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iScience, 2022 Summary: Growing concerns in addressing environmental challenges are driving the rapid advancement of both bio-based and environmental friendly materials.
Hengti Wang +3 more
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Frontiers in Materials, 2022 The objectives of circularity are often focused on recycling, but combining use of alternative building blocks such as bio-sourced ones for virgin materials with ability for recycling seems to be a relevant challenge. Unfortunately, the volumes of rather
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Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2023 Petrochemical-based plastics are posing a threat to human existence because of their toxic nature and slow biodegradation rate. However, biodegradable plastics manufactured from natural ingredients are showing hope. The current work deals with developing
Sikder Muhammad Khalid Hossain +4 more
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Intelligent Technologies, Enzyme-Embedded and Microbial Degradation of Agricultural Plastics
AgriEngineering, 2023 This review appraised current research on enzyme-embedded biodegradable agricultural plastics and microbial degradation, given that the increased use of fossil-fuel-based plastics in agriculture involved significant environmental tradeoffs.
Chrysanthos Maraveas +2 more
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Life cycle assessment and policy for the improvement of net-zero emissions in China
Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 2023 Bio-based plastics are gaining popularity in the industry to lessen the negative effects of plastic pollution on terrestrial and aquatic environments. Environmentally acceptable alternatives to plastics made from fossil fuels must be adopted worldwide if
Muhammad Tamoor +2 more
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Structural insights into an engineered feruloyl esterase with improved MHET degrading properties
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.A feruloyl esterase was engineered to mimic key features of MHETase, enhancing the degradation of PET oligomers. Structural and computational analysis reveal how a point mutation stabilizes the active site and reshapes the binding cleft, expading substrate scope.
Panagiota Karampa +5 more
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State of the art on biodegradability of bio-based plastics containing polylactic acid
Frontiers in MaterialsBio-based plastics represent an opportunity to reduce the impact of petroleum-based plastics on the environment, leading to harmful effects on both terrestrial and marine ecosystems.
Christine Lors +3 more
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Universitas Scientiarum, 2023 Based on recent scientific-technical developments referring to the transformation and biodegradation mechanisms of plastic compounds, progress has been made both in the conceptualization of relevant definitions and in the development of technical ...
Juan Carlos Salcedo Reyes +4 more
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Modulation of Homer1 EVH1 domain internal dynamics by putative autism‐associated mutations
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The putative autism‐associated M65I and S97L variants of the EVH1 domain of the postsynaptic scaffold protein Homer1 do not exhibit substantial changes in their overall structure or partner binding. Both of them, but especially the M65I variant, show altered internal dynamics relative to the wild‐type domain on the μs‐ms timescale, indicated by the ...
Fanni Farkas +6 more
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Structural insights and therapeutic targets in Acinetobacter baumannii capsule biosynthesis
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Hypervirulent KL49 A. baumannii's capsular polysaccharide contains the nonulosonic acid 8‐epi‐Leg5,7Ac2, synthesized by epimerization via ElaA, ElaB, and ElaC. Crystal structures of ElaA, ElaB, and ElaC reveal their role in CMP‐Leg5,7Ac2 synthesis and regioselective C8 epimerization.
Woo Cheol Lee +7 more
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