Fungal laccase discovered but yet undiscovered

K Agrawal, V Chaturvedi, P Verma - Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2018 - Springer
Laccases belongs to multinuclear copper-containing oxidase and can act on a variety of
aromatic and non-aromatic compounds. Due to their broad substrate specificity, they are …

Laccase engineering: from rational design to directed evolution

DM Mate, M Alcalde - Biotechnology advances, 2015 - Elsevier
Laccases are multicopper oxidoreductases considered by many in the biotechonology field
as the ultimate “green catalysts”. This is mainly due to their broad substrate specificity and …

Laccases: a never-ending story

P Giardina, V Faraco, C Pezzella, A Piscitelli… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2010 - Springer
Laccases (benzenediol: oxygen oxidoreductases, EC 1.10. 3.2) are blue multicopper
oxidases that catalyze the oxidation of an array of aromatic substrates concomitantly with the …

Laccases and their natural mediators: biotechnological tools for sustainable eco-friendly processes

AI Cañas, S Camarero - Biotechnology advances, 2010 - Elsevier
Laccases are oxidoreductases which oxidize a variety of aromatic compounds using oxygen
as the electron acceptor and producing water as by-product. The interest for these old …

Laccase: a review of its past and its future in bioremediation

PJ Strong, H Claus - Critical Reviews in Environmental Science …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Laccases are multicopper proteins that use molecular oxygen to oxidize a broad spectrum of
organic compounds by a radical-catalyzed reaction mechanism. Many articles over the past …

Induction and transcriptional regulation of laccases in fungi

A Piscitelli, P Giardina, V Lettera, C Pezzella… - Current …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Fungal laccases are phenol oxidases widely studied for their use in several industrial
applications, including pulp bleaching in paper industry, dye decolourisation, detoxification …

Fungal laccases

CM Rivera-Hoyos, ED Morales-Álvarez… - Fungal Biology …, 2013 - Elsevier
Laccases are enzymes widely distributed in plants, fungi, bacteria, and insects. They are
multicopper oxidases that catalyze the transformation of aromatic and non-aromatic …

Induction of laccase by metal ions and aromatic compounds in Pleurotus ostreatus HAUCC 162 and decolorization of different synthetic dyes by the extracellular …

R Zhuo, P Yuan, Y Yang, S Zhang, F Ma… - Biochemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
Promotion of laccase production has attracted much attention, because of its potential
application in environment and industry areas. Metal ions and aromatic compounds are …

Transformation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by laccase is strongly enhanced by phenolic compounds present in soil

AI Cañas, M Alcalde, F Plou, MJ Martínez… - … science & technology, 2007 - ACS Publications
Efficient transformation of several polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was obtained
using a fungal laccase in the presence of phenolic compounds related to those formed in …

Multiple multi-copper oxidase gene families in basidiomycetes-what for?

U Kues, M Ruhl - Current Genomics, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Genome analyses revealed in various basidiomycetes the existence of multiple genes for
blue multi-copper oxidases (MCOs). Whole genomes are now available from saprotrophs …