Metagenome-derived SusD-homologs affiliated with Bacteroidota bind to synthetic polymers.
Myllena Pereira SilverioTabea NeumannKirsten SchaubruchRalf HeermannPablo Perez-GarciaJennifer ChowWolfgang J StreitPublished in: Applied and environmental microbiology (2024)
SusD1 and SusD38489 can be considered for further applications regarding their putative adsorption toward fossil-fuel based polymers. This is the first time that SusD homologs from the polysaccharide utilization loci (PUL), largely described for the phylum Bacteroidota, are characterized as synthetic polymer-binding proteins.