Opportunities for improving biodiesel production via lipase catalysis

FTT Cavalcante, FS Neto, IR de Aguiar Falcão… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The rising global demand for sustainable energy resources is resulting in an accelerated
increase in biodiesel consumption. In this sense, studies aimed at tackling process hurdles …

The lid domain in lipases: Structural and functional determinant of enzymatic properties

FI Khan, D Lan, R Durrani, W Huan, Z Zhao… - … in bioengineering and …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Lipases are important industrial enzymes. Most of the lipases operate at lipid–water
interfaces enabled by a mobile lid domain located over the active site. Lid protects the active …

Novozym 435: the “perfect” lipase immobilized biocatalyst?

C Ortiz, ML Ferreira, O Barbosa… - Catalysis Science & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Novozym 435 (N435) is a commercially available immobilized lipase produced by
Novozymes. It is based on immobilization via interfacial activation of lipase B from Candida …

Enzymatic remediation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)–based polymers for effective management of plastic wastes: an overview

A Maurya, A Bhattacharya, SK Khare - Frontiers in Bioengineering …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Globally, plastic-based pollution is now recognized as one of the serious threats to the
environment. Among different plastics, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) occupies a pivotal …

An overview into polyethylene terephthalate (PET) hydrolases and efforts in tailoring enzymes for improved plastic degradation

NFS Khairul Anuar, F Huyop, G Ur-Rehman… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plastic or microplastic pollution is a global threat affecting ecosystems, with the current
generation reaching as much as 400 metric tons per/year. Soil ecosystems comprising …

Renewable processes of synthesis of biolubricants catalyzed by lipases

IG de Sousa, GF Mota, ALG Cavalcante… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the demand for sustainable energy resources has grown more and more,
and with that, researchers around the world have been working to develop green …

[HTML][HTML] Current perspectives for microbial lipases from extremophiles and metagenomics

S Verma, GK Meghwanshi, R Kumar - Biochimie, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial lipases are most broadly used biocatalysts for environmental and industrial
applications. Lipases catalyze the hydrolysis and synthesis of long acyl chain esters and …

Enzymatic synthesis of biobased polyesters and polyamides

Y Jiang, K Loos - Polymers, 2016 - mdpi.com
Nowadays,“green” is a hot topic almost everywhere, from retailers to universities to
industries; and achieving a green status has become a universal aim. However, polymers …

Stereodivergent protein engineering of a lipase to access all possible stereoisomers of chiral esters with two stereocenters

J Xu, Y Cen, W Singh, J Fan, L Wu, X Lin… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Enzymatic stereodivergent synthesis to access all possible product stereoisomers bearing
multiple stereocenters is relatively undeveloped, although enzymes are being increasingly …

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

RP Magalhães, JM Cunha, SF Sousa - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plastics are highly durable and widely used materials. Current methodologies of plastic
degradation, elimination, and recycling are flawed. In recent years, biodegradation (the …