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JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 160, Issue 7, Pages 831-839Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1078/0176-1617-01030
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PHA; plastic; polyhydroxyalkanoate; polymer; silk; biomaterial
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Metabolic engineering of plants allows the possibility of using crops for the synthesis of novel polymers having useful material properties. Strong and flexible protein-based polymers, which are based on the structure of silk and elastin have been synthesized in transgenic plants. A wide range of polyhydroxyalkanoates having properties ranging from stiff plastics to soft elastomers and glues have been synthesized in various compartments of plants, such as the cytoplasm, plastid and peroxisome. These plant biomaterials could replace, in part, the synthetic plastics, fibers and elastomers produced from petroleum, thus offering the advantage of renewability, sustainability and biodegradability.
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