Colorimetric High-Throughput Screening Assays for the Directed Evolution of Fungal Laccases

In this chapter we describe several high-throughput screening assays for the evaluation of mutant libraries for the directed evolution of fungal laccases in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The assays are based on the direct oxidation of three syringyl-type phenols derived from lignin (sinapic ac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Pardo, Isabel, Camarero, Susana
Tipo de recurso: otro
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:digitalcsic_::f8157c2cd5ed5d4916dcec66566a29e2
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/427664
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85032641183
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Colorimetric assays
Directed evolution
High-throughput screening
Laccase
Mutant libraries
Synthetic organic dyes
Syringyl-type phenols
Violuric acid
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Sumario:In this chapter we describe several high-throughput screening assays for the evaluation of mutant libraries for the directed evolution of fungal laccases in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The assays are based on the direct oxidation of three syringyl-type phenols derived from lignin (sinapic acid, acetosyringone, and syringaldehyde), an artificial laccase mediator (violuric acid), and three organic synthetic dyes (Methyl Orange, Evans Blue, and Remazol Brilliant Blue). While the assays with the natural phenols can be used for laccases with low redox potential, the rest are exclusive for high-redox potential laccases. In fact, the violuric acid assay is devised as a method to ascertain that the high-redox potential of laccase is not lost during directed evolution.