Complete biotransformation of cellulose to starch in vitro
Jingting Wang1,2, Yunjie Li1,2, Mingyuan Lu3
1State Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
National Science Review
|January 15, 2026
Abstract:
A multi-enzyme molecular machine enables the complete conversion of cellulose into starch, potentially unlocking agricultural residues and grass as a new feed and food source for non-ruminant animals and humans.


