Manufacture of five-carbon sugars and sugar alcohols
US7226761B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 20, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 5, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 16, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12P7/18
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
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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