Positive Charge Introduction on the Surface of Thermostabilized PET Hydrolase Facilitates PET Binding and Degradation

Computational Redesign of a PETase for Plastic Biodegradation under Ambient Condition by the GRAPE Strategy

(2021) Yinglu Cui et al.   ACS Catalysis

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Enzymatic degradation of polyethylene terephthalate nanoplastics analyzed in real time by isothermal titration calorimetry

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A Novel Polyester Hydrolase From the Marine Bacterium Pseudomonas aestusnigri – Structural and Functional Insights

(2020) Alexander Bollinger et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles

(2020) V. Tournier et al.   NATURE

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(2020) Akihiko Nakamura et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Characterization and engineering of a two-enzyme system for plastics depolymerization

(2020) Brandon C. Knott et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rational Protein Engineering of Thermo-Stable PETase from Ideonella sakaiensis for Highly Efficient PET Degradation

(2019) Hyeoncheol Francis Son et al.   ACS Catalysis

Current knowledge on enzymatic PET degradation and its possible application to waste stream management and other fields

(2019) Fusako Kawai et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Interaction of carbohydrate-binding modules with poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2019) Joanna Weber et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biodegradation of PET: Current Status and Application Aspects

(2019) Ikuo Taniguchi et al.   ACS Catalysis

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

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Conformational fitting of a flexible oligomeric substrate does not explain the enzymatic PET degradation

(2019) Ren Wei et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2018) Tobias Fecker et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Chitin production from crustacean biomass: Sustainability assessment of chemical and enzymatic processes

(2018) Carla Lopes et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Biological Recycling of Polyethylene Terephthalate: A Mini-Review

(2018) Rupali Koshti et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Folding thermodynamics of PET-hydrolyzing enzyme Cut190 depending on Ca2+ concentration

(2018) Satomi Inaba et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY

SWISS-MODEL: homology modelling of protein structures and complexes

(2018) Andrew Waterhouse et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Rate constants, processivity, and productive binding ratio of chitinase A revealed by single-molecule analysis

(2018) Akihiko Nakamura et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

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

Cation–π interactions in protein–ligand binding: theory and data-mining reveal different roles for lysine and arginine

(2018) Kiran Kumar et al.   Chemical Science

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

Enzymatic hydrolysis of PET: functional roles of three Ca2+ ions bound to a cutinase-like enzyme, Cut190*, and its engineering for improved activity

(2018) Masayuki Oda et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Processive chitinase is Brownian monorail operated by fast catalysis after peeling rail from crystalline chitin

(2018) Akihiko Nakamura et al.   Nature Communications

Acceleration of Enzymatic Degradation of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) by Surface Coating with Anionic Surfactants

(2018) Makoto Furukawa et al.   ChemSusChem

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(2018) Samaneh Karbalaei et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Improvements to the APBS biomolecular solvation software suite

(2017) Elizabeth Jurrus et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Structural insight into catalytic mechanism of PET hydrolase

(2017) Xu Han et al.   Nature Communications

Preparation of High Modulus Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate): Influence of Molecular Weight, Extrusion, and Drawing Parameters

(2017) Jian Min Zhang et al.   International Journal of Polymer Science

Single-molecule Imaging Analysis of Binding, Processive Movement, and Dissociation of CellobiohydrolaseTrichoderma reeseiCel6A and Its Domains on Crystalline Cellulose

(2016) Akihiko Nakamura et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2016) Shosuke Yoshida et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2016) Johannes Then et al.   FEBS Open Bio

Enhanced Cutinase-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Polyethylene Terephthalate by Covalent Fusion to Hydrophobins

(2015) Doris Ribitsch et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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(2015) Christina M. Payne et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Polyester Thin Films: Real-Time Analysis of Film Mass Changes and Dissipation Dynamics

(2015) Michael Thomas Zumstein et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Thermostability Improvement of a Streptomyces Xylanase by Introducing Proline and Glutamic Acid Residues

(2014) Kun Wang et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A novel Ca2+-activated, thermostabilized polyesterase capable of hydrolyzing polyethylene terephthalate from Saccharomonospora viridis AHK190

(2014) Fusako Kawai et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

(2014) Sintawee Sulaiman et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Evaluation of Disulfide Bond Position to Enhance the Thermal Stability of a Highly Stable Single Domain Antibody

(2014) Dan Zabetakis et al.   PLoS One

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

(2013) Doris Ribitsch et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Enhanced activity toward PET by site-directed mutagenesis of Thermobifida fusca cutinase–CBM fusion protein

(2013) Yao Zhang et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Turbidimetric analysis of the enzymatic hydrolysis of polyethylene terephthalate nanoparticles

(2013) Ren Wei et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS B-ENZYMATIC

Deconstruction of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Fuels and Chemicals

(2011) Shishir P.S. Chundawat et al.   Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Surface structure and properties of poly-(ethylene terephthalate) hydrolyzed by alkali and cutinase

(2010) Ilaria Donelli et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Isolation and characterization of a new alkali-thermostable lipase cloned from a metagenomic library

(2009) Catherine Meilleur et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY