pet-bottle-accumulation

VITVellore

October 21, 2023
pet-bottle-accumulation, fast-petases-and-mutated-mhetases, degradation-of-pet-films
environment

VITVellore # PETrify: Unbottling the Future Using FAST-PETase-mutated MHETase Combinations # To tackle the growing problem of PET bottle accumulation in Indian waste disposal systems and the health hazards leached PET microplastics possess, we adopted a combination approach of FAST-PETases and mutated MHETases to degrade PET plastics. Via in-silico studies, we generated the single and double mutant MHETase (S491A and S196A,T434S respectively). In comparison to the wild type MHETase, they were comparatively more stable. ...