Function and synthesis of enzymes involved in lignin degradation

• Published in: Journal of biotechnology Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 49 - 55
• Main Author: Fiechter, A.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne Elsevier B.V 1993; Amsterdam Elsevier; New York, NY
• Subjects: aryl alcohol dehydrogenase; aryl alcohol oxidase; Aryl-alcohol dehydrogenase (AAD); Aryl-alcohol oxidase (AAO); biodegradation; Biological and medical sciences; Biotechnology; Bjerkandera adusta; enzyme activity; Enzyme engineering; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; lignin; Lignin degradation; Methods. Procedures. Technologies; Miscellaneous; NADH; oxidoreductase; oxidoreductases; Phanerochaete chrysosporium; Sequential batch cultivation; NADH; Lignin degradation; Aryl-alcohol oxidase (AAO); Aryl-alcohol dehydrogenase (AAD); Sequential batch cultivation; Fungi; Biodegradation; Culture medium; Lignin; Enzymatic activity; Phanerochaete chrysosporium; Microorganism culture; Basidiomycetes; Oxidoreductases; Physicochemical properties; Thallophyta
• ISSN: 0168-1656; 1873-4863
• DOI: 10.1016/0168-1656(93)90026-J

Recent progress made in lignin degradation is rather impressive particularly in the enzymatic area where several new enzymes have been described. However, the full understanding of the enzymatic arsenal involved in the primary attack of the complex polymer is still incomplete and only slowly increasing. Also cultivation of the prominent lignin degraders like Phanerochaete chrysosporium creates difficulties arising from the fact that so far no true stability in enzyme synthesis of fungal systems has been attained. In other words, no continuous cultivation has been established; even repetitive batch cultures are generally fading out in their activity of ligninase or protein excretion on the whole.