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Characterization of a glucose-tolerant β-glucosidase from Anoxybacillus sp. DT3-1

Chan CS 1 , Sin LL 2 , Chan KG 2 , Shamsir MS 1 , Manan FA 1 , Sani RK 3 Show all authors , Goh KM 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 Faculty of Biosciences and Medical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81300 Skudai, Johor Malaysia
  • 2 Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, USA
Biotechnol Biofuels, 2016;9(1):174.
PMID: 27555880 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0587-x

Abstract

In general, biofuel production involves biomass pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification, followed by the subsequent sugar conversion to biofuel via fermentation. The crucial step in the production of biofuel from biomass is the enzymatic saccharification. Many of the commercial cellulase enzyme cocktails, such as Spezyme(®) CP (Genencor), Acellerase™ 1000 (Genencor), and Celluclast(®) 1.5L (Novozymes), are ineffectively to release free glucose from the pretreated biomass without additional β-glucosidase.

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