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ReviewMicrobiologyOpen2017

Lignin peroxidase functionalities and prospective applications.

Ayodeji O Falade, Uchechukwu U Nwodo, Benson C Iweriebor, Ezekiel Green, Leonard V Mabinya, Anthony I Okoh

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Review in MicrobiologyOpen, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed
33.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 309 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ayodeji O FaladeSAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa.
Uchechukwu U NwodoSAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa.
Benson C IwerieborSAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa.
Ezekiel GreenSAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa.
Leonard V MabinyaSAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa.
Anthony I OkohSAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa.
University of Fort Hare · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ligninolytic extracellular enzymes, including lignin peroxidase, are topical owing to their high redox potential and prospective industrial applications. The prospective applications of lignin peroxidase span through sectors such as biorefinery, textile, energy, bioremediation, cosmetology, and dermatology industries. The litany of potentials attributed to lignin peroxidase is occasioned by its versatility in the degradation of xenobiotics and compounds with both phenolic and non-phenolic constituents. Over the years, ligninolytic enzymes have been studied however; research on lignin peroxidase seems to have been lagging when compared to other ligninolytic enzymes which are extracellular in nature including laccase and manganese peroxidase. This assertion becomes more pronounced when the application of lignin peroxidase is put into perspective. Consequently, a succinct documentation of the contemporary functionalities of lignin peroxidase and, some prospective applications of futuristic relevance has been advanced in this review. Some articulated applications include delignification of feedstock for ethanol production, textile effluent treatment and dye decolourization, coal depolymerization, treatment of hyperpigmentation, and skin-lightening through melanin oxidation. Prospective application of lignin peroxidase in skin-lightening functions through novel mechanisms, hence, it holds high value for the cosmetics sector where it may serve as suitable alternative to hydroquinone; a potent skin-lightening agent whose safety has generated lots of controversy and concern.

Indexed as

Biodegradation, EnvironmentalDrug DiscoveryEthanolFungiHemeproteinsLigninPeroxidasesPlantsEthanolHemeproteinsLigninlignin peroxidaselignocellulosePeroxidasesdecolourizationligninolytic enzymeslignin peroxidasemelanin oxidationperoxidases

Identifiers

PMID27605423
PMCPMC5300883
OpenAlexW2517999878

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