A polyesterase from the Antarctic bacterium Moraxella sp. degrades highly crystalline synthetic polymers
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2022
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Nikolaivits, EfstratiosTaxeidis, George
Gkountela, Christina
Vouyiouka, Stamatina
Maslak, Veselin
Nikodinović-Runić, Jasmina
Topakas, Evangelos
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The uncontrolled release of plastics in the environment has rendered them ubiquitous around the planet, threatening the wildlife and human health. Biodegradation and valorization of plastics has emerged as an ecofriendly alternative to conventional management techniques. Discovery of novel polymer-degrading enzymes with diversified properties is hence an important task in order to explore different operational conditions for plastic-waste upcycling. In the present study, a barely studied psychrophilic enzyme (MoPE) from the Antractic bacterium Moraxella sp. was heterologously expressed, characterized and its potential in polymer degradation was further investigated. Based on its amino acid composition and structure, MoPE resembled PET-degrading enzymes, sharing features from both mesophilic and thermophilic homologues. MoPE hydrolyzes nonbiodegradable plastics, such as polyethylene terephthalate and polyurethane, as well as biodegradable
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Polyesters / Polycaprolactone / Poly(ethylene terephthalate) / Plastics degradation / EnzymeSource:
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022, 434Publisher:
- Elsevier, Amsterdam
Funding / projects:
- European Union [870292]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31961133016, 31961133015, 31961133014]
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- This is the peer reviewed version of the paper: Nikolaivits, E., Taxeidis, G., Gkountela, C., Vouyiouka, S., Maslak, V., Nikodinovic-Runic, J., & Topakas, E. (2022). A polyesterase from the Antarctic bacterium Moraxella sp. Degrades highly crystalline synthetic polymers. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 434, 128900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128900
- Published version: https://imagine.imgge.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1564
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128900
ISSN: 0304-3894
PubMed: 35452981
WoS: 000793529700003
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85128313594
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Institut za molekularnu genetiku i genetičko inženjerstvoTY - JOUR AU - Nikolaivits, Efstratios AU - Taxeidis, George AU - Gkountela, Christina AU - Vouyiouka, Stamatina AU - Maslak, Veselin AU - Nikodinović-Runić, Jasmina AU - Topakas, Evangelos PY - 2022 UR - https://imagine.imgge.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1630 AB - The uncontrolled release of plastics in the environment has rendered them ubiquitous around the planet, threatening the wildlife and human health. Biodegradation and valorization of plastics has emerged as an ecofriendly alternative to conventional management techniques. Discovery of novel polymer-degrading enzymes with diversified properties is hence an important task in order to explore different operational conditions for plastic-waste upcycling. In the present study, a barely studied psychrophilic enzyme (MoPE) from the Antractic bacterium Moraxella sp. was heterologously expressed, characterized and its potential in polymer degradation was further investigated. Based on its amino acid composition and structure, MoPE resembled PET-degrading enzymes, sharing features from both mesophilic and thermophilic homologues. MoPE hydrolyzes nonbiodegradable plastics, such as polyethylene terephthalate and polyurethane, as well as biodegradable PB - Elsevier, Amsterdam T2 - Journal of Hazardous Materials T1 - A polyesterase from the Antarctic bacterium Moraxella sp. degrades highly crystalline synthetic polymers VL - 434 DO - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128900 ER -
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Nikolaivits, E., Taxeidis, G., Gkountela, C., Vouyiouka, S., Maslak, V., Nikodinović-Runić, J.,& Topakas, E.. (2022). A polyesterase from the Antarctic bacterium Moraxella sp. degrades highly crystalline synthetic polymers. in Journal of Hazardous Materials Elsevier, Amsterdam., 434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128900
Nikolaivits E, Taxeidis G, Gkountela C, Vouyiouka S, Maslak V, Nikodinović-Runić J, Topakas E. A polyesterase from the Antarctic bacterium Moraxella sp. degrades highly crystalline synthetic polymers. in Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2022;434. doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128900 .
Nikolaivits, Efstratios, Taxeidis, George, Gkountela, Christina, Vouyiouka, Stamatina, Maslak, Veselin, Nikodinović-Runić, Jasmina, Topakas, Evangelos, "A polyesterase from the Antarctic bacterium Moraxella sp. degrades highly crystalline synthetic polymers" in Journal of Hazardous Materials, 434 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128900 . .