| Message | In nature, fungi and bacteria produce celluloses and chitinases to degrade the crystalline cellulose and chitin, which are the main component of plant cell-wall and outer shell of crustacean. These enzymes continuously hydrolyze the molecular chains from the ends and move the surface of crystals. I'll apply single molecule imaging technique to investigate the moving mechanisms and try to improve the efficiency of hydrolysis by enzymes.
Additionally, I'll apply the similar way of analysis to hyaluronidase and polyethylene terephtarate hydrolase. Revealing the degradation mechanism of them are important to understand the fertilization and infection of pathogen or to clean up the pieces of synthetic resins remained in environment.
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