Gonzalo De Gonzalo

Prof. Gonzalo De Gonzalo

Departamento de Química Orgánica, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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Academic Career Length

26Years (2001-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 October 2016 in Journal of Biotechnology
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Gonzalo De Gonzalo
DCDana Colpa
Dana Colpa
MHMohamed Habib
Mohamed Habib
Marco FraaijeMarco Fraaije
Marco Fraaije
Lignin forms a large part of plant biomass. It is a highly heterogeneous polymer of 4-hydroxyphenylpropanoid units and is embedded within polysaccharide polymers forming lignocellulose. Lignin provides strength and rigidity to plants and is rather resilient towards degradation. To improve the (bio)processing of lignocellulosic feedstocks, more effective degradation methods of lignin are in demand. Nature has found ways to fully degrade lignin through the production of dedicated ligninolytic enzyme systems. While such enzymes have been well thoroughly studied for ligninolytic fungi, only in recent years biochemical studies on bacterial enzymes capable of lignin modification have intensified. This has revealed several types of enzymes available to bacteria that enable them to act on lignin. Two major classes of bacterial lignin-modifying enzymes are DyP-type peroxidases and laccases. Yet, recently also several other bacterial enzymes have been discovered that seem to play a role in lignin modifications. In the present review, we provide an overview of recent advances in the identification and use of bacterial enzymes acting on lignin or lignin-derived products.

8 October 2010 in ChemBioChem
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Gonzalo De Gonzalo
MMMarko D. Mihovilovic
Marko D. Mihovilovic
Marco FraaijeMarco Fraaije
Marco Fraaije


3 May 2013 in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
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WDWillem P. Dijkman
Willem P. Dijkman
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Gonzalo De Gonzalo
AMAndrea Mattevi
Andrea Mattevi
Marco FraaijeMarco Fraaije
Marco Fraaije

1 May 2007 in Organic Letters
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Gonzalo De Gonzalo
ILIvan Lavandera
Ivan Lavandera
KFKurt Faber
Kurt Faber
WKWolfgang Kroutil
Wolfgang Kroutil

12 October 2012 in ChemCatChem
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