METAPROTEOGENOMIC APPROACHES FOR TARGET DISCOVERY OF GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES AND AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES IN THE DIGESTOME OF LOWER TERMITE COPTOTERMES GESTROI

摘要

Termites are considered the smallest and most efficient bioreactor in the world. The termite's digestome can degrade up to 90% of the lignocellulosic biomass ingested (Katsumata et al., 2007) using a repertoire of endogenous and symbiotic degrading enzymes, accessory proteins, and putative ligninases. Such efficient decomposer can be considered as a model to help overcoming challenges for development of biotechnological routes for lignified plant biomass conversion into feedstock sugars, which is nowadays one main focus in biofuel research field.