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Haddad Momeni M, Zitting A, Jäämuru V, Turunen R, Penttilä P, Buchko GW, Hiltunen S, Maiorova N, Koivula A, Sapkota J, Marjamaa K, Master ER. Insights into the action of phylogenetically diverse microbial expansins on the structure of cellulose microfibrils. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS 2024; 17:56. [PMID: 38654330 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-024-02500-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND Microbial expansins (EXLXs) are non-lytic proteins homologous to plant expansins involved in plant cell wall formation. Due to their non-lytic cell wall loosening properties and potential to disaggregate cellulosic structures, there is considerable interest in exploring the ability of microbial expansins (EXLX) to assist the processing of cellulosic biomass for broader biotechnological applications. Herein, EXLXs with different modular structure and from diverse phylogenetic origin were compared in terms of ability to bind cellulosic, xylosic, and chitinous substrates, to structurally modify cellulosic fibrils, and to boost enzymatic deconstruction of hardwood pulp. RESULTS Five heterogeneously produced EXLXs (Clavibacter michiganensis; CmiEXLX2, Dickeya aquatica; DaqEXLX1, Xanthomonas sacchari; XsaEXLX1, Nothophytophthora sp.; NspEXLX1 and Phytophthora cactorum; PcaEXLX1) were shown to bind xylan and hardwood pulp at pH 5.5 and CmiEXLX2 (harboring a family-2 carbohydrate-binding module) also bound well to crystalline cellulose. Small-angle X-ray scattering revealed a 20-25% increase in interfibrillar distance between neighboring cellulose microfibrils following treatment with CmiEXLX2, DaqEXLX1, or NspEXLX1. Correspondingly, combining xylanase with CmiEXLX2 and DaqEXLX1 increased product yield from hardwood pulp by ~ 25%, while supplementing the TrAA9A LPMO from Trichoderma reesei with CmiEXLX2, DaqEXLX1, and NspEXLX1 increased total product yield by over 35%. CONCLUSION This direct comparison of diverse EXLXs revealed consistent impacts on interfibrillar spacing of cellulose microfibers and performance of carbohydrate-active enzymes predicted to act on fiber surfaces. These findings uncover new possibilities to employ EXLXs in the creation of value-added materials from cellulosic biomass.
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- Majid Haddad Momeni
- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Kemistintie 1, 02150, Espoo, Finland.
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Kemistintie 1, 02150, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Kemistintie 1, 02150, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Kemistintie 1, 02150, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Kemistintie 1, 02150, Espoo, Finland
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- Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99354, USA
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
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- NE Research Center, UPM Pulp Research and Innovations, 53200, Lappeenranta, Finland
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, P.O. Box 1000, 02044-VTT, Espoo, Finland
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, P.O. Box 1000, 02044-VTT, Espoo, Finland
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- NE Research Center, UPM Pulp Research and Innovations, 53200, Lappeenranta, Finland
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, P.O. Box 1000, 02044-VTT, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Kemistintie 1, 02150, Espoo, Finland.
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3E5, Canada.
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Dahiya D, Koitto T, Kutvonen K, Wang Y, Haddad Momeni M, de Ruijter S, Master ER. Fungal loosenin-like proteins boost the cellulolytic enzyme conversion of pretreated wood fiber and cellulosic pulps. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2024; 394:130188. [PMID: 38104665 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.130188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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Microbial expansin-related proteins, including loosenins, can disrupt cellulose networks and increase enzyme accessibility to cellulosic substrates. Herein, four loosenins from Phanerochaete carnosa (PcaLOOLs), and a PcaLOOL fused to a family 63 carbohydrate-binding module, were compared for ability to boost the cellulolytic deconstruction of steam pretreated softwood (SSW) and kraft pulps from softwood (ND-BSKP) and hardwood (ND-BHKP). Amending the Cellic® CTec-2 cellulase cocktail with PcaLOOLs increased reducing products from SSW by up to 40 %, corresponding to 28 % higher glucose yield. Amending Cellic® CTec-2 with PcaLOOLs also increased the release of glucose from ND-BSKP and ND-BHKP by 82 % and 28 %, respectively. Xylose release from ND-BSKP and ND-BHKP increased by 47 % and 57 %, respectively, highlighting the potential of PcaLOOLs to enhance hemicellulose recovery. Scanning electron microscopy and fiber image analysis revealed fibrillation and curlation of ND-BSKP after PcaLOOL treatment, consistent with increasing enzyme accessibility to targeted substrates.
