TY - JOUR
T1 - Polysaccharide monoxygenases
T2 - Giving a boost to biofuel production
AU - Wilmot, Carrie M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by NIH Grant GM-66569.
PY - 2012/6/6
Y1 - 2012/6/6
N2 - In this issue of Structure, Li et al. present high resolution crystal structures of two fungal polysaccharide monoxygenases. Unexpectedly, they observe oxygen species bound at the active sites that inform on the chemistry that can be supported by these enzymes. Additionally, the organization of aromatic amino acids and glycosylation on the carbohydrate binding surfaces suggests that regiospecificity and cellulose orientation can be predicted.
AB - In this issue of Structure, Li et al. present high resolution crystal structures of two fungal polysaccharide monoxygenases. Unexpectedly, they observe oxygen species bound at the active sites that inform on the chemistry that can be supported by these enzymes. Additionally, the organization of aromatic amino acids and glycosylation on the carbohydrate binding surfaces suggests that regiospecificity and cellulose orientation can be predicted.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.str.2012.05.006
DO - 10.1016/j.str.2012.05.006
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 22681899
AN - SCOPUS:84861977427
SN - 0969-2126
VL - 20
SP - 938
EP - 940
JO - Structure with Folding & design
JF - Structure with Folding & design
IS - 6
ER -