ReviewChemical communications (Cambridge, England)2024
The chemical logic of enzymatic lignin degradation.
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- From structural complexity to circular applications: a comparative review of the enzymatic degradation of polydopamine, tannins, lignins, and melanins.RSC advances · 2026Review
- Understanding Lignin Oxidation by a Two-Domain Multicopper Oxidase fromBiochemistry · 2026Article
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- Oxygenation and Oxidation of Lignin Model Dimers by FungalJournal of the American Chemical Society · 2026Article
- Uncovering enzymatic tools promoting lignocellulose breakdown in the anaerobic bacterium Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum.Communications biology · 2025Article
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- Fungal Coculture: Unlocking the Potential for Efficient Bioconversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Lignin-Degrading Enzymes and the Potential ofMicroorganisms · 2025Review
- Lignin nanoparticles in food packaging: a sustainable approach to material design and performance enhancement.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Modeling the Production Process of Lignin Nanoparticles Through Anti-Solvent Precipitation for Properties Prediction.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Lignin is an aromatic heteropolymer, found in plant cell walls as 20-30% of lignocellulose. It represents the most abundant source of renewable aromatic carbon in the biosphere, hence, if it could be depolymerised efficiently, then it would be a highly valuable source of renewable aromatic chemicals. However, lignin presents a number of difficulties for biocatalytic or chemocatalytic breakdown. Research over the last 10 years has led to the identification of new bacterial enzymes for lignin degradation, and the use of metabolic engineering to generate useful bioproducts from microbial lignin degradation. The aim of this article is to discuss the chemical mechanisms used by lignin-degrading enzymes and microbes to break down lignin, and to describe current methods for generating aromatic bioproducts from lignin using enzymes and engineered microbes.
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