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- Deepika Dahiya
- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Kemistintie 1, 02150 Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Kemistintie 1, 02150 Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Kemistintie 1, 02150 Espoo, Finland
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- Biorefining Business Development & Production, St1 Oy, Firdonkatu 2, 00520 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Kemistintie 1, 02150 Espoo, Finland
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- Biorefining Business Development & Production, St1 Oy, Firdonkatu 2, 00520 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Kemistintie 1, 02150 Espoo, Finland; Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College Street, M5S 3E5 Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Zhang N, Yang J, Li Z, Haider J, Zhou Y, Ji Y, Schwaneberg U, Zhu L. Influences of the Carbohydrate-Binding Module on a Fungal Starch-Active Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2023; 71:18405-18413. [PMID: 37962542 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c05109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Noncatalytic carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs) play important roles in the function of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) but have not been well demonstrated for starch-active AA13 LPMO. In this study, four new CBMs were investigated systematically for their influence on MtLPMO toward starch in terms of substrate binding, H2O2 production activity, oxidative product yields, and the degradation effect with α-amylase and glucoamylase toward different starch substrates. Among the four MtLPMO-CBM chimeras, MtLPMO-CnCBM harboring the CBM fromColletotrichum nymphaeae showed the highest substrate binding toward different types of starch compared to MtLPMO without CBM. MtLPMO-PvCBM harboring the CBM from Pseudogymnoascus verrucosus and MtLPMO-CnCBM showed dramatically enhanced H2O2 production activity of 4.6-fold and 3.6-fold, respectively, than MtLPMO without CBM. More importantly, MtLPMO-CBM generated more oxidative products from starch polysaccharides degradation than MtLPMO alone, with 6.0-fold and 4.6-fold enhancement obtained from the oxidation of amylopectin and corn starch with MtLPMO-CnCBM, and a 5.2-fold improvement obtained with MtLPMO-AcCBM for amylose. MtLPMO-AcCBM significantly boosted the yields of reducing sugar with α-amylase upon degrading amylopectin and corn starch. These findings demonstrate that CBMs greatly influence the performance of starch-active AA13 LPMOs due to their enhanced binding and H2O2 production activity.
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- Nan Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin 300308, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin 300308, P. R. China
- Haihe Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, 21 West 15th Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin 300308, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin 300308, P. R. China
- National Technology Innovation Center of Synthetic Biology, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin 300308, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin 300308, P. R. China
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, Aachen D-52074, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, Aachen D-52074, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin 300308, P. R. China
- National Technology Innovation Center of Synthetic Biology, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin 300308, P. R. China
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Cellulosic Ethanol Production from Weed Biomass Hydrolysate of Vietnamosasa pusilla. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15051103. [PMID: 36904344 PMCID: PMC10007069 DOI: 10.3390/polym15051103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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Lignocellulosic biomass can be used as a renewable and sustainable energy source to help reduce the consequences of global warming. In the new energy age, the bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass into green and clean energy displays remarkable potential and makes efficient use of waste. Bioethanol is a biofuel that can diminish reliance on fossil fuels while minimizing carbon emissions and increasing energy efficiency. Various lignocellulosic materials and weed biomass species have been selected as potential alternative energy sources. Vietnamosasa pusilla, a weed belonging to the Poaceae family, contains more than 40% glucan. However, research on the applications of this material is limited. Thus, here we aimed to achieve maximum fermentable glucose recovery and bioethanol production from weed biomass (V. pusilla). To this end, V. pusilla feedstocks were treated with varying concentrations of H3PO4 and then subjected to enzymatic hydrolysis. The results indicated that after pretreatment with different concentrations of H3PO4, the glucose recovery and digestibility at each concentration were markedly enhanced. Moreover, 87.5% of cellulosic ethanol was obtained from V. pusilla biomass hydrolysate medium without detoxification. Overall, our findings reveal that V. pusilla biomass can be introduced into sugar-based biorefineries to produce biofuels and other valuable chemicals.
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Monschein M, Jurak E, Paasela T, Koitto T, Lambauer V, Pavicic M, Enjalbert T, Dumon C, Master ER. PACER: a novel 3D plant cell wall model for the analysis of non-catalytic and enzymatic responses. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS 2022; 15:30. [PMID: 35296345 PMCID: PMC8928621 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-022-02128-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Background
Substrate accessibility remains a key limitation to the efficient enzymatic deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass. Limited substrate accessibility is often addressed by increasing enzyme loading, which increases process and product costs. Alternatively, considerable efforts are underway world-wide to identify amorphogenesis-inducing proteins and protein domains that increase the accessibility of carbohydrate-active enzymes to targeted lignocellulose components.
Results
We established a three-dimensional assay, PACER (plant cell wall model for the analysis of non-catalytic and enzymatic responses), that enables analysis of enzyme migration through defined lignocellulose composites. A cellulose/azo-xylan composite was made to demonstrate the PACER concept and then used to test the migration and activity of multiple xylanolytic enzymes. In addition to non-catalytic domains of xylanases, the potential of loosenin-like proteins to boost xylanase migration through cellulose/azo-xylan composites was observed.
Conclusions
The PACER assay is inexpensive and parallelizable, suitable for screening proteins for ability to increase enzyme accessibility to lignocellulose substrates. Using the PACER assay, we visualized the impact of xylan-binding modules and loosenin-like proteins on xylanase mobility and access to targeted substrates. Given the flexibility to use different composite materials, the PACER assay presents a versatile platform to study impacts of lignocellulose components on enzyme access to targeted substrates.
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Ward EM, Kizer ME, Imperiali B. Strategies and Tactics for the Development of Selective Glycan-Binding Proteins. ACS Chem Biol 2021; 16:1795-1813. [PMID: 33497192 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.0c00880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The influences of glycans impact all biological processes, disease states, and pathogenic interactions. Glycan-binding proteins (GBPs), such as lectins, are decisive tools for interrogating glycan structure and function because of their ease of use and ability to selectively bind defined carbohydrate epitopes and glycosidic linkages. GBP reagents are prominent tools for basic research, clinical diagnostics, therapeutics, and biotechnological applications. However, the study of glycans is hindered by the lack of specific and selective protein reagents to cover the massive diversity of carbohydrate structures that exist in nature. In addition, existing GBP reagents often suffer from low affinity or broad specificity, complicating data interpretation. There have been numerous efforts to expand the GBP toolkit beyond those identified from natural sources through protein engineering, to improve the properties of existing GBPs or to engineer novel specificities and potential applications. This review details the current scope of proteins that bind carbohydrates and the engineering methods that have been applied to enhance the affinity, selectivity, and specificity of binders.
