7QJS

Crystal structure of a cutinase enzyme from Thermobifida fusca YX (705)

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb7QJS/pdb

• Classification: HYDROLASE
• Organism(s): Thermobifida fusca YX
• Expression System: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2021-12-17 Released: 2022-12-28 
• Deposition Author(s): Zahn, M., Shakespeare, T.J., Beckham, G.T., McGeehan, J.E.
• Funding Organization(s): UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.43 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.216 
• R-Value Work: 0.182 

Literature

Sourcing thermotolerant poly(ethylene terephthalate) hydrolase scaffolds from natural diversity

Erickson, E., Gado, J.E., Avilan, L., Bratti, F., Brizendine, R.K., Cox, P.A., Gill, R., Graham, R., Kim, D.J., Konig, G., Michener, W.E., Poudel, S., Ramirez, K.J., Shakespeare, T.J., Zahn, M., Boyd, E.S., Payne, C.M., DuBois, J.L., Pickford, A.R., Beckham, G.T., McGeehan, J.E.

(2022) Nat Commun 13: 7850

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35237-x

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A1 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Biological Assembly 2  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A1 

Biological assembly 2 assigned by authors.

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 59.74 kDa 
• Atom Count: 4,395 
• Modelled Residue Count: 518 
• Deposited Residue Count: 540 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Cutinase 2	A, B	270	Thermobifida fusca YX	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: cut2
UniProt
Find proteins for Q47RJ7 (Thermobifida fusca (strain YX)) Explore Q47RJ7  Go to UniProtKB:  Q47RJ7

Small Molecules

Ligands 3 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram
PG4 (Subject of Investigation/LOI)	D [auth A]	TETRAETHYLENE GLYCOL C8 H18 O5 UWHCKJMYHZGTIT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PEG (Subject of Investigation/LOI)	F [auth B]	DI(HYDROXYETHYL)ETHER C4 H10 O3 MTHSVFCYNBDYFN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
GOL (Subject of Investigation/LOI)	C [auth A], E [auth B]	GLYCEROL C3 H8 O3 PEDCQBHIVMGVHV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.43 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.216 
• R-Value Work: 0.182 
• Space Group: P 1 2₁ 1

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 36.164	α = 90
b = 150.212	β = 92.509
c = 43.396	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
REFMAC	refinement
autoPROC	data reduction
STARANISO	data scaling
MOLREP	phasing

Structure Validation

Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2022-12-28 
Deposition Author(s): Zahn, M., Shakespeare, T.J., Beckham, G.T., McGeehan, J.E.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)	United Kingdom	Research England E3 funding

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2022-12-28
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2024-01-31
  Changes: Data collection, Refinement description