From lignocellulose to plastics: Knowledge transfer on the degradation approaches by fungi

Potential for and Distribution of Enzymatic Biodegradation of Polystyrene by Environmental Microorganisms

(2021) Liyuan Hou et al.   Materials

Challenges with Verifying Microbial Degradation of Polyethylene

(2020) Zahra Montazer et al.   Polymers

An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles

(2020) V. Tournier et al.   NATURE

Non-Hydrolyzable Plastics – An Interdisciplinary Look at Plastic Bio-Oxidation

(2020) Hedda Inderthal et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Hydrophobins: multifunctional biosurfactants for interface engineering

(2019) Bryan W. Berger et al.   Journal of Biological Engineering

The promiscuous activity of alpha-amylase in biodegradation of low-density polyethylene in a polymer-starch blend

(2019) M. Karimi et al.   Scientific Reports

Challenges and opportunities in mimicking non-enzymatic brown-rot decay mechanisms for pretreatment of Norway spruce

(2019) Olav Aaseth Hegnar et al.   WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

On the functional characterization of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs)

(2019) Vincent G. H. Eijsink et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Regulation of the cutinases expressed by Aspergillus nidulans and evaluation of their role in cutin degradation

(2019) Eva Bermúdez-García et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Current knowledge on enzymatic PET degradation and its possible application to waste stream management and other fields

(2019) Fusako Kawai et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Understanding the regulation of extracellular protease gene expression in fungi: a key step towards their biotechnological applications

(2019) C Snyman et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Interaction of carbohydrate-binding modules with poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2019) Joanna Weber et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

How to resurrect ancestral proteins as proxies for ancient biogeochemistry

(2019) Amanda K. Garcia et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Structure and dynamics of Trichoderma harzianum Cel7B suggest molecular architecture adaptations required for a wide spectrum of activities on plant cell wall polysaccharides

(2019) Milton T. Sonoda et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

Can biotechnology turn the tide on plastics?

(2019) Anja Malawi Brandon et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Unfolding and partial refolding of a cellulase from the SDS-denatured state: From β-sheet to α-helix and back

(2019) Helena Ø. Rasmussen et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

Evolution and comparative genomics of the most common Trichoderma species

(2019) Christian P. Kubicek et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Peroxidase evolution in white-rot fungi follows wood lignin evolution in plants

(2019) Iván Ayuso-Fernández et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Accelerating the Biodegradation of High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Using Bjerkandera adusta TBB-03 and Lignocellulose Substrates

(2019) Bo Ram Kang et al.   Microorganisms

Ether Hydrolysis, Ether Thiolysis, and the Catalytic Power of Etherases in the Disassembly of Lignin

(2019) Charles A. Lewis et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Evolutionary adaptation of Aspergillus niger for increased ferulic acid tolerance

(2019) R.J.M. Lubbers et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Reply to “Conformational fitting of a flexible oligomeric substrate does not explain the enzymatic PET degradation”

(2019) Hogyun Seo et al.   Nature Communications

Conformational fitting of a flexible oligomeric substrate does not explain the enzymatic PET degradation

(2019) Ren Wei et al.   Nature Communications

Degradation of plastics and plastic-degrading bacteria in cold marine habitats

(2018) Aneta K. Urbanek et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Lignin peroxidase isoenzyme: a novel approach to biodegrade the toxic synthetic polymer waste

(2018) Nazia Khatoon et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

Release, Recycle, Rebuild: Cell-Wall Remodeling, Autodegradation, and Sugar Salvage for New Wall Biosynthesis during Plant Development

(2018) William J. Barnes et al.   Molecular Plant

Dehalogenases: From Improved Performance to Potential Microbial Dehalogenation Applications

(2018) Thiau-Fu Ang et al.   MOLECULES

Lytic xylan oxidases from wood-decay fungi unlock biomass degradation

(2018) Marie Couturier et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Characterization and engineering of a plastic-degrading aromatic polyesterase

(2018) Harry P. Austin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolutionary convergence in lignin-degrading enzymes

(2018) Iván Ayuso-Fernández et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future?

