Takayuki Kuroishikawa, A. Yoshihara, Itsumi Furuta
Jun 14, 2021
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Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry
Abstract
We found that l-gulose, a rare sugar, was produced from d-sorbitol efficiently, using a wheat-bran culture extract of the fungus Penicillium sp. KU-1 isolated from soil. The culture extract showed enzyme activity for the oxidation of d-sorbitol to produce l-gulose; a high production yield of approximately 94% was achieved.