Silencing of a BAHD acyltransferase in sugarcane increases biomass digestibility.
Wagner Rodrigo de SouzaThályta Fraga PachecoKaroline Estefani DuarteBruno Leite SampaioPatrícia Abrão de Oliveira MolinariPolyana Kelly MartinsThaís Ribeiro SantiagoEduardo Fernandes FormighieriFelipe VineckyAna Paula RibeiroBárbara Andrade Dias Brito da CunhaAdilson Kenji KobayashiRowan Andrew Craig MitchellDasciana de Sousa Rodrigues GambettaHugo Bruno Correa MolinariPublished in: Biotechnology for biofuels (2019)
The silencing of SacBAHD01 gene and subsequent decrease of cell-wall ferulate contents indicate a promising novel biotechnological approach for improving the suitability of sugarcane residues for cellulosic ethanol production. In addition, the Organosolv pretreatment of the genetically modified biomass and the optimal conditions for the enzymatic hydrolysis presented here might be incorporated in the sugarcane industry for bioethanol production.