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RSS FeedsResearchers characterize molecular scissors for plastic waste
(PHYSorg.com Chemistry)

 
 

12 april 2019 14:27:47

 
Researchers characterize molecular scissors for plastic waste
(PHYSorg.com Chemistry)
 


A research team from the University of Greifswald and Helmholtz-Zentrum-Berlin (HZB) has solved the molecular structure of the enzyme MHETase at BESSY II. MHETase was discovered in bacteria, and together with a second enzyme, PETase, is able to break down the widely used plastic PET into its basic building blocks. This 3D structure already allowed the researchers to produce a MHETase variant with optimized activity in order to use it, together with PETase, for a sustainable recycling of PET.


 
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