[HTML][HTML] Novel enzymes for the degradation of cellulose

SJ Horn, G Vaaje-Kolstad, B Westereng… - Biotechnology for …, 2012 - Springer
The bulk terrestrial biomass resource in a future bio-economy will be lignocellulosic
biomass, which is recalcitrant and challenging to process. Enzymatic conversion of …

Peculiarities of brown-rot fungi and biochemical Fenton reaction with regard to their potential as a model for bioprocessing biomass

V Arantes, J Jellison, B Goodell - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2012 - Springer
This work reviews the brown-rot fungal biochemical mechanism involved in the
biodegradation of lignified plant cell walls. This mechanism has been acquired as an …

The Paleozoic origin of enzymatic lignin decomposition reconstructed from 31 fungal genomes

D Floudas, M Binder, R Riley, K Barry, RA Blanchette… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Wood is a major pool of organic carbon that is highly resistant to decay, owing largely to the
presence of lignin. The only organisms capable of substantial lignin decay are white rot …

[HTML][HTML] Diverse Lifestyles and Strategies of Plant Pathogenesis Encoded in the Genomes of Eighteen Dothideomycetes Fungi

RA Ohm, N Feau, B Henrissat, CL Schoch… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The class Dothideomycetes is one of the largest groups of fungi with a high level of
ecological diversity including many plant pathogens infecting a broad range of hosts. Here …

[HTML][HTML] Genome sequence of the model medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lucidum

S Chen, J Xu, C Liu, Y Zhu, DR Nelson, S Zhou… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Ganoderma lucidum is a widely used medicinal macrofungus in traditional Chinese
medicine that creates a diverse set of bioactive compounds. Here we report its 43.3-Mb …

Oxidative cleavage of cellulose by fungal copper-dependent polysaccharide monooxygenases

WT Beeson, CM Phillips, JHD Cate… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Fungal-derived, copper-dependent polysaccharide monooxygenases (PMOs), formerly
known as GH61 proteins, have recently been shown to catalyze the O2-dependent oxidative …

[HTML][HTML] Production of four Neurospora crassa lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases in Pichia pastoris monitored by a fluorimetric assay

R Kittl, D Kracher, D Burgstaller, D Haltrich… - Biotechnology for …, 2012 - Springer
Background Recent studies demonstrate that enzymes from the glycosyl hydrolase family 61
(GH61) show lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (PMO) activity. Together with cellobiose …

The genome portal of the department of energy joint genome institute

IV Grigoriev, H Nordberg, I Shabalov… - Nucleic acids …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is a national user
facility with massive-scale DNA sequencing and analysis capabilities dedicated to …

Genome sequence of the button mushroom Agaricus bisporus reveals mechanisms governing adaptation to a humic-rich ecological niche

E Morin, A Kohler, AR Baker… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Agaricus bisporus is the model fungus for the adaptation, persistence, and growth in the
humic-rich leaf-litter environment. Aside from its ecological role, A. bisporus has been an …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis for substrate targeting and catalysis by fungal polysaccharide monooxygenases

X Li, WT Beeson, CM Phillips, MA Marletta, JHD Cate - Structure, 2012 - cell.com
The use of cellulases remains a major cost in the production of renewable fuels and
chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass. Fungi secrete copper-dependent polysaccharide …