The search for novel biocatalysts for plastic degradation has recently become a hot topic. Now, multiple catalytic triads of well-known serine esterases were introduced into non-catalytic protein nanopores to enable the hydrolysis of PET nanoparticles.
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The authors would like to thank W. Liu of the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology (TIB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for his assistance in preparing the structural files for the figure.
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Wei, R., Bornscheuer, U.T. Designer catalytic nanopores meet PET nanoparticles. Nat Catal 6, 1105–1106 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-023-01072-6
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