Enzymatic synthesis of l-fucose from l-fuculose using a fucose isomerase fromRaoultellasp. and the biochemical and structural analyses of the enzyme.
Kim, I.J., Kim, D.H., Nam, K.H., Kim, K.H.(2019) Biotechnol Biofuels 12: 282-282
- PubMed: 31827610 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-019-1619-0
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6K1F, 6K1G - PubMed Abstract: 
l-Fucose is a rare sugar with potential uses in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries. The enzymatic approach using l-fucose isomerase, which interconverts l-fucose and l-fuculose, can be an efficient way of producing l-fucose for industrial applications. Here, we performed biochemical and structural analyses of l-fucose isomerase identified from a novel species of Raoultella ( Rd FucI).
Organizational Affiliation: 
1Department of Biotechnology, Korea University Graduate School, Seoul, 02841 South Korea.