isomerase

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• Bunick and Hanson chose to work on xylose isomerase in part because of its role in the food industry.

  Academic text (2003)

• Hence, xylose isomerase (XI) is one of the largest volume commercial enzymes used today.

  Academic text (2015)

• So how big of a fermentor do I need in order to make this much glucose isomerase in terms of activity?

• Xylose isomerase gene as a marker in transgenic plants:

  Academic text (2015)

• For optimal performance of the isomerization process, the xylose isomerase can be immobilized.

  Academic text (2015)

• To convert glucose to fructose, xylose isomerase somehow helps hydrogen atoms move from the second carbon to the first.

  Academic text (2003)

• All proteases (the enzymes that cut proteins into pieces) work by exchanging hydrogen atoms, as do many isomerases (the enzymes that restructure proteins).

  Academic text (2003)

• Xylose/glucose isomerase (EC 5.3.1.5) is one of the enzymes related to xylose metabolism, encoded by gene xyl-A.

  Academic text (2015)

• In the food industry, xylose isomerase helps in the production of high-fructose corn syrup.

• Researchers are studying how xylose isomerase improves sugar yield in various crops.

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