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Received: 4 May 2023

Accepted: 12 June 2024

First Online: 17 July 2024

Competing interests

: M. Guicherd, M. Guéroult, M.D., F.G., S.G., V.T. and A.M. are employees of Carbios. M.N. is an employee of Carbiolice. P.A., E.A., S.D. and A.M. have filed patent WO 2016/062695 (applicants: Carbios, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; patent application extended in various countries or regions, including Europe, United States, China, India and Japan; covering the wild-type PAM described in the manuscript); A.M. has filed patent WO 2016/198652 (applicant: Carbios; additional inventors: E. Guémard and M. Château; patent application extended in various countries or regions, including Europe, United States, China, India and Japan; covering the production of PLA plastic articles comprising a PLA-degrading enzyme and an antic-acid filler, such as calcium carbonate); M. Guicherd, M.B.K., M.V., S.D. and A.M. have file patent WO 2018/109183 (applicant: Carbios; patent application extended in various countries or regions, including Europe, United States, China, India and Japan; covering the optimized ProteinT for degradation of PLA); M.D. has filed patents WO 2019/043145 (applicant: Carbios; additional inventor: E. Guémard; patent application extended in various countries or regions, including Europe, United States, China, India and Japan; covering the use of a liquid composition of enzyme comprising arabic gum for the production of a masterbatch to be introduced in PLA plastic material) and WO 2019/043134 (applicant: Carbiolice; additional inventor: C. Arnault; patent application extended in various countries or regions, including Europe, United States, China, India and Japan; covering a biodegradable PLA plastic material made from a masterbatch and liquid composition of enzyme and arabic gum); M. Guicherd, M. Guéroult, I.A., S.D. and A.M. have filed patent WO 2019/122308 (applicant: Carbios; patent application extended in various countries or regions, including Europe, United States, China, India and Japan; covering the optimized PAM (including PAM^<i>FLI</i>); and M.N. has filed patent WO 2021/148666 (applicant: Carbiolice; patent granted in France; covering the use of a masterbatch to improve the mechanical properties of a PLA article comprising such a masterbatch). Confidentiality agreements prevent authors from disclosing newly submitted patents that are not declared. The other authors declare no competing interests.