Open AccessChemical assesment of lignin biodegradation some qualitative and quantitative aspects
Author(s) -
Monties Bernard
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
fems microbiology reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.91
H-Index - 212
eISSN - 1574-6976
pISSN - 0168-6445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6976.1994.tb00048.x
Subject(s) - lignin , biodegradation , nitrobenzene , horseradish peroxidase , peroxidase , lignin peroxidase , ether , monomer , organic chemistry , chemistry , enzyme , catalysis , polymer
Abstract: The molecular structure of lignins (occurrence of condensed and non‐condensed monomeric units and associations with phenolic acids by ether and ester linkages) have been reviewed in this paper. Critical aspects of chemical determination of lignin content and monomeric composition have been discussed in the case of nitrobenzene oxidation and thioacidolysis. As an example of assessment of lignin biodegradation by peroxidases, lignin peroxidase and horseradish peroxidase have been compared, indicating that horseradish peroxidase is a ligninolytic enzyme, confirming the influence of the physical state of lignins on their biodegradability and the general difficulty to characterize biomacromolecules.