Chapter 8: New Paradigms for Engineering Plant Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes

Michael Himmel; Sarah Morais; Edward Bayer

doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-59592-8.00008-7

Chapter 8: New Paradigms for Engineering Plant Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes

Michael Himmel, Sarah Morais, Edward Bayer

Weizmann Institute of Science

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Abstract

Cellulosic biomass is the most abundant renewable natural biological resource available on Earth. However, plant cell wall structure is extremely difficult to degrade and acts as a natural protective barrier. Research efforts have examined the varied set of microbial strategies to understand how they gain access to and deconstruct the valuable sugars contained in cellulosic biomass to survive and thrive in their environment. Various cellulolytic enzyme paradigms have been identified that include the free enzyme systems, the cellulosome, multifunctional enzymes, and cell wall-associated enzymes. Initiatives to engineer the different enzymatic paradigms are reviewed in the present chapter.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Direct Microbial Conversion of Biomass to Advanced Biofuels
Editors	C. A. Eckert, Cong T. Trinh
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	129-149
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Print)	9780444595928
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-59592-8.00008-7 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-59592-8.00008-7
State	Published - 2015

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Keywords

Bifunctional enzymes
Biofuels
Carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes)
Cell wall-anchored enzymes
Cellulases
Cellulosomes
Glycoside hydrolases

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