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An enzyme decomposes 90% of plastic in 10h

 4 years ago
source link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2149-4
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Fig. 1: LCC outperformed all other evaluated PET hydrolases during PET-depolymerization assays.
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Fig. 2: Improvement of the PET-depolymerization specific activity of LCC after mutagenesis by saturation of the residues in contact with a 2-HE(MHET) 3 substrate.
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Fig. 3: Improvement of LCC thermostability by addition of a disulfide bridge.
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Fig. 4: Improved performance of LCC variants in enzymatic depolymerization of post-consumer PET waste.
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