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Rational enzyme design for controlled functionalization of acetylated xylan for cell-free polymer biosynthesis.
Carbohydrate polymers - 1 Dec 2021
Wang Hsin-Tzu, Bharadwaj Vivek S, Yang Jeong-Yeh, Curry Thomas M, Moremen Kelley W, Bomble Yannick J, Urbanowicz Breeanna R
Abstract excerpt
Xylan O-acetyltransferase 1 (XOAT1) is involved in O-acetylating the backbone of hemicellulose xylan. Recent structural analysis of XOAT1 showed two unequal lobes forming a cleft that is predicted to accommodate and position xylan acceptors into proximity with the catalytic triad. Here, we used docking and molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the optimal orientation of xylan in the binding cleft of XOAT1...
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