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Title: Bacterial extracellular lignin peroxidase

Patent ·
OSTI ID:868730

A newly discovered lignin peroxidase enzyme is provided. The enzyme is obtained from a bacterial source and is capable of degrading the lignin portion of lignocellulose in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. The enzyme is extracellular, oxidative, inducible by lignin, larch wood xylan, or related substrates and capable of attacking certain lignin substructure chemical bonds that are not degradable by fungal lignin peroxidases.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG07-86ER13586
Assignee:
Idaho Research Foundation, Incorporation (Moscow, ID)
Patent Number(s):
US 5200338
OSTI ID:
868730
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (6)

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Cloning and sequencing of a cDNA for a ligninase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium journal April 1987
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Bacterial degradation of lignin journal November 1988
Lignin-degrading enzyme from Phanerochaete chrysosporium: Purification, characterization, and catalytic properties of a unique H2O2-requiring oxygenase journal April 1984
Identification of cDNA clones for ligninase from Phanerochaetechrysosporium using synthetic oligonucleotide probes journal June 1986