Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Science, 1(12), p. 352-362, 2021
DOI: 10.1039/d0sc05262k
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With QM/MM, we investigate the mechanism of tyrosine deprotonation in lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases. Our results support deprotonation and our calculated UV-vis spectra show that two isomers must be formed to match recent experiments.