Laccase production by free and immobilized mycelia of Peniophora cinerea and Trametes versicolor: a comparative study

The production of laccase by immobilized mycelia of Peniophora cinerea and Trametes versicolor was studied. In an initial stage, experimental assays were performed in Erlenmeyer flasks using free and immobilized mycelium, and the performance of the fungal strains to produce the enzyme was compared. Both fungi adhered into the support material (a synthetic fiber), growing not only on the surface but also in the interspaces of the fibers. Immobilization of P. cinerea provided a 35-fold increase in laccase production when compared to the production obtained by using free mycelium. On the other hand, immobilization of T. versicolor caused a decrease in laccase activity. A comparison between the strains revealed that immobilized P. cinerea (3,500 U/L) surpassed the enzyme production by free T. versicolor (800 U/L). When the conditions that gave the best laccase production to each fungus were employed in a stirred tank bioreactor, very low laccase production was observed for both the cases, suggesting that shear stress and mycelia damage caused by the agitation impellers negatively affected the enzyme production.     

三相鼓泡塔生物反应器培养云芝菌合成漆酶

为了提高云芝菌发酵生产漆酶的效率,提出了一种利用自絮凝菌丝球在三相鼓泡塔生物反应器中重复分批发酵产漆酶的新方法。在优化后的产酶条件下,考察维生素C的添加浓度对漆酶活力的影响,并通过在培养基中添加维生素C进行漆酶多批次培养。研究结果表明,维生素C的添加浓度为1.50mmol/L时,可使漆酶活力提高2.6倍。连续进行了10批培养,每批最大漆酶的活力均在1000 U/mL以上,最高酶活出现在第五批为1919.6 U/mL,总培养时间达25 d。此方法所得漆酶对染料靛蓝具有明显的脱色降解作用,在介体1-羟基苯并三唑（HBT）用量0.10%,漆酶用量100 U/L条件下作用40 min时,靛蓝脱色率达到96.7%。该方法采用的三相鼓泡塔生物反应器性能稳定、菌丝球可重复使用,该方法有利于漆酶的高效、规模化生产。     

彩绒革盖菌漆酶产酶条件研究

本文研究了碳源、氮源、愈创木酚、香兰素及培养条件对漆酶分泌的影响;结果表明,淀粉作碳源、干酷素作氮源有利于漆酶的分泌,适宜浓度的愈创木酚和香兰素等对漆酶的产生有一定的作用;pH在3.0－8.0的范围内对漆酶的分泌影响差别不大,培养温度,接种量、通气量对漆酶的分泌有较大影响。     

彩绒革盖菌漆酶产酶条件研究

本文研究了碳源、氮源、愈创木酚、香兰素及培养条件对漆酶分泌的影响;结果表明,淀粉作碳源、干酪素作氮源有利于漆酶的分泌,适宜浓度的愈创木酚和香兰素等对漆酶的产生有一定的作用;pH在3.0～8.0的范围内对漆酶的分泌影响差别不大,培养温度、接种量、通气量对漆酶的分泌有较大影响。     

Degradation of lignocellulosic residues by polyporus versicolor and the effect of moisture contents and phenolic compounds

Polyporus versicolor was selected to find out its ability to degrade four different lignocellulosic residues (angiospermic wood sawdust, sugarcane bagasse, paddy and wheat straw) under semisolid conditions. The production of laccase was also studied on these substrates. Sawdust suffered a maximum lignin loss though overall reduction in weight was maximum in paddy straw. Addition of malt extract and certain phenolic compounds (gallic acid, tannic acid and orcinol) favoured ligninolysis in sawdust. A moisture level of 5 ml/g of sawdust was found to be the most suitable for degradation whereas laccase yield increased with further rise in moisture content.     

纤维素酶制备过程中不同底物、菌种的研究

比较用两个菌（黑氏木霉Ｔrichoderma reesei RutC-30及其改良菌种）和不同的纤维底物备纤维素酶解效果与酶系构成,研究表明,以玉米秸秆米为底物,发言奶菌种产酶时间比里氏木霉早２天,且改良菌种滤纸酶活要比里氏木霉高,分别为２．３９ＦＰＩＵ／mL和１．８５ＦＰＩＵ／mL,里木氏霉已实际运用到生产工艺中,如把改良菌种运用至生产工艺必将产生可观的经济效益。     

Improving laccase production by employing different lignocellulosic wastes in submerged cultures of Trametes versicolor

Laccase production by the white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor (CBS100.29) grown in submerged cultures was studied. Addition of different insoluble lignocellulosic materials into the culture medium in order to enhance laccase production was investigated. The lignocellulosic materials were grape seeds, grape stalks and barley bran, selected because of their availability and low cost, since they are agro-industrial wastes abundant in most countries. Barley bran gave the highest activities, a maximum value of 639U/l, which was 10 times the value attained in the cultures without lignocellulosics addition. The decolourisation of a model dye, Phenol Red, by the ligninolytic fluids obtained in the above-mentioned cultures was investigated. Grape stalk and barley bran cultures showed the highest ability to decolourise the dye, attaining a percentage of decolourisation of around 60% in 72 h.     

