Substrate-Binding Mode of a Thermophilic PET Hydrolase and Engineering the Enzyme to Enhance the Hydrolytic Efficacy

Enhancing PET hydrolytic enzyme activity by fusion of the cellulose–binding domain of cellobiohydrolase I from Trichoderma reesei

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(2020) Chun-Chi Chen et al.   Nature Reviews Chemistry

An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles

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Possibilities and limitations of biotechnological plastic degradation and recycling

(2020) Ren Wei et al.   Nature Catalysis

Secretory expression in Bacillus subtilis and biochemical characterization of a highly thermostable polyethylene terephthalate hydrolase from bacterium HR29

(2020) Xingxiang Xi et al.   ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY

Recent advances in the improvement of enzyme thermostability by structure modification

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Active Site Flexibility as a Hallmark for Efficient PET Degradation by I. sakaiensis PETase

(2018) Tobias Fecker et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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

Structural insight into molecular mechanism of poly(ethylene terephthalate) degradation

(2018) Seongjoon Joo et al.   Nature Communications

New Insights into the Function and Global Distribution of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)-Degrading Bacteria and Enzymes in Marine and Terrestrial Metagenomes

(2018) Dominik Danso et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Structural studies reveal the molecular mechanism of PETase

(2018) Chun-Chi Chen et al.   FEBS Journal

Mechanical and chemical recycling of solid plastic waste

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Structural insight into catalytic mechanism of PET hydrolase

(2017) Xu Han et al.   Nature Communications

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

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

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A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2016) Shosuke Yoshida et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2011) Sintawee Sulaiman et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of a new cutinase fromThermobifida albafor PET-surface hydrolysis

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Cutinase-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

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