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Role of hydrolysis conditions in the enzyme-mediated release of reducing sugars from sulphite pulp

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The release of reducing sugars from sulphite pulp treated with an Aureobasidium pullulans xylanase preparation was studied. Hydrolysis conditions such as pH, buffer, temperature and time of enzyme treatment were optimized in terms of their effect on sulphite pulp for production of dissolving pulp with an improved quality. Enzyme hydrolysis of pulp was found to be most effective at a temperature of 55°C and at pH 4.7 using sodium acetate buffer.

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  1. Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry, University of the Orange Free State, PO Box 339, 9300, Bloemfontein, South Africa

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Christov, L.P., Prior, B.A. Role of hydrolysis conditions in the enzyme-mediated release of reducing sugars from sulphite pulp. Biotechnol Lett 17, 821–826 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00129011

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