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Laccase production by the white‐rot fungus Termitomyces clypeatus
Author(s) -
Bose Shilpi,
Mazumder Sharmishtha,
Mukherjee Mina
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of basic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1521-4028
pISSN - 0233-111X
DOI - 10.1002/jobm.200610206
Subject(s) - laccase , fungus , biology , white (mutation) , white rot , botany , enzyme , lignin , biochemistry , gene
Laccase was detected in the culture filtrate of white‐rot fungus Termitomyces clypeatus . The enzyme was found at the late phase of submerged growth in a medium containing glucose or cellulose as the carbon source. The present study indicates that laccase produced by T. clypeatus is an intracellular enzyme, released in the medium due to cell lysis at the end of the growing phase. Laccase produced by T. clypeatus is different from the extracellular polyphenol oxidase of T. albuminosus , also produced at the late phase of growth. This is the first report of laccase production by a Termitomyces sp. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)