New approach boosts plastic-eating enzyme's activity nearly tenfold

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• Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  An enzyme (a protein that speeds up chemical reactions) that breaks down polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic works ten times quicker, using 10 times using less enzyme just by changing the liquid it works in and making small changes to the enzyme’s structure.

  I never thought I’d be glad to see lack of proof reading, but in the age of LLMs at least it demonstrates likely human authorship.

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