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Biocatalytic Degradation Efficiency of Postconsumer Polyethylene Terephthalate Packaging Determined by Their Polymer Microstructures

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Using a marine microalga as a chassis for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) degradation

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Stabilizing Leaf and Branch Compost Cutinase (LCC) with Glycosylation: Mechanism and Effect on PET Hydrolysis

(2018) Abhijit N. Shirke et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

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Determination of the native features of the exoglucanase Cel48S from Clostridium thermocellum

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Characterization and engineering of a plastic-degrading aromatic polyesterase

(2018) Harry P. Austin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Enzymatic Degradation of Aromatic and Aliphatic Polyesters by P. pastoris Expressed Cutinase 1 from Thermobifida cellulosilytica

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Microbial enzymes for the recycling of recalcitrant petroleum-based plastics: how far are we?

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Biocatalysis as a green route for recycling the recalcitrant plastic polyethylene terephthalate

(2017) Ren Wei et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Engineered bacterial polyester hydrolases efficiently degrade polyethylene terephthalate due to relieved product inhibition

(2016) Ren Wei et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

A dual enzyme system composed of a polyester hydrolase and a carboxylesterase enhances the biocatalytic degradation of polyethylene terephthalate films

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(2016) Uwe T. Bornscheuer   SCIENCE

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

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A dual enzyme system composed of a polyester hydrolase and a carboxylesterase enhances the biocatalytic degradation of polyethylene terephthalate films

(2016) Markus Barth et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Effect of Tris, MOPS, and phosphate buffers on the hydrolysis of polyethylene terephthalate films by polyester hydrolases

(2016) Juliane Schmidt et al.   FEBS Open Bio

A disulfide bridge in the calcium binding site of a polyester hydrolase increases its thermal stability and activity against polyethylene terephthalate

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(2016) Carla C. C. R. de Carvalho   Microbial Biotechnology

Enzymatic hydrolysis of polyethylene terephthalate films in an ultrafiltration membrane reactor

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Consolidated bioprocessing of cellulose to isobutanol using Clostridium thermocellum

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Structural and functional studies on a thermostable polyethylene terephthalate degrading hydrolase from Thermobifida fusca

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Crystal Structure and Thermodynamic and Kinetic Stability of Metagenome-Derived LC-Cutinase

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The contribution of cellulosomal scaffoldins to cellulose hydrolysis by Clostridium thermocellum analyzed by using thermotargetrons

(2014) Wei Hong et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Fusion of Binding Domains to Thermobifida cellulosilytica Cutinase to Tune Sorption Characteristics and Enhancing PET Hydrolysis

(2013) Doris Ribitsch et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

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A Targetron System for Gene Targeting in Thermophiles and Its Application in Clostridium thermocellum

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Plastic Degradation and Its Environmental Implications with Special Reference to Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

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High Ethanol Titers from Cellulose by Using Metabolically Engineered Thermophilic, Anaerobic Microbes

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Isolation of a Novel Cutinase Homolog with Polyethylene Terephthalate-Degrading Activity from Leaf-Branch Compost by Using a Metagenomic Approach

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Enzymatic Surface Hydrolysis of PET: Effect of Structural Diversity on Kinetic Properties of Cutinases from Thermobifida

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Development of pyrF-Based Genetic System for Targeted Gene Deletion in Clostridium thermocellum and Creation of a pta Mutant

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Hydrolysis of cyclic poly(ethylene terephthalate) trimers by a carboxylesterase from Thermobifida fusca KW3

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Enzymatic surface hydrolysis of poly(ethylene terephthalate) and bis(benzoyloxyethyl) terephthalate by lipase and cutinase in the presence of surface active molecules

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Cutinase-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

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