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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 9.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2014 Mar 3;114(7):3659–3853. doi: 10.1021/cr400327t

Figure 250.

Figure 250

(A) Reaction of cellulose chain opening by the polysaccharide monooxygenases, via H-atom abstraction from the 1 position, as proposed by Phillips et al. (B) End-on bound superoxide structure of PMO-2 from Neurospora crassa (pdb: 4EIR). Gold sphere: Cu, Red spheres: oxygen. Second sphere residues Y168 and Q166 (<4Å from the Cu) are included