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HELIYON
Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06080
Keywords
Laccase; Substrate specificity; ABTS; Trametes polyzona WRF03; Lignin
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In this study, various aromatic compounds structurally similar to lignin were tested as substrates for purified laccase from Trametes polyzona WRF03, with ABTS showing the highest specificity. The oxidation of phenolic substrates was found to be influenced by the nature and position of substituent groups on the aromatic nucleus. These findings suggest potential applications of the enzyme in delignification and treatment of wastewater containing dyes and PAHs.
Various aromatic compounds that are structurally analogous to lignin were tested as possible/preferred substrates for purified laccase from newly isolated white rote fungi, Trametes polyzona WRF03. The pH optima were tested using different substrates and kinetic studies were conducted at these pH optima. The pH optima in the presence of ABTS, a-naphthol, o-dianisidine, and catechol were 4.5 but 5.0 and 5.5 in the presence of guaiacol and pyrogallol, respectively. The initial velocities obtained from the kinetic study were analyzed using Graph Pad Prism 7 and Lineweaver-Burk plot to obtain kinetic constants (k(m) and V-max) which were used to calculate substrates pecificity. Amongst all the substrates tested, ABTS had the highest specificity-constant (181.51 M(-1)s(-1)), and therefore, the most preferred substrate was followed by a-naphthol, o-dianisidine, guaiacol, pyrogallol, and catechol. Resorcinol, orcinol, and veratryl alcohol did not display any considerable chemical shift in the presence of Trametes polyzona WRF03 laccase. Also, oxidation of phenolic substrates appeared to be dependent on the nature of the substituent groups and their relative position on the aromatic nucleus. Since most of these substrates are structural analogs of lignin and many recalcitrant environmental pollutants, the enzyme may find application in delignification, treatment of wastewater containing dyes, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
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