title: Fungal Ligninolytic Enzymes and Their Applications.
abstract: The global push toward an efficient and economical biobased economy has driven research to develop more cost-effective applications for the entirety of plant biomass, including lignocellulosic crops. As discussed elsewhere (Karlsson M, Atanasova L, Funck Jensen D, Zeilinger S, in Heitman J et al. [ed], Tuberculosis and the Tubercle Bacillus, 2nd ed, in press), significant progress has been made in the use of polysaccharide fractions from lignocellulose, cellulose, and various hemicellulose types. However, developing processes for use of the lignin fraction has been more challenging. In this chapter, we discuss characteristics of lignolytic enzymes and the fungi that produce them as well as potential and current uses of lignin-derived products.
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Miia R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Mäkelä
authors.affiliation: Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352.
authors.forename: Erin L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Bredeweg
authors.affiliation: Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608.|Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352.
authors.forename: Jon K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Magnuson
authors.affiliation: Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352.|Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608.
authors.forename: Scott E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.|Fungal Physiology, CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Center and Fungal Molecular Physiology, Utrecht University, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ronald P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: de Vries
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Kristiina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hildén
mesh_terms: D005658:Fungi / Q000201:enzymology*; D008031:Lignin / Q000378:metabolism*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008031:Lignin; D010088:Oxidoreductases