Search Results - "Hammel, Kenneth E."
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Lignin lags, leads, or limits the decomposition of litter and soil organic carbon
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-09-2020)“…Lignin’s role in litter and soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition remains contentious. Lignin decomposition was traditionally thought to increase during…”
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Evidence for cleavage of lignin by a brown rot basidiomycete
Published in Environmental microbiology (01-07-2008)“…Biodegradation by brown-rot fungi is quantitatively one of the most important fates of lignocellulose in nature. It has long been thought that these…”
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Multidimensional NMR analysis reveals truncated lignin structures in wood decayed by the brown rot basidiomycete Postia placenta
Published in Environmental microbiology (01-04-2011)“…Lignocellulose biodegradation, an essential step in terrestrial carbon cycling, generally involves removal of the recalcitrant lignin barrier that otherwise…”
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Contrasting geochemical and fungal controls on decomposition of lignin and soil carbon at continental scale
Published in Nature communications (19-04-2023)“…Lignin is an abundant and complex plant polymer that may limit litter decomposition, yet lignin is sometimes a minor constituent of soil organic carbon (SOC)…”
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Comparative genomics of Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Phanerochaete chrysosporium provide insight into selective ligninolysis
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (03-04-2012)“…Efficient lignin depolymerization is unique to the wood decay basidiomycetes, collectively referred to as white rot fungi. Phanerochaete chrysosporium…”
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Basidiomycete DyPs: Genomic diversity, structural–functional aspects, reaction mechanism and environmental significance
Published in Archives of biochemistry and biophysics (15-05-2015)“…[Display omitted] •Dye-decolorizing peroxidase (DyP) genes were mined from basidiomycete genomes.•Structural–functional studies show a conserved tryptophan…”
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Regulation of Gene Expression during the Onset of Ligninolytic Oxidation by Phanerochaete chrysosporium on Spruce Wood
Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (01-11-2015)“…Since uncertainty remains about how white rot fungi oxidize and degrade lignin in wood, it would be useful to monitor changes in fungal gene expression during…”
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Evidence from Serpula lacrymans that 2,5-Dimethoxyhydroquinone Is a Lignocellulolytic Agent of Divergent Brown Rot Basidiomycetes
Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (01-04-2013)“…Classifications Services AEM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Preparation of human drug metabolites using fungal peroxygenases
Published in Biochemical pharmacology (01-10-2011)“…The synthesis of hydroxylated and O- or N-dealkylated human drug metabolites (HDMs) via selective monooxygenation remains a challenging task for synthetic…”
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Oxidative Cleavage of Diverse Ethers by an Extracellular Fungal Peroxygenase
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (23-10-2009)“…Many litter-decay fungi secrete heme-thiolate peroxygenases that oxidize various organic chemicals, but little is known about the role or mechanism of these…”
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Laccase and Its Role in Production of Extracellular Reactive Oxygen Species during Wood Decay by the Brown Rot Basidiomycete Postia placenta
Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (01-04-2010)“…Brown rot basidiomycetes initiate wood decay by producing extracellular reactive oxygen species that depolymerize the structural polysaccharides of…”
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Acridine Orange Indicates Early Oxidation of Wood Cell Walls by Fungi
Published in PloS one (25-07-2016)“…Colonization of wood blocks by brown and white rot fungi rapidly resulted in detectable wood oxidation, as shown by a reduced phloroglucinol response, a loss…”
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New Insights into the Ligninolytic Capability of a Wood Decay Ascomycete
Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (01-10-2007)“…Wood-grown cultures of Daldinia concentrica oxidized a permethylated β-¹⁴C-labeled synthetic lignin to ¹⁴CO₂ and also cleaved a permethylated α-¹³C-labeled…”
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A highly diastereoselective oxidant contributes to Ligninolysis by the white rot basidiomycete Ceriporiopsis subvermispora
Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (01-12-2014)“…The white rot basidiomycete Ceriporiopsis subvermispora delignifies wood selectively and has potential biotechnological applications. Its ability to remove…”
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Processive Endoglucanase Active in Crystalline Cellulose Hydrolysis by the Brown Rot Basidiomycete Gloeophyllum trabeum
Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (01-05-2005)“…Brown rot basidiomycetes have long been thought to lack the processive cellulases that release soluble sugars from crystalline cellulose. On the other hand,…”
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Fungal hydroquinones contribute to brown rot of wood
Published in Environmental microbiology (01-12-2006)“…The fungi that cause brown rot of wood initiate lignocellulose breakdown with an extracellular Fenton system in which Fe2+ and H2O2 react to produce hydroxyl…”
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Proteomic and Functional Analysis of the Cellulase System Expressed by Postia placenta during Brown Rot of Solid Wood
Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (01-11-2011)“…Classifications Services AEM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Chlorination of lignin by ubiquitous fungi has a likely role in global organochlorine production
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (06-03-2007)“…Soils and decayed plant litter contain significant quantities of chlorinated aromatic polymers that have a natural but largely unknown origin. We used cupric…”
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Formation of a tyrosine adduct involved in lignin degradation by Trametopsis cervina lignin peroxidase: a novel peroxidase activation mechanism
Published in Biochemical journal (15-06-2013)“…LiP (lignin peroxidase) from Trametopsis cervina has an exposed catalytic tyrosine residue (Tyr181) instead of the tryptophan conserved in other…”
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Enrichment of Lignin-Derived Carbon in Mineral-Associated Soil Organic Matter
Published in Environmental science & technology (02-07-2019)“…A modern paradigm of soil organic matter proposes that persistent carbon (C) derives primarily from microbial residues interacting with minerals, challenging…”
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