Figure 1.

Glucan conversion from hydrolysis of wood pulp with endoglucanases. Wood pulp was subjected to enzyme hydrolysis at various loadings of endoglucanases with (Endo-CBD+) or without (Endo-CBD−) a cellulose-binding domain. Since endoglucanases generate long/short chain sugars rather than monosaccharides (i.e., glucose), quantification of the sugars released from wood pulp into the supernatant through endoglucanase action was achieved through a secondary enzymatic hydrolysis that enabled complete hydrolysis of sugars to glucose monomers. Columns labelled with different letters indicate means that are statistically different at a 95% confidence level.