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SUBMITTER: Cannella D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4822002 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cannella D D Möllers K B KB Frigaard N-U NU Jensen P E PE Bjerrum M J MJ Johansen K S KS Felby C C
Nature communications 20160404
Oxidative processes are essential for the degradation of plant biomass. A class of powerful and widely distributed oxidative enzymes, the lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs), oxidize the most recalcitrant polysaccharides and require extracellular electron donors. Here we investigated the effect of using excited photosynthetic pigments as electron donors. LPMOs combined with pigments and reducing agents were exposed to light, which resulted in a never before seen 100-fold increase in cata ...[more]