Engineering Enzymes for Environmental Sustainability.

ABSTRACT: The development and implementation of sustainable catalytic technologies is key to delivering our net-zero targets. Here we review how engineered enzymes, with a focus on those developed using directed evolution, can be deployed to improve the sustainability of numerous processes and help to conserve our environment. Efficient and robust biocatalysts have been engineered to capture carbon dioxide (CO₂) and have been embedded into new efficient metabolic CO₂ fixation pathways. Enzymes have been refined for bioremediation, enhancing their ability to degrade toxic and harmful pollutants. Biocatalytic recycling is gaining momentum, with engineered cutinases and PETases developed for the depolymerization of the abundant plastic, polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Finally, b

SUBMITTER: Radley E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952289 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature