Petase Plastic-degrading Enzyme #3
by Ramon Andrade 3dciencia/science Photo Library
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Petase Plastic-degrading Enzyme #3
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Ramon Andrade 3dciencia/science Photo Library
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Conceptual molecular model of PET hydrolase (PETase), a plastic-degrading enzyme from the bacterium Ideonella sakaiensis, with plastic bottles in its active site. I. sakaiensis was discovered in 2016 in sediment near a plastic bottle recycling facility in Japan. It is able to use the plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as its primary energy source. PETase converts PET to the smaller molecule mono(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalic acid (MHET) and ethylene glycol. MHET is then further broken down to terephthalic acid (TPA). The products of this degradation are environmentally harmless.
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February 17th, 2021
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