Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) catalyze the oxidative cleavage of polysaccharides. Identification of a hydrogen peroxide–dependent pathway for sugar oxidation by these enzymes challenges the prevailing model that LPMOs are oxygen-dependent monooxygenases.
- Bastien Bissaro
- Åsmund K Røhr
- Vincent G H Eijsink