An archaeal lid-containing feruloyl esterase degrades polyethylene terephthalate

An archaeal lid-containing feruloyl esterase degrades polyethylene terephthalate

Abstract Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a commodity polymer known to globally contaminate marine and terrestrial environments. Today, around 80 bacterial and fungal PET-active enzymes (PETases) are known, originating from four bacterial and two fungal phyla. In contrast, no archaeal enzyme had...

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Main Authors: Pablo Perez-Garcia, Jennifer Chow, Elisa Costanzi, Marno Gurschke, Jonas Dittrich, Robert F. Dierkes, Rebecka Molitor, Violetta Applegate, Golo Feuerriegel, Prince Tete, Dominik Danso, Stephan Thies, Julia Schumacher, Christopher Pfleger, Karl-Erich Jaeger, Holger Gohlke, Sander H. J. Smits, Ruth A. Schmitz, Wolfgang R. Streit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:Communications Chemistry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-023-00998-z

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