# Enzymatic Plastic Recycling

Topic radar · 519 documents · 2021-01-01–2026-08-06 · updated 2026-08-11

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## Overview


Suboptimal enzyme performance in plastic degradation corrected through site-directed amino acid sequence substitution



Slow polyethylene terephthalate breakdown rates accelerated via hydrolase and cutinase catalysis



Limited enzyme diversity for plastic processing expanded through bacterial and metagenomic sequence identification


## Areas

- Enzyme Engineering & Protein Optimization · 169 documents
- Process Engineering & Environmental Control · 119 documents
- Non-Polyester & Complex Polymer Degradation · 102 documents
- Microbial & Metagenomic Discovery · 102 documents
- Advanced Delivery & Enzyme Complexes · 47 documents