Laccase activity in lignin degradation by Coriolus versicolor in vivo and in vitro studies

Abstract Laccase activity in ligninolytic cultures of Coriolus versicolor was inhibited by the addition of antibodies. The degree and rate of lignin degradation was unaffected by this inhibition in comparison with cultures which had normal laccase activity. Although experiments in vitro showed that milled wood lignin was depolymerised by laccase in the presence of hydrogen peroxide, and that this reaction was inhibited by antibody, it is concluded that this degradative reaction was not the function of laccase in vivo.     

彩绒革盖菌CV—8漆酶和多酚氧化酶活性

彩绒革盖菌（Ｃｏｒｉｌｕｓｖｅｒｓｉｃｏｌｏｒ）是一种具有木质素降解能力的白腐菌,其降解木素的能力主要取决于木质素过氧化物酶、漆酶、多酚氧化酶和愈创木酚氧化酶的活力高低,所以研究其活力和分泌情况对木质素的生物降解、生物制浆和环境保护具有十分重要的意义。国外已有彩绒革盖菌漆酶的报道［１,２］,但主要集中在漆酶对木质素作用后所造成的木质素结构上的变化,有关漆酶和多酚氧化酶的活性分析报道较少［３］;国内有关的研究报道更少［４,５］,至今未见彩绒革盖菌漆酶和多酚氧化酶的研究报道。本文主要测定了彩绒革盖菌…     

变色栓菌漆酶基因的克隆与序列分析

本研究以PCR扩增的方法,从变色栓(菌Trametes versicolor)的基因组DNA中扩增出了一预期大小的DNA片断,并将其克隆到了pUCM-T载体上。经筛选、酶切、PCR鉴定,序列分析,证明该片断为变色栓菌漆酶基因的克隆。该基因的开放阅读框由1560个核苷酸组成,编码一个由519个氨基酸组成的多肽。与GeneBank中发表的Laccase基因(AY081188)序列比较发现,编码的氨基酸序列同源性为96%,而核苷酸序列的同源性为92%。     

Laccase production at reactor scale by filamentous fungi

Laccases have received much attention from researchers during the past decades due to their broad substrate specificity and to the fact that they use molecular oxygen as the final electron acceptor instead of hydrogen peroxide as used by peroxidases. This makes laccases highly interesting for a wide variety of processes, such as textile dye decolouration, pulp bleaching, effluent detoxification, biosensors and bioremediation.

The successful application of laccases to the above-mentioned processes requires the production of large quantities of enzyme at low cost. Filamentous fungi are able to produce laccases in high amounts, however, an efficient production system at bioreactor scale is still lacking. This is mainly due to the fact that laccase production by wild-type strains of filamentous fungi is linked to secondary metabolism, which implies that the following drawbacks must be overcome: uncontrolled fungal growth, the formation of polysaccharides around mycelia and the secretion of certain compounds (i.e. proteases) that inactivate laccases. This review summarizes the current status of laccase production by wild-type strains of filamentous fungi at the bioreactor scale.     

Transformation of Halogen-, Alkyl-, and Alkoxy-Substituted Anilines by a Laccase of Trametes versicolor

The laccase of the fungus Trametes versicolor was able to polymerize various halogen-, alkyl-, and alkoxy-substituted anilines, showing substrate specificity similar to that of horseradish peroxidase, whereas the laccase of Rhizoctonia praticola was active only with p-methoxyaniline. The substrate specificities of the enzymes were determined by using gas chromatography to measure the decrease in substrate concentration during incubation. With p-chloroaniline as the substrate, the peroxidase and the Trametes laccase showed maximum activity near pH 4.2. The transformation of this substrate gave rise to a number of oligomers, ranging from dimers to pentamers, as determined by mass spectrometry. The product profiles obtained by high-pressure liquid chromatography were similar for the two enzymes. A chemical reaction was observed between p-chloroaniline and an enzymatically formed dimer, resulting in the formation of a trimer. All three enzymes oxidized p-methoxyaniline to 2-amino-5-p-anisidinobenzoquinone di-p-methoxyphenylimine, but only the T. versicolor laccase and the peroxidase caused the formation of a pentamer (2,5-di-p-anisidinobenzoquinone di-p-methoxyphenylimine). Our results demonstrate that in addition to horseradish peroxidase, a T. versicolor laccase can also polymerize aniline derivatives.     

