Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is the most widespread synthetic polyester, having been
utilized in textile fibers and packaging materials for beverages and food, contributing …

With the increasing production of petroleum-based plastics, the problem of environmental
pollution caused by plastics has aroused widespread concern. Microplastics, which are …

Thermophilic polyester hydrolases (PES-H) have recently enabled biocatalytic recycling of
the mass-produced synthetic polyester polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which has found …

TfCa, a promiscuous carboxylesterase from Thermobifida fusca, was found to hydrolyze
polyethylene terephthalate (PET) degradation intermediates such as bis (2-hydroxyethyl) …

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a mass‐produced petroleum‐based synthetic polymer.
Enzymatic PET degradation using, for example, Ideonella sakaiensis PETase (IsPETase) …

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a polymer synthesized via the dehydration and
condensation reaction between ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid. PET has emerged as …

The growing use of plastic materials has led to the continuous accumulation of wastes in
marine environments, which fragment into hazardous micro‐and nanoplastics. These plastic …

The identification or design of biocatalysts to mitigate the accumulation of plastics, including
sub-micro-and nano-sized polyethylene terephthalate (nPET), is becoming a global …

A thermostable enzyme PET2, found in a metagenome library, has been engineered to
improve its hydrolytic activity against polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The PET2 wild-type …

The rise in the global production of plastics has led to severe concerns about the impacts of
plastics in aquatic environments. Although plastic materials degrade over extreme long …