Nature Communications (Apr 2023)

Structure and function of the metagenomic plastic-degrading polyester hydrolase PHL7 bound to its product

  • P. Konstantin Richter,
  • Paula Blázquez-Sánchez,
  • Ziyue Zhao,
  • Felipe Engelberger,
  • Christian Wiebeler,
  • Georg Künze,
  • Ronny Frank,
  • Dana Krinke,
  • Emanuele Frezzotti,
  • Yuliia Lihanova,
  • Patricia Falkenstein,
  • Jörg Matysik,
  • Wolfgang Zimmermann,
  • Norbert Sträter,
  • Christian Sonnendecker

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37415-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The authors describe the cocrystal structure of the highly efficient polyethylene terephthalate-degrading hydrolase PHL7 with its product terephthalic acid and elucidate the role of residues in subsites I and II for its thermal stability and of residue L210 for its high activity.