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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2012
Ken Izumori, Kita-gun, JP;
Pushpa Kiran Gullapalli, Itami, JP;
Tomoya Shintani, Itami, JP;
Ryo Kikkawa, Itami, JP;
Ken Izumori, Kita-gun, JP;
Pushpa Kiran Gullapalli, Itami, JP;
Tomoya Shintani, Itami, JP;
Ryo Kikkawa, Itami, JP;
MATSUTANI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Itami-shi, Hyogo, JP;
IZUMORING CO., LTD., Kita-gun, Kagawa, JP;
Abstract
There are provided a highly safe epimerase usable in food industry, and a method for producing a ketose. Resolution: The epimerase is a ketose 3-epimerase obtainable from a microorganism of the genus, and having (1) substrate specificity whereby a D- or L-ketose is epimerized at position 3 to produce a corresponding D- or L-ketose, and (2) the highest substrate specificity for D-fructose and D-psicose among D- and L-ketoses.