Unravelling the secrets of multi-domain lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs)

Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad; Vincent G H Eijsink

doi:10.1107/S2059798323004485

Unravelling the secrets of multi-domain lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs)

Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol. 2023 Jun 1;79(Pt 6):444-446. doi: 10.1107/S2059798323004485. Epub 2023 May 30.

Authors

Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad¹, Vincent G H Eijsink¹

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), PO Box 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway.

Abstract

A new chitin-active AA10 lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase from the marine bacterium Vibrio campbellii is described in the paper by Zhou et al. [(2023), Acta Cryst. D79, 479-497].

Keywords: Vibrio spp.; chitin recycling; copper-dependent enzymes; marine bacteria; multi-domain lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases.

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MeSH terms

Bacteria / metabolism
Bacterial Proteins*
Chitin
Mixed Function Oxygenases* / metabolism
Polysaccharides
Substrate Specificity

Substances

Mixed Function Oxygenases
Bacterial Proteins
Polysaccharides
Chitin