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Title: Engineering the cell wall by reducing de-methyl-esterified homogalacturonan improves saccharification of plant tissues for bioconversion
Authors: Lionetti, Vincenzo
Francocci, Fedra
Ferrari, Simone
Volpi, Chiara
Bellincampi, Daniela
Galletti, Roberta
D'Ovidio, Renato
De Lorenzo, Giulia
Cervone, Felice
Keywords: Biofuel;Pectin;Plant cell wall;Pectin methyl esterase inhibitor;Polygalacturonase;Biocarburante;Pectina;Parete cellulare vegetale;Inibitore della pectin metil esterasi;Poligalatturonasi
Issue Date: 2010
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
Source: Lionetti, V. et al. 2010. Engineering the cell wall by reducing de-methyl-esterified homogalacturonan improves saccharification of plant tissues for bioconversion. "PNAS" 107(2): 616-621.
Abstract: 
Plant cell walls represent an abundant, renewable source of biofuels and other useful products. The major bottleneck for the industrial scale-up of their conversion to simple sugars (saccharification) is their recalcitrance to enzymatic hydrolysis. We demonstrated that the structure of pectin affects the exposure of cellulose to enzymes and consequently the process of saccharification.

Le pareti cellulari vegetali rappresentano una abbondante e rinnovabile sorgente di biocarburanti ed altri prodotti utili. Una delle maggiori difficoltà nell’utilizzo delle pareti cellulari a livello industriale è la loro conversione in zuccheri semplici (saccarificazione) in quanto sono estremamente resistenti all’idrolisi enzimatica. In questo lavoro dimostriamo che la struttura della pectina influenza l’esposizione della cellulosa all’azione enzimatica e conseguentemente il processo di saccarificazione.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2067/1356
ISSN: 0027-8424
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0907549107
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