molecules Article Induction of Laccase, Lignin Peroxidase and Manganese Peroxidase Activities in White-Rot Fungi Using Copper Complexes Martina Vrsanska 1, Stanislava Voberkova 1,2, Vratislav Langer 3, Dagmar Palovcikova 4, Amitava Moulick 1,2, Vojtech Adam 1,2 and Pavel Kopel 1,2,* 1 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +420-5-4521-2044 Academic Editors: Derek J. McPhee and Claudiu T. Supuran Received: 9 October 2016; Accepted: 11 November 2016; Published: 17 November 2016 Abstract: Ligninolytic enzymes, such as laccase, lignin peroxidase and manganese peroxidase, are biotechnologically-important enzymes. The ability of five white-rot fungal strains Daedaleopsis confragosa, Fomes fomentarius, Trametes gibbosa, Trametes suaveolens and Trametes versicolor to produce these enzymes has been studied. Three different copper(II) complexes have been prepared ((Him)[Cu(im)4(H2O)2](btc)·3H2O, where im = imidazole, H3btc = 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid, 0 00 [Cu3(pmdien)3(btc)](ClO4)3·6H2O) and [Cu3(mdpta)3(btc)](ClO4)3·4H2O, where pmdien = N,N,N ,N , N00-pentamethyl-diethylenetriamine and mdpta = N,N-bis-(3-aminopropyl)methyl-amine), and their potential application for laccase and peroxidases induction have been tested.