Can we use the arabinogalactan in pitaya as a source of bioethanol?

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22658010
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Horticulture/Landscape architecture
Research Institution	Kobe University
Principal Investigator	NOMURA Keiichi 神戸大学, 大学院・農学研究科, 教授 (60252798)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,630,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥2,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000)
Keywords	ピタヤ / βーガラクトシダーゼ / CAM型光合成 / バイオエタノール / アラビノガラクタン / 糖質加水分解酵素
Research Abstract	Carbohydrate analysis suggests that the major oligosaccharides related to the viscosity are arabinogalactan and xyloglucan. Full lenghth cDNA of β-galactosidase could be obtained among some carbohydrate hydrolytic enzymes. In addition, c DNA cloning of NADP-ME also has been completed, but it is still ambiguous where a real initiation codon in the cDNA is. It is necessary that construction of expression system and following enzymatic analysis of both enzymes, β-galactosidase and NADP-ME.

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