Pesticide-tolerant microbial consortia: Potential candidates for remediation/clean-up of pesticide-contaminated agricultural soil

M Shahid, MS Khan, UB Singh - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Reclamation of pesticide-polluted lands has long been a difficult endeavour. The use of
synthetic pesticides could not be restricted due to rising agricultural demand. Pesticide …

Thermal stability enhancement: Fundamental concepts of protein engineering strategies to manipulate the flexible structure

M Rahban, S Zolghadri, N Salehi, F Ahmad… - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing the temperature by just a few degrees may lead to structural perturbation or
unfolding of the protein and consequent loss of function. The concepts of flexibility and …

Bacterial laccase: recent update on production, properties and industrial applications

PS Chauhan, B Goradia, A Saxena - 3 Biotech, 2017 - Springer
Laccases (benzenediol: oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.10. 3.2) are multi-copper enzymes
which catalyze the oxidation of a wide range of phenolic and non-phenolic aromatic …

Laccase engineering: from rational design to directed evolution

DM Mate, M Alcalde - Biotechnology advances, 2015 - Elsevier
Laccases are multicopper oxidoreductases considered by many in the biotechonology field
as the ultimate “green catalysts”. This is mainly due to their broad substrate specificity and …

From protein engineering to immobilization: promising strategies for the upgrade of industrial enzymes

RK Singh, MK Tiwari, R Singh, JK Lee - International journal of molecular …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Enzymes found in nature have been exploited in industry due to their inherent catalytic
properties in complex chemical processes under mild experimental and environmental …

Properties of bacterial laccases and their application in bioremediation of industrial wastes

R Chandra, P Chowdhary - Environmental Science: Processes & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The bioremediation process of industrial waste can be made more efficient using ligninolytic
laccase enzymes, which are obtained from fungi, bacteria, higher plants, insects, and also in …

Bacterial laccases: promising biological green tools for industrial applications

ZB Guan, Q Luo, HR Wang, Y Chen… - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2018 - Springer
Multicopper oxidases (MCOs) are a pervasive family of enzymes that oxidize a wide range of
phenolic and nonphenolic aromatic substrates, concomitantly with the reduction of dioxygen …

Bacilli-Mediated Degradation of Xenobiotic Compounds and Heavy Metals

PK Arora - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Xenobiotic compounds are man-made compounds and widely used in dyes, drugs,
pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, explosives, and other industrial chemicals. These …

Lignocellulosic biomass: Biosynthesis, degradation, and industrial utilization

G Guerriero, JF Hausman, J Strauss… - Engineering in life …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Lignocellulose biomass derived from plant cell walls is a rich source of biopolymers,
chemicals, and sugars, besides being a sustainable alternative to petrochemicals. A natural …

Activity, stability and structure of laccase in betaine based natural deep eutectic solvents

S Khodaverdian, B Dabirmanesh, A Heydari… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES) play a role as alternative media to water in living
organisms. They are formed by mixing two or more natural compounds in certain ratios …