Plastic degrading enzymes: PETase and MHETase
PETase (left) degrades polyethylene terephtalate (PET) into monohydroxyethyl terephthalate (MHET) and MHETase degrades MHET ethylene glycol (EG) and terephthalic acid (TPA). The substrates in the binding sites are depicted in red
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