Activation and reduction of O2 and H2O2 by synthetic and biosynthetic iron porphyrin
models have proved to be a versatile platform for evaluating second-sphere effects deemed …

On the basis of its generally accessible I/II redox couple and bioavailability, copper plays a
wide variety of roles in nature that mostly involve electron transfer (ET), O 2 binding …

Redox reactions play important roles in almost all biological processes, including
photosynthesis and respiration, which are two essential energy processes that sustain all life …

Laccases of fungi attract considerable attention due to their possible involvement in the
transformation of a wide variety of phenolic compounds including the polymeric lignin and …

Laccases (benzenediol: oxygen oxidoreductases, EC 1.10. 3.2) are blue multicopper
oxidases that catalyze the oxidation of an array of aromatic substrates concomitantly with the …

Wood is the main renewable material on Earth and is largely used as building material and
in paper-pulp manufacturing. This review describes the composition of lignocellulosic …

Lignin is the most abundant renewable source of aromatic polymer in nature, and its
decomposition is indispensable for carbon recycling. It is chemically recalcitrant to …

The reactions of Cu (I) complexes with O2 and the oxidative properties of the resulting
Cu/O2 complexes have attracted much interest during the past decades because of their …

Using enzymes as decontaminating agents has received great attention. One of the most
promising groups of enzymes, laccases, are used to decontaminate phenol-polluted …

Laccase is a polyphenol oxidase, which belongs to the family of blue multicopper oxidases.
These enzymes catalyze the one-electron oxidation of four reducing-substrate molecules …