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Turkey Tail · 2014 · Research Article · Membranes
Potentialities of a membrane reactor with laccase grafted membranes for the enzymatic degradation of phenolic compounds in water.
This paper describes the degradation of phenolic compounds by laccases from Trametes versicolor in an enzymatic membrane reactor (EMR). The enzymatic membranes were prepared by grafting laccase on a gelatine layer previously deposited onto α-alumina tubular membranes..
Turkey Tail · 2014 · Journal Article · Innate immunity
Protein-bound polysaccharide-K induces IL-1β via TLR2 and NLRP3 inflammasome activation.
Inflammasome activation has been shown to regulate both innate and adaptive immune responses. It is important to investigate whether immune-enhancing natural products can also activate inflammasome..
Chaga · 2014 · Research Article · Proteomes
Proteomic Analysis of Responsive Proteins Induced in Japanese Birch Plantlet Treated with Salicylic Acid.
The present study was performed to unravel the mechanisms of systemic acquired resistance (SAR) establishment and resistance signaling pathways against the canker-rot fungus (Inonotus obliquus strain IO-U1) infection in Japanese birch plantlet No.8..
Turkey Tail · 2014 · Journal Article · BMC genomics
The genome of the Tiger Milk mushroom, Lignosus rhinocerotis, provides insights into the genetic basis of its medicinal properties.
BACKGROUND: The sclerotium of Lignosus rhinocerotis (Cooke) Ryvarden or Tiger milk mushroom (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) is a valuable folk medicine for indigenous peoples in Southeast Asia..
Turkey Tail · 2014 · Journal Article · Chemosphere
Use of stable isotope probing to assess the fate of emerging contaminants degraded by white-rot fungus.
The widespread of emerging contaminants in the environment and their potential impact on humans is a matter of concern. White-rot fungi are cosmopolitan organisms able to remove a wide range of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCP) through cometabolism (i.e..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Analytical chemistry
A 96-well electrochemical method for the screening of enzymatic activities.
The rapid electrochemical screening of enzyme activities in bioelectronics is still a challenging issue. In order to solve this problem, we propose to use a 96-well electrochemical assay..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Applied microbiology and biotechnology
A mechanism for NaCl inhibition of Reactive Blue 19 decolorization and ABTS oxidation by laccase.
Laccases produced by white rot fungi have been extensively evaluated for their potential to decolorize textile wastewaters which contain salts like sodium chloride and sodium sulfate..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · AMB Express
Bacterial versus fungal laccase: potential for micropollutant degradation.
Relatively high concentrations of micropollutants in municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents underscore the necessity to develop additional treatment steps prior to discharge of treated wastewater..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications
Biosensor based on laccase immobilized on plasma polymerized allylamine/carbon electrode.
In this work, a simple and rapid method was used to functionalize carbon electrode in order to efficiently immobilize laccase for biosensor application. A stable allylamine coating was deposited using a low pressure inductively excited RF tubular plasma reactor under mild plasma conditions (low plasma power (10 W),….
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Environmental science & technology
Biotransformation of the antibiotic agent flumequine by ligninolytic fungi and residual antibacterial activity of the transformation mixtures.
Flumequine, a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, is applied preferably in veterinary medicine, for stock breeding and treatment of aquacultures. Formation of drug resistance is a matter of general concern when antibiotics such as flumquine occur in the environment..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Biotechnology letters
Combinatorial evaluation of laccase-mediator system in the oxidation of veratryl alcohol
Laccases play an important role in the biological break down of lignin and have great potential in the deconstruction of lignocellulosic feedstocks. We examined 16 laccases, both commercially prepared and crude extracts, for their ability to oxidize veratryl alcohol in the presence of various solvents and mediators..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Biotechnology letters
Combinatorial evaluation of laccase-mediator system in the oxidation of veratryl alcohol.
Laccases play an important role in the biological break down of lignin and have great potential in the deconstruction of lignocellulosic feedstocks. We examined 16 laccases, both commercially prepared and crude extracts, for their ability to oxidize veratryl alcohol in the presence of various solvents and mediators..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Chembiochem: a European journal of chemical biology
Concerted electron/proton transfer mechanism in the oxidation of phenols by laccase.
This study aimed to assess structural requirements in the enzyme/substrate interactions that are responsible for tuning the enzymatic reactivity. To better assess the role of the aspartic residue in the substrate-binding pocket of basidiomycete-type laccases, we compared the catalytic efficiency of wild-type enzymes….
