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SUBMITTER: Brunecky R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5575103 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brunecky Roman R Donohoe Bryon S BS Yarbrough John M JM Mittal Ashutosh A Scott Brian R BR Ding Hanshu H Taylor Ii Larry E LE Russell Jordan F JF Chung Daehwan D Westpheling Janet J Teter Sarah A SA Himmel Michael E ME Bomble Yannick J YJ
Scientific reports 20170829 1
The crystalline nature of cellulose microfibrils is one of the key factors influencing biomass recalcitrance which is a key technical and economic barrier to overcome to make cellulosic biofuels a commercial reality. To date, all known fungal enzymes tested have great difficulty degrading highly crystalline cellulosic substrates. We have demonstrated that the CelA cellulase from Caldicellulosiruptor bescii degrades highly crystalline cellulose as well as low crystallinity substrates making it th ...[more]