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Screening Enzymes That Can Depolymerize Commercial Biodegradable Polymers: Heterologous Expression of Fusarium solani Cutinase in Escherichia coli

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MICROORGANISMS
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11020328

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biodegradable polymer; depolymerization; cutinase; esterase; monomer; plastic

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In recent years, microbial enzymes capable of degrading plastics have been discovered. Biocatalytic depolymerization mediated by enzymes has emerged as a more efficient and eco-friendly alternative for plastic treatment and recycling. However, the systematic study of depolymerase enzymes in degrading a range of plastic polymers is still lacking.
In recent years, a number of microbial enzymes capable of degrading plastics have been identified. Biocatalytic depolymerization mediated by enzymes has emerged as a potentially more efficient and environmentally friendly alternative to the currently employed methods for plastic treatment and recycling. However, the functional and systematic study of depolymerase enzymes with respect to the degradation of a series of plastic polymers in a single work has not been widely addressed at present. In this study, the ability of a set of enzymes (esterase, arylesterase and cutinase) to degrade commercial biodegradable polymers (PBS, PBAT, PHB, PHBH, PHBV, PCL, PLA and PLA/PCL) and the effect of pre-treatment methods on their degradation rate was assessed. The degradation products were identified and quantified by HPLC and LC-HRMS analysis. Out of the three enzymes, Fusarium solani cutinase (FsCut) showed the highest activity on grinded PBAT, PBS and PCL after 7 days of incubation. FsCut was engineered and heterologous expressed in Escherichia coli, which conferred the bacterium the capability of degrading solid discs of PBAT and to grow in PBS as the sole carbon source of the medium.

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