Synergetic effect of fungal pretreatment and lignin modification on delignification and saccharification: a case study of a natural lignin mutant in mulberry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fungal pretreatment for partial separation of lignocellulosic components may reduce lignocellulose recalcitrance during the production of biofuels and biochemicals. Quantitative and qualitative modification of plant lignin through genetic engineering or traditional breeding may also reduce the recalcitrance. This study was conducted to examine the effects of combining these two approaches using three white rot fungi and mulberry wood with an altered lignin structure.

Results

Mulberry wood prepared from homozygotes or heterozygotes with a loss-of-function in the cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene (CAD) was pretreated with three fungal species. Both heterozygous (CAD/cad) and homozygous (cad/cad, null mutant) mulberry plants were derived from the same parents via b

SUBMITTER: Madigal JPT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11776243 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature