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Title: Strategies for the production of cell wall‐deconstructing enzymes in lignocellulosic biomass and their utilization for biofuel production

Abstract

Summary Microbial cell wall‐deconstructing enzymes are widely used in the food, wine, pulp and paper, textile, and detergent industries and will be heavily utilized by cellulosic biorefineries in the production of fuels and chemicals. Due to their ability to use freely available solar energy, genetically engineered bioenergy crops provide an attractive alternative to microbial bioreactors for the production of cell wall‐deconstructing enzymes. This review article summarizes the efforts made within the last decade on the production of cell wall‐deconstructing enzymes in planta for use in the deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass. A number of strategies have been employed to increase enzyme yields and limit negative impacts on plant growth and development including targeting heterologous enzymes into specific subcellular compartments using signal peptides, using tissue‐specific or inducible promoters to limit the expression of enzymes to certain portions of the plant or certain times, and fusion of amplification sequences upstream of the coding region to enhance expression. We also summarize methods that have been used to access and maintain activity of plant‐generated enzymes when used in conjunction with thermochemical pretreatments for the production of lignocellulosic biofuels.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [1]
  1. Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Michigan State University East Lansing MI USA
  2. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Michigan State University Lansing MI USA, Department of Chemical Engineering Michigan Technological University Houghton MI USA
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1227588
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1227591; OSTI ID: 1363935
Grant/Contract Number:  
FC02-07ER64494
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Published Article
Journal Name:
Plant Biotechnology Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Plant Biotechnology Journal Journal Volume: 14 Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1467-7644
Publisher:
Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; cell wall-deconstructing enzymes; lignocellulosic biomass; biofuels; promoter; plant subcellular compartments; signal peptides

Citation Formats

Park, Sang‐Hyuck, Ong, Rebecca Garlock, and Sticklen, Mariam. Strategies for the production of cell wall‐deconstructing enzymes in lignocellulosic biomass and their utilization for biofuel production. United Kingdom: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1111/pbi.12505.
Park, Sang‐Hyuck, Ong, Rebecca Garlock, & Sticklen, Mariam. Strategies for the production of cell wall‐deconstructing enzymes in lignocellulosic biomass and their utilization for biofuel production. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12505
Park, Sang‐Hyuck, Ong, Rebecca Garlock, and Sticklen, Mariam. 2015. "Strategies for the production of cell wall‐deconstructing enzymes in lignocellulosic biomass and their utilization for biofuel production". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12505.
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author = {Park, Sang‐Hyuck and Ong, Rebecca Garlock and Sticklen, Mariam},
abstractNote = {Summary Microbial cell wall‐deconstructing enzymes are widely used in the food, wine, pulp and paper, textile, and detergent industries and will be heavily utilized by cellulosic biorefineries in the production of fuels and chemicals. Due to their ability to use freely available solar energy, genetically engineered bioenergy crops provide an attractive alternative to microbial bioreactors for the production of cell wall‐deconstructing enzymes. This review article summarizes the efforts made within the last decade on the production of cell wall‐deconstructing enzymes in planta for use in the deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass. A number of strategies have been employed to increase enzyme yields and limit negative impacts on plant growth and development including targeting heterologous enzymes into specific subcellular compartments using signal peptides, using tissue‐specific or inducible promoters to limit the expression of enzymes to certain portions of the plant or certain times, and fusion of amplification sequences upstream of the coding region to enhance expression. We also summarize methods that have been used to access and maintain activity of plant‐generated enzymes when used in conjunction with thermochemical pretreatments for the production of lignocellulosic biofuels.},
doi = {10.1111/pbi.12505},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1227588}, journal = {Plant Biotechnology Journal},
issn = {1467-7644},
number = 6,
volume = 14,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Wed Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Wed Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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