Recent advances in the discovery, characterization, and engineering of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) hydrolases

Cell-surface engineering of yeasts for whole-cell biocatalysts

(2021) Mengqi Ye et al.   BIOPROCESS AND BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING

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

(2021) Yinglu Cui et al.   ACS Catalysis

Depolymerization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) waste with biomass-waste derived recyclable heterogeneous catalyst

(2021) Zathang Laldinpuii et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Decomposition of PET film by MHETase using Exo-PETase function

(2020) Hye-Young Sagong et al.   ACS Catalysis

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

(2020) Alexander Bollinger et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Enhancing Secretion of Polyethylene Terephthalate Hydrolase PETase in Bacillus subtilis WB600 Mediated by the SP amy Signal Peptide

(2020) Nan Wang et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Functional expression of polyethylene terephthalate-degrading enzyme (PETase) in green microalgae

(2020) Ji Won Kim et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles

(2020) V. Tournier et al.   NATURE

Fungal Hydrophobin RolA Enhanced PETase Hydrolysis of Polyethylene Terephthalate

(2020) Nathania Puspitasari et al.   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) degradation by Yarrowia lipolytica: Investigations on cell growth, enzyme production and monomers consumption

(2020) Andressa Maio da Costa et al.   PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY

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

Atmospheric transport and deposition of microplastics in a remote mountain catchment

(2019) Steve Allen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Biodegradation of PET: Current Status and Application Aspects

(2019) Ikuo Taniguchi et al.   ACS Catalysis

Microbial Genes for a Circular and Sustainable Bio-PET Economy

(2019) Salvador et al.   Genes

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

(2019) Rebecka Molitor et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Performance evaluation of a lab-scale moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) using polyethylene as support material in the treatment of wastewater contaminated with terephthalic acid

(2019) Jiawei Liu et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Laboratory evolution reveals the metabolic and regulatory basis of ethylene glycol metabolism by Pseudomonas putida KT2440

(2019) Wing‐Jin Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

Efficient biodegradation of highly crystallized polyethylene terephthalate through cell surface display of bacterial PETase

(2019) Zhuozhi Chen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

(2018) Abhijit N. Shirke et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Engineering strategies for enhanced production of protein and bio-products in Pichia pastoris : A review

(2018) Zhiliang Yang et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

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

(2018) Bing Liu et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Biodegradation of diethyl terephthalate and polyethylene terephthalate by a novel identified degrader Delftia sp. WL-3 and its proposed metabolic pathway

(2018) J. Liu et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Engineering Pseudomonas putida KT2440 for efficient ethylene glycol utilization

(2018) Mary Ann Franden et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

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

Organization of GPI-anchored proteins at the cell surface and its physiopathological relevance

(2018) Stéphanie Lebreton et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Enhanced Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Hydrolase Activity by Protein Engineering

(2018) Yuan Ma et al.   Engineering

Production of extracellular PETase from Ideonella sakaiensis using sec-dependent signal peptides in E. coli

(2018) Hogyun Seo et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Structural and functional characterization of polyethylene terephthalate hydrolase from Ideonella sakaiensis

(2018) Congcong Liu et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Tat-Independent Secretion of Polyethylene Terephthalate Hydrolase PETase in Bacillus subtilis 168 Mediated by Its Native Signal Peptide

(2018) Xin Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Mutational analysis of cutinase-like enzyme, Cut190, based on the 3D docking structure with model compounds of polyethylene terephthalate

(2017) Takeshi Kawabata et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Cleavage Product Accumulation Decreases the Activity of Cutinase during PET Hydrolysis

(2017) Christine Groß et al.   Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Production of Hydrophobins from fungi

(2017) Shraddha Kulkarni et al.   PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY

Lipase from Candida antarctica (CALB) and cutinase from Humicola insolens act synergistically for PET hydrolysis to terephthalic acid

(2017) Adriano Carniel et al.   PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY

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?

