OXIDATION - IMPORTANT ENZYME REACTION IN FUNGAL DEGRADATION OF CELLULOSE
OXIDATION - IMPORTANT ENZYME REACTION IN FUNGAL DEGRADATION OF CELLULOSE
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-5793(74)80531-4
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发表时间:
1974-01-01
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
WESTERMARK, U
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作者:
ERIKSSON, KE;PETTERSSON, B;WESTERMARK, U
The extracellular enzyme stystem utilized by Sporotrichum pulverulentum for the degradation of cellulose has been reported in a series of papers [l--5]. From the culture solution obtained by growing this fungus on powder cellulose as the sole carbon source, five endo-l/l-&lucanases and one exo-1, 4-/?-glucanase have been purirled and characterized and a strong synergistic action between these endo-and exoglucanases demonstrated. Recently another enzyme, cellobiose: quinone oxidoreductase, was isolated from the culture solution of S. pulverulentum [6-81. This enzyme reduces quinones in the presence of cellobiose which is in turn oxidized to cellobionos-lactone. The enzyme is thought to be of importance in both cellulose and lignin degradation [9, 10]. In this case the quinones are produced by phenol oxidases which oxidize phenols produced during lignin degradation. We have now discovered yet another enzyme in the culture solution of S. pulverulentum which is important for cellulose degradation. The enzyme oxidizes cellulose and its presence during cellulose degradation gives at least twice the extent of degradation given by the same mixture of endo-and exo-glucanases when the oxidizing enzyme is absent.