ORNL researchers use neutron crystallography to gain better understanding of biomass hydrolysis enzyme xylanase

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By mmillikinOct 9, 2015, 6:02 am199 pts
Researchers led by a team from the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are using neutron crystallography to understand the functioning of enzymes at the molecular level and to learn how to bioengineer those enzymes for large-scale improvements in the efficiency of biomass…

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