Complete bio-degradation of poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) via engineered cutinases

Bio-degradation of poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) is an attractive tactic but requires an effective hydrolytic enzyme. Here, the authors demonstrate that cutinases are highly potent PBAT-decomposing enzymes and their mechanism is proposed based on substrate-binding mode.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yu Yang, Jian Min, Ting Xue, Pengcheng Jiang, Xin Liu, Rouming Peng, Jian-Wen Huang, Yingying Qu, Xian Li, Ning Ma, Fang-Chang Tsai, Longhai Dai, Qi Zhang, Yingle Liu, Chun-Chi Chen, Rey-Ting Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37374-3