Carbohydrate-binding modules: fine-tuning polysaccharide recognition

AB Boraston, DN Bolam, HJ Gilbert… - Biochemical …, 2004 - portlandpress.com
The enzymic degradation of insoluble polysaccharides is one of the most important
reactions on earth. Despite this, glycoside hydrolases attack such polysaccharides relatively …

Carbohydrate binding modules: biochemical properties and novel applications

O Shoseyov, Z Shani, I Levy - Microbiology and molecular biology …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Polysaccharide-degrading microorganisms express a repertoire of hydrolytic enzymes that
act in synergy on plant cell wall and other natural polysaccharides to elicit the degradation of …

Microorganisms and enzymes involved in the degradation of plant fiber cell walls

RC Kuhad, A Singh, KEL Eriksson - Biotechnology in the pulp and paper …, 2006 - Springer
One of natures most important biological processes is the degradation of lignocellulosic
materials to carbon dioxide, water and humic substances. This implies possibilities to use …

Assembly and enlargement of the primary cell wall in plants

DJ Cosgrove - Annual review of cell and developmental biology, 1997 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Growing plant cells are shaped by an extensible wall that is a complex amalgam
of cellulose microfibrils bonded noncovalently to a matrix of hemicelluloses, pectins, and …

The roles and function of cellulose-binding domains

M Linder, TT Teeri - Journal of biotechnology, 1997 - Elsevier
Most cellulolytic enzymes consist of distinct catalytic and cellulose-binding domains (CBDs).
Similar domain structures are also found in enzymes degrading other insoluble …

Microbial hydrolysis of polysaccharides

RAJ Warren - Annual review of microbiology, 1996 - annualreviews.org
Microorganisms are efficient degraders of starch, chitin, and the polysaccharides in plant cell
walls. Attempts to purify hydrolases led to the realization that a microorganism may produce …

Pseudomonas cellulose-binding domains mediate their effects by increasing enzyme substrate proximity

DN Bolam, A CIRUELA… - Biochemical …, 1998 - portlandpress.com
To investigate the mode of action of cellulose-binding domains (CBDs), the Type II CBD from
Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa xylanase A (XYLACBD) and cellulase E …

Monitoring polysaccharide dynamics in the plant cell wall

C Voiniciuc, M Pauly, B Usadel - Plant physiology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Monitoring Polysaccharide Dynamics in the Plant Cell Wall | Plant Physiology | Oxford
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The contribution of non-catalytic carbohydrate binding modules to the activity of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases

LI Crouch, A Labourel, PH Walton, GJ Davies… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
Lignocellulosic biomass is a sustainable industrial substrate. Copper-dependent lytic
polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) contribute to the degradation of lignocellulose …

Purification and Properties of a Xylan-Binding Endoxylanase from Alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. Strain K-1

K Ratanakhanokchai, KL Kyu… - Applied and …, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol
An alkaliphilic bacterium, Bacillus sp. strain K-1, produces extracellular xylanolytic enzymes
such as xylanases, β-xylosidase, arabinofuranosidase, and acetyl esterase when grown in …