title: Response to Comment on "Revealing nature's cellulase diversity: the digestion mechanism of Caldicellulosiruptor bescii CelA".
abstract: Gusakov critiques our methodology for comparing the cellulolytic activity of the bacterial cellulase CelA with the fungal cellulase Cel7A. We address his concerns by clarifying some misconceptions, carefully referencing the literature, and justifying our approach to point out that the results from our study still stand.
authors.affiliation: Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, USA.
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brunecky
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alahuhta
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Bryon S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Donohoe
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Crowley
authors.forename: Irina A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Kataeva
authors.forename: Sung-Jae
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Resch
authors.forename: Michael W W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: Vladimir V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Lunin
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Himmel
authors.forename: Yannick J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Bomble
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D002480:Cellulase / Q000737:chemistry*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002482:Cellulose; D002480:Cellulase