Patent ID: 6730502
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: A61K,C12N

Abstract:
A process of producing a fructo-oligosaccharide or fructo-polysaccharide, having &bgr;(2-1) linked D-fructosyl units comprising forming a mixture by combining sucrose with at least one reaction partner selected from the group consisting of:a) a protein having fructosyltransferase activity, which exhibits at least 85% amino acid identity, as determined by a BLAST algorithm, with an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 1, and b) a recombinant host cell containing one or more copies of a nucleic acid construct encoding for said protein (a) and capable of expressing said protein; wherein said reaction partner interacts with sucrose to produce a fructo-oligosaccharide or fructo-polysaccharide.