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Awatif Alruwaili1, Goran M M Rashid1, Timothy D H Bugg1
1Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL UK T.D.Bugg@warwick.ac.uk.
Abstract:
Lignin oxidation by bacterial dye-decolorizing peroxidase enzymes requires hydrogen peroxide as a co-substrate, an unstable and corrosive oxidant. We have identified a glycolate oxidase enzyme from Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 that can couple effectively at pH 6.5 with DyP peroxidase enzymes from Agrobacterium sp. or Comamonas testosteroni to oxidise lignin substrates without addition of hydrogen peroxide. Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 glycolate oxidase (RjGlOx) has activity for oxidation of a range of α-ketoaldehyde and α-hydroxyacid substrates, and is also active for oxidation of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to furandicarboxylic acid. The combination of RjGlOx with Agrobacterium sp. DyP or C. testosteroni DyP generated new and enhanced amounts of low molecular weight aromatic products from organosolv lignin substrates, and was able to generate high-value products from treatment of lignin residue from cellulosic biofuel production, and from a polymeric humin substrate.
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