Carbohydrate-binding modules: fine-tuning polysaccharide recognition

AB Boraston, DN Bolam, HJ Gilbert… - Biochemical …, 2004 - portlandpress.com
The enzymic degradation of insoluble polysaccharides is one of the most important
reactions on earth. Despite this, glycoside hydrolases attack such polysaccharides relatively …

Carbohydrate-binding modules facilitate the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass: Releasing reducing sugars and dissociative lignin available for …

Q Shi, AM Abdel-Hamid, Z Sun, Y Cheng, T Tu… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
The microbial decomposition and utilization of lignocellulosic biomass present in the plant
tissues are driven by a series of carbohydrate active enzymes (CAZymes) acting in concert …

Thermodynamics of adsorption on nanocellulose surfaces

S Lombardo, W Thielemans - Cellulose, 2019 - Springer
Understanding the thermodynamic interactions of cellulose nanomaterials with their
environment is important to understand the forces behind their self-organization and co …

Structural basis for entropy-driven cellulose binding by a type-A cellulose-binding module (CBM) and bacterial expansin

N Georgelis, NH Yennawar, DJ Cosgrove - Proceedings of the National …, 2012 - pnas.org
Components of modular cellulases, type-A cellulose-binding modules (CBMs) bind to
crystalline cellulose and enhance enzyme effectiveness, but structural details of the …

Cellulose-binding domains: biotechnological applications

I Levy, O Shoseyov - Biotechnology advances, 2002 - Elsevier
Many researchers have acknowledged the fact that there exists an immense potential for the
application of the cellulose-binding domains (CBDs) in the field of biotechnology. This …

Expression and Characterization of the Chitin-Binding Domain of Chitinase A1 from Bacillus circulans WL-12

M Hashimoto, T Ikegami, S Seino, N Ohuchi… - Journal of …, 2000 - journals.asm.org
Chitinase A1 from Bacillus circulans WL-12 comprises an N-terminal catalytic domain, two
fibronectin type III-like domains, and a C-terminal chitin-binding domain (ChBD). In order to …

The structural basis for the ligand specificity of family 2 carbohydrate-binding modules

PJ Simpson, H **e, DN Bolam, HJ Gilbert… - Journal of Biological …, 2000 - jbc.org
The interactions of proteins with polysaccharides play a key role in the microbial hydrolysis
of cellulose and xylan, the most abundant organic molecules in the biosphere, and are thus …

Analysis of binding of the family 2a carbohydrate-binding module from Cellulomonas fimi xylanase 10A to cellulose: specificity and identification of functionally …

BW McLean, MR Bray, AB Boraston… - Protein …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
The family 2a carbohydrate-binding module (CBM2a) of xylanase 10A from Cellulomonas
fimi binds to the crystalline regions of cellulose. It does not share binding sites with the N …

Crystal Structures of the Family 9 Carbohydrate-Binding Module from Thermotoga maritima Xylanase 10A in Native and Ligand-Bound Forms,

V Notenboom, AB Boraston, DG Kilburn, DR Rose - Biochemistry, 2001 - ACS Publications
The C-terminal module of the thermostable Thermotoga maritima xylanase 10A (CBM9-2) is
a family 9 carbohydrate-binding module that binds to amorphous and crystalline cellulose …

Modification of polysaccharides and plant cell wall by endo-1, 4-β-glucanase and cellulose-binding domains

I Levy, Z Shani, O Shoseyov - Biomolecular engineering, 2002 - Elsevier
Cellulose is one of the most abundant polymers in nature. Different living systems evolved
simultaneously, using structurally similar proteins to synthesize and metabolize …