2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Can we use the arabinogalactan in pitaya as a source of bioethanol?
| Project/Area Number |
22658010
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Horticulture/Landscape architecture
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| Research Institution | Kobe University |
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Principal Investigator |
NOMURA Keiichi 神戸大学, 大学院・農学研究科, 教授 (60252798)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| 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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