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EC 3.1.1.102 Details
EC number
3.1.1.102
Accepted name
mono(ethylene terephthalate) hydrolase
Reaction
4-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)carbonyl]benzoate + H2O = terephthalate + ethylene glycol
Other name(s)
MHET hydrolase, MHETase
Systematic name
4-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)carbonyl]benzoate acylhydrolase
Comment
The enzyme, isolated from the bacterium Ideonella sakaiensis, has no activity with poly(ethylene terephthalate) PET (cf. EC 3.1.1.101, poly(ethylene terephthalate) hydrolase).
History
created 2016
EC Tree
1.14.13.45 created 1992, deleted 2003