NANOCEL - development of enzyme mixtures for the preparation of nanocelluloses by a biohibrid process

• Grant number: 15/02862-5
• Support Opportunities: Program for Research on Bioenergy (BIOEN) - Young Investigators Grants
• Start date: December 01, 2015
• End date: January 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Biochemistry - Enzymology
• Principal Investigator: Valdeir Arantes
• Grantee: Valdeir Arantes
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de Lorena (EEL). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Lorena , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant(s): 21/07023-2 - Development of an enzyme-based platform technology for production and modulation of nanocellulose: validation for biomedical and food packaging applications, AP.JP2
• Associated scholarship(s): 20/04665-0 - Effect of enzymes characteristics on cellulose nanocrystals yield and properties, BP.IC; 21/11907-3 - Life cycle assessment of nanocellulose production from sugarcane bagasse, BP.IC; 15/00397-3 - Study on the action of endoglucanases in the production of nanocrystalline cellulose, BP.PD

Abstract

Nanocellulose is a new class of renewable nanomaterial that can lead to several benefits in areas such as biomedical, automotive, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and electronics. The traditional production processes involves severe chemical or mechanical treatment steps, which have several technical, economic and environmental limitations. The recent proposal to add or replace one of these steps by an enzymatic treatment is an innovative and promising alternative, but still with very limited efficiency since the enzyme preparations typically used are developed and optimized for use in other industrial sectors (i.e. food, textile, pulp and paper). Therefore, to increase the efficiency of the enzymatic treatment, auxiliary pre-treatment steps are necessary for production of cellulose nanofibrillated (CNF), and a high amount of enzyme is necessary in the production of cellulose nanocrystalline (CNC), which all results in high cost. In this project it is proposed to identify essential enzymes and proteins and their properties more suitable for application in the production of nanocelluloses and using these enzymes and proteins to develop and optimize specific enzymatic preparations with high efficiency to be used in the production of CNC and CNF in a sustainably and more technoeconomically feasible manner. The identification of these biochemical agents and their properties will be obtained through the elucidation of the mode of action and interaction of various biochemical systems (hydrolytic, oxidative, amorphogenesis-inducing) in the production of CNC and CNF. A novel adsorption-based enzymatic reaction system will be developed to enable the production of nanocellulose in a Biorefinery concept. The development of enzymatic preparations and adsorptive enzymatic reaction process will also allow assessing the techno-economic feasibility of integrating the production of nanocelluloses (as a high value co-product) with the cellulosic ethanol production process in a Biorefinery concept. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BERTO, GABRIELA L.; ARANTES, VALDEIR. Kinetic changes in cellulose properties during defibrillation into microfibrillated cellulose and cellulose nanofibrils by ultra-refining. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, v. 127, p. 637-648, APR 15 2019. (15/02862-5)

MAROTTI, BRAZ DE SOUZA; ARANTES, VALDEIR. ltra-refining for the production of long-term highly pH-stable lignin nanoparticles in high yield with high uniformit. GREEN CHEMISTRY, v. 24, n. 3, p. 1238-1258, FEB 7 2022. (15/02862-5)

SIQUEIRA, GERMANO A.; DIAS, ISABELLA K. R.; ARANTES, VALDEIR. Exploring the action of endoglucanases on bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp as potential catalyst for isolation of cellulose nanocrystals. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, v. 133, p. 1249-1259, JUL 15 2019. (15/02862-5, 15/00397-3)

PEREIRA, BARBARA; MARCONDES, WILIAN F.; CARVALHO, WALTER; ARANTES, VALDEIR. High yield biorefinery products from sugarcane bagasse: Prebiotic xylooligosaccharides, cellulosic ethanol, cellulose nanofibrils and lignin nanoparticles. Bioresource Technology, v. 342, DEC 2021. (15/02862-5)

