Background: The hydrolytic action of cutinases has been applied to the degradation of plastics. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) have long half-life which constitutes a major problem for their treatment as urban solid residues. The aim of this work was to characterize and to improve stable the enzyme to optimize the process of degradation using enzymatic hydrolysis of PET by recombinant cutinases. Results: The ...
Cutinases (EC 3.1.1.74)are versatile enzymes that have hydrolytic activity on various esters [1]. The spacial structure and the catalytic site of the enzymes can be protected by chemical additives to promove the stability of the activity [2, 3]. The goal of this work was to improve the stability of a recombinant cutinase produced by Escherichia coli.
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