Enoki · 2013 · Journal Article · Journal of biotechnology
Cultivation of shear stress sensitive microorganisms in disposable bag reactor systems.
Technical scale (≥5l) cultivations of shear stress sensitive microorganisms are often difficult to perform, as common bioreactors are usually designed to maximize the oxygen input into the culture medium. This is achieved by mechanical stirrers, causing high shear stress..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Journal of environmental management
Decolorization of the metal textile dye Lanaset Grey G by immobilized white-rot fungi.
In this paper we studied the ability of four Tunisian-isolated fungi (i.e. Coriolopsis gallica, Bjerkandera adusta, Trametes versicolor and Trametes trogii) immobilized into Ca-alginate beads to decolorize the metal textile dye Lanaset Grey G (LG)..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · World journal of microbiology & biotechnology
Degradation of lindane and endosulfan by fungi, fungal and bacterial laccases.
The ability of two white-rot fungi (Trametes versicolor and Pleurotus ostreatus) and one brown-rot fungus (Gloeophyllum trabeum) to degrade two organochlorine insecticides, lindane and endosulfan, in liquid cultures was studied and dead fungal biomass was examined for adsorption of both insecticides from liquid….
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
Effects of polyphenol enzymatic-oxidation on the oxidative stability of virgin olive oil
Activity of laccase from Trametes versicolor was assayed directly in virgin olive oil (VOO) samples. Laccase-treated oils led to the formation of insoluble precipitate and to significant qualitative and quantitative changes of their polyphenol composition..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
Evaluation of Biological Pretreatment of Rubberwood with White Rot Fungi for Enzymatic Hydrolysis.
e effects of biological pretreatment on the rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensis), was evaluated after cultivation of white rot fungi Ceriporiopsis subvermispora, Trametes versicolor, and a mixed culture of C. subvermispora and T.
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Applied microbiology and biotechnology
Heterologous expression and structural characterization of two low pH laccases from a biopulping white-rot fungus Physisporinus rivulosus.
The lignin-degrading, biopulping white-rot fungus Physisporinus rivulosus secretes several laccases of distinct features such as thermostability, extremely low pH optima and thermal activation for oxidation of phenolic substrates..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Enzyme and microbial technology
Identification of a laccase from Ganoderma lucidum CBS 229.93 having potential for enhancing cellulase catalyzed lignocellulose degradation.
Based on a differential pre-screening of 44 white-rot fungi on a lignocellulose-supplemented minimal medium, four basidiomycetes were selected for further study: Ganoderma lucidum, Polyporus brumalis, Polyporus ciliatus and Trametes versicolor. Only G..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Talanta
Laccase biosensors based on different enzyme immobilization strategies for phenolic compounds determination.
Different enzyme immobilization approaches of Trametes versicolor laccase (TvL) onto gold surfaces and their influence on the performance of the final bioanalytical platforms are described..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Biosensors & bioelectronics
Laccase-Prussian blue film-graphene doped carbon paste modified electrode for carbamate pesticides quantification.
A novel enzymatic biosensor for carbamate pesticides detection was developed through the direct immobilization of Trametes versicolor laccase on graphene doped carbon paste electrode functionalized with Prussian blue films (LACC/PB/GPE)..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Enzyme and microbial technology
Laccases from Aureobasidium pullulans.
Laccases are polyphenol oxidases (EC 1.10.3.2) that have numerous industrial and bioremediation applications. Laccases are well known as lignin-degrading enzymes, but these enzymes can play numerous other roles in fungi..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Plant disease
Olive Twig and Branch Dieback: Etiology, Incidence, and Distribution in California.
Eighteen different fungal species were isolated from symptomatic wood of olive trees (Olea europaea) affected by twig and branch dieback in California and identified by means of morphological characters and multigene sequence analyses of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2), a partial sequence….
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · ChemSusChem
Overcoming bottlenecks of enzymatic biofuel cell cathodes: crude fungal culture supernatant can help to extend lifetime and reduce cost.
Enzymatic biofuel cells (BFCs) show great potential for the direct conversion of biochemically stored energy from renewable biomass resources into electricity. However, enzyme purification is time-consuming and expensive..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Bioelectrochemistry (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Plasma functionalized carbon electrode for laccase-catalyzed oxygen reduction by direct electron transfer.
