Understanding Lignin-Degrading Reactions of Ligninolytic Enzymes: Binding Affinity and Interactional Profile

Understanding Lignin-Degrading Reactions of Ligninolytic Enzymes: Binding Affinity and Interactional Profile

Previous works have demonstrated that ligninolytic enzymes mediated effective degradation of lignin wastes. The degrading ability greatly relied on the interactions of ligninolytic enzymes with lignin. Ligninolytic enzymes mainly contain laccase (Lac), lignin peroxidase (LiP) and manganese peroxidase (MnP). In the present study, the binding modes of lignin to Lac, LiP and MnP were systematicall...

Lignin-degrading enzymes

The substantial potential applications of lignin-degrading microbes and enzymes have spurred research on lignin biodegradation in recent years. As described here, that research has led to the discovery in the basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium of the first lignin-degrading enzymes and elucidation of their mode of action. A family of powerful extracellular peroxidase isoenzymes has been t...

The Discovery and Promise of Lignin-degrading Enzymes

This paper briefly summarizes our research at the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory aimed at understanding how lignin is degraded by microorganisms. Our ultimate purpose is to gain the background knowledge needed to use lignin-degrading microbes and their enzymes in wood processing. Today such research would fall within the realm of biotechnology, although when we started that word had not yet be...

Lignin-Degrading Enzymes of the Commercial Button Mushroom, Agaricus bisporus.

Agaricus bisporus, grown under standard composting conditions, was evaluated for its ability to produce lignin-degrading peroxidases, which have been shown to have an integral role in lignin degradation by wood-rotting fungi. The activity of manganese peroxidase was monitored throughout the production cycle of the fungus, from the time of colonization of the compost through the development of f...

1 Improvement of ligninolytic properties in the hyper lignin - degrading fungus 2