Enhanced sampling techniques in molecular dynamics simulations of biological systems

RC Bernardi, MCR Melo, K Schulten - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Molecular dynamics has emerged as an important research methodology
covering systems to the level of millions of atoms. However, insufficient sampling often limits …

Polysaccharide utilization by gut bacteria: potential for new insights from genomic analysis

HJ Flint, EA Bayer, MT Rincon, R Lamed… - Nature Reviews …, 2008 - nature.com
The microbiota of the mammalian intestine depend largely on dietary polysaccharides as
energy sources. Most of these polymers are not degradable by the host, but herbivores can …

Biomass recalcitrance: engineering plants and enzymes for biofuels production

ME Himmel, SY Ding, DK Johnson, WS Adney… - science, 2007 - science.org
Lignocellulosic biomass has long been recognized as a potential sustainable source of
mixed sugars for fermentation to biofuels and other biomaterials. Several technologies have …

Outlook for cellulase improvement: screening and selection strategies

YHP Zhang, ME Himmel, JR Mielenz - Biotechnology advances, 2006 - Elsevier
Cellulose is the most abundant renewable natural biological resource, and the production of
biobased products and bioenergy from less costly renewable lignocellulosic materials is …

The cellulosomes: multienzyme machines for degradation of plant cell wall polysaccharides

EA Bayer, JP Belaich, Y Shoham… - Annu. Rev. Microbiol …, 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The discrete multicomponent, multienzyme cellulosome complex of anaerobic
cellulolytic bacteria provides enhanced synergistic activity among the different resident …

An arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus significantly modifies the soil bacterial community and nitrogen cycling during litter decomposition

EE Nuccio, A Hodge, J Pett‐Ridge… - Environmental …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) perform an important ecosystem service by improving
plant nutrient capture from soil, yet little is known about how AMF influence soil microbial …

An overview of mannan structure and mannan-degrading enzyme systems

LRS Moreira, EXF Filho - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2008 - Springer
Hemicellulose is a complex group of heterogeneous polymers and represents one of the
major sources of renewable organic matter. Mannan is one of the major constituent groups …

Cellulase, clostridia, and ethanol

AL Demain, M Newcomb, JHD Wu - Microbiology and molecular …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Biomass conversion to ethanol as a liquid fuel by the thermophilic and anaerobic clostridia
offers a potential partial solution to the problem of the world's dependence on petroleum for …

Genome Sequence and Comparative Analysis of the Solvent-Producing Bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum

J Nolling, G Breton, MV Omelchenko… - Journal of …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
The genome sequence of the solvent-producing bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum
ATCC 824 has been determined by the shotgun approach. The genome consists of a 3.94 …

Carbohydrate binding modules: biochemical properties and novel applications

O Shoseyov, Z Shani, I Levy - Microbiology and molecular biology …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Polysaccharide-degrading microorganisms express a repertoire of hydrolytic enzymes that
act in synergy on plant cell wall and other natural polysaccharides to elicit the degradation of …