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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2023, Vol. 59 ›› Issue (6): 141-148.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.LYKX20210766

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Effect of Lignin Structural Unit on Cellulase Adsorption

Chunyang Zou,Wenjuan Wu*   

  1. Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037
  • Received:2021-10-13 Online:2023-06-25 Published:2023-08-08
  • Contact: Wenjuan Wu

Abstract:

Objective: Using lignin with different structural units isolated from straw, reed and bamboo as the research material, the dynamic behavior between isolated lignin and enzyme adsorption was studied based on quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) in situ and in real-time. The results obtained could provide targeted regulation for the efficient utilization of lignocellulose. Method: The chemical composition of raw materials was determined according to the standard method, the structural units of isolated lignin were characterized by infrared, alkaline nitrobenzene oxidation and gel permeability chromatography. The surface morphology of lignin film was detected by using an atomic force microscope, and the adsorption behavior of cellulase on lignin film was studied by QCM-D. Result: The isolated lignin was GSH type with high purity, the sugar content was about 10%, and their molecular weight was close, about 5 000. The nitrobenzene oxidation results indicated that structural units of isolated lignins were different, uncondensed units yield of bamboo lignin was highest, 444.4 g·kg?1, and its S/G mole ratio was 1∶0.6. The lignin S/G ratio in reed was 1∶1.1, as well as rice straw. Bamboo lignin film showed the fastest adsorption rate of cellulase, and its adsorption amount was also the maximum via QCM-D analysis. The adsorption rate and maximum adsorption amount of cellulase in reed and straw lignin films were similar. After stopped the cellulase injection, the lignin film was rinsed with buffer solution while the cellulase attached to lignin was difficult to be eluted. All three lignin surfaces during cellulase adsorption had good viscoelasticity with little difference. Conclusion: Lignin present an obvious adsorption effect on cellulase, lignin with the same structural units, even from different sources, showed the same adsorption capacity of lignin to cellulase. Different structural units of lignin have different adsorption capacities for cellulase. Cellulase was hard to be removed because of its binding closely on the surface of lignin film. The lignin with higher S/G ratio showed more strong adsorption capacity to cellulase, which produced more ineffective adsorption in cellulase hydrolysis, and led to reduction of glucan conversion efficiency in enzymatic hydrolysis.

Key words: lignin, structural unit, enzyme adsorption, cellulose enzyme hydrolysis, QCM-D (quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation)

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