Can we produce an amylase equivalent for cellulose?

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dgnuff Send message Joined: 1 Nov 05 Posts: 350 Credit: 24,773,605 RAC: 0	Message 54883 - Posted: 3 Aug 2008, 20:20:05 UTC A search for "cellulose" produced nothing, so ... Ruminant animals have bacteria in the first two stomachs that are capable of breaking down cellulose into sugars. I can't help but wonder whether Rosetta is capable of designing a custom enzyme that could do the same thing in vitreo. The uses of such an enzyme as a precursor to fermentation for fuel alcohol would seem to me to be an interesting and possibly worthwhile research project ... ID: 54883 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

dcdc Send message Joined: 3 Nov 05 Posts: 1831 Credit: 119,572,252 RAC: 8,936	Message 54924 - Posted: 5 Aug 2008, 15:21:20 UTC - in response to Message 54883. A search for "cellulose" produced nothing, so ... Ruminant animals have bacteria in the first two stomachs that are capable of breaking down cellulose into sugars. I can't help but wonder whether Rosetta is capable of designing a custom enzyme that could do the same thing in vitreo. The uses of such an enzyme as a precursor to fermentation for fuel alcohol would seem to me to be an interesting and possibly worthwhile research project ... certainly would. It'd probably have loads of uses... ID: 54924 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote