Industrial Enzymes National Engineering Laboratory, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, China.
AsiaPac Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Dongguan, 523808, China.
Nat Commun. 2017 Dec 13;8(1):2106. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02255-z.
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.
聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯水解酶(PETase)能够将聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯(PET)水解成可溶性单体,为塑料的生物转化提供了一条有吸引力的途径。在这里,我们展示了一种新型 PETase 的结构,该酶来自于消耗 PET 的微生物 Ideonella sakaiensis,与底物和产物类似物形成复合物。通过结构分析、突变和活性测量,提出了一种底物结合模式,并阐明了几个对催化至关重要的特征。