| Title : Cutinase-like enzyme from the yeast Cryptococcus sp. strain S-2 hydrolyzes polylactic acid and other biodegradable plastics - Masaki_2005_Appl.Environ.Microbiol_71_7548 |
| Author(s) : Masaki K , Kamini NR , Ikeda H , Iefuji H |
| Ref : Applied Environmental Microbiology , 71 :7548 , 2005 |
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Abstract :
A purified lipase from the yeast Cryptococcus sp. strain S-2 exhibited remote homology to proteins belonging to the cutinase family rather than to lipases. This enzyme could effectively degrade the high-molecular-weight compound polylactic acid, as well as other biodegradable plastics, including polybutylene succinate, poly (epsilon-caprolactone), and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate). |
| PubMedSearch : Masaki_2005_Appl.Environ.Microbiol_71_7548 |
| PubMedID: 16269800 |
| Gene_locus related to this paper: crysp-Q874E9 |
| Substrate | Polybutylene-succinate Cutin Polylactic-acid PHB Polycaprolactone |
| Gene_locus | crysp-Q874E9 |
| Family | Cutinase Cutinase_like |
Masaki K, Kamini NR, Ikeda H, Iefuji H (2005)
Cutinase-like enzyme from the yeast Cryptococcus sp. strain S-2 hydrolyzes polylactic acid and other biodegradable plastics
Applied Environmental Microbiology
71 :7548
Masaki K, Kamini NR, Ikeda H, Iefuji H (2005)
Applied Environmental Microbiology
71 :7548