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Biological upgrading of 3,6-anhydro-L-galactose from agarose to a new platform chemical.
Article in Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource : GC, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- High-Yield and High-Titer Production of Levulinic Acid from Red Macroalgae via Sulfuric Acid-Catalyzed Hydrolysis: Optimization by Response Surface Methodology and Application to Actual Biomass.Journal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Biocatalytic Conversion of Carrageenans for the Production of 3,6-Anhydro-D-galactose.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2024Article
- Production of Ethyl-agarobioside, a Novel Skin Moisturizer, by Mimicking the Alcoholysis from the Japanese Sake-Brewing Process.Marine drugs · 2023Article
- Characterization of Cold-TolerantMicroorganisms · 2021Article
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Abstract
Recently, the utilization of renewable biomass instead of fossil fuels for producing fuels and chemicals is receiving much attention due to the global climate change. Among renewable biomass, marine algae are gaining importance as third generation biomass feedstocks owing to their advantages over lignocellulose. Particularly, red macroalgae have higher carbohydrate contents and simpler carbohydrate compositions than other marine algae. In red macroalgal carbphydrates, 3,6-anhydro-L-galactose (AHG) is the main sugar composing agarose along with D-galactose. However, AHG is not a common sugar and is chemically unstable. Thus, not only AHG but also red macroalgal biomass itself cannot be efficiently converted or utilized. Here, we biologically upgraded AHG to a new platform chemical, its sugar alcohol form, 3,6-anhydro-l-galactitol (AHGol), an anhydrohexitol. To accomplish this, we devised an integrated process encompassing a chemical hydrolysis process for producing agarobiose (AB) from agarose and a biological process for converting AB to AHGol using metabolically engineered
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