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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2014

Predicting enzyme adsorption to lignin films by calculating enzyme surface hydrophobicity.

Deanne W Sammond, John M Yarbrough, Elisabeth Mansfield, Yannick J Bomble, Sarah E Hobdey, Stephen R Decker, Larry E Taylor, Michael G Resch, Joseph J Bozell, Michael E Himmel and 2 more

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
22.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 135 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Deanne W SammondFrom the Biosciences Center and.
John M YarbroughFrom the Biosciences Center and.
Elisabeth Mansfieldthe Applied Chemicals and Materials Division, National Institute for Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, and.
Yannick J BombleFrom the Biosciences Center and.
Sarah E HobdeyFrom the Biosciences Center and.
Stephen R DeckerFrom the Biosciences Center and.
Larry E TaylorFrom the Biosciences Center and.
Michael G ReschFrom the Biosciences Center and National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401.
Joseph J Bozellthe Center for Renewable Carbon, Center for the Catalytic Conversion of Biomass (C3Bio), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917.
Michael E HimmelFrom the Biosciences Center and.
Todd B VinzantFrom the Biosciences Center and.
Michael F CrowleyFrom the Biosciences Center and Michael.Crowley@nrel.gov.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory · USNational Institute of Standards and Technology · USUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The inhibitory action of lignin on cellulase cocktails is a major challenge to the biological saccharification of plant cell wall polysaccharides. Although the mechanism remains unclear, hydrophobic interactions between enzymes and lignin are hypothesized to drive adsorption. Here we evaluate the role of hydrophobic interactions in enzyme-lignin binding. The hydrophobicity of the enzyme surface was quantified using an estimation of the clustering of nonpolar atoms, identifying potential interaction sites. The adsorption of enzymes to lignin surfaces, measured using the quartz crystal microbalance, correlates to the hydrophobic cluster scores. Further, these results suggest a minimum hydrophobic cluster size for a protein to preferentially adsorb to lignin. The impact of electrostatic contribution was ruled out by comparing the isoelectric point (pI) values to the adsorption of proteins to lignin surfaces. These results demonstrate the ability to predict enzyme-lignin adsorption and could potentially be used to design improved cellulase cocktails, thus lowering the overall cost of biofuel production.

Indexed as

AdsorptionAspergillusFungal ProteinsHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsLigninOxygenasesQuartz Crystal Microbalance TechniquesFungal ProteinsLigninligninaseOxygenasesCellulaseEnzyme InhibitorGlycoside HydrolaseHydrophobic InteractionLigninProtein ChemistryProtein Engineering

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PMID24876380
PMCPMC4110302
OpenAlexW1995562255

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