Transgenic ferritin overproduction enhances thermochemical pretreatments in Arabidopsis

• Published in: Biomass & bioenergy Vol. 72; no. C; pp. 55 - 64
• Main Authors: Wei, Hui, Yang, Haibing, Ciesielski, Peter N., Donohoe, Bryon S., McCann, Maureen C., Murphy, Angus S., Peer, Wendy A., Ding, Shi-You, Himmel, Michael E., Tucker, Melvin P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2015; Elsevier
• Subjects: Arabidopsis; biomass; Biomass saccharification; Dilute acid pretreatment; Ferritin; genetic vectors; glucose; ions; iron; Iron accumulation; promoter regions; Prussian blue staining; saccharification; soaking; soybeans; staining; Transgenic Arabidopsis; transgenic plants; xylose; Iron accumulation; Prussian blue staining; Biomass saccharification; Dilute acid pretreatment; Ferritin; Transgenic Arabidopsis

Reducing the severity of thermochemical pretreatment by incorporating iron ions as co-catalysts has been shown to enhance the sugar yield from dilute acid pretreatments and enzymatic saccharification. However, current approach of soaking iron containing acid solutions onto milled biomass prior to pr...