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Cellulosomes

Known as: Cellulosome 
An extracellular multi-enzyme complex containing up to 11 different enzymes aligned on a non-catalytic scaffolding glycoprotein. Functions to… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Significance of Relative Position of Cellulases in Designer Cellulosomes for Optimized Cellulolysis
Degradation of cellulose is of major interest in the quest for alternative sources of renewable energy, for its positive effects… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Insights into plant biomass conversion from the genome of the anaerobic thermophilic bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor bescii DSM 6725
Caldicellulosiruptor bescii DSM 6725 utilizes various polysaccharides and grows efficiently on untreated high-lignin grasses and… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Conversion of Thermobifida fusca free exoglucanases into cellulosomal components: comparative impact on cellulose-degrading activity.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Exploration of New Geometries in Cellulosome-Like Chimeras
ABSTRACT In this study, novel cellulosome chimeras exhibiting atypical geometries and binding modes, wherein the targeting and… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
The functional repertoire of prokaryote cellulosomes includes the serpin superfamily of serine proteinase inhibitors
Many of the Firmicutes bacteria responsible for plant polysaccharide degradation in Nature produce a multiprotein complex called… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Unconventional Mode of Attachment of the Ruminococcus flavefaciens Cellulosome to the Cell Surface
ABSTRACT Sequence extension of the scaffoldin gene cluster from Ruminococcus flavefaciens revealed a new gene (scaE) that encodes… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Application of microbial genes to recalcitrant biomass utilization and environmental conservation.
2002
2002
The Major Component of the Cellulosomes of Anaerobic Fungi from the Genus Piromyces is a Family 48 Glycoside Hydrolase
Sequencing of two cDNAs from the anaerobic fungi Piromyces equi and Piromyces sp. strain E2 revealed that they both encode a… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Digestion of crystalline cellulose substrates by the clostridium thermocellum cellulosome: structural and morphological aspects.
The action of cellulosomes from Clostridium thermocellum on model cellulose microfibrils from Acetobacter xylinum and cellulose… 
1999
1999
Phage display of a cellulose binding domain from Clostridium thermocellum and its application as a tool for antibody engineering.
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