Increase in cellulose accumulation and improvement of saccharification by overexpression of arabinofuranosidase in rice.

Cellulosic biomass is available for the production of biofuel, with saccharification of the cell wall being a key process. We investigated whether alteration of arabinoxylan, a major hemicellulose in monocots, causes an increase in saccharification efficiency. Arabinoxylans have β-1,4-D-xylopyranosy...

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Main Authors: Minako Sumiyoshi, Atsuko Nakamura, Hidemitsu Nakamura, Makoto Hakata, Hiroaki Ichikawa, Hirohiko Hirochika, Tadashi Ishii, Shinobu Satoh, Hiroaki Iwai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3817243?pdf=render