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Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IOCB Prague)

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Graphical abstract: A termite of the species Neocapritermes taracua with a blue body on its back formed by laccase BP76. Top right: the chemical reaction catalysed by the enzyme. The increasing blue colour indicates the formation of toxic products.

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Škerlová, J. et al. Structure 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2024.07.015

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