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Project

Designer cellulosomics for customized solutions towards sustainable bioethanol production

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01N02416

Duration

01 February 2016 → 31 January 2022

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Yves Briers

Research disciplines

Engineering and technology
- Biocatalysis and enzyme technology

Keywords

cellulases enzyme hemicellulases lignocellulose bioethanol cellulosome protein engineering

Project description

Bioethanol constitutes an important alternative for the petroleum-based industry. Instead of food crops (corn, sugar cane), the focus shifted to lignocellulosic biomass side streams as sustainable source for sugars for bioethanol production. This research proposal implements an in house developed enzyme engineering method to customize the enzymatic step in an efficient way for any lignocellulosic source.

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