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Table 3 Degradation of polyesters by McCut

From: High-level expression and characterization of a novel cutinase from Malbranchea cinnamomea suitable for butyl butyrate production

Polyester

Degradation of weight loss percent (%)

3 h

6 h

12 h

PCL

13.0 ± 0.8

48.1 ± 0.1

55.8 ± 3.9

PBS

7.2 ± 0.3

20.0 ± 0.3

41.3 ± 0.6

  1. The reaction was carried out at 45 °C in 100 mM Tris–HCl pH 8.0. The weight loss of polyesters was measured after degradation. All data are mean values ± standard deviations of triplicate measurements