Communications Biology (Jan 2023)

Improving the activity and thermostability of PETase from Ideonella sakaiensis through modulating its post-translational glycan modification

  • Binyang Deng,
  • Yu Yue,
  • Jun Yang,
  • Mingjun Yang,
  • Qiong Xing,
  • Hang Peng,
  • Fei Wang,
  • Ming Li,
  • Lixin Ma,
  • Chao Zhai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04413-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Polyehylene terephthalate (PET) biodegradation is greatly improved when recombinant IsPETase is expressed in Pichia pastoris and the enzyme’s partial removal of N-terminal glycosylation, retaining high thermostability.