An Oxidative Enzyme Boosting the Enzymatic Conversion of Recalcitrant Polysaccharides

Vaaje-Kolstad, Gustav; Westereng, Bjørge; J. Horn, Svein; Liu, Zhanliang; Zhai, Hong; Sørlie, Morten; G. H. Eijsink, Vincent

doi:10.1126/science.1192231

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An Oxidative Enzyme Boosting the Enzymatic Conversion of Recalcitrant Polysaccharides

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Authors:

Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad

Bjørge Westereng

Svein J. Horn

Abstract

Polysaccharide Breakdown One of the current challenges in the biofuels industry is achieving efficient bioconversion of complex polysaccharides like cellulose and chitin. Recently, chitin-binding proteins (CBPs) have been identified that potentiate chitin hydrolysis. Now, Vaaje-Kolstad et al. (p. 21...

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