Enzymatic processing of lignocellulosic biomass: principles, recent advances and perspectives

H Østby, LD Hansen, SJ Horn… - Journal of Industrial …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Efficient saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass requires concerted development of a
pretreatment method, an enzyme cocktail and an enzymatic process, all of which are …

On the expansion of biological functions of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases

TM Vandhana, JL Reyre, D Sushmaa… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) constitute an enigmatic class of enzymes,
the discovery of which has opened up a new arena of riveting research. LPMOs can …

Revisiting the activity of two poly (vinyl chloride)-and polyethylene-degrading enzymes

AA Stepnov, E Lopez-Tavera, R Klauer… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Biocatalytic degradation of non-hydrolyzable plastics is a rapidly growing field of research,
driven by the global accumulation of waste. Enzymes capable of cleaving the carbon-carbon …

Investigating lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase-assisted wood cell wall degradation with microsensors

H Chang, N Gacias Amengual, A Botz… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) supports biomass hydrolysis by increasing
saccharification efficiency and rate. Recent studies demonstrate that H2O2 rather than O2 is …

Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases: enzymes for controlled and site-specific Fenton-like chemistry

B Bissaro, VGH Eijsink - Essays in biochemistry, 2023 - portlandpress.com
The discovery of oxidative cleavage of glycosidic bonds by enzymes currently known as lytic
polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) has profoundly changed our current …

Fungal strain improvement for efficient cellulase production and lignocellulosic biorefinery: Current status and future prospects

J Yang, HR Yue, LY Pan, JX Feng, S Zhao… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) has been recognized as a valuable carbon source for the
sustainable production of biofuels and value-added biochemicals. Crude enzymes …

The “life-span” of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) correlates to the number of turnovers in the reductant peroxidase reaction

S Kuusk, VGH Eijsink, P Väljamäe - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - ASBMB
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are monocopper enzymes that degrade the
insoluble crystalline polysaccharides cellulose and chitin. Besides the H 2 O 2 cosubstrate …

Expanding the catalytic landscape of metalloenzymes with lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases

A Munzone, VGH Eijsink, JG Berrin… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) have an essential role in global carbon
cycle, industrial biomass processing and microbial pathogenicity by catalysing the oxidative …

Discovery of fungal oligosaccharide-oxidising flavo-enzymes with previously unknown substrates, redox-activity profiles and interplay with LPMOs

M Haddad Momeni, F Fredslund, B Bissaro… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Oxidative plant cell-wall processing enzymes are of great importance in biology and
biotechnology. Yet, our insight into the functional interplay amongst such oxidative enzymes …

Activation of O2 and H2O2 by Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases

B Wang, Z Wang, GJ Davies, PH Walton… - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs, also called PMOs) are key enzymes in the
biological degradation of recalcitrant polysaccharides, such as chitin and cellulose. 1− 17 …