Cellulose break down: Enzyme domains dramatically improve performance Date: March 27, 2018 Source: DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory Summary: It was more than 10 years in the making, but ...

Discovering How Enzymes Break Down Cellulose Date: February 1, 2008 Source: Iowa State University Summary: Scientist are working to understand how the structures of enzymes influence their ...

These enzymes directly oxidize the glycosidic bonds in cellulose, facilitating the action of other enzymes. It was the first time that redox biochemistry was used as a microbial strategy to ...

Traditional enzymes struggle to break it down, limiting the efficiency of cellulosic ethanol production. That’s where CelOCE steps in, unlocking this barrier and acting as a catalytic opener for ...

The enzyme, isolated from bacteria found in sugarcane bagasse, enhances the breakdown of cellulose, increasing glucose release by up to 21%. The study showing these findings was published Thursday ...

Codexis Announces Next Generation CodeXyme® Cellulase Enzymes with Leading Performance Compared to prior generations, CodeXyme® 4 and CodeXyme® 4X significantly reduce the cost of cellulosic ...

Cellulose III was found to have a less sticky surface that makes it harder for native enzymes to get stuck non-productively on it, unlike untreated cellulose surfaces.

It's not only termites that might help humans make cellulosic ethanol. Researchers at Cornell University have discovered some plant enzymes that could lead to more efficient and cheaper ethanol ...

Using enzymes, companies can convert cellulose in plants into ethanol. But coming up with a cocktail of enzymes that work quickly and efficiently and at large scale isn’t so easy.

The structure of the catalytic domain of a plant cellulose synthase and its assembly into dimers Anna T. Olek 1; Catherine Rayon 1*; Lee Makowski 2, 3; Hyung Rae Kim 4; Peter Ciesielski 5; John Badger ...

Using Novozymes’ enzymes, Shengquan will now be able to convert the cellulose into higher-value sugars that can be fermented to ethanol. Shengquan will market the ethanol as an industrial solvent.