Detection and characterization of a novel extracellular fungal enzyme that catalyzes the specific and hydrolytic cleavage of lignin guaiacylglycerol β-aryl ether linkages

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2353-2362

  Otsuka, Yuichiro ^a   Sonoki, Tomonori ^a   Ikeda, Seiichiro ^a   Kajita, Shinya ^a   Nakamura, Masaya ^b   Katayama, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

aryl ether linkage; Extracellular enzyme; Fungi; Guaiacylglycerol O guaiacyl ether; Lignin biodegradaion

Indexed keywords

ACYLGLYCEROL; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FUNGAL ENZYME; GUAIACYLGLYCEROL BETA O GUAIACYL ETHER; LIGNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME RELEASE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS;

CATALYSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FUNGI; GUAIFENESIN; HYDROLYSIS; HYMECROMONE; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LIGNIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHYLOGENY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 0038730666     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03545.x     Document Type: Article

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