Accumulation of a natural substrate of laccase in gills of Pleurotus florida during sporulation

Authors
Chakraborty, TK Das, N Sengupta, S Mukherjee, M
Citation
Tk. Chakraborty et al., Accumulation of a natural substrate of laccase in gills of Pleurotus florida during sporulation, CURR MICROB, 41(3), 2000, pp. 167-171
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
03438651 → ACNP
Volume
41
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
167 - 171
Database
ISI
SICI code
0343-8651(200009)41:3<167:AOANSO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
During sporulation, laccase activity of Pleurotus florida decreased to a mi nimum level in spite of increase in the number of isozymes. An endogenous l accase substrate was detected especially in the gill structure of the sporo phore, which competitively inhibited oxidation of guaiacol by the enzyme du ring in vitro assay. Appearance of the laccase substrate in the gill struct ure may be linked with the sporulation phenomenon.