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Abstract
D-allulose is a prominent functional rare sugar with extensive applications in the food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical fields. However, its commercial production approach via D-allulose 3-epimerase suffers from low conversion yield. In this study, a novel in vitro multi-enzyme cascade pathway, consisting of hydrolysis, isomerization, phosphorylation, and dephosphorylation, was constructed for high conversion of sucrose to D-allulose. By optimizing the reaction conditions and catalytic pathways, we achieved a D-allulose yield of 70.2% from 10 g/L sucrose. To investigate its potential in industrial catalysis, the sucrose concentration was increased to 50 g/L and resulted in a yield of 66.44% D-allulose. This study provides an efficient and cost-effective approach for producing D-allulose from sucrose.
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