New super-enzyme eats plastic bottles six times faster(theguardian.com)

9 pointsby gmaysvor 6 Jahren2 comments

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/28/new-super-enzyme-eats-plastic-bottles-six-times-faster

2 comments

WMCRUNvor 6 Jahren

Sounds cool, but what is the waste product when the enzyme breaks down the plastic? Matter isn’t destroyed...only converted.

lowdosevor 6 Jahren

Enzymes don't eat they accelerate. Enzymes lower the amount of energy that must be put in for a specific reaction to begin.