Nature Communications (Dec 2018)
Hemocyanin facilitates lignocellulose digestion by wood-boring marine crustaceans
- Katrin Besser,
- Graham P. Malyon,
- William S. Eborall,
- Giovanni Paro da Cunha,
- Jefferson G. Filgueiras,
- Adam Dowle,
- Lourdes Cruz Garcia,
- Samuel J. Page,
- Ray Dupree,
- Marcelo Kern,
- Leonardo D. Gomez,
- Yi Li,
- Luisa Elias,
- Federico Sabbadin,
- Shaza E. Mohamad,
- Giovanna Pesante,
- Clare Steele-King,
- Eduardo Ribeiro de Azevedo,
- Igor Polikarpov,
- Paul Dupree,
- Simon M. Cragg,
- Neil C. Bruce,
- Simon J. McQueen-Mason
Affiliations
- Katrin Besser
- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York
- Graham P. Malyon
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth
- William S. Eborall
- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York
- Giovanni Paro da Cunha
- Institute of Physics of São Carlos, University of São Paulo
- Jefferson G. Filgueiras
- Institute of Physics of São Carlos, University of São Paulo
- Adam Dowle
- Bioscience Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York
- Lourdes Cruz Garcia
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth
- Samuel J. Page
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick
- Ray Dupree
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick
- Marcelo Kern
- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York
- Leonardo D. Gomez
- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York
- Yi Li
- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York
- Luisa Elias
- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York
- Federico Sabbadin
- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York
- Shaza E. Mohamad
- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York
- Giovanna Pesante
- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York
- Clare Steele-King
- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York
- Eduardo Ribeiro de Azevedo
- Institute of Physics of São Carlos, University of São Paulo
- Igor Polikarpov
- Institute of Physics of São Carlos, University of São Paulo
- Paul Dupree
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
- Simon M. Cragg
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth
- Neil C. Bruce
- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York
- Simon J. McQueen-Mason
- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07575-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
Marine woodborers can digest woody biomass without the help of gut microbiota but the mechanism has remained unclear. Here, the authors provide evidence that the woodborer’s respiratory protein hemocyanin plays a central role in wood digestion and may offer a route toward biorefining of woody plant biomass.
