Seek and you shall find—news on the quest for novel PET‐degrading enzymes
Anna Faber,
Georg Fritz
Abstract:Plastic‐degrading enzymes hold immense potential for eco‐friendly recycling methods. However, the catalytic rates of current enzymes do not stack up against the mammoth task of degrading millions of tons of plastic waste per year. In the quest for more efficient polyethylene terephthalate (PET)‐degrading enzymes, Zhang et al. report the discovery and characterization of PET40, a versatile PET‐hydrolyzing esterase that is divergent from most characterized PETases. While PET40 has comparably low hydrolytic activ… Show more
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