Development of a Vibrio natriegens -based plate-clearing assay for rapid screening of PET-hydrolyzing enzymes

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Enzymatic PET degradation offers a sustainable recycling approach, but screening for effective enzymes remains challenging. Herein, we established an experimental plate-clearing assay using Vibrio natriegens , exploiting its protein secretion system to rapidly identify catalytic activity without time-consuming downstream processing. To validate the assay's robustness, we tested mutants of Fusarium solani pisi cutinase (FsC) and found that one mutant, T45P, exhibited threefold higher activity and a TPA-to-MHET ratio than the wild-type. As a further test case, we screened an error-prone PCR library of FsC using the assay, obtaining a 25% hit rate after screening 150 colonies. This demonstrates the scalability of the method for screening PET-hydrolytic activity in a large number of enzymes. Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. Footnotes Revised Figure 3; revised introduction; added data to the SI; revised Results; revised Materials and Methods; added references; changed author list https://github.com/gcourtade/papers/blob/master/2025/Vnat_denovo. Funder Information Declared Novo Nordisk Foundation , NNF22OC0073963 Copyright The copyright holder for this preprint is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under a CC-BY 4.0 International license . View the discussion thread. Back to top Previous Next Posted May 22, 2026. Download PDF Supplementary Material Data/Code Email Thank you for your interest in spreading the word about bioRxiv. NOTE: Your email address is requested solely to identify you as the sender of this article. Your Email * Your Name * Send To * Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas. 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