Use and improvement of microbial redox enzymes for environmental purposes
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Industrial development may result in the increase of environmental risks. The enzymatic transformation of polluting compounds to less toxic or even innocuous products is an alternative to their complete removal. In this regard, a number of different redox enzymes...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Industrial development may result in the increase of environmental risks. The enzymatic transformation of polluting compounds to less toxic or even innocuous products is an alternative to their complete removal. In this regard, a number of different redox enzymes are able to transform a wide variety of toxic pollutants, such as polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, phenols, azo dyes, heavy metals, etc. Here, novel information on chromate reductases, enzymes that carry out the reduction of highly toxic Cr(VI) to the less toxic insoluble Cr(III), is discussed. In addition, the properties and application of bacterial and eukaryotic proteins (lignin-modifying enzymes, peroxidases and cytochromes) useful in environmental enzymology is also discussed.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-034f5a2ececb4ddd91435dde398c8e532022-12-21T19:52:23ZengBMCMicrobial Cell Factories1475-28592004-08-01311010.1186/1475-2859-3-10Use and improvement of microbial redox enzymes for environmental purposesBallesteros AntonioAlcalde MiguelGarcia-Arellano Humberto<p>Abstract</p> <p>Industrial development may result in the increase of environmental risks. The enzymatic transformation of polluting compounds to less toxic or even innocuous products is an alternative to their complete removal. In this regard, a number of different redox enzymes are able to transform a wide variety of toxic pollutants, such as polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, phenols, azo dyes, heavy metals, etc. Here, novel information on chromate reductases, enzymes that carry out the reduction of highly toxic Cr(VI) to the less toxic insoluble Cr(III), is discussed. In addition, the properties and application of bacterial and eukaryotic proteins (lignin-modifying enzymes, peroxidases and cytochromes) useful in environmental enzymology is also discussed.</p>http://www.microbialcellfactories.com/content/3/1/10 |
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| title | Use and improvement of microbial redox enzymes for environmental purposes |
| title_full | Use and improvement of microbial redox enzymes for environmental purposes |
| title_fullStr | Use and improvement of microbial redox enzymes for environmental purposes |
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| title_short | Use and improvement of microbial redox enzymes for environmental purposes |
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