Solubilization of crystalline chitin with a single LPMO: generating chito-oligosaccharides with unprecedented bioactivity

Key Points

• The research aims to explore the solubilization of chitin and the bioactivity of its products.
• Used a single LPMO to solubilize crystalline chitin
• Generated chito-oligosaccharides and chitosan from chitin
• Emphasized the bioactivity of the resultant products.
• Chito-oligosaccharides generated exhibit unprecedented bioactivity
• Chitosan was produced as a soluble polymeric byproduct
• Demonstrated improved solubility of chitin compared to conventional methods.