Purification and Characterization of Class III Lipase from a White-Rot Fungus Pleurotus ostreatus.

Pleurotus ostreatus is an edible white-rot fungus with lignocellulosic biomass degrading enzymes that have been studied extensively. However, until now, lipolytic enzymes from P. ostreatus, which degrade extractives in lignocellulosic biomass, have not been purified and characterized.