Microbial cellulases: Engineering, production and applications

V Juturu, JC Wu - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Depolymerization of cellulose to glucose requires the synergistic action of three key
cellulases, endoglucanase (EC 3.2. 1.4), exoglucanase (EC 3.2. 1.176)(EC 3.2. 1.91) and β …

Discovery, molecular mechanisms, and industrial applications of cold-active enzymes

M Santiago, CA Ramírez-Sarmiento… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Cold-active enzymes constitute an attractive resource for biotechnological applications.
Their high catalytic activity at temperatures below 25° C makes them excellent biocatalysts …

Microbial cellulolytic enzymes: diversity and biotechnology with reference to lignocellulosic biomass degradation

S Thapa, J Mishra, N Arora, P Mishra, H Li… - … Science and Bio …, 2020 - Springer
Lignocellulosic biomass is the earth's most abundant renewable feedstock alternative that
comprises of cellulose, hemi-cellulose and lignin. The synergistic action of …

Psychrophilic microorganisms: challenges for life

S D'Amico, T Collins, JC Marx, G Feller, C Gerday… - EMBO …, 2006 - embopress.org
The ability of psychrophiles to survive and proliferate at low temperatures implies that they
have overcome key barriers inherent to permanently cold environments. These challenges …

Cold-adapted enzymes

KS Siddiqui, R Cavicchioli - Annu. Rev. Biochem., 2006 - annualreviews.org
By far the largest proportion of the Earth's biosphere is comprised of organisms that thrive in
cold environments (psychrophiles). Their ability to proliferate in the cold is predicated on a …

Psychrophilic enzymes: from folding to function and biotechnology

G Feller - Scientifica, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Psychrophiles thriving permanently at near‐zero temperatures synthesize cold‐active
enzymes to sustain their cell cycle. Genome sequences, proteomic, and transcriptomic …

How random are intrinsically disordered proteins? A small angle scattering perspective

V Receveur-Bréchot, D Durand - Current Protein and Peptide …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
While the crucial role of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) in the cell cycle is now
recognized, deciphering their molecular mode of action at the structural level still remains …

Functional anthology of intrinsic disorder. 1. Biological processes and functions of proteins with long disordered regions

H Xie, S Vucetic, LM Iakoucheva… - Journal of proteome …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Identifying relationships between function, amino acid sequence, and protein structure
represents a major challenge. In this study, we propose a bioinformatics approach that …

Protein stability and enzyme activity at extreme biological temperatures

G Feller - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Psychrophilic microorganisms thrive in permanently cold environments, even at subzero
temperatures. To maintain metabolic rates compatible with sustained life, they have …

Biophysical characterization of intrinsically disordered proteins

D Eliezer - Current opinion in structural biology, 2009 - Elsevier
The challenges associated with the structural characterization of disordered proteins have
resulted in the application of a host of biophysical methods to such systems. NMR …