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CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
Volume 29, Issue -, Pages 10-17Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.06.009
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- University of Warwick
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/M025772/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- BBSRC [BB/M025772/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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The aromatic heteropolymer lignin is a major component of plant cell walls, and is produced industrially from paper/pulp manufacture and cellulosic bioethanol production. Conversion of lignin into renewable chemicals is a major unsolved problem in the development of a biomass-based biorefinery. The review describes recent developments in the understanding of bacterial enzymes for lignin breakdown, such as DyP peroxidases, bacterial laccases, and beta-etherase enzymes. The use of pathway engineering methods to construct genetically modified microbes to convert lignin to renewable chemicals (e.g. vanillin, adipic acid) via fermentation is discussed, and the search for novel applications for lignin (e.g. carbon fibre).
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