Monday, May 5, 2008
6-27

Improved Cellulase Performance on Pulp and Paper Substrates

Tom Huang, Ryan Warner, and Colin Mitchinson. Genencor, A Danisco Division, 925 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304

One of the important steps in developing the nascent Biorefinery industry is the co-optimisation of ligno-cellulosic substrates and the enzymes required for their conversion to simple sugars. Of the many potential substrates being worked on by process developers, by-products of wood processing are of particular interest as the infra-structure necessary for the biomass supply and even, in some cases, pre-treatment for Biorefinery use already exists in the wood processing industries. This work will present the results of our applications research to develop ligno-cellulolytic enzymes for such substrates. One major component has been our involvement in a French consortium of academic and industrial groups - including the Institut du Pin (Bordeaux), the Laboratory of Biotechnology & Bioprocessing (INSA, Toulouse) and Tembek - funded through ADEME1. We will present our enzyme performance results on a wide range of cellulosic fiber samples generated within this French Pulp & Paper project, focusing on the identification of important parameters affecting enzyme conversion.

 1 Research supported by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-05-BIOE-007) through L'Agence de l"Environnement et de la Maitrise de l'Energie (ADEME 0501C0099).


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