Characterisation of two new multiforms of Trametes pubescens laccaseShow others and affiliations
2007 (English)In: Bioorganic chemistry, ISSN 0045-2068, Vol. 35, no 1, p. 35-49Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Electrochemical properties of two multiforms of laccase from Trametes pubescens basidiomycete (LAC1 and LAC2) have been studied. The standard redox potentials of the T1 sites of the enzymes were found to be 746 and 738 mV vs. NHE for LAC1 and LAC2, respectively. Bioelectroreduction of oxygen based on direct electron transfer between each of the two forms of Trametes pubescens laccase and spectrographic graphite electrodes has been demonstrated and studied. It is concluded that the T1 site of laccase is the first electron acceptor, both in solution (homogeneous case) and when the enzymes are adsorbed on the surface of the graphite electrode (heterogeneous case). Thus, the previously proposed mechanism of oxygen bioelectroreduction by adsorbed fungal laccase was additionally confirmed using two forms of the enzyme. Moreover, the assumed need for extracellular laccase to communicate directly and electronically with a solid matrix (lignin) in the course of lignin degradation is discussed. In summary, the possible roles of multiforms of the enzyme based on their electrochemical, biochemical, spectral, and kinetic properties have been suggested to consist in broadening of the substrate specificity of the enzyme, in turn yielding the possibility to dynamically regulate the process of lignin degradation according to the real-time survival needs of the organism.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2007. Vol. 35, no 1, p. 35-49
Keywords [en]
laccase, electron transfer
National Category
Analytical Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-15202DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2006.08.001ISI: 000244378300004PubMedID: 16989887Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-33846252766Local ID: 4607OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-15202DiVA, id: diva2:1418723
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