Analytical methods for the investigation of enzyme‐catalyzed degradation of polyethylene terephthalate

V Pirillo, L Pollegioni, G Molla - The FEBS Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… on the specific enzymes responsible for its degradation. Here, the enzymatic degradation of
PET … the kinetics of PET-hydrolyzing enzymes, which takes into consideration the amount of …

QM/MM study of the enzymatic biodegradation mechanism of polyethylene terephthalate

S Boneta, K Arafet, V Moliner - Journal of Chemical Information …, 2021 - ACS Publications
enzymes in the biodegradation of PET. … enzymes in the biodegradation of PET, with future
applications to address the environmental problems derived from the generalized plastic

Current advances in the biodegradation and bioconversion of polyethylene terephthalate

X Qi, W Yan, Z Cao, M Ding, Y Yuan - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
… PET is a high molecular polymer that is polymerized from TPA and EG and cannot enter
cells, so in vitro enzymatic degradation of PET has been studied extensively. Owing to the …

Enzymatic remediation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)–based polymers for effective management of plastic wastes: an overview

A Maurya, A Bhattacharya, SK Khare - Frontiers in Bioengineering …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
… ) are some of the factors affecting the enzymatic degradation of PET. These factors can
affect the enzymatic PET hydrolysis either by altering the enzyme activity or by inhibiting the …

Enzymatic Biodegradation by Exploring the Rational Protein Engineering of the Polyethylene Terephthalate Hydrolyzing Enzyme PETase from Ideonella sakaiensis …

MH Weiland - Mechanistic Enzymology: Bridging Structure and …, 2020 - ACS Publications
… of enzymes as potential remediation agents to degrade persistent polymers. In particular,
polyethylene terephthalate … because of its expression of the enzyme PETase, which functions to …

Fungal enzymes as catalytic tools for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) degradation

S Ahmaditabatabaei, G Kyazze, HMN Iqbal… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
… types of post-consumer plastic, and methods for lowering the crystallinity of PET to enhance
the enzymatic degradation are of high interest [84]. The enzymatic degradation of PET is a …

Enzymatic degradation of polyethylene terephthalate plastics by bacterial Curli display PETase

B Zhu, Q Ye, Y Seo, N Wei - Environmental Science & Technology …, 2022 - ACS Publications
enzyme for biocatalytic degradation of PET plastics. BIND-PETase could degrade PET to
generate degradation … The effects of key reaction parameters, including pH, temperature, plastic

Biological recycling of polyethylene terephthalate: a mini-review

R Koshti, L Mehta, N Samarth - Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 2018 - Springer
… Microbial degradation is usually an enzymatic activity that catalyzes the cleavage of
polymer bond into monomer entity that can be easily processed further. Biofilm formation over …

A comprehensive review on enzymatic biodegradation of polyethylene terephthalate

J Qiu, Y Chen, L Zhang, J Wu, X Zeng, X Shi, L Liu… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
… research progress in PET enzymatic degradation from the aspects of PET-degrading enzymes,
PET biodegradation pathways, the catalytic mechanism of PET-degrading enzymes, and …

Enhanced biodegradation of waste poly (ethylene terephthalate) using a reinforced plastic degrading enzyme complex

DH Hwang, ME Lee, BH Cho, JW Oh, SK You… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
… Among common plastics, such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyethylene (PE) …
Degradation of PET and BHET with the enzyme complex, mixtures and single enzymes was …