1. Mechanism of rate enhancement of wood fiber saccharification by cationic polyelectrolytes. Author Mora S, Lu J, and Banerjee S Subjects Kinetics, Polyelectrolytes, Cellulase metabolism, Polyamines metabolism, Wood metabolism Abstract Cationic polyelectrolytes can increase the cellulase-induced hydrolysis rates of bleached wood fiber. We show that the polymer associates mainly with the amorphous region of fiber and acts principally on endoglucanase. Fiber/water partitioning of the enzyme follows a Langmuir isotherm for the untreated fiber but a Freundlich isotherm is obeyed for the polymer-treated fiber., (© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011) Published 2011 Full Text View/download PDF