
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy (UNINA)

G. Sannia
Contact information
G. Sannia, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, cia Cintia, 4, 80126 Napoli, Italy.
Phone: 39 081 674310
Fax: 39 081 674313
E-mail:
sannia@unina.it
web-site:
www.unina.it
Description of the group
The research group at the University of Naples Federico II has a long standing tradition in industrial applications of basidiomycetous fungi and bacteria, and their degradative enzymatic systems, including oxidases and oxygenases. Recent research interests are: studies of structure-function relationships of monooxygenases and laccases; rational and random mutagenesis of laccases for tailor-adapting enzymes to convert environmental pollutants to non-toxic compounds; applications of free and immobilized oxidative systems to implement bioremediation/biotransformation processes.
The contribution of
UNINA will be led by Prof.
Giovanni Sannia, who has a long experience in oxidative enzymes and their industrial applications resulting in more than
150 publications. Other members of the group directly participating to the project are:Dr.
Alessandra Piscitelli, expert in oxidative enzymes, their heterologous expression in eukaryotes and prokaryotes, directed evolution, purification and characterization, and application; Dr.
Cinzia Pezzella,skilled in immobilization of enzymes on different carriers, protein recombinant expression characterization of oxidative enzymes; Dr.
Angela Amoresano, associate researcher, expert in biomolecular mass spectrometry and proteomics; and PhD students working on copper-oxidoreductases (
Gemma Macellaro and
Lucia Guarino).

Team members
Main role in INDOX
UNINA will lead the laccase studies in
INDOX as the responsible for
WP3. The main role will be the collaboration to the selection and characterization, improvement, production and immobilization of better performing laccases and their use in the synthesis of dyes and other industrial processes at the lab and pilot scales.