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Abstract
The extracellular fluid of ligninolytic cultures of the wood-decomposing basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium Burds. contains an enzyme that degrades lignin substructure model compounds as well as spruce and birch lignins. It has a molecular size of 42,000 daltons and requires hydrogen peroxide for activity.Entities:
Year: 1983 PMID: 17787736 DOI: 10.1126/science.221.4611.661
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728