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ReviewJournal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology2020

Enzymatic processing of lignocellulosic biomass: principles, recent advances and perspectives.

Heidi Østby, Line Degn Hansen, Svein J Horn, Vincent G H Eijsink, Anikó Várnai

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Review in Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Heidi ØstbyFaculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), P.O. Box 5003, 1432, Aas, Norway.
Line Degn HansenFaculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), P.O. Box 5003, 1432, Aas, Norway.
Svein J HornFaculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), P.O. Box 5003, 1432, Aas, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1590-9001
Vincent G H EijsinkFaculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), P.O. Box 5003, 1432, Aas, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9220-8743
Anikó VárnaiFaculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), P.O. Box 5003, 1432, Aas, Norway. aniko.varnai@nmbu.no.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2796-514X

Funding

Norges Forskningsråd 257622Norges Forskningsråd 268002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efficient saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass requires concerted development of a pretreatment method, an enzyme cocktail and an enzymatic process, all of which are adapted to the feedstock. Recent years have shown great progress in most aspects of the overall process. In particular, increased insights into the contributions of a wide variety of cellulolytic and hemicellulolytic enzymes have improved the enzymatic processing step and brought down costs. Here, we review major pretreatment technologies and different enzyme process setups and present an in-depth discussion of the various enzyme types that are currently in use. We pay ample attention to the role of the recently discovered lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs), which have led to renewed interest in the role of redox enzyme systems in lignocellulose processing. Better understanding of the interplay between the various enzyme types, as they may occur in a commercial enzyme cocktail, is likely key to further process improvements.

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BiomassLigninMixed Function OxygenasesOxidation-ReductionPolysaccharidesLigninlignocelluloseMixed Function OxygenasesPolysaccharidesCellulaseHemicelluloseLignocelluloseLytic polysaccharide monooxygenaseSaccharification

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PMID32840713
PMCPMC7658087

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