Biodegradation of poly (ethylene terephthalate) through PETase surface-display: From function to structure

W Han, J Zhang, Q Chen, Y Xie, M Zhang, J Qu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most used plastics which has caused some
environmental pollution and social problems. Although many newly discovered or modified …

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

Z Chen, Y Wang, Y Cheng, X Wang, S Tong… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most widely used plastics in the world.
Accumulation of the discarded PET in the environment is creating a global environmental …

Implications for the PET decomposition mechanism through similarity and dissimilarity between PETases from Rhizobacter gummiphilus and Ideonella sakaiensis

HY Sagong, HF Son, H Seo, H Hong, D Lee… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of a superb polyethylene terephthalate (PET) hydrolyzing enzyme
requires an accurate understanding of the PET decomposition mechanism. However …

Molecular insights into the enhanced performance of EKylated PETase toward PET degradation

K Chen, Y Hu, X Dong, Y Sun - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
The accumulation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in the environment has brought an
enormous threat to the global ecosystem. Although the recently reported PET hydrolase …

Structural and functional characterization of an auxiliary domain-containing PET hydrolase from Burkholderiales bacterium

HY Sagong, S Kim, D Lee, H Hong, SH Lee… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biodegradation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of fundamental ways to solve
plastic pollution. As various microbial hydrolases have an extra domain unlike PETase from …

Low modification of PETase enhances its activity toward degrading PET: Effect of conjugate monomer property

K Chen, M Quan, X Dong, Q Shi, Y Sun - Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyethylene terephthalate is one of the most widely used synthetic plastics. The
accumulation of abandoned PET has brought an environmental problem. A recently …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced poly (ethylene terephthalate) hydrolase activity by protein engineering

Y Ma, M Yao, B Li, M Ding, B He, S Chen, X Zhou… - Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Poly (ethylene terephthalate) hydrolase (PETase) from Ideonella sakaiensis exhibits a
strong ability to degrade poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET) at room temperature, and is thus …

Current advances in the structural biology and molecular engineering of PETase

F Liu, T Wang, W Yang, Y Zhang, Y Gong… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET) is a highly useful synthetic polyester plastic that is widely
used in daily life. However, the increase in postconsumer PET as plastic waste that is …

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

B Liu, L He, L Wang, T Li, C Li, H Liu, Y Luo… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Unlike traditional recycling strategies, biodegradation is a sustainable solution for disposing
of poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET) waste. PETase, a newly identified enzyme from …

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

S Joo, IJ Cho, H Seo, HF Son, HY Sagong… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Plastics, including poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET), possess many desirable
characteristics and thus are widely used in daily life. However, non-biodegradability, once …