Providing 1- or 6-deoxy products corresponding to all of aldohexoses,
ketohexoses and sugar alcohols, as based on Deoxy-Izumoring, as well as a
method for systematically producing those products. A method for
producing deoxyketohexose and a derivative thereof using a
deoxyketohexose isomerase derived from Pseudomonas cichorii ST-24 (FERM
BP-2736), comprising epimerizing 1-deoxy D-ketohexose or 6-deoxy
D-ketohexose or 1-deoxy L-ketohexose or 6-deoxy L-ketohexose at position
3 to produce the individually corresponding 1-deoxy D-ketohexose or
6-deoxy D-ketohexose or 1-deoxy L-ketohexose or 6-deoxy L-ketohexose as
an intended product.