| Title | Reaction Route for Enzymatic Production of Neofructo-oligosaccharides from Sucrose Using Penicillium citrinum Cells |
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| Author | Jae Heung Lee * and Satoru Shinohara 1 |
| Address | Department of Food and Life Science, Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 400-746, Korea; 1 Nippon Oligo Corporation |
| Bibliography | Journal of Microbiology, 39(4),331-333, 2001, |
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| Key Words | disproportionation reaction, neofructo-oligosaccharides, Penicillium citrinum, reaction route |
| Abstract | The production of oligosaccharides using Penicillium citrium cells at high sugar concentrations was investigated at 50 C and pH 5.0. Both 1-kestose and neokestose were produced from sucrose, while both nystose and tetrasaccharide were produced from 1-kestose. However, no reaction product was obtained from neofructo-oligosaccharides such as neokestose. Based on these experimental results, a hypothetical reaction route was proposed to illustrate how neofructo-oligosaccharides are formed from 1-kestose. |
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