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- Elizabeth M. Ward
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 31 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
- Microbiology Graduate Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 31 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 31 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 31 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Troncoso-Ortega E, Castillo RDP, Reyes-Contreras P, Castaño-Rivera P, Teixeira Mendonça R, Schiappacasse N, Parra C. Effects on Lignin Redistribution in Eucalyptus globulus Fibres Pre-Treated by Steam Explosion: A Microscale Study to Cellulose Accessibility. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11040507. [PMID: 33805256 PMCID: PMC8066282 DOI: 10.3390/biom11040507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to investigate structural changes and lignin redistribution in Eucalyptus globulus pre-treated by steam explosion under different degrees of severity (S0), in order to evaluate their effect on cellulose accessibility by enzymatic hydrolysis. Approximately 87.7% to 98.5% of original glucans were retained in the pre-treated material. Glucose yields after the enzymatic hydrolysis of pre-treated material improved from 19.4% to 85.1% when S0 was increased from 8.53 to 10.42. One of the main reasons for the increase in glucose yield was the redistribution of lignin as micro-particles were deposited on the surface and interior of the fibre cell wall. This information was confirmed by laser scanning confocal fluorescence and FT-IR imaging; these microscopic techniques show changes in the physical and chemical characteristics of pre-treated fibres. In addition, the results allowed the construction of an explanatory model for microscale understanding of the enzymatic accessibility mechanism in the pre-treated lignocellulose.
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- Eduardo Troncoso-Ortega
- Laboratorio de Recursos Renovables, Centro de Biotecnología, Barrio Universitario s/n, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile; (R.d.P.C.); (R.T.M.); (C.P.)
- ANID—Millennium Science Initiative Program-Millennium Nuclei on Catalytic Process towards Sustainable Chemistry (CSC), Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, Santiago 8320000, Chile
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Barrio Universitario s/n, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile
- Correspondence:
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- Laboratorio de Recursos Renovables, Centro de Biotecnología, Barrio Universitario s/n, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile; (R.d.P.C.); (R.T.M.); (C.P.)
- Facultad de Farmacia, Barrio Universitario s/n, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile
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- Centro de Excelencia en Nanotecnología (CEN), Leitat Chile, Santiago 8320000, Chile;
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- Laboratorio de Recursos Renovables, Centro de Biotecnología, Barrio Universitario s/n, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile; (R.d.P.C.); (R.T.M.); (C.P.)
- Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Barrio Universitario s/n, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Recursos Renovables, Centro de Biotecnología, Barrio Universitario s/n, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile; (R.d.P.C.); (R.T.M.); (C.P.)
- ANID—Millennium Science Initiative Program-Millennium Nuclei on Catalytic Process towards Sustainable Chemistry (CSC), Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, Santiago 8320000, Chile
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Lee DS, Lee YG, Cho EJ, Song Y, Bae HJ. Hydrolysis pattern analysis of xylem tissues of woody plants pretreated with hydrogen peroxide and acetic acid: rapid saccharification of softwood for economical bioconversion. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2021; 14:37. [PMID: 33549141 PMCID: PMC7866737 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-021-01889-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Woody plants with high glucose content are alternative bioresources for the production of biofuels and biochemicals. Various pretreatment methods may be used to reduce the effects of retardation factors such as lignin interference and cellulose structural recalcitrance on the degradation of the lignocellulose material of woody plants. RESULTS A hydrogen peroxide-acetic acid (HPAC) pretreatment was used to reduce the lignin content of several types of woody plants, and the effect of the cellulose structural recalcitrance on the enzymatic hydrolysis was analyzed. The cellulose structural recalcitrance and the degradation patterns of the wood fibers in the xylem tissues of Quercus acutissima (hardwood) resulted in greater retardation in the enzymatic saccharification than those in the tracheids of Pinus densiflora (softwood). In addition to the HPAC pretreatment, the application of supplementary enzymes (7.5 FPU cellulase for 24 h) further increased the hydrolysis rate of P. densiflora from 61.42 to 91.94% whereas the same effect was not observed for Q. acutissima. It was also observed that endoxylanase synergism significantly affected the hydrolysis of P. densiflora. However, this synergistic effect was lower for other supplementary enzymes. The maximum concentration of the reducing sugars produced from 10% softwood was 89.17 g L-1 after 36 h of hydrolysis with 15 FPU cellulase and other supplementary enzymes. Approximately 80 mg mL-1 of reducing sugars was produced with the addition of 7.5 FPU cellulase and other supplementary enzymes after 36 h, achieving rapid saccharification. CONCLUSION HPAC pretreatment removed the interference of lignin, reduced structural recalcitrance of cellulose in the P. densiflora, and enabled rapid saccharification of the woody plants including a high concentration of insoluble substrates with only low amounts of cellulase. HPAC pretreatment may be a viable alternative for the cost-efficient production of biofuels or biochemicals from softwood plant tissues.
