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Wang M, Cui H, Gu C, Li A, Qiao J, Schwaneberg U, Zhang L, Wei J, Li X, Huang H. Engineering All-Round Cellulase for Bioethanol Production. ACS Synth Biol 2023; 12:2187-2197. [PMID: 37403343 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.3c00289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
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One strategy to decrease both the consumption of crude oil and environmental damage is through the production of bioethanol from biomass. Cellulolytic enzyme stability and enzymatic hydrolysis play important roles in the bioethanol process. However, the gradually increased ethanol concentration often reduces enzyme activity and leads to inactivation, thereby limiting the final ethanol yield. Herein, we employed an optimized Two-Gene Recombination Process (2GenReP) approach to evolve the exemplary cellulase CBHI for practical bioethanol fermentation. Two all-round CBHI variants (named as R2 and R4) were obtained with simultaneously improved ethanol resistance, organic solvent inhibitor tolerance, and enzymolysis stability in simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF). Notably, CBHI R4 had a 7.0- to 34.5-fold enhanced catalytic efficiency (kcat/KM) in the presence/absence of ethanol. Employing the evolved CBHI R2 and R4 in the 1G bioethanol process resulted in up to 10.27% (6.7 g/L) improved ethanol yield (ethanol concentration) than non-cellulase, which was far more beyond than other optimization strategies. Besides bioenergy fields, this transferable protein engineering routine holds the potential to generate all-round enzymes that meet the requirement in biotransformation and bioenergy fields.
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- Minghui Wang
- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, No. 2 Xuelin Road, Nanjing 210097, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, No. 2 Xuelin Road, Nanjing 210097, China
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- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, No. 2 Xuelin Road, Nanjing 210097, China
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- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, No. 2 Xuelin Road, Nanjing 210097, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstraße 50, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, No. 2 Xuelin Road, Nanjing 210097, China
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- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, No. 2 Xuelin Road, Nanjing 210097, China
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- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, No. 2 Xuelin Road, Nanjing 210097, China
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- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, No. 2 Xuelin Road, Nanjing 210097, China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University, No. 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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Mendes ISF, Prates A, Evtuguin DV. Production of rayon fibres from cellulosic pulps: State of the art and current developments. Carbohydr Polym 2021; 273:118466. [PMID: 34560932 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The increasing demand for cellulosic fibres is continuously driven by the growing earth population and requirements of the textile industry. The annual cotton production of ca. 25 million tons is no longer enough to meet the market demands. This market gap of cellulosic fibres is progressively filled by regenerated cellulosic fibres derived from the dissolving pulp. The conventional industrial process of viscose production is far from being environmentally friendly due to the use of hazardous reagents. Alternatively, new trends in the production of regenerated fibres are related to the direct dissolution of cellulose in appropriate environmentally sound recyclable solvents, allowing high quality rayon fibres. This article reviews the sources of dissolving pulps used for the production of viscose and its quality parameters related to the performance of viscose production. The prospective cellulose regeneration processes, both commercialized and under development, are reviewed regarding current and future developments in the area.
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- Inês S F Mendes
- CICECO, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CAIMA-Indústria de Celulose S.A., P-2250 Constância, Portugal.
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- CICECO, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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Using an SGB Decision Tree Approach to Estimate the Properties of CRM Made by Biomass Pretreated with Ionic Liquids. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2021. [DOI: 10.1155/2021/4107429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The use of ionic liquids (ILs) for biomass pretreatment to produce cellulose-rich materials (CRMs) has been well proven. In this research, due to the wide range of applications and ease of using artificial intelligence procedures, on the basis of the algorithm of stochastic gradient boosting (SGB) decision tree, an artificial intelligence approach is proposed to estimate the properties of cellulose-rich materials (CRMs). That being the case, the dataset of the empirical output values was gathered and was randomly broken down into datasets for testing and training. These results show that the best forecasting tool for calculating the properties of CRMs is the developed model. Furthermore, the accuracy of the databank of the biodiesel target values has been examined. In contrast, the influences of model contributed variables on the output have been examined as a new issue. It reveals that the most influencing variable in determining the properties of CRMs is the cellulose enrichment factor. Therefore, this research provides an innovative and accurate tool for predicting the properties of CRMs and sensitivity investigation on effective parameters to help investigators developing the optimized process.
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Phromphithak S, Onsree T, Tippayawong N. Machine learning prediction of cellulose-rich materials from biomass pretreatment with ionic liquid solvents. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 323:124642. [PMID: 33418349 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 12/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Ionic liquid solvents (ILSs) have been effectively utilized in biomass pretreatment to produce cellulose-rich materials (CRMs). Predicting CRM properties and evaluating multi-dimensional relationships in this system are necessary but complicated. In this work, machine learning algorithms were applied to predict CRM properties in terms of cellulose enrichment factor (CEF) and solid recovery (SR), using 23-feature datasets from biomass characteristics, operating conditions, ILSs identities, and catalyst. Random forest algorithm was found to have the highest prediction accuracy with RMSE and R2 of 0.22 and 0.94 for CEF, as well as 0.07 and 0.84 for SR, respectively. Highly influential features on making predictions were mainly from biomass characteristics andILS treatment'soperating conditions, totally contributed 80% on CEF and 60% on SR. One- and two-way partial dependence plots were used to explain/interpret the multi-dimensional relationships of the most important features. Our findings could be applied in designing new ILSs and optimizing the process conditions.
