Structural highlights
Publication Abstract from PubMed
PET hydrolase (PETase), which hydrolyzes polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into soluble building blocks, provides an attractive avenue for the bioconversion of plastics. Here we present the structures of a novel PETase from the PET-consuming microbe Ideonella sakaiensis in complex with substrate and product analogs. Through structural analyses, mutagenesis, and activity measurements, a substrate-binding mode is proposed, and several features critical for catalysis are elucidated.
Structural insight into catalytic mechanism of PET hydrolase.,Han X, Liu W, Huang JW, Ma J, Zheng Y, Ko TP, Xu L, Cheng YS, Chen CC, Guo RT Nat Commun. 2017 Dec 13;8(1):2106. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02255-z. PMID:29235460[1]
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References
- ↑ Han X, Liu W, Huang JW, Ma J, Zheng Y, Ko TP, Xu L, Cheng YS, Chen CC, Guo RT. Structural insight into catalytic mechanism of PET hydrolase. Nat Commun. 2017 Dec 13;8(1):2106. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02255-z. PMID:29235460 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02255-z
