Biomass photoreforming for hydrogen and value‐added chemicals co‐production on hierarchically porous photocatalysts

H Zhao, J Liu, N Zhong, S Larter, Y Li… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biomass, a naturally abundant, sustainable and clean resource has great potential as an
alternative to replace the limited fossil feedstock for value‐added chemicals and fuels …

Multifaceted computational modeling in glycoscience

S Perez, O Makshakova - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Glycoscience assembles all the scientific disciplines involved in studying various molecules
and macromolecules containing carbohydrates and complex glycans. Such an ensemble …

Kinetic insights into the peroxygenase activity of cellulose-active lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs)

R Kont, B Bissaro, VGH Eijsink, P Väljamäe - Nature Communications, 2020 - nature.com
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are widely distributed in Nature, where they
catalyze the hydroxylation of glycosidic bonds in polysaccharides. Despite the importance of …

Fenton-like Chemistry by a Copper(I) Complex and H2O2 Relevant to Enzyme Peroxygenase C–H Hydroxylation

B Kim, MT Brueggemeyer, WJ Transue… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases have received significant attention as catalytic
convertors of biomass to biofuel. Recent studies suggest that its peroxygenase activity (ie …

Unraveling the valence state and reactivity of copper centers in membrane-bound particulate methane monooxygenase

W Peng, Z Wang, Q Zhang, S Yan… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) plays a critical role in catalyzing the
conversion of methane to methanol, constituting the initial step in the C1 metabolic pathway …

Expanding the catalytic landscape of metalloenzymes with lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases

A Munzone, VGH Eijsink, JG Berrin… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) have an essential role in global carbon
cycle, industrial biomass processing and microbial pathogenicity by catalysing the oxidative …

Deciphering the oxygen activation mechanism at the CuC site of particulate methane monooxygenase

W Peng, X Qu, S Shaik, B Wang - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
The enzymatic oxidation of methane to methanol was discovered in methanotrophs over 110
years ago. Nevertheless, the mechanism of action of particulate methane monooxygenase …

How do metalloproteins tame the Fenton reaction and utilize• OH radicals in constructive manners?

B Wang, X Zhang, W Fang, C Rovira… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus This Account describes the manner whereby nature controls the Fenton-type
reaction of O–O homolysis of hydrogen peroxide and harnesses it to carry out various useful …

AA16 Oxidoreductases Boost Cellulose-Active AA9 Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases from Myceliophthora thermophila

P Sun, Z Huang, S Banerjee, MAS Kadowaki… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Copper-dependent lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) classified in Auxiliary
Activity (AA) families are considered indispensable as synergistic partners for cellulolytic …

Kinetic characterization of a putatively chitin-active LPMO reveals a preference for soluble substrates and absence of monooxygenase activity

L Rieder, D Petrović, P Valjamae, VGH Eijsink… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Enzymes known as lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are recognized as
important contributors to aerobic enzymatic degradation of recalcitrant polysaccharides such …