Designing microbial cellulases using genetic engineering approach: A promising strategy towards zero-waste cellulosic biorefinery

K Agrawal, LG Nair, V Chaturvedi, P Verma - Biocatalysis and Agricultural …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cellulosic biorefinery is a promising route towards zero-waste environment and sustainable
future via the utilization of industrially significant protein ie,“cellulases”. Despite the …

Revisiting cellulase production and redefining current strategies based on major challenges

RC Kuhad, D Deswal, S Sharma… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass has been considered as an important and sustainable source of
renewable energy. Cellulose constitutes the major component of the lignocellulosic biomass …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in ameliorating beneficial characteristics of microbial cellulases by genetic engineering approaches for cellulose saccharification

A Dadwal, S Sharma, T Satyanarayana - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Lignocellulosic biomass is a renewable and sustainable energy source. Cellulases are the
enzymes that cleave β-1, 4-glycosidic linkages in cellulose to liberate sugars that can be …

[HTML][HTML] Current perspective on production and applications of microbial cellulases: a review

N Bhardwaj, B Kumar, K Agrawal, P Verma - Bioresources and …, 2021 - Springer
The potential of cellulolytic enzymes has been widely studied and explored for
bioconversion processes and plays a key role in various industrial applications. Cellulase, a …

Microbial cellulases: Engineering, production and applications

V Juturu, JC Wu - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Depolymerization of cellulose to glucose requires the synergistic action of three key
cellulases, endoglucanase (EC 3.2. 1.4), exoglucanase (EC 3.2. 1.176)(EC 3.2. 1.91) and β …

Microbial cellulases–An update towards its surface chemistry, genetic engineering and recovery for its biotechnological potential

M Paul, S Mohapatra, PKD Mohapatra, H Thatoi - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
The inherent resistance of lignocellulosic biomass makes it impervious for industrially
important enzymes such as cellulases to hydrolyze cellulose. Further, the competitive …

Microorganisms as an efficient tool for cellulase production: availability, diversity, and efficiency

VV Leo, N Ramesh, BP Singh - New and Future Developments in …, 2019 - Elsevier
The majority of the available industrial enzymes are derived from microorganisms because
they are capable of producing large amounts of extracellular enzymes by regulating their …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering robust cellulases for tailored lignocellulosic degradation cocktails

F Contreras, S Pramanik, A M. Rozhkova… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lignocellulosic biomass is a most promising feedstock in the production of second-
generation biofuels. Efficient degradation of lignocellulosic biomass requires a synergistic …

Synthetic biology strategy for microbial cellulases: an overview

N Srivastava, M Srivastava, PW Ramteke… - New and Future …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cellulase enzymes have a significant role in the biomass derived biofuels production
process. Enzyme cost is one of the major challenges currently faced by biofuels industries …

[HTML][HTML] Tailoring in fungi for next generation cellulase production with special reference to CRISPR/CAS system

S Mondal, SK Halder, KC Mondal - Systems Microbiology and …, 2022 - Springer
Cellulose is the utmost plenteous source of biopolymer in our earth, and fungi are the most
efficient and ubiquitous organism in degrading the cellulosic biomass by synthesizing …