Assembly of Xylanases into Designer Cellulosomes Promotes Efficient Hydrolysis of the Xylan Component of a Natural Recalcitrant Cellulosic Substrate

ABSTRACT In nature, the complex composition and structure of the plant cell wall pose a barrier to enzymatic degradation. Nevertheless, some anaerobic bacteria have evolved for this purpose an intriguing, highly efficient multienzyme complex, the cellulosome, which contains numerous cellulases and h...

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Main Authors: Sarah Moraïs, Yoav Barak, Yitzhak Hadar, David B. Wilson, Yuval Shoham, Raphael Lamed, Edward A. Bayer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2011-12-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00233-11