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

Nature Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

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

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HYDROLASE; MONOHYDROXYETHYLTEREPHTHALATE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; TEREPHTHALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ETHYLENE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTAGENICITY; PLASTIC; RECYCLING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; IDEONELLA SAKAIENSIS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; BIOREMEDIATION; BURKHOLDERIALES; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLLUTANT; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IDEONELLA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BURKHOLDERIALES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLASES; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85041215448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-02881-1     Document Type: Article

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