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Review
. 2022 Jun 12;27(12):3783.
doi: 10.3390/molecules27123783.

Cellulolytic and Xylanolytic Enzymes from Yeasts: Properties and Industrial Applications

Muhammad Sohail  1 , Noora Barzkar  2 , Philippe Michaud  3 , Saeid Tamadoni Jahromi  4 , Olga Babich  5 , Stanislav Sukhikh  5 , Rakesh Das  6 , Reza Nahavandi  7
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Cellulolytic and Xylanolytic Enzymes from Yeasts: Properties and Industrial Applications

Muhammad Sohail et al. Molecules. .

Abstract

Lignocellulose, the main component of plant cell walls, comprises polyaromatic lignin and fermentable materials, cellulose and hemicellulose. It is a plentiful and renewable feedstock for chemicals and energy. It can serve as a raw material for the production of various value-added products, including cellulase and xylanase. Cellulase is essentially required in lignocellulose-based biorefineries and is applied in many commercial processes. Likewise, xylanases are industrially important enzymes applied in papermaking and in the manufacture of prebiotics and pharmaceuticals. Owing to the widespread application of these enzymes, many prokaryotes and eukaryotes have been exploited to produce cellulase and xylanases in good yields, yet yeasts have rarely been explored for their plant-cell-wall-degrading activities. This review is focused on summarizing reports about cellulolytic and xylanolytic yeasts, their properties, and their biotechnological applications.

Keywords: applications; cellulases; cellulose; xylan; xylanases; yeast.

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The authors declare that there are no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this paper.

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Scheme for producing biofuels from CCPRM using cellulolytic and xylanolytic yeasts.
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Industries using xylan.
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Chemical structure of xylan.
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