Lignin is an abundant natural feedstock that offers great potential as a renewable substitute
for fossil‐based resources. Its polyaromatic structure and unique properties have attracted …

Inspirational concepts, and the transfer of analogs from natural biology to science and
engineering, has produced many excellent technologies to date, spanning vaccines to …

As the most abundant renewable aromatic resource, lignin is an ideal precursor for the
production of aromatic fine chemicals. Biotransformation of lignin into 4-vinylphenol (4VP) …

Despite being one of the first enzymes discovered in 1883, the determination of laccase
activity remains a scientific challenge, and a barrier to the full use of laccase as a biocatalyst …

Although Trametes versicolor is one of the most investigated white-rot fungi, the industrial
application of this fungus and its metabolites is still far from reaching its full potential. This …

Laccases are multicopper oxidases, which have been widely investigated in recent decades
thanks to their ability to oxidize organic substrates to the corresponding radicals while …

Laccases are a class of multicopper oxidases that catalyse the one-electron oxidation of four
equivalents of a reducing substrate, with the concomitant four-electron reduction of dioxygen …

Nanotechnology has transformed the science behind many biotechnological sectors, and
applied bio-catalysis is not the exception. In 2017, the enzyme industry was valued at more …

Microorganisms known as psychrophiles/psychrotrophs, which survive in cold climates,
constitute majority of the biosphere on Earth. Their capability to produce cold‐active …

Lignin modifying enzymes (LMEs) have gained widespread recognition in depolymerization
of lignin polymers by oxidative cleavage. LMEs are a robust class of biocatalysts that include …