Microbial enzymes will offer limited solutions to the global plastic pollution crisis

J Chow, P Perez‐Garcia, R Dierkes… - Microbial …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Global economies depend on the use of fossil‐fuel‐based polymers with 360–400 million
metric tons of synthetic polymers being produced per year. Unfortunately, an estimated 60 …

Deconstructing PET: Advances in enzyme engineering for sustainable plastic degradation

J Yao, Y Liu, Z Gu, L Zhang, Z Guo - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is extensively utilized for its remarkable material properties
and affordability. Nevertheless, the disposal of PET waste significantly contributes to the …

Enzymatic upcycling of PET waste to calcium terephthalate for battery anodes

R Xue, C Qiu, X Zhou, Y Cheng, Z Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Biotechnological recycling offers a promising solution to address the environmental
concerns associated with waste plastics, particularly polyethylene terephthalate (PET) …

Reductive enzyme cascades for valorization of polyethylene terephthalate deconstruction products

MR Gopal, RM Dickey, ND Butler, MR Talley… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
To better incentivize the collection of plastic wastes, chemical transformations must be
developed that add value to plastic deconstruction products. Polyethylene terephthalate …

Exploring new galaxies: Perspectives on the discovery of novel PET-degrading enzymes

J Mican, J Da'san MM, W Liu, G Weber… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a widely used polyester due to its beneficial material
properties and low cost. However, PET contributes significantly to the growing problem of …

Marine-derived bioactive peptides self-assembled multifunctional materials: antioxidant and wound healing

D Yu, S Cui, L Chen, S Zheng, D Zhao, X Yin, F Yang… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Peptide self-assembling materials have received significant attention from researchers in
recent years, emerging as a popular field in biological, environmental, medical, and other …

An Ultra-Sensitive Comamonas thiooxidans Biosensor for the Rapid Detection of Enzymatic Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Degradation

RF Dierkes, A Wypych, P Pérez-García… - Applied and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a prevalent synthetic polymer that is known to
contaminate marine and terrestrial environments. Currently, only a limited number of PET …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing extremophilic carboxylesterases for applications in polyester depolymerisation and plastic waste recycling

GB Williams, H Ma, AN Khusnutdinova… - Essays in …, 2023 - portlandpress.com
The steady growth in industrial production of synthetic plastics and their limited recycling
have resulted in severe environmental pollution and contribute to global warming and oil …

Genome engineering allows selective conversions of terephthalaldehyde to multiple valorized products in bacterial cells

RM Dickey, MA Jones, ND Butler, I Govil… - AIChE …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Deconstruction of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic waste generates opportunities for
valorization to alternative products. We recently designed an enzymatic cascade that could …

[HTML][HTML] Tuning the performance of a TphR-based terephthalate biosensor with a design of experiments approach

GA Gonzalez, M Chacón, T Butterfield… - Metabolic Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Transcription factor-based biosensors are genetic tools that aim to predictability link the
presence of a specific input stimuli to a tailored gene expression output. The performance …