White rot fungi laccases for biotechnological applications

White rot fungi have an enzymatic system producing oxidative and hydrolytic enzymes that act on the degradation of certain components of the cell wall. They can be applied in several technological processes, such as paper industry, bio-fuels and environmental pollution. Laccases are multi-copper enz...

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Autores: Villalba, Laura L., Fonseca, Maria Isabel, Giorgio, Ernesto Martín, Zapata, Pedro Dario
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/79943
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/79943
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Biotechnology Applications
Laccases
Ligninolytic Enzymes
White Rot Fungi
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Sumario:White rot fungi have an enzymatic system producing oxidative and hydrolytic enzymes that act on the degradation of certain components of the cell wall. They can be applied in several technological processes, such as paper industry, bio-fuels and environmental pollution. Laccases are multi-copper enzymes of wide substrate specificity and high non-specific oxidation capacity that use molecular oxygen to oxidize various aromatic compounds, and are highly relevant biotechnological applications. In this review, we present some significant patents on laccase production and recombinant DNA technology for diverse biotechnology applications.