US 7,507,558 B2
Processes for producing inulin
Tadashi Wada, Shizuoka (Japan); and Masao Ohguchi, Shizuoka (Japan)
Assigned to Fuji Nihon Seito Corporation, Tokyo (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/490,106
PCT Filed Sep. 26, 2002, PCT No. PCT/JP02/09958
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 25, 2004,
PCT Pub. No. WO03/027304, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 03, 2003.
Claims priority of application No. 2001-293067 (JP), filed on Sep. 26, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2004/0241810 A1, Dec. 02, 2004
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C12P 19/04 (2006.01); C12N 9/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 435—101  [435/183; 435/193; 435/252.5] 20 Claims
 
1. A method of producing inulin having an average degree of polymerization ranging from 8 to 25 comprising:
contacting inulin synthase from Bacillus sp. 217C-11 (FERM BP-7450) with sucrose,
wherein the average polymerization degree of inulin is regulated by controlling the sucrose concentration.