Production of cutinase from Fusarium falciforme and its application for hydrophilicity improvement of polyethylene terephthalate fabric

Class I hydrophobins pretreatment stimulates PETase for monomers recycling of waste PETs

“…In recent times, enzymatic monomer recycling of PET has gained great attention in industries due to its ecofriendly and mild reaction conditions [7,9,10]. Various hydrolases, such as esterase, lipase, cutinase, and poly(ethylene terephthalate) hydrolase (PETase) have demonstrated PET hydrolysis activity at different extents [11][12][13]. Among these enzymes, only cutinase and PETase are considered to have potential industrial applications due to their relatively higher PET hydrolysis activity.…”

“…Cutinase, discovered more than 40 years ago from fungi responsible for plant pathologies attacks and hydrolyzes cutin which is a complex hydrophobic waxy polyester covers aerial surface of plants. Only recently, cutinases from various strains were found to be potential PET hydrolysis enzymes [11]. It has been reported that the access of active site of cutinase and binding of cutinase to the insoluble PET are the main reaction rate-limiting factors [7,14] because mutations on cutinase to enlarge the active site area was demonstrated can increase its PET hydrolysis rate.…”