Abstract:
:Non-enzymatic degradation of wood via a chelator-mediated Fenton (CMF) system is the primary method for initial attack in brown rot fungal decomposition of wood, the most common type of fungal degradation of terrestrial carbon biomass on the planet. In this study, the degradation of thin films of cellulose and chitin by a CMF system was investigated and compared to enzymatic hydrolysis. The kinetics of the rapid cellulose and chitin deconstruction and the morphologies of the degraded cellulose and chitin surfaces were studied by quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), respectively. The QCM-D results quantitatively indicated that ~90 wt% of the regenerated cellulose or chitin was capable of being deconstructed by CMF action alone. While enzymatic degradation was consistent with stripping of layers from the surface of the cellulose or chitin films, the CMF process exhibited a pronounced two stage process with a rapid initial depolymerization throughout the films. The initial degradation rates for both model surfaces by the CMF system were faster than enzyme action. This research suggests that the CMF process should be applicable for the deconstruction of a wide variety of polysaccharides over Fenton chemistry alone.
journal_name
Int J Biol Macromoljournal_title
International journal of biological macromoleculesauthors
Liu J,Zhu Y,Wang C,Goodell B,Esker ARdoi
10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.02.262subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-06-15 00:00:00pages
433-440eissn
0141-8130issn
1879-0003pii
S0141-8130(19)40231-6journal_volume
153pub_type
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