New research in understanding the way bacteria contribute to breaking down biomass could lead to creating more cost-effective biofuel. Biomass generally refers to plants and trees used to make biofuel.<\/b><\/p>\n
Steven Smith and Zhongchao Jia (Biomedical and Molecular Sciences) and Edward Bayer (Weizmann Institute, Israel) co-authors of a recent study, are studying a multi-enzyme bacterial complex called cellulosome, that is highly efficient at degrading biomass. This breaking down of plant cell wall materials reduces plants and trees to sugars used for creating biofuel.<\/p>\n
The researchers are aiming to better understand the process and produce artificial types of complexes in the lab. These complexes will allow biofuel producers more control over the process.<\/p>\n
“The bacterial enzyme complex does a phenomenal job of breaking up plant cell walls,\u201d says Dr. Smith. “By learning what that complex looks like and how it is assembled, we can better achieve a better understanding as to why it is so efficient at degrading biomass.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Smith and his colleagues are using X-ray based techniques to generate high-resolution\/high definition shapes of the cellulosomal protein complex to understand where every atom in the complex is located in the bacteria.<\/p>\n
The research, funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, was published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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