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Cover Feature: Emerging Strategies in Polyethylene Terephthalate Hydrolase Research for Biorecycling (ChemSusChem 19/2021)
Author(s) -
Kawai Fusako
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.202101830
Subject(s) - polyethylene terephthalate , cover (algebra) , terephthalic acid , feature (linguistics) , hydrolase , polyester , chemistry , focus (optics) , nanotechnology , materials science , biochemical engineering , enzyme , organic chemistry , engineering , composite material , philosophy , mechanical engineering , linguistics , physics , optics
The Cover Feature shows the current focus on the strategies requisite for biorecycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The first strategy is improvement of PET hydrolase, which should be thermostable at over 70 °C and of high conversion rate to produce terephthalic acid by a single enzyme. Another strategy is conversion of waste PET to more degradable forms in an economical way. More information can be found in the Minireview by F. Kawai.