For the first time, a fast and versatile technique, an atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ), has been used to functionalise graphite carbon electrodes for biofuel cell applications..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · International journal of medicinal mushrooms
Polysaccharide production by submerged and solid-state cultures from several medicinal higher Basidiomycetes.
Polysaccharides produced by microorganisms represent an industrially unexploited market. An important number of polysaccharides have been isolated from fungi, especially mushrooms, with many interesting biological functions, such as antitumor, hypoglycemic, and immunostimulating activities..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · International journal of medicinal mushrooms
Preliminary results on antigenotoxic effects of dried mycelia of two medicinal mushrooms in Drosophila melanogaster somatic mutation and recombination test.
In this study, the antigenotoxic effects of dried mycelia from Trametes versicolor and Pleurotus ostreatus were investigated using a Drosophila melanogaster somatic mutation and recombination test (SMART), which is based on the principle that the loss of heterozygosity of suitable recessive marker hairs, such as….
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Carbohydrate polymers
Preparation of starch-sodium lignosulfonate graft copolymers via laccase catalysis and characterization of antioxidant activity.
Graft copolymers of waxy maize starch and sodium lignosulfonate (SLS) were prepared by Trametes versicolor laccase catalysis in aqueous solution. Amount of SLS grafted based on phenol analysis was 0.5% and 1.0% in the absence and presence of 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HBT), respectively..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Immunobiology
Protein-bound polysaccharide activates dendritic cells and enhances OVA-specific T cell response as vaccine adjuvant.
Protein-bound polysaccharide-K (PSK) is a hot water extract from Trametes versicolor mushroom. It has been used traditionally in Asian countries for its immune stimulating and anti-cancer effects.
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · International journal of molecular medicine
Regulation of cell cycle transition and induction of apoptosis in HL-60 leukemia cells by the combination of Coriolus versicolor and Ganoderma lucidum.
Medicinal mushrooms have served as the mainstay of treatment for a variety of human illnesses in Asian countries, mostly as supplements by cancer patients. Extracts prepared from Trametes versicolor under the trade name of I'm-Yunity exhibit anti-tumorigenic activities, as supported by inhibition of the proliferation….
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Bioresource technology
Removal of the insect repellent N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) by laccase-mediated systems.
Numerous efforts have been made to remove emerging trace organic contaminants, such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs). This study examined the removal of N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) by Trametes versicolor laccase and its laccase-mediator systems..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · PloS one
Stability mechanisms of a thermophilic laccase probed by molecular dynamics.
Laccases are highly stable, industrially important enzymes capable of oxidizing a large range of substrates. Causes for their stability are, as for other proteins, poorly understood..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Journal of chemical theory and computation
Stability Mechanisms of Laccase Isoforms using a Modified FoldX Protocol Applicable to Widely Different Proteins.
A recent computational protocol that accurately predicts and rationalizes protein multisite mutant stabilities has been extended to handle widely different isoforms of laccases..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · The Science of the total environment
Toxicity of organic and inorganic nanoparticles to four species of white-rot fungi.
The rapid development of nanoparticles (NP) for industrial applications and large-volume manufacturing, with its subsequent release into the environment, raised the need to understand and characterize the potential effects of NP to biota..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Microbial biotechnology
Transcriptional response of lignin-degrading enzymes to 17α-ethinyloestradiol in two white rots.
Fungal, ligninolytic enzymes have attracted a great attention for their bioremediation capabilities. A deficient knowledge of regulation of enzyme production, however, hinders the use of ligninolytic fungi in bioremediation applications..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Environmental science & technology
Transformation and removal of tetrabromobisphenol A from water in the presence of natural organic matter via laccase-catalyzed reactions: reaction rates, products, and pathways.
The widespread occurrence of the brominated flame retardant tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) makes it a possible source of concern. Our experiments suggest that TBBPA can be effectively transformed by the naturally occurring laccase enzyme from Trametes versicolor..
Turkey Tail · 2013 · Journal Article · Folia microbiologica
White-rot fungi capable of decolourising textile dyes under alkaline conditions.
Twelve white-rot fungal strains belonging to seven different species were screened on plates under alkaline condition to study the decolourisation of the textile dyes Reactive Black 5 and Poly R-478..
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Journal Article · The Science of the total environment
A diversified approach to evaluate biostimulation and bioaugmentation strategies for heavy-oil-contaminated soil.
