Enzymatic Cellulose Degradation
A special issue of Fibers (ISSN 2079-6439).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2019) | Viewed by 6087
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biological degradation of (ligno-)cellulose, cellulases, kinetics and electron transfer reactions of fungal oxidoreductases, lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases, enzyme engineering
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Dear Colleagues,
Cellulose is the main structural polymer in plant cell walls and represents one of the most abundant renewable resources for the production of biofuels. However, the dense and partly crystalline structure of cellulose is a major obstacle for enzymatic degradation and remains a key challenge in industrial settings.
In nature, biomass-degrading organisms employ a variety of specialised enzymes with complementary activities to overcome the recalcitrance of cellulose. In the past decade, insights from genomic, proteomic, structural, and biochemical studies have greatly improved our understanding of this enzymatic machinery. A notable example is the discovery of the enzyme lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase, which employs a redox mechanism to cleave and de-crystallise cellulose. These continued research efforts are a main driver for the improvement of commercial enzyme formulations used in the biorefinery industry.
This Special Issue welcomes original research articles or reviews related to the enzymatic degradation of cellulose in a biological or applied context. This includes proteomic, (phylo)genetic, biochemical, structural, or biophysical approaches to study cellulose-degrading or -modifying enzymes.
Dr. Daniel Kracher
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cellulose
- cellulases
- carbohydrate-active enzymes
- oxidoreductases
- lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases
- cellulose degradation
- biomass degradation
- biorefinery
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