 Polyethylene Terephthalates
"Polyethylene Terephthalates" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Polyester polymers formed from terephthalic acid or its esters and ethylene glycol. They can be formed into tapes, films or pulled into fibers that are pressed into meshes or woven into fabrics.
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D011093
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.728.764 D25.720.728.764 J01.637.051.720.728.764
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| Concept/Terms |
Polyethylene Terephthalates- Polyethylene Terephthalates
- Polyethylene Terephthalate
- Terephthalate, Polyethylene
- Terephthalates, Polyethylene
- Poly(Ethylene Terephtalate)
- PET Polymer
- PET Polymers
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polyethylene Terephthalates" by people in Profiles.
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Bishop B, Webber WS, Atif SM, Ley A, Pankratz KA, Kostelecky R, Colgan SP, Dinarello CA, Zhang W, Li S. Micro- and nano-plastics induce inflammation and cell death in human cells. Front Immunol. 2025; 16:1528502.
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Norton-Baker B, Denton MCR, Murphy NP, Fram B, Lim S, Erickson E, Gauthier NP, Beckham GT. Enabling high-throughput enzyme discovery and engineering with a low-cost, robot-assisted pipeline. Sci Rep. 2024 06 24; 14(1):14449.
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Denton MCR, Murphy NP, Norton-Baker B, Lua M, Steel H, Beckham GT. Integration of pH Control into Chi.Bio Reactors and Demonstration with Small-Scale Enzymatic Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Hydrolysis. Biochemistry. 2024 07 02; 63(13):1599-1607.
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Zhong-Johnson EZL, Dong Z, Canova CT, Destro F, Ca?ellas M, Hoffman MC, Mar?chal J, Johnson TM, Zheng M, Schlau-Cohen GS, Lucas MF, Braatz RD, Sprenger KG, Voigt CA, Sinskey AJ. Analysis of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) degradation kinetics of evolved IsPETase variants using a surface crowding model. J Biol Chem. 2024 03; 300(3):105783.
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Avilan L, Lichtenstein BR, K?nig G, Zahn M, Allen MD, Oliveira L, Clark M, Bemmer V, Graham R, Austin HP, Dominick G, Johnson CW, Beckham GT, McGeehan JE, Pickford AR. Concentration-Dependent Inhibition of Mesophilic PETases on Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Can Be Eliminated by Enzyme Engineering. ChemSusChem. 2023 Apr 21; 16(8):e202202277.
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Erickson E, Gado JE, Avil?n L, Bratti F, Brizendine RK, Cox PA, Gill R, Graham R, Kim DJ, K?nig G, Michener WE, Poudel S, Ramirez KJ, Shakespeare TJ, Zahn M, Boyd ES, Payne CM, DuBois JL, Pickford AR, Beckham GT, McGeehan JE. Sourcing thermotolerant poly(ethylene terephthalate) hydrolase scaffolds from natural diversity. Nat Commun. 2022 12 21; 13(1):7850.
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Kincannon WM, Zahn M, Clare R, Lusty Beech J, Romberg A, Larson J, Bothner B, Beckham GT, McGeehan JE, DuBois JL. Biochemical and structural characterization of an aromatic ring-hydroxylating dioxygenase for terephthalic acid catabolism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 03 29; 119(13):e2121426119.
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Erickson E, Shakespeare TJ, Bratti F, Buss BL, Graham R, Hawkins MA, K?nig G, Michener WE, Miscall J, Ramirez KJ, Rorrer NA, Zahn M, Pickford AR, McGeehan JE, Beckham GT. Comparative Performance of PETase as a Function of Reaction Conditions, Substrate Properties, and Product Accumulation. ChemSusChem. 2022 Jan 10; 15(1):e202102517.
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Erickson E, Shakespeare TJ, Bratti F, Buss BL, Graham R, Hawkins MA, K?nig G, Michener WE, Miscall J, Ramirez KJ, Rorrer NA, Zahn M, Pickford AR, McGeehan JE, Beckham GT. Comparative Performance of PETase as a Function of Reaction Conditions, Substrate Properties, and Product Accumulation. ChemSusChem. 2022 Jan 10; 15(1):e202101932.
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Werner AZ, Clare R, Mand TD, Pardo I, Ramirez KJ, Haugen SJ, Bratti F, Dexter GN, Elmore JR, Huenemann JD, Peabody GL, Johnson CW, Rorrer NA, Salvach?a D, Guss AM, Beckham GT. Tandem chemical deconstruction and biological upcycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate) to ?-ketoadipic acid by Pseudomonas putida KT2440. Metab Eng. 2021 09; 67:250-261.
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