|
Calendar
Last update: 22.12.2009
| Mo |
Tu |
We |
Th |
Fr |
Sa |
Su |
| |
01 |
02 |
03
|
04 |
05 |
06 |
|
07
|
08 |
09
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13 |
|
14 |
15
|
16 |
17
|
18
|
19 |
20 |
|
21
|
22
|
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
|
28 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
|
|
|
 | |
December 2009 | |  |
|
|
|
|
|
New enzyme could help to engineer plants optimized for biofuel production
Source : greencarcongress.com
Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have engineered a new enzyme and demonstrated its potential ability to interfere with the production of lignin, a key cell-wall component in plants. This approach to enzyme engineering, described in the 1 January 2010, issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry (available online December 25, 2009), could be used to further understand the mechanisms of lignin biosynthesis, and may lead to the production of plants that are easier to convert to biofuels. Plants with less lignin in their cell walls are easier to break down and to convert to fuel products. Lignin, a complex polymer, is normally synthesized in the cell wall from the oxidative coupling of three simple monolignols; the hydroxyl (OH) group of each of these must remain unmodified to allow these precursors to link up. Chang-Jun Liu and his postdoc Mohammad-Wadud Bhuiya created a novel enzyme that can methylate these specific hydroxyl groups, and may therefore lead to ways to interfere with lignin biosynthesis.
read more ...
22 December 2009 |
Research ::
Bioethanol ::
United States & Canada
The information in this section is subject to a disclaimer.
Articles from December 2009 (124 articles)
1 | 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
1
| 2 | 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
1
| 2
| 3 | 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
1
| 2
| 3
| 4 | 5
| 6
| 7
1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5 | 6
| 7
1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6 | 7
1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
Subscribe to our mailing-list
Subscribe to our mailing-list in order to be informed by e-mail about new articles from the News section or sign-up to the .
|
