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Awatif Alruwaili1, Timothy D H Bugg2
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
Accessory enzymes have been identified in lignin-degrading fungi and bacteria that can generate hydrogen peroxide, which is used as a co-substrate by lignin-oxidising peroxidases. This article describes a glycolate oxidase enzyme from lignin-degrading bacterium Rhodococcus jostii RHA1, which functions as an efficient accessory enzyme for degradation of polymeric lignin substrates by bacterial DyP-type peroxidases. The article describes: (1) enzyme purification; (2) assays for enzyme activity; (3) analysis of substrate specificity; (4) assays for enzyme combinations with bacterial DyP-type peroxidases; (5) analysis of low molecular weight products obtained using enzyme combinations.
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