Deconstructing PET: Advances in enzyme engineering for sustainable plastic degradation

J Yao, Y Liu, Z Gu, L Zhang, Z Guo - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is extensively utilized for its remarkable material properties
and affordability. Nevertheless, the disposal of PET waste significantly contributes to the …

Oxidase enzymes as sustainable oxidation catalysts

AJC Wahart, J Staniland, GJ Miller… - Royal Society Open …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Oxidation is one of the most important processes used by the chemical industry. However,
many of the methods that are used pose significant sustainability and environmental issues …

Biosensor and chemo-enzymatic one-pot cascade applications to detect and transform PET-derived terephthalic acid in living cells

T Bayer, L Pfaff, Y Branson, A Becker, S Wu… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Plastic waste imposes a serious problem to the environment and society. Hence, strategies
for a circular plastic economy are demanded. One strategy is the engineering of polyester …

Biocatalytic carboxylate reduction–recent advances and new enzymes

M Winkler, JG Ling - ChemCatChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Carboxylate reductases (CARs) are valuable catalysts for the selective one‐step reduction
of carboxylic acids to their corresponding aldehydes. In recent years, numerous new CARs …

Transformation pathways of enrofloxacin chlorination disinfection by-products in constructed wetlands

X Wang, M Xue, M Wang, C Zhang, J Li, H Xie - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Antibiotic residues and their chlorinated disinfection by-products (Cl-DBPs) have adverse
effects on organisms in aquaculture water. Taking enrofloxacin (ENR) as target antibiotic …

Recent Developments in Enzymatic and Microbial Biosynthesis of Flavor and Fragrance Molecules

RM Dickey, MR Gopal, P Nain, AM Kunjapur - Journal of Biotechnology, 2024 - Elsevier
Flavors and fragrances are an important class of specialty chemicals for which interest in
biomanufacturing has risen during recent years. These naturally occurring compounds are …

Mechanisms and applications of bacterial luciferase and its auxiliary enzymes

C Kantiwiriyawanitch, U Leartsakulpanich… - Archives of Biochemistry …, 2025 - Elsevier
Bacterial luciferase (LuxAB) catalyzes the conversion of reduced flavin mononucleotide
(FMNH⁻), oxygen, and a long-chain aldehyde to oxidized FMN, the corresponding acid and …

In Vivo Detection of Low Molecular Weight Platform Chemicals and Environmental Contaminants by Genetically Encoded Biosensors

T Bayer, L Hänel, J Husarcikova, A Kunzendorf… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Genetically encoded biosensor systems operating in living cells are versatile, cheap, and
transferable tools for the detection and quantification of a broad range of small molecules …

Biosensor‐Guided Engineering of a Baeyer‐Villiger Monooxygenase for Aliphatic Ester Production

T Sakoleva, F Vesenmaier, L Koch, JE Schunke… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Esters are valuable aroma compounds and can be produced enzymatically by Baeyer‐
Villiger monooxygenases (BVMOs) from (aliphatic) ketone precursors. However, a …

α‐Dioxygenases (α‐DOXs): promising biocatalysts for the environmentally friendly production of aroma compounds

IJ Kim, T Bayer, H Terholsen… - ChemBioChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fatty aldehydes (FALs) can be derived from fatty acids (FAs) and related compounds and
are frequently used as flavors and fragrances. Although chemical methods have been …