Esterase plays a major role in the degradation of natural materials and industrial pollutants,
viz., cereal wastes, plastics, and other toxic chemicals. It is useful in the synthesis of optically …

Ferulic acid and its hydroxycinnamate derivatives represent one of the most abundant forms
of low molecular weight phenolic compounds in plant biomass. Feruloyl esterases are part …

Feruloyl esterases (FAEs) act synergistically with xylanases to hydrolyze ester-linked ferulic
(FA) and diferulic (diFA) acid from cell wall material and therefore play a major role in the …

Feruloyl esterases represent a diverse group of hydrolases catalyzing the cleavage and
formation of ester bonds between plant cell wall polysaccharide and phenolic acid. They are …

Agro-industrial by-products are a potential source of added-value phenolic acids with
promising applications in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Here two purified feruloyl …

The filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger is well known for its high protein secretion capacity
and a preferred host for homologous and heterologous protein production. To improve the …

With increasing focus on sustainable energy, bio-refining from lignocellulosic biomass has
become a thrust area of research. With most of the works being focused on biofuels …

The natural lifestyle of Aspergillus niger made them more effective secretors of hydrolytic
proteins and becomes critical when this species were exploited as hosts for the commercial …

Feruloyl esterases hydrolyze the ester linkages of ferulic and diferulic acids present in plant
cell walls. This interesting group of enzymes also has a potentially broad range of …

A feruloyl esterase (FAE) from Aspergillus niger N402, FaeC was heterologously produced
in Pichia pastoris X-33 in a yield of 10 mg/L. FaeC was most active at pH 7.0 and 50° C, and …