Mechanism of lignin inhibition of enzymatic biomass deconstruction

Fungal Cellulases

(2015) Christina M. Payne et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Molecular dynamics simulations of large macromolecular complexes

(2015) Juan R Perilla et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Structural Insights into the Affinity of Cel7A Carbohydrate-binding Module for Lignin

(2015) Kathryn L. Strobel et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Why genetic modification of lignin leads to low-recalcitrance biomass

(2015) Christopher Carmona et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Comparison of enzymatic reactivity of corn stover solids prepared by dilute acid, AFEX™, and ionic liquid pretreatments

(2014) Xiadi Gao et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Engineering plant cell walls: tuning lignin monomer composition for deconstructable biofuel feedstocks or resilient biomaterials

(2014) Peter N. Ciesielski et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Predicting Enzyme Adsorption to Lignin Films by Calculating Enzyme Surface Hydrophobicity

(2014) Deanne W. Sammond et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Efficient biomass pretreatment using ionic liquids derived from lignin and hemicellulose

(2014) A. M. Socha et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lignin Valorization: Improving Lignin Processing in the Biorefinery

(2014) A. J. Ragauskas et al.   SCIENCE

GROMACS 4.5: a high-throughput and highly parallel open source molecular simulation toolkit

(2013) Sander Pronk et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Solvent-Driven Preferential Association of Lignin with Regions of Crystalline Cellulose in Molecular Dynamics Simulation

(2013) Benjamin Lindner et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Investigation of lignin deposition on cellulose during hydrothermal pretreatment, its effect on cellulose hydrolysis, and underlying mechanisms

(2013) Hongjia Li et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Assessing the molecular structure basis for biomass recalcitrance during dilute acid and hydrothermal pretreatments

(2013) Yunqiao Pu et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Lignin biosynthesis perturbations affect secondary cell wall composition and saccharification yield in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2013) Rebecca Van Acker et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Simulation analysis of the cellulase Cel7A carbohydrate binding module on the surface of the cellulose Iβ

(2013) Emal M. Alekozai et al.   CELLULOSE

Cellulase–lignin interactions—The role of carbohydrate-binding module and pH in non-productive binding

(2013) Jenni Liisa Rahikainen et al.   ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY

Common processes drive the thermochemical pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass

(2013) Paul Langan et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Glycosylated linkers in multimodular lignocellulose-degrading enzymes dynamically bind to cellulose

(2013) Christina M. Payne et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Enzymatic Saccharification of Lignocelluloses Should be Conducted at Elevated pH 5.2–6.2

(2012) T. Q. Lan et al.   BioEnergy Research

Binding Preferences, Surface Attachment, Diffusivity, and Orientation of a Family 1 Carbohydrate-binding Module on Cellulose

(2012) Mark R. Nimlos et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Optimization of the Additive CHARMM All-Atom Protein Force Field Targeting Improved Sampling of the Backbone ϕ, ψ and Side-Chain χ1 and χ2 Dihedral Angles

(2012) Robert B. Best et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Opportunities and challenges for a sustainable energy future

(2012) Steven Chu et al.   NATURE

How Does Plant Cell Wall Nanoscale Architecture Correlate with Enzymatic Digestibility?

(2012) S.-Y. Ding et al.   SCIENCE

Analyzing cellulose degree of polymerization and its relevancy to cellulosic ethanol

(2011) Bassem B. Hallac et al.   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr

The lignin present in steam pretreated softwood binds enzymes and limits cellulose accessibility

(2011) Linoj Kumar et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Binding characteristics of Trichoderma reesei cellulases on untreated, ammonia fiber expansion (AFEX), and dilute-acid pretreated lignocellulosic biomass

(2011) Dahai Gao et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Inhibition of enzymatic hydrolysis by residual lignins from softwood-study of enzyme binding and inactivation on lignin-rich surface

(2011) Jenni Rahikainen et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

The NumPy Array: A Structure for Efficient Numerical Computation

(2011) Stéfan van der Walt et al.   COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Harnessing glycosylation to improve cellulase activity

(2011) Gregg T Beckham et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Multi-scale visualization and characterization of lignocellulosic plant cell wall deconstruction during thermochemical pretreatment

(2011) Shishir P. S. Chundawat et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Cellobiohydrolase Hydrolyzes Crystalline Cellulose on Hydrophobic Faces

(2011) Yu-San Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Small Angle Neutron Scattering Reveals pH-dependent Conformational Changes inTrichoderma reeseiCellobiohydrolase I

(2011) Sai Venkatesh Pingali et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

CHARMM Additive All-Atom Force Field for Carbohydrate Derivatives and Its Utility in Polysaccharide and Carbohydrate–Protein Modeling

(2011) Olgun Guvench et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Capillary zone electrophoresis for the analysis of glycoforms of cellobiohydrolase

(2011) Ruchi Gupta et al.   JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A

Molecular-Level Origins of Biomass Recalcitrance: Decrystallization Free Energies for Four Common Cellulose Polymorphs

(2011) Gregg T. Beckham et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Simulation Analysis of the Temperature Dependence of Lignin Structure and Dynamics

(2011) Loukas Petridis et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Quantitative fluorescence imaging of protein diffusion and interaction in living cells

(2011) Jérémie Capoulade et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Self-similar multiscale structure of lignin revealed by neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulation

(2011) Loukas Petridis et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Genetic manipulation of lignin reduces recalcitrance and improves ethanol production from switchgrass

(2011) Chunxiang Fu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Traffic Jams Reduce Hydrolytic Efficiency of Cellulase on Cellulose Surface

(2011) K. Igarashi et al.   SCIENCE

Enhancing the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass by increasing the carboxylic acid content of the associated lignin

(2010) Seiji Nakagame et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Identification of Amino Acids Responsible for Processivity in a Family 1 Carbohydrate-Binding Module from a Fungal Cellulase

(2010) Gregg T. Beckham et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Feedstocks for Lignocellulosic Biofuels

(2010) C. Somerville et al.   SCIENCE

Physical and chemical characterizations of corn stover and poplar solids resulting from leading pretreatment technologies

(2009) Rajeev Kumar et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Comparative study of corn stover pretreated by dilute acid and cellulose solvent-based lignocellulose fractionation: Enzymatic hydrolysis, supramolecular structure, and substrate accessibility

(2009) Zhiguang Zhu et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Access of cellulase to cellulose and lignin for poplar solids produced by leading pretreatment technologies

(2009) Rajeev Kumar et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS

Scaling of Multimillion-Atom Biological Molecular Dynamics Simulation on a Petascale Supercomputer

(2009) Roland Schulz et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

CHARMM Additive All-Atom Force Field for Glycosidic Linkages between Hexopyranoses

(2009) Olgun Guvench et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Effects of Two-Stage Dilute Acid Pretreatment on the Structure and Composition of Lignin and Cellulose in Loblolly Pine

(2008) Poulomi Sannigrahi et al.   BioEnergy Research

Visualizing lignin coalescence and migration through maize cell walls following thermochemical pretreatment

(2008) Bryon S. Donohoe et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

GROMACS 4:  Algorithms for Highly Efficient, Load-Balanced, and Scalable Molecular Simulation

(2008) Berk Hess et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Additive empirical force field for hexopyranose monosaccharides

(2008) Olgun Guvench et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY

A molecular mechanics force field for lignin

(2008) Loukas Petridis et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY

The new forestry biofuels sector

(2007) Yunqiao Pu et al.   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr

Pretreatment: the key to unlocking low-cost cellulosic ethanol

(2007) Bin Yang et al.   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr