23rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering

Kinetics of the Enzymatic Cellulose Hydrolysis by the Endoglucanase from the Extremophile S. solfataricus

Benjamin Bonhage^a, Bianca Seiferheld^a and Antje C. Spiess^{a, b},    ^aAVT – Enzyme Process Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany, ^bInteractive Materials Research, DWI at RWTH Aachen e.V., Forckenbeckstr. 50, 52074 Aachen

Abstract

The hydrolysis of cellulose is a necessary step to provide sugars from biomass, e.g. for fermentation. A promising approach is to hydrolyse cellulose enzymatically. Naturally, cellulolytic enzymes appear in mixtures of at least four different enzyme activities. Until now, research has focused on these enzyme mixtures. But, to accurately describe cellulose hydrolysis, it is essential ...