naa a22 4500 528784358 20180924065517.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180924e20140918xx s 000 0 eng 10.3929/ethz-b-000089572 doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0108313 doi (ETHRESEARCH)oai:www.research-collection.ethz.ch:20.500.11850/89572 The Mechanisms of Plant Cell Wall Deconstruction during Enzymatic Hydrolysis [Elektronische Daten] [Lisbeth G. Thygesen, Emil E. Thybring, Katja S. Johansen, Claus Felby] PLoS ONE Open access ethresearch Mechanical agitation during enzymatic hydrolysis of insoluble plant biomass at high dry matter contents is indispensable for the initial liquefaction step in biorefining. It is known that particle size reduction is an important part of liquefaction, but the mechanisms involved are poorly understood. Here we put forward a simple model based on mechanical principles capable of capturing the result of the interaction between mechanical forces and cell wall weakening via hydrolysis of glucosidic bonds. This study illustrates that basic material science insights are relevant also within biochemistry, particularly when it comes to up-scaling of processes based on insoluble feed stocks. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ethresearch Thygesen Lisbeth G. joint author Thybring Emil E. joint author Johansen Katja S. joint author Felby Claus joint author PLoS ONE S.l. : Public Library of Science 9 (9), p. e108313 1932-6203 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/89572 text/html WWW-Backlink auf das Repository (Open access) 1 Journal Article ethresearch ETHRESEARCH 856 40 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/89572 text/html WWW-Backlink auf das Repository (Open access) ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Thygesen Lisbeth G. joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Thybring Emil E. joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Johansen Katja S. joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Felby Claus joint author ETHRESEARCH 773 0- PLoS ONE S.l. : Public Library of Science 9 (9), p. e108313 1932-6203 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 ETHRESEARCH ETHRESEARCH ETHRESEARCH Journal Article Open access