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Amylomyces rouxii eliminated 85% of initial pentachlorophenol (PCP) at 12.5 mg l−1 when grown with 0.1 g tyrosine l−1, but only 55% without tyrosine. Addition of tyrosine in the culture medium increased the monophenolase activity by 1.8-fold. Tyrosinase is thus indicated to be the phenoloxidase involved in PCP degradation by A. rouxii.
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Montiel, A., Fernández, F., Marcial, J. et al. A fungal phenoloxidase (tyrosinase) involved in pentachlorophenol degradation. Biotechnology Letters 26, 1353–1357 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BILE.0000045632.36401.86
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