Types | DnaRegion
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Roles | CDS
Coding
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Sequences | BBa_M50054_sequence (Version 1)
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Description
This is a mutant of PETase that combines two mutations designed by the 2016 iGEM Tianjin team. Wild type PETase shows emzyme ability to hydrolyze Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), commonly used for plastics. The two mutations are the 208th amino acid (changed from isoleucine(I) to valine(V)) and the 90th amino acid (changed from arginine (R) to alanine (A)), and each individual mutant has been showed by the Tianjin team to improve the catalytic activity of PET. This sequence combines both mutations, and is optimized for Escherichia coli.
Notes
The design is based on the hypothesis that the combination of the two mutations will further enhance the PETase catalytic activity.
Source
Wild type PETase sequence is originally from Ideonella sakaiensis.