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Turak, Onur
C03, Enzymatic degradation of synthetic polymers | Supervisor Prof. Dr. Birte Höcker
PhD Candidate Biochemistry, Protein Design | Supervisor Prof. Dr. Birte Höcker
Master in Molecular Life Science at the University of Lübeck
C03, Enzymatic degradation of synthetic polymers | Supervisor Prof. Dr. Birte Höcker
Structure and function of PETases and similar enzymes
Keywords Enzyme assays, protein engineering, PETases, Polyesterases
C03, Enzymatic degradation of synthetic polymers | Supervisor Prof. Dr. Birte Höcker
Publikationen
2026
Ai, Hui-wang; Arnold, Frances H.; Barrick, Doug; Bayley, Hagan; Brownless, Alfie-Louise R.; Campbell, Robert E.; Castells-Graells, Roger; Chaiyen, Pimchai; Chica, Roberto A.; Chisholm, Lauren O.; Christ, Daniel; Chu, Guo-Chao; Chungyoun, Michael; Eijsink, Vincent G. H.; Elowitz, Michael B.; Fansher, Douglas J.; Fasan, Rudi; Foley, Gabriel; Frei, Michelle S.; Gagsteiger, Andreas; Gao, Ruiyan; Gillam, Elizabeth M. J.; Gray, Jeffrey J.; Guerra, Luis F.; Höcker, Birte; Jin, Zhiyang; Kamerlin, Shina Caroline Lynn; Koga, Nobuyasu; Kontermann, Roland E.; Kuhlman, Brian; Langlois, Olivia A.; Li, Dongyang; Lins, Roberto D.; Liu, Chang C.; Liu, Lei; López Barreiro, Diego; Lu, Peilong; Mehta, Sohum; Miyazaki, Ikumi; Müller, Manuel M.; Muyldermans, Serge; Nemoto, Naoto; Nivala, Jeff; Nuñez, James K.; Ornelas, Izaiah J.; Pelletier, Joelle N.; Plückthun, Andreas; Porth, Owen T.; Prakinee, Kridsadakorn; Qing, Yujia; Reisenbauer, Julia C.; Schmidt, Sandy; Seifert, Oliver; Shapiro, Mikhail G.; Sharma, Rachna; Singh, Nilmani; Smith, Benjamin J.; Spangler, Jamie B.; Tatsumi-Koga, Rie; Terai, Takuya; Terholsen, Henrik; Tolhurst, Mattias; Tripp, Katherine W.; Trossmann, Vanessa T.; Tucker, Chandra L.; Turak, Onur; Van Deventer, James A.; Várnai, Anikó; Viana, Isabelle F. T.; Weeks, Amy M.; Wittrup, K. Dane; Wong, Kingsley L.-J.; Xi, Chenggang; Yeates, Todd O.; Yeh, Andy Hsien-Wei; Zhang, Jin; Zhang, Tiger S.; Zhao, Huimin; Zheng, Fang; Zhu, Jingyi; Zinn, Sacha
Protein engineering : Status report
In: Protein Engineering, Design & Selection (2026)
doi:10.1093/protein/gzag020 ...
Peña-Valencia, María Fernanda; Robaina-Estévez, Semidán; Custer, Gordon F.; Turak, Onur; Sierra, Felipe; Mendes, Lucas William; Rubiano-Labrador, Carolina; Gutiérrez, Jay; Vaksmaa, Annika; Dini-Andreote, Francisco; Rosado, Alexandre Soares; Reyes, Alejandro; Jiménez, Diego Javier
Lignocellulose-mediated selection of potential halophilic PET-degrading enzymes from mangrove s ...
In: Nature Communications (2026)
doi:10.1038/s41467-026-71548-z ...
Müller, Martin; Sudarsan, Neeraja; Urbach, Birgit; Gagsteiger, Andreas; Turak, Onur; Fery, Andreas; Höcker, Birte
Enzymatic Degradation of Thin Polyester Films Studied by In-situ ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy
In: Journal of Polymers and the Environment Bd. 34 (2026)
doi:10.1007/s10924-026-03908-1 ...
2025
Upadhyay, Ashank; Turak, Onur; Fulajtar, Emilia; Greve, Christopher; Herzig, Eva M.; Höcker, Birte; Agarwal, Seema
Degradation Behavior of Aliphatic–Aromatic Polyesters : from Microplastic-free Composting to En ...
In: ACS Applied Polymer Materials Bd. 7 (2025) Heft 7. - S. 4596-4608
doi:10.1021/acsapm.5c00296 ...
Turak, Onur; Gagsteiger, Andreas; Upadhyay, Ashank; Kriegel, Mark; Salein, Peter; Böhnke-Brandt, Stefanie; Agarwal, Seema; Borchert, Erik; Höcker, Birte
A third type of PETase from the marine Halopseudomonas lineage
In: Protein Science Bd. 34 (2025) Heft 10
doi:10.1002/pro.70305 ...
C03, Enzymatic degradation of synthetic polymers | Supervisor Prof. Dr. Birte Höcker
Turak, Onur
PhD Biochemistry Protein Design | Supervisor Prof.Dr. Birte Höcker | PhD Speaker
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