Camille Carton, Josip Safran, Adrien Lemaire, Jean-Marc Domon, Ward Poelmans, Tom Beeckman, Francisco Ramos-Martín, Viviane Antonietti, Pascal Sonnet, Anissa Lounès-Hadj Sahraoui, Valérie Lefebvre, Jérôme Pelloux, Corinne Pau-Roblot
Polygalacturonases (PGs) can modulate chemistry and mechanical properties of the plant cell wall through the degradation of pectins, one of its major constituents. PGs are largely used in food, beverage, textile, and paper industries to increase processes' performances. To improve the use of PGs, knowledge of their biochemical, structural and functional features is of prime importance. Our study aims at characterizing SmoPG1, a polygalacturonase from Selaginella moellendorffii, that belongs to the lycophytes...
April 30, 2024: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules