Journal
APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 187, Issue 2, Pages 461-473Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-018-2834-z
Keywords
Additives; Sugarcane bagasse; Adsorption; Lignin; Lignocellulosic biomass; Enzymatic hydrolysis
Funding
- Embrapa from Brazil
- CNPq from Brazil [401182/2014-2]
- CAPES from Brazil
- FAPESP from Brazil [2014/19000-3, 2016/10636-8, 2017/13931-3]
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A potential strategy to mitigate problems related to unproductive adsorption of enzymes onto lignin during the saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass is the addition of lignin-blocking agents to the hydrolysis reaction medium. However, there is a clear need to find more cost-effective additives for use in large-scale processes. Here, selected alternative low-cost additives were evaluated in the saccharification of steam-exploded sugarcane bagasse using a commercial enzymatic cocktail. The addition of soybean protein, tryptone, peptone, and maize zein had positive effects on glucose release during the hydrolysis, with gains of up to 36% when 8% (w/w) soybean protein was used. These improvements were superior to those obtained using bovine serum albumin (BSA), a much more expensive protein that has been widely reported for such an application. Moreover, addition of soybean protein led to a saving of 48h in the hydrolysis, corresponding to a 66% decrease in the reactor operation time required. In order to achieve the same hydrolysis yield without the soybean additive, the enzyme loading would need to be increased by 50%. FTIR spectroscopy and nitrogen elemental analysis revealed that the additives probably acted to reduce unproductive binding of cellulolytic enzymes onto the lignin portion of the sugarcane bagasse.
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