In:
Nature Communications, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 8, No. 1 ( 2017-12-13)
Kurzfassung:
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.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
2041-1723
DOI:
10.1038/s41467-017-02255-z
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publikationsdatum:
2017
ZDB Id:
2553671-0