(2018) Luís Carlos de Sá et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Phylogeny and genetic diversity of the banana Fusarium wilt pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense in the Indonesian centre of origin

(2018) N. Maryani et al.   STUDIES IN MYCOLOGY

Structural insight into molecular mechanism of poly(ethylene terephthalate) degradation

(2018) Seongjoon Joo et al.   Nature Communications

Direct evidence for α ether linkage between lignin and carbohydrates in wood cell walls

(2018) Hiroshi Nishimura et al.   Scientific Reports

The ash dieback invasion of Europe was founded by two genetically divergent individuals

(2018) Mark McMullan et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Oxidative damage control as a brown rot fungus attacks wood using oxygen radicals

(2018) Jesus D. Castaño et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Enzymatic adaptation of Podospora anserina to different plant biomass provides leads to optimized commercial enzyme cocktails

(2018) Tiziano Benocci et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Evolutionary dynamics of host specialization in wood-decay fungi

(2018) Franz-Sebastian Krah et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Dichomitus squalens partially tailors its molecular responses to the composition of solid wood

(2018) Paul Daly et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biodeterioration of plasma pretreated LDPE sheets by Pleurotus ostreatus

(2018) Luis D. Gómez-Méndez et al.   PLoS One

Ability of fungi isolated from plastic debris floating in the shoreline of a lake to degrade plastics

(2018) Ivano Brunner et al.   PLoS One

A Middle-Aged Enzyme Still in Its Prime: Recent Advances in the Field of Cutinases

(2018) Efstratios Nikolaivits et al.   Catalysts

Isolation and characterization of different promising fungi for biological waste management of polyurethanes

(2018) Audrey Magnin et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

High resolution visualization and exo-proteomics reveal the physiological role of XlnR and AraR in plant biomass colonization and degradation by Aspergillus niger

(2017) Joanna E. Kowalczyk et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biodegradation of polyester polyurethane by Aspergillus tubingensis

(2017) Sehroon Khan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Transcriptomic responses of mixed cultures of ascomycete fungi to lignocellulose using dual RNA-seq reveal inter-species antagonism and limited beneficial effects on CAZyme expression

(2017) Paul Daly et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Carbon Catabolite Repression in Filamentous Fungi

(2017) Muhammad Adnan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

The MEROPS database of proteolytic enzymes, their substrates and inhibitors in 2017 and a comparison with peptidases in the PANTHER database

(2017) Neil D Rawlings et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Lipase from Candida antarctica (CALB) and cutinase from Humicola insolens act synergistically for PET hydrolysis to terephthalic acid

(2017) Adriano Carniel et al.   PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Microbial enzymes for the recycling of recalcitrant petroleum-based plastics: how far are we?

(2017) Ren Wei et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Development of novel monoclonal antibodies against starch and ulvan - implications for antibody production against polysaccharides with limited immunogenicity

(2017) Maja G. Rydahl et al.   Scientific Reports

RNAseq reveals hydrophobins that are involved in the adaptation of Aspergillus nidulans to lignocellulose

(2016) Neil Andrew Brown et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Diversity of fungal feruloyl esterases: updated phylogenetic classification, properties, and industrial applications

(2016) Adiphol Dilokpimol et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Improving cellulase production by Aspergillus niger using adaptive evolution

(2016) Aleksandrina Patyshakuliyeva et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Enzymatic deconstruction of plant biomass by fungal enzymes

(2016) Christian P Kubicek et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

MEGA7: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 7.0 for Bigger Datasets

(2016) Sudhir Kumar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Localizing gene regulation reveals a staggered wood decay mechanism for the brown rot fungusPostia placenta

(2016) Jiwei Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nature Inspired Solutions for Polymers: Will Cutinase Enzymes Make Polyesters and Polyamides Greener?

(2016) Valerio Ferrario et al.   Catalysts

Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases: a crystallographer's view on a new class of biomass-degrading enzymes

(2016) Kristian E. H. Frandsen et al.   IUCrJ

Enhanced Cutinase-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Polyethylene Terephthalate by Covalent Fusion to Hydrophobins

(2015) Doris Ribitsch et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Recombinant Trichoderma harzianum endoglucanase I (Cel7B) is a highly acidic and promiscuous carbohydrate-active enzyme

(2015) Vanessa O. A. Pellegrini et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Prospects for microbiological solutions to environmental pollution with plastics

(2015) Martin C. Krueger et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Structural and functional studies of a Fusarium oxysporum cutinase with polyethylene terephthalate modification potential

(2015) Maria Dimarogona et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

Mutagenesis of Trichoderma reesei endoglucanase I: impact of expression host on activity and stability at elevated temperatures

(2015) Harshal A Chokhawala et al.   BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY

Fungal Cellulases

(2015) Christina M. Payne et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Deep eutectic solvents as highly active catalysts for the fast and mild glycolysis of poly(ethylene terephthalate)(PET)

