Enzyme mediated nanofibrillation of cellulose by the synergistic actions of an endoglucanase, lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) and xylanase

Physiochemical methods have generally been used to "open-up" biomass substrates/pulps and have been the main method used to fibrillate cellulose. However, recent work has shown that canonical cellulase enzymes such as endoglucanases, in combination with "amorphogenesis inducing" proteins such as lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMO), swollenin and hemicellulases, are able to increase cellulose accessibility. In the work reported here...