Title:Laccases as Gold Standard Enzymes for Biotechnology
Volume: 11
Issue: 3
Author(s): Anubhab Laha, Anchita Prasad, Kalash Baj, Nidhi Shukla, Pooran Singh Solanki, Rajib Bandopadhyay, Sivaramaiah Nallapeta, Krishna Mohan Medicherla*, Prashanth Suravajhala*Vinod Kumar Nigam*
Affiliation:
- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Jaipur, 302001, Rajasthan, India
- Department of Bio-Engineering, BIT Mesra, Jaipur Campus, Jaipur-302017, Rajasthan, India
- Amrita School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri,
690525, Kerala, India
- Bioclues.org, Hyderabad, 500072, India
- Department of Bio-Engineering and Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, 835215, Jharkhand, India
Keywords:
Laccases, copper enzymes, bioinformatics, functional genomics, protein interactions, strenuous enzyme.
Abstract:
Background: Laccases are among the oldest known multi-copper enzymes from a diverse
array of species, including bacteria and fungi, and are of great importance in different industries
like beverage, biosensors, textile, paper, and pulp. From the aspect of origin, interestingly, bacterial
laccase is of two kinds, namely, 3-domain conventional laccase and 2-domain small laccase.
This enzyme is capable of degrading synthetic textile azo dyes, xenobiotic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,
biogenic amines etc. Over the last few years, research on laccase has steadily increased
based on biosensors and the understanding of known unknowns.
Objective: In this extensive review, we focus on classification, structural differences based on
assorted origins, and applications that will help to know the unknown factors about this strenuous
enzyme.
Conclusion: To better understand the origin-function relationship, hypothetical proteins of selected
bacterial laccase are reviewed.