Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Furukawa M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6831586 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Furukawa Makoto M Kawakami Norifumi N Tomizawa Atsushi A Miyamoto Kenji K
Scientific reports 20191105 1
Cutinases are promising agents for poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) bio-recycling because of their ability to produce the PET monomer terephthalic acid with high efficiency under mild reaction conditions. In this study, we found that the low-crystallinity PET (lcPET) hydrolysis activity of thermostable cutinase from Thermobifida fusca (TfCut2), was increased by the addition of cationic surfactant that attracts enzymes near the lcPET film surface via electrostatic interactions. This approach wa ...[more]