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- Dae-Seok Lee
- Bio-Energy Research Center, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- Bio-Energy Research Center, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- Bio-Energy Research Center, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- Bio-Energy Research Center, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- Bio-Energy Research Center, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 500-757, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Bioenergy Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 500-757, Republic of Korea.
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Mboowa D, Khatri V, Saddler JN. The use of fluorescent protein-tagged carbohydrate-binding modules to evaluate the influence of drying on cellulose accessibility and enzymatic hydrolysis. RSC Adv 2020; 10:27152-27160. [PMID: 35515757 PMCID: PMC9055586 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra05333c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The influence of drying on cellulose accessibility and enzymatic hydrolysis was assessed. Dissolving pulp was differentially dried by freeze-, air- and oven-drying at 50 °C and subsequently hydrolyzed using the commercial CTec 3 cellulase preparation. It was apparent that drying reduced the ease of enzymatic hydrolysis of all of the substrates with a pronounced reduction (48%) exhibited by the oven-dried pulp. To assess if the ease of hydrolysis was due to enzyme accessibility to the substrate, microscopy (SEM), FTIR spectroscopy, water retention value (WRV), fiber aspect ratio analysis, Simons' stain and the selective binding of Fluorescent Protein-tagged Carbohydrate Binding Modules (FP-CBMs): CBM3a (crystalline cellulose) and CBM17 (amorphous cellulose) in combination with confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) were used. The combined methods indicated that, if the gross characteristics of the substrate limited enzyme accessibility, the cellulases, as represented by the FP-CBMs, could not in turn access the finer structural components of the cellulosic substrates. Drying restricts cellulose accessibility at macro- and micro-scale of fiber structure with restriction at macro-fiber significantly limiting accessibility to micro-fibrils.![]()
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- Drake Mboowa
- Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia 2424 main mall Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4 Canada
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- Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia 2424 main mall Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4 Canada
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- Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia 2424 main mall Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4 Canada
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Novy V, Nielsen F, Olsson J, Aïssa K, Saddler JN, Wallberg O, Galbe M. Elucidation of Changes in Cellulose Ultrastructure and Accessibility in Hardwood Fractionation Processes with Carbohydrate Binding Modules. ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING 2020; 8:6767-6776. [PMID: 32391215 PMCID: PMC7202243 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b07589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
Abstract
We have recently presented a sequential treatment method, in which steam explosion (STEX) was followed by hydrotropic extraction (HEX), to selectively fractionate cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin in hardwood into separate process streams. However, above a treatment severity threshold, the structural alterations in the cellulose-enriched fraction appeared to restrict the enzymatic hydrolyzability and delignification efficiency. To better understand the ultrastructural changes in the cellulose, hardwood chips were treated by single (STEX or HEX) and combined treatments (STEX and HEX), and the cellulose accessibility quantified with carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs) that bind preferentially to crystalline (CBM2a) and paracrystalline cellulose (CBM17). Fluorescent-tagged versions of the CBMs were used to map the spatial distribution of cellulose substructures with confocal laser scanning microscopy. With increasing severities, STEX increased the apparent crystallinity (CBM2a/CBM17-ratio) and overall accessibility (CBM2aH6 + CBM17) of the cellulose, whereas HEX demonstrated the opposite trend. The respective effects could also be discerned in the combined treatments where increasing severities further resulted in higher hemicellulose dissolution and, although initially beneficial, in stagnating accessibility and hydrolyzability. This study suggests that balancing the severities in the two treatments is required to maximize the fractionation and simultaneously achieve a reactive and accessible cellulose that is readily hydrolyzable.
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- Vera Novy
- Department
of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, The
University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department
of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, The
University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department
of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, The
University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department
of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, The
University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
- . Phone: +46
46 2228299
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Deshors M, Guais O, Neugnot-Roux V, Cameleyre X, Fillaudeau L, Francois JM. Combined in situ Physical and ex-situ Biochemical Approaches to Investigate in vitro Deconstruction of Destarched Wheat Bran by Enzymes Cocktail Used in Animal Nutrition. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2019; 7:158. [PMID: 31297370 PMCID: PMC6607472 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Wheat bran is a foodstuff containing more than 40% of non-starch polysaccharides (NSPs) that are hardly digestible by monogastric animals. Therefore, cocktails enriched of hydrolytic enzymes (termed NSPases) are commonly provided as feed additives in animal nutrition. However, how these enzymes cocktails contribute to NSPs deconstruction remains largely unknown. This question was addressed by employing an original methodology that makes use of a multi-instrumented bioreactor that allows to dynamically monitor enzymes in action and to extract in-situ physical and ex-situ biochemical data from this monitoring. We report here that the deconstruction of destarched wheat bran by an industrial enzymes cocktail termed Rovabio® was entailed by two concurrent events: a particles fragmentation that caused in <2 h a 70% drop of the suspension viscosity and a solubilization that released <30 % of the wheat bran NSPs. Upon longer exposure, the fragmentation of particles continued at a very slow rate without any further solubilization. Contrary to this cocktail, xylanase C alone caused a moderate 25% drop of viscosity and a very weak fragmentation. However, the amount of xylose and arabinose from solubilized sugars after 6 h treatment with this enzyme was similar to that obtained after 2 h with Rovabio®. Altogether, this multi-scale analysis supported the synergistic action of enzymes mixture to readily solubilize complex polysaccharides, and revealed that in spite of the richness and diversity of hydrolytic enzymes in the cocktail, the deconstruction of NSPs in wheat bran was largely incomplete.
