Light-driven oxidation of polysaccharides by photosynthetic pigments and a metalloenzyme

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Cannella, D ^a   Mollers K B ^a   Frigaard, N U ^a   Jensen, P E ^a   Bjerrum, M J ^a   Johansen, K S ^b   Felby, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; ENZYME; HEMICELLULOSE; LIGNIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PIGMENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; REDUCING AGENT; CHLOROPHYLL; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; OXYGEN;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYST; CELLULOSE; ELECTRON; ENZYME; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHYTOMASS; PIGMENT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TURNOVER TIME; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RADIATION RESPONSE;

BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; CELLULOSE; CHLOROPHYLL; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN;

EID: 84963636076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11134     Document Type: Article

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