Production of aminosugar-containing hetero-oligosaccharides modulating gut microflora that promotes health and longevity

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24580179
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Food science
• Research Institution: Kinki University
• Principal Investigator: ASHIDA Hisashi 近畿大学, 生物理工学部, 教授 (40379087)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): FUKUZAWA Hideya 京都大学, 大学院生命科学研究科, 教授 (30183924)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: ビフィズス菌 / プレバイオティクス / グリコシダーゼ / 腸内細菌

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Galacto-N-biose, an aminosugar-containing hetero-disaccharides, is one of the most promising bifidogenic factors, which is specifically assimilated by bifidobacteria. We produced galacto-N-biose from mucin-type O-glycans of cheese whey glycomacropeptide and gastric mucin as substrates by using the combination of various glycosidases from bifidobacteria.

Free Research Field

応用微生物学