Isolation and Properties of Peroxidase Produced by the Fungus Panus tigrinus

V. V. Revin¹, D. A. Cadimaliev¹, N. A. Atykyan^1*, B. V. Sitkin¹, and V. D. Samuilov²

¹Department of Biotechnology, School of Biology, Ogarev Mordovian State University, ul. Ul'yanova 26B, Saransk, 430019 Russia; fax: (8342) 32-2523; E-mail: biotech@moris.ru

²Department of Cell Physiology and Immunology, School of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899 Russia; fax: (095) 939-3807; E-mail: vds@8.cellimm.bio.msu.ru

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed.

Received March 23, 2000; Revision received April 18, 2000

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Synthesis of peroxidase and laccase by the fungus Panus tigrinus was significantly stimulated by addition of the lignocellulose substrate to the culture media. Peroxidase was isolated from the culture liquid and some properties of the enzyme were investigated. P. tigrinus peroxidase belongs to a group of extracellular peroxidases similar to the plant type peroxidases.

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KEY WORDS: lignin, biodegradation, peroxidase, laccase, properties, white rot fungi, Panus tigrinus

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