Manufacture of five-carbon sugars and sugar alcohols

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2007-06-05

2007-06-05

Vogel, Nancy (Department: 1636)

Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology

Micro-organism, tissue cell culture or enzyme using process...

Preparing compound containing saccharide radical

C435S254110, C435S254200, C435S252300

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ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to the methods of manufacturing five-carbon sugars and sugar alcohols as well as other compounds derived from pentose-phosphate pathway from readily available substrates such a hexoses using metabolically engineered microbial hosts.

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