title: Biomimetic oxidative treatment of spruce wood studied by pyrolysis-molecular beam mass spectrometry coupled with multivariate analysis and 13C-labeled tetramethylammonium hydroxide thermochemolysis: implications for fungal degradation of wood.
abstract: In this work, pyrolysis-molecular beam mass spectrometry analysis coupled with principal components analysis and (13)C-labeled tetramethylammonium hydroxide thermochemolysis were used to study lignin oxidation, depolymerization, and demethylation of spruce wood treated by biomimetic oxidative systems. Neat Fenton and chelator-mediated Fenton reaction (CMFR) systems as well as cellulosic enzyme treatments were used to mimic the nonenzymatic process involved in wood brown-rot biodegradation. The results suggest that compared with enzymatic processes, Fenton-based treatment more readily opens the structure of the lignocellulosic matrix, freeing cellulose fibrils from the matrix. The results demonstrate that, under the current treatment conditions, Fenton and CMFR treatment cause limited demethoxylation of lignin in the insoluble wood residue. However, analysis of a water-extractable fraction revealed considerable soluble lignin residue structures that had undergone side chain oxidation as well as demethoxylation upon CMFR treatment. This research has implications for our understanding of nonenzymatic degradation of wood and the diffusion of CMFR agents in the wood cell wall during fungal degradation processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada. varantes@forestry.ubc.ca
authors.forename: Valdeir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Arantes
authors.forename: Yuhui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Stephen S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.forename: Adriane M F
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Milagres
authors.forename: Timothy R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Filley
authors.forename: Jody
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jellison
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Goodell
mesh_terms: D032701:Biomimetics; D005658:Fungi / Q000378:metabolism; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008031:Lignin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D028222:Picea / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D014934:Wood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D008031:Lignin; C027917:tetramethylammonium