Genetic engineering approach to address microplastic environmental pollution: a review

Fungal Enzymes Involved in Plastics Biodegradation

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

(2021) Yinglu Cui et al.   ACS Catalysis

An absorbance method for analysis of enzymatic degradation kinetics of poly(ethylene terephthalate) films

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Phylogenetic Distribution of Plastic-Degrading Microorganisms

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Enzyme Discovery and Engineering for Sustainable Plastic Recycling

(2021) Baotong Zhu et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Perspectives on the Role of Enzymatic Biocatalysis for the Degradation of Plastic PET

(2021) Rita P. Magalhães et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Development of Starch-Based Materials Using Current Modification Techniques and Their Applications: A Review

(2021) Sumedha M. Amaraweera et al.   MOLECULES

Rational Protein Engineering to Increase the Activity and Stability of IsPETase Using the PROSS Algorithm

(2021) Andrew Rennison et al.   Polymers

Current Knowledge on Polyethylene Terephthalate Degradation by Genetically Modified Microorganisms

(2021) Aneta K. Urbanek et al.   Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Potential utilization of bioproducts from microalgae for the quality enhancement of natural products

(2020) Doris Ying Ying Tang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Decomposition of PET film by MHETase using Exo-PETase function

(2020) Hye-Young Sagong et al.   ACS Catalysis

Degradation Rates of Plastics in the Environment

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A Novel Polyester Hydrolase From the Marine Bacterium Pseudomonas aestusnigri – Structural and Functional Insights

(2020) Alexander Bollinger et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Functional expression of polyethylene terephthalate-degrading enzyme (PETase) in green microalgae

(2020) Ji Won Kim et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Microbe Profile: Bacillus subtilis: model organism for cellular development, and industrial workhorse

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An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles

(2020) V. Tournier et al.   NATURE

Microplastics affect sedimentary microbial communities and nitrogen cycling

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Polyethylene terephthalate degradation under natural and accelerated weathering conditions

(2020) Tian Sang et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Microalgae: A Promising Source of Valuable Bioproducts

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Solving the Nonalignment of Methods and Approaches Used in Microplastic Research to Consistently Characterize Risk

(2020) Albert A. Koelmans et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

Microbial and Enzymatic Degradation of Synthetic Plastics

(2020) Nisha Mohanan et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Biodegradation of microplastics in food and agriculture

(2020) Hannah S Zurier et al.   Current Opinion in Food Science

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

(2019) Hyeoncheol Francis Son et al.   ACS Catalysis

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

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

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

Transfer and fate of microplastics during the conventional activated sludge process in one wastewater treatment plant of China

(2019) Xiaoning Liu et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Microbial Ecotoxicology of Marine Plastic Debris: A Review on Colonization and Biodegradation by the “Plastisphere”

(2019) Justine Jacquin et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Plastics: Microbial Degradation, Environmental and Biotechnological Perspectives

(2019) Dominik Danso et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biodegradation of waste PET

(2019) Kazumi Hiraga et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Using a marine microalga as a chassis for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) degradation

(2019) Daniel Moog et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

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

Integrated approaches in microbial degradation of plastics

(2019) Shweta Jaiswal et al.   Environmental Technology & Innovation

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

(2018) Aneta K. Urbanek 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

Active Site Flexibility as a Hallmark for Efficient PET Degradation by I. sakaiensis PETase

(2018) Tobias Fecker et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Protein Crystallography and Site-Direct Mutagenesis Analysis of the Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Hydrolase PETase from Ideonella sakaiensis

(2018) Bing Liu et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Biodegradation rate of biodegradable plastics at molecular level

(2018) Selene Chinaglia et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Bioplastics and waste management

(2018) Paolo S. Calabrò et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

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

(2018) Seongjoon Joo et al.   Nature Communications

Efficient biodegradation of low-density polyethylene by cyanobacteria isolated from submerged polyethylene surface in domestic sewage water

(2018) Pampi Sarmah et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Production of extracellular PETase from Ideonella sakaiensis using sec-dependent signal peptides in E. coli

(2018) Hogyun Seo et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Mutational analysis of cutinase-like enzyme, Cut190, based on the 3D docking structure with model compounds of polyethylene terephthalate

(2017) Takeshi Kawabata et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Advances in molecular engineering of carbohydrate-binding modules

(2017) Silvia Armenta et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

Mechanical and chemical recycling of solid plastic waste

(2017) Kim Ragaert et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Structural insight into catalytic mechanism of PET hydrolase

(2017) Xu Han et al.   Nature Communications

Enzymatic Degradation of Aromatic and Aliphatic Polyesters by P. pastoris Expressed Cutinase 1 from Thermobifida cellulosilytica

(2017) Caroline Gamerith et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

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

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

A review on pyrolysis of plastic wastes

(2016) Shafferina Dayana Anuar Sharuddin et al.   ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT

Ideonella sakaiensis sp. nov., isolated from a microbial consortium that degrades poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2016) Somboon Tanasupawat et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Improving enzymatic polyurethane hydrolysis by tuning enzyme sorption

(2016) Caroline Gamerith et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

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

A disulfide bridge in the calcium binding site of a polyester hydrolase increases its thermal stability and activity against polyethylene terephthalate

(2016) Johannes Then et al.   FEBS Open Bio

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

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

Improving microalgae for biotechnology — From genetics to synthetic biology

(2015) Monika Hlavova et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Comparison of genetic structures and biochemical properties of tandem cutinase-type polyesterases from Thermobifida alba AHK119

(2015) Uschara Thumarat et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

In Metabolic Engineering of Eukaryotic Microalgae: Potential and Challenges Come with Great Diversity

(2015) Javier A. Gimpel et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Structural basis for the Ca2+-enhanced thermostability and activity of PET-degrading cutinase-like enzyme from Saccharomonospora viridis AHK190

(2014) Takuya Miyakawa et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Contribution of hydrogen bonds to protein stability

(2014) C. Nick Pace et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Surface engineering of a cutinase fromThermobifida cellulosilyticafor improved polyester hydrolysis

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

Enhanced activity toward PET by site-directed mutagenesis of Thermobifida fusca cutinase–CBM fusion protein

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Progress in bio-based plastics and plasticizing modifications

(2013) Tizazu Mekonnen et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Engineered Thermobifida fusca cutinase with increased activity on polyester substrates

(2011) Carla Silva et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Enzymatic Surface Hydrolysis of PET: Effect of Structural Diversity on Kinetic Properties of Cutinases from Thermobifida

(2011) Enrique Herrero Acero et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Microalgae as bioreactors for bioplastic production

(2011) Franziska Hempel et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

BIOSYNTHESIS OF POLY-3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE (PHB) IN THE TRANSGENIC GREEN ALGACHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII

(2010) Wang Chaogang et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Degradation and Adsorption Characteristics of PHB Depolymerase As Revealed by Kinetics of Mutant Enzymes with Amino Acid Substitution in Substrate-Binding Domain

(2009) Tomohiro Hiraishi et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES