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PETases are an
esterase class of
enzymes that
catalyze the
breakdown (via hydrolysis) of
polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
plastic to
monomeric mono-2-hydroxyethyl...
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bioremediation applications in
combination with the
PETase enzyme. It
degrades the MHET
produced by the
PETase into
ethylene glycol and
terephthalic acid. Once...
- acid, the PET
degradation product by
PETase, to
ethylene glycol and
terephthalic acid. This pair of enzymes,
PETase and MHETase,
enable the
bacterium Ideonella...
- PET can be
carried out
using different enzymes like
PETase, cutinase, esterase, lipase, etc.
PETase has been also
reported for
enzymatic degradation of...
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initiated by
terephthalate 1,2-dioxygenase.
Combined with the
previously known PETase and MHETase, a full
pathway for PET
plastic degradation can be engineered...
- also
produced by the
partial hydrolysis of PET, as
catalyzed by the
enzyme PETase: H[O2CC6H4CO2C2H4]nOH + (nā1) H2O ā n HO2CC6H4CO2C2H4OH Sheehan, Richard...
- be a
purely chemical process but may also be
promoted by
enzymes such as
PETase. Such
technologies have
lower energy costs than
thermal depolymerisation...
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University of
South Florida,
solved the high-resolution
structure of the
PETase enzyme using X-ray
crystallography at the
Diamond Light Source and used...
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Adhered to a low-grade PET film, the
bacteria used two
novel enzymes,
PETase and MHETase, to
decompose the
plastic into two
environmentally benign substances...
- to
biodegrade PET. In 2020, the PET
degrading enzyme of the bacterium,
PETase, has been
genetically modified and
combined with
MHETase to
break down PET...
