Fusako Kawai

A novel Ca2+-activated, thermostabilized polyesterase capable of hydrolyzing polyethylene terephthalate from Saccharomonospora viridis AHK190

Fusako Kawai, Masayuki Oda, Tomonari Tamashiro et al. · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · 2014 · 328 citations

Engineering, Natural Polymer, Biochemistry +8

Current State and Perspectives Related to the Polyethylene Terephthalate Hydrolases Available for Biorecycling

Fusako Kawai, Takeshi Kawabata, Masayuki Oda · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · 2020 · 258 citations

Bioorganic Chemistry, Engineering, Enzymatic Modification +16

Taxonomic Study of Polyethylene Glycol-Utilizing Bacteria: Emended Description of the Genus Sphingomonas and New Descriptions of Sphingomonas macrogoltabidus sp. nov., Sphingomonas sanguis sp. nov. and Sphingomonas terrae sp. nov.

Mariko Takeuchi, Fusako Kawai, Y Shimada et al. · Systematic and Applied Microbiology · 1993 · 178 citations

Biology, Unicellular Organism, Gram-negative Bacteriology +9

Diversity of polyester-degrading bacteria in compost and molecular analysis of a thermoactive esterase from Thermobifida alba AHK119

Uschara Thumarat, Xian Zhang, Ming Tang et al. · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · 2010 · 160 citations

Thermoactive Esterase, Biotechnology, Plastic Degradation +4

Structural basis for the Ca2+-enhanced thermostability and activity of PET-degrading cutinase-like enzyme from Saccharomonospora viridis AHK190

Takuya Miyakawa, Hiroki Mizushima, Jun Ohtsuka et al. · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · 2014 · 129 citations

Biosynthesis, Engineering, Biotransformation +11