Hetero-trans-β-glucanase, an enzyme unique to Equisetum plants, functionalizes cellulose

Plant Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 753-769

  Simmons, Thomas J ^a,c   Mohler, Kyle E ^a,d   Holland, Claire ^a   Goubet, Florence ^b   Franková, Lenka ^a   Houston, Douglas R ^a   Hudson, Andrew D ^a   Meulewaeter, Frank ^b   Fry, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Bayer Cropscience Belgium   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cellulose; enzyme evolution; Equisetum; hemicelluloses; hetero transglycanase; plant cell wall; transglycosylation

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; AMINO ACIDS; BIOMASS; BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; CROPS; ENZYMES; GLYCOSYLATION; GREEN MANUFACTURING; PLANT CELL CULTURE; SUBSTRATES;

ENZYME EVOLUTIONS; EQUISETUM; HEMICELLULOSES; HETERO-TRANSGLYCANASE; PLANT CELL WALL; TRANSGLYCOSYLATION;

CELLULOSE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EQUISETALES; EQUISETUM;

CELLULOSE; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; XYLOGLUCAN - XYLOGLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EQUISETUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PICHIA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CELLULOSE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EQUISETUM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; PICHIA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84940186604     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12935     Document Type: Article

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