Structural characterization of a soil viral auxiliary metabolic gene product – a functional chitosanase
oleh: Ruonan Wu, Clyde A. Smith, Garry W. Buchko, Ian K. Blaby, David Paez-Espino, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Yasuo Yoshikuni, Jason E. McDermott, Kirsten S. Hofmockel, John R. Cort, Janet K. Jansson
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01 |
Deskripsi
Metagenomics is revealing auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs) in soil viral genomes. Here, authors solve the crystal structure for a soil viral AMG product, free and ligand bound, and show the protein can decompose chitin, a common carbon polymer.