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SUBMITTER: Li X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3753108 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Structure (London, England : 1993) 20120510 6
The use of cellulases remains a major cost in the production of renewable fuels and chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass. Fungi secrete copper-dependent polysaccharide monooxygenases (PMOs) that oxidatively cleave crystalline cellulose and improve the effectiveness of cellulases. However, the means by which PMOs recognize and cleave their substrates in the plant cell wall remain unclear. Here, we present structures of Neurospora crassa PMO-2 and PMO-3 at 1.10 and 1.37 Å resolution, respectivel ...[more]