title: Review on technological and scientific aspects of feruloyl esterases: A versatile enzyme for biorefining of biomass.
abstract: With increasing focus on sustainable energy, bio-refining from lignocellulosic biomass has become a thrust area of research. With most of the works being focused on biofuels, significant efforts are also being directed towards other value added products. Feruloyl esterases (EC. 3.1.1.73) can be used as a tool for bio-refining of lignocellulosic material for the recovery and purification of ferulic acid and related hydroxycinnamic acids ubiquitously found in the plant cell wall. More and more genes coding for feruloyl esterases have been mined out from various sources to allow efficient enzymatic release of ferulic acid and allied hydroxycinnamic acids (HCAs) from plant-based biomass. A sum up on enzymatic extraction of HCAs and its recovery from less explored agro residual by-products is still a missing link and this review brushes up the achieved landmarks so far in this direction and also covers a detailed patent search on this biomass refining enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695019, Kerala, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Nishant
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gopalan
authors.affiliation: Metropolitan Autonomous University Campus Iztapalapa, Biotechnology Department, Mexico City, Iztapalapa Z.C. 09340, Mexico.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Duran
authors.affiliation: Metropolitan Autonomous University Campus Iztapalapa, Biotechnology Department, Mexico City, Iztapalapa Z.C. 09340, Mexico.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saucedo-Castaneda
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695019, Kerala, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR, New Delhi, India. Electronic address: madhavan85@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: K Madhavan
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Nampoothiri
mesh_terms: D018533:Biomass; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D003373:Coumaric Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D005285:Fermentation
chemical_list: D003373:Coumaric Acids; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C070196:feruloyl esterase
keywords: Agro residual biomass; Biorefinary; Enzymatic extraction; Ferulic acid; Feruloyl esterase