Enzymatic Modification of Cotton Fibre Polysaccharides As an Enabler of Sustainable Laundry Detergents

Overview

Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2024 Sep 27

PMID 39333324

Authors

Hamish C L Yau

James Byard

Lily E Thompson

Adam K Malekpour

Timothy Robson

Cassie R Bakshani

Ieva Lelanaite

William G T Willats

Neil J Lant

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Abstract

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.

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