Enzymatic Hydrolysis as a Source of Structural Information on Cellulose
- 1 June 1973
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Textile Research Journal
- Vol. 43 (6) , 351-356
- https://doi.org/10.1177/004051757304300607
Abstract
An apparatus and a procedure are descrihed to facilitate saturation of accessible surfaces of solid cellulose with cellulase and to facilitate removal of inhibiting byproducts from the sphere of reaction. Fibrous cotton cellulose (lattice I) was observed to undergo enzymatic hydrolysis (cluture filtrate from T. Viride, 50°C) in a rate curve similar to that resulting from mineral acid hydrolysis (2.5 N HCl, reflux) but with a time scale greater by a factor of 24. Other similarities be tween enzymatic and mineral acid hydrolyses of this fibrous cellulose are brought out.Keywords
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