Microbial cellulase history
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/printable_versions/technology_background.html
This webpage provides a succinct but interesting overview on the development of research pertaining to microbial cellulases
Genetics of Trichoderma cellulases
http://lib.bioinfo.pl/meid:32681
Trichoderma is a fungal genus that prepresents one of the most important commercial cellulose producers historically. This webpage provides summaries of journal articles relevant to Trichoderma genetics.
The cellulose and cellulosome page
http://www.wzw.tum.de/mbiotec/cellpage.htm
This website is an excellent resource for those interested in cellulolytic bacteria and their enzymes. Linked pages provide tables of bacteria, photographs and a pictorial model of the cellulosome.
The cellulosome concept
http://www.weizmann.ac.il/Biological_Chemistry/scientist/Bayer/BayerCellulo.html
This webpage provides a comprehensive historical view of the concept behind the cellulosome.
Cellulose synonyms
http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/chemicals/cn/Cellulose,%A0carboxymethyl%A0ether,%A0sodium%A0salt.html
This chemical database webpage provides dozens of synonyms for cellulose. This is of interest to people doing experimental work with cellulose degradation because the type of cellulosic material used is very important in the outcome of those studies.
Pfam: cellulase
http://pfam.sanger.ac.uk/family?acc=PF00150
This protein family page describes structures and sequences for the cellulase group of enzymes known as glycoside hydrolase family 5. This family consists of enzymes with several different activities including: ß-mannase; exo-1,3-glucanase; endo-1,6-gluconase; xylanase; and endoglycoceramidase.
Pfam: Cohesin
http://pfam.sanger.ac.uk/family?acc=PF00963
The cohesin family proteins, for which an X-ray structure is now available, forms a part of the cellulosome involved in adherence to cellulose.
Pfam: Dockerin
http://pfam.sanger.ac.uk/family?id=Dockerin_1
The dockerin proteins form a binding partner with the cohesin domain in the cellulosome. This Pfam page contains information on all of the known members of this protein family.
Cellulosic ethanol: Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulosic_ethanol
This webpage provides an excellent overview on the structure of cellulose, microbial and enzymatic cellulose hydrolysis, and the transformation of cellulosic carbon into ethanol.
Bacterial production of cellulose
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6329192-claims.html
Bacteria not only degrade cellulose, but they can produce it. This patent describes an Acinetobacter strain that makes a cellulosic product.
Bacterial production of chitin-cellulose co-polymers
http://www.masstechportal.org/IP958.aspx
This University webpage provides a summary of a discovery useful to make chitin-cellulose co-polymers using microbes.
Ethanol from cellulose
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-017.html
This page provides a very useful overview of cellulose conversion to ethanol.
Bioprocessing of cellulosic biomass
http://www.agwest.sk.ca/bioproducts/documents/CurrentOpinioninBiotechnology_2.pdf
Many consider that the most efficient process for converting cellulosic material to ethanol will consist of a “one-pot” process for the bioconversion of cellulose to sugars and then to ethanol. This web article describes such a process.
Cellulase
http://www.fao.org/docrep/w7241e/w7241e08.htm#TopOfPage
This webpage provides a good overview of cellulase enzymes.
Cellulase enzyme research
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/cellulase_enzyme.html
This webpage describes research designed to improve the properties of cellulase enzymes for more efficient use in bioprocessing.
Cellulase and related enzymes
http://www.enzymeindia.com/enzymes/cellulase.asp
This commercial webpage contains useful information on cellulases and related enzymes that act on carbohydrate polymers and oligomers.
Cellulase: Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulase
This page provides a good general summary of cellulase enzymes; structure and properties.
Cellulase assays
http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/osmoweb/cellulase.htm
There are numerous convenient assays for measuring cellulolytic enzyme activity. This page briefly describes several such asssays.
Bacterial cellulase X-ray structure
http://www.pdb.org/pdb/cgi/explore.cgi?pdbId=1TVN
The page from the Protein DataBank details the structure of a bacterial cellulase
Industrial uses of thermophilic cellulase
http://www.udel.edu/chem/bahnson/chem645/websites/Heaton/
This class webpage describes thermophilic cellulases and some of their commercial uses.