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Overview

Peter Westh is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark. Their research primarily contributes to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Pollution, and Biotechnology as subfields.

The scientist's work spans various topics including biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, microplastics and plastic pollution, biofuel production and bioconversion, enzyme catalysis and immobilization, enzyme production and characterization, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, and proteins in food systems.

Peter Westh has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • Comparative Biochemistry of Four Polyester (PET) Hydrolases, 2020, ChemBioChem
  • The synergy between LPMOs and cellulases in enzymatic saccharification of cellulose is both enzyme- and substrate-dependent, 2020, Biotechnology Letters
  • Sabatier Principle for Rationalizing Enzymatic Hydrolysis of a Synthetic Polyester, 2022, JACS Au
  • A suspension-based assay and comparative detection methods for characterization of polyethylene terephthalate hydrolases, 2020, Analytical Biochemistry
  • Promoting and Impeding Effects of Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases on Glycoside Hydrolase Activity, 2020, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Frequent co-authors in their research include Kim Borch, Kenneth Jensen, Jeppe Kari, Marie Sofie Møller, and Birte Svensson.

Publication venues where Peter Westh's research frequently appears include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • ChemBioChem
  • Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Best Publications

  • Trehalose accumulation in the tardigrade Adorybiotus coronifer during anhydrobiosis

    Peter Westh;Hans Ramløv

  • Mixing Schemes in Ionic Liquid−H2O Systems: A Thermodynamic Study

    Hideki Katayanagi;Keiko Nishikawa;Hideki Shimozaki;Kumiko Miki

  • Sabatier Principle for Interfacial (Heterogeneous) Enzyme Catalysis

    Jeppe Kari;Johan Pelck Olsen;Kenneth Jensen;Silke Flindt Badino

  • The effect of calcium on the properties of charged phospholipid bilayers.

    Ulf Rørbæk Pedersen;Chad Leidy;Peter Westh;Günther Peters

  • The Role of Decorated SDS Micelles in Sub-CMC Protein Denaturation and Association

    Kell Andersen;Cristiano Luis Pinto De Oliveira;Kim Lambertsen Larsen;Flemming Poulsen

  • Reconciliation of opposing views on membrane–sugar interactions

    Heidi Delcomyn Andersen;Chunhua Wang;Lise Arleth;Günther H.J. Peters

  • CRYPTOBIOSIS IN TARDIGRADA

    Jonathan C. Wright;Peter Westh;Hans Ramløv

  • Thermochemistry of the specific binding of C12 surfactants to bovine serum albumin.

    Anders Dybdal Nielsen;K. Borch;Peter Westh;Peter Westh

  • An Inverse Michaelis–Menten Approach for Interfacial Enzyme Kinetics

    Jeppe Kari;Morten Andersen;Kim Borch;Peter Westh

  • Unfolding of β-Sheet Proteins in SDS

    Mette M. Nielsen;Kell K. Andersen;Peter Westh;Daniel E. Otzen

  • Effect of an “Ionic Liquid” Cation, 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium, on the Molecular Organization of H2O

    Kumiko Miki;Peter Westh;Keiko Nishikawa;Yoshikata Koga

  • Cryptobiosis in the Eutardigrade Adorybiotus (Richtersius) coronifer: Tolerance to Alcohols, Temperature and de novo Protein Synthesis

    Hans Ramløv;Peter Westh

  • α-Lactalbumin is unfolded by all classes of surfactants but by different mechanisms

    Daniel E. Otzen;Pankaj Sehgal;Peter Westh

  • Excess partial molar enthalpies, entropies, Gibbs energies, and volumes in aqueous dimethylsulfoxide

    John T. W. Lai;Frankie W. Lau;Damon Robb;Peter Westh

  • Influence of Ethanol on Lipid Membranes: From Lateral Pressure Profiles to Dynamics and Partitioning

    Emma Terama;O Ollila;Emppu Salonen;Amy Rowat

  • Pre-steady-state Kinetics for Hydrolysis of Insoluble Cellulose by Cellobiohydrolase Cel7A

    Nicolaj Cruys-Bagger;Jens Elmerdahl;Eigil Praestgaard;Hirosuke Tatsumi

  • A comparative study of hydrolysis and transglycosylation activities of fungal β-glucosidases

    Christina Bohlin;Eigil Praestgaard;Martin J. Baumann;Kim Borch

  • Analysis of protein-surfactant interactions--a titration calorimetric and fluorescence spectroscopic investigation of interactions between Humicola insolens cutinase and an anionic surfactant.

    Anders D. Nielsen;Lise Arleth;Peter Westh

  • Dehydration of earthworm cocoons exposed to cold: a novel cold hardiness mechanism

    M. Holmstrup;P. Westh

  • Survival of the Cryptobiotic Eutardigrade Adorybiotus coronifer during cooling to -196°C: Effect of Cooling Rate, Trehalose Level, and Short-Term Acclimation

    Hans Ramløv;Peter Westh

Frequent Co-Authors

Günther H.J. Peters
Günther H.J. Peters Technical University of Denmark
Keiko Nishikawa
Keiko Nishikawa Chiba University
Daniel E. Otzen
Daniel E. Otzen Aarhus University
Martin Holmstrup
Martin Holmstrup Aarhus University
Birte Svensson
Birte Svensson Technical University of Denmark
Kristoffer Almdal
Kristoffer Almdal Technical University of Denmark
Hans Christian Wulf
Hans Christian Wulf Copenhagen University Hospital
Johannes Overgaard
Johannes Overgaard Aarhus University
Arthur L. DeVries
Arthur L. DeVries University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bryon S. Donohoe
Bryon S. Donohoe National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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