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In muro deacetylation of xylan affects lignin properties and improves saccharification of aspen wood

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Title
In muro deacetylation of xylan affects lignin properties and improves saccharification of aspen wood
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Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, April 2017
DOI 10.1186/s13068-017-0782-4
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Prashant Mohan-Anupama Pawar, Marta Derba-Maceluch, Sun-Li Chong, Madhavi Latha Gandla, Shamrat Shafiul Bashar, Tobias Sparrman, Patrik Ahvenainen, Mattias Hedenström, Merve Özparpucu, Markus Rüggeberg, Ritva Serimaa, Martin Lawoko, Maija Tenkanen, Leif J. Jönsson, Ewa J. Mellerowicz

Abstract

Lignocellulose from fast growing hardwood species is a preferred source of polysaccharides for advanced biofuels and "green" chemicals. However, the extensive acetylation of hardwood xylan hinders lignocellulose saccharification by obstructing enzymatic xylan hydrolysis and causing inhibitory acetic acid concentrations during microbial sugar fermentation. To optimize lignocellulose for cost-effective saccharification and biofuel production, an acetyl xylan esterase AnAXE1 from Aspergillus niger was introduced into aspen and targeted to cell walls. AnAXE1-expressing plants exhibited reduced xylan acetylation and grew normally. Without pretreatment, their lignocellulose yielded over 25% more glucose per unit mass of wood (dry weight) than wild-type plants. Glucose yields were less improved (+7%) after acid pretreatment, which hydrolyses xylan. The results indicate that AnAXE1 expression also reduced the molecular weight of xylan, and xylan-lignin complexes and/or lignin co-extracted with xylan, increased cellulose crystallinity, altered the lignin composition, reducing its syringyl to guaiacyl ratio, and increased lignin solubility in dioxane and hot water. Lignin-associated carbohydrates became enriched in xylose residues, indicating a higher content of xylo-oligosaccharides. This work revealed several changes in plant cell walls caused by deacetylation of xylan. We propose that deacetylated xylan is partially hydrolyzed in the cell walls, liberating xylo-oligosaccharides and their associated lignin oligomers from the cell wall network. Deacetylating xylan thus not only increases its susceptibility to hydrolytic enzymes during saccharification but also changes the cell wall architecture, increasing the extractability of lignin and xylan and facilitating saccharification.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 10 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 7%
Professor 3 5%
Researcher 3 5%
Other 12 22%
Unknown 16 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 20%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 16%
Chemistry 4 7%
Chemical Engineering 3 5%
Physics and Astronomy 2 4%
Other 4 7%
Unknown 22 40%
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