SCYLLO-INOSITOL-PRODUCING CELL AND SCYLLO-INOSITOL PRODUCTION METHOD USING SAID CELLS

摘要

An object of the present invention is to provide a cell capable of efficiently producing scyllo -inositol from myo-inositol and a simple method of manufacturing scyllo -inositol using the cell. The above-mentioned object is achieved by a Bacillus subtilis cell, in which a function of a protein having a scyllo -inositol dehydrogenase activity is lost, and the manufacture of scyllo -inositol using the cell, based on a novel finding that the protein having a scyllo -inositol dehydrogenase activity and a protein having a 2-keto- myo- inositol ketoreductase function are present in Bacillus subtilis.