Sequence-and structure-guided improvement of the catalytic performance of a GH11 family xylanase from Bacillus subtilis

L Wang, K Cao, MM Pedroso, B Wu, Z Gao, B He… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
Xylanases produce xylooligosaccharides from xylan and have thus attracted increasing
attention for their usefulness in industrial applications. Previously, we demonstrated that the …

Structure, dynamics, and activity of xylanase solvated in binary mixtures of ionic liquid and water

VW Jaeger, J Pfaendtner - ACS chemical biology, 2013 - ACS Publications
We have discovered that a family 11 xylanase from Trichoderma longibrachiatum maintains
significant activity in low concentrations of the ionic liquids (IL) 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium …

Characterization and structural analysis of a thermophilic GH11 xylanase from compost metatranscriptome

Y Yi, S Xu, A Kovalevsky, X Zhang, D Liu… - Applied Microbiology and …, 2021 - Springer
Xylanase is efficient for xylan degradation and widely applied in industries. We found a
GH11 family xylanase (Xyn11A) with high thermostability and catalytic activity from compost …

A comparative study to decipher the structural and dynamics determinants underlying the activity and thermal stability of GH-11 xylanases

J Vucinic, G Novikov, CY Montanier, C Dumon… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
With the growing need for renewable sources of energy, the interest for enzymes capable of
biomass degradation has been increasing. In this paper, we consider two different …

[HTML][HTML] Assembling a xylanase–lichenase chimera through all-atom molecular dynamics simulations

J Cota, LC Oliveira, ARL Damásio, AP Citadini… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2013 - Elsevier
Multifunctional enzyme engineering can improve enzyme cocktails for emerging biofuel
technology. Molecular dynamics through structure-based models (SB) is an effective tool for …

Critical Roles of Acidic Residues in Loop Regions of the Structural Surface for the Salt Tolerance of a GH39 β-d-Xylosidase

L Cao, M Lin, J Ning, X Meng, X Pu… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Xylan is the main component of hemicellulose. Complete hydrolysis of xylan requires
synergistically acting xylanases, such as β-d-xylosidases. Salt-tolerant β-d-xylosidases have …

Dynamics of the thumb-finger regions in a GH11 xylanase Bacillus circulans: comparison between the Michaelis and covalent intermediate

NN Mhlongo, M Ebrahim, AA Skelton, HG Kruger… - RSC …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The structure and dynamics of B. circulans β-1, 4-xylanase (BCX) were comparatively
studied utilizing molecular dynamics. Simulations of the free enzyme, non-covalently bound …

Tuning the transglycosylation reaction of a GH11 xylanase by a delicate enhancement of its thumb flexibility

K Marneth, H van den Elst, A Cramer‐Blok… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Glycoside hydrolases (GHs) are attractive tools for multiple biotechnological applications. In
conjunction with their hydrolytic function, GHs can perform transglycosylation under specific …

New insights into the role of T3 loop in determining catalytic efficiency of GH28 endo-polygalacturonases

T Tu, K Meng, H Luo, O Turunen, L Zhang, Y Cheng… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Intramolecular mobility and conformational changes of flexible loops have important roles in
the structural and functional integrity of proteins. The Achaetomium sp. Xz8 endo …

Effects of helix and fingertip mutations on the thermostability of xyn11A investigated by molecular dynamics simulations and enzyme activity assays

T Sutthibutpong, T Rattanarojpong… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Local conformational changes and global unfolding pathways of wildtype xyn11A
recombinant and its mutated structures were studied through a series of atomistic molecular …