cellulases

Also known as cellulase

400px|thumb|right|Ribbon representation of the Streptomyces lividans β-1,4-endoglucanase catalytic domain - an example from the family 12 glycoside hydrolases

Key facts

Enzyme.Name: Cellulase
Enzyme.EC_number: 3.2.1.4
Enzyme.CAS_number: 9012-54-8
Enzyme.GO_code: 0008810
Enzyme.image: cellulase 1JS4.png
Enzyme.width: 260px
Enzyme.caption: A cellulase enzyme produced by Thermomonospora fusca, with cellotriose bound in the shallow groove of the catalytic domain

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Research

21,612 papers

Engineering cellulases for conversion of lignocellulosic biomass.Protein engineering, design & selection : PEDS · 2023
Fungal cellulases: protein engineering and post-translational modifications.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2022
Fungal cellulases.Biochemical Society transactions · 1992
Multifunctional cellulases are potent, versatile tools for a renewable bioeconomy.Current opinion in biotechnology · 2021
Marine Cellulases and their Biotechnological Significance from Industrial Perspectives.Current pharmaceutical design · 2022

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EC enzyme number: 3.2.1.4
Commons category: Cellulases

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Article

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Contents

Types and action
Structure
Cellulase complexes
Mechanism of cellulolysis
Uses
Paper and pulp
Pharmaceutical
Textiles
Agriculture
Measurement
Cellooligosaccharide substrates
Reduced cello-oligosaccharide substrates
Dyed polysaccharide substrates
Enzyme coupled reagents
See also
References
Further reading

400px|thumb|right|Ribbon representation of the Streptomyces lividans β-1,4-endoglucanase catalytic domain - an example from the family 12 glycoside hydrolases

Cellulase (; systematic name 4-β-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase) is any of several enzymes produced chiefly by fungi, bacteria, and protozoans that catalyze cellulolysis, the decomposition of cellulose and of some related polysaccharides: Endohydrolysis of (1→4)-β-D-glucosidic linkages in cellulose, lichenin and cereal β-D-glucan