Douglas A. A. Paixão

TL;DR: This study investigated which enzymes were complementary to the enzyme set of Trichoderma harzianum in the degradation of sugarcane bagasse to find the enzymes pectinase and α-L-arabinofuranosidase, which increased the efficiency of hydrolysis by up to 116%.

TL;DR: The enrichment protocol described in the present study was successful for a microbial consortium establishment towards the lignin and aromatic metabolism, providing pathways and enzyme sets for synthetic biology engineering approaches.

TL;DR: A novel cellulase with unusual catalytic properties from sugarcane soil metagenome isolated and characterized, which encodes a unique glycoside hydrolase domain belonging to GH5 family and could be potentially employed in biotechnological processes that require thermotolerant and alkaline cellulases.

TL;DR: Results of respirometric analysis showed good agreement with enzyme production, suggesting that these data could be very useful for optimization and scale-up studies.

TL;DR: The study herein introduces a novel feruloyl esterase from Aspergillus clavatus (AcFAE) with the ability to specifically cleave ester linkages in hemicellulose, useful in several biotechnological applications, including improved accessibility to lignocellulosic enzymes for biofuel production.