Removal of glucuronic acid from xylan is a strategy to improve the conversion of plant biomass to sugars for bioenergy

This work was supported by the Leverhulme Trust Centre for Natural Material Innovation and the OpenPlant Synthetic Biology Research Centre. J.J.L. was in receipt of a studentship from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) of the UK as part of the Cambridge BBSRC-DTP Programme (Reference BB/J014540/1). O.M.T was a recipient of an iCASE studentship from the BBSRC (Reference BB/M015432/1).