title: Increased enzymatic hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse from enzyme recycling.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Development of efficient methods for production of renewable fuels from lignocellulosic biomass is necessary to maximize yields and reduce operating costs. One of the main challenges to industrial application of the lignocellulosic conversion process is the high costs of cellulolytic enzymes. Recycling of enzymes may present a potential solution to alleviate this problem. In the present study enzymes associated with the insoluble fraction were recycled after enzymatic hydrolysis of pretreated sugarcane bagasse, utilizing different processing conditions, enzyme loadings, and solid loadings.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was found that the enzyme blend from Chrysoporthe cubensis and Penicillium pinophilum was efficient for enzymatic hydrolysis and that a significant portion of enzyme activity could be recovered upon recycling of the insoluble fraction. Enzyme productivity values (g glucose/mg enzyme protein) over all recycle periods were 2.4 and 3.7 for application of 15 and 30 FPU/g of glucan, representing an increase in excess of ten times that obtained in a batch process with the same enzyme blend and an even greater increase compared to commercial cellulase enzymes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Contrary to what may be expected, increasing lignin concentrations throughout the recycle period did not negatively influence hydrolysis efficiency, but conversion efficiencies continuously improved. Recycling of the entire insoluble solids fraction was sufficient for recycling of adhered enzymes together with biomass, indicative of an effective method to increase enzyme productivity.
authors: Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus Universitário, 36570-000 Viçosa, MG Brazil.
authors: Evan Michael
authors: EM
authors: Visser
authors: Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus Universitário, 36570-000 Viçosa, MG Brazil.
authors: Tiago Ferreira
authors: TF
authors: Leal
authors: Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus Universitário, 36570-000 Viçosa, MG Brazil.
authors: Maíra Nicolau
authors: MN
authors: de Almeida
authors: Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus Universitário, 36570-000 Viçosa, MG Brazil.
authors: Valéria Monteze
authors: VM
authors: Guimarães
keywords: Bioethanol; Cellulosic biofuels; Enzyme recycling; Glucose; Lignin
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