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The effects of aeration and veratryl alcohol on the production of two laccases by the ascomycete Botryosphaeria sp
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The effects of aeration and veratryl alcohol on the production of two laccases by the ascomycete Botryosphaeria sp

R.F.H. Dekker and A.M. Barbosa
Enzyme and Microbial Technology, Vol.28(1), pp.81-88
2001
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0141-0229(00)00274-X
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Abstract

The ascomycete, Botryosphaeria sp, produced two extracellular constitutive laccases (PPO-I and PPO-II) active toward the substrates: 2, 21-azino-bis(3-ethyl-benzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) [ABTS], and 2,6-dimethoxyphenol (DMP), respectively. The production of both laccases increased when the fungal isolate was grown in the presence of veratryl alcohol, and resulted in optimal laccase production (100- and 25- fold, respectively) at 40 mM. The effect of aeration on growth and laccase production was studied in baffled flasks, and showed that aeration of the cultures increased the production of both enzymes 4-5 fold in the presence of veratryl alcohol. Both laccases were susceptible to inhibition by azide, acetate and chloride anions. Veratryl alcohol inhibited the laccase-catalyzed polymerization of DMP. Growing cultures of Botryosphaeria sp. produced an exopolysaccharide of the β-glucan type whose synthesis was depressed when grown in the presence of veratryl alcohol. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. The ascomycete, Botryosphaeria sp, produced two extracellular constitutive laccases (PPO-I and PPO-II) active toward the substrates: 2,2-azino-bis(3-ethyl-benzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) [ABTS], and 2,6-dimethoxyphenol (DMP), respectively. The production of both laccases increased when the fungal isolate was grown in the presence of veratryl alcohol, and resulted in optimal laccase production (100- and 25-fold, respectively) at 40 mM. The effect of aeration on growth and laccase production was studied in baffled flasks, and showed that aeration of the cultures increased the production of both enzymes 4-5 fold in the presence of veratryl alcohol. Both laccases were susceptible to inhibition by azide, acetate and chloride anions. Veratryl alcohol inhibited the laccase-catalyzed polymerization of DMP. Growing cultures of Botryosphaeria sp. produced an exopolysaccharide of the β-glucan type whose synthesis was depressed when grown in the presence of veratryl alcohol.

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