ArticleBiotechnology for biofuels2017
Impact of lignin polymer backbone esters on ionic liquid pretreatment of poplar.
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- Integration of renewable deep eutectic solvents with engineered biomass to achieve a closed-loop biorefinery.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019Article
- Introducing curcumin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis enhances lignocellulosic biomass processing.Nature plants · 2019Article
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- Production of xylooligosaccharides and monosaccharides from poplar by a two-step acetic acid and peroxide/acetic acid pretreatment.Biotechnology for biofuels · 2019Article
- Lignin Engineering in Forest Trees.Frontiers in plant science · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundBiomass pretreatment remains an essential step in lignocellulosic biofuel production, largely to facilitate the efficient removal of lignin and increase enzyme accessibility to the polysaccharides. In recent years, there have been significant efforts
resultsThe strategic introduction of ester bonds into the lignin backbone resulted in increased pretreatment efficiency and released more carbohydrates with lower energy input. After pretreatment with any of three different ILs, and after limited saccharification, the transgenic poplars, especially those with relatively higher amounts of incorporated monolignol ferulate conjugates, yielded up to 23% higher sugar levels compared to WT plants.
conclusionOur findings clearly demonstrate that the introduction of ester linkages into the lignin polymer backbone decreases biomass recalcitrance in poplar has the potential to reduce the energy and/or amount of IL required for effective pretreatment, and could enable the development of an economically viable and sustainable biorefinery process.
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