Journal
FUNGAL BIOLOGY
Volume 116, Issue 8, Pages 863-871Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2012.05.003
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Bilirubin oxidase; Dye decolorization; Myrothecium verrucaria; Purification and characterization
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30671702]
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Myrothecium verrucaria 3.2190 is a nonligninolytic fungus that produces bilirubin oxidase. Both M. verrucaria and the extracellular bilirubin oxidase were tested for their ability to decolorize indigo carmine. The biosorption and biodegradation of the dye were detected during the process of decolorization; more than 98% decolorization efficiency was achieved after 7 days at 26 degrees C. Additionally, the crude bilirubin oxidase can efficiently decolorize indigo carmine at 30 degrees C similar to 50 degrees C, pH 5.5 similar to 9.5 with dye concentrations of 50 mg l(-1)similar to 200 mg l(-1) Bilirubin oxidase was purified and visualized as a single band on native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). Several enzymatic properties of the purified enzyme were investigated. Moreover, the identity of the purified bilirubin oxidase (BOD) was confirmed by matrix assisted laser desorption ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS). These results demonstrate that the purified bilirubin oxidase in M. verrucaria strain has potential application in dye effluent decolorization. (C) 2012 The British Mycological Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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