“…Nonproductive adsorption of cellulases onto lignin is considered an important mechanism behind retardation of enzymatic cellulose degradation in lignocellulose‐based processes (Liu, Sun, Leu, & Chen, ; Saini, Patel, Adsul, & Singhania, ; Sipponen et al, ). Studies have reported adsorption of cellulases onto lignin isolated from various biomass feedstocks and have correlated such adsorption with the observed retardation of enzymatic degradation of pure model cellulose in the presence of the isolated lignin (Kellock, Rahikainen, Marjamaa, & Kruus, ; Rahikainen et al, ; Tu, Pan, & Saddler, ). Hydrophobic interaction (Sammond et al, ; Tu et al, ), electrostatic interaction (Lan, Lou, & Zhu, ; Yarbrough et al, ), and hydrogen bonding (Sewalt, Glasser, & Beauchemin, ; Yu et al, ) have been regarded as the cause of the nonproductive binding of cellulases to lignin.…”