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Laccases

Laccases are a family of copper-containing oxidative enzymes found in fungi, plants, bacteria, and some insects, where they catalyze the oxidation of a broad range of phenolic and other substrates while reducing molecular oxygen to water. In nature they participate in processes such as the breakdown and remodeling o…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 1 peer-reviewed article cited Cited 9× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2377-2549 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Laccases are a family of copper-containing oxidative enzymes found in fungi, plants, bacteria, and some insects, where they catalyze the oxidation of a broad range of phenolic and other substrates while reducing molecular oxygen to water. In nature they participate in processes such as the breakdown and remodeling of lignin, pigment formation, and detoxification, and their broad substrate range and use of oxygen as a co-substrate make them attractive "green" biocatalysts. With the growth of biotechnology, laccases have become important targets for research and application in areas including the degradation of pollutants, the treatment of industrial effluents, textile and dye processing, biosensing, and the synthesis of useful compounds. Within the scope of developments in chemistry, laccases are studied for both their fundamental enzymology and their practical production. Research relevant to this field has addressed the optimization, production, and purification of laccase enzyme from a Bacillus species, illustrating efforts to obtain microbial laccases efficiently and to characterize the conditions that maximize their activity for downstream use. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to laccases and their biochemical and industrial applications.

Research published in this journal

1 peer-reviewed article, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 1 article above has been cited 9 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in New Developments in Chemistry (ISSN 2377-2549).

Journal editorial board
Annarita Del Gatto · Italy Bharat Gurale · United States Palani ELUMALAI · United Kingdom

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