Engineering and evaluation of thermostable Is PETase variants for PET degradation

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

(2021) Yinglu Cui et al.   ACS Catalysis

An absorbance method for analysis of enzymatic degradation kinetics of poly(ethylene terephthalate) films

(2021) En Ze Linda Zhong-Johnson et al.   Scientific Reports

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

(2021) Kristina Vogel et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles

(2020) V. Tournier et al.   NATURE

Current state and perspectives related to the PET hydrolases available for biorecycling

(2020) Fusako Kawai et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

UV Pretreatment Impairs the Enzymatic Degradation of Polyethylene Terephthalate

(2020) Patricia Falkenstein et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Possibilities and limitations of biotechnological plastic degradation and recycling

(2020) Ren Wei et al.   Nature Catalysis

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

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

(2019) Ren Wei et al.   Advanced Science

Agar plate‐based screening methods for the identification of polyester hydrolysis by Pseudomonas species

(2019) Rebecka Molitor et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Structure of the plastic-degrading Ideonella sakaiensis MHETase bound to a substrate

(2019) Gottfried J. Palm et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2019) Daniel Moog et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

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

Protein Crystallography and Site-Direct Mutagenesis Analysis of the Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Hydrolase PETase from Ideonella sakaiensis

(2018) Bing Liu et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

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

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

Structural studies reveal the molecular mechanism of PETase

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

Structural insight into catalytic mechanism of PET hydrolase

(2017) Xu Han et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2017) Ren Wei et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

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

(2017) Ren Wei et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Defying the activity–stability trade-off in enzymes: taking advantage of entropy to enhance activity and thermostability

(2016) Khawar Sohail Siddiqui   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Feeding on plastic

(2016) Uwe T. Bornscheuer   SCIENCE

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

Turbidimetric analysis of the enzymatic hydrolysis of polyethylene terephthalate nanoparticles

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

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

(2012) Hayden Webb et al.   Polymers

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

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

(2011) Enrique Herrero Acero et al.   MACROMOLECULES

High level expression of a hydrophobic poly(ethylene terephthalate)-hydrolyzing carboxylesterase from Thermobifida fusca KW3 in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

(2010) Thorsten Oeser et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Gerichtete Evolution und rationales Design. Maßgeschneiderte Enzyme

(2009) Robert Kourist et al.   CHEMIE IN UNSERER ZEIT

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

(2009) Anita Eberl et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Cutinase-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2009) Åsa M. Ronkvist et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Applications and societal benefits of plastics

(2009) A. L. Andrady et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments

(2009) D. K. A. Barnes et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Identification and Characterization of Bacterial Cutinase

(2008) Sheng Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Pet Waste Management by Chemical Recycling: A Review

(2008) Vijaykumar Sinha et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT