Alternative energy sources have received increasing attention in recent years. The
possibility of adding value to agricultural wastes, by producing biofuels and other products …

The economic utilization of abundant lignocellulosic biomass as a feedstock for the
production of fuel and chemicals would represent a profound shift in industrial carbon …

Highlights•Understanding of the mechanisms of the enzymes involved has been
substantially improved.•Successful shaping of the enzymes for the industrial process has …

The unstable and uncertain availability of petroleum sources as well as rising cost of fuels
have shifted global efforts to utilize renewable resources for the production of greener …

A high throughput enzyme assay platform, called GENPLAT, was used to guide the
development of an optimized mixture of individual purified enzymes from ten “accessory” …

Enzymatic hydrolysis is the key step limiting the efficiency of the biorefinery of lignocellulosic
biomass. Enzymes involved in enzymatic hydrolysis and their interactions with biomass …

A bacterial enzyme efficiently breaks down cellulose and hemicellulose without the
cooperation of other enzymes. An emerging trend in the versatile development of biomass …

The contemporary relevance of biofuels as an attractive replacement for liquid fossil fuels
has rekindled global interest in the conversion of cellulosic biomass–the most abundant …

Biological conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals offers the high yields to
products vital to economic success and the potential for very low costs. Enzymatic hydrolysis …

Lignocellulose is a complex substrate which requires a variety of enzymes, acting in
synergy, for its complete hydrolysis. These synergistic interactions between different …