Patent ID: 8389248
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: C07H,C12N,C12P

Abstract:
1. A method for producing deoxyketohexose and a derivative thereof, comprising epimerizing a raw material 1-deoxy D-ketohexose or 6-deoxy D-ketohexose or 1-deoxy L-ketohexose or 6-deoxy L-ketohexose at position 3, using a deoxyketohexose isomerase which is isolated from Pseudomonas cichorii ST-24 (FERM BP-2736), to produce the corresponding 1-deoxy D-ketohexose or 6-deoxy D-ketohexose or 1-deoxy L-ketohexose or 6-deoxy L-ketohexose as an intended product.