Nature Inspired Solutions for Polymers: Will Cutinase Enzymes Make Polyesters and Polyamides Greener?
The polymer and plastic sectors are under the urge of mitigating their environmental impact. The need for novel and more benign catalysts for polyester synthesis or targeted functionalization led, in recent years, to an increasing interest towards cutinases due to their natural ability to hydrolyze...
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ftunitriestiris:oai:arts.units.it:11368/2889748 2023-05-15T13:55:40+02:00 Nature Inspired Solutions for Polymers: Will Cutinase Enzymes Make Polyesters and Polyamides Greener? FERRARIO, VALERIO CESPUGLI, MARCO GARDOSSI, Lucia Pellis, Alessandro Guebitz, Georg Ferrario, Valerio Pellis, Alessandro Cespugli, Marco Guebitz, Georg Gardossi, Lucia 2016 ELETTRONICO http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2889748 https://doi.org/10.3390/catal6120205 http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/6/12/205 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000392482900025 volume:6 issue:12 firstpage:205 lastpage:219 numberofpages:15 journal:CATALYSTS http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2889748 doi:10.3390/catal6120205 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85008178726 http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/6/12/205 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess cutinase enzymatic polyesters synthesi green polymer synthesi enzymatic polymer hydrolysis info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2016 ftunitriestiris https://doi.org/10.3390/catal6120205 2023-04-09T06:13:50Z The polymer and plastic sectors are under the urge of mitigating their environmental impact. The need for novel and more benign catalysts for polyester synthesis or targeted functionalization led, in recent years, to an increasing interest towards cutinases due to their natural ability to hydrolyze ester bonds in cutin, a natural polymer. In this review, the most recent advances in the synthesis and hydrolysis of various classes of polyesters and polyamides are discussed with a critical focus on the actual perspectives of applying enzymatic technologies for practical industrial purposes. More specifically, cutinase enzymes are compared to lipases and, in particular, to lipase B from Candida antarctica, the biocatalyst most widely employed in polymer chemistry so far. Computational and bioinformatics studies suggest that the natural role of cutinases in attacking natural polymers confer some essential features for processing also synthetic polyesters and polyamides. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Università degli studi di Trieste: ArTS (Archivio della ricerca di Trieste) Catalysts 6 12 205 |
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The polymer and plastic sectors are under the urge of mitigating their environmental impact. The need for novel and more benign catalysts for polyester synthesis or targeted functionalization led, in recent years, to an increasing interest towards cutinases due to their natural ability to hydrolyze ester bonds in cutin, a natural polymer. In this review, the most recent advances in the synthesis and hydrolysis of various classes of polyesters and polyamides are discussed with a critical focus on the actual perspectives of applying enzymatic technologies for practical industrial purposes. More specifically, cutinase enzymes are compared to lipases and, in particular, to lipase B from Candida antarctica, the biocatalyst most widely employed in polymer chemistry so far. Computational and bioinformatics studies suggest that the natural role of cutinases in attacking natural polymers confer some essential features for processing also synthetic polyesters and polyamides. |
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Nature Inspired Solutions for Polymers: Will Cutinase Enzymes Make Polyesters and Polyamides Greener? |
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Nature Inspired Solutions for Polymers: Will Cutinase Enzymes Make Polyesters and Polyamides Greener? |
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