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| Title |
Targeted metatranscriptomics of compost-derived consortia reveals a GH11 exerting an unusual exo-1,4-β-xylanase activity
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| Published in |
Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, November 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13068-017-0944-4 |
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| Authors |
Bruno L. Mello, Anna M. Alessi, Diego M. Riaño-Pachón, Eduardo R. deAzevedo, Francisco E. G. Guimarães, Melissa C. Espirito Santo, Simon McQueen-Mason, Neil C. Bruce, Igor Polikarpov |
| Abstract |
Using globally abundant crop residues as a carbon source for energy generation and renewable chemicals production stand out as a promising solution to reduce current dependency on fossil fuels. In nature, such as in compost habitats, microbial communities efficiently degrade the available plant biomass using a diverse set of synergistic enzymes. However, deconstruction of lignocellulose remains a challenge for industry due to recalcitrant nature of the substrate and the inefficiency of the enzyme systems available, making the economic production of lignocellulosic biofuels difficult. Metatranscriptomic studies of microbial communities can unveil the metabolic functions employed by lignocellulolytic consortia and identify novel biocatalysts that could improve industrial lignocellulose conversion. In this study, a microbial community from compost was grown in minimal medium with sugarcane bagasse sugarcane bagasse as the sole carbon source. Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance was used to monitor lignocellulose degradation; analysis of metatranscriptomic data led to the selection and functional characterization of several target genes, revealing the first glycoside hydrolase from Carbohydrate Active Enzyme family 11 with exo-1,4-β-xylanase activity. The xylanase crystal structure was resolved at 1.76 Å revealing the structural basis of exo-xylanase activity. Supplementation of a commercial cellulolytic enzyme cocktail with the xylanase showed improvement in Avicel hydrolysis in the presence of inhibitory xylooligomers. This study demonstrated that composting microbiomes continue to be an excellent source of biotechnologically important enzymes by unveiling the diversity of enzymes involved in in situ lignocellulose degradation. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 58 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 8 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 9% |
| Unspecified | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 17 | 29% |
| Unknown | 10 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 20 | 34% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 14% |
| Unspecified | 5 | 9% |
| Engineering | 3 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 8 | 14% |
| Unknown | 12 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 November 2017.
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