Molecular BiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
Wax worm saliva and the enzymes therein are the key to polyethylene degradation by Galleria mellonella
Anahí Sanluis‐Verdes, Pere Colomer-Vidal, Francisco Rodríguez-Ventura…·Federica Bertocchini
The paper identifies two enzymes in wax worm saliva that oxidize and depolymerize polyethylene, overcoming a key bottleneck in plastic biodegradation.
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