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Aromatic ring cleavage of β‐ O ‐4 lignin substructure model dimers by lignin peroxidase of Phanerochaete chrysosporium
Author(s) -
Umezawa Toshiaki,
Shimada Mikio,
Higuchi Takayoshi,
Kusai Kiyoshi
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(86)80914-0
Subject(s) - phanerochaete , chrysosporium , lignin , chemistry , lignin peroxidase , oxalate , cleavage (geology) , peroxidase , organic chemistry , enzyme , biology , paleontology , fracture (geology)
Extracellular lignin peroxidase (ligninase) from Phanerochaete chrysosporium catalyzed aromatic ring cleavage of β‐ O ‐4 lignin substructure model dimers to give three esters of arylglycerol, cyclic carbonate, formate and methyl oxalate. H 2 O 2 , was required for the activity of the enzyme.