• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.64-67
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• 2006

To enhance the stability of ascorbic acid, the glycosylation of ascorbic acid was studied using the transfructosylation activity of levan fructotransferase. When levan was used as glycosyl donor, a novel fructoside (ascorbic acid 2-ffuctoside) was formed by the transfructosylation activity of the levan fructotransferase. The production of ascorbic acid 2-fructoside was highly affected by the concentration of the fructosyl acceptor (ascorbic acid). When $35\%$ of ascorbic acid and $2\%$ of levan were incubated with LFTase of 0.5 unit/glevan at $37^{\circ}C$ for 85 h, a maximum 52 g/l of AA-2F was produced.