Publication Date:
2017-10-21
Description:
Structural and electronic determinants of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase reactivity on polysaccharide substrates Nature Communications, Published online: 20 October 2017; doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01247-3 Copper-dependent lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) oxidatively cleave polysaccharides. Here the authors present a structure-function characterization of fungal LPMOs, showing that a particular LPMO cleaves xylan using a mechanism that involves an alternative copper coordination geometry.
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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