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

Enzymatic recovery of polyester building blocks from polymer blends

(2017) Caroline Gamerith et al.   PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY

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

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

(2017) Ren Wei et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Ultrasound-enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis of poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2016) Alessandro Pellis et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

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

(2016) Ren Wei et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

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

Comparative life cycle assessment of fossil and bio-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles

(2016) Luyi Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2016) Shosuke Yoshida et al.   SCIENCE

Enlarging the tools for efficient enzymatic polycondensation: structural and catalytic features of cutinase 1 from Thermobifida cellulosilytica

(2016) A. Pellis et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

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

Effect of Tris, MOPS, and phosphate buffers on the hydrolysis of polyethylene terephthalate films by polyester hydrolases

(2016) Juliane Schmidt et al.   FEBS Open Bio

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

Effect of hydrolysis products on the enzymatic degradation of polyethylene terephthalate nanoparticles by a polyester hydrolase from Thermobifida fusca

(2015) Markus Barth et al.   BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

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

Life cycle impact assessment of bio-based plastics from sugarcane ethanol

(2015) I. Tsiropoulos et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Enzymatic hydrolysis of polyethylene terephthalate films in an ultrafiltration membrane reactor

(2015) Markus Barth et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

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

Plastic waste as a novel substrate for industrial biotechnology

(2015) Nick Wierckx et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

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

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

A novel Ca2+-activated, thermostabilized polyesterase capable of hydrolyzing polyethylene terephthalate from Saccharomonospora viridis AHK190

(2014) Fusako Kawai et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

(2014) Sintawee Sulaiman et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Functional characterization and structural modeling of synthetic polyester-degrading hydrolases from Thermomonospora curvata

(2014) Ren Wei et al.   AMB Express

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

(2013) Doris Ribitsch et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Cutinase: Characteristics, preparation, and application

(2013) Sheng Chen et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Turbidimetric analysis of the enzymatic hydrolysis of polyethylene terephthalate nanoparticles

(2013) Ren Wei et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS B-ENZYMATIC

Post consumer PET waste as potential feedstock for metal organic frameworks

(2013) Manju et al.   MATERIALS LETTERS

A high-throughput assay for enzymatic polyester hydrolysis activity by fluorimetric detection

(2012) Ren Wei et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Crystal structure of cutinase Est119 from Thermobifida alba AHK119 that can degrade modified polyethylene terephthalate at 1.76Å resolution

(2012) Kengo Kitadokoro et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Plastic Degradation and Its Environmental Implications with Special Reference to Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2012) Hayden Webb et al.   Polymers

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

Biochemical and genetic analysis of a cutinase-type polyesterase from a thermophilic Thermobifida alba AHK119

(2011) Uschara Thumarat et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

(2011) Enrique Herrero Acero et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Hydrolysis of cyclic poly(ethylene terephthalate) trimers by a carboxylesterase from Thermobifida fusca KW3

(2010) Susan Billig et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

High level expression of a hydrophobic poly(ethylene terephthalate)-hydrolyzing carboxylesterase from Thermobifida fusca KW3 in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

(2010) Thorsten Oeser et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Cutinase-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2009) Åsa M. Ronkvist et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Humicola insolensCutinase-Catalyzed Lactone Ring-Opening Polymerizations: Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies

(2008) Mo Hunsen et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES