5.5 Summary and Final Tasks
Summary
In Lesson 5.1, we went over the requirements for the final project. In a future lesson, you will be expected to choose your biomass and outline your project.
Lesson 5.2 provided an overview of lignocellulosic biomass structure in greater depth than the previous lesson did. The greater depth is needed in order to understand how the enzymes work. You are expected to understand what lignocellulosic biomass is and how the components can break apart (i.e., what the fragments are chemically).
Lesson 5.3 discussed the basic composition of enzymes, how cellulosic enzymes (cellulases) work, and how hemicellulosic and lignitic enzymes work. The homework provided a background of what you need to know for enzymes.
References
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David Hodge, Wei Liao, Scott Pryor, Yebo Li, Enzymatic Conversion of Lignocellulosic Materials: BEEMS Module B2, sponsored by USDA Higher Education Challenger Program 2009-38411-19761.
Lee Lynd, P.J. Weimer, W.H. van Zyl, I.S. Pretorius, “Microbial cellulose utilization: Fundamentals and biotechnology,” Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 66 (3), 506-577, 2002.
Gideon Davies and Bernard Henrissat, “Structures and mechanisms of glycosyl hydrolases,” Structure, 3, 853-859, 1995.
Alber, O., Dassa, B., and Bayer, E., “Cellulosome” within the CAZpedia website, 2010, accessed June 5, 2014.
Summa, A., Gibbs, M.D., and Bergquist, P.L., “Identification of novel β-mannan- and β-glucan-binding modules: evidence for a superfamily of carbohydrate-binding modules,” Biochem, J., 356, 791-798, 2001.
U.S. DOE, Breaking the Biological Barriers to Cellulosic Ethanol: A Joint Research Agenda. DOE/SC-0095, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 2006.
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