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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Hamish Yau, James Byard, Cassie Bakshani, Ieva Lelenaite, Professor William WillatsORCiD, Dr Neil Lant
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© 2024. The Author(s). Cotton is the most common natural fibre used in textile manufacture, used alone or with other fibres to create a wide range of fashion clothing and household textiles. Most of these textiles are cleaned using detergents and domestic or commercial washing machines using processes that require many chemicals and large quantities of water and energy. Enzymes can reduce this environmental footprint by enabling effective detergency at reduced temperatures, mostly by directly attacking substrates present in the soils. In the present study, we report the contribution of a cleaning cellulase enzyme based on the family 44 glycoside hydrolase (GH) endo-beta-1,4-glucanase from Paenibacillus polymyxa. The action of this enzyme on textile fibres improves laundry detergent performance in several vectors including soil anti-redeposition, dye transfer inhibition and stain removal. Molecular probes are used to study how this enzyme is targeting both amorphous cellulose and xyloglucan on textile fibres and the relationship between textile surface effects and observed performance benefits.
Author(s): Yau HCL, Byard J, Thompson LE, Malekpour AK, Robson T, Bakshani CR, Lelanaite I, Willats WGT, Lant NJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Scientific Reports
Year: 2024
Volume: 14
Online publication date: 27/09/2024
Acceptance date: 13/09/2024
Date deposited: 07/10/2024
ISSN (electronic): 2045-2322
Publisher: Springer Nature
URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-73128-x
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-73128-x
Data Access Statement: Raw data included as supplementary data tables 1–6.
PubMed id: 39333324
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