Title:

Enzymes involved in polymer biodegradation

Subtitle:

Enzymes involved in polymer biodegradation

Creator:

Nowak, Bożena ; Pająk, Jolanta ; Płociniczak, Tomasz ; Nowak, Bożena ; Pająk, Jolanta ; Płociniczak, Tomasz ; Łabużek, Sylwia

Publisher:

Committee on Biotechnology PAS ; Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS

Date issued/created:

2008

Subject and Keywords:

biotechnology

Abstract:

Most widely used plastics are considered to be resistant to environmental factors. Degradation of most popular packaging polymer is slow and may take hundreds of years. To enhance their environmental degradation, a number of different approaches, among them copolymerisation or compounding with additives susceptible to environmental factors such as polyesters are used. Enzymes involved in decomposition of polyesters are mainly hydrolases i.e. esterases, lipases, cutinases. The research team in the Department of Biochemistry is working on polyethylene and poly(ethylene terephtalate) films modified with synthetic aliphatic polyester Bionolle® and mechanisms of their biodegradation using fungal extracellular hydrolytic enzymes.

Relation:

Biotechnologia, vol.80, 1 (2008)-.

Volume:

80

Issue:

1

Start page:

45

End page:

52

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

0860-7796

Source:

Library of Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Temporal coverage:

1988-2010

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-SA 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 4.0 license, full text available at:

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Science

Original in:

Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Science

Projects co-financed by:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget.

Access:

Open