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- Marine Deshors
- LISBP, UMR INSA-CNRS 5504 & INRA 792, Toulouse, France.,Cinabio-Adisseo France S.A.S., Toulouse, France
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- LISBP, UMR INSA-CNRS 5504 & INRA 792, Toulouse, France.,Fédération de Recherche FERMAT (Fluides, Energie, Réacteurs, Matériaux et Transferts), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INPT, INSA, UPS, Toulouse, France
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Meier KK, Jones SM, Kaper T, Hansson H, Koetsier MJ, Karkehabadi S, Solomon EI, Sandgren M, Kelemen B. Oxygen Activation by Cu LPMOs in Recalcitrant Carbohydrate Polysaccharide Conversion to Monomer Sugars. Chem Rev 2018; 118:2593-2635. [PMID: 29155571 PMCID: PMC5982588 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Natural carbohydrate polymers such as starch, cellulose, and chitin provide renewable alternatives to fossil fuels as a source for fuels and materials. As such, there is considerable interest in their conversion for industrial purposes, which is evidenced by the established and emerging markets for products derived from these natural polymers. In many cases, this is achieved via industrial processes that use enzymes to break down carbohydrates to monomer sugars. One of the major challenges facing large-scale industrial applications utilizing natural carbohydrate polymers is rooted in the fact that naturally occurring forms of starch, cellulose, and chitin can have tightly packed organizations of polymer chains with low hydration levels, giving rise to crystalline structures that are highly recalcitrant to enzymatic degradation. The topic of this review is oxidative cleavage of carbohydrate polymers by lytic polysaccharide mono-oxygenases (LPMOs). LPMOs are copper-dependent enzymes (EC 1.14.99.53-56) that, with glycoside hydrolases, participate in the degradation of recalcitrant carbohydrate polymers. Their activity and structural underpinnings provide insights into biological mechanisms of polysaccharide degradation.
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- Katlyn K. Meier
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- DuPont Industrial Biosciences, 925 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304, United States
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7015, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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- DuPont Industrial Biosciences, Netherlands, Nieuwe Kanaal 7-S, 6709 PA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7015, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7015, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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- DuPont Industrial Biosciences, 925 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304, United States
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Wong MT, Wang W, Couturier M, Razeq FM, Lombard V, Lapebie P, Edwards EA, Terrapon N, Henrissat B, Master ER. Comparative Metagenomics of Cellulose- and Poplar Hydrolysate-Degrading Microcosms from Gut Microflora of the Canadian Beaver ( Castor canadensis) and North American Moose ( Alces americanus) after Long-Term Enrichment. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2504. [PMID: 29326667 PMCID: PMC5742341 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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To identify carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) that might be particularly relevant for wood fiber processing, we performed a comparative metagenomic analysis of digestive systems from Canadian beaver (Castor canadensis) and North American moose (Alces americanus) following 3 years of enrichment on either microcrystalline cellulose or poplar hydrolysate. In total, 9,386 genes encoding CAZymes and carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs) were identified, with up to half predicted to originate from Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Chloroflexi, and Proteobacteria phyla, and up to 17% from unknown phyla. Both PCA and hierarchical cluster analysis distinguished the annotated glycoside hydrolase (GH) distributions identified herein, from those previously reported for grass-feeding mammals and herbivorous foragers. The CAZyme profile of moose rumen enrichments also differed from a recently reported moose rumen metagenome, most notably by the absence of GH13-appended dockerins. Consistent with substrate-driven convergence, CAZyme profiles from both poplar hydrolysate-fed cultures differed from cellulose-fed cultures, most notably by increased numbers of unique sequences belonging to families GH3, GH5, GH43, GH53, and CE1. Moreover, pairwise comparisons of moose rumen enrichments further revealed higher counts of GH127 and CE15 families in cultures fed with poplar hydrolysate. To expand our scope to lesser known carbohydrate-active proteins, we identified and compared multi-domain proteins comprising both a CBM and domain of unknown function (DUF) as well as proteins with unknown function within the 416 predicted polysaccharide utilization loci (PULs). Interestingly, DUF362, identified in iron-sulfur proteins, was consistently appended to CBM9; on the other hand, proteins with unknown function from PULs shared little identity unless from identical PULs. Overall, this study sheds new light on the lignocellulose degrading capabilities of microbes originating from digestive systems of mammals known for fiber-rich diets, and highlights the value of enrichment to select new CAZymes from metagenome sequences for future biochemical characterization.
