Interaction of hemicellulose with disordered regions along cellulose microfibril
Project/Area Number |
15K18723
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Wood science
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Research Institution | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Principal Investigator |
Horikawa Yoshiki 東京農工大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 特任准教授 (90637711)
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Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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Keywords | セルロース / ヘミセルロース / ミクロフィブリル / 重合度 / エンドグルカナーゼ / 赤外分光分析 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
For better biomass conversion, it is important to understand precise information about main components as well as interaction mechanism between these macromolecules. It has been accepted hemicelluloses interact with the surface of cellulose microfibril by hydrogen bonding. But strong alkaline treatment which is enough for cutting those linkages does not remove hemicellulose completely. We therefore verify other interaction of hemicellulose with cellulose microfibril by using endoglucanase which specifically hydrolyze amorphous region. Interestingly, cellulose DPs decreased with decrease of amounts of mannan and xylan, both of which are main components of softwood hemicellulose. The results obtained indicated hemicellulose partially interact with disordered regions existed along cellulose microfibril.
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