Disruption of protease A and B orthologous genes in the basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma antarctica GB-4(0) yields a stable extracellular biodegradable plastic-degrading enzyme

• Natsuki Omae,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Current address: Department of Complexity Science and Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Japan

  Affiliation Research Institute for Innovation in Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan

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• Yuka Sameshima-Yamashita,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Japan

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• Kazunori Ushimaru,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Research Institute for Innovation in Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan

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• Hideaki Koike,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bioprocess Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan

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• Hiroko Kitamoto,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Japan

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• Tomotake Morita

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: morita-tomotake@aist.go.jp

  Affiliation Research Institute for Innovation in Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6956-3096

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