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ArticleScientific reports2019

Enhancement of laccase activity by pre-incubation with organic solvents.

Meng-Hsuan Wu, Meng-Chun Lin, Cheng-Chung Lee, Su-May Yu, Andrew H-J Wang, Tuan-Hua David Ho

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Meng-Hsuan WuInstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan, ROC.
Meng-Chun LinInstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan, ROC.
Cheng-Chung LeeInstitute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan, ROC.
Su-May YuInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Andrew H-J WangInstitute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan, ROC.
Tuan-Hua David HoInstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan, ROC. tho@gate.sinica.edu.tw.
Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica · TWInstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica · TWNational Chung Hsing University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Laccases that are tolerant to organic solvents are powerful bio-catalysts with broad applications in biotechnology. Most of these uses must be accomplished at high concentration of organic solvents, during which proteins undergo unfolding, thereby losing enzyme activity. Here we show that organic-solvent pre-incubation provides effective and reversible 1.5- to 4.0-fold enhancement of enzyme activity of fungal laccases. Several organic solvents, including acetone, methanol, ethanol, DMSO, and DMF had an enhancement effect among all laccases studied. The enhancement was not substrate-specific and could be observed by using both phenolic and non-phenolic substrates. Laccase preincubated with organic solvents was sensitive to high temperature but remained stable at 25 °C, for an advantage for long-term storage. The acetone-pre-incubated 3-D structure of DLac, a high-efficiency fungal laccase, was determined and confirmed that the DLac protein structure remains intact and stable at a high concentration of organic solvent. Moreover, the turnover rates of fungal laccases were improved after organic-solvent pre-incubation, with DLac showing the highest enhancement among the fungal laccases examined. Our investigation sheds light on improving fungal laccase usage under extreme conditions and extends opportunities for bioremediation, decolorization, and organic synthesis.

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