Moscow University Chemistry Bulletin. Vol. 79, No. 2, Pages 140-145, 2024

O. V. Maslova^a^, *, O. V. Senko^a^,^b, N. A. Stepanov^a^,^b , I. V. Lyagin^a^,^b, and E. N. Efremenko^a^,^b^, **

^aDepartment of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991 Russia

^bEmanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119334 Russia

Correspondence to: *e-mail: olga.maslova.rabota@gmail.com
Correspondence to: **e-mail: elena_efremenko@list.ru

Abstract— Waste from the production and use of synthetic polymers is a serious problem. The development of enzymatic and microbial biocatalysts capable of degrading hard-to-decompose polymers seems to be one of the promising and environmentally oriented solutions to this problem. A possibility of combining biocatalysts (BCs)—enzymes and microbial cells—with metal catalysts is considered as a promising basis for the development of new hybrid chemobiocatalytic processes intended for the effective degradation of synthetic polymers (SPs).

Keywords: biocatalysts, microorganisms, enzymes, consortia, metal catalysts, hybrid catalytic processes

Biocatalysis in the Degradation of Synthetic Polymers