MHETase
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From MHET (“mono-2-hydroxyethyl terephthalate”) + -ase.
Noun
[edit]MHETase (plural MHETases)
- An enzyme which breaks down mono(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate into terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol by hydrolysis.
- Hypernyms: plastizyme; esterase; hydrolase; < enzyme
- Holonym: Ideonella sakaiensis
- Coordinate term: PETase