[HTML][HTML] Fungal cellulases

CM Payne, BC Knott, HB Mayes, H Hansson… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Lignocellulosic biomass has enormous potential to contribute to worldwide energy,
chemical, and material demands in a renewable, sustainable manner. In the United States …

Processivity in bacterial glycosyltransferases

L Yakovlieva, MTC Walvoort - ACS chemical biology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Extracellular polysaccharides and glycoproteins of pathogenic bacteria assist in adherence,
autoaggregation, biofilm formation, and host immune system evasion. As a result …

Sabatier principle for rationalizing enzymatic hydrolysis of a synthetic polyester

J Arnling Bååth, K Jensen, K Borch, P Westh, J Kari - Jacs Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
Interfacial enzyme reactions are common in Nature and in industrial settings, including the
enzymatic deconstruction of poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET) waste. Kinetic descriptions …

Synergistic hydrolysis of cellulose by a blend of cellulase-mimicking polymeric nanoparticle catalysts

M Zangiabadi, Y Zhao - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022 - ACS Publications
Enzyme-like catalysts by design have been a long sought-after goal of chemists but difficult
to realize due to the challenges in the construction of multifunctionalized active sites with …

Molecularly imprinted synthetic glucosidase for the hydrolysis of cellulose in aqueous and nonaqueous solutions

X Li, M Zangiabadi, Y Zhao - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular imprinting is a powerful and yet simple method to create multifunctional binding
sites within a cross-linked polymer network. We report a new class of synthetic glucosidase …

Effects of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase oxidation on cellulose structure and binding of oxidized cellulose oligomers to cellulases

JV Vermaas, MF Crowley, GT Beckham… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
In nature, polysaccharide glycosidic bonds are cleaved by hydrolytic enzymes for a vast
array of biological functions. Recently, a new class of enzymes that utilize an oxidative …

Physical constraints and functional plasticity of cellulases

J Kari, GA Molina, KS Schaller… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Enzyme reactions, both in Nature and technical applications, commonly occur at the
interface of immiscible phases. Nevertheless, stringent descriptions of interfacial enzyme …

Carbohydrate–protein interactions that drive processive polysaccharide translocation in enzymes revealed from a computational study of cellobiohydrolase …

BC Knott, MF Crowley, ME Himmel… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Translocation of carbohydrate polymers through protein tunnels and clefts is a ubiquitous
biochemical phenomenon in proteins such as polysaccharide synthases, glycoside …

Processive chitinase is Brownian monorail operated by fast catalysis after peeling rail from crystalline chitin

A Nakamura, K Okazaki, T Furuta, M Sakurai… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Processive chitinase is a linear molecular motor which moves on the surface of crystalline
chitin driven by processive hydrolysis of single chitin chain. Here, we analyse the …

Enhancing the catalytic activity of a GH5 processive endoglucanase from Bacillus subtilis BS-5 by site-directed mutagenesis

K Lv, W Shao, MM Pedroso, J Peng, B Wu, J Li… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Processive endoglucanases possess both endo-and exoglucanase activity, making them
attractive discovery and engineering targets. Here, a processive endoglucanase EG5C-1 …