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US 7,247,458 B2Granted
Enzymatic decarboxylation of 2-keto-L-gulonic acid to produce xylose
AssigneeArcher Daniels Midland Company
InventorsWuli Bao, Leif P. Solheim, Steven F. Stoddard
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Abstract
The invention is drawn to the enzymatic decarboxylation of 2-keto-L-gulonic acid (2-KLG) to produce xylose. The invention is also drawn to a method to detect xylose in vitro or in vivo (intracellularly), which employs an L-xylose dehydrogenase.
Claims6
A method of producing L-xylose comprising enzymatically decarboxylating 2-keto-L-gulonic (2-KLG) acid to L-xylose, wherein the 2-KLG is decarboxylated using pyruvate decarboxylase obtained from Zymobacter palmae.
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