Lignocellulosic biomass has enormous potential to contribute to worldwide energy,
chemical, and material demands in a renewable, sustainable manner. In the United States …

Structural biology is currently undergoing a transformation into dynamic structural biology,
which reveals the dynamic structure of proteins during their functional activity to better …

Efficient depolymerization of crystalline cellulose requires cooperation between multiple
cellulolytic enzymes. Through biochemical approaches, molecular dynamics (MD) …

Molecular imprinting is a powerful and yet simple method to create multifunctional binding
sites within a cross-linked polymer network. We report a new class of synthetic glucosidase …

Background The efficient utilization of lignocellulosic biomass for biofuel production has
received increasing attention. Previous studies have investigated the pretreatment process …

LPMO (lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase) represents a unique paradigm of cellulosic
biomass degradation by an oxidative mechanism. Understanding the role of LPMO in …

Lignocellulosic biomass is one of the most abundant raw materials in the world, and it is
mainly composed of carbohydrate polymers (cellulose and hemicellulose) and lignin. Its …

Biological degradation of cellulosic materials relies on the molecular-mechanistic principle
that internally chain-cleaving endocellulases work synergistically with chain end-cleaving …

Highlights•Understanding of the mechanisms of the enzymes involved has been
substantially improved.•Successful shaping of the enzymes for the industrial process has …

Translocation of carbohydrate polymers through protein tunnels and clefts is a ubiquitous
biochemical phenomenon in proteins such as polysaccharide synthases, glycoside …