Neil R. Gilkes

TL;DR: The beta-1, 4-glycanases appear to have arisen by the shuffling of a relatively small number of progenitor sequences, and some of the enzymes contain repeated sequences up to 150 amino acids in length.

TL;DR: The chapter focuses on the recent advances in understanding the structural and functional organization of individual cellulases, their regulation, and the ways in which the multiple enzyme components of cellulolytic systems cooperate.

TL;DR: This study examines the inhibition of seven cellulase preparations, three xylanase preparations and a beta-glucosidase preparation by two purified, particulate lignin preparations derived from softwood using an organosolv pretreatment process followed by enzymatic hydrolysis.

TL;DR: Regression models were developed to enable the quantitative prediction of lignin characteristics and antioxidant activity based on the processing conditions and indicated that the lignins with more phenolic hydroxyl groups, less aliphatic hydroxym groups, low molecular weight, and narrow polydispersity showed high antioxidant activity.

TL;DR: In this paper, the Lignol process was used to extract residual lignin from mixed softwood pulp and then used for bio-convincing the cellulose to glucose and subsequent fermentation to ethanol.