A diversified approach involving chemical, microbiological and ecotoxicity assessment of soil polluted by heavy mineral oil was adopted, in order to improve our understanding of the biodegradability of pollutants, microbial community dynamics and ecotoxicological effects of various bioremediation strategies..
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Journal Article · International journal of medicinal mushrooms
Assessment of anti-inflammatory, lipid peroxidation and acute toxicity of extracts obtained from wild higher basidiomycetes mushrooms collected from Akure (southwest Nigeria).
Ethanolic extracts of three wild medicinal mushrooms, namely Lenzites betulina (LET), Trametes versicolor (TET), and Coriolopsis polyzona (CET), collected from Akure, southwest Nigeria, were assessed for their lipid peroxidation, anti-inflammatory, and acute toxicity effects..
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Journal Article · Journal of environmental science and health. Part A, Toxic/hazardous substances & environmental engineering
Biodecontamination of aqueous substrates from bisphenol A by ligninolytic fungi.
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine disruptor compound of health concern in natural systems. In this study, BPA removal from solid and aqueous matrices by ligninolytic fungi was investigated..
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Journal Article · Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
Biodecontamination of water from bisphenol A using ligninolytic fungi and the modulation role of humic acids.
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine disruptor compound (EDC) of xenobiotic origin occurring in natural waters and wastewaters, especially in the most industrialized and urbanized areas..
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Journal Article · BMC biotechnology
Cloning, sequence analysis, expression of Cyathus bulleri laccase in Pichia pastoris and characterization of recombinant laccase.
BACKGROUND: Laccases are blue multi-copper oxidases and catalyze the oxidation of phenolic and non-phenolic compounds. There is considerable interest in using these enzymes for dye degradation as well as for synthesis of aromatic compounds..
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Journal Article · Chemosphere
Defence response of tomato seedlings to oxidative stress induced by phenolic compounds from dry olive mill residue.
ADOR is an aqueous extract obtained from the dry olive mill residue (DOR) which contains the majority of its soluble phenolic compounds, which are responsible for its phytotoxic properties. Some studies have shown that ADOR negatively affects seed germination..
Lion's Mane · 2012 · Research Article · Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine: eCAM
Evaluation of Selected Culinary-Medicinal Mushrooms for Antioxidant and ACE Inhibitory Activities.
Considering the importance of diet in prevention of oxidative stress-related diseases including hypertension, this study was undertaken to evaluate the in vitro antioxidant and ACE inhibitory activities of selected culinary-medicinal mushrooms extracted by boiling in water for 30 min..
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Journal Article · Journal of molecular modeling
Geometric distortions on a three-coordinated T1 Cu site model as a potential strategy to modulate redox potential. A theoretical study.
A model of the three-coordinated T1 Cu site from Trametes versicolor was considered to evaluate the effect on redox potential of geometrical distortions in the copper coordination sphere..
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Journal Article · Carbohydrate polymers
Homogeneous and heterogeneous methods for laccase-mediated functionalization of chitosan by tannic acid and quercetin.
Homogeneous and heterogeneous methods for functionalization of chitosan with quercetin or tannic acid using laccase from Trametes versicolor is presented, yielding a bio-based product with synergistic antioxidant and antimicrobial properties..
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Journal Article · Bioresource technology
Influence of ligninolytic enzymes on straw saccharification during fungal pretreatment.
Solid state and submerged fermentations in the presence of white-rot basidiomycetes (Bjerkandera adusta, Fomes fomentarius, Ganoderma resinaceum, Irpex lacteus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, Trametes versicolor and basidiomycete Euc-1) and the litter-decomposing basidiomycete Lepista nuda were evaluated as a….
Mesima · 2012 · Journal Article · Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
Inhibitory effect and mechanism on melanogenesis from fermented herbal composition for medical or food uses
Nowadays, herbal foods of skin-whitening cosmetics are popular with Asian women. To investigate the efficacy of Korean herbs having skin-whitening activity, we screened eight kinds of herbs exhibiting high inhibition activity of mushroom tyrosinase among traditional herbs selected based on the Korean herbal foods….
Turkey Tail · 2012 · Journal Article · Chemosphere
Laccase activity in soils: considerations for the measurement of enzyme activity.
Laccases (benzenediol: oxygen oxidoreductases, EC 1.10.3.2) are copper-containing enzymes that catalyze the oxidative conversion of a variety of chemicals, such as mono-, oligo-, and polyphenols and aromatic amines..