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Laccases: Production, Harvest, Recovery, and Potential Industrial Application

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The laccase enzymes are produced by various insects, bacteria, fungi, and plants. They come under the group of copper-containing oxidase. These enzymes are produced with both submerged and solid-state fermentation processes. The biological biomass waste material can also be used to produce laccase enzyme using solid-state fermentation. Laccases are mostly used in different industries, such as food, paper, and pulp, pharmaceutical, and textile. In this book chapter, various aspects of laccase, such as structure, production in bioreactors, downstream processing, factors affecting the laccase synthesis, and regulation of this enzyme, are discussed in details.

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Abbreviations

ABTS:

2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid

AREs:

Agent reaction components

DABSA:

2,5-diaminobenzenesulfonic corrosive

DMP:

Dimethoxyphenol

EDTA:

Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid

HSEs:

Heat stun reaction components

IET:

Inward electron move

kDa:

Kilodalton

LMS:

Laccase-interceded system

MREs:

Metal reaction components

PCR:

Polymerase chain reaction

SDS-PAGE:

Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

SmF:

Submerged fermentation

SSF:

Solid-state fermentation

XREs:

Xenobiotic reaction components

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Dr. Surajbhan Sevda thanks NIT Warangal for the Research Seed grant (P1128) for a support of this work.

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Bansal, R., Sevda, S. (2022). Laccases: Production, Harvest, Recovery, and Potential Industrial Application. In: Verma, P. (eds) Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5214-1_9

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