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<strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Cell</strong> <strong>and</strong> Molecular Biology <s<strong>tr</strong>ong>10</s<strong>tr</strong>ong>(1): 1-11, 2012 Review Article 1<br />
Haliç University, Printed in Turkey.<br />
http://<s<strong>tr</strong>ong>jcmb</s<strong>tr</strong>ong>.<s<strong>tr</strong>ong>halic</s<strong>tr</strong>ong>.<s<strong>tr</strong>ong>edu</s<strong>tr</strong>ong>.<strong>tr</strong><br />
Production <strong>and</strong> indus<strong>tr</strong>ial applications <strong>of</strong> laccase enzyme<br />
Muhammad IMRAN *1,2 , Muhammad J. ASAD 1 , Saqib H. HADRI 1 <strong>and</strong> Sajid<br />
MEHMOOD 2<br />
1 Department <strong>of</strong> Biochemis<strong>tr</strong>y, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan<br />
2 Department <strong>of</strong> Biochemis<strong>tr</strong>y <strong>and</strong> Biotechnology, University <strong>of</strong> Gujrat, Pakistan<br />
(* author for correspondence; mirzaimran42@gmail.com)<br />
Received: 22 April 2011; Accepted: 15 May 2012<br />
Abs<strong>tr</strong>act<br />
Laccase is an enzyme that has potential ability <strong>of</strong> oxidation. It belongs to those enzymes, which have innate<br />
properties <strong>of</strong> reactive radical production, <strong>and</strong> its utilization in many fields has been ignored because <strong>of</strong> its<br />
unavailability in the commercial field. There are diverse sources <strong>of</strong> laccase producing organisms like<br />
bacteria, fungi <strong>and</strong> plants. Textile, pulp <strong>and</strong> paper indus<strong>tr</strong>ies discharge a huge quantity <strong>of</strong> waste in the<br />
environment, <strong>and</strong> the disposal <strong>of</strong> this waste is a big problem. To solve this problem, work has done to<br />
discover such an enzyme, which can detoxify these wastes <strong>and</strong> is not harmful to the environment. Laccases<br />
use oxygen <strong>and</strong> produce water as by product. They can degrade a range <strong>of</strong> compounds including phenolic <strong>and</strong><br />
non-phenolic compounds. They also have ability to detoxify a range <strong>of</strong> environmental pollutants. Their<br />
property to act on a range <strong>of</strong> subs<strong>tr</strong>ates <strong>and</strong> also to detoxify a range <strong>of</strong> pollutants have made them to be<br />
usable for several purposes in many indus<strong>tr</strong>ies including paper, pulp, textile <strong>and</strong> pe<strong>tr</strong>ochemical indus<strong>tr</strong>ies.<br />
Keywords: Laccase, solid state fermentation, oxidation, enzyme, fungi.<br />
Lakkaz enziminin üretimi ve endüs<strong>tr</strong>iyel uygulamaları<br />
Özet<br />
Lakkaz, potansiyel oksidasyon yeteneği olan bir enzimdir. Reaktif radikal üretim özelliği olan enzimlere<br />
dahildir ve birçok al<strong>and</strong>aki kullanımı, ticari al<strong>and</strong>a uygun olmaması nedeniyle göz ardı edilmektedir. Bakteri,<br />
mantar ve bitki gibi lakkaz üreten çeşitli organizma kaynakları vardır. Tekstil, kağıt hamuru ve kağıt<br />
endüs<strong>tr</strong>isi çevreye büyük miktarda atık salmaktadır ve bu atıkların uzaklaştırılması büyük bir problemdir. Bu<br />
sorunu çözmek üzere, atıkları detoksifiye eden ve çevreye zararlı olmayan bir enzim keşfetmek için<br />
çalışmalar yapılmıştır. Bu enzim oksijen kullanır ve yan ürün olarak su üretir. Lakkaz, fenolik ve fenolik<br />
olamayan bileşikleri içeren bir dizi bileşiği parçalayabilir. Ayrıca, bir dizi çevresel kirleticiyi detoksifiye<br />
etme yeteneği vardır. Çeşitli subs<strong>tr</strong>atlar üzerine etki etme ve ayrıca bir dizi kirliliği detoksifiye etme özelliği,<br />
bu enzimleri çeşitli amaçlarla tekstil, kâğıt hamuru, kâğıt ve pe<strong>tr</strong>okimya endüs<strong>tr</strong>isini kapsayan birçok<br />
endüs<strong>tr</strong>ide kullanılabilir kılmaktadır.<br />
Anahtar kelimeler: Lakkaz, katı hal fermentasyonu, oksidasyon, enzim, mantarlar.<br />
In<strong>tr</strong>oduction<br />
Laccase was first discovered in the sap <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Japanese lacquer <strong>tr</strong>ee Rhus vernicifera, <strong>and</strong> its<br />
characteristic as a metal containing oxidase was<br />
discovered by Ber<strong>tr</strong><strong>and</strong> in 1985 (Giardina et al.,<br />
20<s<strong>tr</strong>ong>10</s<strong>tr</strong>ong>). Since then, laccases have also been found in<br />
various basidiomycetous <strong>and</strong> ascomycetous fungi<br />
<strong>and</strong> thus far fungal laccases have accounted for the<br />
most important group <strong>of</strong> multicopper oxidases<br />
(MCOs) with respect to number <strong>and</strong> extent <strong>of</strong><br />
characterization (Giardina et al., 20<s<strong>tr</strong>ong>10</s<strong>tr</strong>ong>).<br />
The large quantity <strong>of</strong> laccases have been widely<br />
reported inside white-rot fungi. A number <strong>of</strong>