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US 5,089,402 AGranted
Exo-type hydrolase capable of hydrolyzing a fructan only every 3 or 4 sugar units
AssigneeMitsubishi Kasei Corporation
InventorsTakao Uchiyama, Mishio Kawamura, Reiko Sashida, Makoto Ueda, Sachiko Ohba, Haruyuki Ohkishi
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an exo-type hydrolase capable of hydrolyzing a fructan only every 3 or 4 sugar units from a terminal fructose thereof to produce predominantly inulotriose and/or inulotetrose. The enzyme is produced by Streptomyces sp. MCI 2423 (FERM BP-2678) and Aureobacterium sp. MCI 2494 (FERM BP-2679).
Claims5
An exo-type hydrolase capable of hydrolyzing a fructan only every 3 or 4 sugar units from a terminal fructose thereof to produce inulotriose and/or inulotetrose.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.