ArticleMicroorganisms2023
Screening Enzymes That Can Depolymerize Commercial Biodegradable Polymers: Heterologous Expression of
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- EngineeringApplied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Recent advances in poly(butylene adipate-Frontiers in chemistry · 2026Review
- Enhancing Bioplastic Degradation in Anaerobic Digestion: A Review of Pretreatment and Co-Digestion Strategies.Polymers · 2025Review
- Evaluating cutinase from Fusarium oxysporum as a biocatalyst for the degradation of nine synthetic polymer.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Biodegradable plastics: mechanisms of degradation and generated bio microplastic impact on soil health.Biodegradation · 2024Review
- Dual Application ofJournal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Genetic Modifications in Bacteria for the Degradation of Synthetic Polymers: A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Biodegradation of Typical Plastics: From Microbial Diversity to Metabolic Mechanisms.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Microorganisms that produce enzymes active on biodegradable polyesters are ubiquitous.Biodegradation · 2023Review
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Abstract
In recent years, a number of microbial enzymes capable of degrading plastics have been identified. Biocatalytic depolymerization mediated by enzymes has emerged as a potentially more efficient and environmentally friendly alternative to the currently employed methods for plastic treatment and recycling. However, the functional and systematic study of depolymerase enzymes with respect to the degradation of a series of plastic polymers in a single work has not been widely addressed at present. In this study, the ability of a set of enzymes (esterase, arylesterase and cutinase) to degrade commercial biodegradable polymers (PBS, PBAT, PHB, PHBH, PHBV, PCL, PLA and PLA/PCL) and the effect of pre-treatment methods on their degradation rate was assessed. The degradation products were identified and quantified by HPLC and LC-HRMS analysis. Out of the three enzymes,
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