(2017) Ren Wei et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Influence of surface charge, binding site residues and glycosylation on Thielavia terrestris cutinase biochemical characteristics

(2016) Abhijit N. Shirke et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

(2016) Ren Wei et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Comparative thermal inactivation analysis ofAspergillus oryzaeandThiellavia terrestriscutinase: Role of glycosylation

(2016) Abhijit N. Shirke et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Unveiling the functional diversity of the alpha/beta hydrolase superfamily in the plant kingdom

(2016) Jeffrey T Mindrebo et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Recycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate) – A review focusing on chemical methods

(2016) B. Geyer et al.   Express Polymer Letters

Enzymatic hydrolysis of poly(ethylene furanoate)

(2016) Alessandro Pellis et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Response to Comment on "A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)"

(2016) S. 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

Study on optimal biodegradation of terephthalic acid by an isolated Pseudomonas sp.

(2016) Wang Zhi Jiang et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

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

Effect of hydrolysis products on the enzymatic degradation of polyethylene terephthalate nanoparticles by a polyester hydrolase from Thermobifida fusca

(2015) Markus Barth et al.   BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Ca2+and Mg2+binding site engineering increases the degradation of polyethylene terephthalate films by polyester hydrolases fromThermobifida fusca

(2015) Johannes Then et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Enzymatic hydrolysis of polyethylene terephthalate films in an ultrafiltration membrane reactor

(2015) Markus Barth et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

Ca2+and Mg2+binding site engineering increases the degradation of polyethylene terephthalate films by polyester hydrolases fromThermobifida fusca

(2015) Johannes Then et al.   Biotechnology Journal

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

(2014) Christian Roth et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

Assessing changes on poly(ethylene terephthalate) properties after recycling: Mechanical recycling in laboratory versus postconsumer recycled material

(2014) María del Mar Castro López et al.   MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Chemical Genomics-Based Antifungal Drug Discovery: Targeting Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) Precursor Biosynthesis

(2014) Paul A. Mann et al.   ACS Infectious Diseases

Functional characterization and structural modeling of synthetic polyester-degrading hydrolases from Thermomonospora curvata

(2014) Ren Wei et al.   AMB Express

Two Novel Class II Hydrophobins from Trichoderma spp. Stimulate Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) when Expressed as Fusion Proteins

(2013) L. Espino-Rammer et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2013) Doris Ribitsch et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Policy: Classify plastic waste as hazardous

(2013) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   NATURE

Degradation of terephthalic acid by a newly isolated strain of Arthrobacter sp.0574

(2013) Yi-Mei Zhang et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

Extremely rapid acclimation ofEscherichia colito high temperature over a few generations of a fed-batch culture during slow warming

(2013) Stéphane Guyot et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Ethylene Glycol Metabolism by Pseudomonas putida

(2012) Björn Mückschel et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bioinformatic analysis of alpha/beta-hydrolase fold enzymes reveals subfamily-specific positions responsible for discrimination of amidase and lipase activities

(2012) D. A. Suplatov et al.   PROTEIN ENGINEERING DESIGN & SELECTION

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

Biochemical and genetic analysis of a cutinase-type polyesterase from a thermophilic Thermobifida alba AHK119

(2011) Uschara Thumarat et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Identification and comparison of cutinases for synthetic polyester degradation

(2011) Peter James Baker et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Isomaltulose production via yeast surface display of sucrose isomerase from Enterobacter sp. FMB-1 on Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2011) Gil-Yong Lee et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Engineered Thermobifida fusca cutinase with increased activity on polyester substrates

(2011) Carla Silva et al.   Biotechnology Journal

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

(2011) Enrique Herrero Acero et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

(2010) Susan Billig et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Evolution ofEscherichia colifor Growth at High Temperatures

(2010) Birgit Rudolph et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Interrelationship of Steric Stabilization and Self-Crowding of a Glycosylated Protein

(2009) R. Høiberg-Nielsen et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

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

Identification and Characterization of Bacterial Cutinase

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