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Lignin, a complex biopolymer in plant cell walls, has critical ecological and industrial significance.
Lignin is difficult to process, but microbial enzymes like diarylpropane lyase (LdpA) - sourced from sphingomonad bacteria - break down lignin-derived aromatics into useful products.
Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, UCLA, University of Portsmouth, and Nagaoka University studied LdpA's properties using both computational and experimental techniques. They combined high throughput Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS), and short and long wavelength Macromolecular (MX) at Diamond to characterise LdpA.
Understanding this enzymatic process enhances lignin's potential for biotechnology.
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