Enzyme with degradation activity for highly recalcitrant plastic and method of biodegrading highly recalcitrant plastic using the same

Abstract

Disclosed herein are an enzyme capable of degrading a highly recalcitrant plastic or a variant thereof, a composition comprising the same, and a method of degrading a highly recalcitrant plastic using the same. In addition, according to the present disclosure, polyethylene (PE) as a highly recalcitrant plastic can be effectively degraded as well as oxidized PE, which can be useful for developing plastic waste treatment and upcycling of plastic waste.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.