Kinetic studies of enzymatic hydrolysis of insoluble cellulose: (II). Analysis of extended hydrolysis times
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Biotechnology & Bioengineering
- Vol. 25 (4), 939-966
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.260250406
Abstract
The kinetics of enzymatic hydrolysis of pure insoluble cellulose by means of unpurified culture filtrate of Trichoderma reesei was studied, emphasizing the kinetic characteristics associated with the extended hydrolysis times. The changes in the hydrolysis rate and extent of soluble protein adsorption during the progress of reaction, either apparent or intrinsic, were investigated. The hydrolysis rate declined drastically during the initial hours of hydrolysis. The factors causing the reduction in the hydrolysis rate were examined; these include the transformation of cellulose into a less digestible form and product inhibition. The structural transformation can be partially explained by changes in the crystallinity index and surface area. The product inhibition was caused by the deactivation of the adsorbed soluble protein by the products, which essentially represents the so-called “un-competitive” inhibition. The kinetics of β-glucosidase were also studied. The result has shown that the action of β-glucosidase is competitively inhibited by glucose. It has been found that the integrated form of the initial rate expression cannot be used in predicting the progress of reaction because the digestibility of cellulose changes drastically as the hydrolysis proceeds, and that the rate expression for enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose cannot be simplified or approximated by resorting to the pseudo-steady-state assumption. A mechanistic kinetic model of cellulose hydrolysis should include the following major influencing factors: (1)mode of action of enzyme, (2) structure of cellulose, and (3) mode of interaction between the enzyme and cellulose molecules.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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