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==Crystal structure of a polyethylene terephthalate degrading hydrolase from Ideonella sakaiensis collected at long wavelength==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[6eqd]] is a 3 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideonella_sakaiensis Ideonella sakaiensis]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=6EQD OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6EQD FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 1.7&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=CL:CHLORIDE+ION'>CL</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6eqd FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=6eqd OCA], [https://pdbe.org/6eqd PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=6eqd RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/6eqd PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=6eqd ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is one of the most abundantly produced synthetic polymers and is accumulating in the environment at a staggering rate as discarded packaging and textiles. The properties that make PET so useful also endow it with an alarming resistance to biodegradation, likely lasting centuries in the environment. Our collective reliance on PET and other plastics means that this buildup will continue unless solutions are found. Recently, a newly discovered bacterium, Ideonella sakaiensis 201-F6, was shown to exhibit the rare ability to grow on PET as a major carbon and energy source. Central to its PET biodegradation capability is a secreted PETase (PET-digesting enzyme). Here, we present a 0.92 A resolution X-ray crystal structure of PETase, which reveals features common to both cutinases and lipases. PETase retains the ancestral alpha/beta-hydrolase fold but exhibits a more open active-site cleft than homologous cutinases. By narrowing the binding cleft via mutation of two active-site residues to conserved amino acids in cutinases, we surprisingly observe improved PET degradation, suggesting that PETase is not fully optimized for crystalline PET degradation, despite presumably evolving in a PET-rich environment. Additionally, we show that PETase degrades another semiaromatic polyester, polyethylene-2,5-furandicarboxylate (PEF), which is an emerging, bioderived PET replacement with improved barrier properties. In contrast, PETase does not degrade aliphatic polyesters, suggesting that it is generally an aromatic polyesterase. These findings suggest that additional protein engineering to increase PETase performance is realistic and highlight the need for further developments of structure/activity relationships for biodegradation of synthetic polyesters.

Characterization and engineering of a plastic-degrading aromatic polyesterase.,Austin HP, Allen MD, Donohoe BS, Rorrer NA, Kearns FL, Silveira RL, Pollard BC, Dominick G, Duman R, El Omari K, Mykhaylyk V, Wagner A, Michener WE, Amore A, Skaf MS, Crowley MF, Thorne AW, Johnson CW, Woodcock HL, McGeehan JE, Beckham GT Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Apr 17. pii: 1718804115. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.1718804115. PMID:29666242<ref>PMID:29666242</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Ideonella sakaiensis]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Allen MD]]
[[Category: Austin HP]]
[[Category: Beckham GT]]
[[Category: Johnson CW]]
[[Category: McGeehan JE]]