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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2026

Disordered N-termini enhance the thermostability of SGNH-hydrolase family polyesterases.

F Hafna Ahmed, Lygie Esquirol, Santana Royan, Mitchell M Birgan, Nigel G French, Sophia Newton, Alessandro T Caputo, Colin Scott

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Article in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Disordered N-termini enhance the thermostability of SGNH-hydrolase family polyesterases.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

F Hafna AhmedEnvironment, CSIRO, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9153-2699
Lygie EsquirolEnvironment, CSIRO, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4887-3260
Santana RoyanManufacturing, CSIRO, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2312-3463
Mitchell M BirganEnvironment, CSIRO, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Nigel G FrenchEnvironment, CSIRO, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Sophia NewtonManufacturing, CSIRO, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Alessandro T CaputoManufacturing, CSIRO, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5007-6896
Colin ScottEnvironment, CSIRO, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6110-6982

Funding

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyesters are widely used plastics that persist in the environment due to their resistance to degradation. Microbial polyesterases potentially offer recycling and remediation solutions. However, most polyesterases lack the thermostability and catalytic efficiency required for practical application. Here, we have identified and characterized thermostable bacterial polyesterases from an undercharacterized subfamily of SGNH-hydrolases (related to PpEST from Pseudomonas oleovorans) and uncovered a previously unreported thermal stabilization mechanism mediated by conformationally flexible N-terminal regions with features of intrinsically disordered regions. Biochemical assays, structural analysis, small angle X-ray scattering, X-ray crystallography, and molecular dynamics simulations suggest that these flexible N-terminal regions enhance thermal resilience without affecting the catalytic rate or oligomerization in some homologs, while they promote oligomerization and reduce k

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsCrystallography, X-RayEnzyme StabilityMolecular Dynamics SimulationBacterial Proteinsesteraseintrinsically disordered regionsplastic degrading enzymespolyesteraseprotein thermostabilitySGNH hydrolase

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PMID41427655
PMCPMC12720421

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