Conversion of lignin into value-added materials and chemicals via laccase-assisted copolymerization
Abstract
With today’s environmental concerns and the diminishing supply of the world’s petroleum-based chemicals and materials, much focus has been directed toward alternative sources. Woody biomass presents a promising option due to its sheer abundance, renewability, and biodegradability. Lignin, a highly irregular polyphenolic compound, is one of the major chemical constituents of woody biomass and is the second most abundant biopolymer on Earth, surpassed only by cellulose. The pulp and paper and cellulosic ethanol industries produce lignin on the scale of millions of tons each year as a by-product. Traditionally, lignin has been viewed as a waste material and burned as an inefficient fuel. However, in recent decades, research has focused on more economical ways to convert lignin into value-added commodities, such as biofuels, biomaterials, and biochemicals, thus developing and strengthening the concept of fully integrated biorefineries. Owing to the phenolic structure of lignin, it is possible to enzymatically graft molecules onto its surface using laccases (benzenediol:oxygen oxidoreductases, EC 1.10.3.2) to create exciting novel biomaterials. These environmentally friendly enzymes use oxygen as their only co-substrate and produce water as their sole by-product, and have thus found great industrial application. Furthermore, this mini-review highlights recent advances in the field of laccase-facilitated functionalizationmore »
- Authors:
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- Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Joint Institute for Biological Sciences (JIBS)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1327719
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 100; Journal Issue: 20; Journal ID: ISSN 0175-7598
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; biomaterials; copolymerization; functionalization laccase; lignin; sustainability
Citation Formats
Cannatelli, Mark D., and Ragauskas, Arthur J. Conversion of lignin into value-added materials and chemicals via laccase-assisted copolymerization. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1007/s00253-016-7820-1.
Cannatelli, Mark D., & Ragauskas, Arthur J. Conversion of lignin into value-added materials and chemicals via laccase-assisted copolymerization. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-016-7820-1
Cannatelli, Mark D., and Ragauskas, Arthur J. Mon .
"Conversion of lignin into value-added materials and chemicals via laccase-assisted copolymerization". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-016-7820-1. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1327719.
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title = {Conversion of lignin into value-added materials and chemicals via laccase-assisted copolymerization},
author = {Cannatelli, Mark D. and Ragauskas, Arthur J.},
abstractNote = {With today’s environmental concerns and the diminishing supply of the world’s petroleum-based chemicals and materials, much focus has been directed toward alternative sources. Woody biomass presents a promising option due to its sheer abundance, renewability, and biodegradability. Lignin, a highly irregular polyphenolic compound, is one of the major chemical constituents of woody biomass and is the second most abundant biopolymer on Earth, surpassed only by cellulose. The pulp and paper and cellulosic ethanol industries produce lignin on the scale of millions of tons each year as a by-product. Traditionally, lignin has been viewed as a waste material and burned as an inefficient fuel. However, in recent decades, research has focused on more economical ways to convert lignin into value-added commodities, such as biofuels, biomaterials, and biochemicals, thus developing and strengthening the concept of fully integrated biorefineries. Owing to the phenolic structure of lignin, it is possible to enzymatically graft molecules onto its surface using laccases (benzenediol:oxygen oxidoreductases, EC 1.10.3.2) to create exciting novel biomaterials. These environmentally friendly enzymes use oxygen as their only co-substrate and produce water as their sole by-product, and have thus found great industrial application. Furthermore, this mini-review highlights recent advances in the field of laccase-facilitated functionalization of lignin as well as promising future directions for lignin-based polymers.},
doi = {10.1007/s00253-016-7820-1},
journal = {Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology},
number = 20,
volume = 100,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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