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Understanding Nature—Towards the Enzymatic Degradation of Cellulose with Monooxygenases
Article first published online: 16 JUL 2012
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201200287
Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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Neufeld, K. and Pietruszka, J. (2012), Understanding Nature—Towards the Enzymatic Degradation of Cellulose with Monooxygenases. ChemCatChem, 4: 1239–1240. doi: 10.1002/cctc.201200287
Publication History
- Issue published online: 28 AUG 2012
- Article first published online: 16 JUL 2012
- Manuscript Received: 3 MAY 2012
Funded by
- Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
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Keywords:
- biorefinery;
- cellulose oxidation;
- endoglucanase;
- enzymes;
- oxidoreductases
Having a productive breakdown: Elucidation of a novel and promising enzymatic activity of polysaccharide degrading enzymes opens new directions for the development of an efficient biorefinery. Polysaccharide monooxygenases (PMOs) use oxidative biocatalysis for cleaving glycosidic bonds in crystalline cellulosic biomaterial, thereby synergistically enhancing the action of hydrolytic counterparts.