Issue 11, 2020

Insights from semi-oriented EPR spectroscopy studies into the interaction of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases with cellulose

Abstract

Probing the detailed interaction between lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) and their polysaccharide substrates is key to revealing further insights into the mechanism of action of this class of enzymes on recalcitrant biomass. This investigation is somewhat hindered, however, by the insoluble nature of the substrates, which precludes the use of most optical spectroscopic techniques. Herein, we report a new semi-oriented EPR method which evaluates directly the binding of cellulose-active LPMOs to crystalline cellulose. We make use of the intrinsic order of cellulose fibres in Apium graveolens (celery) to orient the LPMO with respect to the magnetic field of an EPR spectrometer. The subsequent angle-dependent changes observed in the EPR spectra can then be related to the orientation of the g matrix principal directions with respect to the magnetic field of the spectrometer and, hence, to the binding of the enzyme onto the cellulose fibres. This method, which does not require specific modification of standard CW-EPR equipment, can be used as a general procedure to investigate LPMO–cellulose interactions.

Graphical abstract: Insights from semi-oriented EPR spectroscopy studies into the interaction of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases with cellulose

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 out 2019
Accepted
05 fev 2020
First published
03 mar 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Dalton Trans., 2020,49, 3413-3422

Insights from semi-oriented EPR spectroscopy studies into the interaction of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases with cellulose

L. Ciano, A. Paradisi, G. R. Hemsworth, M. Tovborg, G. J. Davies and P. H. Walton, Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 3413 DOI: 10.1039/C9DT04065J

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