Cellobiohydrolase 1 from Trichoderma reesei (TrCel7A) processively hydrolyses cellulose into cellobiose. Although enzymatic techniques have been established as promising tools in biofuel production, a clear understanding of the motor's mechanistic action has yet to be revealed. Here, we develop an optical tweezers-based single-molecule (SM) motility assay for precision tracking of TrCel7A. Dire...

Background The international energetic system strongly depends on fossil fuels, which causes negative effects in the environment, such as the global warming. Biofuels appear as an environmental and economic alternative for the energetic industry because of their potential source of renewable energy. Several studies are based on sugarcane culture and its derivatives, as bagasse, the sugarcane re...

The thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus P2 encodes three hypothetic endo-beta-glucanases, SSO1354, SSO1949 and SSO2534. We cloned and expressed the gene sso1949 encoding the 334 amino acids containing protein SSO1949, which can be classified as a member of glycoside hydrolase family 12. The purified recombinant enzyme hydrolyses carboxymethylcellulose as well as cello-oligomers, ...

Abstract Background Identifying lignocellulose recalcitrant factors and exploring their genetic properties are essential for enhanced biomass enzymatic saccharification in bioenergy crops. Despite modification of major wall polymers has been implemented reduced recalcitrance engineered crops, it could most cause a penalty plant growth yield. Alternatively, is increasingly considered to improve ...

Intramolecular general base catalysis by the imidazolyl group was found in the hydrolyses of endo-5-[4;(5')-imidazolyl]-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-endo-2-yl trans-cinnamate and endo-5-[4'(5')-imidazolyl]bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-endo-2-yl trans-cinnamate in which the imidazolyl and trans-cinnamoyl groups are bound in close proximity to each other by rigid bicyclic rings. The rate constants for the intramolecul...