Copper active sites in biology

EI Solomon, DE Heppner, EM Johnston… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
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 …

Electron transfer and reaction mechanism of laccases

SM Jones, EI Solomon - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2015 - Springer
Laccases are part of the family of multicopper oxidases (MCOs), which couple the oxidation
of substrates to the four electron reduction of O 2 to H 2 O. MCOs contain a minimum of four …

Laccases: a never-ending story

P Giardina, V Faraco, C Pezzella, A Piscitelli… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2010 - Springer
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 …

Fungal laccases–occurrence and properties

P Baldrian - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2006 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Bioremediation of organic pollutants by laccase-metal–organic framework composites: A review of current knowledge and future perspective

M Aghaee, M Salehipour, S Rezaei… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
Immobilized laccases are widely used as green biocatalysts for bioremediation of phenolic
pollutants and wastewater treatment. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) show potential …

Structure–function relationship among bacterial, fungal and plant laccases

UN Dwivedi, P Singh, VP Pandey, A Kumar - Journal of Molecular Catalysis …, 2011 - Elsevier
Laccases (benzenediol: oxygen oxidoreductase; EC 1.10. 3.2), a multicopper oxidase
enzyme, widely distributed in plants, fungi and bacteria have ability to catalyze oxidation of …

Laccase-mediator systems and their applications: a review

OV Morozova, GP Shumakovich, SV Shleev… - Applied Biochemistry …, 2007 - Springer
The mechanism of operation of laccase-mediator systems (LMSs) in xenobiotic degradation
mediated by “true” redox mediators and laccase enhancing agents is considered. Structural …

Bacterial laccases: promising biological green tools for industrial applications

ZB Guan, Q Luo, HR Wang, Y Chen… - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2018 - Springer
Multicopper oxidases (MCOs) are a pervasive family of enzymes that oxidize a wide range of
phenolic and nonphenolic aromatic substrates, concomitantly with the reduction of dioxygen …

“Blue” laccases

OV Morozova, GP Shumakovich, MA Gorbacheva… - Biochemistry …, 2007 - Springer
This review concerns copper-containing oxidases—laccases. Principal biochemical and
electrochemical properties of laccases isolated from different sources are described, as well …

Fungal laccases: The forefront of enzymes for sustainability

M Loi, O Glazunova, T Fedorova, AF Logrieco, G Mulè - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Enzymatic catalysis is one of the main pillars of sustainability for industrial production.
Enzyme application allows minimization of the use of toxic solvents and to valorize the agro …