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- Mabel T Wong
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales - Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France.,UMR 7257, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France
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- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- UMR 7257, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France.,Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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Dou X, Tang Y. The Influence of Cold Caustic Extraction on the Purity, Accessibility and Reactivity of Dissolving-Grade Pulp. ChemistrySelect 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201701551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Xiaoli Dou
- Department of Wood Science; The University of British Columbia; 2424 Main Mall Vancouver, BC Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; The University of British Columbia; 2360 East Mall Vancouver, BC Canada
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Satari B, Karimi K, Molaverdi M. Structural features influential to enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose-solvent-based pretreated pinewood and elmwood for ethanol production. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2017; 41:249-264. [DOI: 10.1007/s00449-017-1863-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/04/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Artzi L, Bayer EA, Moraïs S. Cellulosomes: bacterial nanomachines for dismantling plant polysaccharides. Nat Rev Microbiol 2017; 15:83-95. [PMID: 27941816 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2016.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cellulosomes are multienzyme complexes that are produced by anaerobic cellulolytic bacteria for the degradation of lignocellulosic biomass. They comprise a complex of scaffoldin, which is the structural subunit, and various enzymatic subunits. The intersubunit interactions in these multienzyme complexes are mediated by cohesin and dockerin modules. Cellulosome-producing bacteria have been isolated from a large variety of environments, which reflects their prevalence and the importance of this microbial enzymatic strategy. In a given species, cellulosomes exhibit intrinsic heterogeneity, and between species there is a broad diversity in the composition and configuration of cellulosomes. With the development of modern technologies, such as genomics and proteomics, the full protein content of cellulosomes and their expression levels can now be assessed and the regulatory mechanisms identified. Owing to their highly efficient organization and hydrolytic activity, cellulosomes hold immense potential for application in the degradation of biomass and are the focus of much effort to engineer an ideal microorganism for the conversion of lignocellulose to valuable products, such as biofuels.
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- Lior Artzi
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 234 Herzl Street, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 234 Herzl Street, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 234 Herzl Street, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Eibinger M, Sigl K, Sattelkow J, Ganner T, Ramoni J, Seiboth B, Plank H, Nidetzky B. Functional characterization of the native swollenin from Trichoderma reesei: study of its possible role as C1 factor of enzymatic lignocellulose conversion. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2016; 9:178. [PMID: 27570542 PMCID: PMC5000517 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0590-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2016] [Accepted: 08/15/2016] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Through binding to cellulose, expansin-like proteins are thought to loosen the structural order of crystalline surface material, thus making it more accessible for degradation by hydrolytic enzymes. Swollenin SWO1 is the major expansin-like protein from the fungus Trichoderma reesei. Here, we have performed a detailed characterization of a recombinant native form of SWO1 with respect to its possible auxiliary role in the enzymatic saccharification of lignocellulosic substrates. RESULTS The swo1 gene was overexpressed in T. reesei QM9414 Δxyr1 mutant, featuring downregulated cellulase production, and the protein was purified from culture supernatant. SWO1 was N-glycosylated and its circular dichroism spectrum suggested a folded protein. Adsorption isotherms (25 °C, pH 5.0, 1.0 mg substrate/mL) revealed SWO1 to be 120- and 20-fold more specific for binding to birchwood xylan and kraft lignin, respectively, than for binding to Avicel PH-101. The SWO1 binding capacity on lignin (25 µmol/g) exceeded 12-fold that on Avicel PH-101 (2.1 µmol/g). On xylan, not only the binding capacity (22 µmol/g) but also the affinity of SWO1 (K d = 0.08 µM) was enhanced compared to Avicel PH-101 (K d = 0.89 µM). SWO1 caused rapid release of a tiny amount of reducing sugars (<1 % of total) from different substrates (Avicel PH-101, nanocrystalline cellulose, steam-pretreated wheat straw, barley β-glucan, cellotetraose) but did not promote continued saccharification. Atomic force microscopy revealed that amorphous cellulose films were not affected by SWO1. Also with AFM, binding of SWO1 to cellulose nanocrystallites was demonstrated at the single-molecule level, but adsorption did not affect this cellulose. SWO1 exhibited no synergy with T. reesei cellulases in the hydrolysis of the different celluloses. However, SWO1 boosted slightly (1.5-fold) the reducing sugar release from a native grass substrate. CONCLUSIONS SWO1 is a strongly glycosylated protein, which has implications for producing it in heterologous hosts. Although SWO1 binds to crystalline cellulose, its adsorption to xylan is much stronger. SWO1 is not an auxiliary factor of the enzymatic degradation of a variety of cellulosic substrates. Effect of SWO1 on sugar release from intact plant cell walls might be exploitable with certain (e.g., mildly pretreated) lignocellulosic feedstocks.
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- Manuel Eibinger
- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12/1, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12/1, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute for Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis, Graz University of Technology, Steyrergasse 17, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute for Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis, Graz University of Technology, Steyrergasse 17, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Research Division Biochemical Technology, Institute of Chemical Engineering, TU Wien, Gumpendorferstrasse 1A/166, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Research Division Biochemical Technology, Institute of Chemical Engineering, TU Wien, Gumpendorferstrasse 1A/166, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis, Graz University of Technology, Steyrergasse 17, 8010 Graz, Austria
- Graz Centre for Electron Microscopy, Steyrergasse 17, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12/1, 8010 Graz, Austria
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, Petersgasse 14, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Silveira RL, Skaf MS. Molecular dynamics of the Bacillus subtilis expansin EXLX1: interaction with substrates and structural basis of the lack of activity of mutants. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:3510-21. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp06674c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Expansins are disruptive proteins that loosen growing plant cell walls and can enhance the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose.
