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  • Environmental Science
  • Polymer Chemistry

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  • Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) constitutes a significant portion of plastic waste.
  • Enzymatic hydrolysis presents the most environmentally friendly PET recycling method.
  • Complete depolymerization to terephthalate and ethylene glycol is essential for PET biorecycling.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the current status of PET hydrolases for plastic waste biorecycling.
  • To discuss potential applications and future goals for PET hydrolase development.
  • To highlight critical issues in industrial PET depolymerization.

Main Methods:

  • Review of classical and state-of-the-art engineering approaches (computational/machine learning) for PET hydrolases.
  • Analysis of enzyme engineering studies focusing on substrate-binding groove flexibility and thermostability.
  • Examination of pretreatment methods to enhance PET susceptibility to hydrolysis.

Main Results:

  • Wild-type enzymes are insufficient for industrial PET depolymerization, necessitating enzyme engineering.
  • Substrate-binding groove flexibility can enhance PET hydrolysis efficiency while maintaining thermostability.
  • Current industrial biorecycling focuses on micronized amorphous PET.

Conclusions:

  • Future PET hydrolases need to efficiently degrade crystalline PET and expand target materials beyond bottles.
  • Enzyme operation below 70 °C is required, despite the need for thermophilic enzymes.
  • Advancements in enzyme engineering are crucial for the industrial-scale biorecycling of diverse PET waste streams.