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Application of a microassay method to study enzymatic hydrolysis of pretreated wheat straw

✍ Scribed by Pablo Alvira; María José Negro; Felicia Sáez; Mercedes Ballesteros

Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
121 KB
Volume
85
Category
Article
ISSN
0268-2575

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol includes a disruptive pretreatment process followed by enzyme‐catalyzed hydrolysis of the cellulose and hemicellulose components to fermentable sugars. As the cost and hydrolytic efficiency of enzymes are major factors that restrict the commercialization of biomass conversion processes, significant efforts are made nowadays to improve the enzymatic mixtures and make the process cost‐effective.

RESULTS: In this work, enzymatic microassays have been developed and validated to test new different enzymatic formulations on real lignocellulosic substrates. Homogeneous handsheets from steam pretreated wheat straw were elaborated to be used as substrate. The microassay was adapted to test both water‐insoluble solids and the whole slurry as substrates. Results in hydrolysis microassays were comparable with those obtained in standard flask assays using pretreated wheat straw. Moreover, using the enzymatic microassays, two novel preparations have been evaluated, demonstrating the ability of microassays to discriminate between different enzymatic mixtures.

CONCLUSIONS: This enzymatic microassay represents a rapid method to test the performance of new selected cellulase enzymes on real pretreated lignocellulosic substrates. This microassay will enable evaluation of enzyme components separately, or optimized mixtures. Copyright © 2010 Society of Chemical Industry

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