title: Mechanism of rate enhancement of wood fiber saccharification by cationic polyelectrolytes.
abstract: Cationic polyelectrolytes can increase the cellulase-induced hydrolysis rates of bleached wood fiber. We show that the polymer associates mainly with the amorphous region of fiber and acts principally on endoglucanase. Fiber/water partitioning of the enzyme follows a Langmuir isotherm for the untreated fiber but a Freundlich isotherm is obeyed for the polymer-treated fiber.
authors: Institute of Paper Science and Technology, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 500 Tenth St NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0620, USA.
authors: Sandeep
authors: S
authors: Mora
authors: Jian
authors: J
authors: Lu
authors: Sujit
authors: S
authors: Banerjee