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MHETase en · NOUN

Etymology

From MHET (“mono-2-hydroxyethyl terephthalate”) + -ase.

Meanings

  1. An enzyme which breaks down mono(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate into terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol by hydrolysis.
    • Holonym: Ideonella sakaiensis

Forms

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Coordinates

PETase

Hypernyms

plastizyme · hydrolase · enzyme · esterase