Possible biochemical roles of oxalic acid as a low molecular weight compound involved in brown-rot and white-rot wood decays

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 53, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 103-113

  Shimada, Mikio ^a   Akamtsu, Yasumi ^b   Tokimatsu, Toshiaki ^a   Mii, Kayoko ^a   Hattori, Takefumi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukui General Green Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brown rot and white rot basidiomycetes; Cellulose; Glyoxylate oxidase; Lignin peroxidases; Oxalate; Veratryl alcohol

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; CELLULOSE; CHELATION; DECAY (ORGANIC); ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGI; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROGEN; REDUCTION; WOOD;

BROWN ROT BASIDIOMYCETES; GLYOXYLATE OXIDASE; LIGNIN PEROXIDASE; OXALIC ACIDS; VERATRYL ALCOHOLS; WHITE ROT BASIDIOMYCETES;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

GLYOXYLIC ACID; LIGNIN; LIGNIN PEROXIDASE; OXALIC ACID; OXALOACETIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; SUPEROXIDE;

BASIDIOMYCETES; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEGRADATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FUNGUS; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0342941155     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(97)01679-9     Document Type: Article

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