Complete oxidation of hydroxymethylfurfural to furandicarboxylic acid by aryl-alcohol oxidase.

Ana SerranoEva CalviñoJuan CarroMaría I Sánchez-RuizF Javier CañadaAngel T Martínez

Published in: Biotechnology for biofuels (2019)

The use of catalase to remove H2O2 from the reaction mixture leads to 99% conversion of HMF into FDCA by AAO and several improved variants, although the mechanism of peroxide inhibition of the AAO action on the aldehyde group of FFCA is not fully understood.

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electron transfer
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