Ethylene glycol is a monomer of the ubiquitous plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Here, the authors report the discovery of NAD-dependent alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases in the soil bacterium Paracoccus denitrificans for ethylene glycol catabolism.
- Minrui Ren
- Danni Li
- Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski