Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 131, Issue -, Pages 288-294Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.12.155
Keywords
Laccase; Kraft lignin (KL); KL source; Lignin fractionation; Polymerisation
Funding
- Xunta de Galicia [09TMT012E]
- FEDER
- Ministry of Science and Innovation [CTQ2009-13651]
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia - Portugal [POP-QREN BD 42684/2008]
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The capacity of laccase from Myceliophthora thermophila to promote the oxidative polymerisation of Kraft lignin (KL) was evaluated in several conditions of pH, temperature, enzyme dosage and treatment time. Moreover, different black liquors from the Kraft cooking of Eucalyptus globulus and mixture of Pinus pinaster/E. globulus were evaluated in order to determine the effect of the KL source on the polymerisation reaction. Furthermore, one of these black liquors was fractionated by sequential organic solvent fractionation and the polymerisation of the corresponding fractions was tested. Polymerisation products were analysed by size exclusion chromatography and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The results provide evidence of notable lignin modifications after incubation with laccase. Structural oxidation and a notably molecular weight increase were attained, reaching a polymer of 69-fold its initial molecular weight depending on the raw lignin. Moreover, optimum values of reaction conditions were obtained: pH 7.3, 70 degrees C, 2 U mL(-1) and 2 h. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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