Particle Size Reduction of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Increases the Rate of Enzymatic Depolymerization But Does Not Increase the Overall Conversion Extent

Substrate-Binding Mode of a Thermophilic PET Hydrolase and Engineering the Enzyme to Enhance the Hydrolytic Efficacy

(2022) Wei Zeng et al.   ACS Catalysis

Machine learning-aided engineering of hydrolases for PET depolymerization

(2022) Hongyuan Lu et al.   NATURE

Conformational Selection in Biocatalytic Plastic Degradation by PETase

(2022) Boyang Guo et al.   ACS Catalysis

Mechanism-Based Design of Efficient PET Hydrolases

(2022) Ren Wei et al.   ACS Catalysis

Influence of substrate crystallinity and glass transition temperature on enzymatic degradation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)

(2022) Thore Bach Thomsen et al.   New Biotechnology

Computational Redesign of a PETase for Plastic Biodegradation under Ambient Condition by the GRAPE Strategy

(2021) Yinglu Cui et al.   ACS Catalysis

Manufacturing energy and greenhouse gas emissions associated with plastics consumption

(2021) Scott R. Nicholson et al.   Joule

Low Carbon Footprint Recycling of Post‐Consumer PET Plastic with a Metagenomic Polyester Hydrolase

(2021) Christian Sonnendecker et al.   ChemSusChem

Tandem chemical deconstruction and biological upcycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate) to β-ketoadipic acid by Pseudomonas putida KT2440

(2021) Allison Z. Werner et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Positive Charge Introduction on the Surface of Thermostabilized PET Hydrolase Facilitates PET Binding and Degradation

(2021) Akihiko Nakamura et al.   ACS Catalysis

Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling

(2021) Lucas D. Ellis et al.   Nature Catalysis

Techno-economic, life-cycle, and socioeconomic impact analysis of enzymatic recycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2021) Avantika Singh et al.   Joule

A comprehensive and critical review on key elements to implement enzymatic PET depolymerization for recycling purposes

(2021) Adriano Carniel et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Comparative Performance of PETase as a Function of Reaction Conditions, Substrate Properties, and Product Accumulation

(2021) Erika Erickson et al.   ChemSusChem

An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles

(2020) V. Tournier et al.   NATURE

Current state and perspectives related to the PET hydrolases available for biorecycling

(2020) Fusako Kawai et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Understanding of strain-induced crystallization developments scenarios for polyesters: Comparison of poly(ethylene furanoate), PEF, and poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET

(2020) Emilie Forestier et al.   POLYMER

Characterization and engineering of a two-enzyme system for plastics depolymerization

(2020) Brandon C. Knott et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Possibilities and limitations of biotechnological plastic degradation and recycling

(2020) Ren Wei et al.   Nature Catalysis

Comparative biochemistry of four polyester (PET) hydrolases

(2020) Jenny Arnling Bååth et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Rational Protein Engineering of Thermo-Stable PETase from Ideonella sakaiensis for Highly Efficient PET Degradation

(2019) Hyeoncheol Francis Son et al.   ACS Catalysis

High-fold improvement of assorted post-consumer poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) packages hydrolysis using Humicola insolens cutinase as a single biocatalyst

(2019) Aline Machado de Castro et al.   PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY

Atmospheric transport and deposition of microplastics in a remote mountain catchment

(2019) Steve Allen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Biocatalytic Degradation Efficiency of Postconsumer Polyethylene Terephthalate Packaging Determined by Their Polymer Microstructures

(2019) Ren Wei et al.   Advanced Science

Efficient Degradation of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) with Thermobifida fusca Cutinase Exhibiting Improved Catalytic Activity Generated using Mutagenesis and Additive-based Approaches

(2019) Makoto Furukawa et al.   Scientific Reports

Surface engineering of polyester-degrading enzymes to improve efficiency and tune specificity

(2018) Antonino Biundo et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Stabilizing Leaf and Branch Compost Cutinase (LCC) with Glycosylation: Mechanism and Effect on PET Hydrolysis

(2018) Abhijit N. Shirke et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Michaelis–Menten equation for degradation of insoluble substrate

(2018) Morten Andersen et al.   MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES

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

Screening of commercial enzymes for poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) hydrolysis and synergy studies on different substrate sources

(2017) Aline Machado de Castro et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Enzymatic recovery of polyester building blocks from polymer blends

(2017) Caroline Gamerith et al.   PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY

Mechanical and chemical recycling of solid plastic waste

(2017) Kim Ragaert et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

An Inverse Michaelis–Menten Approach for Interfacial Enzyme Kinetics

(2017) Jeppe Kari et al.   ACS Catalysis

Engineered Humicola insolens cutinase for efficient cellulose acetate deacetylation

(2017) Abhijit N. Shirke et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Biocatalysis as a green route for recycling the recalcitrant plastic polyethylene terephthalate

(2017) Ren Wei et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Engineered bacterial polyester hydrolases efficiently degrade polyethylene terephthalate due to relieved product inhibition

(2016) Ren Wei et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Polyester hydrolysis is enhanced by a truncated esterase: Less is more

(2016) Antonino Biundo et al.   Biotechnology Journal

A dual enzyme system composed of a polyester hydrolase and a carboxylesterase enhances the biocatalytic degradation of polyethylene terephthalate films

(2016) Markus Barth et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Substrate specificities of cutinases on aliphatic–aromatic polyesters and on their model substrates

(2016) Veronika Perz et al.   New Biotechnology

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2016) Shosuke Yoshida et al.   SCIENCE

Polyester hydrolysis is enhanced by a truncated esterase: Less is more

(2016) Antonino Biundo et al.   Biotechnology Journal

A dual enzyme system composed of a polyester hydrolase and a carboxylesterase enhances the biocatalytic degradation of polyethylene terephthalate films

(2016) Markus Barth et al.   Biotechnology Journal

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

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

Ca2+and Mg2+binding site engineering increases the degradation of polyethylene terephthalate films by polyester hydrolases fromThermobifida fusca

(2015) Johannes Then et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Toward rational thermostabilization ofAspergillus oryzaecutinase: Insights into catalytic and structural stability

(2015) Abhijit N. Shirke et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Ca2+and Mg2+binding site engineering increases the degradation of polyethylene terephthalate films by polyester hydrolases fromThermobifida fusca

(2015) Johannes Then et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Structural and functional studies on a thermostable polyethylene terephthalate degrading hydrolase from Thermobifida fusca

(2014) Christian Roth et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Crystal Structure and Thermodynamic and Kinetic Stability of Metagenome-Derived LC-Cutinase

(2014) Sintawee Sulaiman et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Plastic debris in the open ocean

(2014) A. Cozar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2013) Doris Ribitsch et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Surface engineering of a cutinase fromThermobifida cellulosilyticafor improved polyester hydrolysis

(2013) Enrique Herrero Acero et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

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

Hydrolysis of polyethyleneterephthalate by p-nitrobenzylesterase from Bacillus subtilis

(2011) Doris Ribitsch et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS

Enzymatic surface hydrolysis of poly(ethylene terephthalate) and bis(benzoyloxyethyl) terephthalate by lipase and cutinase in the presence of surface active molecules

(2009) Anita Eberl et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Cutinase-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2009) Åsa M. Ronkvist et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Pet Waste Management by Chemical Recycling: A Review

(2008) Vijaykumar Sinha et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT