How endoglucanase enzymes act on cellulose nanofibrils: role of amorphous regions revealed by atomistic simulations

Cellulose

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2911-2925

  Orłowski, Adam ^a   Róg, Tomasz ^a   Paavilainen, Sami ^a   Manna, Moutusi ^a   Heiskanen, Isto ^b   Backfolk, Kaj ^b,c   Timonen, Jussi ^d   Vattulainen, Ilpo ^a,e  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Stora Enso   (Finland)

^c LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Enzyme; Molecular dynamics simulation

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

AMORPHOUS REGIONS; ATOMISTIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING; CATALYTIC DOMAINS; CELLULOSE NANOFIBRILS; CRYSTALLINE REGIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS;

ENZYMES;

EID: 84941415582     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-015-0705-0     Document Type: Article

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