Plant-polysaccharide-degrading enzymes from basidiomycetes

J Rytioja, K Hildén, J Yuzon, A Hatakka… - Microbiology and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Basidiomycete fungi subsist on various types of plant material in diverse environments, from
living and dead trees and forest litter to crops and grasses and to decaying plant matter in …

A critical review of cellobiose dehydrogenases

G Henriksson, G Johansson, G Pettersson - Journal of biotechnology, 2000 - Elsevier
Cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH) is an extracellular enzyme produced by various wood-
degrading fungi. It oxidizes soluble cellodextrins, mannodextrins and lactose efficiently to …

Extracellular oxidative systems of the lignin-degrading Basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium

P Kersten, D Cullen - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2007 - Elsevier
The US Department of Energy has assembled a high quality draft genome of Phanerochaete
chrysosporium, a white rot Basidiomycete capable of completely degrading all major …

A critical review of the application of white rot fungus to environmental pollution control

D Gao, L Du, J Yang, WM Wu… - Critical reviews in …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Research on white rot fungi for environmental biotechnology has been conducted for more
than 20 years. In this article, we have reviewed processes for cell growth and enzyme …

Cellobiose dehydrogenase-a flavocytochrome from wood-degrading, phytopathogenic and saprotropic fungi

M Zamocky, R Ludwig, C Peterbauer… - Current protein and …, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
Cellobiose dehydrogenase, the only currently known extracellular flavocytochrome, is
formed not only by a number of wood-degrading but also by various phytopathogenic fungi …

Cellobiose dehydrogenase: a versatile catalyst for electrochemical applications

R Ludwig, W Harreither, F Tasca, L Gorton - ChemPhysChem, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Cellobiose dehydrogenase catalyses the oxidation of aldoses—a simple reaction, a boring
enzyme? No, neither for the envisaged bioelectrochemical applications nor mechanistically …

Fungal strategies for lignin degradation

JC Sigoillot, JG Berrin, M Bey… - Advances in botanical …, 2012 - Elsevier
A number of microorganisms, bacteria and filamentous fungi, are able to degrade
lignocellulosic components to various extents. However, only a few ones can degrade …

Enzymology and molecular biology of lignin degradation

D Cullen, PJ Kersten - Biochemistry and molecular biology, 1996 - Springer
Lignin is the most abundant aromatic polymer in nature. It is synthesized by higher plants,
reaching levels of 20-30% of the dry weight of woody tissue. Although white-rot fungi were …

The genome of the white-rot fungus Pycnoporus cinnabarinus: a basidiomycete model with a versatile arsenal for lignocellulosic biomass breakdown

A Levasseur, A Lomascolo, O Chabrol… - BMC genomics, 2014 - Springer
Background Saprophytic filamentous fungi are ubiquitous micro-organisms that play an
essential role in photosynthetic carbon recycling. The wood-decayer Pycnoporus …

Purification and Characterization of Cellobiose Dehydrogenase from the Plant Pathogen Sclerotium(Athelia) rolfsii

U Baminger, SS Subramaniam… - Applied and …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH) is an extracellular hemoflavoenzyme produced by
several wood-degrading fungi. In the presence of a suitable electron acceptor, eg, 2, 6 …