ROSALES-CALDERON, OSCAR; PEREIRA, BARBARA; ARANTES, VALDEIR. Economic assessment of the conversion of bleached eucalyptus Kraft pulp into cellulose nanocrystals in a stand-alone facility via acid and enzymatic hydrolysis. BIOFUELS BIOPRODUCTS & BIOREFINING-BIOFPR, v. 15, n. 6, AUG 2021. (15/02862-5)

MARCONDES, WILIAN F.; MILAGRES, ADRIANE M. F.; ARANTES, VALDEIR. Co-production of xylo-oligosaccharides, xylose and cellulose nanofibrils from sugarcane bagasse. Journal of Biotechnology, v. 321, p. 35-47, SEP 10 2020. (15/02862-5)

PEREIRA, BARBARA; ARANTES, VALDEIR. Production of cellulose nanocrystals integrated into a biochemical sugar platform process via enzymatic hydrolysis at high solid loading. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, v. 152, SEP 15 2020. (15/02862-5)

BERTO, GABRIELA L.; MATTOS, BRUNO D.; ROJAS, ORLANDO J.; ARANTES, VALDEIR. Single-Step Fiber Pretreatment with Monocomponent Endoglucanase: Defibrillation Energy and Cellulose Nanofibril Quality. ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, v. 9, n. 5, p. 2260-2270, FEB 8 2021. (15/02862-5)

DIAS, ISABELLA K. R.; LACERDA, BRUNA K.; ARANTES, VALDEIR. High-yield production of rod-like and spherical nanocellulose by controlled enzymatic hydrolysis of mechanically pretreated cellulose. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, v. 242, p. 15-pg., 2023-06-07. (21/07023-2, 15/02862-5)

ARANTES, VALDEIR; DIAS, ISABELLA K. R.; BERTO, GABRIELA L.; PEREIRA, BARBARA; MAROTTI, BRAZ S.; NOGUEIRA, CARLAILE F. O.. The current status of the enzyme-mediated isolation and functionalization of nanocelluloses: production, properties, techno-economics, and opportunities. Cellulose, v. 27, n. 18, SI, JUL 2020. (15/02862-5)

COELHO DE CARVALHO BENINI, KELLY CRISTINA; CORNELIS VOORWALD, HERMAN JACOBUS; HILARIO CIOFFI, MARIA ODILA; REZENDE, MIRABEL CERQUEIRA; ARANTES, VALDEIR. Preparation of nanocellulose from Imperata brasiliensis grass using Taguchi method. Carbohydrate Polymers, v. 192, p. 337-346, JUL 15 2018. (15/02862-5, 11/14153-8)

DIAS, ISABELLA KAROLINE RIBEIRO; SIQUEIRA, GERMANO ANDRADE; ARANTES, VALDEIR. Xylanase increases the selectivity of the enzymatic hydrolysis with endoglucanase to produce cellulose nanocrystals with improved properties. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, v. 220, p. 12-pg., 2022-08-23. (15/00397-3, 15/02862-5)

ARANTES, VALDEIR; DIAS, ISABELLA K. R.; BERTO, GABRIELA L.; PEREIRA, BARBARA; MAROTTI, BRAZ S.; NOGUEIRA, CARLAILE F. O.. The current status of the enzyme-mediated isolation and functionalization of nanocelluloses: production, properties, techno-economics, and opportunities. Cellulose, v. 27, n. 18, p. 60-pg., 2020-07-19. (15/02862-5)

BERTO, GABRIELA L.; MATTOS, BRUNO D.; VELASCO, JOSMAN; ZHAO, BIN; SEGATO, FERNANDO; ROJAS, ORLANDO J.; ARANTES, VALDEIR. Endoglucanase effects on energy consumption in the mechanical fibrillation of cellulose fibers into nanocelluloses. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, v. 243, p. 9-pg., 2023-06-13. (15/02862-5, 19/22284-7, 21/07023-2, 21/06679-1)

Filed patent(s) as a result of this research project