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Lignin degradeation by white rot fungi |
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| Authors: | P J HARVEY H E SCHOEMAKER J M PALMER |
| Institution: | Department of Pure and Applied Biology, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London SW7 2BB, U.K. |
| Abstract: | Abstract. The wood-degrading white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium , has been the subject of intensive research in recent years and, based upon isolation of the extracellular enzyme ligninase, major advances have now been made toward elucidating the mechanism by which this fungus degrades lignin. From these developments, a model emerges which could explain the process by which wood-degrading fungi in general, attack lignin. |
| Keywords: | lignin biodegradation while-rot fungi brown-rot fungi ligninase radical cations charge transfer veratryl alcohol mediators active oxygen |