Novel Haloperoxidase from the Agaric Basidiomycete
            <i>Agrocybe aegerita</i>
            Oxidizes Aryl Alcohols and Aldehydes

Ullrich, René; Nüske, Jörg; Scheibner, Katrin; Spantzel, Jörg; Hofrichter, Martin

doi:10.1128/aem.70.8.4575-4581.2004

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Novel Haloperoxidase from the Agaric Basidiomycete Agrocybe aegerita Oxidizes Aryl Alcohols and Aldehydes

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Authors:

René Ullrich

Jörg Nüske

Katrin Scheibner

Abstract

ABSTRACT Agrocybe aegerita , a bark mulch- and wood-colonizing basidiomycete, was found to produce a peroxidase (AaP) that oxidizes aryl alcohols, such as veratryl and benzyl alcohols, into the corresponding aldehydes and then into benzoic acids. The enzyme also catalyzed the oxidation of typical pe...

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