A pathway for chitin oxidation in marine bacteria
oleh: Wen-Xin Jiang, Ping-Yi Li, Xiu-Lan Chen, Yi-Shuo Zhang, Jing-Ping Wang, Yan-Jun Wang, Qi Sheng, Zhong-Zhi Sun, Qi-Long Qin, Xue-Bing Ren, Peng Wang, Xiao-Yan Song, Yin Chen, Yu-Zhong Zhang
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01 |
Deskripsi
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases contribute to microbial degradation of chitin, but how the resulting oxidized chitooligosaccharides are utilized by microbes is unclear. Here, the authors describe a complete pathway for oxidative chitin utilization in marine bacteria.