A hot topic: thermophilic plastic biodegradation

Enzyme treatment of plastics at elevated temperatures can catalyze plastic biodegradation by improving enzyme accessibility to the polymer

Comparison of candidate proteins to databases of known plastic degrading proteins offers a streamlined screening approach for thermophilic plastic biodegradation…

Full text: https://www.cell.com/trends/biotechnology/fulltext/S0167-7799(23)00097-5?rss=yes

Author

Louisa F. James-Pearson; Kevin J. Dudley; Valentino Setoa Junior Te'o; Bharat K.C. Patel

Source

CellPress, 2023-04-08.

Supplier

Elsevier

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