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Substrate Report for: Polylactic-acid

Name Class
Polylactic-acidTypePolymer
Polyester
Aliphatic polyester
Other_Name (11)
Chemical_Nomenclature2-Hydroxypropanoic acid homopolymer
Formula(C3H4O2)n
CAS_number26100-51-6
Paper (15)
Structure4PSU
CommentPolylactic acid is a biodegradable aliphatic polyester derived from renewable resources. It is used to replace synthetic plastics produced from petroleum. Some bacterial enzyme can synthetize the polymer (PHA_synth_II) and some other are able to hydrolyse the polymer and to recycle the plastic (Aclacinomycin-methylesterase_RdmC, Mg-chelatase_BchO, Cutinase). Used also in co-polymer. Other enzymes which are not alpha/beta hydrolases degrade PLA (eg Thermitase Peptidase_S8 subtilase)
Gene_locus (9)
Family (10)
WikipediaPolylactic_acid

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