Endocellulase and Exocellulase

The essential stage in the production of cellulosic ethanol is breaking down the long polymer chains containing glucose molecules. The challenge in the case of cellulose is that these molecules are crystalline in structure, making it difficult to degrade. Talking about cellulosic ethanol, you always have to add the enzymes to digest the material down into single sugars. endocellulase and exocellulase were the solution. One cuts the middle of a cellulose microfibril and the other ‘chews’ it from the end, together producing sugars. Read

Labels: Cellulase, Endocellulase, Exocellulase

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