Table 1. Ligninolytic enzymes produced by white rot fungi.

Enzyme

EC No

Catalyzed reactions

Fungi

References

Laccase

1.10.3.2

Phenol oxidation

Trametes versicolor

Yaropolov et al. 1994

Lignin peroxidase

1.11.1.14

Phenol polymerization

Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Gold and Alic, 1993
Haglund, 1999
Piontek et al. 2001
Erden et al. 2009

Manganese peroxidase

1.11.1.13

Phenol oxidation;
Oxidize Mn²⁺ to Mn³⁺

Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Hofrichter, 2002

Cellobiose-quinone oxireductase

1.1.5.1

Quinone reduction;

Celobiose degradation

Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Soares, 1998

Aryl alcohol oxidase

1.1.3.7

H₂O₂ production

Pleurotus sabor-caju

Martínez et al. 2009

Glyoxal oxidase

1.2.3.5

H₂O₂ production

Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Martínez et al. 2009

Manganese independent peroxidase 

1.11.1.7

Activity on aromatic substrates

Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Wyatt and Broda, 1995
Ruiz-Dueñas and Martínez, 2009

Versatile peroxidase

1.11.1.16

Oxidizes Mn²⁺;
High redox-potential aromatic compouds

Pleurotus sp.

Ruiz-Dueñas et al. 2009

Cellobiose dehydrogenase

1.1.99.18

Lignin degradation;
Unite the hydrolytic  and oxidative systems;
Dispose manganese (MnII) for MnP through precipitate reduction from manganese oxide (MnO₂)  

Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Henriksson et al. 2000a
Henriksson et al. 2000b
Kersten and Cullen, 2007
Carvalho et al. 2009