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

Seongjoon Joo; In Jin Cho; Hogyun Seo; Hyeoncheol Francis Son; Hye-Young Sagong; Tae Joo Shin; So Young Choi; Sang Yup Lee; Kyung-Jin Kim

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-02881-1

Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

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

Seongjoon Joo,
In Jin Cho,
Hogyun Seo,
Hyeoncheol Francis Son,
Hye-Young Sagong,
Tae Joo Shin,
So Young Choi,
Sang Yup Lee,
Kyung-Jin Kim

Affiliations

Seongjoon Joo: School of Life Sciences (KNU Creative BioResearch Group), KNU Institute for Microorganisms, Kyungpook National University
In Jin Cho: Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Plus Program), BioProcess Engineering Research Center, and KAIST Institute (KI) for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Hogyun Seo: School of Life Sciences (KNU Creative BioResearch Group), KNU Institute for Microorganisms, Kyungpook National University
Hyeoncheol Francis Son: School of Life Sciences (KNU Creative BioResearch Group), KNU Institute for Microorganisms, Kyungpook National University
Hye-Young Sagong: School of Life Sciences (KNU Creative BioResearch Group), KNU Institute for Microorganisms, Kyungpook National University
Tae Joo Shin: UNIST Central Research Facilities & School of Natural Science, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
So Young Choi: Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Plus Program), BioProcess Engineering Research Center, and KAIST Institute (KI) for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Sang Yup Lee: Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Plus Program), BioProcess Engineering Research Center, and KAIST Institute (KI) for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Kyung-Jin Kim: School of Life Sciences (KNU Creative BioResearch Group), KNU Institute for Microorganisms, Kyungpook National University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02881-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is a widely used plastic and its accumulation in the environment has become global problem. Here the authors report the crystal structure of a Ideonella sakaiensis PET-degrading enzyme and propose a molecular mechanism for PET degradation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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