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- Institute of Chemistry
- University of Campinas
- Campinas
- Brazil
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Paës G, von Schantz L, Ohlin M. Bioinspired assemblies of plant cell wall polymers unravel the affinity properties of carbohydrate-binding modules. SOFT MATTER 2015; 11:6586-94. [PMID: 26189625 DOI: 10.1039/c5sm01157d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Lignocellulose-acting enzymes play a central role in the biorefinery of plant biomass to make fuels, chemicals and materials. These enzymes are often appended to carbohydrate binding modules (CBMs) that promote substrate targeting. When used in plant materials, which are complex assemblies of polymers, the binding properties of CBMs can be difficult to understand and predict, thus limiting the efficiency of enzymes. In order to gain more information on the binding properties of CBMs, some bioinspired model assemblies that contain some of the polymers and covalent interactions found in the plant cell walls have been designed. The mobility of three engineered CBMs has been investigated by FRAP in these assemblies, while varying the parameters related to the polymer concentration, the physical state of assemblies and the oligomerization state of CBMs. The features controlling the mobility of the CBMs in the assemblies have been quantified and hierarchized. We demonstrate that the parameters can have additional or opposite effects on mobility, depending on the CBM tested. We also find evidence of a relationship between the mobility of CBMs and their binding strength. Overall, bioinspired assemblies are able to reveal the unique features of affinity of CBMs. In particular, the results show that oligomerization of CBMs and the presence of ferulic acid motifs in the assemblies play an important role in the binding affinity of CBMs. Thus we propose that these features should be finely tuned when CBMs are used in plant cell walls to optimise bioprocesses.
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- Gabriel Paës
- INRA, UMR0614 Fractionnement des AgroRessources et Environnement, 2 esplanade Roland-Garros, 51100 Reims, France.
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Arora R, Behera S, Sharma NK, Kumar S. Bioprospecting thermostable cellulosomes for efficient biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2015. [DOI: 10.1186/s40643-015-0066-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Martínez-Abad A, Ruthes AC, Vilaplana F. Enzymatic-assisted extraction and modification of lignocellulosic plant polysaccharides for packaging applications. J Appl Polym Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/app.42523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Antonio Martínez-Abad
- Division of Glycoscience; School of Biotechnology; KTH Royal Institute of Technology; AlbaNova University Centre; Stockholm Sweden
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- Division of Glycoscience; School of Biotechnology; KTH Royal Institute of Technology; AlbaNova University Centre; Stockholm Sweden
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- Division of Glycoscience; School of Biotechnology; KTH Royal Institute of Technology; AlbaNova University Centre; Stockholm Sweden
- Wallenberg Wood Science Centre; KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Stockholm Sweden
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Guerriero G, Hausman JF, Strauss J, Ertan H, Siddiqui KS. Destructuring plant biomass: focus on fungal and extremophilic cell wall hydrolases. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 234:180-93. [PMID: 25804821 PMCID: PMC4937988 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2014] [Revised: 02/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/18/2015] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The use of plant biomass as feedstock for biomaterial and biofuel production is relevant in the current bio-based economy scenario of valorizing renewable resources. Fungi, which degrade complex and recalcitrant plant polymers, secrete different enzymes that hydrolyze plant cell wall polysaccharides. The present review discusses the current research trends on fungal, as well as extremophilic cell wall hydrolases that can withstand extreme physico-chemical conditions required in efficient industrial processes. Secretomes of fungi from the phyla Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Zygomycota and Neocallimastigomycota are presented along with metabolic cues (nutrient sensing, coordination of carbon and nitrogen metabolism) affecting their composition. We conclude the review by suggesting further research avenues focused on the one hand on a comprehensive analysis of the physiology and epigenetics underlying cell wall degrading enzyme production in fungi and on the other hand on the analysis of proteins with unknown function and metagenomics of extremophilic consortia. The current advances in consolidated bioprocessing, altered secretory pathways and creation of designer plants are also examined. Furthermore, recent developments in enhancing the activity, stability and reusability of enzymes based on synergistic, proximity and entropic effects, fusion enzymes, structure-guided recombination between homologous enzymes and magnetic enzymes are considered with a view to improving saccharification.
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- Gea Guerriero
- Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg.
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- Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, Fungal Genetics and Genomics Unit, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), University and Research Center Campus Tulln-Technopol, Tulln/Donau, Austria; Health and Environment Department, Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH - AIT, University and Research Center Campus Tulln-Technopol, Tulln/Donau, Austria
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Istanbul University, Turkey
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- Biology Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
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Gomes D, Rodrigues AC, Domingues L, Gama M. Cellulase recycling in biorefineries—is it possible? Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 99:4131-43. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6535-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Revised: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hu J, Gourlay K, Arantes V, Van Dyk JS, Pribowo A, Saddler JN. The accessible cellulose surface influences cellulase synergism during the hydrolysis of lignocellulosic substrates. CHEMSUSCHEM 2015; 8:901-7. [PMID: 25607348 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201403335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2014] [Revised: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Effective enzymatic hydrolysis of insoluble cellulose requires the synergistic action of a suite of cellulase components. Most previous studies have only assessed cellulase synergism on model cellulosic substrates. When the actions of individual and combinations of cellulases (Cel7A, Cel6A, Cel7B, Cel5A) were assessed on various pretreated lignocellulosic substrates, Cel7A was shown to be the major contributor to overall cellulose hydrolysis, with the other enzymes synergistically enhancing its hydrolytic efficiency, at least partially, by facilitating Cel7A desorption (assessed by a double-sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay). When the influences of various substrate physicochemical characteristics on the effectiveness of enzyme synergism were assessed, a strong relationship was observed between cellulose accessibility (as determined by the cellulose binding module technique) and the degree of synergism, with greater synergy observed on the more disorganized/accessible cellulose surface.
