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| CAS: | 9012-54-8 |
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Cellulase (English: cellulase) is a kind of enzyme that plays a biocatalytic role in decomposing cellulose. A protein that breaks down cellulose into oligosaccharides or monosaccharides.
Cellulases are widely found in natural organisms. Cellulase can be produced by bacteria, fungi and animals. Cellulases generally used for production come from fungi, typically Trichoderma, Aspergillus and Penicillium.
Cellulase-producing strains are easily degraded, resulting in reduced enzyme-producing capacity.
The production of bacterial cellulase is less, mainly endoglucanase, most of which have no degrading activity on crystalline cellulose, and the produced enzymes are mostly intracellular enzymes or adsorbed on the cell wall, not secreted into the culture medium , increasing the difficulty of extraction and purification, so less research on bacteria. However, cellulase produced by bacteria generally has an optimum pH of neutral to alkaline. In the past 20 years, with the successful application of neutral cellulase and alkaline cellulase in cotton fabric washing and finishing process and detergent industry, bacterial cellulase preparations have shown good application prospects.
Cellulases are widely used in the food and environmental industries. During alcoholic fermentation, the addition of cellulase can increase the utilization rate of raw materials and improve the wine quality.
There are many kinds of cellulase and a wide range of sources. The structures and functions of cellulases from different sources vary greatly. Due to the high yield and high activity of fungal cellulase, the cellulase used in animal husbandry and feed industry is mainly fungal cellulase.
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English name Cellulase CAS No. 9012-54-8 Molecular weight 504.437 Density 1.8±0.1 g/cm3 Boiling point 865.2±65.0 °C at 760 mmHg Molecular formula N/A Melting point N/A Flash point 477.0±34.3 °C |
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