Review of advances in the development of laccases for the valorization of lignin to enable the production of lignocellulosic biofuels and bioproducts

LMCLK Curran, KL Sale, BA Simmons - Biotechnology advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Development and deployment of commercial biorefineries based on conversion of
lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels and bioproducts faces many challenges that must be …

Growing a circular economy with fungal biotechnology: a white paper

V Meyer, EY Basenko, JP Benz, GH Braus… - Fungal biology and …, 2020 - Springer
Fungi have the ability to transform organic materials into a rich and diverse set of useful
products and provide distinct opportunities for tackling the urgent challenges before all …

Fungal laccases: The forefront of enzymes for sustainability

M Loi, O Glazunova, T Fedorova, AF Logrieco, G Mulè - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Enzymatic catalysis is one of the main pillars of sustainability for industrial production.
Enzyme application allows minimization of the use of toxic solvents and to valorize the agro …

Applications of microbial laccases: patent review of the past decade (2009–2019)

A Zerva, S Simić, E Topakas, J Nikodinovic-Runic - Catalysts, 2019 - mdpi.com
There is a high number of well characterized, commercially available laccases with different
redox potentials and low substrate specificity, which in turn makes them attractive for a vast …

Laccases as versatile enzymes: from industrial uses to novel applications

AD Moreno, D Ibarra, ME Eugenio… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The application of enzymes offers an enormous potential in the improvement of existing
industrial procedures and in the establishment of new processes for obtaining high-added …

The first fungal laccase with an alkaline pH optimum obtained by directed evolution and its application in indigo dye decolorization

Q Yin, G Zhou, C Peng, Y Zhang, U Kües, J Liu, Y Xiao… - AMB Express, 2019 - Springer
Engineering of fungal laccases with optimum catalytic activity at alkaline pH has been a long-
lasting challenge. In this study, a mutant library containing 3000 clones was obtained by …

Laccase-catalyzed lignin depolymerization in deep eutectic solvents: challenges and prospects

M Zhou, OA Fakayode, M Ren, H Li, J Liang… - Bioresources and …, 2023 - Springer
Lignin has enormous potential as a renewable feedstock for depolymerizing to numerous
high-value chemicals. However, lignin depolymerization is challenging owing to its …

Hierarchically-structured laccase@ Ni3 (PO4) 2 hybrid nanoflowers for antibiotic degradation: Application in real wastewater effluent and toxicity evaluation

H Jafari-Nodoushan, MR Fazeli, MA Faramarzi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Laccase@ Ni 3 (PO 4) 2 hybrid nanoflowers (HNFs) were prepared by the
anisotropic growth of biomineralized nickel phosphate. The immobilization yield was …

Instantaneous synthesis and full characterization of organic–inorganic laccase-cobalt phosphate hybrid nanoflowers

K Vojdanitalab, H Jafari-Nodoushan, S Mojtabavi… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
A novel approach termed the" concentrated method" was developed for the instant
fabrication of laccase@ Co3 (PO4) 2• hybrid nanoflowers (HNFs). The constructed HNFs …

Shrimp laccase degrades polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from an oil spill disaster in Brazil: A tool for marine environmental bioremediation

AB da Rocha, R de Aquino Saraiva… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Our work aims to purify, characterize and evaluate a laccase from by-products of the shrimp
farming industry (Litopenaeus vannamei) for the degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic …