Enzymatic Digestion of Polysaccharides Part II: Optimization of Polymer Digestion and Glucose Production in Microplates

Hydrolysis of carbohydrate polymers such as cellulose, xylan and starch is used to produce fermentable sugars for bio-ethanol production. The exogenous digestion of these polymers on an industrial scale can be cost prohibitive without optimization of the enzyme reaction conditions. This application note describes the optimization of some of the reaction conditions.