Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Single-molecular insights into the breakpoint of cellulose nanofibers assembly during saccharification

  • Ran Zhang,
  • Zhen Hu,
  • Yanting Wang,
  • Huizhen Hu,
  • Fengcheng Li,
  • Mi Li,
  • Arthur Ragauskas,
  • Tao Xia,
  • Heyou Han,
  • Jingfeng Tang,
  • Haizhong Yu,
  • Bingqian Xu,
  • Liangcai Peng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36856-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Lignocellulose recalcitrance hampers its utilization for the production of biofuels and biosourced chemicals. Here, the authors reveal that the amorphous cellulose is the breakpoint of interact microfibrils and propose OsFC16/CESA9 as the engineering target to increase saccharification ability.