Engineering the biocatalytic conversion of fructose to tagatose via L-arabinose isomerase or D-tagatose 3-epimerase. This enables the production of a low-calorie functional sweetener with high yield and purity.
The keywords focus on compositions and methods for producing tagatose, indicating that current natural extraction or chemical synthesis is inefficient. Improving the biocatalytic conversion efficiency addresses the bottleneck of high production costs and low output volume.