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Chitosan productivity enhancement in Rhizopus oryzae YPF-61A by D-psicose.

The effect of the rare sugar D-psicose on chitosan production by Rhizopus oryzae was studied. The fungus was not able to utilize D-psicose as a sole source of carbon, either for germination of the spores or for growth of the vegetative cells. In a medium containing a low amount of D-glucose, however, D-psicose supplementation between 5 and 12 g/l caused enhancement of the productivity of chitinous substances, especially chitosan, in the cell walls. Substantial changes in the chitosan molecule were not observed from FT-IR or 1H NMR data. It was inferred that a percentage age of the D-psicose added was transformed into another rare sugar tentatively identified as D-tagatose. It was concluded that D-psicose activates the synthesis of chitosan in the cell walls probably through its transformation into another sugar such as D-tagatose.[1]

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  1. Chitosan productivity enhancement in Rhizopus oryzae YPF-61A by D-psicose. Yoshihara, K., Shinohara, Y., Hirotsu, T., Izumori, K. J. Biosci. Bioeng. (2003) [Pubmed]
 
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