Hutchison Justin M, Mayer Brooke K, Vega Marcela, Chacha Wambura E, Zilles Julie L
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 W 15th St, Lawrence, KS 66045, United States.
Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Marquette University, 1637 W Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233, United States.
Water Res X. 2021 Aug 3;12:100112. doi: 10.1016/j.wroa.2021.100112. eCollection 2021 Aug 1.
New water and wastewater treatment technologies are required to meet the demands created by emerging contaminants and resource recovery needs, yet technology development is a slow and uncertain process. Through evolution, nature has developed highly selective and fast-acting proteins that could help address these issues, but research and application have been limited, often due to assumptions about stability and economic feasibility. Here we highlight the potential advantages of cell-free, protein-based water and wastewater treatment processes (biocatalysis and biosorption), evaluate existing information about their economic feasibility, consider when a protein-based treatment process might be advantageous, and highlight key research needs.
需要新的水和废水处理技术来满足新兴污染物和资源回收需求所产生的要求，但技术开发是一个缓慢且不确定的过程。通过进化，自然界已经开发出了具有高度选择性和快速作用的蛋白质，这些蛋白质有助于解决这些问题，但研究和应用一直有限，这通常是由于对稳定性和经济可行性的假设所致。在这里，我们强调基于蛋白质的无细胞水和废水处理工艺（生物催化和生物吸附）的潜在优势，评估有关其经济可行性的现有信息，考虑基于蛋白质的处理工艺何时可能具有优势，并突出关键的研究需求。
