The structure of a novel glucuronoyl esterase from Myceliophthora thermophila gives new insights into its role as a potential biocatalyst.

@article{Charavgi2013TheSO,
  title={The structure of a novel glucuronoyl esterase from Myceliophthora thermophila gives new insights into its role as a potential biocatalyst.},
  author={Maria-Despoina Charavgi and Maria Dimarogona and Evangelos Topakas and Paul Christakopoulos and Evangelia D Chrysina},
  journal={Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography},
  year={2013},
  volume={69 Pt 1},
  pages={
          63-73
        }
}
The increasing demand for the development of efficient biocatalysts is a consequence of their broad industrial applications. Typical difficulties that are encountered during their exploitation in a variety of processes are interconnected with factors such as temperature, pH, product inhibitors etc. To eliminate these, research has been directed towards the identification of new enzymes that would comply with the required standards. To this end, the recently discovered glucuronoyl esterases (GEs… 
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