(2015) Qian Wang et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Functional analysis of alkane hydroxylase system derived from Pseudomonas aeruginosa E7 for low molecular weight polyethylene biodegradation

(2015) Hyun Jeong Jeon et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

Single versus simultaneous species treatment of wood with Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Postia placenta for ethanol applications, with observations on interspecific growth inhibition

(2015) Richard L. Giles et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

New challenges for syngas fermentation: towards production of biopolymers

(2015) Oliver Drzyzga et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Ionic interaction of positive amino acid residues of fungal hydrophobin RolA with acidic amino acid residues of cutinase CutL1

(2015) Toru Takahashi et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Unlocking the potential of lignocellulosic biomass through plant science

(2015) Poppy E. Marriott et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Degradation of Green Polyethylene by Pleurotus ostreatus

(2015) José Maria Rodrigues da Luz et al.   PLoS One

Reassembly and co-crystallization of a family 9 processive endoglucanase from its component parts: structural and functional significance of the intermodular linker

(2015) Svetlana Petkun et al.   PeerJ

Potential of Wood-Rotting Fungi to Attack Polystyrene Sulfonate and Its Depolymerisation by Gloeophyllum trabeum via Hydroquinone-Driven Fenton Chemistry

(2015) Martin C. Krueger et al.   PLoS One

Cloning, expression, and characterization of polyamidase from Nocardia farcinica and its application to polyamide modification

(2014) Yingchun Guo et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING

The correlation between the enzymatic saccharification and the multidimensional structure of cellulose changed by different pretreatments

(2014) Ting Cui et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

‘White revolution’ to ‘white pollution’—agricultural plastic film mulch in China

(2014) E K Liu et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Polyester-Based (Bio)degradable Polymers as Environmentally Friendly Materials for Sustainable Development

(2014) Joanna Rydz et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Accelerating the degradation of polyolefins through additives and blending

(2014) Xingxun Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

High level expression of Glomerella cingulata cutinase in dense cultures of Pichia pastoris grown under fed-batch conditions

(2014) W.M.K. Wan Seman et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Thermodynamic and structural investigation of the specific SDS binding ofhumicola insolenscutinase

(2014) David Kold et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Empirical study and prediction of contact angle and surface free energy of commonly used plastics with pillar-like structure

(2014) Chung-Han Chiou et al.   SURFACE AND INTERFACE ANALYSIS

Impact of Biomass on Industry: Using Ethylene Derived from Bioethanol within the Polyester Value Chain

(2014) P. P. Van Uytvanck et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

The cuticle and plant defense to pathogens

(2014) Mario Serrano et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Fungal Communities Associated with the Biodegradation of Polyester Polyurethane Buried under Compost at Different Temperatures

(2013) Urooj Zafar et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Two Novel Class II Hydrophobins from Trichoderma spp. Stimulate Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) when Expressed as Fusion Proteins

(2013) L. Espino-Rammer et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Fusion of Binding Domains to Thermobifida cellulosilytica Cutinase to Tune Sorption Characteristics and Enhancing PET Hydrolysis

(2013) Doris Ribitsch et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Two stage fungal biopulping solubilizes lignocellulosic carbohydrates without supplemental enzymatic hydrolysis

(2013) Richard L. Giles et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

The carbohydrate-active enzymes database (CAZy) in 2013

(2013) Vincent Lombard et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

MycoCosm portal: gearing up for 1000 fungal genomes

(2013) Igor V. Grigoriev et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Degradation of Oxo-Biodegradable Plastic by Pleurotus ostreatus

(2013) José Maria Rodrigues da Luz et al.   PLoS One

Thermal stability engineering of Glomerella cingulata cutinase

(2013) I.-S. Chin et al.   PROTEIN ENGINEERING DESIGN & SELECTION

Helium Ion Microscopy (HIM) for the imaging of biological samples at sub-nanometer resolution

(2013) Matthew S. Joens et al.   Scientific Reports

Production and characterization of acidophilic xylanolytic enzymes from Penicillium oxalicum GZ-2

(2012) Hanpeng Liao et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Novel enzymes for the degradation of cellulose

(2012) Svein Horn et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Thiol-functionalization of acrylic ester monomers catalyzed by immobilized Humicola insolens cutinase

(2012) Christian Kazenwadel et al.   ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY

Fungal laccase, manganese peroxidase and lignin peroxidase: Gene expression and regulation

(2012) Grzegorz Janusz et al.   ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY

From in silico to in vitro: Modelling and production of Trichoderma reesei endoglucanase 1 and its mutant in Pichia pastoris

