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ArticleBioprocess and biosystems engineering2024

Cellobionate production from sodium hydroxide pretreated wheat straw by engineered Neurospora crassa HL10.

Jiajie Wang, Takao Kasuga, Zhiliang Fan

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Article in Bioprocess and biosystems engineering, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Jiajie WangDepartment of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California , Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Takao KasugaDepartment of Plant Pathology, University of California , Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Zhiliang FanDepartment of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California , Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA. jzfan@ucdavis.edu.

Funding

USDA-NIFA 2022-67021-38320
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated cellobionate production from a lignocellulosic substrate using Neurospora crassa HL10. Utilizing NaOH-pretreated wheat straw as the substrate obviated the need for an exogenous redox mediator addition, as lignin contained in the pretreated wheat served as a natural mediator. The low laccase production by N. crassa HL10 on pretreated wheat straw caused slow cellobionate production, and exogenous laccase addition accelerated the process. Cycloheximide induced substantial laccase production in N. crassa HL10, enabling the strain to yield approximately 57 mM cellobionate from pretreated wheat straw (equivalent to 20 g/L cellulose), shortening the conversion time from 8 to 6 days. About 92% of the cellulose contained in the pretreated wheat straw is converted to cellobionate. In contrast to existing methods requiring pure cellobiose or cellulase enzymes, this process efficiently converts a low-cost feedstock into cellobionate at a high yield without enzyme or redox mediator supplementation.

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Neurospora crassaSodium HydroxideTriticumDisaccharidesLaccaseLignincellobionic acidDisaccharidesLaccaseLigninSodium HydroxideCellobionic acidNeurospora crassaSodium hydroxide pretreatmentWheat straw

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PMID38995362
PMCPMC11399197

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