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ArticleBiotechnology for biofuels2019

Mu-Rong Kao, Hsion-Wen Kuo, Cheng-Chung Lee, Kuan-Ying Huang, Ting-Yen Huang, Chen-Wei Li, C Will Chen, Andrew H-J Wang, Su-May Yu, Tuan-Hua David Ho

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Article in Biotechnology for biofuels, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Mu-Rong Kao1Molecular and Cell Biology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Hsion-Wen Kuo4Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
Cheng-Chung Lee5Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Kuan-Ying Huang3Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Ting-Yen Huang6Department of Bioengineering, Tatung University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Chen-Wei Li3Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
C Will Chen6Department of Bioengineering, Tatung University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Andrew H-J Wang5Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Su-May Yu2Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Tuan-Hua David Ho3Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.ORCID 0000-0002-7722-7356
Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica · TWInstitute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica · TWNational Chung Hsing University · TWTatung University · TWTunghai University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo produce second-generation biofuels, enzymatic catalysis is required to convert cellulose from lignocellulosic biomass into fermentable sugars. β-Glucosidases finalize the process by hydrolyzing cellobiose into glucose, so the efficiency of cellulose hydrolysis largely depends on the quantity and quality of these enzymes used during saccharification. Accordingly, to reduce biofuel production costs, new microbial strains are needed that can produce highly efficient enzymes on a large scale.

resultsWe heterologously expressed the fungal β-glucosidase D2-BGL from a Taiwanese indigenous fungus

conclusionsD2-BGL is an efficient supplement for lignocellulosic biomass saccharification, and we upscaled production of this enzyme using a 1-ton bioreactor. Enzyme production could be further improved using optimized fermentation, which could reduce biofuel production costs. Our structure analysis of D2-BGL offers new insights into GH3 β-glucosidases, which will be useful for strain improvements via a structure-based mutagenesis approach.

Indexed as

Chaetomella raphigeraGH3Lignocellulosic biomassO-GlycosylationSaccharificationβ-Glucosidase

Identifiers

PMID31700541
PMCPMC6825360
OpenAlexW2983282561

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