Preparation and use of glucose isomerase
AssigneeR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
InventorChin Kee Lee
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Abstract
Glucose is converted to fructose in the presence of an enzyme produced by Flavobacterium arborescens.
Claims7
A process for preparing a glucose-isomerizing enzyme which comprises cultivating a microorganism belonging to the species Flavobacterium arborescens in a nutrient medium under conditions suitable for production of said enzyme by said microorganism and recovering said enzyme.
A process for converting glucose to fructose which comprises contacting a glucose-containing solution with a glucose-isomerizing enzyme derived from a microorganism belonging to the species Flavobacterium arborescens and recovering a fructose-containing liquor.
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