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Lignocellulolytic enzyme profiles of edible mushroom fungi

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One of the most economically-viable processes for the bioconversion of many types of lignocellulosic wastes is represented by edible mushroom cultivation. Lentinula edodes, Volvariella volvacea and Pleurotus sajor-caju are three important commercially cultivated mushrooms which exhibit varying abilities to utilise different lignocellulosics as growth substrate. Examination of the lignocellulolytic enzyme profiles of the three species show this diversity to be reflected in qualitative variations in the major enzymic determinants (i.e. cellulases, ligninases) required for substrate bioconversion. For example, L. edodes, which is cultivated on highly lignified substrates such as wood or sawdust, produces two extracellular enzymes which have been associated with lignin depolymerisation in other fungi, (manganese peroxidase and laccase). Conversely, V. volvacea, which prefers high cellulose-, low lignin-containing substrates produces a family of cellulolytic enzymes including at least five endoglucanases, five cellobiohydrolases and two β-glucosidases, but none of the recognised lignin-degrading enzymes.

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J.A. Buswell, Y.J. Cai, S.T. Chang, J.F. Peberdy and S.Y. Fu are with the Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong. J.A. Buswell and S.T. Chang are also with the Centre for International Services to Mushroom Biotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong. J.F. Peberdy is also with the Department of Life Science, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. S.Y. Fu is also with, and H.-s. Yu is with the Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Guangzhou, China.

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Buswell, J.A., Cai, Y.J., Chang, S.T. et al. Lignocellulolytic enzyme profiles of edible mushroom fungi. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 12, 537–542 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00419469

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