(2012) Gunseli Bayram Akcapinar et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Two-step enzymatic functionalisation of polyamide with phenolics

(2012) Enrique Herrero Acero et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS B-ENZYMATIC

The Paleozoic Origin of Enzymatic Lignin Decomposition Reconstructed from 31 Fungal Genomes

(2012) D. Floudas et al.   SCIENCE

Uncovering the Genome-Wide Transcriptional Responses of the Filamentous Fungus Aspergillus niger to Lignocellulose Using RNA Sequencing

(2012) Stéphane Delmas et al.   PLoS Genetics

Biodegradation of Polyester Polyurethane by Endophytic Fungi

(2011) Jonathan R. Russell et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Isolation of a Novel Cutinase Homolog with Polyethylene Terephthalate-Degrading Activity from Leaf-Branch Compost by Using a Metagenomic Approach

(2011) Sintawee Sulaiman et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Fungal enzyme sets for plant polysaccharide degradation

(2011) Joost van den Brink et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

The challenge of enzyme cost in the production of lignocellulosic biofuels

(2011) Daniel Klein-Marcuschamer et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Effect of codon optimization on the expression of Trichoderma reesei endoglucanase 1 in Pichia pastoris

(2011) Gunseli Bayram Akcapinar et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS

Bioplastics and Petroleum-based Plastics: Strengths and Weaknesses

(2011) F. Gironi et al.   Energy Sources Part A-Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects

Degradable Polyethylene: Fantasy or Reality

(2011) Prasun K. Roy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Cellobiohydrolase Hydrolyzes Crystalline Cellulose on Hydrophobic Faces

(2011) Yu-San Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Trichoderma reesei RUT-C30 - thirty years of strain improvement

(2011) R. Peterson et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Insights into the oxidative degradation of cellulose by a copper metalloenzyme that exploits biomass components

(2011) R. J. Quinlan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hemicelluloses

(2010) Henrik Vibe Scheller et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Cytochrome P450 enzymes in the fungal kingdom

(2010) B. Črešnar et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS

Environmental biosafety in the age of Synthetic Biology: Do we really need a radical new approach?

(2010) Victor de Lorenzo   BIOESSAYS

Solid-state fermentation of agro-industrial wastes to produce bioorganic fertilizer for the biocontrol of Fusarium wilt of cucumber in continuously cropped soil

(2010) Lihua Chen et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Cellulose crystallinity index: measurement techniques and their impact on interpreting cellulase performance

(2010) Sunkyu Park et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Lignin-modifying enzymes in filamentous basidiomycetes - ecological, functional and phylogenetic review

(2010) Taina K. Lundell et al.   JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY

Surface Energy and Wettability of Spin-Coated Thin Films of Lignin Isolated from Wood

(2010) Shannon M. Notley et al.   LANGMUIR

Surface structure and properties of poly-(ethylene terephthalate) hydrolyzed by alkali and cutinase

(2010) Ilaria Donelli et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Comparison of the biodegradability of various polyethylene films containing pro-oxidant additives

(2010) Stéphane Fontanella et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Crystal structure of cutinase covalently inhibited by a triglyceride analogue

(2010) Sonia Longhi et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Degradation of alkanes by bacteria

(2009) Fernando Rojo   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The minimal enzyme cocktail concept for biomass processing

(2009) Anne S. Meyer et al.   JOURNAL OF CEREAL SCIENCE

Structural and Functional Studies ofAspergillus oryzaeCutinase: Enhanced Thermostability and Hydrolytic Activity of Synthetic Ester and Polyester Degradation

(2009) Zhiqiang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Biohydrolysis of nylon 6,6 fiber with different proteolytic enzymes

(2009) Mazeyar Parvinzadeh et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

High-level expression and characterization of Fusarium solani cutinase in Pichia pastoris

(2009) Min-A Kwon et al.   PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION

Biological degradation of plastics: A comprehensive review

(2008) Aamer Ali Shah et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Cloning and characterization of the Thcut1 gene encoding a cutinase of Trichoderma harzianum T34

(2008) M. Belén Rubio et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Wastes to Improve Ethanol and Biogas Production: A Review

(2008) Mohammad Taherzadeh et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Catalysis by Glomerella cingulata Cutinase Requires Conformational Cycling between the Active and Inactive States of Its Catalytic Triad

(2008) Mun Peak Nyon et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Molecular mechanisms of mechanosensing and their roles in fungal contact sensing

(2008) Carol A. Kumamoto   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY