@inbook{adf0799075de4863be572cb380593232,
title = "Enzyme Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Synthetic Polymers",
abstract = "Traditional plastics pose a grave threat to the environment with several hundred million tons of plastics being accumulated as waste. With conventional approaches requiring extreme temperatures and harsh conditions, degradation or recyclability achieved via enzymatic methods offer a meaningful alternative. In this chapter, we discuss enzymes that have been utilized for polymer degradation. We highlighted strategies to improve stability and catalytic efficiencies of these enzymes via protein engineering or anchoring peptides/domains to the catalytic domain or using additives that can enhance the binding of these enzymes to polymeric surfaces. ",
author = "Priya Katyal and Montclare, {Jin Kim}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Science Foundation award numbers IIP-1918981 and IIP-1644681. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 American Chemical Society.",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1021/bk-2020-1373.ch003",
language = "English (US)",
series = "ACS Symposium Series",
publisher = "American Chemical Society",
pages = "47--63",
editor = "H.N. Cheng and Gross, {Richard A.}",
booktitle = "ACS Symposium Series",
}