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- Sanphawat Phromphithak
- Graduate Program in Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
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Manufacture of Platform Chemicals from Pine Wood Polysaccharides in Media Containing Acidic Ionic Liquids. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12061215. [PMID: 32471027 PMCID: PMC7362180 DOI: 10.3390/polym12061215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Pinus pinaster wood samples were subjected to chemical processing for manufacturing furans and organic acids from the polysaccharide fractions (cellulose and hemicellulose). The operation was performed in a single reaction stage at 180 or 190 °C, using a microwave reactor. The reaction media contained wood, water, methyl isobutyl ketone, and an acidic ionic liquid, which acted as a catalyst. In media catalyzed with 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate, up to 60.5% pentosan conversion into furfural was achieved, but the conversions of cellulose and (galacto) glucomannan in levulinic acid were low. Improved results were achieved when AILs bearing a sulfonated alkyl chain were employed as catalysts. In media containing 1-(3-sulfopropyl)-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate as a catalyst, near quantitative conversion of pentosans into furfural was achieved at a short reaction time (7.5 min), together with 32.8% conversion of hexosans into levulinic acid. Longer reaction times improved the production of organic acids, but resulted in some furfural consumption. A similar reaction pattern was observed in experiments using 1-(3-sulfobutyl)-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate as a catalyst.
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Abushammala H, Mao J. A Review on the Partial and Complete Dissolution and Fractionation of Wood and Lignocelluloses Using Imidazolium Ionic Liquids. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:E195. [PMID: 31940847 PMCID: PMC7023464 DOI: 10.3390/polym12010195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Ionic liquids have shown great potential in the last two decades as solvents, catalysts, reaction media, additives, lubricants, and in many applications such as electrochemical systems, hydrometallurgy, chromatography, CO2 capture, etc. As solvents, the unlimited combinations of cations and anions have given ionic liquids a remarkably wide range of solvation power covering a variety of organic and inorganic materials. Ionic liquids are also considered "green" solvents due to their negligible vapor pressure, which means no emission of volatile organic compounds. Due to these interesting properties, ionic liquids have been explored as promising solvents for the dissolution and fractionation of wood and cellulose for biofuel production, pulping, extraction of nanocellulose, and for processing all-wood and all-cellulose composites. This review describes, at first, the potential of ionic liquids and the impact of the cation/anion combination on their physiochemical properties and on their solvation power and selectivity to wood polymers. It also elaborates on how the dissolution conditions influence these parameters. It then discusses the different approaches, which are followed for the homogeneous and heterogeneous dissolution and fractionation of wood and cellulose using ionic liquids and categorize them based on the target application. It finally highlights the challenges of using ionic liquids for wood and cellulose dissolution and processing, including side reactions, viscosity, recyclability, and price.
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- Hatem Abushammala
- Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research (WKI), Bienroder Weg 54E, 38108 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Al-Ghurair University, Dubai International Academic City, Dubai P.O. Box 37374, UAE;
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New dual functionalized zwitterions and ionic liquids; Synthesis and cellulose dissolution studies. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Satria H, Kuroda K, Tsuge Y, Ninomiya K, Takahashi K. Dimethyl sulfoxide enhances both the cellulose dissolution ability and biocompatibility of a carboxylate-type liquid zwitterion. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj01912f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The cellulose dissolution ability and biocompatibility of a liquid zwitterion, the most biocompatible cellulose solvent, were further improved by adding dimethylsulfoxide.
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- Heri Satria
- Faculty of Biological Science and Technology
- Institute of Science and Engineering
- Kanazawa University
- Kakuma-machi
- Kanazawa 920-1192
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- Faculty of Biological Science and Technology
- Institute of Science and Engineering
- Kanazawa University
- Kakuma-machi
- Kanazawa 920-1192
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- Institute for Frontier Science Initiative
- Kanazawa University
- Kakuma-machi
- Kanazawa 920-1192
- Japan
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- Institute for Frontier Science Initiative
- Kanazawa University
- Kakuma-machi
- Kanazawa 920-1192
- Japan
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- Faculty of Biological Science and Technology
- Institute of Science and Engineering
- Kanazawa University
- Kakuma-machi
- Kanazawa 920-1192
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Zhang X, Yuan Q, Cheng G. Deconstruction of corncob by steam explosion pretreatment: Correlations between sugar conversion and recalcitrant structures. Carbohydr Polym 2017; 156:351-356. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.09.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2016] [Revised: 09/11/2016] [Accepted: 09/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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