New and different lignocellulosic materials from Turkey for laccase and manganese peroxidase production by Trametes versicolor

In the present study, the production of laccase (Lac) and manganese‐dependent peroxidase (MnP) by the white‐rot fungus Trametes versicolor grown in submerged cultures with different agricultural residues was investigated. The lignocellulosic materials studied were almond shells, hazelnut husks, sunflower stems, clover straw and hazelnut cobs, because they are common agricultural wastes in Turkey. Among the different lignocellulosic materials studied, hazelnut cobs provided the highest Lac and MnP activities (47.09 and 109.21 U/L, respectively). The optimum conditions were determined for Lac and MnP production in submerged cultures of T. versicolor by using hazelnut cobs as substrate. For Lac production, the optimum incubation time, hazelnut cob concentration, pH, and shaking rate were found as 4 days, 2% w/v, 6.0 and 130 rpm, respectively. For MnP production, the optimum incubation time, hazelnut cob concentration, pH and shaking rate were found as 5 days, 2% w/v, 6.0 and 90 rpm, respectively.     

Evaluation of solid substrates for enzyme production by Coriolus versicolor, for use in bioremediation of chlorophenols in aqueous effluents

In the development of a system for the removal of chlorophenols from aqueous effluents, a range of solid substrates for the growth of Coriolus versicolor were investigated. Substrates included wood chips, cereal grain, wheat husk and wheat bran. Suitability for transformation of chlorophenols depended on laccase production by the fungus. The greatest amount of laccase (<25 Units g⁻¹ substrate) was produced on wheat husk and wheat bran over 30 days colonisation. Aqueous extracts of laccase from wheat husk and wheat bran cultures removed 100% of 2,4-dichlorophenol (50 ppm) from solution within 5 h and 75–80% of pentachlorophenol (50 ppm) within 24 h. Wheat bran was formulated into pellets with biscuit flour to provide a compact substrate for fungal immobilisation. Addition of 8–12% yeast extract to the pellets increased laccase production five-fold. Colonised pellets were added to chlorophenol solutions in 200–4000-ml bioreactors, resulting in >90% removal of chlorophenols within 100 min. Received: 10 April 2000 / Received revision: 4 July 2000 / Accepted: 10 July 2000     

Effect of different substrates and their preliminary treatment on cyclodextrin production

Summary Various kinds of substrates were tested for cyclodextrin production with cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase) from Bacillus megaterium. The enzyme formed cyclodextrin from different kinds of starch, dextrins, amylose, and amylopectin. However, the highest degree of conversion was obtained from starch. Corn starch appeared to be the best substrate – the cyclodextrin yield was 50.9%. The effect of molecular mass and preliminary treatment of starch with α-amylase on the CD yield was investigated. It was proved that CGTase preferred native starch with high molecular mass and low dextrose equivalent. The preliminary treatment with α-amylase occurred to be inefficient and unnecessary since it did not lead to an increase in the CD yield. Some of the substrates were treated with pullulanase. The effect of debranching was highest in the case of corn starch: the cyclodextrin yield increased by 10%.     

碳源和氮源对彩绒革盖菌液体发酵合成漆酶的影响

研究了碳源、氮源对彩绒革盖菌液体发酵合成漆酶的影响。结果表明,在所选的几种碳、氮源中,麸皮为试验菌株合成漆酶的较好碳源;酵母浸膏、酒石酸铵、蛋白胨均是比较理想的氮源。不同的碳氮比对彩绒革盖菌漆酶的产量有着显著的影响,高碳高氮是其生产漆酶的最佳条件。在适宜的培养条件下该菌株能合成高活力的漆酶,其酶活力可达298 U/mL以上,产酶周期为6~7 d。     

应用Coriolus vericolor 菌丝球脱色染料及印染废水的研究

对白腐真菌（Coriolus vericolor）产生漆酶进行了研究。发现该菌产漆酶的最适初始pH值为4．5。提高微量元素浓度或添加藜芦醇都可使C.versiclor的产酶能力增加,添加Tween80会有一定的抑制作用。采用C.versicolor菌丝球进行重复分批产酶试验,结果表明菌丝球的稳定性很好,同一批菌丝球可连续利用14次,平均每批酶活力可保持在6．72U／mL,产酶能力优于聚氨酯泡沫固定化菌丝。将粗酶液用要料的脱色降解试验,在酶活力为3．3IU／mL,酸性橙浓度为500mg/L条件下,经过24h反应,脱色率达到98．5％;对含弱酸大红和卡布龙红的印染废水进行脱色试验,脱色率也达到了93％。