Blar i Brage NMBU på forfatter "Mekasha, Sophanit"
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A trimodular bacterial enzyme combining hydrolytic activity with oxidative glycosidic bond cleavage efficiently degrades chitin
Mekasha, Sophanit; Tuveng, Tina Rise; Askarian, Fatemeh; Choudhary, Swati; Schmith-Dannert, Claudia; Niebisch, Axel; Modregger, Jan; Vaaje-Kolstad, Gustav; Eijsink, Vincent (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Characterisation of a Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase from Aspergillus fumigatus belonging to Auxiliary Activity Family 11
Støpamo, Fredrik Gjerstad (Master thesis, 2019)Studies with lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) in recent years have shown promising results in the enzyme’s ability to degrade recalcitrant carbohydrate biomass, a crucial property in future biomass utilization ... -
Cloning, expression, purification and characterization of Lytic Plysaccharide Monooxygenases from Streptomyces coelicolor and Donesia denitrificans
Mekasha, Sophanit (Master thesis, 2014-02-19)Enzymatisk nedbrytning av polysakkaridene cellulose og kitin er en essensielt trinn i prosessen hvor biomasse konverteres til verdifulle produkter. Utvikling og forbedring av enzymteknologi for omdanning av biomasse er ... -
Development of enzyme cocktails for complete saccharification of chitin using mono-component enzymes from Serratia marcescens
Mekasha, Sophanit; Byman, Ida Roksvåg; Lynch, Catherine; Toupalová, Hana; Andera, Ladislav; Næs, Tormod; Vaaje-Kolstad, Gustav; Eijsink, Vincentius Gerardus Henricus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)One potential strategy for biorefining of chitin-rich biomass entails enzymatic saccharification, which, so far, has been scarcely explored. Here, saccharification of chitin was explored using response surface methodology ... -
The lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase CbpD promotes Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence in systemic infection
Askarian, Fatemeh; Uchiyama, Satoshi; Masson, Helen; Sørensen, Henrik Vinther; Golten, Ole; Bunæs, Anne Cathrine; Mekasha, Sophanit; Røhr, Åsmund Kjendseth; Kommedal, Eirik Garpestad; Ludviksen, Judith Anita; Arntzen, Magnus Øverlie; Schmidt, Benjamin; Zurich, Raymond H.; Van Sorge, Nina M.; Eijsink, Vincent; Krengel, Ute; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Lewis, Nathan E.; Nizet, Victor; Vaaje-Kolstad, Gustav (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021) -
On the functional characterization of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs)
Eijsink, Vincent; Petrovic, Dejan; Forsberg, Zarah; Mekasha, Sophanit; Kjendseth, Åsmund Røhr; Varnai, Aniko; Bissaro, Bastien; Vaaje-Kolstad, Gustav (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are abundant in nature and best known for their role in the enzymatic conversion of recalcitrant polysaccharides such as chitin and cellulose. LPMO activity requires an oxygen ... -
Structural and functional analysis of a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase important for efficient utilization of chitin in Cellvibrio japonicus
Forsberg, Zarah; Nelson, Cassandra E.; Dalhus, Bjørn; Mekasha, Sophanit; Loose, Jennifer; Crouch, Lucy I.; Kjendseth, Åsmund Røhr; Gardner, Jeffrey G.; Eijsink, Vincent; Vaaje-Kolstad, Gustav (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)