Comparative Analysis of Crystallinity Changes in Cellulose I Polymers Using ATR-FTIR, X-ray Diffraction, and Carbohydrate-Binding Module Probes

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4121-4126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alenka Kljun ◽  
Thomas A. S. Benians ◽  
Florence Goubet ◽  
Frank Meulewaeter ◽  
J. Paul Knox ◽  
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Author(s):  
Yury A. Kislitsyn ◽  
Valeriya R. Samygina ◽  
Igor A. Dvortsov ◽  
Nataliya A. Lunina ◽  
Inna P. Kuranova ◽  
...  

The crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the carbohydrate-binding module (CBM) from laminarinase Lic16A of the hyperthermophilic anaerobic bacteriumClostridium thermocellum(ctCBM54) are reported. Recombinant ctCBM54 was prepared using anEscherichia coli/pQE30 overexpression system and was crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. X-ray diffraction data were collected to 2.1 Å resolution using synchrotron radiation. The crystals belonged to space groupP6322, with unit-cell parametersa=b= 130.15,c= 131.05 Å. The three-dimensional structure of ctCBM54 will provide valuable information about the structure–function relation of the laminarinase Lic16A and will allow the exploitation of this binding module in biotechnological applications.


Author(s):  
Bhargava Nemmaru ◽  
Nicholas Ramirez ◽  
Cindy J. Farino ◽  
John M. Yarbrough ◽  
Nicholas Kravchenko ◽  
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2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1281-1285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Gindl ◽  
Gerhard Emsenhuber ◽  
Johannes Plackner ◽  
Johannes Konnerth ◽  
Jozef Keckes

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 809-816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brigitte Duthu ◽  
Karim El Abed ◽  
Douraid Houalla ◽  
Robert Wolf ◽  
Joël Jaud

The sulfuration of the tricyclic organophosphorous dimer 2 leads easily to the dithiotricyclic derivative 3, which has been characterized by 31P, 1H, and 13C NMR, elemental analysis, and mass spectroscopy. Its crystal and molecular structure has been established by X-ray diffraction and compared to that of 2, which was previously determined. The comparative analysis of X-ray diffraction and NMR parameters gives accurate information about the molecular structure of both compounds. A numerical value of the anistropy cone of the P=S double bond is proposed. Keywords: phosphecine, NMR, X-ray, tricycle.


Author(s):  
Yijun Ding ◽  
David Coccarelli ◽  
Ava Hurlock ◽  
Joel A. Greenberg ◽  
Michael E. Gehm ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (9) ◽  
pp. 1232-1235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruna Medeia Campos ◽  
Thabata Maria Alvarez ◽  
Marcelo Vizona Liberato ◽  
Igor Polikarpov ◽  
Harry J. Gilbert ◽  
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In recent years, owing to the growing global demand for energy, dependence on fossil fuels, limited natural resources and environmental pollution, biofuels have attracted great interest as a source of renewable energy. However, the production of biofuels from plant biomass is still considered to be an expensive technology. In this context, the study of carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs), which are involved in guiding the catalytic domains of glycoside hydrolases for polysaccharide degradation, is attracting growing attention. Aiming at the identification of new CBMs, a sugarcane soil metagenomic library was analyzed and an uncharacterized CBM (CBM_E1) was identified. In this study, CBM_E1 was expressed, purified and crystallized. X-ray diffraction data were collected to 1.95 Å resolution. The crystals, which were obtained by the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method, belonged to space groupI23, with unit-cell parametersa=b=c= 88.07 Å.


A general survey of cell-wall structure in the red algae has been carried out using the methods of X -ray diffraction analysis and electron microscopy. The fifteen species all show a similar wall structure consisting of numerous lamellae each of which is made up of random micro-fibrils embedded in an amorphous matrix. The X -ray diagrams obtained from several species are complicated by the existence of crystalline floridean starch, but nevertheless reveal the absence of cellulose I.


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