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ArticleBiodegradation2025

Enzymatic degradation of PET by hydrolase from Brucella intermedia IITR130 and its genomic insights.

Pallavi Srivastava, Saurabh Singh, Mohini Soni, J Venkatesh Pratap, Srikrishna Subramanian, Natesan Manickam

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Pallavi SrivastavaEnvironmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Food, Drug & Chemical, Environment and Systems Toxicology (FEST) Division, Environmental Toxicology Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Vishvigyan Bhawan, 31 Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226001, India.
Saurabh SinghEnvironmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Food, Drug & Chemical, Environment and Systems Toxicology (FEST) Division, Environmental Toxicology Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Vishvigyan Bhawan, 31 Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226001, India.
Mohini SoniBiochemistry and Structural Biology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226031, India.
J Venkatesh PratapBiochemistry and Structural Biology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226031, India.
Srikrishna SubramanianBioinformatics Centre, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, 160036, India.
Natesan ManickamEnvironmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Food, Drug & Chemical, Environment and Systems Toxicology (FEST) Division, Environmental Toxicology Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Vishvigyan Bhawan, 31 Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226001, India. nmanickam@iitr.res.in.

Funding

Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India DST/INSPIRE Fellowship/2019/IF190115Ministry of Earth Sciences 614/IFD/6038/2019-20
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plastic pollution, particularly from polyethylene terephthalate (PET), has become a significant environmental concern, necessitating innovative and sustainable degradation strategies. The present study provides valuable perspectives on the genomic and functional characteristics of Brucella intermedia IITR130, a bacterium capable of degrading PET. Hybrid genome sequencing of IITR130 resulted in identification of two chromosomes combining 4.59 Mbp size. Genomic annotation revealed occurrence of key enzymes involved in the PET sheet biodegradation pathway, including hydrolases, ring hydroxylating dioxygenases, protocatechuate 3,4 dioxygenases, genes for metabolism of several other natural and synthetic plastic. A hydrolase gene Hy1 of 24 kDa, was identified, expressed, and characterized, demonstrating an optimal catalytic activity at 37 °C and pH 8.5. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) confirmed substantial degradation of PET surfaces treated with Hy1 protein, resulted in surface erosion, crack formation, and functional group modifications in the range 2150-2550 cm⁻

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Bacterial ProteinsBrucellaHydrolasesPolyethylene TerephthalatesBiodegradation, EnvironmentalGenome, BacterialPhylogenyBacterial ProteinsHydrolasesPolyethylene TerephthalatesBiodegradationBrucella intermediaGenomeHydrolasePET

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