An AA9-LPMO containing a CBM1 domain in Aspergillus nidulans is active on cellulose and cleaves cello-oligosaccharides

Abstract Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are copper dependent enzymes that carry out oxidative cleavage of cellulose and other polysaccharides. Aspergillus nidulans, an ascomycete fungus that contains multiple AA9 LPMOs in the genome, offers an excellent model system to study their activ...

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Main Authors: Guru Jagadeeswaran, Lawrie Gainey, Andrew J. Mort
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-10-01
Series:AMB Express
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13568-018-0701-5