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Characteristics And Use Of Multicopper Oxidases Enzymes Cover

Characteristics And Use Of Multicopper Oxidases Enzymes

Open Access
|Jun 2019

Abstract

Multicopper oxidases (MCOs) are a large family of blue copper proteins which contain from one to six copper atoms per molecule. Their catalytic centre consists of three domains which involve type I Cu, type II Cu and a pair of type III Cu’s. They include laccases, ferroxidases, ascorbate oxidase, bilirubin oxidase, laccase-like multicopper oxidases. MCOs are capable of one-electron oxidizing of aromatic as well as non-aromatic compounds with a concomitant four-electron reduction of molecular oxygen to water. These properties make them a valuable tool in various industries (e.g. food, textile, pharmaceutical) medicine or environment protection.

1. Introduction. 2. Multicopper oxidases – classification, structure and properties. 3. Identification methods of MCOs. 4. Laccases vs. others MCOs. 5. Application of multicopper oxidases. 6. Summary

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/PM-2019.58.1.007 | Journal eISSN: 2545-3149 | Journal ISSN: 0079-4252
Language: English, Polish
Page range: 7 - 18
Submitted on: Jun 1, 2018
Accepted on: Nov 1, 2018
Published on: Jun 10, 2019
Published by: Polish Society of Microbiologists
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2019 Aleksandra Góralczyk-Bińkowska, Anna Jasińska, Jerzy Długoński, published by Polish Society of Microbiologists
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