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Xylan engineering in vascular tissue for biomass valorization
Thatiane R Mota1, Igor Cesarino2, Dyoni M Oliveira1
1Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, 9052 Ghent, Belgium.
Abstract:
Lignocellulosic biomass offers an abundant and renewable feedstock for sustainable biofuel and biochemical production, but the hemicellulose xylan limits its efficient utilization. Ge et al. present an elegant biomass engineering approach in sweet sorghum by vascular tissue-specific expression of an endo-1,4-β-xylanase to enhance lignocellulosic saccharification to boost the bioeconomy.

