reductase, D-tagatose 3-epimerase, and L-arabinose isomerase, which transformants express the heterologous polynucleotides at a sufficient functional level to be effective to produce xylitol from arabinose. Production of xylitol is effected by contacting these recombinant microorganisms with a substrate comprising arabinose under conditions effective to produce xylitol from arabinose.