MHETase
English
Etymology
MHET (“mono-2-hydroxyethyl terephthalate”) + -ase
Noun
MHETase (plural MHETases)
- An enzyme which breaks down mono(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate into terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol by hydrolysis.
Hypernyms
- enzyme
- esterase
- hydrolase
Coordinate terms
- PETase
- Ideonella sakaiensis
Anagrams
- the same