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Improvement of fermentable sugar yields of mangium through transgenic overexpression of xyloglucanase

Journal of Wood Science volume 57, pages 545–548 (2011)Cite this article

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Recalcitrance to saccharifi cation is a major limiting factor of the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol. Levels of wood saccharification and subsequent ethanol production were higher in transgenic mangium (Acacia mangium) trees overexpressing xyloglucanase than in wild-type plants, even after delignification of the wood. We propose that a decrease in the quantity of xyloglucan that is intercalated into cellulose microfibrils could facilitate the process of saccharification.

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  1. Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan

    Tomomi Kaku & Kei’ichi Baba

  2. Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-8502, Japan

    Rumi Kaida & Takahisa Hayashi

  3. Research Centre for Biotechnology, LIPI, Cibinong, Indonesia

    Sri Hartati & Enny Sudarmonowati

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Kaku, T., Kaida, R., Baba, K. et al. Improvement of fermentable sugar yields of mangium through transgenic overexpression of xyloglucanase. J Wood Sci 57, 545–548 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-011-1180-3

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