title: Occurrence, properties, and applications of feruloyl esterases.
abstract: Feruloyl esterases hydrolyze the ester linkages of ferulic and diferulic acids present in plant cell walls. This interesting group of enzymes also has a potentially broad range of applications in the pharmaceutical and agri-food industries. An overview of the current knowledge of fungal feruloyl esterases focusing on the diverse of substrate specificity and potential applications is presented in this review. Furthermore, biological functions of ferulic acid are discussed.
authors: Department of Bioresource Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, 1-23 Wakaba-machi, Tsuruoka 997-8555, Japan. tkoseki@tds1.tr.yamagata-u.ac.jp
authors: Takuya
authors: T
authors: Koseki
authors: Shinya
authors: S
authors: Fushinobu
authors: Ardiansyah
authors: Hitoshi
authors: H
authors: Shirakawa
authors: Michio
authors: M
authors: Komai
mesh_terms: D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003373:Coumaric Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005658:Fungi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D007218:Industrial Microbiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D003373:Coumaric Acids; D005656:Fungal Proteins; C004999:ferulic acid; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C070196:feruloyl esterase