Laccase properties, physiological functions, and evolution

G Janusz, A Pawlik, U Świderska-Burek… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Discovered in 1883, laccase is one of the first enzymes ever described. Now, after almost
140 years of research, it seems that this copper-containing protein with a number of unique …

Microbial production of melanin and its various applications

AN Tran-Ly, C Reyes, FWMR Schwarze… - World Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Melanins are natural biopolymers that are known to contribute to different biological
processes and to protect organisms from adverse environmental conditions. During the past …

Biodegradation of polyethylene microplastic particles by the fungus Aspergillus flavus from the guts of wax moth Galleria mellonella

J Zhang, D Gao, Q Li, Y Zhao, L Li, H Lin, Q Bi… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polyethylene (PE) products are widely used in daily life, agriculture, and industry because of
their convenience and economic value. However, PE is one of the polymer materials …

Trace metal metabolism in plants

E Andresen, E Peiter, H Küpper - Journal of experimental botany, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Many trace metals are essential micronutrients, but also potent toxins. Due to natural and
anthropogenic causes, vastly different trace metal concentrations occur in various habitats …

O2 Reduction in Enzymatic Biofuel Cells

N Mano, A de Poulpiquet - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Catalytic four-electron reduction of O2 to water is one of the most extensively studied
electrochemical reactions due to O2 exceptional availability and high O2/H2O redox …

Laccases: production, expression regulation, and applications in pharmaceutical biodegradation

J Yang, W Li, TB Ng, X Deng, J Lin, X Ye - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Laccases are a family of copper-containing oxidases with important applications in
bioremediation and other various industrial and biotechnological areas. There have been …

Electron transfer and reaction mechanism of laccases

SM Jones, EI Solomon - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2015 - Springer
Laccases are part of the family of multicopper oxidases (MCOs), which couple the oxidation
of substrates to the four electron reduction of O 2 to H 2 O. MCOs contain a minimum of four …

A scientometric analysis of research progress and trends in the design of laccase biocatalysts for the decolorization of synthetic dyes

AFS Rodrigues, AF da Silva, FLB da Silva… - Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
This article conducted an advanced and comprehensive scientometric analysis of worldwide
trends in decolorizing synthetic dyes by laccase. Articles were collected, analyzed, and …

Bacterial laccase: recent update on production, properties and industrial applications

PS Chauhan, B Goradia, A Saxena - 3 Biotech, 2017 - Springer
Laccases (benzenediol: oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.10. 3.2) are multi-copper enzymes
which catalyze the oxidation of a wide range of phenolic and non-phenolic aromatic …

Engineering plant biomass lignin content and composition for biofuels and bioproducts

CM Welker, VK Balasubramanian, C Petti, KM Rai… - Energies, 2015 - mdpi.com
Lignin is an aromatic biopolymer involved in providing structural support to plant cell walls.
Compared to the other cell wall polymers, ie, cellulose and hemicelluloses, lignin has been …