Function
Laccase (Lac) or multicopper oxidase is a multi-copper protein which uses molecular oxygen to oxidize various aromatic and non-aromatic compounds by a radical-catalyzed reaction mechanism[1]. The multi-copper oxidases constitute a family of enzymes whose principal members are laccase (benzenediol oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.10.3.2), ascorbate oxidase (L-ascorbate oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.10.3.3) and ceruloplasmin (Fe(II) oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.16.3.1).
- Laccase 2 (Lac2) acts in lignin degradation and in detoxification of lignin products. Typically, laccases show a three cupredoxin-domain folding[2].
- Two-domain laccase or small lactase have unusual resistance to inhibitors[3].
- CotA laccase belongs to the multi-copper oxidase family. Similar to the other laccases the three dimensional structure of CotA 1w6l comprises three cupredoxin domains and four copper ions organised in Two copper centers:
a mononuclear blue type 1 copper center and a trinuclear center.[4][5]
For laccase with nitrotyrosine modification see Nitrotyrosine.
Relevance
Laccase from various fungi is used in adsorption of dyes from polluted environment</ref>[6]. Laccases play an important role in food industry, paper and pulp industry, textile industry, synthetic chemistry, cosmetics, soil bioremediation and biodegradation of phenolic pollutants[7].
Structural highlights
The trinuclear center of CotA laccase has two type 3 copper ions, that can be anti-ferromagnetically
coupled through an hydroxyl moiety in between them, and one
type 2 copper ion.‡ The mononuclear copper is able to accept an
electron from a variety of phenolic substrates and then transmit
it to the trinuclear centre.
3D structures of laccase
Laccase 3D structures
- ↑ Claus H. Laccases: structure, reactions, distribution. Micron. 2004;35(1-2):93-6. doi: 10.1016/j.micron.2003.10.029. PMID:15036303 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2003.10.029
- ↑ Pardo I, Camarero S. Laccase engineering by rational and evolutionary design. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2015 Mar;72(5):897-910. doi: 10.1007/s00018-014-1824-8. Epub, 2015 Jan 14. PMID:25586560 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00018-014-1824-8
- ↑ Trubitsina LI, Tishchenko SV, Gabdulkhakov AG, Lisov AV, Zakharova MV, Leontievsky AA. Structural and functional characterization of two-domain laccase from Streptomyces viridochromogenes. Biochimie. 2015 May;112:151-9. doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.03.005. Epub 2015 Mar, 13. PMID:25778839 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biochi.2015.03.005
- ↑ Hullo MF, Moszer I, Danchin A, Martin-Verstraete I. CotA of Bacillus subtilis is a copper-dependent laccase. J Bacteriol. 2001 Sep;183(18):5426-30. PMID:11514528
- ↑ Bento I, Martins LO, Gato Lopes G, Armenia Carrondo M, Lindley PF. Dioxygen reduction by multi-copper oxidases; a structural perspective. Dalton Trans. 2005 Nov 7;(21):3507-13. Epub 2005 Sep 27. PMID:16234932 doi:10.1039/b504806k
- ↑ Bankole PO, Adekunle AA, Govindwar SP. Demethylation and desulfonation of textile industry dye, Thiazole Yellow G by Aspergillus niger LAG. Biotechnol Rep (Amst). 2019 Mar 28;23:e00327. doi: 10.1016/j.btre.2019.e00327., eCollection 2019 Sep. PMID:30997348 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.btre.2019.e00327
- ↑ Shraddha, Shekher R, Sehgal S, Kamthania M, Kumar A. Laccase: microbial sources, production, purification, and potential biotechnological applications. Enzyme Res. 2011;2011:217861. doi: 10.4061/2011/217861. Epub 2011 Jun 21. PMID:21755038 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/217861
