Controlled depolymerization of cellulose by light-driven lytic polysaccharide oxygenases

Bastien Bissaro; Eirik Kommedal; Åsmund K. Røhr; Vincent G. H. Eijsink

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14744-9

Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

Controlled depolymerization of cellulose by light-driven lytic polysaccharide oxygenases

Bastien Bissaro,
Eirik Kommedal,
Åsmund K. Røhr,
Vincent G. H. Eijsink

Affiliations

Bastien Bissaro: Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
Eirik Kommedal: Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
Åsmund K. Røhr: Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
Vincent G. H. Eijsink: Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14744-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Lytic polysaccharide (mono)oxygenases (LPMOs) perform oxidative cleavage of polysaccharides. Here, the authors showed that the light-driven activity of LPMOs is dependent on hydrogen peroxide availability and can be controlled via the light intensity provided.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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