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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology2018

Structure and function of a glycoside hydrolase family 8 endoxylanase from Teredinibacter turnerae.

Claire A Fowler, Glyn R Hemsworth, Fiona Cuskin, Sam Hart, Johan Turkenburg, Harry J Gilbert, Paul H Walton, Gideon J Davies

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Claire A FowlerYork Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, The University of York, York YO10 5DD, England.
Glyn R HemsworthSchool of Molecular and Cellular Biology, The Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, England.ORCID 0000-0002-8226-1380
Fiona CuskinSchool of Natural and Environmental Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, England.
Sam HartYork Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, The University of York, York YO10 5DD, England.
Johan TurkenburgYork Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, The University of York, York YO10 5DD, England.ORCID 0000-0001-6992-6838
Harry J GilbertInstitute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, England.
Paul H WaltonDepartment of Chemistry, The University of York, York YO10 5DD, England.ORCID 0000-0002-1152-1480
Gideon J DaviesYork Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, The University of York, York YO10 5DD, England.ORCID 0000-0002-7343-776X
University of York · GBNewcastle University · GBUniversity of Leeds · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/L001926/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The biological conversion of lignocellulosic matter into high-value chemicals or biofuels is of increasing industrial importance as the sector slowly transitions away from nonrenewable sources. Many industrial processes involve the use of cellulolytic enzyme cocktails - a selection of glycoside hydrolases and, increasingly, polysaccharide oxygenases - to break down recalcitrant plant polysaccharides. ORFs from the genome of Teredinibacter turnerae, a symbiont hosted within the gills of marine shipworms, were identified in order to search for enzymes with desirable traits. Here, a putative T. turnerae glycoside hydrolase from family 8, hereafter referred to as TtGH8, is analysed. The enzyme is shown to be active against β-1,4-xylan and mixed-linkage (β-1,3,β-1,4) marine xylan. Kinetic parameters, obtained using high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection and 3,5-dinitrosalicyclic acid reducing-sugar assays, show that TtGH8 catalyses the hydrolysis of β-1,4-xylohexaose with a k

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsBiomassEndo-1,4-beta XylanasesGammaproteobacteriaGlycoside HydrolasesGram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic RodsKineticsPlant CellsPlantsPolysaccharidesProtein ConformationXylansBacterial ProteinsEndo-1,4-beta XylanasesGlycoside HydrolasesPolysaccharidesXylansbiofuelsbiomasscellulolytic enzymesglycoside hydrolasemarine polysaccharidesshipwormsTeredinibacter turnerae

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PMID30289404
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