Microbial Polyethylene Terephthalate Hydrolases: Current and Future Perspectives.

ABSTRACT: Plastic has rapidly transformed our world, with many aspects of human life now relying on a variety of plastic materials. Biological plastic degradation, which employs microorganisms and their degradative enzymes, has emerged as one way to address the unforeseen consequences of the waste streams that have resulted from mass plastic production. The focus of this review is microbial hydrolase enzymes which have been found to act on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic. The best characterized examples are discussed together with the use of genomic and protein engineering technologies to obtain PET hydrolase enzymes for different applications. In addition, the obstacles which are currently limiting the development of efficient PET bioprocessing are presented. By continuing to study the pos

SUBMITTER: Carr CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7686037 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature