Devendar Rao

Conversion of l-rhamnose into ten of the sixteen 1- and 6-deoxyketohexoses in water with three reagents: d-tagatose-3-epimerase equilibrates C3 epimers of deoxyketoses

Pushpakiran Gullapalli, Akihide Yoshihara, Kenji Morimoto et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 2009 · 30 citations

Biosynthesis, Bioorganic Chemistry, Engineering +8

A concise approach to the synthesis of all twelve 5-deoxyhexoses: d-tagatose-3-epimerase—a reagent that is both specific and general

Devendar Rao, Daniel Best, Akihide Yoshihara et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 2009 · 25 citations

Biosynthesis, Bioorganic Chemistry, D-tagatose-3-epimerase—a Reagent +10

Direct Production of l-Tagatose from l-Psicose by Enterobacter aerogenes 230S

Devendar Rao, Pushpakiran Gullapalli, Akihide Yoshihara et al. · Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering · 2008 · 25 citations

Biosynthesis, Engineering, Biochemical Engineering +4

Towards the biotechnological isomerization of branched sugars: d-tagatose-3-epimerase equilibrates both enantiomers of 4-C-methyl-ribulose with both enantiomers of 4-C-methyl-xylulose

Devendar Rao, Akihide Yoshihara, Pushpakiran Gullapalli et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 2008 · 25 citations

Biosynthesis, Branched Sugars, Engineering +11

Bioproduction of a novel sugar 1-deoxy-l-fructose by Enterobacter aerogenes IK7; isomerization of a 6-deoxyhexose to a 1-deoxyhexose

Pushpakiran Gullapalli, Takayuki Shiji, Devendar Rao et al. · Tetrahedron Asymmetry · 2007 · 21 citations

Enterobacter Aerogenes Ik7, Biosynthesis, Engineering +12