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Towards bio-upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate
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Over 359 million tons of plastics were produced worldwide in 2018, with significant growth expected in the near future, resulting in the global challenge of end-of-life management. The recent identification of enzymes that degrade plastics previously considered non-biodegradable opens up opportunities to steer the plastic recycling industry into the realm of biotechnology. Here, the sequential conversion of post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into two types of bioplastics is presented: a medium chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) and a novel bio-based poly(amide urethane) (bio-PU). PET films are hydrolyzed by a thermostable polyester hydrolase yielding highly pure terephthalate and ethylene glycol. The obtained hydrolysate is used directly as a feedstock for a terephthalate-degrading Pseudomonas umsongensis GO16, also evolved to efficiently metabolize ethylene glycol, to produce PHA. The strain is further modified to secrete hydroxyalkanoyloxy-alkanoates (HAAs), which are used as monomers for the chemo-catalytic synthesis of bio-PU. In short, a novel value-chain for PET upcycling is shown that circumvents the costly purification of PET monomers, adding technological flexibility to the global challenge of end-of-life management of plastics.
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- Authors
- Tiso, T., Narancic, T., Wei, R., Pollet, E., Beagan, N., Schröder, K., Honak, A., Jiang, M., Kenny, S. T., Wierckx, N., Perrin, R., Avérous, L., Zimmermann, W., O'Connor, K., & Blank, L. M.
- Venue
- Metabolic Engineering
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-07
- Volume
- 66
- Pages
- 167-178
- ISSN
- 1096-7176 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3152606041
- Cited by
- 315
- References
- 8
- FWCI
- 11.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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