Efficient sugar production from plant biomass: Current status, challenges, and future directions

JY Zhu, X Pan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic plant biomass is recognized as an alternative resource for sustainable
production of liquid fuels, chemicals, and polymeric materials through the biorefining …

Light-driven biocatalytic oxidation

CH Yun, J Kim, F Hollmann, CB Park - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Enzymes are the catalyst of choice for highly selective reactions, offering nature-inspired
approaches for sustainable chemical synthesis. Oxidative enzymes (eg, monooxygenases …

Secreted pectin monooxygenases drive plant infection by pathogenic oomycetes

F Sabbadin, S Urresti, B Henrissat, AO Avrova… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The oomycete Phytophthora infestans is a damaging crop pathogen and a model organism
to study plant-pathogen interactions. We report the discovery of a family of copper …

Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase increases cellobiohydrolases activity by promoting decrystallization of cellulose surface

T Uchiyama, T Uchihashi, T Ishida, A Nakamura… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Efficient depolymerization of crystalline cellulose requires cooperation between multiple
cellulolytic enzymes. Through biochemical approaches, molecular dynamics (MD) …

Kinetic insights into the peroxygenase activity of cellulose-active lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs)

R Kont, B Bissaro, VGH Eijsink, P Väljamäe - Nature Communications, 2020 - nature.com
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are widely distributed in Nature, where they
catalyze the hydroxylation of glycosidic bonds in polysaccharides. Despite the importance of …

A pathway for chitin oxidation in marine bacteria

WX Jiang, PY Li, XL Chen, YS Zhang, JP Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Oxidative degradation of chitin, initiated by lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs),
contributes to microbial bioconversion of crystalline chitin, the second most abundant …

Insights into the H2O2‐driven catalytic mechanism of fungal lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases

TM Hedison, E Breslmayr, M Shanmugam… - The FEBS …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fungal lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) depolymerise crystalline cellulose
and hemicellulose, supporting the utilisation of lignocellulosic biomass as a feedstock for …

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 …

The lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase CbpD promotes Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence in systemic infection

F Askarian, S Uchiyama, H Masson… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The recently discovered lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs), which cleave
polysaccharides by oxidation, have been associated with bacterial virulence, but supporting …

Fast and specific peroxygenase reactions catalyzed by fungal mono-copper enzymes

L Rieder, AA Stepnov, M Sørlie, VGH Eijsink - Biochemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
The copper-dependent lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are receiving
attention because of their role in the degradation of recalcitrant biomass and their intriguing …