Xylooligomers are strong inhibitors of cellulose hydrolysis by enzymes

It has been known that xylooligomers are  the inhibitors to enzymatic hydrolysis. An customized enzyme cocktails have to be developed and applied on specific biomass substrates. Here are two recently published papers reported their research results on this issue.

•  "Supplementation with xylanase and b-xylosidase to reduce xylo-oligomer and xylan inhibition of enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose and pretreated corn stover".
•  "Hemicellulases and auxiliary enzymes for improved conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to monosaccharides".