Cellulase catalyzes the hydrolysis of β-1, 4-linkages of cellulose to produce industrially
relevant monomeric subunits. Cellulases find their applications in pulp and paper, laundry …

Metagenomes of uncultured microorganisms represent a sheer unlimited resource for
discovery of novel biocatalysts. Here, we report on the biochemical characterisation of a …

With the ultimate goal of identifying robust cellulases for industrial biocatalytic conversions,
we have isolated and characterized a new thermostable and very halotolerant GH5 …

Background Energy shortage has become a global problem. Production of biofuels from
renewable biomass resources is an inevitable trend of sustainable development. Cellulose …

Cellulases play a key role in enzymatic routes for degradation of plant cell-wall
polysaccharides into simple and economically-relevant sugars. However, their low …

Degradation of various types of lignocellulosic biomass that require harsh pretreatment and
abnormal operating conditions often occur in presence of a large amount of salt. Therefore …

Ten genes encoding novel cellulases with putative signal peptides at the N-terminus, termed
pre-LC-CelA–J, were isolated from a fosmid library of a leaf–branch compost metagenome …

Cellulases are a heterogeneous group of enzymes that synergistically catalyze the
hydrolysis of cellulose, the major component of plant biomass. Such reaction has …

The key material for bioethanol production is cellulose, which is one of the main components
of the plant cell wall. Enzymatic depolymerization of cellulose is an essential step in …

Degradation of polysaccharides by cellulases and xylanases plays an important role in the
carbon cycle, but only occurs in plant cell walls, a few bacteria and some animals. This …