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SUBMITTER: Shinohara N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5405413 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shinohara Naoki N Sunagawa Naoki N Tamura Satoru S Yokoyama Ryusuke R Ueda Minoru M Igarashi Kiyohiko K Nishitani Kazuhiko K
Scientific reports 20170426
Cellulose is an economically important material, but routes of its industrial processing have not been fully explored. The plant cell wall - the major source of cellulose - harbours enzymes of the xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase (XTH) family. This class of enzymes is unique in that it is capable of elongating polysaccharide chains without the requirement for activated nucleotide sugars (e.g., UDP-glucose) and in seamlessly splitting and reconnecting chains of xyloglucan, a naturally oc ...[more]