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- Jinguang Hu
- Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, The University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver BC (Canada)
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Recombinant CBM-fusion technology - Applications overview. Biotechnol Adv 2015; 33:358-69. [PMID: 25689072 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2014] [Revised: 02/06/2015] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs) are small components of several enzymes, which present an independent fold and function, and specific carbohydrate-binding activity. Their major function is to bind the enzyme to the substrate enhancing its catalytic activity, especially in the case of insoluble substrates. The immense diversity of CBMs, together with their unique properties, has long raised their attention for many biotechnological applications. Recombinant DNA technology has been used for cloning and characterizing new CBMs. In addition, it has been employed to improve the purity and availability of many CBMs, but mainly, to construct bi-functional CBM-fused proteins for specific applications. This review presents a comprehensive summary of the uses of CBMs recombinantly produced from heterologous organisms, or by the original host, along with the latest advances. Emphasis is given particularly to the applications of recombinant CBM-fusions in: (a) modification of fibers, (b) production, purification and immobilization of recombinant proteins, (c) functionalization of biomaterials and (d) development of microarrays and probes.
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Gourlay K, Hu J, Arantes V, Penttilä M, Saddler JN. The use of carbohydrate binding modules (CBMs) to monitor changes in fragmentation and cellulose fiber surface morphology during cellulase- and Swollenin-induced deconstruction of lignocellulosic substrates. J Biol Chem 2014; 290:2938-45. [PMID: 25527502 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.627604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Although the actions of many of the hydrolytic enzymes involved in cellulose hydrolysis are relatively well understood, the contributions that amorphogenesis-inducing proteins might contribute to cellulose deconstruction are still relatively undefined. Earlier work has shown that disruptive proteins, such as the non-hydrolytic non-oxidative protein Swollenin, can open up and disaggregate the less-ordered regions of lignocellulosic substrates. Within the cellulosic fraction, relatively disordered, amorphous regions known as dislocations are known to occur along the length of the fibers. It was postulated that Swollenin might act synergistically with hydrolytic enzymes to initiate biomass deconstruction within these dislocation regions. Carbohydrate binding modules (CBMs) that preferentially bind to cellulosic substructures were fluorescently labeled. They were imaged, using confocal microscopy, to assess the distribution of crystalline and amorphous cellulose at the fiber surface, as well as to track changes in surface morphology over the course of enzymatic hydrolysis and fiber fragmentation. Swollenin was shown to promote targeted disruption of the cellulosic structure at fiber dislocations.
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- Keith Gourlay
- From the Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada and
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- From the Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada and
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- From the Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada and
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- the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Metallimiehenkuja 2 (Espoo), FI-02044 VTT, Finland
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- From the Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada and
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Kang Y, Realff MJ, Sohn M, Lee JH, Bommarius AS. An effective chemical pretreatment method for lignocellulosic biomass with substituted imidazoles. Biotechnol Prog 2014; 31:25-34. [DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2014] [Revised: 09/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Yuzhi Kang
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Georgia Inst. of Technology; Atlanta GA 30332
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Georgia Inst. of Technology; Atlanta GA 30332
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Georgia Inst. of Technology; Atlanta GA 30332
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Korean Advanced Inst. of Science and Technology; Daejeon South Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Georgia Inst. of Technology; Atlanta GA 30332
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Korean Advanced Inst. of Science and Technology; Daejeon South Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Georgia Inst. of Technology; Atlanta GA 30332
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Georgia Inst. of Technology; Atlanta GA 30332
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Gourlay K, Hu J, Arantes V, Andberg M, Saloheimo M, Penttilä M, Saddler J. Swollenin aids in the amorphogenesis step during the enzymatic hydrolysis of pretreated biomass. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2013; 142:498-503. [PMID: 23759433 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.05.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2013] [Revised: 05/10/2013] [Accepted: 05/15/2013] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
A key limitation in the overall hydrolysis process is the restricted access that the hydrolytic enzymes have due to the macro-and-micro structure of cellulose and its association with hemicellulose and lignin. Previous work has shown that several non-hydrolytic proteins can disrupt cellulose structure and boost the activity of hydrolytic enzymes when purer forms of cellulose are used. In the work reported here, Swollenin primarily disrupted the hemicellulosic fraction of pretreated corn stover, resulting in the solubilisation of monomeric and oligomeric sugars. Although Swollenin showed little synergism when combined with the cellulase monocomponents exoglucanase (CEL7A) and endoglucanase (CEL5A), it showed pronounced synergism with xylanase monocomponents Xylanase GH10 and Xylanase GH11, resulting in the release of significantly more xylose (>300%). It appears that Swollenin plays a role in amorphogenesis and that its primary action is enhancing access to the hemicellulose fraction that limits or masks accessibility to the cellulose component of lignocellulosic substrates.
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- Keith Gourlay
- Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
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