Roseline Assiah Yao, Jean-Lou Reyre, Ketty C Tamburrini, Mireille Haon, Olivier Tranquet, Akshay Nalubothula, Saumashish Mukherjee, Sophie Le Gall, Sacha Grisel, Sonia Longhi, Jogi Madhuprakash, Bastien Bissaro, Jean-Guy Berrin
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) can perform oxidative cleavage of glycosidic bonds in carbohydrate polymers (e.g., cellulose, chitin), making them more accessible to hydrolytic enzymes. While most studies have so far mainly explored the role of LPMOs in a (plant) biomass conversion context, alternative roles and paradigms begin to emerge. The AA10 LPMOs are active on chitin and/or cellulose and mostly found in bacteria and in some viruses and archaea. Interestingly, AA10-encoding genes are also encountered in some pathogenic fungi of the Ustilaginomycetes class, such as Ustilago maydis , responsible for corn smut disease...
September 13, 2023: Applied and Environmental Microbiology