Conversion Technologies (Deconstruction or Synthesis): Enzyme Science & Technology lll - Modeling and Structure/Function

Wednesday, May 1, 2013: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Ballroom I, Ballroom Level
Convener:
Peter Westh - Rosilde University, Roskilde,
Co-Convener:
Christina M. Payne - University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY



8:00 AM
Structural and computational characterization of a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase from the white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium
Mats Sandgren, Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
8:25 AM
Molecular Simulation of Biomolecules in Non-Aqueous Media:  Application to Lipase and Glycoside Hydrolase
Jim Pfaendtner, Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
8:50 AM
Absolute ligand binding free energy of glycoside hydrolases as a metric for processivity and polysaccharide morphology dependence
Christina M. Payne1, Wei Jiang2, Michael E. Himmel3, Michael F. Crowley3 and Gregg T. Beckham4, (1)Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, (2)Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, (3)Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (4)National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
9:15 AM
Break
9:45 AM
Computational and experimental studies of fungal cellulases
Gregg T. Beckham1, Lintao Bu1, Liqun Chen2, Seonah Kim1, Brandon C. Knott1, Christina M. Payne3, Michael Resch4, Deanne W. Sammond4, Courtney B. Taylor5, Stephen R. Decker4, Mike E. Himmel4, Clare McCabe5, Zhongping Tan2 and Michael Crowley4, (1)National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (2)Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, (3)Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, (4)Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (5)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
10:10 AM
An investigation of cellulase kinetics for efficient lignocellulose hydrolysis
Kierston Shill1, Douglas S. Clark2 and Harvey W. Blanch2, (1)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, (2)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
10:35 AM
Studies of the impact of cellulose microfibrillar properties on productive engagement by cellulases
Tina Jeoh1, Patrick J. O'Dell2 and Akshata R. Mudinoor1, (1)Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, (2)Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, CA
11:00 AM
Kinetic modeling of processive cellulases
Peter Westh1, Kim Borch2, Eigil Praestgaard3, Nicolaj Bagger3 and Jens Elmerdahl3, (1)NSM, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark, (2)Protein Biophysics, Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark, (3)NSM, Roskilde, Denmark
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