Conversion of polyethylene terephthalate into pure terephthalic acid through synergy between a solid-degrading cutinase and a reaction intermediate-hydrolysing carboxylesterase-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Conversion of polyethylene terephthalate into pure terephthalic acid through synergy between a solid-degrading cutinase and a reaction intermediate-hydrolysing carboxylesterase

Published:2022 Issue:17 Volume:24 Page:6707-6719
ISSN:1463-9262
Container-title:Green Chemistry
language:en
Short-container-title:Green Chem.

Author:

Mrigwani Arpita¹,Thakur Bhishem¹,Guptasarma Purnananda¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Hyperthermophile Enzyme Hydrolase Research Centre (HEHRC) and Centre for Protein Science, Design and Engineering (CPSDE), Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Sector-81, SAS Nagar, Punjab 140306, India

Abstract

LCC (in green) binds to the hydrophobic surface of solid PET and degrades it into TPA and degradation intermediates (OET, BHET and MHET) that partition away into aqueous solution. TTCE (in red) turns degradation intermediates into TPA, in solution.

Funder

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali

Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Pollution,Environmental Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/GC/D2GC01965E

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