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Samuel Peña‐Díaz

Aarhus UniversityORCID 0000-0002-2902-823XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Biochemistry· 2

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Alexander F. SandahliD· 2 shared Andreas SommerfeldtiD· 2 shared Daniel E. OtzeniD· 2 shared Martin B. JohanseniD· 2 shared Rosie GrahamiD· 2 shared Allan R. PeterseniD· 1 shared Andreas MøllebjergiD· 1 shared Bjørk Nolsøe Isaksen· 1 shared

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Fragment Based Active Site Exploration of Urethane Hydrolases Reveals a Diversity of Urethane Binding Modes

Deniz Bicer, Д. И. Кочубей, Rosie Graham, Samuel Peña‐Díaz, Laura Rotilio, Nikolaj L. Villadsen, Andreas Sommerfeldt, Martin B. Johansen, Alexander F. Sandahl, Søren Thirup, Jens Preben Morth, Daniel E. Otzen

The paper uses fragment-based methods to explore urethanase active sites and identifies diverse binding modes for polyurethane fragments.

Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology · Oct 23, 2026Peer-reviewedBiochemistry

Environmental identification of novel enzymes against heteroatomic plastics

Malthe Kjær Bendtsen, Andreas Møllebjerg, Samuel Peña‐Díaz, Rosie Graham, Nicolai Claus Petersen, Bjørk Nolsøe Isaksen, Mathias Carstensen, Martin B. Johansen, Andreas Sommerfeldt, Allan R. Petersen, Iddi Khamisi Chuma, Cecilie Ryberg, Thomas Rea Wittenborn, Virginia Gathoni Gichuru, Huabing Wang, , Daniel E. Otzen

This study identifies novel enzymes capable of degrading polyurethane and nylon by screening plastic-degrading bacteria, finding enzymes with improved thermostability and hydrolysis ability.

bioRxiv · Dec 10, 2025 · PreprintBiochemistry